Chapter 379: The Shadow of a Superstar
Although Feng Quan's performance of providing two wonderful assists for his teammates in the first 20 minutes of this training match and also planning a number of threatening attacks was impressive enough, in fact, this was only the beginning of Feng Quan's crazy show.
Ten minutes after the second goal scored by the 'mixed team', Hector Hernandez won a direct free-kick from just around the meter outside the box on the left side.
At first, Hector Hernandez, who won the free-kick, wanted to try a kick and if he could get the ball in, he could have scored a hat-trick in this practice match.
However, when Hector Hernandez saw Feng Quan coming over and signaled to him that he wanted to take the free kick, he happily handed over the football in his hand. After all, he scored two goals before, but he had to thank the wind to complete it.
After receiving the ball, Feng Quan smiled and said "thank you" to Hector Hernandez, and then put the ball firmly in the penalty position.
Although the vast majority of the players in the B team are in their eighteen or nineteen years old, and some of the younger ones are even less than 18 years old, their height is not inferior to that of the senior players.
Therefore, the height of the five players standing on the wall of the wind is all more than 1.80 meters, of which the player standing on the far right of the wall must be at least 1.85 meters tall, and the two players standing on the far left are close to 1.90 meters tall.
After stabilizing the ball, Feng Quan first observed the height of the "human wall" standing in the penalty area, and then took 4 steps back. When Pedro Aquino signaled for the wind to start the free throw, he started running towards where the ball was.
The next moment, when Feng Quan ran forward quickly, he stepped on the position of about half a meter away from the football with his left foot. Then he swung his right leg vigorously, and then used the inside of his right foot to accurately rub into the middle and back of the ball, and kicked a very beautiful curve ball.
At the same moment when Feng Quan's right foot made contact with the football, the five B team players who formed a human wall in the penalty area all jumped up with all their own bodies, trying to block Feng Quan's shot with their bodies.
However, Feng Quan's free-kick looked like it had eyes, first skimming over the head of the "shortest" of the five players who made up the wall, and then drawing a clear arc into the top right corner of Team B's goal.
It wasn't until the ball hit the net inside the goal that it stopped its forward momentum and fell into the goal, and the goalkeeper of Team B failed to make any save.
There was a brief silence on the training pitch when the free-kick was scored, and it wasn't until Pedro Aquino reacted first and blew his whistle to signal that the goal was valid.
The next moment, except for Carlos Ramos, who had been sitting sullenly on the bench of the "mixed team", everyone on the training ground gave a warm applause for Feng Quan's free kick. And Feng Quan, who scored the free kick, also expressed his gratitude to everyone who applauded him with a sincere smile.
With each half of this practice match only 30 minutes long, Pedro Aquino blew the whistle for the end of the first half shortly after Feng Quan rewrote the score to 3-0.
Although it was only a practice match within the club, the managers of both teams were very dedicated at half-time to summarize the gains and losses of the first half for their players and set up for the second half.
Since there are 5 players from the first team in the "mixed team", their overall strength is significantly stronger than that of the B team. Therefore, even with a three-goal lead in the first half of the game, Carlos Menendez did not praise his players at half-time, but said calmly: "I hope you can continue to maintain the advantage of the first half in the second half of the game." ”
And the coach of the B team, Javi Torres, did not criticize his players because his team was three goals behind. After all, the overall strength of Team B is obviously at a disadvantage, and even those experienced defenders in the Bundesliga are disgraced by Feng Quan's sharp side breakthroughs, so even if his own defenders can't stop his breakthrough, it's not a shame.
Moreover, if it weren't for Javi Torres' fear that Feng Quan would be injured and explicitly forbidding Team B's defenders to play black feet in the game, Feng Quan's performance would have been somewhat affected.
Therefore, in order to limit the play of Feng Quanquan in the second half of the game, Javi Torres even did not hesitate to sacrifice the attack on the right side of the B team, and ordered the team's right wingers: even when attacking, you should not attack too far forward. Once the team moves from offense to defense, they must assist Borja Gonzalez in the first place.
