freeallnovels Chapter 368 European League, it is not easy to advance
Chapter 368 European League, it is not easy to advance
Chapter 368 European League, it is not easy to advance
In addition to La Liga, the most important thing for Spanish fans is the Champions League.The Champions League is still too far away from Yan Feng. If he wants to participate in the big stage of the Champions League, he will have to wait until next year at the earliest.
Granada has not yet qualified for the Champions League, however, the Europa League is also very important to Granada.
Although the European League is not as good as the Champions League, the influence of this event is also great all over the world.The teams eliminated in the knockout stage of the Champions League will come to participate in the European League, so there are many well-known teams like Manchester United and Roma in the European League.
For Yan Feng, it is an event of great desire and glory to only play against such a world-renowned team.
Just as Chinese fans value foreign wars like the AFC Champions League, Spanish fans also value European events.At this stage, for Granada fans, the Europa League is more important than any competition.They can tolerate Granada without a win in La Liga for a few rounds, but they cannot tolerate being eliminated in the Europa League.
"Granada must win!"
"Goal Europa! We want to go further in the European arena!"
"I hope this time, the Granada team will not lose the chain. The league can lose, but the European league cannot be eliminated."
"I hope the players will go all out. Even if we don't win at home, we can still advance in a draw. I hope the players will not let us down."
The fans are full of hope for Granada.However, judging from the rumors released by the media, the situation of the Granada team is quite worrying.
"Without winning four rounds, the recent situation of the Granada team does not look good. In the next game against APOEL, it is doubtful whether they can withstand the home game."
"In the last leg, Granada had high morale and the team was in very good shape. Because of this, they surprised us in Cyprus. But recently, in terms of Granada's situation, this game is not good. optimism."
"Does Granada still have the confidence to win against APOEL at home? No, this may be too much to ask. It should be said, do they still have the confidence to keep the game at home without losing? This is very hanging."
"Some people may say that I am too pessimistic. But based on my observation of the Granada team, judging from their current situation. Even at home, they have a great possibility of losing. Although this is not what everyone hopes Yes, but what I’m saying is, everyone should be mentally prepared for this.”
The game against APOEL has not yet started, and various media have expressed their unfavorable comments about the Granada team.
Yan Feng was quite helpless when he heard this.No wonder, the media is always not optimistic about the Granada team.In the past, they did not have a clear understanding of the strength of their team, but now it is that the recent situation of the Granada team is really not good.
If you want to refute these media, in the current situation, you really don't have enough confidence.Although, Yan Feng was suffocating in his heart, and vowed to make sure that the home court was not lost.But what he thinks more about is that this game must be won.
In any case, even if it is desperate, you have to win this game.Not to mention the benefits of promotion after winning, just using this game to revive the morale of the Granada team is what he must accomplish.
Winning a European game can bring more confidence and honor to players and fans than winning a few league games.
"Win, this game must be won. If we are eliminated, there will be nothing this year." In the locker room before the game, Yan Feng said to the players.
"This is our home game, and we can win the away game. It's not a problem to win them today. Brothers, do you have confidence?" Yan Feng must find a way to encourage the team's recent low morale due to a series of victories.
If they win this game, they will be able to stabilize the heart of the strong team that is about to collapse.If you lose, don't talk about strong teams later.Maybe even No.5 will be kept this season.The importance of this game is greater than it appears on the surface.
The game was about to start, and the players on both sides stood there with serious faces waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.
"Huh." Yan Feng adjusted his mentality.Because he valued this game too much, he felt an extremely heavy burden.
"Beep~" The referee finally blew his whistle.
Yan Feng started to move, and the whole person entered the competition state.
Today's game is equally important for both sides.APOEL lost to Granada in their last home game.This puts them under tremendous pressure.They are the pride of Cyprus, but they lost their territory to a team that has been unknown in Europe like Granada.It's a shame.
And the best way to wash away the shame is to eliminate the home team at Granada's home court.
In order to achieve this goal, today their head coach Donis arranged a 433 attack formation.The three strikers, this is their determination to reverse.
As for the Granada team, the head coach Alcaraz also showed his determination to eliminate the Greek Athletic team.Well, a 541 formation of iron barrels desperately defending to the end.
Alcaraz is a realist.He is willing to play gorgeous and beautiful football if he can ensure that there is no worry.But when encountering critical games, the relegation team's coaching thinking in his bones takes over everything.
The characteristic of the relegation team is that they are unwilling to take risks, and would rather keep a point than risk losing.The relegation team is often equal to the tactical defense team.
541 formation, four midfielders, but both sides will basically be full-backs.Therefore, Aslan and Pereira, two full-backs with speed and breakthroughs, must start.In this way, there are only two midfielders in the middle, and one of Yan Feng, Costa, and Samper has to be used as a substitute.
But these three are the absolute main force of the Granada team now, and Alcaraz doesn't want to give up on any of them.So, after thinking about it again and again, Yan Feng became a central defender today.
To be precise, he is a central defender with a free position, that is, a sweeper that few people use now.
Scavenger?All right.Yan Feng likes this name.In order for the team to advance smoothly, he will not care about where to play.No matter how necessary, let him be the goalkeeper, and he will not delay.
5 backs, and there are still five backs with Yan Feng among them.With this formation, even the Spanish media yelled that Alcaraz really deserves to be a veteran of relegation.It's shameless, but it's pragmatic.
Facing the pragmatism of the Granada team, as a team player who must attack, Donis, the head coach of the Athletic Greek team, cursed in his heart: "Smelly shameless. How shameless to wait in the bus. It's disgusting."
Being pragmatic often means great depression for the opponent.Facing Granada's defensive crowd like an iron barrel, it was difficult for the APOEL team to find any flaws for a while.
