Chapter 101: The Essence of Barcelona
Yan Feng's goal ignited the entire Granada stadium and threw the fans into a frantic cheer.
Fans thought Granada would score, but they definitely didn't expect it to score so quickly. This happiness came too quickly.
'Did we really score? It's only been less than three minutes. β
"I'm dreaming about it. This happiness came too quickly. β
"It's our home stadium, but our opponents are Barcelona. That's Barcelona, not Basel. β
The fans really felt that happiness came too suddenly. Suddenly to the point where none of them dared to believe it. You must know that when they played against Barcelona before, the Granada team was at a disadvantage. It's harder to beat Barcelona than Real Madrid.
Don't have too many people who think like this. Even many media reporters were screaming in surprise.
Even the head coach of the Barcelona team, Valverde, looked incredulous.
Granada's lead is not a first-class lead, but a first-hand drink.
Valverde began to grow solemn. Before the game, he not only had the belief that he had to win, but also was very confident. Now, his psyche is under the pressure of Jusheng.
It is not only Valverde who is dignified, but also the players on the field, and even Messi's always breezy face has become dignified.
To say that the person who was most affected by Yan Feng's goal was actually Samper who was sitting on the bench. Looking at Yan Feng, who was celebrating with his teammates at this moment, Samper's heart was extremely complicated.
Granada's ability to take the lead so quickly gave Samper a huge shock. "Have you grown to this point in the Granada team, and now you look stronger. β
1οΌ0.
Granada have a home lead over Barcelona. And this was achieved not long after the opening.
To say that this did not hit the morale of the Barcelona team is false. That didn't really affect their performance, though.
When the players on the spot of the Barcelona team were led by Messi to stand up again and prepare for kick-off, their faces were solemn, but their eyes were full of a kind of serious light.
After the restart, Barcelona did not immediately attack. Instead, it was played at the back for a while, and only after the strikers were in position did Busquets pass forward to launch a real attack.
This time the attacking team, the Barcelona team appeared to be extremely patient. They didn't mean to get a single blow, but were very patient in their search for opportunities.
If there is no chance in the middle of the facing Yan Feng, then move to the side, and with Yan Feng's assistance, if the opportunity is not good, then quickly move to the other side. On the other side, the same chance is not good, then transfer out. Or even kick back to the back and regroup to attack.
Yan Feng and his teammates worked extremely hard to constantly adjust their positions, constantly assisting their teammates quickly, and the entire formation was constantly changing with the direction of the opponent's attack.
With a full 25-foot pass, Granada did not give Barcelona any chance.
And the Barcelona players did not lose patience and still waited for the opportunity to appear with continuous passing.
Although it temporarily blocked the opponent's offensive and let the opponent start again from the back. However, Yan Feng felt a greater danger in the past at this time. The current patient and controlled appearance of the Barcelona team looks like a dormant poisonous snake in Yan Feng's eyes. As long as you relax a little, you will be killed by your opponent's move. And even a small flaw can kill you if the other party kills you.
Yan Feng's feeling of danger soon came true. He and his teammates were very careful and didn't let up in the slightest. However, the opponent's movement under the guidance of the ball will inevitably have small flaws after all.
It's just that the defense is half a beat slower, and the left side of the Granada team is broken by Messi taking the opportunity, and then rushing all the way forward.
Messi's impact forced the Granada team's defense to shrink, and several defenders hurriedly stepped forward to intercept. The entire defense of the Granada team was changed by Messi, and even Yan Feng had to move closer to Messi's direction to compress Messi's space.
Messi's room to play is compressed. But that's exactly what he wanted. After seeing that he was losing space, Messi immediately picked up the ball with his feet and passed the ball over the heads of the defenders to Suarez, who retreated.
Seeing this, Ingasen, who was guarding Suarez, hurriedly followed, and wanted to use his body to put pressure on Suarez. But Suarez didn't stop the ball, but knocked it in the air with his foot.
The ball was bumped by Suarez and flew to the left edge of the penalty area. At this point, Neymar took advantage of his speed to get away from Bezo and get on the slap.
"Danger, pity stopped him. Yan Feng shouted in shock. I was attracted to Messi before, and now I can't rush over in time to follow Neymar.
Lomban hurriedly moved sideways, trying to block Neymar's way. But he was still a step slower. Neymar used his chest to stop Suarez's pass in the middle of the run and put the ball into the box. Neymar didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and before Romban could stop him, he volleyed it directly into the ball.
Neymar did everything from receiving the ball to shooting in one go, doing it all in the space of a second.
"Bang!" the ball flew from Neymar's feet to the goal.
Neymar's shot was beautiful. However, Ochoa still played well this time, and he almost subconsciously made a save to successfully block the shot.
