Chapter 33: The Basque Lion
"Basque Lions!"
Those who have followed La Liga must know that this is the Athletic Bilbao team in La Liga. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoA team made up entirely of Basques.
Athletic Bilbao is a veteran powerhouse in La Liga, the third team in La Liga after Real Madrid and Barcelona to have never been relegated.
Athletic Bilbao have a unique history, which gives them their own unique style. For the first time, Yan Feng heard that they only brought in players from the Basque Country, and they could always be in the middle and upper echelons of La Liga. At first he didn't believe it. When he really got to know it, he found out how special this team is.
When Yan Feng learned about the information given by the team, he was surprised to find that except for one Frenchman, all the players in the Athletic Bilbao team were from the Basque Country. And the Frenchman is also a Basque and was trained by their academy.
A Basque Country with a population of just over 2 million can sustain a team that is at the top of La Liga. This was really amazing to Yan Feng. In other words, more than 1 billion Chinese have not been able to produce a few players who can establish themselves in Europe.
There is no harm without contrast. In this comparison, Yan Feng couldn't help but say: "Domestic youth training is really a dog and!"
After a closer look, Yan Feng found that the highest value in the Athletic Bilbao team turned out to be the only Frenchman Laporte. Laporte's value has reached 30 million euros, which is almost half of the total value of the Granada team.
"I'm going, how can there be a player with such a scary value abroad? Yan Feng was startled at first, and then only envy remained.
After envying him, Yan Feng looked at Laporte's age again. "Isn't that only 23 years old? Why? There are geniuses everywhere outside! There are only a few Chinese people at this age who can play in the Chinese Super League. When China can reach this value by one or two, then the World Cup will no longer be a fantasy!"
Looking at other people's players, and then looking at those teammates in his own family, Yan Feng began to panic in his heart. Throwing away those thoughts that made him depressed, Yan Feng looked at the 30 million euro worth, and couldn't help but feel a strong desire from the bottom of his heart.
"If I can compare him, wouldn't that prove that I can also be worth this value?"
It's a pity that this Yan Feng is just thinking about it. Because Laporte is a defender, he basically won't have any chance to play with Yan Feng, who is now playing a defensive midfielder.
On the day of the game, as soon as Yan Feng took to the court, he found that in addition to the unique team composition of Athletic Bilbao, their home stadium also had a group of very crazy fans.
As soon as he appeared on the stage, Yan Feng was first calmed by the crazy atmosphere of the home fans, and that feeling can only be experienced when he was in it. It seems that there are aura and waves of sound in all directions, suppressing everyone who dares to rise up to resist. The feeling is even more intimidating than the home stadium of the Green Turtles in China.
Yan Feng was all suppressed, not to mention the rest of the Granada team.
Under the pressure of the crazy fans, the Granada team behaved a little aberration. Since the start of the game, he has not even been able to exert half of his usual combat power. If it weren't for the foresight of manager Alcaraz who put up a 541 defensive formation early on, they might have conceded a goal within minutes of the game.
Although later, the Granada team gradually adapted and began to improve their performance a little. But Athletic Bilbao's devil's home stadium is not a joke, no matter how much you adjust, Granada just can't get back to the way it was before. Lian Yan Feng did not play a very good role in addition to bringing himself a few foul data in his desperate efforts.
In this case, no matter how much the Granada team defends, it will not be able to hold in the end. In the first half they were still down by one goal.
At halftime, the Granada soldiers returned to the dressing room, and everyone's faces were heavy. I don't know why, the state of everyone on this court just can't be raised. On the contrary, this stadium has a buffg that greatly reduces the state of the players of the visiting team.
"What a wicked sect! I feel like I'm out of control. Yan Feng was very depressed. Although he is very determined, today he just feels that his mind is in a hurry, and he just has no state.
Alcaraz, who was also aware of the problem, took advantage of the break to start constantly reconciling the mental state of his players. And he also changed the team's previous strategy.
He asked his team to stop defending in the second half and play more aggressively. Anyway, it's already behind, and if you don't attack, it's also a loss.
After half-time adjustments, the Granada players did have a change in their mental state when they returned to the pitch. Coupled with the sudden change of tactics, they gradually found some sense of playing with the initiative.
In the second half, Granada needed to attack, they needed to score. But when they really wanted to fight back, they found the unity and tenacity of Athletic Bilbao.
The cohesion of Athletic Bilbao is even more vividly reflected in the defense. Their cohesive and intense defence made it difficult for Granada to break down the defence by any means.
Granada took a breath to attack, but not only did it fail to work, but on several occasions it almost allowed Athletic Bilbao to break through on the counter-attack. If it weren't for Yan Feng, who stayed behind, who fought hard and paid a yellow card, they could have announced the loss of the game earlier.
But even Lomban paid the price of a yellow card, and he still couldn't give Granada a chance to score.
In Granada's desperate counterattack, Laporte in Athletic Bilbao can show what is worth 30 million euros. His precise positioning, as well as his decisive and very successful tackles, made Granada's attack invisible. Granada's main striker, Kravitz, was completely at a disadvantage in the battle with Laporte.