Not only that, but Xavi Torres also asked the other midfielders of the B team to step up their pressing up front, while trying to cut off the link between the "mixed team" players and Feng Quan. After all, it is only when the ball is present that the threat of Feng Quan in the attack can be brought into play.
The reason why Xavi Torres did this is not only to hope that the players of the B team can find a good way to deal with Jesse Rodriguez in tomorrow's game against Real Madrid B team through the experience of defending Feng Quan in this game, but also to see if Feng Quan has the ability to change his game strategy according to the changes in the situation on the field.
In Xavi Torres's view, if Feng Quan can't crack the game strategy he deliberately targeted him, then Feng Quan's ceiling is at most a "world-class" player, and he does not have the potential to become a "world-class" star of Messi's level.
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It has to be said that Javi Torres's defensive strategy deliberately aimed at Feng Quan still had a certain effect at the beginning of the second half of the game.
Since the midfield of the "mixed team" is composed of substitute players from the B team, except for Feng Quan, when the players of the B team strengthen the pressing of the midfield in the second half of the game, the midfield organization of the "mixed team" immediately becomes chaotic.
At the beginning, the midfielders of the "mixed team" also wanted to break the midfield pressing of the B team by passing the ball to Feng Quan. However, when they tried to pass the ball to Feng Quan, they found that not only were Feng Quan's vicinity always following two players from Team B, but there was also at least one player from Team B blocking their passing lane.
Therefore, if they want to force the ball to Feng Quan, they can only use the overhead pass. As a result, even if they can ensure the accuracy of their passes, it will be difficult for Feng Quan to easily get possession of the ball under the watchful eyes of the two B team players. And once the wind is unable to get the ball, Team B will take the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack into the hinterland of the "mixed formation".
As a result, until the first six minutes of the second half, Feng Quan, who had been cruising near the halfway line in the attack, according to Carlos Menendez's requirements, only had two chances to touch the ball in total. Moreover, it is his teammates who find Feng Quan by passing over the top, and then he completes the work of heading the ball.
In the space of 6 minutes, the B team created three good chances to score with the strong pressing of the midfield. If it weren't for the "mixed formation" of Jose Jimenez and Lucas Hernandez who carried forward the fearless spirit of the combat hero Huang Jiguang, I am afraid that Team B would have recovered at least two goals from the disadvantage.
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Seeing the "mixed team" Jose Jimenez desperately use his face to block the inevitable attack of the B team striker from the bottom line, Javi Torres, who was sitting in the coach's box, couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.
The reason why Xavi Torres reacted in this way was not only regretful for his striker to waste a good chance to score, but also disappointed in the first six minutes of the game.
"Hey, the ceiling of this Chinese kid can't reach the height of Messi and Ronaldo after all!"
Just when Xavi Torres felt a burst of emotion in his heart, the corner kick sent by Team B had been easily confiscated by the goalkeeper of the "mixed formation".
Then, when the goalkeeper of the "mixed team" was ready to use a long-distance hand throw to launch a quick counterattack, the players of the B team who had been cruising in the "mixed team" penalty area and near the penalty area all rushed towards the direction of their own half.
At the same time, Feng Quan, who had been cruising near the left midline, did not know when he "quietly" appeared on the edge of the penalty area, and also signaled to the goalkeeper to pass the ball to him.
As a result, the goalkeeper of the "mixed formation" gave up the idea of sending a quick counterattack and quickly passed the ball to the feet of Feng Quan.
The moment Feng Quan received the goalkeeper's pass, a striker and right winger of Team B quickly rushed towards Feng Quan's position.
As Feng Quan received the pass with his back to the attack, when the two players of the B team were about to get close to him, Feng Quan first passed the ball to Lucas Hernandez at the top of the penalty area, and then completed the turn while signaling his teammates to pass the ball back to his feet.
