Chapter 36: The AFC Champions League debut

The day after the match with the N champion, Yan Feng followed the team back to Guangzhou on a plane. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but this time I didn't go back to Guangzhou, but I flew to Bangkok in Guangzhou. After arriving in Bangkok, I changed trains again and came to the destination of this time - Buriram Province.

On May 4, Guangzhou R&F will play the last match of the AFC Champions League group stage with Buriram United here.

After a long and bumpy journey, even an iron man like Yan Feng began to feel tired. While Yan Feng thanked the intensive events for bringing him opportunities, he also felt the pain of constantly flying around.

Because of the tight time and the need to rest and adapt to the hot climate of Thailand, Yan Feng regretted that he could not meet the Thai ladyboy with the top name.

Thailand in May is in the tropics, and the climate is really hot. Even people like Yan Feng, who have been living in the humid and hot climate, are a little unbearable. The R&F team is better for southerners, and the other northern players can be said to have halved their direct combat power.

Because R&F has already qualified second in the group, Stojkovic decided not to send the main force in this game. It's about bringing in a lot of young players. As for Yan Feng, Lao Si considered that he had played together in the main game and the reserve team before, so he put him on the bench this time.

On May 4, after entering the Buriram Telecom Stadium, Yan Feng was taken aback. In his impression, it would be nice for a small broken country like Thailand to have a decent place to play. Unexpectedly, the Telecom Stadium changed his opinion.

This is a very modern English professional course, which is incomparable to R&F's home stadium, Yuexiu Mountain Stadium. At this time, Yan Feng realized that he was the frog at the bottom of the well.

Yan Feng, who put away his contempt, looked around and found that there were many fans present today, and the entire stadium was full of blue people. It seems that Thai football is still full of foundations. Even this game, which is not very important for both sides, has so many fans. (Buriram United are currently bottom with 1 point.) )

Yan Feng despised Thai football because of his ignorance of the opponent. In fact, over the years, Thai football has been very good, and the degree of professionalism has become higher and higher, and in some aspects it has surpassed some Chinese Super League teams.

And Buriram United is even more incredible, it is not only the hegemony of Thailand, but also has qualified for the AFC Champions League group. In the 13th AFC Champions League, Buriram United defeated the AFC Champions League winners Guangzhou Evergrande away from Guangzhou. And in 15 years, Buriram United also defeated R&F at R&F's home stadium. Yan Feng didn't know about R&F's defeat to his opponent.

Before the game started, Yan Feng was attracted by the scenery in the stands directly opposite the submersible bench. At the front of the stands, there was a group of girls dancing with big white legs.

"I'll go, this view is good. I just don't know if it's a shemale. That white thigh almost blinded Yan Feng's eyes.

After the starters of both sides carried out the entrance ceremony, Yan Feng was taken aback again. "I'll go, is this really a Thai team? Why are they so tall?"

Yan Feng was a little unable to accept everything he saw. Looking at the players on both sides who are shaking hands on the field, Buriram United's players are generally much taller than R&F.

"Isn't this scientific! Aren't all South Asian players black and thin?" In Yan Feng's impression, most of the players in South Asia should be less than 170cm, and those over 180cm should be a few. Who would think, as soon as you stand up, there are more than 5 players on the other side who are about 190cm tall. On the contrary, R&F is on the side, because it has sent a lot of local young players from Guangdong, most of whom are about 175cm tall and quite thin. If you don't know, just looking at the height, you will think that the identities of the two teams are reversed.

Yan Feng looked at the heights of the two sides on the field, and the corners of his mouth turned upside down. Among the R&F players on the field today, in addition to the goalkeeper, the tallest is defender Jang Hyun-so, a South Korean foreign player, with 187cm. Most of the other players stood there more than half a head short of their opponents.

Originally, Yan Feng thought that in this game, it should be the R&F team using their height to constantly bombard the opponent's goal. It's okay now, it's estimated that the opponent will abuse the goal with a header.

After the official start of the game, R&F did not show its strength to be a cut above its opponents. Instead, Buriram United frequently used the small quick-witted player on the wing to break through and cross the bottom, and then the tall player in the middle followed up with a header.