The ball was blocked by Ochoa. Barcelona got a corner.
"Oh, no!" Neymar looked disappointed.
Seeing Neymar like this, Yan Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It's so dangerous! Luckily, Ochoa is still so good.
"Well pounced, Ochoa. Yan Feng applauded Ochoa. Barcelona's attack was really successful. If it weren't for Ochoa's consistent performance, there would have been a chance that the goal would have been scored.
The Granada team has just escaped, but the crisis is not over. Barcelona had one more chance to take a corner. After motivating each other with Ochoa, Yan Feng hurriedly beckoned his teammates to take their positions and watch people.
For Barcelona, as the underdog, corner kick opportunities are also important. Pique also squeezed into the box to prepare for a header.
Pique and Sergio Busquets, who are the taller players in Barcelona's team, are the key targets of corner kicks. Pique handed it over to Ingasson, while Busquets and Yan Feng came to see the defense themselves.
THE 189CM BUSQUETS STILL HAS A CERTAIN ADVANTAGE IN HEIGHT. However, he is not strong enough, and as for an explosive man like Yan Feng, his strength is still weaker.
And Yan Feng relied on his own superior strength to deal with Busquets. Yan Feng directly stuck to Busquets, and then kept squeezing Busquets.
Busquets' own strength is not as good as Yan Feng's, plus he is relatively tall and has a high focus. Under Yan Feng's pushing, Busquets not only did not squeeze in, but was squeezed directly by Yan Feng from near the small penalty area to the 12-yard penalty spot step by step.
After a few squeezes to no avail, Busquets was also anxious. Busquets hurriedly pushed with both hands, trying to push Yan Feng. However, he did not push away, but moved down by himself under the reaction force.
Busquets' big move was naturally noticed by the referee. The referee hurriedly blew the whistle and ran over to inquire about the situation.
"Referee, he pushed me like that. Seeing the referee coming, he hurriedly took the first step and said and made a move to show the referee.
After the referee came over to check the situation, seeing that Yan Feng and Busquets did not develop into further conflicts, after saying a few words from both sides, he motioned for the two to shake hands and reconcile.
After shaking hands with Busquets, Yan Feng was a little afraid. Only then did he realize that the person who almost clashed with him was 'Professor Busquets'. This guy is a world-class movie star. Thankfully, Sergio Busquets didn't perform. Otherwise, if you don't do it, you have to eat cards.
The more Yan Feng thought about it, the more scared he became, and when he defended Busquets again, he no longer dared to go all out, and he still had an extra heart. Lest you wait, after the corner kick is taken, the opponent takes the opportunity to take a penalty kick. This is Professor Bu, so I have to guard against it.
After the corner kick was driven out by Messi, the landing point was not on Yan Feng's side, but on Pique's side. Pique was in the direction of the front point, and let him grab it. However, Pique's header failed to reach the woodwork.
The crisis of the Granada team has been lifted for the time being.
And Yan Feng also began to rejoice that the landing point was not on his side. As soon as I saw Buxtz, I had the intention of falling to the ground. If it landed here, as long as the other party didn't grab it, Yan Feng felt that the other party would definitely fall to the ground and do something painful.
Goal kick by Granada. When Ochoa put it away, Yan Feng turned his head to look. Not only is Suarez standing next to him, but apart from a few defenders, the other players are standing next to an opponent. It seems that Barcelona is going to show high pressure in the front.
In this case, it is naturally the best for Yan Feng to come out and get the ball. However, Yan Feng had only moved a few steps before Suarez followed closely. Although Yan Feng is confident that in terms of pure speed, he can outperform Suarez. But in this kind of running back to catch the ball, under the interference of the opponent, it is still too risky.
So, Yan Feng motioned to Longban to catch the ball.
After Lomban received Ochoa's kick-off, Suarez went over quickly to press him.
Yan Feng moved in the other direction to pick up Longban, but at this time, Neymar on the side also approached him.
All right. Yan Feng stopped and took a few steps back. At this time, Bezo saw this and went to pick up Longban. Longban saw that Yan Feng was approaching Neymar by his side, so he gave the ball to Bezo.
After Bezzo took the ball, he looked down and saw that there was no good passer. But Neymar did not immediately go over to force Bezo at this time, but slowly approached, but he was always in the middle of cutting off the connection between Bezo and Yan Feng.
Yan Feng understood Neymar's intentions, and at the same time found that Suarez was approaching him. Yan Feng hurriedly ran up and quickly moved in the direction of the left side. "Bezo"
Hearing this, Bei Zuo saw Yan Feng's gesture again, and hurriedly pushed the ball forward.
Neymar sped up to intercept and almost got him to stop.
And Neymar failed to stop the ball, so Yan Feng's chance came. After Yan Feng got the ball, he accelerated forward.
