Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 548 The Stage Exam Comes

The coffee gathering between Yan Feng and Modric, the big bosses of the team, may be thought by those who don’t know the situation as a team connection, but in fact Yan Feng asked Modric and the others for coffee, just to give his teammates a relaxing time. It's just a chance.

For Modric, who is starting to enter the later stage of his career, honor and historical status are the biggest pursuits.Even the leisure time after training is the same.

Drinking coffee is actually a communication between teammates.Talk about the emerging changes in the team, as well as personal feelings.After speaking, Modric really said a lot of things and worries.Sandor is fine, after all, he is also a veteran in the team.He's younger and more adaptable.

Speaking out the emotions in his heart is what Yan Feng wants.After Modric fully expressed his thoughts, Yan Feng just listened at first, but later, he said that the team needs a stronger head coach if they want a more ambitious ideal.If you want more, you often need to pay more.

It is estimated that I have vented, and my mood has calmed down a bit.Yan Feng didn't know if his words were useful, but Modric did feel a lot better afterwards.And in the subsequent training, it did show a tendency to work hard to adapt to the new system.

Later, Modric said this: "I really want to get more, so I am willing to work hard to adapt and try."

As the boss of the team, Modric has no tendency to resist or resist, so Mourinho will not have much resistance to the transformation of the Granada team.It can be said that his admission was very smooth.

In this way, Mourinho's coaching time soon reached a month.In the past month or so, Mourinho has efficiently completed the Granada team's preparations for the new season.

During the preparation period, the Granada team played several friendly matches.The opponents in these friendly matches are strong and weak.And the result of the game is also a winner.

Judging from the situation of these games, Yan Feng found that the team's offense has indeed become less gorgeous, while the defense is constantly strengthening.

At the beginning, the Granada team would play like last season from time to time, but as the training deepened, in the friendly matches, the Granada team became more and more transformed into the team Mourinho wanted.

To say that in the face of strong and weak opponents, the Granada team will win and lose.It's not that they're getting weaker, they're fluctuating.Yan Feng clearly felt that the team was becoming stronger and more dominant.

The reason why there are winners and losers is that Mourinho has been constantly trying new formations.What 442 formations, diamond-shaped four midfielders, or 352 formations, or even the bus 541 formations are all laid out.

Mourinho is experimenting with the effect of the new team. As the players adapt, the effect has been getting better.In the following friendly matches, the Granada team could even make their teammates fall into despair with nowhere to speak.

Of course, friendly matches, this doesn't even count as quizzes.At least Mourinho thinks so.

And when all the preparations were over, the Granada team finally ushered in the first real test after Mourinho took over-the new season began.

A new season, a new coach, a new Granada team.They ushered in the first round of the new season at home.

Granada's first opponent in the new season is not a soft persimmon, but a very sturdy Espanyol team.

Let’s say the Espanyol team is strong, but they are not considered strong, at least in the European league, they rarely get tickets.Let's say it's not strong, but they always gnaw even the Barcelona team.Once such a team goes crazy, any team must be mentally prepared to lose.

Because it is everyone's first game of the new season, everyone wants to get off to a good start, so the Espanyol team has invested a lot.Plus Granada took down Real Madrid and Barcelona last season.The Espanyol team became even more excited.

The Espanyol team really went all out, and their level of investment even made many people think they were playing against Barcelona.

The Espanyol team really showed the energy they had when they played Barcelona, ​​but facing Mourinho's 451 formation, they had nothing to do.What's more, Granada's defense is also very fierce.Naturally, the Espanyol team can't do something like gnaw off the Barcelona team.

In the end, the Granada team got off to a good start.

1:0. Granada only won by one goal.

Got off to a good start, Mourinho looked very happy.In the post-match press conference, he talked eloquently and seemed very interesting.

"In this game, my players performed very well. I am very satisfied, this has achieved my goal."

Mourinho is satisfied, but Granada fans feel that they are not satisfied enough.

"Sure enough, in the hands of Mourinho, don't expect to see a refreshing game. Obviously he can score three, he only needs to score one."

"I really miss last season. That kind of beautiful play is the football I like."

Mourinho didn't care too much about fans' similar views.

"The greatest joy in a football game is to win. Didn't I do it? Or do some people like to lose?"

To be honest, not many fans are willing to appreciate Mourinho's tactical style.Even the players feel that it is not cool enough.Yan Feng also felt that, in fact, the Granada team could score more goals in this game.However, sometimes when he wants to go up, Mourinho will shout: "Yan, watch your position."

Playing defensive counterattacks naturally does not invest too much in offense.In this way, Modric, who is a midfielder, naturally does not have too many opportunities to perform.Compared with last season, the number of impressions dropped is really quite a lot.

However, because the only goal in this game came from Modric's assist.Modric had half the credit for the goal and the victory.Modric has nothing to say.

"Brother Feng, it seems that my stats are shrinking in the new season. I originally set a goal to improve myself." Modric had no objections, but it was Lin Fan's turn to have some objections.After the team took the lead, Lin Fan had the desire to step forward and participate in the attack, but Mourinho's request made him unable to realize his idea.

"Hey, obviously we can score more goals. This is a waste of a great opportunity!" Lin Fan's opinion is not small.

"This is just the first game. He is a newcomer, so he must be more cautious. There will be more opportunities in the following games. I think, with your current state and ability, the statistics of this season will definitely There is considerable growth." Yan Feng comforted.

"Maybe so!" Lin Fan looked somewhat suspicious.

As for Yan Feng himself.Last season, he handed over the offensive power to Modric. Isn't this an improvement in offensive statistics?He wasn't suspicious at all.

(End of this chapter)