Although Feng Quan has realized that his lack of ability to grab points in the penalty area will affect the performance of the game when participating in national team events, it is not an overnight achievement to improve his ability in this area.

But even so, Feng Quan approached coach Diego Simeone during the team's training session the next day, hoping that the opponent could give him some advice on the problem of grabbing points in the penalty area. In fact, even if Feng Quan did not take the initiative to find himself, Diego Simeone was ready to strengthen Feng Quan's training in this area.

So, Diego Simeone agreed to Fengquan's request almost without hesitation.

"Wind, if you want to improve your ability to grab points in the penalty area, the first thing you have to do is to take the initiative to rush into the penalty area."

After a slight pause, Diego Simeone continued: "You may think that what I say seems to be nonsense, but I don't know if you have noticed that when other teammates control the ball in the front court, although your movement is very positive, the first choice is often not to rush into the box to grab a point, but to move to the edge of the box and wait for a long shot. ”

"That's right, you're really good at long-range shots, otherwise you wouldn't be the one who has scored the most long-range goals in La Liga this season. But just as three-point shots are always lower than two-point shots in basketball, long-range shots from the perimeter are scored at a significantly lower rate than those scored from inside the restricted area. ”

"So if you can be more aggressive in the box without the ball, I'm sure the vast majority of defenders will struggle to take advantage of the physical. Once you can take your header a step further, you'll be even more powerful in the box than Diego [Costa]. ”

"Of course, taking the initiative to increase the number of times you rush into the box without the ball is only the basics, and if you want to really improve the ability to charge in the box, the player's own sense of smell in front of goal and the accumulation of game experience are very important factors."

"Some players have an innate nose in front of goal, like Italy's Filipe Inzaghi; Some players have changed from quantity to quality after accumulating a certain level of experience in the game, like Germany's Bierhoff and Italy's Toney, who finally became world-class strikers after they were young. ”

"Your results this season alone are the undisputed level of a world-class player. But in fact, you have only been in football for a year (Feng Quan's experience in the Chinese Super League was naturally skipped by him). So, compared to other world-class stars who have been famous for many years, there is still a big gap in terms of your game experience. ”

After a moment's thought, Diego Simeone continued: "You also saw Antony [Griezmann] in the last game, although he is as good as you are at using his speed advantage to break through the opposition's defence, his off-ball movement is obviously more reasonable than you. Especially when it comes to timing your insertion into the box, your gap is even more pronounced. ”

Although Diego Simeone's words are a bit contrary, but referring to the actual situation in yesterday's game, Feng Quan believes that the Argentine's assessment is still very pertinent.

"BOSS, you mean I should learn from Anthony's experience, right?" Feng Quan said with a serious face.

"That's not the case, the reason why I gave Anthony is to show you that speed is indeed your most powerful weapon, but if you can run more reasonably, you can not only further improve your threat in attack, but also reduce the physical consumption to a certain extent."

"Anthony's movement is very good, but the physical conditions of the two of you are quite different, so I think you should emulate Cristiano Ronaldo's off-ball movement and the timing of his insertion into the box. If you want to improve your goalmouth ability as soon as possible, you might as well watch the footage of Cristiano Ronaldo's game after joining our arch-rivals Real Madrid in your spare time. After all, the two of you are equally good at breaking through the ball on the wings, and you also have strong bodies and great bounce. ”

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Although there was still a second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals three days later, Diego Simeone fielded the vast majority of his main players in the match against Levante on January 12 due to a three-goal victory over his opponent in the first leg.

However, just when everyone thought Atletico Madrid would easily take three points away from home, the home side Levante got off to a fantastic start just a minute into the game.

At that time, Levante's left wing-back Carabelas cut to the edge of the box and sent a through ball into the box. After Ivan Schzz cut diagonally into the left side of the box from the middle, he picked up his left foot and fired diagonally into the far corner of the goal.

Although Courtois pounced on the far corner at the first time, the ball had already grazed the right post of the goal before Ivanschz could finish his downing before he could finish the action.

In order to maintain the lead, the Levante team, which was playing at home, immediately chose to shrink the defense as a whole.

And Atletico Madrid, which is still unbeaten so far, did not affect the morale of the players by conceding a goal in the opening game. Not only that, but they were still a little contemptuous of the enemy before the game, but they were aroused by the opponent's opening blitzkrieg, and then launched a ferocious rush in the front court.

With 28 minutes of the first half, Atletico Madrid also took advantage of a corner kick to level the score.

At that time, Feng Quan, who rarely entered the penalty area in the corner kick tactics, unexpectedly appeared at the back of the goal.

Because Feng Quan's poor ability to grab points with his header has long been a well-known thing in the entire La Liga league, even though Feng Quan's physical strength and bounce are good, the Levante team did not pay too much attention to him, but paid more attention to Diego Costa, who is good at heading, and the two central defenders Godin and Miranda.

After Gabi's corner kick went past the front post, Diego Costa, who was ambushed at the penalty spot, quickly rushed forward.

However, just as Diego Costa was about to jump to the top, Navarro, who was in charge of guarding him, grabbed his shirt very covertly, causing him to miss the best time to take off.

Then, when Carabelas, who was in charge of the defense at the back post, was about to clear the ball, Feng Quan, who was almost forgotten by the Levante players, went around in front of him like lightning, jumped high and smashed the ball in the direction of the goal.

Although Feng Quan's header was a little right, Navas, the goalkeeper who did not expect Feng Quan to be able to grab this point, was out of his hands due to lack of preparation.

The next moment, before Navas had time to react a second time, Diego Costa, who had been pulled by Navarro on his jersey, fell directly to the ground and stabbed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.

Although Navas immediately made a fall to the ground, he was a beat slower, and he could only watch the football roll under his armpit into the goal......