God of Greenery

Although Graf Sharp wants to avoid relegation, he is not out of his mind.

They know that their strength is low, and it is an away game, so the tactic is to play a defensive counterattack, and the formation is 532.

There are 5 defenders piled up on the back line, plus a defensive midfielder and two forwards who can assist in the defense, strictly guarding the penalty area, and the defense hardness is very high.

As a relegation team, Graf Sharp is quite precious for every point.

This game is an away game, it doesn't matter if you can't win, as long as you don't lose.

Therefore, they put most of their energy on defense, and dared to fight and grab, which made Alkmaar's players feel uncomfortable.

Let alone Van der Velden, even if Martens starts this game, it is estimated that it will be difficult to come up with any solution.

Therefore, the expectant home fans have not seen their home team score a goal after 20 minutes of the game.

Even Jiang Xiaolin, who has performed very well in recent games, failed to score a goal.

On the one hand, Van der Velden is not strong, on the other hand, the opponent's defense against him is too tight.

Now no one treats the 16-year-old Jiang Xiaolin as a pure rookie and weakling. Everyone knows that Jiang Xiaolin is Alkmaar's top scorer.

Therefore, let alone entering the penalty area, as long as Jiang Xiaolin enters within 30 meters of Graf Sharp's goal, he will be closely marked by the opponent.

It is basic for a defender to be close to the mark, and there are at least one or two players nearby to cover at any time.

So, 20 minutes into the game, Jiang Xiaolin only had one shot from outside the penalty area.

Although powerful, fast, and with a tricky angle, the distance was too far after all, which gave Graf Sharp's goalkeeper Bisnink enough time to react. The shot failed to score and was saved by Bisnink.

As for the penalty area, Graf Sharp under intensive defense, there are too many defensive players in the penalty area, even if Jiang Xiaolin runs without the ball and grabs full points, it is useless.

There was almost no gap for Jiang Xiaolin to exploit. Even if there was a gap and he ran over, Van der Velden, Hamdoy and others could not pass the ball properly.

There were problems with his teammates' cooperation and ability, and Jiang Xiaolin himself did not have the ability to forcibly dribble through, so it was useless.

At this time, Jiang Xiaolin really wanted the system to give him breakthrough skills.

With breakthrough skills and adding them to full value, he can drive the ball into the penalty area by himself without relying on his teammates to support the attack.

But I don't know when I will be lucky enough to use this super practical skill. Anyway, Jiang Xiaolin doesn't have it in this game, so he can only stare blankly.

Fortunately, Alkmaar's overall strength is indeed higher than that of Graf Sharp.

After Graf Sharp put most of his energy on defense, it was basically difficult to play offense.

Even with an occasional counterattack, he couldn't get into Alkmaar's penalty area.

At any rate, Alkmaar had Jiang Xiaolin complete a threatening shot within the frame, but Graf Sharp didn't even take a shot.

All counterattacks were resolved by David Mendes and others at the front of the penalty area.

The delay in opening up the situation made Van Gaal a little anxious.

Thinking of Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shot just now, and Jiang Xiaolin's short-pass ability shown in the usual training games, Van Gaal pondered for a while, then found an opportunity when a player approached him, and passed the new tactic to the field. players.

After completing the tactical communication, Alkmaar's tactics changed. Jiang Xiaolin retreated to the outside of the penalty area, and Van der Velden pressed forward and entered the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin and Van der Velden switched positions, with Jiang Xiaolin playing the attacking midfielder and Van der Velden playing the striker.

But the task of the two who completed the transposition was different from before.

Van der Velden's main task when playing the attacking midfielder is to organize the offense, but Jiang Xiaolin's attacking midfielder is not.

He doesn't have any ability to organize an attack. It can only be said that his short pass ability allows him to pass some good balls, but Jiang Xiaolin has zero experience in controlling the ball and controlling the offensive rhythm.

The effect of Van Gaal's withdrawal of him from the penalty area is to allow him to increase the number of long-range shots.

Long-range shots are a routine method for most teams to break dense defenses, and they are very lucky.

But Jiang Xiaolin was different.

Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills are really too high.

As Jiang Xiaolin spent more and more time in the first team, Van Gaal has become more and more aware that Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills are not only top in the Eredivisie, but even in the entire football field.

In addition, the shooting power brought by Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness is not weak.

As long as it is within the range of the door frame, even if it is a long shot, it is not a small threat.

The only weakness is that Jiang Xiaolin's long shots don't have arcs, because Jiang Xiaolin doesn't know how.

But it doesn't matter.

Only shooting can bring goals.

Even if there is no arc, what if there is a change of line on the defender in the penalty area?

Sometimes, dribbling is also part of the goal.

I have to say that Van Gaal is indeed capable.

Of course, both he and Jiang Xiaolin had good luck.

Jiang Xiaolin, who is in the front midfielder position, is not very used to it. When he can't take a shot, Jiang Xiaolin is very uncomfortable. After receiving the ball, he can't break through, so he can only pass the ball back to the midfielder Mendes or the two wingers.

Even passing the ball forward is rare.

As a result, Alkmaar's offensive formation unknowingly retreated a few meters, causing Jiang Xiaolin to gain more room to adjust calmly.

In the 26th minute, Jiang Xiaolin successfully turned around after receiving a pass from Dembele on the left side of the front of the penalty area, and then completed today's second shot at a position more than 30 meters away from the goal.

Moreover, the quality of this shot is quite high, and it went straight to the far corner of the goal.

It's a pity that there was no arc, and the goalkeeper Bisnink poked the ball out with his fingertips.

If it is with an arc, it can just bypass the palm of the goalkeeper Bisnink and drill into the goal from the far end.

Although the goal was missed, it proved the correctness of Van Gaal's new tactics and Jiang Xiaolin's threat.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin is given enough shots, even outside the penalty area, Van Gaal believes that Jiang Xiaolin can continue to score goals.

Sure enough, in the 35th minute, Alkmaar launched a wing attack, and the right forward Schals went down from the wing and then cut in and passed the ball to Hamdoy in the penalty area.

But there are too many people in the penalty area, even if Hamdoy gets the ball, he can't turn around and shoot at all.

He saw a gap outside the big box.

Therefore, Hamdoy didn't even stop the ball, and directly pushed the ball to the left of the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin, who cooperated with the team and had full attributes, discovered Hamdoy's intentions in advance. During his running, he made a sudden stop and changed direction, throwing off Graf Sharp's No. 8 midfielder Yun Lidang who was closely guarding him, and then rushed towards Hamdoi. The gap where Yi passed the ball.