Chapter 100: The Battle of Barcelona
Today, the Granada fans in the stands are a little different than they used to be. In the past, the majority of the fans were local Spanish fans. But today, more than half of the fans are Chinese.
Among these Chinese, there are overseas Chinese in Spain and Chinese who are studying in Europe. There are also a lot of fans who have come from the country to catch up.
Because there are Chinese players such as Yan Feng and Lin Fan in the team, this makes the Granada team no longer just a Spanish team. The Granada team has also become its own team in the hearts of Chinese fans.
The boss of the Granada team sat in the VIP box again today, and he was watched with not only the mayor of Granada, but also several famous rich people from China who like football. And one of these people is not good-looking, and he thinks he is ET at first glance.
On the VIP seats under the box, Zhou Yun, Li Xueer, Aunt Ni, and Xiao Wei all sat together dressed up. The four of them held several Chinese flags and Granada team flags in their hands, waving flags and cheering, which became the most beautiful scenery in the stands.
They are not players on the field, but they have also attracted a lot of media attention. Before the start of the competition, the four of them were the most brilliant people in various media lenses.
Their presence added a lot to the game. With them staring in the stands, Yan Feng and Lin Fan naturally had to work harder.
This is not the first time Granada have played against Barcelona. Yan Feng has also played against several players of the Barcelona team. As the Granada team gets better and better, players like Yan Feng have also begun to get the attention of the Barcelona team.
During the warm-up, Yan Feng met Samper, a former old teammate. Time flies, and a few months ago, everyone was still comrades who fought side by side on the field, but now when they meet again, they have become rivals. Yan Feng was full of emotion in his heart.
"Samper, we meet again. Welcome back to Granada. β
"Thank you. Strict. β
Yan Feng gave Samper a hug. Although everyone is an opponent now, that affection is still there.
When Samper was in Granada, he had a gentle personality and good relationships. People like Sandel, Pereira and others came over and gave Samper a hug.
"Thank you. I've always missed playing with everyone. "Back in Granada, Samper was delighted by the hugs.
And what moved him even more was that at this time, a banner was pulled out from the stands. "Welcome home, Samper. β
Seeing this, and hearing the shouts of the fans, Samper was really moved, and even the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
After everyone had said hello, Yan Feng heard Samper, who had turned to leave, whisper in a melancholy voice, "I really wish I could stay at that time." β
Hearing Samper's words of exclamation, Yan Feng was in a complicated mood. When Samper returned to Barcelona, it was unsurprisingly just a substitute. Absolute workhorses like Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta are not something that the current Samper can challenge. has changed from an absolute main force to a substitute whose playing time cannot be guaranteed, and the gap between this is still huge.
Yan Feng felt that even if he went to a world giant like the Barcelona team, from the main player to the substitute, he would also feel the loss caused by this gap.
However, professional football is like that. Sometimes football doesn't have to be a choice. Even if you choose yourself, it is not always the desired outcome.
Although I also miss the days of playing with Samper, to be honest, Yan Feng really likes this unassuming player. But if Samper didn't leave, how could his good brother Lin Fan come to Granada?
After greeting Samper, Yan Feng saw Messi coming over. Yan Feng took the initiative to step forward and stretched out his hand. "Hello, Messi. We meet again. β
"Hi. Meet again, Yan. Messi also stretched out his hand and replied with a smile.
"Welcome to Granada. However, you still have to keep your points when you leave. Yan Feng said with a smile.
"Haha. I'm here to take three points away. Messi also laughed.
'It's a very important game for both of us. Therefore, if you want to score points, you can only decide if you have played. Yan Feng said confidently. The superstar he once looked up to, now he dares to face it and challenge it.
Sometimes, Yan Feng is really fortunate to live in this era of 'peerless Shuangjiao', and being able to compete with these two people is the most exciting moment in his life.
"You're right. For the championship, for all three points, we're going to give it our all. Messi said seriously.
"So do we. β
After a few simple words with Messi, after each of them made up their minds, they went separately to warm up.
Among the opponents, it is over to say hello to Messi. Stars like Neymar and Suarez are just warming up.
After the two sides have warmed up, it is time to carry out various entrance ceremonies. After all the preparations were made, the starters of Granada and Barcelona stood in their own half of the pitch and waited for the referee to blow the whistle for the start of the game.
The referee on duty stood near the Chinese circle, looked down at the watch in his hand, and put the whistle in his mouth. After waiting for a while, the referee blew the whistle violently.
"Beep~"
The competition has officially begun.
Sandel, who was standing in the middle circle to kick the ball, kicked the ball directly at Yan Feng.
Yan Feng stopped the football kicked by Sundel steadily, and swept his head, the opponents from Barcelona were quickly falling into position. And Suarez was running towards him.