In the next moment, the striker who had been about to surround Feng Quan with his teammates quickly rushed towards Lucas Hernandez, who received the pass, and the left winger, who was ordered to keep an eye on Feng Quan, turned around and leaned back in the direction where Feng Quan was.
In the face of the onslaught of the striker of the B team, Lucas Hernandez did not panic at all, first made a feint to kick the ball forward and shook the opponent's body halfway, but suddenly dunked the ball with his right foot, and then pushed the ball to Fengquan not far in front with the arch of his left foot.
In the process of running forward, Feng Quan first raised his arms to block the left winger of Team B, and then took advantage of the situation to lead the ball forward with the inside of his right foot, and then began to accelerate towards the front court.
Although the left winger of Team B has not given up chasing Feng Quan, his speed is really not the opponent of the "King of Speed", even if he tries his best, he has to helplessly watch Feng Quan's back fade away.
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Since most of the players on Team B did not expect Feng Quan to choose to retreat to the vicinity of the "mixed team" penalty area to receive the ball, when the goalkeeper easily defused the threat of a corner kick, most of the central players of Team B chose to retreat to the vicinity of the center circle in order to cut off the connection between Feng Quan and his teammates.
Therefore, when the players of the B team saw that Feng Quan received a pass from Lucas Hernandez and then easily got rid of his team's right winger, he finally reacted and was ready to come forward to surround him. It's a pity that when they realized this, Feng Quan had already successfully started to speed, how could they be Feng Quan's opponent with their defensive ability alone?
Facing the forward player of Team B who rushed to him first, Feng Quan just made a light buckle of his right foot, and easily got rid of the opponent's entanglement.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Quan ran forward with the ball for a distance of five or six meters to near the halfway line, and the right central midfielder who had been helping Borja Gonzalez to help Feng Quan in the previous game also came from the diagonal stab.
This time, Feng Quan's upper body made a gesture to break to the left, but his right foot pushed the ball towards the right front. A simple man divides the ball, and Feng Quan gets rid of the opponent's defense.
When the right midfielder of team B staggered and completed the turn, trying to catch up with Feng Quan again, he saw that Feng Quan had already won the ball again at this moment, and he was already 5 meters away from him.
And at the next moment, when the two central defenders of Team B rushed towards Feng Quan at the same time, trying to block Feng Quan's attack by "closing the door" or even fouling, they saw Feng Quan first poke the ball towards the gap of less than 1 meter between the two central defenders, and then suddenly accelerated and forced it through the gap between the two of them.
The two B team central defenders who were originally successfully "crossed" by Feng Quan were also ready to reach out and pull them to the ground once they were out of defense by Feng Quan. However, when they really wanted to reach out and pull people, they didn't even pull Fengquan's jersey......
After successfully "passing" the two central defenders' closing defense, Feng Quan had already dribbled to the edge of the big penalty area of Team B.
Facing the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal, a thought suddenly popped into Fengquan's mind: "There is only one real Ronaldo". So, Feng Quan is ready to pay tribute to his childhood idol by passing the ball into the empty goal after passing the person in a "pendulum style".
In this way, after using the "pendulum pass" to shake the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal, Feng Quan pushed the ball into the unguarded goal with the arch of his right foot.
When Feng Quan staged this miraculous performance of receiving a pass from his own half, getting rid of the entanglement of five defenders in a row, and then shaking the goalkeeper who abandoned the goal to the ground, the entire training ground immediately fell into a deathly silence.
Even Pedro Aquino, who was the interim referee of the game, only realized his identity five or six seconds after the football rolled into the net, blowing the whistle on behalf of the limited number of goals.
It wasn't until this moment that Carlos Menendez, who was sitting in the dugout on the sidelines, finally reacted from his shocked state. Immediately afterward, he made a gesture of holding his head in his hands, and at the same time had an expression of disbelief on his face.
At the same time, Javi Torres, who was also sitting in the coach's box, seemed to see the shadows of two Brazilian superstars at the same time in Feng Quan's goal......