Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 570 Your ball skills are worse than my grandma's.
Atletico Madrid fans are filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.

But Granada was overjoyed. The players celebrated Shan Yongzhuo's goal with great excitement, and Nainggolan exclaimed, "That's why I said we didn't need to worry at all; Shan was sure to score!"

"Yes, definitely no problem."

"of course."

Others who heard this also offered their hindsight-based opinions.

And on the sidelines.

Pellegrini also smiled happily.

He was just wondering how the game would go, when Shan Yongzhuo suddenly scored.

Now that he sees a goal scored, he's not so worried anymore.

What are you afraid of!
Although their opponent is Atletico Madrid, currently ranked second in the league, they have Shan Yongzhuo.

One Shan Yongzhuo is enough to counter the entire attacking force of the opponent's frontcourt.

Forwards like Diego Costa and Villa can definitely be contained with a tight defense, but it's much harder to deal with someone like Shan Yongzhuo. His goals are unreasonable, and even the opponent's toughest defenders can't do anything about them.

After all, Atletico Madrid can't be as shameless as Getafe last time, setting up a 10-0-0 formation and using the whole team for defense.

Meanwhile, Simone frowned.

The goal just now was largely due to Godin and Suarez being somewhat lax, but Simeone didn't yell and shout from the sidelines as he usually does.

Because he also understood that this was the most dangerous time, and Atletico Madrid simply didn't get through it safely.

Simeone has carefully analyzed the timeframes during which Shan Yongzhuo scored goals throughout his entire career.

Among them, Shan Yongzhuo scored significantly more goals in the first half than in the second half, and the difference was much larger.

The period from 10 to 35 minutes in the first half was when Shan Yongzhuo scored the most goals, especially from 10 to 20 minutes. During this period, Shan Yongzhuo scored in more than 7% of his total appearances.

In other words, when defending against Shan Yongzhuo, you must pay close attention to these ten minutes.

In over 70% of the matches he played, he scored within those 10 minutes, and often more than one goal.

Simeone is not the kind of coach who spends his entire career in lower leagues but then has a brilliant coaching career. On the contrary, Simeone's career has been quite successful.

He is a very typical player-centric coach.

Therefore, he could somewhat understand why Shan Yongzhuo scored so frequently during this period.

Looking at the teams Shan Yongzhuo has played for, from Kaffinburg to Roma to Manchester City, all three teams share a common characteristic: even Manchester City, which won three consecutive Premier League titles, was not actually a truly top-tier team.

Such teams have a characteristic: when facing strong teams, they are easily suppressed at the start, but when facing weak teams, they are not easily suppressed at the start either.

In this way, once the tense first 10 minutes of the game have passed, the players on the field who are responsible for defending him are still focused, but they no longer have the same tension as at the beginning of the game.

If a person's nerves relax even slightly, it will inevitably affect their performance.

Even during his own professional career, he would quickly get into the game within the first few minutes, and then, although he was still very engaged in the game in the middle, his mental state was still worse than at the beginning.

Then, in the final stages of the first half, they will adjust their performance based on the situation the team is in.

Godin and Suarez clearly did just that.

They were very focused at the start, but after about ten minutes, especially with Shan Yongzhuo not making any impact and the team having a significant advantage overall, they lost their focus.

As defensive players, their mental focus may unconsciously become somewhat relaxed.

Perhaps they themselves didn't even notice. Then, Shan Yongzhuo stepped up, using his superb technique and shooting skills to score a lightning-fast goal.

In many of the matches Simeone has seen played by Shan Yongzhuo, some strong teams were stunned by his first goal, and some were able to regroup while others lost their composure.

Therefore, the most important thing now is not to rush to equalize the score, but to continue to suppress Shan Yongzhuo.

After giving Godin some quick instructions, the match has resumed.

Despite conceding the first goal, Atletico Madrid did not opt ​​for a hasty and aggressive attack in an attempt to equalize.

They maintained firm control of possession, attempting to stabilize the pace of the game and continuously exert pressure on Granada.

Granada, on the other hand, is in no hurry.

They don't compete with Ma for possession. In fact, they're not the kind of team that's good at controlling possession. Counter-attacking has always been Pellegrini's strategy for this Granada team.

Therefore, the game became somewhat dull for a moment.

Atletico Madrid maintained firm control of the game, refraining from rash attacks to prevent Granada from launching a sharp counter-attack.

Granada, on the other hand, stood firmly in their defensive formation, looking for an opportunity to counter-attack and find Shan Yongzhuo.

Shan Yongzhuo stood leisurely in the frontcourt, a pace of play that he quite liked.

While a fast-paced game can give him more opportunities, it also means he will have to run more.

He prefers a slow-paced style of play, patiently looking for opportunities.

Of course, it would be great if Godin or Suarez didn't have to nag you with their incessant trash talk.

"I won't let you score again!"

"I like your girlfriend more than your goals."

"Your ball skills are worse than my grandma's."

"..."

In response, Shan Yongzhuo could only sigh helplessly, "Why bother?"
Trash talk on the football field is something he's already quite familiar with; after all, it's a way to distract others.

Zidane's performance in the 2006 World Cup final was ruined by trash talk.

While calling Materazzi a bit excessive might be true, Shan Yongzhuo believes that emotional control is very important for a professional player.

He believes he has done a very good job in this regard.

No matter what the other person says, he is generally too lazy to respond, unless the other person is having a normal conversation with him, in which case he will definitely chat with the other person in a friendly manner, and even go so far as to give the other person some tips on how to defend himself.

As for trash talk.

In his view, this is a manifestation of fear—fear of the opponent—which is why trash talk is used to influence them.

Therefore, even when he encountered racial discrimination and other trash talk, Shan Yongzhuo never responded.

Because scoring a goal is the best response.

Therefore, Shan Yongzhuo is now too lazy to pay attention to Godin and Suarez.

And the opportunity to respond to their trash talk was successfully obtained ten minutes later.

(End of this chapter)