Chapter 489: Breaking the Game
After ending the call with Ma Lin, Feng Quan came to Diego Simeone's side.
"BOSS, in the second half I want you to switch me to the right wing-back position." Feng Quan said.
"Wind, did I hear it wrong?" Diego Simeone looked at Feng Quandao with a surprised face.
Hearing this, Feng Quan didn't explain anymore, but opened the app of Kuyou Video on his mobile phone, and then found a highlight of the Asian Cup qualifiers between China and Saudi Arabia.
Before the video on Fengquan's mobile phone was played, Diego Simeone's face was already full of surprise, and then he first said to Juanfran who was not far away: "In the second half of the game, your position was near the halfway line, but when the wind inserted an assist, you had to help him fill in in time." ”
Then he said to Alda Turan, who was sitting near the door: "Alda, you are a little closer to the left, and in the second half we will play on the two wings. ”
In fact, the main problem why Atletico Madrid is in a passive situation is because there is a lack of other players in the front field who can tear apart the opponent's defense by breaking through. As a result, when the wind is trapped by the "encirclement" of the Barcelona team and cannot really play the speed advantage, it is difficult for the Atletico Madrid team to really tear apart the opponent's defense, and can only rely on the long shots from the periphery and the 45-degree diagonal pass from the two wings to threaten Barcelona's goal.
It was the lack of a breakthrough in the squad that Diego Simeone decided to bring in French striker Antoine Griezmann in the winter transfer window and reclaim Academy talent Saul, who excelled in dribbling.
However, after all, distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near. In the case that Griezmann and Saul have not yet joined, the best way to break the "encirclement" arranged by the Barcelona team against Feng Quan is to follow the example of the match between the Chinese team and the Saudi Arabian team, put Feng Quan back to the right wing-back position, and use Feng Quan's superior speed advantage to tear apart the side defense of the Barcelona team through a tactic similar to the "back row insertion" in volleyball.
In this way, it is impossible for the Barcelona team to continue to arrange an "encirclement" of 3 or 4 people in the front court just for the sake of Feng Quan. If this is the case, Atletico Madrid will easily form a numerical advantage in the front court, and it is only a matter of time before the score equalizes or even overtakes.
Sure enough, after the start of the second half, when Feng Quan retreated to the right side of the backfield, the Barcelona team not only continued to defend against Feng Quan, but also listed the right side of the defense he was guarding as an offensive breakthrough.
In the view of Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino, although Feng Quan's position retreat temporarily cracked his "encirclement" tactics, such an approach obviously outweighed the losses.
It seems that Feng Quan's retreat does crack the trap tactics against him, but at the same time as the position retreats, the distance between Feng Quan and his own goal is also further away, which will inevitably lead to a significant decrease in his offensive threat.
In addition, Feng Quan, who has always played mainly in the winger position, must have very limited defensive ability and defensive experience. Even if he can make up for his lack of defensive experience to some extent with his speed advantage, he can't make up for his defensive problems.
Therefore, Gerrardo Martino did not pay too much attention to Feng Quan's position retreat, but only asked his players to focus all the offensive firepower on the right side of the defense line guarded by Feng Quan.
However, just four minutes into the second half, Gerardo Martino paid the price for his bad decision.
At that time, after Neymar received a pass from Iniesta in the front, he went straight to the right area where Feng Quan was responsible for guarding.
In the face of Neymar's continuous bicycle feints, Feng Quan did not stretch out his foot to break the ball, but kept his center of gravity low, ready to make the next choice according to the opponent's things.
Seeing that his feints failed to fool Feng Quan, Neymar immediately prepared to dangle a shot in the direction of the baseline, and then wait until Feng Quan's body center of gravity was offset, and then cut inside to the middle.
However, to Neymar's surprise, Feng Quan did not move his center of gravity because of his sway, but still stuck the inside line steadily.
Seeing that the wind was unmoved, Neymar rushed towards the bottom line. However, Neymar just rushed forward with the ball less than 2 meters away, and was quickly completed by the wind that quickly completed the turn, and hit a stumbling with a reasonable rushing action.
Although Neymar knew that Feng Quan's speed and physical reflexes were far beyond ordinary people, he didn't expect to be so strong. Even those who are relatively short in stature can hardly keep up with their change of direction in the first place.
Since Neymar didn't expect Feng Quan to be able to keep up with his breakthrough pace in time, when he dribbled forward, in order to be able to rush inside with him, he made the position of the football closer to the inside.
So, after knocking Neymar into the loss of his center of gravity, Feng Quan easily cut off the football under his feet.
Immediately afterward, the "King of Speed" raced along the right-hand sideline like a full-powered Ferrari supercar.
Since the rest of the Barcelona team did not expect Neymar to be cut off by the wind so easily, it was not until the wind crossed the halfway line that Alex Song and Busquets reacted and prepared to intercept the wind and continue to rush forward.
In the face of Alex Song and Busquets' encirclement, Feng Quan did not choose to force a breakthrough, but relied on Juan Fran to the inside to make a collision with the wall, and easily got rid of the opponent's double encirclement.
Although Juanfran was a little more powerful when he passed the ball back to Feng Quan, Feng Quan still poked the ball forward before Alba got close, and then suddenly accelerated around Alba and regained possession.
Just as Feng Quan and Juanfran collided with the wall, Diego Costa, who had been running east along the middle, suddenly ran diagonally to the right side of the penalty area after a sudden stop.
Although Pique's priority was to defend the middle of the penalty area, he had to run past Diego Costala in the run. After all, once the wind on the right flank chooses to cross, the undersized Mascherano will not be able to compete with Diego Costa.
However, the next moment Pique followed Diego Costa to the left side of the penalty area, Feng Quan used his speed advantage to get past Alba's defense and then cut into the box with the ball.
With Pique already drawn to Diego Costa, Mascherano and Valdés are the only ones left in the way.
In the face of Mascherano's defense, Feng Quan first volleyed into the near corner of the goal, and when the opponent reflexively stretched out his left foot to try to block the shooting line, Feng Quan used his right foot to dunk the ball to his left side.
The next moment, just as Mascherano forced his weight to regain his position, Feng Quan had already curled a ball with the inside of his left foot.
Valdés was in great shape today, but Mascherano in front of him blocked his vision at a crucial moment.
Therefore, although Valdés accurately judged the direction of Feng Quan's shot, he failed to make a save at the first time, and he had to helplessly watch the football in mid-air brush the post on the left side of the goal and drill into the gate he guarded......