Because of this game, R&F sent a lot of small and fast players, so the football kicked out was like the previous South Asian players played - short pass penetration, fast counterattack.

So in the first 20 minutes of the game, both teams played in a very distinct style. R&F is a ground flow, while Buriram United is a rushing flow with more headers.

"Why does the opponent's style of play look so familiar? I'll go, I remember, the head team!!" Yan Feng looked a little flickered. He vaguely remembered that the Chinese team was known as the top team, and it used headers to abuse South Asian teams. Unexpectedly, today's feng shui took turns, and the Chinese team was bombarded with headers by South Asian teams.

People who have this kind of thought, not only Yan Feng alone, all the Chinese people who saw Buriram United for the first time had this kind of bewildered expression at the beginning.

"Is there a mistake, this height difference, is the two teams wearing the wrong clothes?"

Wipe your eyes and look again, that's right, it is indeed R&F's side that has fallen a lot of down.

In the first 20 minutes of the game, to people's surprise, Buriram United, who were at the bottom of the group, actually pressed R&F to play. Buriram United, who have dominated the field, has created a great threat to R&F's goal, and if it weren't for goalkeeper Han Feng's outstanding performance, it is estimated that they would have fallen behind 2:0.

This made Yan Feng anxious, and head coach Stojkovic was even more anxious. In this game, he wanted to train his troops, but he didn't want to be swept by the opponent like a bully.

Fortunately, after 20 minutes, the R&F players began to adjust to the game on the field and the deadly temperature. After that, R&F began to show what a small and fast southern style of play is. With their fluid coordination and agile and fast movements, they began to attack Buriram United's penalty area.

R&F started to threaten but couldn't find the back of the net. In this way, the two sides gradually played into an even position. Here, Buriram United has a low cross striker to follow up with a header, and R&F will use the combination to break through the defense and hit the goal. The two sides went back and forth, and the game was very close and exciting. The audience at the scene was full of enjoyment, and the cheers were even more enthusiastic.

In the first half, the two sides attacked and defended each other with their own characteristics, but neither could score a goal. In the end, the first half of the game ended with a score of 0:0.

A draw in the first half seemed to be an acceptable result for R&F, a guest from afar. However, the truth is not very rosy for R&F. Because after 45 minutes of fierce battle, in the sweltering temperature of Thailand, the physical wear of R&F players is very fast.

After the resumption of the second half, the R&F players' ability to run began to be inferior to the first half. Buriram United, on the other hand, are more adaptable to the weather and look to be far less affected than R&F players. This caused Buriram United to press R&F at the beginning of the second half.

After Buriram United's bombardment, R&F's goal finally broke. In the 57th minute of the game, R&F fell behind 0:1.

At this point, Stojkovic couldn't sit still. After seeing the team concede the goal, Lao Si asked Yan Feng to warm up with a slightly angry face. He decided he was going to make a change.

This conceded goal was Hou Junjie had to foul after being held up by the opponent's tall midfielder's tall salad in the scramble, and was finally scored by the opponent with a header from this set-piece.

In this game, Hou Junjie's performance as a single back was very average, and he suffered a great loss in terms of body. Then in the hot temperatures, his physical strength also dropped rapidly. His physical strength declined, his body suffered, and he alone could not build a protective barrier in front of the guard line.

Five minutes later, Lao Si replaced Hou Junjie with Yan Feng. Before Yan Feng came on the court, he once again constantly emphasized that the task given was to defend, defend, and reduce fouls at the same time, so as not to be used by the opponent to take advantage of the header to play set-pieces. In the game with Luneng, although Yan Feng performed well after playing, he did not focus on defense. Although Lao Si didn't blame him at the time, he still had some opinions later.

After Yan Feng came on the court, he focused on defense. This time, because the team played as a single midfielder, the defensive task was very heavy. In the case that no one could stay to fill in the position for protection, Yan Feng would never dare to rush forward without permission.

Yan Feng, who focused on defense, began to show his terrifying defensive ability. Although Yan Feng is only 180cm tall, he weighs 81kg, and his strength and speed are very good. He won't suffer against anyone in Buriram United, even in the face of a much taller player like Salacha, Yan Feng can use his strength and speed to prevent the opponent from losing his temper.

