Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 45 Contrast
Although the internal disharmony was temporarily subdued on the training ground, it did not disappear, but was brought to the arena instead.

In the tenth round of the Chinese Premier League, the Shenzhen team faced the newly promoted Huerhaote Zhongyou team at home.

The Huerhot Zhongyou team was originally named the Taiyuan Jiayi team. It moved to Huerhot after successfully advancing to the first division and became the first professional football team on the NMG prairie.

The Huerhot Zhongyou team is a new team in the Chinese Premier League. Many players in the team are playing in the professional league for the first time, so the strength of the team is very average.In the previous nine rounds, the Huerhot Zhongyou team lost more than they won, and only achieved a pitiful one win and two draws, ranking last in the Chinese Premier League.

On the other hand, the Shenzhen team has achieved an astonishing record of two wins and one tie against strong opponents in the previous three consecutive away games, and has also created an unbeaten golden body for six rounds.

Therefore, in this game, the outside world generally believes that the Shenzhen team will sweep the Huerhot Zhongyou team at home.

However, the result of the game was unexpected, and the Shenzhen team once again caused everyone to shatter their glasses on the ground.The previous time the Shenzhen team unexpectedly achieved good results, but this time the Shenzhen team suffered a disastrous defeat at home when the outside world was generally optimistic.The Shenzhen team lost 1:3 at home to the newly promoted Huerhot Zhongyou team.

This game not only enabled the Huerhot Zhongyou team to win their first away victory in the professional league, but also broke the Shenzhen team's six-round undefeated golden body.This made the Shenzhen team feel like being poured with cold water, and the originally hot morale quickly cooled down.

In professional games, there are always winners and losers.It's okay to lose a game, it's normal.However, there was a worrying scene in the Shenzhen team: when the first goal was lost, Fei Yu and Zhou Li, who were partners in the game with double midfielders, accused each other and quarreled.This also paved the way for the opponent to score two more goals later.Later, although Lin Fan scored a goal through his unremitting efforts, the team's poor defensive cooperation finally caused the Shenzhen team to score two goals in a row in the second half, which was a complete failure.

A fiasco at home did not wake up the players of the Shenzhen team and unite as one, but there were still many internal conflicts.A team that is not united will never be effective, and the next game against Hebei Zhongji team is a good illustration of this point.

The Hebei Zhongji team has always been a mid-lower team in the Chinese Premier League. Their strength is very average, and they have to fight for relegation almost every year.In previous matches between the two sides, the Shenzhen team still had the upper hand.An away game against the Hebei Zhongji team, if a united and tacit Shenzhen team is still capable of fighting.But in the end, the Shenzhen team lost 1:2.

In this game, the Shenzhen team's defensive line made a mistake in the first half, allowing the Hebei Zhongji team to seize the opportunity.In the second half, although Lin Fan relied on his own ability to use a free kick to get back the score, but the defense had another problem and the opponent scored a goal, which made Lin Fan's hard work come to naught.

The Shenzhen team, which had been undefeated for six rounds before, lost two games in a row.This has hit the morale of the Shenzhen team, and what has hit morale even more is that the internal confrontation within the team has become more serious.The team suffered a two-game losing streak, which was thought to make the players sober and united.Instead, both sides blamed the other for the team's losses, making the team even more disunity.Such a situation caused the emperor to suffer, but he could not effectively solve this problem due to various objective reasons.

The Shenzhen team has lost two games in a row in the Chinese League One, but has won two games in a row in the Reserve League.Of course, the credit for the reserve team's two-game winning streak should be attributed to Yan Feng's return.

The first-team players are suspended in the league with a card, and they usually go to the reserve league to participate in the game to maintain their status. This is the practice of Chinese professional teams.Some substitutes who can't play the game will often play in the reserve team game, and the most typical one is Shandong Luneng.

The Shandong Luneng team deserves to be a state-owned enterprise team, rich and powerful, and has always liked to hoard a large number of advantageous players in the team.Adhering to the extravagant and wasteful style of state-owned enterprises, many players who can play the main force in other Super League teams can only sit on the bench, and finally have to find their status in the preparatory games.This makes the Luneng team often have a super luxurious lineup in the reserve league, and its strength is only stronger than the main lineup of the middle and lower Super League teams. Therefore, the Luneng reserve team can win the reserve league championship almost every year.In recent years, although the Luneng team has not won the Chinese Super League championship, they can easily win the Chinese Super League reserve team championship.It's a title anyway, isn't it?
Of course, the Shenzhen team does not have as deep a foundation as the Luneng team. Many of the reserve teams this season are young players in their teens.Since Yan Feng was promoted to the first team, the Shenzhen reserve team has almost never won.However, Yan Feng's short return allowed the Shenzhen reserve team to play impressively and achieved two consecutive victories.

