Chapter Fifty-Nine: Passing the Danger Test
"It's too early to say that. Ronaldo. Yan Feng said.
"Oh, but it looks like it won't be long before I'm going to take victory away from Granada. Ronaldo said proudly. "Your team is a lot better this season than last season and you took Modric away from me. But we are still stronger in the Real Madrid team, and this is the difference between the giants and the grassroots. Would you like to reconsider joining us?"
Listening to Ronaldo's extremely confident words, Yan Feng didn't dare to agree, but he was a little stunned when he heard the last sentence. This was somewhat unexpected, but he shook his head resolutely. Then he looked at Ronaldo with a resolute expression and said: "Modric's arrival has strengthened us, and you don't look as smooth as before after losing him." We're going to score goals. β
"Yes, but now it's us who are ahead. We've always been known for our offense, but defensively we've just been less committed. Now, let's get a feel for our defense. Ha ha. Ronaldo smiled and left.
'Is there a stronger defense in La Liga than we have? not even a stronger defense than us can stop our determination to score goals. Yan Feng clenched his right hand into a fist and said to himself secretly.
Next, the throw-in belonging to the Granada team was thrown, and Lin Fan stepped forward to take the ball, but was quickly forced by the opponent. Under the pressure of the opponent, Lin Fan couldn't turn around, so he had to pass the ball back to Yan Feng, who was in the back position.
Yan Feng stopped the ball, swept left and right to observe, and when he turned his head back to the front, he saw that Ronaldo was already standing in front of him.
"About, or passing?" Ronaldo actually smiled and beckoned to Yan Feng.
Yan Feng really wanted to transfer the ball to Modric on the other side to organize, but he was ready to plug in and respond. But now after seeing Ronaldo's gesture, he canceled such an idea.
Yan Feng knew that Ronaldo was doing this on purpose, and he wanted to provoke him to go head-to-head in the past.
"Want to go head-to-head? Unexpectedly, the opponent had already issued a challenge, and Yan Feng did not flinch. Although this seems a little unwise, he can't show weakness at this juncture when both sides grit their teeth and insist. This is a matchup between the captains of the two teams, which will directly affect the morale of their respective teams.
"Yan and Ronaldo are facing each other, are they going to go head-to-head?" The reporters and supporters who broadcast the game exclaimed after seeing this situation. This scene has always been what the media want to see, but there was no such confrontation that is bound to be full of topics after the game.
"It's a duel between two captains, and the outcome could affect the outcome of the next game. β
"Can Cristiano Ronaldo defend himself? β
"Can Yan break through Cristiano Ronaldo? He's a defensive midfielder. Even if Ronaldo is not a defensive master, it is not easy to break through him. β
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Countless speculative thoughts flashed through everyone's minds. Then he watched with wide eyes as the two captains on the pitch kept getting closer.
Yan Feng's face was calm but confidently approaching Ronaldo with the ball, when he got close to 1.5 meters, he hadn't made a move, but Ronaldo took a step to the right first, and then immediately cleaned up.
Luo was interfering with his will and rhythm. But he already had a plan in his heart, and he would not be affected by any influence and change the ideas designed in his mind.
Yan Feng made a set of feints to step on a bicycle when he entered the range of 1.5 meters, Luo naturally didn't take the feints, he was very calm and took a step back.
"Yan, it's really a defensive player, this action is really not aesthetically pleasing, and it can't be compared with Ronaldo head-on. Yan Feng's fake moves are estimated to be impossible to deceive even amateur players, and not counting the host or reporter spit out in his heart. Some people even feel that even they will not be fooled by such a feint.
Of course, Yan Feng also understands how fake his feints are, but he didn't want Ronaldo to be fooled when he made such a feint, he just wanted to put the initiative under his feet.
And Ronaldo seems to want to take the initiative on his side, and he actually took a step to the side with his right foot first.
Hmmm!?Expose flaws?Deliberately, right?Yan Feng raised his eyebrows, but then he still made his own extraordinary moves without hesitation.
"Ha!" After Yan Feng made a move, Ronaldo let out a smug smile inside. Then he stepped out only a little more than half of the foot and kicked the ground suddenly, Luo's left foot stopped in the direction of Yan Feng's breakthrough at an extremely fast speed.