The Granada team is like a hedgehog, making it impossible for opponents to talk.
The situation after the start of the first half was that the Granada team was focused on retreating, but the Athletic team was focused on scoring.As a result, it naturally evolved into a siege like a siege.
The Granada team was defending, and their defense was like a fortified city, which made APOEL unable to break through in many ways.
No matter how difficult the defense is to break through, APOEL must find a way to attack.Because they have no way out.This makes the scene extremely intense.
Infiltration in the middle, facing the densely populated Granada team, it is difficult to make sense.That is to walk from both sides, but it is also difficult to create any opportunities with Yan Feng cruising in the back defense and ready to mop up or assist in defense at any time.
APOEL struggled to find openings in Granada's defense.But they are focused on defense, but they are in the formation of iron barrels, and they rarely have loopholes.Even if there are loopholes and a few flaws, they will be made up for by sufficient defensive forces.
Throughout the first half, APOEL did not find any chances.Not to mention scoring goals, he didn't even hit the goal many times.Of course, because of the more focused defense, the threat posed by the counterattack of the Granada team is also very small.
0:0. The first half ended in a fierce but dull and ugly game.
For such a result, Alcaraz is of course acceptable.It should even be said that this is exactly what he expected.Because of the success of the strategy, Alcaraz praised the players for their good execution, and said that the second half will continue.Use defense to get your opponent eliminated.
As for APOEL, what happened at half-time, no one on Granada's side knows.However, what is certain is that APOEL will attack wildly in the second half.
When the intermission was over and the two sides returned to the court, Yan Feng saw from the opponent's eyes that a kind of fighting spirit called fighting to the last second was burning.
"It seems that in the locker room, their head coach must have made some mobilization, and the effect should be good. However, this is not good news. I am afraid that in the next 45 minutes, the game will be more difficult to play." See The entire opponent team was like that, Yan Feng couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Before the start of the second half, APOEL sent a seemingly tall midfielder.Ranish, a midfielder with a height of 190cm.Good confrontation, comprehensive skills, especially the header is very powerful.In set-piece tactics, goals are often scored.
The 190cm Lanishi, coupled with the 196cm high center forward Sheridan, can tell at a glance that this is about to start a header bombing.
When facing the iron barrel formation, it is extremely important to use set-piece tactics.With two long men like this, APOEL became extremely threatening both from corner kicks and set-pieces from free kicks.
The tallest defender in the Granada team is Ingarson, but he is only 188CM. Anyone who defends these two has an advantage.Longban is only 185cm, but he still suffers a little bit because of his poor bounce.
Yan Feng, who plays as a defender today, sometimes faces one of these two players.Rao is Yan Feng's strong defense and amazing bounce, but with only 180cm, he is a little powerless against these two in set-piece tactics.The difference in height is too great.
The opponent has an advantage in setting the ball, so don't give the opponent the opportunity to set the ball.But the problem is that the defensive Granada team committed a lot of fouls in today's fierce match.There is no way, the defensive side is always prone to fouls, especially when they are under siege.
In the second half, the tactical focus changed. APOEL really put great pressure on Granada's defense in front of the goal.In the first 10 minutes, Raniran and Sheridan used their height advantage to bombard Granada's goal with headers in long passes and set kicks many times.
Ochoa performed well today.He flicked left and right to block, and successfully resolved several threatening attacks from his opponent.
Although for a while, APOEL still didn't let the APOEL team break the goal, but the defensive pressure was not much greater than that in the first half.Maybe, I don't know when the Greek Athletic team used a header to blast one in.This somewhat hit the morale of the Granada team.
As the new tactics worked in the second half, APOEL's confidence increased greatly.The hope of scoring a goal made them more involved and more crazy.As long as you work harder, you can score goals.Just a little more effort, and the shame can be washed away.
The defensive pressure of the Granada team is increasing, and gradually even Yan Feng feels the danger.
"I can't go on like this. Maybe I can't stand it anymore. It's too passive to give up offense and simply defend." Yan Feng thought again.
Yan Feng feels that the team needs to use offense to relieve the pressure on defense.Although Alcaraz put four midfielders with relatively strong offensive capabilities in the middle today.However, the hand-to-hand midfield fight of the Athletic Greek team exhausted Samper and others.Therefore, it is difficult to launch any effective counterattack.This not only made Sandel, the predecessor, rarely have the chance to attack the goal, but also made him spend most of his energy on defense.
To change the passive situation, the Granada team has to make some changes.When the head coach Alcaraz didn't say anything, Yan Feng thought of some methods himself.
The Granada team is currently in a defensive formation of 541. If Yan Feng's excellent running ability is used, the formation can be changed to 451 or even 442 when attacking.
Let Granada's formation constantly switch between 541, 451, and 442. Others can't do it, but Yan Feng can.He is a new generation of B2B midfielders, and his core ability is from one penalty area to another.
Do as soon as you think about it, whether the head coach has such an idea or not, Yan Feng has made a decision.In fact, Yan Feng has never experienced such a similar situation.In the past, there have been similar passive games, which successfully changed the situation by using such a change method.
During a dead ball opportunity, Yan Feng walked up to Sandel and said softly: "Sandel, I think we have to use some offense to change the situation."
"I feel the same way. I just played defense almost the whole game today." Sandel.
"Wait, if there is a chance, let's make a breakthrough last time." Yan Feng said.
"Understood. It's the same. Come on. I can't wait. My feet are already hungry for shots," Sandel said.
"Okay, now I'm going to talk to other people." After Yan Feng finished speaking, he went to Samper and others to whisper.
(End of this chapter)