Chapter 330: There will be no miracles at Camp Nou
Watching Messi running and roaring on one side, the Real Madrid players felt like they were in a dream. "This evens it out. Weren't we playing smoothly in the first half?"
The players on the defensive line were particularly distressed. When facing the Argentine, they felt like they were facing Wang Feng during training matches, or even someone scarier than him.
At this moment, they fully understood the resentment other teams' defensive players felt towards Wang Feng. His unreasonable dribbling breakthroughs were simply no different from cheating!
Wang Feng's expression was very solemn. From the few encounters they had, he had already seen that this young player's future development would definitely be very rapid, but he didn't expect his growth to be so astonishing under such pressure.
This was no longer a fledgling, but a true beast!
As the game resumed, the few remaining Bar?a fans in the stands were ecstatic, singing "Himne Del Fc Barcelona" to cheer on the home team, while the Barcelona players continued to bombard Real Madrid with Messi's brilliant performances.
The Galacticos had to send multiple defensive players to restrict him. Even Wang Feng received a yellow card when defending, as it was too risky not to foul in that situation.
Fortunately, the support from other Bar?a players for him wasn't strong enough, otherwise, a miraculous comeback might have been possible. In the 81st minute, Real Madrid seized a rare opportunity to launch an attack. Reyes' cross was blocked out by Puyol.
After a brief discussion, Wang Feng decided to personally take this corner kick. He was still very confident in controlling the landing point. As he stood in the corner flag area, the front-row Bar?a fans crowded the wire mesh barrier and insulted him to disrupt him.
"You're already old, look at Messi, he's much younger than you, but he performs better!" "You damn monkey, go back to your hometown!" They became more excited as they insulted him, even insulting Wang Feng's family.
Wang Feng turned his head and stared fiercely at these unscrupulous football hooligans. The temperament of the football king and his gaze full of killing intent made them pause for a moment, then they became even more angry and shouted insults.
Even the linesman couldn't bear to watch and yelled, "You fools, shut up!" The referee also signaled Wang Feng to quickly take the corner kick. Taking a deep breath, the Chinese poured all his anger into the ball at his feet.
The tumultuous game ended, but the aftermath it caused was far from over. Barcelona coach Rijkaard did not attend the post-match press conference. Later, Barcelona officially announced the dismissal of this Dutch veteran coach. Drakulus took over as interim coach until the end of the season.
During his tenure, Barcelona won two league championship trophies and reached the Champions League final after many years, but losing the Champions League trophy and twice to Real Madrid were the main reasons for his dismissal.
After this round of matches, the gap between Barcelona and Real Madrid widened to 6 points, which was a difficult gap to overcome. Of course, if Messi could maintain his form in the century derby in every game, there would still be hope.
At the post-match press conference, Wang Feng was asked about his five goals and the arrogant declaration to the fans. He said, "They were very unfriendly, even I would say they had very poor quality. They not only insulted me but also insulted my family."
"I can't tolerate this, so I want to tell them that provoking me is not a wise decision."
"I was able to score five goals in this game, to some extent, thanks to their 'encouragement'!"
When asked about the goal directly from the corner kick, Wang Feng said excitedly, "We didn't deliberately practice it during training, and I only tried it in private, but the success rate was very low."
"I didn't expect it to succeed the first time in an official match. Maybe even the heavens couldn't stand those disrespectful fans, so they taught them a lesson through me."
Head coach Schuster highly praised the team's performance, "In today's game, all the players who played met my expectations. They executed the pre-match tactical arrangements very well and performed very well on both ends of the attack and defense."
"The three goals conceded in the second half were not the fault of the Real Madrid defense, but Messi was just too amazing. He contributed the best performance so far, if I'm not mistaken, this should be his first hat-trick in La Liga."
"But we still laughed last because we had Wang Feng! He always exceeds my expectations. In the final moments of the game, my astonishment was greater than my joy. I must have had a wonderful expression at that time. I wonder if it was recorded by the camera, haha."
As another protagonist of the century derby, although Barcelona did not hold a press conference after the match, the media still caught up with Messi afterward. The Argentine said bitterly, "I didn't want a hat-trick, I just wanted victory!"
Then, ignoring the media's blockage, he walked into the player's tunnel. He was really tired. Waves of despair surged up in his heart. He had already done his best, even playing above his level, but still couldn't shake Wang Feng and Real Madrid.
At this moment, he finally understood the feeling of Ronaldinho after losing the Champions League final, but he didn't despair like the Brazilian. Instead, he urgently hoped to find help. It seemed that he needed to communicate well with the club.