Chapter 30: Moving On

The New Year in Spain passed in a hurry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and it's been so over, it's not like there are any lively days like the first and second days of the first month in China. During this period, of course, Yan Feng congratulated a lot of relatives and friends in China, such as Lin Fan, the Emperor and Godmother Liu Meng, all of whom were ** one by one.

As soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passed, the next day, Yan Feng threw himself into the team's training again.

Granada's opponent in this round is Las Palmas, who are currently ranked 11th. Las Palmas were well-balanced in attack and defence, with the team's top scorer being the number 7 attacking midfielder Kevin Boateng.

Overall, Las Palmas are stronger than Granada at both ends of the pitch. However, this time it was Granada who was at home, so Alcaraz set the goal of winning the draw early.

Seeing this, it is estimated that many domestic fans will want to roll their eyes. Those who know the national football team well know that once such a slogan or goal appears, it often means that something frustrating is about to happen.

Of course, Granada are not national football and manager Alcaraz is very much in line with the current reality of their team.

In fact, this goal is relatively optimistic. If it weren't for the recent two consecutive away draws against Espanyol and Villarreal, two teams in the top rankings, this gave Alcaraz a lot of confidence, otherwise he would have dared to say that he would only dare to stick to his home stadium without dropping points.

You must know that the Granada team before Alcaraz took over was the worst defense in La Liga, conceding the most goals, and the offensive power was also the worst. And since transferring Yan Feng back to the first team and gradually keeping up with the rhythm of the team, Alcaraz suddenly found that the Granada team has hardly conceded many goals in recent games. This shows his coaching ability and also shows that the team's defense has improved.

Comparing the past and the present, the human-like Alcaraz could certainly easily discover Yan Feng's value in it. Unconsciously, Yan Feng has quietly become Alcaraz's defender.

Therefore, in the match against Las Palmas, Yan Feng was entrusted with the most important task by Alcaraz. That's to watch Kevin Boateng.

Therefore, in training, Yan Feng was even placed in the back position by Alcaraz. That's right, the defenders. This location was very unfamiliar to Yan Feng. It's a place where a lot of sense of location and experience are in mind.

This is mainly due to the fact that Las Palmas likes to play in a 433 formation, and Kevin Boateng is often used as a central striker. In the last round, Las Pamars defeated Valencia, who are currently in 15th place, thanks to a 433 formation and a goal from Kevin Boateng.

Alcaraz has researched and he thinks that this time, Las Pamars will definitely line up a similar lineup.

Kevin Boateng was supposed to be used as a striker, so it would have been nice to let the defenders deal with it. Unfortunately, Kevin Boateng is a man who has a good combination of skill and speed, and is very physically strong. WITH A HEIGHT OF 186CM, A WEIGHT OF 83KG, AND A HIGH SPEED, THIS IS SIMPLY A HEAVY ARMORED VEHICLE.

In terms of physical confrontation, the two central defenders of Lomban and Ingason are likely to cope. But they can't keep up. The speed can keep up, and it's useless if the body is too carryable.

It was out of desperation that Alcaraz decided to use Yan Feng to play defender. But in the face of Yan Feng, who had never played as a defender before, he finally arranged for Yan Feng to play a free man, which is commonly known as a scavenger.

"Scavenger, this suits me perfectly. My favorite thing in the past was to clean up any trash I saw. When he heard that he was going to be a scavenger, Yan Feng smiled happily.

Of course, all this is just a rehearsal for Alcaraz. If Kevin Boateng changes to the original front midfield, then Yan Feng will directly do his old job as a back midfielder.

And it turns out that with thorough research, the predictions often don't deviate much.

A few days later, at Granada's home stadium, Las Pamars lined up in a 433 formation, with Kevin Boateng also in the middle and front.

As a result, among the five defenders posed by the Granada team, Yan Feng was among them.

Granada's defensive formation of 541 was not unexpected. What is unexpected is that Yan Feng also stood in the position of central defender. This was not only a surprise to Las Palmas, but also to the fans at home.

