Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 707 The Cunning Ziyech, the Honest Neymar
Granada celebrated for a while before returning to their own half to prepare for the restart of the game.

At this moment, the Barcelona players looked very unhappy. Falling behind Granada was definitely not a satisfactory result, and they were now in a completely passive situation.

After the game restarted, Barcelona had no choice but to launch a full-scale attack, even more aggressively than before. If they couldn't take advantage of the change in the game situation to equalize the score as soon as possible, it would be even more difficult to play once the situation stabilized.

Granada's three lines also dropped back somewhat, and how to play after taking the lead and how to maintain that lead is clearly something they are good at, and can even be said to be quite adept at.

Even Shan Yongzhuo dropped back to midfield, occasionally making token attempts to defend Busquets.

Of course, Shan Yongzhuo's defense was barely worth mentioning and could be almost ignored. Fans even joked that his defense was only good for entertaining himself and could not threaten any opponent.

Barcelona's attack was very passionate, but Granada's defense was equally formidable.

In particular, midfielders Milinkovic and Nainggolan brought a lot of toughness and depth to Granada's midfield. Even if they couldn't be called an iron plate, Barcelona would still make a clanging sound if they bumped into them.

This time, Nainggolan knocked Messi away. Although he failed to get the ball, he disrupted Barcelona's attacking rhythm. Similar scenes are common.

Meanwhile, Ziyech on the right wing was also matched up against Neymar on the opposite side. The two seemed to be at each other's throats. Whenever Neymar raised his hand to receive the ball, Ziyech would immediately close in. Even though Ziyech's defensive skills were only average, Neymar was not a particularly tough player. Ziyech's various dirty tricks made it very difficult for Neymar.

You push me, I bump into you; you nudge me, I shove you.

For a time, Ziyech and Neymar became a beautiful sight on the football field.

In the 14th minute of the first half, Neymar suddenly shifted to the middle to receive the ball, and from a distance of some distance from the penalty area, he unleashed a powerful shot.

Ziyech was a step too slow and failed to block the shot, but he didn't want Neymar to shoot easily. Even after Neymar had finished shooting, Ziyech's tackle still came, and he couldn't stop himself, bringing Neymar to the ground.

Neymar's shot was saved by Rode, but that was no longer the focus.

Neymar, who was tackled to the ground by Ziyech, was not seriously injured. He simply jumped up and charged at Ziyech with a ferocious expression, as if he wanted to devour him.

Neymar was aggressive, and Ziyech was not to be outdone. Even though he knew he was in the wrong, this was not the time to back down.

The two were entangled, but fortunately, their teammates quickly separated them. If the fight escalated, it wouldn't be good for either team.

The Barcelona players wanted to stand up for Neymar, but what they didn't expect was that when Neymar was tackled to the ground, his first reaction was not to lie on the ground and pretend to cry out in pain to gain sympathy. Instead, he rushed over like a brute and started grappling with Ziyech.

This kind of reaction is so unlike Barcelona.

Can you please not be so blunt?
Was all that learning at La Masia Film Academy a waste of time?
Granada's players naturally wanted to settle things peacefully, since it was Ziyech's foul and they were not in the right.

The stands were filled with boos, but the referee, under pressure, gave Ziyech a yellow card and then warned Neymar, showing impartiality.

I thought that was the end of it, but I didn't expect that Neymar would be so vengeful.

Three minutes later, during a Granada counter-attack, Neymar suddenly appeared from behind Ziyech and tackled him to the ground when Ziyech received the ball.

However, Ziyech was clearly more cunning and shrewd than Neymar. Even though he wasn't injured, he was rolling around on the ground in pain, howling and tumbling over, as if he were suffering immense agony. It was a heartbreaking sight.

This time, Neymar was even more furious.

He was already eyeing Qi Yehe with a look of dread, ready to pounce and cause him trouble. "Whether you're hurt or not, you know exactly where I kicked you."

I didn't even pretend to be injured, and you're just playing dead here?

How can you be so shameless!

Neymar felt he had been greatly insulted.

But Ziyech paid no attention to any of that and continued performing, giving a textbook-like acting lesson in front of a La Masia film star.

The referees were speechless.

Finally, under immense pressure, the coach gave the straightforward young Neymar a yellow card. He knew Ziyech was putting on an act, but Neymar's foul was clearly a dangerous move and deserved a yellow card.

Neymar was pulled away by his teammates. Ziyech reluctantly got up, muttering something, as if not giving Neymar a red card was unfair because it was a home-field advantage. His aggrieved look even stunned Shan Yongzhuo.

You guy?

When did you go to La Masia Film Academy for further studies?

The good news, however, is that Granada won a free kick in a very good position.

Twenty-seven or eight meters from the goal, at a forty-five-degree angle on the right, Shan Yongzhuo ignored the feud between actor Ziyech and straightforward young Neymar and went straight to the free-kick spot.

The people in Barcelona then realized the seriousness of the problem.

I was so focused on Neymar that I forgot about this.

Giving Shan Yongzhuo a free kick in a pretty good position puts their own goal in danger.
The situation did indeed unfold as the Barcelona players had predicted.

Shan Yongzhuo launched a high-quality, curved ball. The football, like a gleaming scimitar, flashed an incredibly strange arc and rushed towards Barcelona's goal at extremely high speed.

Bravo felt a chill run down his spine.

He was still cursing Neymar to the core in his heart.

Shan Yongzhuo was already surrounded and had no chance to receive the ball or shoot. If Ziyech had the ball, just let him have it.

Now look what's happened; Neymar got so worked up that he's going to be blamed again.

Bravo's playing experience at this point was extremely poor.

As expected, despite his best efforts to save the ball, he was just a hair's breadth away from scoring and could only watch as it went into the goal once again.

2:0.

Just 18 minutes into the game, Barcelona suffered a major blow.

(End of this chapter)