Later, Alcaraz used substitutions to strengthen the attack, but in the face of a back line led by Laporte, Granada's attack looked weak.
As time passed, Granada's attack not only failed to work, but was pressed by Athletic Bilbao to retreat to the back.
"If it goes on like this, this will be lost!" What should I do?" Seeing that the opponent had an absolute advantage on the field again, Yan Feng began to get anxious.
But the overall strength of the Granada team was there, and Yan Feng was unable to save Daxia for a while. On the contrary, Athletic Bilbao seemed to see more chances of victory and began to launch a rather threatening attack.
Seeing that the goal of the Granada team began to become a storm, it seemed that the goal would be broken at any time in the next second.
"Something has to be done, or you're going to lose. Yan Feng tried his best to defend while thinking hard about countermeasures.
"It can't be helped. Maybe if you go out and fight, maybe there will be vitality. In the end, Yan Feng gritted his teeth and decided to give it a go.
"Everyone fights, we must not concede any more goals. As long as you hold on, there will be life. Yan Feng shouted loudly to his teammates beside him, hoping to arouse everyone's blood.
Yan Feng didn't just talk about it, he was also more involved in action. He didn't care at all that he still had a yellow card on his back, and when it was time to tackle, he definitely didn't hesitate to get his feet down. Led by him, the rest of the Granada team also mustered the last of their courage and desperately held on.
At the insistence of the Granada team, they stubbornly withstood the frantic attack launched by the Athletic Bilbao team in the 65-80 minutes.
Athletic Bilbao didn't expect Granada to withstand their attack. However, they didn't pay much attention to it, especially after seeing the fatigue on the faces of the Granada players, who still felt that they had won with a goal in hand.
As the clock drew to a close, Athletic Bilbao, whose fitness had also dropped dramatically, began to slow down. Occupy the absolute advantage on the field, with a goal in hand, the game time is running out, and no matter how strong Athletic Bilbao is, it is inevitable that there will be some relaxation at this time.
But when the spirit of the Athletic Bilbao players began to slacken, they would not have imagined that one of the opponents who seemed to have no power to fight back was preparing a Jedi counterattack.
This person who is ready to fight back is Yan Feng. He was not willing to let the team lose. The team is now out of the relegation zone, but a loss could put them back in the quagmire. Yan Feng couldn't accept that this situation would happen again, and as long as the game wasn't over, he would have to feed the machine to attack. I'm not going to be restrained.
Finally, the opportunity that Yan Feng had been waiting for came. In a tough defence, they managed to grab the ball.
"Give it to me!" Yan Feng immediately asked his teammates for the ball.
Soon, his request was answered. When it was difficult for his teammates to control the ball, he passed the ball to Yan Feng as soon as possible.
As soon as Yan Feng got the ball, before he could turn around, he was forced by an opponent from behind.
Hold him Raul Garcia. Athletic Bilbao is a versatile midfielder with a strong style. Even if his fitness dropped, he still pressed the opponent with the ball from behind as soon as possible.
The strong Garcia constantly exerted pressure from behind, and he wanted to use his ever-increasing strength to force Yan Feng to make mistakes.
But he really underestimated Yan Feng. He didn't know that the more he pressed, the closer he pressed, but it would give Yan Feng a better chance.
No, after carrying it hard a few times, Yan Feng expected the opponent to push forward more strongly, and suddenly slammed his right shoulder, and his right foot swiped on the ball, making a move to get rid of it to the right. Then he swoops his left hand back, quickly turns to the left and takes the ball away. Successfully turned around and left Garcia behind.
As soon as he got rid of it, Yan Feng felt the cells in his whole body beat. I was as excited as I had done before. He began to accelerate and rush forward.
Because the opponent didn't expect that in this situation, Yan Feng would dare to pass others, and he would be able to get rid of success, and no one could block Yan Feng's way in time for a while.
"Offensive !!!"
Yan Feng roared, waved his hands forward, and the whole person accelerated wildly.
Soon, an opponent rushed up to intercept him. But the opponent who wanted to intercept the first kick was just a chance to Yan Feng. What Yan Feng is not afraid of is that others will kick out, what he is afraid of is that you will not kick.
In the eyes of people who don't know, Yan Feng used a small white croquette to get past his opponent.
"Croquettes? That No. 44 has such a trick? No, it's dangerous!" The fans at home were all shocked by Yan Feng's sudden move.
After Yan Feng passed one more person, he continued to accelerate and run forward. And his two successful escapes also gave other Granada players hope in attack. People like Pereira and others also rushed forward one after another, hoping to support Yan Feng.
Yan Feng's breakthrough speed was too fast, so that the Athletic Bilbao defense line that was too pressed could not be organized. He quickly rushed past the midfield and he met Laporte. But at this time, Laporte had no one behind him, so he could only choose to retreat and delay.
But Yan Feng had already settled on the main impact at this time, and he continued to push forward.