Chapter 38 Spending the Mid-Autumn Festival Abroad

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In training, in competitions, the days slipped away quietly. Before you know it, it's autumn season. And the Mid-Autumn Festival has also followed in a blink of an eye.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional festival for Chinese, is not popular among white Europeans. But on this day, as a Chinese, how can you forget? Especially as a Chaoshan person, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not lighter than the Spring Festival.

Westerners don't have this holiday, but it doesn't prevent Yan Feng from celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival by himself. And the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival happens to be a day off after the team has just played a game. In order to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yan Feng decided to invite Sandel, Longban and others to come to the house to spend it together.

Chaoshan people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival very grandly, if it is in their hometown, they rarely have to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. At night, a table full of offerings to the moon is set up on the balcony and rooftop in the open air. Of course, fireworks and Kong Ming lanterns will also be set off.

However, this is Spain, and of course these things are not possible. If you do this, you will be called to the police by the neighbor next door.

Complete tradition is impossible, but Yan Feng can put a table full of food and fruits to taste while admiring the moon.

In the living room near the balcony at home, Yan Feng and a group of friends from the team chatted and ate. And in the sky outside the balcony, the moon is full.

"Yan, is this a mooncake that you Chinese must eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival? It seems a little sweet." Longban interjected for a while and said after tasting the mooncakes.

"Longban, you eat over there, the low-sugar one. The one over there is an ice skin, and the taste is very special. Yan Feng pointed to a large box of moon cakes on the table and said.

"It turns out that this is called snow skin mooncakes? Yes, it's delicious, and it feels cool in your mouth. Well, I love this. Gomez, who was tasting a piece of snowy mooncake, nodded as he ate.

"Oh, then I'll take a bite and see. It tastes a little weird. I think this one might be better. Lomban said.

"Everyone try it, not only moon cakes, but also a lot of dim sum that is only available in my hometown, this is peanut cake, this is sesame cake'''''" Yan Feng happily pointed to the various hometown specialties on the table. These can't be bought in Granada, and Li Xueer and Aunt Ni specially bought them from Chaoshan and sent them over. Eating hometown specialties that I haven't eaten for a long time, I feel like I was a child. It made him feel happy. When he was a child, his favorite food was these things, but his family was poor, and he couldn't eat them at home until a certain season.

What Chinese are accustomed to eating, foreigners may not necessarily like. Like the teammates who came to his house today, some people like to eat moon cakes, and some people can't accept it. But it doesn't matter, you don't like snacks, you can eat fruits, and if you don't want to, you can have a cup of tea or coffee.

Yan Feng also set up a set of tea sets in the living room, which he bought and brought when he returned to China to play in the World Preliminaries. As a Chaoshan person, no matter where you go, a set of tea sets is indispensable. Yan Feng brewed the tea and gave it to everyone to drink together.

"Oh, this tea is good. It smells so good. And the taste is very special. What kind of tea is this, it doesn't seem to be black tea. Lumban poured water into his mouth and praised.

"This is Tieguanyin. Yan Feng raised a glass and said after taking a sip.

"Tikuanying? Very good tea. I don't think your tea has any added sugar. Lumban smacked.

"Sugar? Oh, we Chinese drink tea without sugar. Yan Feng then remembered that Europeans drink tea, usually black tea, and like to eat sugar like coffee.

"Chinese drink tea without sugar, but this tea is not bitter at all." It's also quite special to drink like this. It's such a small cup, not even a sip is enough. Longban raised the teacup in his three-fingered hand and shook his head a little.

"Longban, do you think it's beer? This tea is like tasting red wine, you have to taste it carefully, and you have to taste it carefully. Sandel followed Yan Feng's example and tasted it in small sips. It looks like a Quince sipping red wine.

The others looked at Sander and drank tea with a serious face, as if he looked more like a Kunshi. It's just that Yan Feng thought it was funny when he saw it, kung fu tea is just a group of friends chatting about tea in his spare time, don't be so nervous, just feel casual.

After Yan Feng poured himself another glass, he looked up at the sky outside the balcony while drinking. The moon is exceptionally bright today, just like back home.

"It seems that the moon in this foreign country is also very round and big. It's similar to what you see in the country. For some reason, Yan Feng suddenly remembered the joke that 'the moon in foreign countries is rounder'. At home and abroad, in fact, they all look at the same moon, and there is no difference.

If there is any difference, it is that in foreign countries, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival, no Chang'e, only God. is also looking at the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it lacks the feeling of celebrating the festival in my hometown.

However, even so, it was better for Yan Feng to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at home alone some time ago. Lively is the only way to have a happy festive atmosphere.

"Yan, why do you keep staring at the moon, homesick?" Gomez asked suddenly.

"Well, some of them are reminded of the Mid-Autumn Festival when I was a child. Yan Feng said.

"Oh, our captain is homesick? Oh my God. That's not good news. Yan, the current Granada team will definitely be seriously affected without you. I'm still wondering if I'll be able to achieve anything higher in the next few years when I'm about to retire. Longban said in surprise when he heard this.

"Hehe, Longban, you think too much. Everyone who is in other places will inevitably miss their hometown. But that doesn't stop you from following your dreams. I also want to lead Granada to make history. Yan Feng said with a smile.

"Oh, that's good. You said homesickness, and that's what scared me. I don't want my good brothers, who happily fought side by side, to leave us. Lomban laughed happily.

