Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 549 Spanish Super Cup
A good start to the season is important.But the Granada team soon ushered in another more important game.Spanish Super Cup.

Isn't the Spanish Super Cup an event that is held before the start of the season?
Those who are familiar with La Liga will definitely ask this question.In fact, there is a reason why the Spanish Super Cup will start later than La Liga this time.

The reason is that it was originally planned to be held in China.The Granada team is now basically half a team with Chinese fans, so the Granada team from top to bottom, and even the Spanish Football Association are willing to hold it in China.However, the opponent of the Spanish Super Cup, the champion of last season's Copa del Rey, Real Madrid, has been very opposed.

Real Madrid objected, and it didn't help much at first.Taking into account sufficient interests, the Spanish Super Cup was strongly arranged to be held in Shanghai, China.

Regrettably, just when Yan Feng was about to return to China with the team and perform well in front of the elders in his hometown, God was not good.There will be a super typhoon on the day of the weather forecast competition.Coupled with the typhoon, the venue was damaged and continuous heavy rain.

This situation makes the game impossible.It could have been temporarily changed to other cities in China, but this time the Real Madrid team took the opportunity to strongly object and refused to fly to China, so naturally the game could not be held.

In desperation, the Spanish Super Cup was also postponed for the first time in history.

After various consultations, this matter can only be held in Spain.As the league champions last season, Granada has the advantage of playing at home in the first leg.

Three days after the first round of the league, Granada ushered in Real Madrid at home.

The period before the new season of Real Madrid can be described as a bit precarious.First experienced the return of Ancelotti, then the departure of Ronaldo, followed by the purge after Ancelotti's return.

Ancelotti cleaned up several big names before the season, including Bell and Benzema.Perhaps deterred by the purge, Ronaldo, who had been using the threat of leaving the team to raise his salary, stopped temporarily.

Where there is a cleanup, there will be new signings.But this time Ancelotti made a big deal and used 1.5 million euros to poach Cavani.

With the arrival of Cavani and the reuse of Alocio, Real Madrid's offensive firepower has substantially improved.It's just the turbulence of the team that made their changes in the first round of La Liga relatively ordinary.It was just a tie with Real Sociedad.

The league's first game failed to get off to a good start, and the Spanish Super Cup became even more important, especially for the newcomer Carlo Ancelotti.He urgently needs to prove himself in such an important game.

In view of the above reasons, Real Madrid attaches great importance to this game, even in Granada's home court, they want to gain something.

"This is our home court. Whoever comes will not be able to prevent us from winning. As for the opponent, don't let Cristiano Ronaldo play at that time." Mourinho said confidently before the game.

"C Ronaldo will definitely play. There is no doubt about this. As for the others, even at the Granada Stadium, we also have the confidence to win and the strength to match it." Ancelotti responded without showing weakness Mourinho's provocation.

After all, the new season just started, and the two sides only had a limited verbal confrontation.After that, no other rumors came out.

Soon, the game started at the Granada Stadium with the support of tens of thousands of Granada fans.

As mentioned above, Real Madrid attaches great importance to this game.So, after an early, cautious trial, Real Madrid launched a series of onslaughts.Especially Cristiano Ronaldo, the big man in the team, also went all out to play in order to prove that he was worth the same salary as Messi.

The Granada team, under the command of Mourinho, unsurprisingly played a defensive counterattack.

If it was last season, Granada would never have done this at home.With enough offensive ability, even if it is to fight for breath, it will not be weaker than the opponent.

However, Mourinho doesn't care about things that seem false to him.His defensive counterattack tactics, when he has the advantage of home court, naturally make it impossible for Real Madrid to start.

Throughout the first half, Real Madrid flinched under the Granada team, like biting a hedgehog, which made them extremely depressed.And Ronaldo, who was eager to express himself, was even more angry and cursed. "Coward!" "Coward!" "Shameless!"

Listening to Ronaldo's scolding, Yan Feng was also a little helpless and unable to refute.Under Mourinho's strong request, the Granada team just didn't come out, and everything was aimed at being foolproof.

So, the first half was dull.

In the second half, just when everyone thought Mourinho would be the same as the first half, he made Granada switch to an attacking style of play.

You can let go of the attack. After holding back for half the game, the Granada team was almost red-eyed.The sudden and rapid violent attack caught Real Madrid by surprise.

With less than 5 minutes to go in the second half, Granada scored.

The goal was scored first by Granada.Ancelotti was not in a hurry at first, but felt that Real Madrid's opportunity had come.Just when he adjusted the team's tactics and was about to give Granada a hard time, Mourinho waved his hand, and Granada shrank back.

This depressed Ancelotti.What made him even more depressed was that since then, the Granada team has been unable to shrink back.Afterwards, he has been focusing on defensive counterattacks until the game is exhausted.

In the Spanish Super Cup, the first round was wasted like this, and Ancelotti wanted to curse depressingly.What's wrong with losing the game, it's too much to say too much.Depressed, Ancelotti could only speak.

"There is still the next round, we will see you at the Bernabeu. I hope you can hold on to the game like a tortoise."

Mourinho just said lightly. "The result of the game is always the most important thing. The process, as long as you are happy. Hehe~"

Well, the game isn't as good as it used to be, but at least it's won, isn't it?The fans were naturally happy about winning, so they didn't say anything.

With the momentum of their victory over Real Madrid, Granada comfortably won the second round of La Liga a few days later.

A few days later, the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup started at the Bernabeu.

In the second round, Mourinho was more direct, setting up the bus throughout the game.In the second half, Modric was replaced even at the beginning, and Harris, who was more defensive, came up.Then it is natural to defend the game to the end.

In this way, at the Bernabeu, the bus that Real Madrid set up for Mourinho was blocked directly.

0:0 became the final result.In a two-legged situation, Granada won the tournament 1-0 on aggregate.

Thus, Yan Feng and his teammates lifted the Spanish Super Cup trophy at the Bernabeu.

(End of this chapter)