Chapter Eighty-Three: Advancing on Multiple Fronts
The victory over Real Madrid not only made the outside world look at the attacking ability of the Granada team, but also made the Granada team themselves see their true strength.
The defense is stronger, and the offensive firepower is still there. This is undoubtedly extremely encouraging. After this game, everyone in the team really started to trust Mourinho. Even Luka Modric is starting to lose the confusion of gains and losses that he had at the beginning of the season.
'It doesn't seem impossible to win something in the Champions League. "That's what everybody is saying. The momentum, the confidence, the thoughts, the Granada team has never been so unified this season.
Unite as one. It's always the most fighting state of a team.
For the entire month of October, Granada were undefeated. Whether it's La Liga, the Copa del Rey, or the Champions League group stage, the Granada team is singing all the way.
Heading into November, Granada are still on a strong streak and are once again unbeaten in four games in La Liga. While one of them ended in a draw with Celta Vigo, the others including the likes of Athletic Bilbao were able to win against a good opponent.
There were plenty of wins in the Copa del Rey, with Granada beating Eibar over both legs. Thus successfully advancing to the top 16.
In the main Champions League group, Granada first beat Atletico Greece by a big score, and then beat Tottenham Hotspur again by a small score. So far, the Granada team has won all five games in the Champions League group stage, and with one game left, they have qualified ahead of schedule.
Entering December, most of the main players such as Yan Feng have national team competition tasks. Most of the time, the Granada team, which had to be mainly based on hidden players, could not continue that unbeaten momentum.
In the last game of the most important and least important Champions League group stage, Granada, who played mostly on the bench, lost to Borussia Dortmund by one goal. Because he had already qualified ahead of schedule, this defeat became an inconsequential training match. No one cared.
In La Liga, Granada played three games and only won two and drew one. Although they were unable to continue their winning streak, it did not affect Granada's top position in the standings. Although Barcelona and Real Madrid, who are at the bottom of the line, have also been in good form recently, with good results, they are still behind Granada in points.
Barcelona had a better performance, only two points behind Granada. Real Madrid, on the other hand, are a little bit behind, with a gap of four points.
Since the beginning of this season, compared to the previous season, there has been no early stratification of the championship group. Behind Real Madrid, Sevilla FC replaced Atletico Madrid, which had been weakened by Griezmann's departure, in fourth place. Sevilla FC are only six points clear of first-placed Granada and still maintain their hopes of winning the title. At least that's the case for them.
Sevilla FC is followed by Villarreal, which is only one point behind Sevilla. Therefore, they can still maintain their hopes of competing for the title.
At this point, the club competition belonging to the Granada team has also come to an end.
The club's game is very important, but with multiple fronts going hand in hand, Yan Feng doesn't have much to worry about in this regard.
The club game is important, and for the players, especially a Chinese player, the national team game will be even more important. The situation of the Granada team is very good, and Yan Feng can devote more energy to the national team's games.
During this month of December, Yan Feng represented the Chinese team in two matches. Although the opponents in these two games can only be regarded as third-rate teams in Asia in all aspects, Yan Feng has maintained 100% dedication. Because, these are the two matches of the qualifying group for the Qatar World Cup.
Yan Feng can lose any game, but he can't lose any game that is related to the World Cup quota. Under Yan Feng's passionate play, the Chinese team successfully defeated the Lao team and the Myanmar team. China, who are currently at the top of the group, are more likely than ever to reach the round of 12.
After participating in all the matches of the club and the national team, Yan Feng also got a short vacation. La Liga is starting to enter the winter exhaustion period, and the national team will not have a major tournament for a long time.
It is rare to have a vacation opportunity that is not too short for a period of time, Yan Feng naturally chose to return to China. He went back to Shenzhen, but did not go back to his hometown in Chaoshan.
Almost all relatives and friends are in Shenzhen, and Yan Feng can stay in Shenzhen. Seeing the people he wanted to see and visiting some old friends, such a vacation was also necessary for Yan Feng.
I often hear that so-and-so players are starting to feel homesick, and Yan Feng naturally has it, and he misses and misses him more. Now only when he is in Shenzhen, Yan Feng enjoys such warmth.
After taking a vacation to ease his longing, Yan Feng soon had to return to Granada. After all, the winter exhaustion period is only a short vacation of ten days, and it is impossible to stay longer.
Reluctantly leaving Shenzhen, Yan Feng returned to the Granada team and entered the preparations for various competitions.
All the players returned to the team and everything started to work in order again. And for many players, the pivotal moment that will determine the fate of their lives has come again.
La Liga is starting to enter the winter transfer window.
For Yan Feng now, transfer or something is something that doesn't need to be paid too much attention to. He doesn't have some brokers to instigate the transfer, and he doesn't have any thoughts of leaving the Granada team himself.
Yan Feng didn't want to, but there were many rumors that major giants wanted to introduce him. After Yan Feng saw those transfer rumors, in order not to let the follow-up things affect him, he immediately said to the public that he had never left the Granada team.
Among Yan Feng's teammates, there are naturally many people who are rumored to be pursuing certain teams. For example, Lin Fan, as well as Modric, and Martial and others have many transfer rumors. After Yan Feng expressed his position, everyone who intended to fight for a higher ideal together also expressed their determination to stay in the team.
Yan Feng and others expressed their absolute main intention to refuse the transfer of others, which is definitely the best morale guarantee for the Granada team.
No one in the Granada squad wants to leave, but Mourinho still has the idea of continuing to strengthen the team. Because the Granada team, except for strengthening the bench, it looks like there will be no big moves.
The Granada team didn't make any big moves, but the competitors did a lot of it.
Like Real Madrid, after poaching Cavani before, they are ready to buy Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain. Whether it will succeed or not, it is difficult to say for the time being.
Barcelona are rumored to be poaching Arturo Vidal and Kevin De Bruyne.
And teams such as Atletico Madrid and Sevilla have been announced to be bringing in strong reinforcements''''''
With the transfer window just at the beginning, these possible transfer announcements have not yet been realised. Once it is reached, it will still have a great impact on the pattern of La Liga. In particular, it will be a great challenge for Granada to take the top spot.