Yan Feng waited for Suarez to run closer, and then distributed the ball to nearby Costa. After Suarez saw that Yan Feng had no ball at his feet, he slowed down, and then continued to move past Yan Feng and move forward.
After Suarez passed, Costa kicked the ball back to Yan Feng again. Yan Feng stopped the football again, and it was only then that his real opponent, Sergio Busquets, approached.
Barcelona are still in their 433 formation. Therefore, as long as Yan Feng takes the ball and wants to attack, he is bound to directly face Busquets in the middle.
Yan Feng and Busquets have had direct conversations several times. Yan Feng's outstanding performance has made Busquets have to be cautious when facing him again. No, after Busquets got closer, he didn't dare to force Taishang, nor did he dare to kick easily.
Seeing that Busquets had no intention of stepping forward, Yan Feng did not rush forward. It's just the beginning, and it's not yet time for him to take the risk of going head-to-head. Don't look at his success rate, but he has a deep understanding of the principle of offensive and defensive confrontation in football, and understands that it is not so easy to pass in professional confrontation.
If you can use the cooperation near the midfield to get the propulsion effect, there is no need to go it alone. He kicked the ball to Costa and started running.
The 4231 formation used by the Granada team, when facing the 433 formation of the Barcelona team, when attacking, if it is initiated by the midfield, it will gain a strength advantage in the midfield.
When Costa got Yan Feng's pass, he was not guarded by Barcelona players. By the time midfielder Rakitic moved over to defend, Costa had plenty of time to watch his team-mates and make his selections.
When Rakitic got closer, Costa passed the ball to Lin Fan in front of him. His pass, because Rakitic was pinned down by him, Busquets wanted to follow Yan Feng, and Lin Fan could face the Barcelona team's back line as soon as he completed the turn.
The 433 formation is like this, once the midfield cannot play a role in the front, there will be a shortage of troops in the midfield. If it's a dream three at its peak, you can use the whole to force the opponent to pass the ball.
And now, after Xavi's departure, Barcelona's midfield control has rapidly declined. That's when Granada could easily hit the ball to the back line.
Lin Fan took the ball to face the back line of the Barcelona team, nervous and excited. Seeing Pique stepped forward to intercept, Lin Fan did not rush to divide the ball, but chose to face Pique's defense by himself.
Lin Fan faced Pique's defense, first stepped on the bicycle a few times, and then quickly flicked the ball and cut to the middle. Taking advantage of his start-up, Lin Fan didn't give Pique a chance to break the ball. Then he changed his way back and hit the door directly.
Lin Fan's long-range shot, the quality is not bad. However, it did not escape the five-finger mountain of goalkeeper Schgent. The ball was first blocked by Schgent and then taken into Schgent's arms.
Lin Fan's long-range shot was unsuccessful. However, it was the Granada team's first shot on goal that naturally drew applause from the fans in the stands.
The first shot in the game, although it did not score, but it still had a deterrent effect. This shot represents the determination of the Granada team in this game.
However, Granada's determination made Barcelona manifest, and when Barcelona had possession, they did not dare to attack immediately. Instead, from the defender to the midfielder and then forward, layer by layer using the ball to cooperate with the ball to advance.
On the defensive side, offense is the key to Barcelona's ability. ITI-KATA IS STILL THE BARCELONA. Their short pass coordination made it difficult for Yan Feng and the others to intercept the defense.
In the current Barcelona team, the passing and control cooperation is to send the ball to the feet of the strikers. Then it's up to the strikers to solve the problem.
Barcelona now rely on their all-conquering forward trident. This time the ball came to Neymar's feet. Neymar immediately attacked the Granada backline.
Neymar's individual ability was unquestionable, and when he rushed up, Bezo on the wing did block him. This requires Yan Feng's timely assistance.
And this time, after Neymar shook off Bezo's face-to-face defense, he didn't wait for Yan Feng to be in place, and also shot directly from a distance. The ball burst out from Neymar's feet and grazed the post.
Neymar's shot didn't go in, but it also deterred Granada's goal. This is his tribute to Lin Fan's long-range shot.
"Sure enough, it's Barcelona. That's what they're all about. Yan Feng saw Neymar complete the attack and sighed. Barcelona isn't just Messi. Messi is past his peak, but now it seems that Neymar can take the gun from Messi's hands.
"Brother Feng, Barcelona is really strong enough. I only kicked once, and they returned the salute once. Lin Fan came closer and said.
"That's right. But so what? No matter who the opponent is or how strong it is, all we have to do today is attack with all our might. Defeat them. Yan Feng said resolutely.
"Hmm. Lin Fan nodded, and then left to settle down.
