Chapter Forty-Nine: A Failure

"Good!" Pirlo, who never seemed to wake up, threw his fist in celebration this time. In the past, when a player scored, he didn't celebrate, but it just felt more bland. And today he seems to be more engaged than ever.

It's a different feeling to be able to take the lead, even if it's at home stadium, but against a team like Paris Saint-Germain. This is especially true when PSG look more aggressive and aggressive.

"Get ahead of the curve. Now the situation has become favorable. After celebrating with his teammates for a while, Yan Feng finally smiled. From the game to now, the pressure he's felt is honestly almost the biggest this season. The threat posed by the attacking firepower of the Paris Saint-Germain team, Yan Feng believes that it will surpass the Real Madrid team.

The situation is favorable, but it doesn't mean that you are in control of the game. In fact, on the contrary, in the face of falling behind, Paris Saint-Germain is really on fire.

The increased offensive investment made the Paris Saint-Germain team look fierce when they were behind.

With Paris Saint-Germain attacking, Granada could not take advantage of the goal advantage to control the game, but were forced to increase their defense. Under the opponent's wave after wave of attack, Modric and others also had to join the defense.

"Defend! In the face of increasing defensive pressure, Yan Feng kept yelling and directing his teammates to defend. A few superstars in the opponent's squad are not something that can be easily limited by one or two people. This makes it impossible for him to do everything at all, and he will always see his teammates broken through by opponents and pose a real threat.

It was another Neymar attack with the ball. Neymar moved left and right, broke out from Vidal and Ingarsen's flanks, cut inside and got his feet. Neymar's foot hit the ball smoothly, but this time the ball didn't fly out, but instead made him kick into a soft wall and almost didn't fall.

This is Yan Feng's preparation, and he rushed to stop in front of the ball in time. The thin Neymar is naturally not Yan Feng's opponent when he is facing hard. The end was that Neymar almost fell, but Yan Feng stopped the ball very steadily.

"Counterattack!" Yan Feng shouted to his teammates to attack.

Paris Saint-Germain, who lost the ball, immediately switched to the spot counter-attack, but Draxler, who was the first to go up and down to grab it, was shaken off by Yan Feng.

Paris Saint-Germain continued to press high, and Yan Feng handed the ball to Modric to organize soon after that.

Then, under the organization of Modric, the Granada team played a rather threatening attack.

Although the attack that created a lot of threat did not score, it also effectively contained the Paris Saint-Germain team, so that the latter did not dare to press too much.

After this defensive counter-attacking tactic was played, the defensive pressure faced by the Granada team was also greatly reduced. Then, until the end of the first half, they maintained a one-goal lead.

It was a good first half. At half-time, Pirlo had this to say about the first half.

Leading by just one goal, although not perfect, gave Granada a a big advantage in the second half. The initiative of this game is in their hands.

'Keep up the performance in the first half, the win is ours. ”

The lead in the first half gave Granada a lot of confidence.

And this confidence, after the start of the second half, made them play very calmly.

After 5 minutes, the score was still 1:0.

10 minutes, still 1:0.

For 20 minutes, the score remained the same.

For the full 20 minutes of the second half, the score did not change in the slightest.

The fact that the score remains unchanged does not mean that the game has become dull and ugly. On the contrary, the game was played at a more intense and faster pace than in the first half.

There were no more goals, but the two sides had more than a dozen kicks against each other. Both goalkeepers were excellent in the second half, with a number of saves making the game very exciting.

'It's been 65 minutes and in five minutes we'll be in complete control. The outcome of the game will be more favorable to me. On the bench on the sidelines, assistant coach Arras said with a red face.

"Just win this game. This time the Champions League is going further and will become more realistic. ”

Arras looked a little excited, but his words were agreed by the entire coaching staff. Even Pirlo, who didn't have much expression, nodded.

Against an opponent like Paris Saint-Germain, the pressure on the coaching staff is far greater than the players can imagine. No aspiring team can ignore the power that the current Paris Saint-Germain team brings.

With this optimism, it's not just the coaching staff, but almost all the Granada players on the pitch. In such a stalemate game, as long as you don't concede a goal, 70 minutes of the game passed. There will be a significant drop in fitness for both sides, and that's when the fitness advantage of the Granada team will be revealed. Then, there won't be too much suspense in the game.

Soon, 70 minutes had passed. Granada still hold a one-goal lead, and the fitness of both sides is really declining at a visible rate.