"I'm not mistaken, right? Yan is playing guard today?"

"Didn't the information say that Yan was a pure midfielder? I haven't seen him play as a defender?

Not to mention that the fans of the Granada team who came to watch the game couldn't understand Yan Feng's going to play defenders, and even the people who had been paying attention to Yan Feng in China were also a little confused.

"Eh, what is this doing? Is Yan Feng in the wrong position? When did he play as a defender?"

"Let Yan Feng play as a defender, not to mention playing an unfamiliar position, but also against Boateng, who has been in hot form recently!

"I'll copy it, doesn't this mean that you want Yan Feng to take the blame, just like letting Zheng Zhi play defender in the top 12 of the national football team last year. ”

"It's over, it's over!" 'King Yan' is back to this pot today!"

And Yan Feng really didn't think about it that much, he just thought about how to complete the tasks arranged by the head coach. At first, he did feel a little uncomfortable. But after playing for more than ten minutes, Yan Feng found that the position of scavenger was quite easy to play.

What is a scavenger? Isn't it about plugging leaks and clearing out any threat? It requires speed and stamina and a decisive and ferocious style. Isn't this exactly what Yan Feng himself has?

So, in the next game, Yan Feng, who was getting more and more comfortable with playing, became more and more active. From time to time, he appeared like lightning behind the players who couldn't resist and cleared the opponent's attack. For a while, I felt that the entire back line of the Granada team was behind Yan Feng. This is a headache for the Las Palmas forward line, which is eager to attack.

As the attacking core of Las Palmas' front trident, Kevin Boateng is even more anxious. He is confident in his strengths, and that is exactly what he is. Whether he's facing or Ingasen, he's used his speed and skill to get rid of them. But often, when he gets rid of it and is about to kick the goal, an Asian who suddenly appears like a ghost will poke his ball away first. All this made him want to go crazy with depression.

For the time being, as long as he has the opportunity to face it directly, he must teach the guy who seems to be Chinese a good lesson. But when he really had the opportunity to directly confront Yan Feng, he realized that he was wrong.

Although Yan Feng is a little inferior to him in height and weight, his confrontation ability is not inferior to tough guy guards such as Longban, and the instant strength of the sudden explosion is even stronger. In this way, Kevin Boateng's strength advantage is gone.

The strength advantage is gone, it doesn't matter, doesn't he still have speed? But when it comes to speed, Kevin Boateng's heart is even more broken.

"Who is this guy? Where did he come from? How can the strength not lose to my tendons and flesh, not to mention, the speed is so fast? This is really terrible!"

In fact, the last thing Yan Feng wanted to face was those guys who were as slippery as a mud shovel and as clever and fast as a monkey. It's too hard and too much effort to defend that kind of player.

Defending a player with the physicality and pace of Kevin Boateng is too difficult for anyone else. But for Yan Feng, who also has strength and speed, and is faster, unless the opponent still has Bell's speed, he can defend you without temper.

Speaking of Bell, Yan Feng was of course very eager to compete with the Great Sage. He wondered if Bell was faster, or if he was faster. Unfortunately, this time at the Bernabeu, Bale was recovering from his injuries.

Back to this game. After confronting Yan Feng, Kevin Boateng decided to find someone else. In the face of Longban and others, at least you can use speed and technology to shake an angle to come out and hit the goal. Although it is often destroyed by the guy who appears in time behind him, at least as long as he gets up fast enough, he can still hit a kick, right?

In other words, the formation of Alcaraz today is still very targeted, so that the attack of the Las Palmas team is directly caught in the quagmire of the sea of people. Coupled with Yan Feng, a guy with the body, speed and physical fitness, he made trouble on the back line, which made it difficult for the Las Palmas team to play their offense.

In the first half, although Las Palmas also had a few shots on goal, they did not pose much threat to the Granada goal.

