Chapter 67: Good News

Against Girona, the weakest team in La Liga, although the process of winning was very difficult and ugly, it was won anyway. The Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info won the three points that should have been taken, and the whole Granada team was relieved.

The Granada team breathed a sigh of relief, but it was only a matter of a few days. Next, they have to face a difficult schedule of two races a week.

The Copa del Rey is starting to arrive. Although the Granada team only started to play in the round of 32 because it was a first-division team, it was still during La Liga.

The Copa del Rey round of 32 is a two-legged knockout round, which will be combined with the league to form a two-cycle double match a week. But for Granada, it's not just that. This is not the end of the two-game schedule, with two Europa League group games to follow. In this way, it will be a month-long one-week double game Devils schedule.

As long as he thought of this devil's schedule, Yan Feng's original good mood for winning disappeared suddenly. Just thinking about it makes me tired.

The Copa del Rey, La Liga, Europa League, these three competitions are coming one after the other, and with the current depth of the bench of the Granada team, they are simply not able to cope.

"Maybe it's time to give up some games. This is Yan Feng's helpless thought when facing this schedule.

Undoubtedly, the most important thing for Granada is La Liga and Europa League.

Europa League, although Granada still have a chance to qualify. They can be asked to win their next two games. A draw will be eliminated. Overall, there is a 50% chance of qualifying. All human beings are interconnected, and both Westerners and Easterners tend to attach great importance to foreign wars. Therefore, neither Yan Feng nor Pirlo, who is a coach, is willing to give up.

As for the league, it is the foundation of every team, and it is necessary to go all out.

For all these reasons, Pirlo chose to give up the Copa del Rey after the Granada team communicated with each other.

Giving up the Copa del Rey doesn't mean that Granada are going to give up the competition, but that they won't focus on the competition. Abandon the pursuit of the Copa del Rey and treat it as a game for the bench to grind.

Playing in the Copa del Rey with a submersion, win or lose. Such a choice may be a helpless measure for the entire Granada team. But this is great news for Lin Fan and other potential and marginal players who have little opportunity to play in the league.

Sure enough, when preparing for the Copa del Rey game, Pirlo directly relied on the squad of potential players. And Lin Fan finally entered the Granada team's squad for the first time.

Lin Fan entered the squad for the game, but he was not yet a starter. However, this is of great significance to Lin Fan.

This will be his first appearance in an official competition after going abroad. For this reason, in the pre-competition training, Lin Fan showed unprecedented enthusiasm and enthusiasm. His eyes were full of excitement and eagerness to play.

In the face of such a Lin Fan, Pirlo agreed. For this reason, Pirlo also secretly told Yan Feng that in this Copa del Rey match, he would definitely give Lin Fan a chance to play. And it won't be less than 45 minutes of playing time.

This one is absolutely good news. After Yan Feng revealed the good news to Lin Fan, Lin Fan, this kid, jumped up excitedly on the spot. Because of his excessive excitement, according to Lin Fan himself, he couldn't sleep that night.

A few days later, Granada then began the game that had been abandoned internally.

This time, the Copa del Rey opponent is not a strong team, but a team from La Liga - Real Santander Athletic.

Real Santander, although it is a team in La Liga, cannot be underestimated. In particular, the first leg of the Granada team was played away from home. In addition, the Granada team chose to give up strategically. Therefore, this game is honestly felt within the Granada team that there is a high probability of losing.

As the main force, Yan Feng has to focus on the league, and he is naturally not in the squad for this game. Although he is not in the squad, he does not need to go to Santander with the team. But in order to cheer for Lin Fan, who may be on the field, he chose to go with the team.

The game started very quickly, and the Granada team sent a full submersible supplement. I don't know if I received the news before the game, or if I made my own judgment, Real Santander sent all the main players.

Looking at this formation, Real Santander is indeed hungry to win against Granada.

As the game progressed, Racing Real Santander, which was playing at home and was all the main players, did have the upper hand.

Granada's main formation has problems in attack, and when it comes to the submersible formation against La Liga, it will not be much better.

The lack of attacking power, which was also a weakness of Granada's bench, made it very difficult for them to break down the Real Santander defence. However, the good thing is that the Granada team's bench is still very good defensively. Although they were underdog in the first half, with far fewer shots on goal than their opponents, they still managed to keep the goal clean.

