Chapter Thirty-Six: Difficulties Come

After Yan Feng and Lin Fan returned to the Granada team, he found that the coaching staff of the Granada team had a worried look on their faces.

And this melancholy is not only on the coaches, but also on the training after returning to the team, Yan Feng also found that the same is true on the faces of his teammates.

Is this necessary?

"Gomez, why do you all look a little lacking in confidence?" Yan Feng found Gomez in between training and asked.

"Yan, it's good that you're back, otherwise, everyone will have even less confidence. You don't know, after the loss to Deportivo La Coruna, the morale of the team became a little low. Gomez thought for a moment and said.

"After losing one game, who team can remain unbeaten all season? Yan Feng didn't agree with other people's mentality.

"Everybody's holding their breath. Without you and Lin, you can't win. Later, if there are more people in the team who are going to the national team, isn't that even more important to lose? We have been at the top of the table for so long, and we have been overtaken all of a sudden. In the next two games, we are short of major generals, and we will be thrown away directly. You're really worried!" Gomez said. Although he has not played so far this season, he is a member of the team and wants to see Granada win the title.

"Everyone, this is too much of a burden on the mind. Yan Feng shook his head. From Gomez's words, he could tell that his teammates were now suffering from a series of losses.

To be honest, the next period of time will be really tough for Granada.

Difficulties are coming. And these difficulties are also problems that every strong team needs to face. The best players in the squad often have to deal with the problem of being called up by the national team. This is the most test of a team's heritage and bench depth.

But these are the biggest weaknesses of the Granada team. The main formation of the Granada team, judging from the current performance, is not inferior to Real Madrid and Barcelona at all. But the bench side really can't be seen.

However, the Granada team is still very serious this time. This time, for the first time in the history of the Granada team, four main players were called up at the same time.

Luka Modric and Benkovic were called up by Croatia, Anthony Martial joined France, Riyad Mahrez returned to Algeria and even Sandel was called up to Spain for the first time in his career due to his impressive performances this season.

Joining the national team for the first time was a huge life for Sandel. Yan Feng was happy for Sandel from the bottom of his heart.

However, in addition to being happy, Yan Feng also began to feel helpless about the team's situation. In the past, he and Lin Fan were international players in the team, but now there are several more in the team, and it will definitely have a big impact on the Granada team every international break in the future.

The four attackers in the front court were all gone. This is tantamount to almost nullifying the offensive ability of the Granada team. No wonder the whole team looks like they don't have a lot of confidence.

After seeing the two consecutive games behind the team, Yan Feng couldn't help but feel as worried as everyone else. However, as the captain, he knew he couldn't do that. Everyone else can show worry and lack of confidence, but he feels that he can't be seen by others.

"Hey guys, lift your spirits. ”

"Hey, Aslan, you must be stunned, right? ”

"Costa, the two of us can start together again. Maybe you'll score this time. ”

"Morris, I can finally see your performance. I think if the two of us play together, the opponent will be scared. ”

"''''''" Yan Feng was joking with a player who had been a substitute for most of the season when he was looking for an opportunity in addition to training.

There are so many fewer main players, so it is necessary to mobilize the state of the potential players. In these difficult times, the Granada team must keep their spirits up. You have to play well when you're not in order. Do everything you can to win the game and don't let your competitors take advantage of it.

"No big deal. Aren't we all familiar with the people we have now? Isn't that our main squad last season?"

"Didn't we finish third last year? ”

"In the face of any opponent, we have only one goal, and that is to win the game!" Yan Feng said to everyone emotionally. At the end of the day, even I really think so.

"Yes!"

The teammates listened to Yan Feng's words, turned their heads and thought, hey, that's really the case. And so faith returned.

Originally, manager Andrea Pirlo was equally pessimistic about the team's situation. He was trying to find a way to change this pessimism, but he didn't expect that after Yan Feng said this, he found that the team's mood was better again.

Although the Granada team was set by Yan Feng, the captain, the morale of the army was restored. However, the difficulties faced by the team are objective.

Granada's opponent in the 11th round of La Liga is a fierce rival Athletic Bilbao.

Athletic Bilbao have continued to be strong this season. Knowing the plight of the Granada team, they were very confident before the game. Some of their players couldn't help but express their confidence in winning this game when they were happy.

The Granada team was speechless about the confidence of their opponents before the game, after all, they were indeed seriously affected.

Wait for this game to officially start. Pirlo was also pragmatic in putting the Granada team on the counter-attack.

Seeing that the Granada team playing at home was so weak, the away team Athletic Bilbao was happy and full of confidence. They were anti-visitors and put on a big attacking style from the start of the game.

Then Athletic Bilbao felt the confidence of the Granada team to really dare to challenge for the La Liga crown. That is, they have the best defense in La Liga.

Granada's attackers are not there, but their defensive backbone is there. Especially last season, those guys were there. And compared to last season, the defense has been greatly strengthened.

As long as Yan Feng is there, the defense of the Granada team will not be chaotic. As long as Yan Feng is here, any attack by the other party will be extremely difficult.

In the back line under the leadership of Yan Feng, it is useless for Ren is the attackers of Athletic Bilbao to be confident. The visitors' offense was simply unable to break the defense.

Upon discovering this, Athletic Bilbao immediately withered. In turn, the Granada team has become confident.

After blocking the opponent's attack, the Granada team began to counterattack. But this time, the shortcomings of the absence of the main attackers were exposed. There is a lack of strong attacking players, which makes it impossible for them to break down the opponent's defence.

In this way, the game fell into a dilemma where no one could help anyone. Granada are lacking attackers and are less sharp in attack, while Athletic Bilbao are unable to break down the defence. So the game was so stalemate.

The game was not until late in the second half when it was deadlocked. In the 77th minute of the game, Yan Feng suddenly stepped forward quickly, and after receiving Lin Fan's pass, he scored a long shot from outside the penalty area.

It was only at this time that Athletic Bilbao remembered that the Granada team still had Yan Feng, the most terrifying long-range heavy artillery of last season. But it was too late.

In the last match, Granada beat Athletic Bilbao by 1 goal at home.

The Granada team struggled to beat the ambitions of Athletic Bilbao in this match. And more importantly, they bit the points in the absence of a large number of main players.

In La Liga, points need to be bitten tightly. Once you get left behind, you often can't catch up. Eventually, you will lose the chance to win the championship. This is often the case with Atletico Madrid.

"Great. Finally got over this difficulty!" After the victory, Yan Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.