With the 15th round of La Liga coming back to the national team's break, more than half of the players in Atletico Madrid's squad have been called up for their respective national teams.

Considering that the players have played three games in a row in the past week, and everyone's fitness is not very good, Diego Simeone has arranged a much lighter training volume than usual.

Although most of the main players in the team have been called up by their respective national teams, since the Chinese football team did not arrange games during this period, Feng Quan naturally avoided the torture of long-distance flights.

However, in addition to participating in the team's normal training, the rare "relaxed" Feng Quan also deliberately found the team's coach Diego Simeone, hoping that the other party could help him improve his technical shortcomings.

If you look for the most obvious technical shortcomings in Feng Quan's body, those die-hard fans of his will probably not hesitate to give the answer of "header". After all, for Feng Quan, who is 1.84 meters tall, has a strong body, and has a bounce power that crushes the vast majority of football players, it is difficult to take advantage of the header to grab points, and it is really a little unreasonable.

However, if Feng Quan himself was asked to name the biggest technical shortcoming, he would not hesitate to say the word "penalty".

That's right, Feng Quan's [Header] attribute of less than 80 points is indeed a bit unsatisfactory compared to other techniques. But in fact, Feng Quan's weakest technical attribute is only 55 points [penalty].

In the previous "Madrid derby", the reason why Feng Quan conceded two penalty opportunities created by himself was not because he wanted to help Diego Costa top scorer, let alone because of how generous he was. In fact, the success rate of Feng Quan's penalty kick is too low, which is the fundamental reason why he took the initiative to concede penalty opportunities.

Although Diego Simeone rarely arranges penalty kick training in his daily training, in the limited number of penalty kick practices, Feng Quan's penalty success rate has not exceeded 5% or more. And such a penalty success rate almost made Feng Quan the team's "worst" "penalty taker".

In fact, Feng Quan's own shooting skills are still good, otherwise it would not be possible to share the top spot in the scorer list with Diego Costa, Messi, and Ronaldo.

However, just because you have a good shot doesn't mean you can take a good penalty. After all, when taking a penalty, it is more about testing the psychology of the players, rather than the shooting skills that the players themselves have.

Due to the technical characteristics, most of Feng Quan's goals were scored by relying on his superior speed advantage and getting rid of the entanglement of defenders in a quick counterattack. So much so that when the wind completes the shot, it is almost impossible to encounter interference from defenders.

Therefore, if you simply compare the shooting accuracy, especially when encountering interference, Feng Quan is still slightly behind the world's top strikers such as Messi and Ronaldo.

Because of this, when Feng Quan has been in football for more than a year, he has scored less than one-fifteenth of the total goals by receiving passes from teammates in the penalty area.

In addition to the gap in shooting skills, there is also a certain gap between Fengquan and the world's top strikers such as Messi and Ronaldo in terms of shooting deception.

Therefore, Feng Quan wanted to take advantage of his teammates to participate in the national team game, and the team could not conduct overall offensive and defensive drills, hoping that Diego Simeone could give him a point in his "penalty technique".

As for the question of deception of shots and how to maintain the accuracy of shots under the interference of the opponent, Feng Quan is not too anxious. After all, Feng Quan himself is not the kind of point-grabbing striker who cruising around the penalty area, and with the accumulation of game experience, he will also improve his shooting deception to a certain extent, as well as the accuracy of shooting under the interference of the opponent.

And the reason why Feng Quan found Diego Simeone to help him improve his penalty ability was also a decision made after careful consideration. Because Diego Simeone was not only a penalty taker for the Argentine national team when he was a player, but also often took the responsibility of taking penalties in the game in the club he played.

In addition, the Argentine's own strong enough psychological quality is also an important factor in Fengquan's choice of him. After all, it's the psychology that counts when taking a penalty, not the technique.

When Feng Quan expressed his thoughts to Diego Simeone after a day of training, the other party did not immediately agree to Feng Quan's request, but first found the team's main goalkeeper Courtois and asked him to temporarily act as Feng Quan's "sparring partner".

"Wind, you kick ten penalties first." Diego Simeone said with a flat expression.

Five minutes later, Feng Quan, who had only scored four penalties, came to Diego Simeone with an embarrassed face.

"Wind, what do you think is wrong with you?" Diego Simeone asked.

After a moment of thought, Feng Quan said: "My shooting angle is not tricky enough, and more than half of the penalties I take are half-high balls that are relatively easy for the goalkeeper to save. ”

Hearing this, Diego Simeone first nodded affirmatively, and then said with a smile: "Feng, although your opinion is correct, your biggest problem is because of the lack of deception in your shots, and at the same time you lack enough confidence in your shots. ”

Before Feng Quan could speak, Courtois, who had just completed the sparring task, walked up to him and said, "Feng, I also agree with the boss's point of view. I was able to save your penalty six times, and the most fundamental reason was that I judged the direction you were looking at before you shot at goal. ”

"That's right, your shot wasn't deceptive at all. As long as the opposing goalkeeper looks closely at where you are looking before you shoot, there is a good chance that your penalty will be saved. Diego Simeone nodded affirmatively.

"At the same time, when you take a penalty, you choose to shoot half-high balls with power, which is also a sign of lack of confidence."

"BOSS, I also admit that I am not deceitful when shooting, but I don't agree with your lack of self-confidence." Feng Quan said a little unconvinced.

In Feng Quan's opinion, those players who choose to push the ball low and flat when taking penalties are a sign of lack of self-confidence. It is precisely because he has enough confidence in his own shooting that Feng Quan chooses to volley when taking a penalty, and in the case of force, it is difficult for the football to fly close to the ground.

Diego Simeone shook his head with a smile and said: "Wind, do you think that as long as you shoot faster than the goalkeeper's save, you will break through the opponent's goal." ”

Feng Quan nodded but did not speak.

"But you're already one of the fastest in the team, but why do you have the lowest penalty success rate?" Diego Simeone said with his hands outstretched.

"I don't think the angle of the shot is tricky enough."

"Hehe, okay. Since you don't agree with me, how about we make a bet? Diego Simeone smiled.

"What's the gambling method?"

"It's still Thibaud as the goalkeeper and the two of us take turns taking 10 penalties to see who can hit the better ......"