After a break at halftime, in the second half, Pirlo really sent Lin Fan as he told Yan Feng.

But when Lin Fan came on the field, this kid excitedly knelt down and kissed the grass.

Seeing that Lin Fan was finally on the field, Yan Feng cheered for him loudly in the stands. "Lin Fan, come on. We must let them see that we Chinese can play football well. ”

Looking at Lin Fan's excited appearance, Yan Feng's heart was full of anticipation. To be honest, with Lin Fan coming to the Granada team for almost a month, he has gradually begun to adapt. The current opportunity to play is an exam for Lin Fan. If you perform well, you will have the opportunity to play in the league later.

Lin Fan, who had just come on the court, may have been too excited or a little nervous, and his performance was not good at the beginning. It didn't take two minutes to get a foul.

For Lin Fan like this, Pirlo still applauded him on the sidelines and encouraged him loudly.

As the game progressed, Lin Fan's big heart essence began to show. He gradually relieved the nervousness of his first appearance and began to let go.

After fully devoting himself to the game, many of Lin Fan's characteristics began to show. Although the tacit understanding between him and his teammates is not very good, he has not kept up with the rhythm of the game in a short period of time. And as time went on, his playmaking, ball control and defensive abilities began to show. Combined with his speed and running ability, he slowly began to become the most eye-catching player on the field.

The Granada team changed the lack of attack in the first half, and under the initiation of Lin Fan, they began to play some very dangerous attacks.

Granada's disadvantage on the pitch was reversed and they began to play stalemate with Real Santander.

The game against the offense and defense was still exciting. With both sides attacking the back of the net on the verge of increasing numbers, it looks like goals are on the horizon at any moment.

In the end, Real Santander, who are still playing at home, have the advantage. In the 65th minute, they seized on a mistake by Granada in the central midfield area and quickly counter-attacked.

0:1, Granada is behind.

Such a result was expected by the Granada team before the game. But when this thing really happened, the whole Granada team still felt that it was a pity. Especially when the second half was evenly matched.

A number of people in the Granada squad are starting to get ready for a loss. However, at this time, the substitute players on the field did not give up. Especially Lin Fan actually began to cheer up his teammates, he learned from Yan Feng's usual words, saying words of encouragement in half-baked and stumbling Spanish.

Looking at Lin Fan's appearance on the field, Yan Feng smiled. Such Lin Fan is the talented player Lin Fan he knows.

In the next game, the Granada team, under the leadership of Lin Fan, began to fight back. Real Santander was in high spirits after the goal and didn't back down and looked like they wanted to take advantage of the win.

The two sides continued to battle on the field, and by the 78th minute of the game, Granada had a chance to take a free kick. A free-kick opportunity almost 30 metres from goal.

At this time, Yan Feng saw Lin Fan stand up and stood in front of the football with a firm face.

"Come on, take your free-kick skills and let everyone see his scimitar arc. ”

In Yan Feng's expectations, Lin Fan did not disappoint him. Lin Fan used a free kick with a beautiful arc to blast into the upper corner of the opponent's goal.

1:1, Lin Fan equalized the score with a free kick.

"Well done, Lin Fan!" Yan Feng shouted excitedly, looking at Lin Fan who was celebrating excitedly on the field, he was as happy as if he had scored this goal.

Later in the game, the equalized Real Santander team was also unwilling to win and flown off, and they launched a burst of onslaught.

The morale of the Granada team that equalized was greatly boosted, and under the leadership of Lin Fan, they withstood the fierce attack of the home team. And finally kept the score of 1:1 until the end of the game.

The draw, although not as happy as the victory. But in a game that was strategically abandoned and prepared to lose, it was a surprise to get such a result. Especially in a two-legged away draw, scoring goals is an advantage.

A draw was a surprise for the team. For Lin Fan, who scored a free kick, it was a more joyful event worth celebrating.

Lin Fan was praised by Pirlo after the game for this goal and his good performance after playing.

In the first official competition after going abroad, it was good to have a good performance. There was even a goal, which was absolutely good news for Lin Fan.

Yan Feng believes that after this game, the pressure on Lin Fan to enter the team due to his high value will be greatly relieved. This is a wonderful start, and he believes that Lin Fan will show his extraordinary talent from this day on.