Chapter 396: La Liga debut
At 2:55 p.m. local time in Spain, 22 starters from Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano slowly walked out of the players' tunnel under the leadership of three referees.
Since many Atletico Madrid fans had already seen Feng Quan himself at the fan meeting held a few days ago, when Feng Quan walked out of the players' tunnel, more than half of the fans in Calderón Stadium immediately chanted Feng Quan's name, and then sent him a cheer comparable to those superstars of world football.
Although Feng Quan has arrived in Madrid less than a week ago, and today is only his first time playing for the team, so Feng Quan himself does not have much affection for Atletico Madrid.
However, listening to the deafening cheers coming from the stands, the wind was full at the moment, and the blood in his body boiled in an instant, and he even had the urge to play for Atletico Madrid for the rest of his life.
Immediately afterward, Feng Quan followed the rest of his teammates to the center of the field, while constantly waving to the fans in the stands.
Although Feng Quan has the aura of the best newcomer in the Bundesliga on his head, and he is also a new signing brought in by Atletico Madrid for a high price of 23 million euros, if there is no video of Feng Quan in the practice match circulating on the Internet, it is impossible for Atletico Madrid fans to welcome Feng Quan in such a warm form.
However, the enthusiasm of the Atletico Madrid fans, although Feng Quan was very inspired, also ignited the hearts of the players of their opponent Rayo Vallecano.
Originally, the Rayo Vallecano players, who were only three points short of qualifying for the Europa League in La Liga last season, did not pay too much attention to the wind.
In the eyes of Rayo Vallecano players, although Feng Quan is the best newcomer in the Bundesliga, he does have the strength to gain a foothold in La Liga. However, considering that the overall strength of the Bundesliga is obviously slightly inferior to La Liga, the real strength of Fengquan is not at all up to the height advertised by the media. If it weren't for the poor quality of the players of Atletico Madrid's B team, Feng Quan would not have had the opportunity to stage a one-man solo performance of more than six people in a practice match.
When Rayo Vallecano coach Paco Jémez saw Atletico Madrid fans cheering for a Chinese who had just landed in La Liga, a nameless fire of jealousy rose in his heart. In his opinion, a Chinese simply does not qualify for this kind of cheer that only belongs to those football superstars.
So, taking advantage of the captains of both sides to pick a side, Paco Jermez went to the sidelines and called in the team's right wing-back, Nacho Martínez.
"Hey, Nacho, tell your brothers (the team's backline) to teach me a good lesson for that Chinese kid when the game starts." Paco Jemez said with a serious expression.
Originally, due to Diego Costa's absence from this game due to injury, Paco Jermez was not worried about Feng Quan's cross into the box after forming a breakthrough on the wing, after all, in addition to Diego Costa, the other strikers of Atletico Madrid have a weak ability to head the ball.
Therefore, Paco Jermez thinks that as long as he can defend Feng Quan's inward shot after winning the ball on the wing, he can basically contain his attack.
In fact, even without Paco Jermes' advice, Rayo Vallecano's defenders are ready to give the wind a little "color". After all, if you can make the "best newcomer in the Bundesliga" perform poorly, it can not only increase the team's certainty of winning, but also indirectly improve your own value.
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Since Gabi lost to the opponent in the coin guessing session, Rayo Vallecano chose a relatively backlit half to play and thus conceded the kick-off.
As a result, Feng Quan, who was playing as a forward center for the first time, stood in the center circle with his partner David Villa.
At first, the Rayo Vallecano players were not surprised, after all, as a "left winger", it was not unusual for Feng Quanquan to kick off in the centre circle.
However, when the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Feng Quan passed the ball to David Villa on the opposite side, but instead of running to the left side of the front field as the Rayo Vallecano players expected, he went straight to the middle of the field.
At the same time, the "pseudo-left winger" Alda Turan, who preferred to move closer to the middle in the last round, unexpectedly ran to the area that should have belonged to the wind.
"Isn't this Chinese kid playing left winger? Why did you suddenly run to the middle lane? ”
For a while, this unexpected change in Atletico Madrid made the defenders of the Rayo Vallecano team feel like they were "being played".
Although Paco Jemez was setting up for Feng Quan, he wanted to pay attention to his in-cut shot, but now that everyone had already run to the middle, Rayo Vallecano's central defender Leonel Galeano had to quickly stick up.
Before Galeno could stick to himself, Feng Quan suddenly gave up the idea of rushing to the penalty area with a sudden stop, and then quickly turned around and leaned towards the halfway line.
With the wind leaning towards the halfway line, Gallino had to stop moving forward, after all, as a centre-back, he couldn't put his position near the halfway line when the opponent was in control of the ball.
Otherwise, if Atletico Madrid suddenly unleashed a long pass from the back, no defender in the world could keep up with the full speed, even when the opponent was advancing with the ball. As a result, the burden of keeping an eye on the wind fell to the midfielders of the Rayo Vallecano team.
However, when Feng Quan saw Rayo Vallecano's midfielder close to him, he turned again and ran in the direction of the opponent's penalty area.
In this way, when the opposing defender gets close to him, the wind moves towards the midline; As soon as the defenders "give up" to defend themselves and switch to the midfielders, the wind moves in the direction of the penalty area.
After seeing this scene, Diego Simeone, who was standing on the sidelines, also showed a satisfied smile on his face. It is under the instruction of Diego Simeone that Feng Quan will constantly move between the opponent's backline and midfield, so as to achieve the purpose of disrupting the opponent's defense.
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When David Villa got the ball back at the feet of Koke, Atletico Madrid didn't rush to attack, but kept the ball firmly at their feet through the constant movement of players between players in central midfield.
The reason for this is to find the opponent's defensive holes by constantly moving the ball, and then suddenly launch a fatal blow.
At the beginning, the Rayo Vallecano players were not in a hurry to get up, but only kept moving the team's overall formation for the area where the football was played, after all, for them playing away from home, as long as they can ensure that they are unbeaten, it is an acceptable result.
Gradually, however, the Rayo Vallecano players became a little nervous. Especially before the start of the game, after seeing that Feng Quan was actually loved by Atletico Madrid fans like a superstar, he hoped to make Atletico Madrid fans realize their mistakes by defeating their opponents.
So, when five minutes into the game, although the Atletico Madrid team had an absolute advantage on the field, but did not launch a substantial attack on their own hinterland, Paco Jermez, who was standing in the coach's command area on the sidelines, finally couldn't hold back the passion in his heart and made a "press" gesture to his players......