So the first half ended in hand-to-hand combat and entanglement. More intense than exciting. But this is enough for the fans who support the Granada team and Yan Feng. As a fan of a relegation team, you are not entitled to demand beautiful football.

That was still the case in the second half. Even Las Palmas head coach Herrera made various morale moves and tactical arrangements at half-time. But back on the field, facing the quagmire of the Granada team, everything returned to the most primitive hand-to-hand combat.

Las Palmas are well-balanced in attack and defense, but they are only average in attack and average in defense. Against Granada's home defence, they couldn't find a better way to score.

As the clock ticked by, Las Palmas couldn't find a better way to score, which only meant that their confidence and morale were constantly eroded.

As the game progressed, everyone thought that this game would be another dull draw. Of course, the home fans are acceptable to this, but the Las Pamars team is a little depressed. If they can't win the fish relegation team, which team will they go to get points?

Of course, Herrera, who was unwilling to do so, also made personnel adjustments one after another, but the general trend was like this, and it was impossible to change the stalemate and dull situation on the field.

Just as Herrera was looking for a goal, there were some changes on the pitch.

Due to the long-term attack, not only was the morale of the army frustrated, but the players on the field of the Las Palmas team were seriously depleted while pressing on the field.

By the 80th minute, Kevin Boateng had already given up. He felt like all the strength in his body was running out. But he is the core of the team, and if the team wants to win, it has to rely on him.

In the Las Palmas attack, the ball was passed to Kevin Boateng. As soon as he got the ball, the force of the defenders behind him desperately carried made him a little unstable. And as he struggled to stabilize his figure, a figure suddenly rushed out from behind the side, and then cut the ball off before he could react.

"My ball!" shouted Kevin Boateng reluctantly, but the Granada player was left with a quick back away. In particular, the large 44 yard number behind it is particularly conspicuous.

"Why? He's still running?" said Kevin Boateng in disbelief. If it weren't for the fact that his physical strength had dropped too much, he wouldn't have been cut off so easily.

The No. 44 of the Granada team is, of course, Yan Feng. After Yan Feng broke the ball, he wanted to launch a counterattack quickly. But because the Granada team was too dense in the backfield, and the Las Palmas team was very pressed, Yan Feng lost the space to impact.

In desperation, Yan Feng saw a figure in a Granada jersey running forward out of the corner of his eye. So, Yan Feng didn't think much about it, and just kicked a long pass in front of the person.

"I'm going, it's big!" As soon as the ball left, Yan Feng was so depressed that he wanted to cry. This time the pass was not well controlled.

Yan Feng's long pass was a little off, and the strength was a little bigger. Coincidentally, it was in this way that the ball went straight over the entire backline of Las Palmas that was already a little pressed, and it was not out of bounds.

And the teammate that Yan Feng had targeted before was Pereira. Pereira was deployed as a wide midfielder this time, and although he was also actively involved in defence, the physical consumption was much less. He is also one of the players on the field who still retains some physical strength at this time.

Although Yan Feng's ball was not passed very well, Pereira saw the hope of supporting. Pereira gritted his teeth and ran, squeezing the last bit of strength out of his body and desperately chasing the ball.

Pereira was not slow in the first place, and he chased the ball first under the desperate run and the sharp drop in his opponent's stamina. This forced the goalkeeper who was originally standing in front of him to rush over and shovel.

Pereira jumped with a pick-up of the ball, and the goalkeeper who came over not only did not tackle the ball, but instead put down the defender who was desperately chasing the defense. Next, Pereira easily opened the net.

β€œGOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The Granada's home fans erupted in a state of ecstasy and cheered wildly with surprise on their faces.

Pereira was running with a look of ecstasy, and Yan Feng was also running with a happy face, at this moment, they just wanted to run, and they kept running.

It's a goal, it's going to win! there's nothing more exciting than that.

Hit by a few goals conceded, Las Palmas lost morale. Next, they really couldn't break the morale-boosting Granada team.

In the end, Granada won 1-0 at home.