Returning to the reserve team to play again, Yan Feng felt surprisingly relaxed.It will be like this, Yan Feng thinks that after being trained in the Chinese League One, his ability has been greatly improved, and it will be much easier to play against the reserve team again.After all, unlike the Chinese Super League teams, there are many first-team players who will participate in the reserve team. Most of the reserve team players are young players.Originally, Yan Feng's physical fitness was much stronger than others, coupled with the improvement of experience and ability, facing a group of young players with poor physical fitness, wouldn't it be easy to win?

After the second reserve team game that Yan Feng participated in, Wei Chao, who played in the reserve team game, said to Yan Feng with great emotion: "It's still easy to play with Brother Feng!"

"Yeah, I think so too." Another young reserve player next to him echoed.

"Is it that exaggerated?" Yan Feng was a little embarrassed, he was still very clear about his abilities.

"This is not an exaggeration." Wei Chao said with a serious face: "Brother Feng, you know that I have never had a chance in the first team, so I often play in reserve team games. I have played so many reserve team games. Playing comfortably and easily.”

"Really? Didn't Zhou Li play in the last few reserve team games?"

In the previous games, Zhou Li's position was replaced by Yan Feng. Zhou Li, who didn't get much time to play, participated in several reserve team games.

"Zhou Li? Don't mention it." Wei Chao was very disdainful when he heard it.

"What's the situation? How can I say that he is also a very good player in the first team. Zhou Li's dribbling and ball-handling skills are quite good, and he should be quite capable in the reserve team game!" Yan Feng thinks that Zhou Li's technical ability is still Not bad, although the two are competitors now, he still recognizes Zhou Li's ability in certain aspects.

"He has the ability to control the ball, but the attitude and style of the game are not flattering." Wei Chao's words sounded very disapproving of Zhou Li.

"Speaking of him, I get angry. During the game, he is so unique that he always dribbles the ball by himself, and his teammates don't pass it when they have the opportunity. He is always showing off his skills. He thinks he is Maradona? He always wants to start from He took the ball from the backcourt to the opponent's penalty area to shoot. He is so good that he is not used to play in the Chinese Premier League, and the Chinese Super League can't keep him. Didn't he be taken to the opponent's penalty area in the end?"

"If it's just a little lonely, I'm not so angry. The most annoying thing is that this guy is obviously a defensive midfielder, but he doesn't care about defense at all. With him, it's like one person is missing. It's beautiful." Its name is to learn from Pirlo. Damn it, other people have to defend desperately to fill in the gaps. As a striker, I often have to come back to defend. We played so tired! What a fucking cheat! "

"No way?" Yan Feng also felt that this was really cheating.

"Really. And these two games with Brother Feng on the field, it's just different! Not only do you not have to worry about the defense, but you don't feel tired after playing. It's really much more comfortable."

Wei Chao looked liberated.

"Yeah, I don't feel so tired anymore." ```Some other players also said, it seems that Wei Chao is not the only one who has problems with Zhou Li's playing style.

"Actually, the main thing is to unite and work hard. I'm not that capable." Yan Feng was very embarrassed.

"To be honest, I really think Fengge, your ability is much stronger now. It is already very easy to play in the reserve team." Wei Chao is very envious of this. "If only I had brother Feng improving so quickly."

"If you have Yan Feng working so hard, your ability will definitely improve a lot." Reserve team coach Niu Li just passed by and said with a smile.

"Coach." Everyone saw that the coach nodded quickly.

"Do you know Yan Feng's running distance in a game?" Niu Li glanced at everyone, and then said. "13000, Yan Feng averaged 13000 in these two reserve games."

"Wow!" "Isn't it? Is this an iron man?" "Brother Feng, you don't have a background in long-distance running, do you?"```
"With Yan Feng here, it's as if you have one more person than your opponent. Can you not play easily? You guys, the running distance of two games alone is not as much as Yan Feng's in one game. If Your running distance can reach [-] meters, not to mention other things, you will definitely be able to suppress your opponents in defense." After speaking, Niu Li wondered whether he should train the physical fitness of the reserve team well.

The running distance of the players in the Chinese Premier League is not very high, and the reserve team is even worse, so the game often seems to be slow and the rhythm is very slow.

Niu Li took the opportunity to educate the young players of the reserve team, and the way he touched his shiny forehead and rolled his eyes gave the reserve team players a sense of foreboding.

After Niu Li finished his lecture, he patted Yan Feng on the shoulder and said: "Yan Feng, you have really improved a lot during the time you have been in the first team, you must continue to work hard. Your suspension is also over, and the next Chinese League One game , you have to perform well."

"I will. Thank you, coach." Yan Feng is still very grateful to Niu Li who has always supported him.

China League One, I'm coming back!

Yan Feng can't wait to return to the Chinese League One.He is well aware of the team's current situation and some of the team's contradictions, and he wants to use his performance to fight back against those veteran players who look down on him.

(End of this chapter)