After Yan Feng took a few steps, he encountered Iniesta's interception. Yan Feng had no choice but to distribute the ball to Lin Fan, who came over in the middle to respond. Then start to run forward.
Lin Fan was followed by Busquets, who was pressing closely, which made it difficult for him to turn around. Fortunately, Lin Fan did not panic, but protected the ball steadily. Then the kick back was given to Costa.
Instead of taking the ball, Costa pushed it back. And the target of his push is Yan Feng.
At this time, Yan Feng had already used his body and speed advantage to leave Iniesta behind.
Iniesta used to be a member of Yumesan. Now, like the whole Barcelona team, he is getting older. Facing the young and strong Yan Feng, Iniesta couldn't even follow Yan Feng unless he took advantage of his position first.
"Come up and stop him. Iniesta gritted his teeth and chased after him, and reluctantly called out to his teammates.
Yan Feng had already crossed the halfway line when he received Costa's pass, and after taking a few steps forward, he had already entered the offensive third zone.
Under Iniesta's call, Umutiti came over to slow down Yan Feng's footsteps.
Yan Feng saw that there were pursuers after the former intercepted, but he didn't come hard, and passed the ball to Pereira on the side.
Pereira stopped the ball and made no further moves towards Roberto, but quickly pushed the ball diagonally forward. The ball happened to come to the feet of Yan Feng, who was rushing forward.
Yan Feng barely held the ball. Under the interference of Umutiti's death, he failed to rush into the penalty area at the first time. Yan Feng made an emergency stop, and then quickly passed the ball horizontally.
The cross at the edge of the penalty area is naturally Sundell. Under Pique's entanglement, Sandel was very smart and directly knocked the ball back to Lin Fan, who was just keeping up.
Lin Fan plugged in, and because there were Xander and Pique in front, it was not a good opportunity to get up. But Lin Fan didn't stop the ball and got up directly.
Lin Fan got up, and at first everyone thought he was going to shoot a wave. But it soon became clear that he was passing. The direction of Lin Fan's pass this time was not Yan Feng, who brought great pressure to the Barcelona team's defense. It's Aslan's side, which Barcelona didn't pay much attention to before.
Lin Fan's pass hit Alba directly behind him, and Aslan rushed out quickly, and then got up to hit the goal. Aslan had a successful shot with decent power, but it hit the side-netting.
Once again, the Granada team managed to carry out a complete attack. Although it didn't score, it was a lot of pressure from the Barcelona back.
The midfield of the Barcelona team, which is not in the middle and yellow, has been difficult to block the impact of the Granada team. This is the reality that Granada's offensive has made everyone realize. And the same will be true for the next races. The sharp offensive launched by Yan Feng and others, the Barcelona team was threatened.
Defending in midfield is Barcelona's weakness, but their biggest advantage is the attack. That's what Barcelona is all about.
The trident of Messi, Neymar and Suarez, even if the Granada team has a defensive titan like Yan Feng, it still can't be prevented.
When the Granada team frequently threatened the Barcelona defense, Messi and others did not create killing opportunities in their penalty area.
For a while, the two teams played very closely, constantly bombarding each other's goals. A good show of confrontation began to be staged.
"Boom!" was Yan Feng's long-range shot again.
"Bang. "The trident's cooperation hits the door.
"Bang. β
"Bang. β
'''''' the number of shots on goal from both sides is rising. And there are some very nice shots and combinations in it. Unfortunately, they couldn't get on the scoresheet.
Neither scored again, which was in Granada's favour for the leading Granada.
Time flew by, and forty minutes passed quickly. Soon, Granada will end the first half with a lead.
Just when Yan Feng thought that his side was about to take the lead to end the first half, Neymar got a pass from his teammate again.
This time, Neymar did not pass the ball after seeing Yan Feng come over to help defend. Rather, it is very resolute to clash in the direction of the sideline.
Neymar's sudden rush surprised Bezo and Yan Feng. Since he let him rush to the bottom line. After Bei Zo and Yan Feng reacted, they hurriedly ran back.
Bezo went to chase Neymar, and Yan Feng was a little behind, and while he could help defend, he also prevented other opponents from taking the opportunity to rush into the penalty area. When Neymar brought the ball near the bottom line, Yan Feng breathed a sigh of relief and moved out.
But at this time, Neymar deceived Bezo with a flick of the oxtail. Neymar burst into the box from near the baseline and was soon intercepted by Lomban. Neymar still didn't pass the ball and still shook it past Lomban from the edge of the baseline. Then, in a place where there was almost no angle, he shot in front of Ochoa.
"Bang. With a bang, the ball appeared in the net behind Ochoa.
βGOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!β
"Neymar !!!!!!!!!"