It turned out that this so-called flaw was deliberately exposed by Ronaldo, and the purpose was to lure Yan Feng to break through in the direction he wanted. And it really worked.
In the heads-up of attack and defense in a football game, once the defender judges the direction of the breakthrough, the breakthrough is basically declared a failure. But when the audience saw Ronaldo's kick facing the direction of the breakthrough, they all thought that Yan Feng was about to be cut off.
Wow! It turns out that Ronaldo can also defend! His judgment is still so strong. Yan is really unfortunate! Countless people have such thoughts flashing in their minds.
"Oh! what's going on? Yan actually passed, and he really managed to break through the tackle that Ronaldo was aiming for!" and soon there was a scene on the field that surprised the audience. Just when countless people thought that Ronaldo had successfully broken the ball, the ball evaded interception from an extremely small distance.
"How is it possible? I set up a trap, wasn't he fooled? Obviously, my foot was about to touch the ball, but why did it pass?" Ronaldo opened his mouth wide, looking incredulous.
"Your defense was beyond my expectations. But you're still underestimating my stunt. Yan Feng's words came from behind him, Ronaldo turned his head to look, and Luo didn't immediately turn around and pursue. He was still immersed in the puzzle of the failure to break the ball.
It was really dangerous just now. I didn't expect Ronaldo to have such defensive ability. Really underestimated his defense. Yan Feng flashed such a thought in his mind when he moved forward with the ball. "Ronaldo's defense looks so familiar!"
Of course, it is familiar, in fact, the trick that Ronaldo used to defend against Yan Feng is Yan Feng's own commonly used move in defense - trap volley. Yan Feng didn't expect that he would be used by others one day, and he would never have thought that he would use this trick against himself would still be Ronaldo as an attacker.
In order to prepare for this match, Ronaldo professionally studied the Granada team for a week. And Yan Feng, who will talk to him directly, is the focus of his research. Then this defensive move was discovered in the research, and he thought it was very interesting, so he decided to find an opportunity to pit Yan Feng. It's just that what Ronaldo didn't expect was that when Yan Feng's counter-reversal and even pushed people to the extreme, it was difficult for the defender to intercept it if he judged correctly or even at the same time.
Yan Feng didn't know this, he only knew that he had won this heads-up. Now is the time to take the opportunity to attack.
And after Yan Feng successfully broke through Ronaldo, his teammates were already very excited to run forward.
Yan Feng didn't need to shout, and soon found out that his teammates were actively supporting him. The striker was running, pulling, pinning, Lin Fan was following hard not far away, and Modric was running and following in the direction of the rear. Looking at the active and timely support of his teammates, Yan Feng became more and more excited and confident in his heart.
Casemiro paid attention to Yan Feng and Ronaldo's heads-up from the beginning, and he didn't completely think that Ronaldo could prevent Yan Feng, but he felt in his heart that with Ronaldo's speed and physical fitness, even if he was over, he would not be thrown away. Therefore, Yan Feng's success in breaking through was completely undisturbed by Ronaldo's direct impact on the front, which surprised Casemiro.
Casemiro is not the first time to fight Yan Feng, and he still knows some of Yan Feng's characteristics very well, so he is very careful to stop in front of Yan Feng. And Yan Feng immediately made a sideways pass to Lin Fan, which made Casemiro subconsciously slow down and want to raise his foot to interfere.
Yan Feng was already full of confidence, this was just a feint. Seeing Casemiro slow down, he immediately changed his pass to an inside dial, followed by a left-footed push and continued to accelerate forward. Only this one blow passed Casemiro, and when Casemiro reacted and turned to chase again, he couldn't keep up with Yan Feng's speed for a while.
"Stop, don't let him get up easily!" Casemiro shouted as he chased. Real Madrid used 442 formations today, and the midfield position was a bit flat, and once the interception player in the middle was broken, the attacker would face the back line directly. And with Yan Feng's ultra-long effective shooting distance, this really made Casemiro sweat in his heart.
And after Yan Feng successfully broke through Casemiro, he quickly came into his range. He immediately made a posture to shoot from a distance, so frightened that Ramos came over with a sliding tackle to block Yan Feng's shooting route.
