Chapter Eighty-Four: The Race of Hell
The more significant the transfer, the longer it will take to operate. At a time when La Liga rivals have not yet reached a major transfer, Granada's hellish schedule is coming.
After Yan Feng returned to the Granada team, he soon ushered in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. Although it has entered the knockout stage of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, the strong teams belonging to La Liga will not meet for the time being. Granada met Celta de Vigo who had been relegated to La Liga.
In the face of such a team, under normal circumstances, there will not be much suspense about the natural ending. Granada won the first leg comfortably at home.
On the third day of the Copa del Rey, Granada started the La Liga competition. The opponent is Real Betis, not a weak team. But against the Granada team, who are united in their hearts. Again, there is no suspense in the outcome. Granada beat Real Betis.
Fighting on multiple fronts is destined for the Granada team to play two games a week for a long time. It's a great test for the team and the players. Fortunately, after a short vacation, the fatigue of the body can still be well recovered.
After playing the match against Real Betis, Yan Feng only rested for two days, and then ushered in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey with the team.
Given the intensity of the competition, Mourinho used the practice of rotation. In the Copa del Rey, a game that is favorable and not very difficult, a large area of the main rotation has begun. Yan Feng regretted that because of his physical fitness and the responsibility of the captain, he still had to start.
Although the importance of the game was insufficient, Yan Feng couldn't raise much momentum. But with a large group of submersible players to play, coupled with the Celta team's free hand at home, Yan Feng still couldn't be lazy in the end. In order to break the extravagant hope of absolute hand, Yan Feng established a bigger lead with a burst shot in the first half. And in the end, the Granada team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.
In addition to making the team successfully promoted, Yan Feng's strength also has the advantage of giving his friend Gomez a chance to play.
With a full half of playing time, Gomez was very happy. In order to thank Yan Feng for scoring early and giving him a chance to play, Gomez invited Yan Feng and others to a big meal with his pitiful salary after the game.
The round of 16 of the Copa del Rey was over, and it was only two days off, and then Yan Feng was the starter to participate in the league game. Fortunately, Yan Gou's physical fitness has always been relatively good, and his recovery ability is also strong. He continued to play consistently, leading the team to winning games alongside Luka Modric.
Multi-front combat is hard work, and by here, the Granada team has finally gotten better and can rest for four or five days. Then, Granada went into a grueling schedule of one game with only two days of rest.
Copa del Rey, La Liga, then Copa del Rey, La Liga. In the space of eight days, Granada played four games.
"I'll go, this is making people miserable!" Poor Yan Feng, he only rested one of the four games. For this reason, he began to be a little depressed about his good physical fitness and the status of the captain.
Yan Feng can only blame himself, his recovery ability is too strong. Of course, this will be the case, in fact, the big reason is that since Modric, his main responsibility is defense, and he no longer needs to be a father and a mother like in previous seasons, and he can catch defense and offense together. This allows him to run three or four kilometers less per game while maintaining good enough defensive stats. That's what makes him look like he's still alive after playing such a tight game.
At the beginning, Mourinho actually arranged Yan Feng to rest like others after coming to the Granada team. It can be seen that after knowing Yan Feng's immortal physical fitness and the role of stabilizing people's hearts on the field, in line with the idea of not using it in vain, he kept playing when Yan Feng was not tired.
made Yan Feng's number of appearances even more than that of goalkeeper Ochoa who didn't have to play. If it weren't for Jiang Lizhang's fear that Yan Feng would be tired, Mourinho would have almost forgotten that Yan Feng needed to rest.
There are no too strong opponents, just kick and kick, don't have to do your best, Yan Feng feels that it doesn't matter. Of course, if he can't get excited about the game, as long as his teammates can do it, he is happy to have a good time.
With such a dense schedule, Yan Feng can withstand it, but his teammates may not. Jose Mourinho was rested early in the morning, but as this intensive schedule continued, the Granada team began to enter a period of injury riding.
First, Sandel suffered a little injury in the game and needed to rest for a week, and then even Lin Fan, a young guy with good physical fitness, also had a slight strain and also needed a week of rest.
Although there were only a few minor injuries among the main players, coupled with the physical exhaustion of many players, the Granada team ushered in the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League. This brings them to their first real predicament since Jose Mourinho took over.
The opponent in the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League is Porto of the Portuguese First Division. Porto are also an established team in the Champions League, so they are naturally a difficult opponent to deal with.
With two of the main players unable to play, Mourinho is naturally conservative. Although the Granada team played a defensive counterattack, the Porto team was really strong, and they caused a lot of problems for the Granada team with good morale. However, with Yan Feng's active play, the Granada team retreated from the Delagan Stadium.
Although it was only a draw, the away draw was acceptable with Granada's disjointed squad.
After the Champions League game, Granada finally got out of the hellish schedule of two games a week or two five games for a while. Returning to the weekly stage of the week with enough time to rest, Yan Feng and his teammates were finally able to take a good breath.
To be honest, although Yan Feng's physical fitness is frighteningly good, he can stand it physically, but mentally he can't avoid fatigue. Yan Feng felt mentally tired, and the others were physically and mentally exhausted. Jose Mourinho, who is not even the head coach and does not have to play, said happily afterwards that he can finally get a good night's sleep.
Compared to the previous horrific schedule, the next month of one game a week was really a heavenly day for everyone in the Granada team.
The competition is no longer so intensive, but for Yan Feng, it is a pity that it is another year of Spring Festival in China. Once again, he couldn't go home, alone outside, in addition to blessings from domestic fans and new friends on TV and on the phone, he could only pass the time of missing his hometown in the game.
On the night of the Spring Festival, the Granada team had a game. On such a special day, Yan Feng also broke out with all his might. This time, Atletico Madrid is desperate to prove that it still has the strength to compete for the championship.
Because he was sufficiently involved and played to his heart's content, Yan Feng scored two goals by himself. This made Atletico Madrid a rare target of slaughter under the Granada team. I made a 4:0.