"Hehe, I can't bear you good brothers. We're going to make La Liga history together. I wouldn't be stupid enough to leave. Yan Feng said with a smile. Many people who play abroad often choose to leave under the pretext of missing their hometown when they are not adapted. Although his life in Granada is very monotonous, as long as the football dream is still being pursued, he does not care about all other inconveniences and discomforts.

"Making history? Haha, we've already made history in Granada. Lumban said with a laugh. Playing for Granada was the highlight of his career. He has been hovering in the relegation team or the Spanish Second Division, and was originally destined to be a small role that will never be mentioned after a certain retirement. Now, as the Granada team has achieved more and more, he is no longer unknown.

"I feel like we can make a better history. For example, the upcoming Europa League. Yan Feng said thoughtfully.

"I want to, too. But, it seems, our team, somehow to say good, feels weird. Longban said helplessly.

Yan Feng frowned. That's right, Granada feels weird, and he feels that way. It's the kind of depression that obviously feels like there is still strength, but it can't be used.

After the win over Real Sociedad, they played two more rounds, both of which ended in draws. Both ended 1-1.

One was against Alaves, Granada at home. They took a one-goal lead before being equalised by a free-kick in the early stages of the game.

The other was against Malaga, away from Granada. This one, they also led by one goal, but were equalised by set-pieces in the second half.

Both of these teams are upper-middle teams in La Liga, and although a draw is too bad, it is depressing to have such a result. Especially Yan Feng, who has championship ambitions in his heart, is very dissatisfied with this.

Both goals conceded were conceded from set-pieces and on the surface it looked like there was a problem with their ability to defend set-pieces. But Yan Feng felt that this was not the main problem.

He always had the feeling that Granada could be more than that. He always felt that if they worked harder, they could stop the lead by one goal.

You know, last season, there were a lot of games in which they won by a big score or scored a few goals in a row. Take a closer look at the number of goals scored and the goal difference of the Granada team this season. Yan Feng found that there were pitiful few.

In games won, Granada have rarely won by two goals. There are basically no games where even three goals have been scored.

Fewer goals, fewer wins, it all looks like it should be a matter of attacking ability. But Yan Feng felt that it shouldn't be like this.

"I don't know why, but I always felt that this season, there seems to be a strange feeling in our team. It seems that it is far from what it should be. Yan Feng still couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

"That's right. ”

"Yes, I feel that way too. ”

The others listened and responded.

"Yan, do you think that our team has not been able to play its full strength at all now?" asked Sandel after thinking for a moment and then asking Yan Feng.

"Yes. Did you notice that last season we could score three or four goals, but this season we can often only score one or two goals? Obviously, we should be better now than we were last season. The arrival of Aslan and Costa has strengthened our attacking capabilities. However, what is shown is not the same thing at all. Yan Feng frowned.

"yes. The performance we achieved was completely different from what we expected. To say, Aslan also performed well in the game. We all did well when we were on the pitch. But when it came to the whole game, the result was always not ideal. The situation is strange. Xander frowned similarly.

"Maybe it's because of the new teammates, we don't have enough tacit understanding between them, right?" Gomez chimed in. Although he is not a first-team player, he also follows the first-team game every day and also feels that something is wrong with the team.

"This one has some implications. But by now, everyone is quite familiar with each other. It's also very good to work with. I wonder if the team's style is not suitable for our actual level?" Yan Feng asked.

"When it comes to style, although it has changed a bit, people are not uncomfortable. Things like better ball control, I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's an improvement in terms of technique and tactics compared to last season. Sandel had some opinions.

"Sandell is right, we're actually adding a few changes to last season. That shouldn't be the main reason for the current situation. But I don't know what makes our team the way it is. Yan Feng agreed with Sandel's words. Since the match with the Greeks Athletic team, the inverted triangle tactics dominated by Yan Feng's back insertion have returned to the usual tactics of the Granada team. The combination of passing possession and sudden and quick attacks made it more difficult for Granada to defend in the later games.

"I don't know why that's happening. Sandel said he couldn't think of it.

"Me too. "''Others think the same way.

"What's the problem? It could have been better, but why can't it be done? I can't think of it, it's a real headache. "Yan Feng really feels a headache for the team's current situation.

"Okay, Yan, don't think about it so much. This is a problem with the coaching staff. Let them think about it. We just need to play our ball. Lumban said disapprerovingly. In his opinion, the only thing that these coaches have to think about is asking for trouble.

"Huh. Also. This kind of thing is a headache for the coaching staff. We can think of it, and they can certainly think of it. Let's not think about it. Yan Feng chuckled when he heard this. I also feel like I'm asking for trouble.

After Yan Feng finished speaking, a possibility suddenly flashed through his mind. But he soon didn't dare to think about it.

"Let's talk about something else. Have some fun. For example, Yan tells us some interesting facts about China. To be honest, I didn't have a good impression of you Chinese before. But you changed my mind. I think what you're saying must be different from what those reporters reported. Longban said to Yan Feng.

Hearing that Longban wanted to hear about China, Yan Feng also decided not to think about the thoughts that had just flashed through his mind. "Okay. Let me tell you about our China''''''"

Next, Yan Feng talked to everyone about some domestic things that foreigners are more interested in. And many of them are foreigners who have learned about them from the report, but have done the opposite thing.

Time flies, in a pleasant chat tasting food,

Next, Yan Feng talked to everyone about some domestic things that foreigners are more interested in. And many of them are foreigners who have learned about them from the report, but have done the opposite thing.

Time flies, in a pleasant chat tasting food,

Next, Yan Feng chatted with everyone, and foreigners were more interested