Soon, Yan Feng's strong confrontation power, the speed of the whole court, and the abundant physical fitness made Buriram United's height advantage into the air. The players with excellent height were eaten to death by Yan Feng using their speed, and those little fast speeds couldn't outrun Yan Feng, and then they would be hit by Yan Feng with his strength. Yan Feng's fierce defense at the expense of physical strength did not take long to suppress Buriram United's attack.

Ten minutes after Yan Feng came on the field, Buriram United was no longer able to break through R&F's defense from midfield. The middle is worry-free, and the players on the wing, R&F are also small and fast, which makes Buriram United's tactics of switching to attack the wing ineffective.

In this way, the situation on the field turned to R&F's side. After Yan Feng sat in the middle and backcourt, the R&F frontcourt attack group without worries began to exert its true power. Wingers like winger Wang Xiaolong and full-back Zeng Chao are the kind of players who are fast and technical, and they began to break through frequently in the front court, and created many shooting opportunities for R&F.

"Hmm. Not bad!" Stojkovic nodded back to the dugout after seeing his team come back on the field. In fact, R&F has always had a problem, that is, there are too many attacking players in the frontcourt. In many games, there is no way to get them on the field to play a role, and it is wasted on the bench.

That's why he only sent a midfielder up today. He just wants to give the large attacking group more game time and use the attack to suppress the opponent. However, Hou Junjie's not tough midfield defense made R&F pressed by the opponent and had little chance to play the attacking power in the frontcourt.

Now after replacing Yan Feng, the defensive intensity and hardness of the midfield have risen. At this point, the attacking group in the front court can attack freely. This made Lao Si very satisfied with this effect.

In the next game, although R&F had an absolute advantage, Buriram United began to retreat with all their might, making R&F's ground attack have no space to play. On the other hand, due to the height gap and the fact that there was no high school striker Xiao Zhi today, the ball from the side could not make much difference.

Time kept passing, and R&F attacked more and more urgently, but they couldn't break through Buriram United's defense. This situation made Yan Feng so anxious that he wanted to rush forward several times. However, after seeing that the front court was full of R&F midfielders, Yan Feng could only obediently carry out the defensive tasks given by Lao Si.

R&F was so strong that he couldn't hold it out, and his offensive was sluggish. After seeing R&F slow down its offensive, Buriram United also tried to counterattack. However, under Yan Feng's sweep, they soon retracted again. Start making up your mind to hold on to the lead.

Soon, the clock went into extra time, with three minutes of stoppage time.

Seeing that the game is about to be lost. Finally R&F got a corner. At this moment, Yan Feng couldn't stay in the back. Anything focused on defensive tasks in a situation where the team is about to lose is bullshit.

Yan Feng rushed to the front court and squeezed hard into the penalty area. After entering the forbidden area, Shalacha faced Yan Feng. He kept pushing Yan Feng hard, and wanted to use his height advantage to stop his opponent's header.

However, Yan Feng, who had already gone out and wanted to work hard, was not at all able to squeeze and push the salad. Instead, Yan Feng used his strength to squeeze into the position step by step. But after seeing the corner kick come out, Yan Feng first slammed into the salad with his body, and then rushed forward quickly and jumped.

was hit hard by Yan Feng, Sha Lacha's body was blocked, and he couldn't get stuck in time and was grabbed by Yan Feng in front. The ball flew over, and Salad jumped up hard, trying to use his height advantage to top the ball. But he didn't expect that although Yan Feng was not too tall, he had a very good bounce. And in the case that the salad was worse than the one behind him and could not be interfered with, Yan Feng's jumping head was not shorter than the salad.

Yan Feng shook his head violently in the air, just hitting the fast-flying ball. "Bang!" the ball changed direction and flew straight into the goal, and it was very fast.

"This ball is here!" Yan Feng aimed at the direction of the ball out of the corner of his eye, and there was no goalkeeper there.

"The ball went in!!" The R&F personnel on the sidelines all shouted and jumped.

After seeing the ball rolling in the goal, Yan Feng, who was about to run to celebrate, was surrounded by excited teammates and gave him a stack of arhats.

"Ahh (To be continued.) )