Yan Feng's raised foot suddenly slowed down, and the force that hit the ball was not even one-tenth of what others imagined. He's not about shooting at all, he's about passing. And his pass was aimed at Sandel, who was missing Ramos's top defense.
Although Nacho reacted quickly to make a fill-in, he couldn't put pressure on Sundell in the first place. Sandel could meet Yan Feng's pass without pressure. And Sandel didn't stop the ball and singled out Nacho's idea, he directly pushed the ball back to Lin Fan who followed up.
And Lin Fan, who followed up, did not do it alone, but pushed directly diagonally forward, just pushing the ball behind Ramos and where Nacho couldn't stop it.
Yan Feng rushed past Ramos's side, and with an acceleration into the penalty area, just in time for Lin Fan's direct ball to arrive. He didn't even look at it, and just slammed his foot on the ball.
"Bang!" The people nearby only felt an explosion in their ears, and then they saw the ball turn into a bolt of lightning at the feet of Yan Feng and hit the goal.
The explosive force made the shot almost impossible to solve in the not too long distance. Once it hits the woodwork, as long as the goalkeeper is not unlucky enough to be hit, all the goalkeeper can do is blink and turn his head to watch the ball make a deep mark in the net.
βGOAL!!!!!!!β Without any surprise, the referee on duty watched the ball roll down the grass and turned to the center of his fingers and blew the whistle.
"Wow, it's in, it's in, it's in, it's in, we've got a goal back!!" The entire Granada stadium was instantly thrown into a frantic cheer. Many fans jumped up excitedly and hugged the people next to them.
Even Pirlo, who was on the sidelines, jumped up with a bang. 'Great, equaliser. Sure enough, Yan's support is strong enough!"
And at this time, he was surrounded and pressed by excitement.
After celebrating for a minute, Yan Feng was released by his teammates.
"Captain, you're too good!" "Strong!" "Look at Ronaldo's dumbfounded appearance?" '''''' the score was equalized, so that everyone saw the hope of victory, and the teammates praised Yan Feng excitedly one by one. Modric also came over and gave him a happy thumbs up. "Well done, strict. The goal was fantastic. β
After receiving the praise from his teammates, Yan Feng said happily: "Okay, brothers, there is still time." Let's do it again and make Real Madrid go home and cry. β
"Yes. "Okay, let Ronaldo cry. β```
Yan Feng and his teammates walked back, and after Luo saw Yan Feng approaching, he spoke. "How did you do that? I felt like I was going to get the ball?"
"How did I do it? It's a secret. Yan Feng didn't answer, in this kind of scene, he was unwilling to reveal his secret to his opponent.
"It's only a little bit of a distance, what is this gap?, why is this happening?" Seeing that Yan Feng walked away without a positive answer, Ronaldo still said to himself a little.
The lead was tied, and Real Madrid was still affected a lot. And their captain seemed to be a little unfocused after being broken through by Yan Feng in the heads-up. All of this has taken a toll on the morale of the Real Madrid team.
On the other hand, the Granada team, after the equalizer, the momentum and confidence exploded significantly. The high morale seems to have made them forget about their physical fatigue. After Real Madrid kicked off, they pressed with ferocious momentum and made high-intensity presses.
Granada's frantic pressing caused Real Madrid to panic and simply couldn't keep the ball under control. After being pressed by Granada several times in a row, Kroos misplaced the ball and passed it out of bounds.
Seeing that the situation was not second, Zidane took the opportunity to make substitution adjustments. And the person he adjusted turned out to be replacing Ronaldo.
And when Ronaldo saw that he was replaced, he had an expression of disbelief on his face as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"What the hell? Why do you want to change me? I don't have any problems with my physical fitness. I could have played until the end of the game. β
When the linesman raised the substitution number plate and Zidane had no intention of changing it, Ronaldo could only be reluctantly replaced. And when he got off the field, he looked very angry. Yan Feng heard his unpleasant roar on the field. "Why? Why did you replace me at such a critical moment?"
Ronaldo went down after all, and Yan Feng didn't have much energy to pay attention to the sidelines. He also wants to win and he has to help the team score.
Zinedine Zidane replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and increased the defence