Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 450 The Connection Between Granada's Owner and Players
With his back to Australian defender Wilkshire, Shan Yongzhuo watched the ball come in and was very satisfied with it.

"Feng Xiaoting, those past six months in La Liga haven't been a waste of his time!"

Shan Yongzhuo couldn't help but sigh at this.

Currently, there are only two Chinese players playing abroad: Deng Zhuoxiang and Feng Xiaoting. Although Deng Zhuoxiang went abroad earlier, Feng Xiaoting's career is now significantly better.

Although Deng Zhuoxiang has become a semi-regular player in Fortuna Düsseldorf, he is still playing in the 2. Bundesliga, and his performance has declined significantly this season.

Feng Xiaoting, on the other hand, began to get more and more playing time at Granada.

In fact, Feng Xiaoting's entry into Granada and the special treatment he received were entirely due to Shan Yongzhuo's influence; his original abilities were not actually up to Granada's requirements.

However, Feng Xiaoting himself lived up to expectations, working very hard in the past six months and making rapid progress in his skills.

The biggest change isn't that his defensive skills suddenly became as good as Van Dijk's. After all, defense is something that takes years of practice and can't be achieved overnight.

The biggest change is that he learned from Van Dijk how to make long passes from the backfield, directly initiating long counter-attacks.

This tactic of having a center-back directly initiate attacks and make long passes is actually the biggest reason why Feng Xiaoting was able to get a lot of playing time in Granada.

Before the match, Shan Yongzhuo gave Gao Hongbo this advice: try to make Feng Xiaoting the engine and initiator of the attack, and after winning the ball back in the backfield, launch the attack directly from his point of attack without going through the midfield.

In fact, Shan Yongzhuo knew that this approach of having a center-back directly initiate an attack was not uncommon. Bonucci was a typical example of this tactic. Later Juventus not only had Pirlo as their attacking mastermind, but Bonucci was also a starting point for their attacks.

Feng Xiaoting's passing and playmaking abilities are naturally a step behind Bonucci's, but they are sufficient for handling Asian competitions.

For example, this pass was perfect, yet Shan Yongzhuo was able to comfortably chest down the ball against Wilkeshire.

Then, Ghostly Grappling Hand was activated.

Taking advantage of the time difference, Shan Yongzhuo easily turned and passed his opponent, rushing towards the open goal.

"Look at this ball!"

The CTV5 commentator exclaimed, "Shan Yongzhuo, he received the ball! It's a long pass from Feng Xiaoting in the backfield, and Australia didn't have time to get back to defend!"

"Shan Yongzhuo, a beautiful turnaround move!"

As Shan Yongzhuo pulled away from his opponent and continued to leave him further and further behind in the sprint, all the Chinese fans in the stadium stood up, feeling their blood pumping.

Meanwhile, Australian fans were on edge, hoping that Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer could stop Shan Yongzhuo.

Dan Yongzhuo was very fast, and he rushed to the penalty area line in just a few seconds.

Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer was terrified and had no choice but to come out of his goal, but he had little confidence that he could stop Shan Yongzhuo.

Dan Yongzhuo reached the penalty area line but stopped.

Then, he takes a shot!

This is the iconic Dan Yongzhuo area, and with almost no suspense, the football flew past Schwarzer and headed towards the Australian goal.

"Goal!"

The Australian commentator's tone was full of frustration: "In the 14th minute of the match, the Chinese team scored."

"This is bad news, but it's also understandable."

"The Chinese team launched a long counter-attack directly from their own half, and then Shan Yongzhuo easily got past Wilkshire, creating a one-on-one opportunity..."

Meanwhile, the commentator on CTV5 was in a completely different mood, excitedly shouting, "Shan Yongzhuo, goal!"

"Shan Yongzhuo! Shan Yongzhuo! Shan Yongzhuo!" "In the 14th minute of the match, after receiving the ball in the backfield, Feng Xiaoting immediately launched a quick long pass counterattack, and the long pass found Shan Yongzhuo with perfect accuracy."

"After getting past the opposing defender, Shan Yongzhuo had a one-on-one opportunity and calmly slotted the ball into the net from his familiar area!"

"China is in the lead!"

"This is a video call between Granada's owner and players!"

"It has to be said that Feng Xiaoting's long pass on this ball completely surprised everyone."

"Feng Xiaoting, who joined Granada this summer, was once called a nepotism player and a player who got in through connections, but he ultimately silenced these comments with his performance."

"In La Liga this season, Feng Xiaoting has already demonstrated this kind of long pass from the backfield to launch counter-attacks several times."

"And now, his long pass has directly helped the Chinese team take the lead!"

"I think fans who were worried about the Chinese team before can now put their worries aside. With Feng Xiaoting and his boss around, the Chinese team will not let everyone down!"

After scoring, Shan Yongzhuo was overjoyed. He ran back to find Feng Xiaoting and hugged him tightly.

"Good job!"

Feng Xiaoting smiled憨厚ly and said, "No, it's your goal that's beautiful!"

"They're all beautiful!"

Their teammates then surrounded them and hugged them tightly.

They were indeed very happy.

In this match, the Chinese team was actually in a very unfavorable situation, and the other players were under a lot of pressure.

But now, they've taken the lead in just 15 minutes, which has given them a lot of confidence.

Shan Yongzhuo was indeed very happy. Feng Xiaoting's performance really did not disappoint him, and it was worth Granada's efforts in training him.

As long as he can continue to perform like this, continue to improve himself, and develop in the direction of a playmaking center-back like Bonucci, Shan Yongzhuo believes that even in the World Cup, if the group draw is better, he might still have a chance to advance from the group stage.

This style of play, where counter-attacks are initiated directly from the center-backs' backfield, is a good way for weaker teams to face stronger teams.

However, this approach requires not only a center-back with excellent passing skills, but also a very strong counter-attacking striker.

China has its own forwards, so there's no need to worry. As long as Feng Xiaoting can develop, Shan Yongzhuo believes the national team is still worth looking forward to.

The other players looked at Feng Xiaoting with envy in their eyes.

This guy caught the eye of Shan Yongzhuo and joined Granada. In just half a season, he made significant progress and got a lot of playing time in La Liga.

And in this match, it directly led to the goal.

How could they not be envious?

Unfortunately, Shan Yongzhuo only bought Feng Xiaoting and didn't seem to have much interest in them.

Feng Xiaoting was even happier, as he had worked harder than anyone else over the past six months.

In retrospect, it seems that the effort has paid off.

How could that not make him happy?
(End of this chapter)