The most obvious is that the pace of the game has dropped a notch. Although both sides have maintained a positive momentum, the whole pace has indeed slowed down a lot.

'The game is stable, and then it's time to get into our own rhythm. ’

Yan Feng thought about it and smiled easily.

Even Yan Feng had some ideas, and the other Granada players were naturally not much different, just look at everyone's relaxed expressions.

After 70 minutes, Granada could not be provoked, even Real Madrid and Barcelona.

"Granada must win! This game seems to be stable. The fans seemed to be the same, and a lot of people cheered. It seems that the game is really nine out of ten.

The cheers of the fans resonated with the players, and everyone felt a lot more relaxed. Then, they were more actively involved in the game.

Use our advantage to crush your opponent and kill the game. That's what the players of the Granada team think.

The momentum of the Granada team is constantly rising, which makes them play even better. The situation of the game also gradually shifted from a stalemate to a Granada team gaining the upper hand.

Paris Saint-Germain did not surrender in response to this move, and they immediately made substitutions to bring on Di Maria.

Di Maria came up and was very active, which made a difference in the attack of the Paris Saint-Germain team, but it was not easy to break the goal of the united Granada team.

After holding off a brief comeback from PSG, the game really seemed to slide into the orbit that Granada wanted. It does look like the game is getting more and more in Granada's favor. No, even Neymar had a look of anxiety and frustration on his face.

The development of the situation is as optimistic as envisaged. The game really looks like there is no suspense anymore. But at this time, the Granada team made a happy and sad mistake. The coaching staff forgot to make the necessary personnel adjustments.

The Granada team does have a physical advantage, but after playing most of the game, there are still physical fitness that are not suitable for continuing the game. Especially the defensive players, under the impact of Neymar, Cavani and others, the physical consumption of the defenders of the Granada team is much greater than usual.

An attack that looks difficult to threaten the goal at once. After Di Maria received Neymar's helpless ball, he tried to cut inside. But there are at least two more defenders in front of him. The chances of him wanting to burst into the box or shoot from distance are slim.

But there was an accident in this seemingly unvariable situation. When Di Maria barely got to his feet, Lomban made a block. Under normal circumstances, Longban would definitely be able to block it, but his physical strength dropped greatly, and his kicking movement was a little deformed, half a beat slower, and he kicked Di Maria's foot.

Di Maria's shot was unsuccessful, but Lomban kicked him and sent him to the ground. He fell to the ground with the sound of the referee's whistle.

Lumban was fouled and not only got a yellow card, but also gave the opposition a well-placed free-kick opportunity.

"Oh, no. Longban looked annoyed and blamed. Today's performance is very stable, but he made a big mistake at this time.

"Lumban, it's not your fault. You've done your best. Yan Feng came over to comfort Long Ban. Yan Feng could see that Longban really tried his best, but his lack of physical fitness made him helpless to commit such a foul.

Pirlo, on the sidelines, slammed his palm hard. This foul by Lomban made him realize that he had made a big mistake as a coach. He even forgot to make personnel adjustments early to maintain a more suitable physical condition on the field.

Knowing that he had made a mistake, Pirlo immediately made personnel changes. Benkovic was replaced by Lumpan, who was obviously out of fitness. After Lumban's departure, Pirlo comforted: "You played well in this game, you did your duty. You can't be blamed for this foul. Now go and rest, we have a lot of games ahead for you. ”

Pirlo knew that his mistakes could be corrected, and when he reacted, he immediately made a substitution. However, there are some mistakes that do not have the consequences of human volition.

Andrea Pirlo made a substitution, but then PSG seized the rare free-kick opportunity. Neymar blasted the door open of Ochoa's guard with all the beautiful curling balls.

"1:1. The game was equalized. ”

Neymar's free-kick saved PSG.

The score of the game was changed, but the situation on the field did not change there.

This goal could not change the situation on the field, but it changed the outcome of the final game.

After being tied up, the Granada team pressed hard and wanted to exceed the score again, but under the tenacious confrontation of the morale-boosting Paris Saint-Germain team, all the attacks were in vain. In the end, the game ended in a draw.

But when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Yan Feng sighed deeply unwillingly.

"It's a failure!"

The victory in hand flew, and Yan Feng was really unwilling. But this is the case, and he can only accept it. And this failure also made him realize that in football, there is never a game that will belong to anyone after 70 minutes, and there will only be a battle until the last second.