God of Greenery

On May 2008, 5, Labor Day, Thursday, at noon, the weather was fine, and Rhoda JC's home stadium Limburg Park was full of seats.

In addition to more than 16000 home fans of Roda JC, there were more than 3000 away fans in Alkmaar who accompanied the team on the expedition, and the two sides completely filled the Limburg Park Stadium.

This is Alkmaar's game with the most away fans so far this season.

There is still a difference between the ordinary league and entering the playoffs to compete for the UEFA Cup.

In particular, Alkmaar is ranked 7th-10th in the standings, the highest ranking, relatively speaking, the highest winning percentage, and the greatest possibility of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Then the fans became even more enthusiastic.

Of course, there are many fans who made a special trip to see Jiang Xiaolin, the number is quite large, and the number of Guanghua and overseas Chinese fans reached 500.

Not only Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, but also many Dutch people like Jiang Xiaolin very much.

If Jiang Xiaolin hadn't been in Alkmaar's team, there would definitely not be so many away fans in this game.

Jiang Xiaolin's efficiency of scoring 9 goals in the last 17 rounds of the league is really amazing.

It was also after Jiang Xiaolin entered the first team of Alkmaar and began to play in the Eredivisie that Alkmaar stopped the losing streak and started to score points and improve the ranking.

Without Jiang Xiaolin, everyone does not know whether Alkmaar will stop the losing streak and even fall into the relegation zone.

Therefore, many Alkmaar fans have fallen in love with Jiang Xiaolin, as evidenced by the recent surge in sales of Alkmaar's No. 29 jersey.

However, Jiang Xiaolin did not start this game, and the fans' love for Jiang Xiaolin will have to be suppressed for a while.

At 14:30 noon, with the whistle of the referee, the first game of the 2007/2008 Eredivisie Cup playoffs between Alkmaar and Roda JC officially started.

Jiang Xiaolin sat on the bench.

Although Alkmaar ranks 7th and Roda JC ranks 10th, it seems that Roda JC is weak.

But this is a battle for places in the European Championships. Who, whether it is a club or a player who plays in Europe, does not want to play in the European Championships?
Don't you see, Arsenal has become a four-maniac, frantically desperate at the end of each season, just to keep their place in the Champions League next season.

When other teams can't compete for the Champions League places, they will also have to fight for the UEFA Cup places.

From the perspective of the club, participating in the European war can get more appearance fees or bonuses than the league.

From the perspective of players, participating in the European competition can expand their reputation, influence, increase exposure, and even increase their worth if they perform well, as well as the opportunity to show themselves to other giants.

Especially for teams not in the five major leagues, the attention of the league is naturally lower than that of the five major leagues, and they need the opportunity to sell themselves to the five major leagues.

The teams of the five major leagues may only value the UEFA Champions League and look down on the UEFA Cup, but the teams of the non-five major leagues cherish the opportunity of the UEFA Cup very much.

Therefore, in the case of host first, away, and unfavorable schedule, Roda JC needs enough victory in this game.

In particular, the most dangerous Jiang Xiaolin did not start, which gave the Roda JC players the greatest chance to establish a sufficient lead before Jiang Xiaolin came on the field.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Roda JC launched a fierce attack on Alkmaar's defense line amidst the cheers and cheers of the home fans.

Under the desperate attack of the Roda JC players, Alkmaar's defense was a little bit overwhelmed.

The main reason is that without Jiang Xiaolin's first start to involve the opponent's defense in the frontcourt, Roda JC can invest in more backcourt players to insert assists.

For example, full-backs can boldly insert assists in turn.

Alkmaar's own strength will naturally not be so bad, but unfortunately everyone has developed a dependence on Jiang Xiaolin in the second half of the season.

What's more, this is still an away game, which somewhat affected the performance of some players.

Therefore, after resisting for more than ten minutes, Alkmaar finally lost the defense line in the 14th minute. Roda JC used the full-back's wing to insert an assist and scored the first goal with a cross. .

Rhoda JC led Alkmaar 1-0 at home, which made Roda JC's home fans cheer and scream enthusiastically.

They seem to see the hope of victory.

Van Gaal stood in the coaching area and stomped his feet. He even turned his head to look at Jiang Xiaolin on the bench, but he still didn't let Jiang Xiaolin warm up.

Although the score was behind, there were no injuries or illnesses. To make a substitution just over ten minutes into the game is undoubtedly a huge insult to the starting striker, and it is also a great negation of Van Gaal himself, which is equivalent to slapping himself in the face.

If Jiang Xiaolin was replaced in the opening 10 minutes, it would be better to let Jiang Xiaolin start. Why did he change in the opening [-] minutes?

Therefore, after Van Gaal hesitated for a while, he finally held back.

However, after losing the first goal, Alkmaar realized his shame and was brave, and finally stabilized.

Especially the goalkeeper Sergio Romero, who saved two dangerous shots from the opponent in a row, made the Roda JC fans at home sigh and stamp their feet.

Until the end of the first half, Roda JC did not score again.

Of course, neither did Alkmaar, the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0, and the home team Roda JC led by one goal.

It's not that Alkmaar didn't threaten to attack, but neither Hamdoy nor Ali failed to seize the opportunity and kick the ball into the opponent's goal.

In terms of shooting skills, Hamdoy and Ali are still far behind Jiang Xiaolin.

Jiang Xiaolin's full-value shooting skills are unprecedented and unique in football.

In view of the fact that the score was behind, Van Gaal asked Jiang Xiaolin about his physical condition during the intermission.

Although he feels that the fatigue of continuous long-distance driving, flying, and jet lag has not been completely eliminated, Jiang Xiaolin feels that he can still play and contribute to the team.

Especially now that the team is behind, it is even more necessary for him, the team's top scorer, to stand up.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin expressed his desire to play and participate in the battle.

Therefore, during the intermission, Van Gaal replaced Ali with Jiang Xiaolin, allowing Jiang Xiaolin to continue to partner with Hamdoy as a double striker.

Players in other positions are basically Alkmaar's strongest lineup in the second half of the season.

The bottom line in Van Gaal's heart is to equalize and score an away goal.It would be even better if the game could be reversed.

Knowing that Jiang Xiaolin participated in the training of the Olympic team and went home to see his mother within a few days, he must be very tired and not in the best condition, but Van Gaal still replaced Jiang Xiaolin in order to equalize the score or even reverse the situation. win.