Barcelona are nowhere near as strong defensively as they are right now. While it was difficult for us to fend off their attacks, they were also unable to keep us at bay completely. Yan Feng thought to himself.
Now the Barcelona team's midfield and backfield problems are still quite big, the aging Iniesta, the overwhelmed Rakitic, and Busquets alone can no longer support the Barcelona team's midfield. And the backbone of the guard is still Pique, and Pique is now over 30 years old. Few others can overcome their responsibilities. In a word, now the Barcelona team has a lot of holes in the back.
Yan Feng knew all this very well. In order to prepare for this game. During his suspension, he devoted most of his energy to studying Barcelona's current squad. And the above problems are what he discussed and discussed with coaches such as Pirlo and Arras.
It is precisely because of these weaknesses of the Barcelona team that Yan Feng has enough confidence in this game. Now all he has to do is find out these weaknesses of the opponent and then exploit them and create goals for his side.
"Ochoa, give me the ball. Yan Feng decided to take advantage of the opponent's foothold and strive to score as soon as possible.
Ochoa quickly kicked the ball to Yan Feng. As soon as Yan Feng got the ball, he immediately encountered Neymar's defense.
It seems that the opponent is going to start pressing from the front.
As soon as Yan Feng saw Neymar coming, he immediately understood this. However, he didn't care, these were planned before the game.
Yan Feng carefully guarded the ball while scanning the position of his teammates around. It was found that the teammates that Costa and Lin Fan wanted to respond to were surrounded by opponents watching the defense. Yan Feng wanted to pass the ball forward or horizontally, but it was difficult to get a response. In addition to passing Neymar, he just passed the ball back.
"Sure enough. β
Yan Feng saw that Neymar vigilantly kept a certain distance to exert pressure, and did not choose to come hard. He first turned and kicked the ball to the full-back Bezo at the back.
Originally, it was Neymar who was opposite Bezo, but now that Neymar is going to force Yan Feng, Bezo has room to play. After receiving Yan Feng's pass, Bezo began to dribble forward.
Neymar had no choice but to go over to defend Bezo again, and at this time, Yan Feng took the opportunity to move forward and raised his hand and shouted. "Bezo, here. β
Bezo quickly kicked the ball to Yan Feng. At this time, Neymar turned around again and wanted to force Yan Feng too late. Yan Feng took the opportunity to start rushing forward with the ball.
Soon encountered the expected Busquets, Yan Feng waited for a certain distance before choosing to distribute the ball to Costa. Then, rush forward with all your might. And Busquets naturally desperately turned around and followed Yan Feng.
And Costa, who responded this time, did not stop the ball, and directly kicked the ball to Lin Fan in front. Then, he moved sideways in the direction of the middle.
"Pestering him. Busquets shouted while chasing Yan Feng while pointing at Lin Fan.
Rakitic hurriedly turned to Lin Fan and ran, but this time Lin Fan did not face the defender after taking the ball like last time. On the contrary, he also didn't stop the ball, knocked the ball sideways, and just passed it to Yan Feng who was running.
Due to the difference in speed, Busquets was already one position behind Yan Feng at this time. This allowed Yan Feng to continue to move forward unhindered. Busquets began to use his strength to feed, and even reached out to pull Yan Feng, wanting to interfere with Yan Feng.
Yan Feng's combination of man and ball is not very top-notch, so he can't play his full speed when he dribbles the ball. In order not to fall into the front and back attacks, Yan Feng took a few steps and kicked the ball to Sandel in front.
Sandel carried Umuditi on his back, and did not force it, but moved a few steps forward to meet the incoming ball and kicked it directly to the side to the baseline.
Pereira showed up where he went to play at Sundel. That's the bottom game of the Granada team.
Successful bottoming. However, Pereira did not completely shake off the defence of Barcelona left wing-back Roberto. After Pereira tried unsuccessfully to get into the box, he pulled the ball back and kicked it to the edge of the box.
"Pereira passed it back. Yay, here's your chance!" some fans shouted excitedly.
The front edge of the penalty area, and it was passed back near the bottom line, which was the best shot that Yan Feng inserted from behind.
Yan Feng did not disappoint when he appeared in this place. Behind him, Sergio Busquets pulled his corner and was chasing after him desperately. Yan Feng didn't seem to be affected by this, and when he ran to the back of the step, he directly hit the ball with a kick.
"Boom!" in Busquets' desperate eyes, the ball flew out like lightning and then straight in the direction of the goal.
Goalkeeper Schgent struggled to make a save. Because the ball was so fast, he just had time to make a rough judgment. And luckily, his hand touched the ball. Unfortunately, he touched the ball and changed its direction, but not enough for it to fly out of goal.
βGOAL!!!!!!!!!!!β
"Wow! Goal, goal, Yan goal!"