God of Greenery

On November 11, Alkmaar resumed daily training and began to prepare for the next game.

During this training period, Van Gaal focused on how to break through the dense defense when the opponent puts up a bus to prevent the defense.

The solution is what Jiang Xiaolin used in the last game, withdrawing from the penalty area, changing positions with the winger, cutting in from the winger, or making a cross from the bottom, etc.

In the cross from the bottom, Van Gaal put forward a new request, that is, Jiang Xiaolin tried not to pass directly after the bottom, but to break through the inside and then pass the ball in an inverted triangle.

Others had Jiang Xiaolin fight for the top in the bottom pass, but no one competed for the top in Jiang Xiaolin's bottom pass.

Hamdoy is not a strong center forward, and his header skills are not good, so it is difficult for him to compete for the top in the penalty area.

Therefore, it is okay for others to make Jiang Xiaolin to fight for the top, but Jiang Xiaolin is unnecessary.

If he can't cut in and shoot, it's best to cut in after going down to the bottom, and then pass the ball in an inverted triangle to the top of the arc in the penalty area, so that the teammates in the back row can shoot.

This is a newer tactic, at least Jiang Xiaolin and most of his teammates have never heard of it.

Although everyone uses it occasionally once in a while, it is not regarded as a tactical routine.

In everyone's mind, the breakthrough from the side is for the bottom cross. There are only a few people like Robben who break through from the side and then cut in and shoot from the far corner.

As for Van Gaal's routine of cutting the ball inside the bottom and then cutting the triangle pass, most people have heard of it for the first time.

However, it works well in training.

Because the central defender has to stick to the penalty area, if the full-back is broken through, the ball holder can easily make a successful inside cut.

Once the inside cut is successful, the central defender must separate at least one person to prevent the ball holder from entering the penalty area, so that the opponent's defense in the middle will be weakened, and the ball holder will pass the ball to the top of the penalty area in an inverted triangle. The teammates who plug in can calmly shoot and score, and the probability of scoring is not low.

Everyone was overjoyed at once, secretly lamenting that Van Gaal is worthy of being a world famous coach, with so many tactics in his hands.

With so many new tactics, coupled with the majestic fighting spirit of the whole team, and Jiang Xiaolin's bug-like scoring machine, the probability of Alkmaar winning the Eredivisie championship this season is increasing.

Even, the UEFA Cup and the Dutch Cup, you can look forward to it.

While Alkmaar was training new tactics every day, on November 11, the second round of the UEFA Cup group stage with Alkmaar's bye officially started.

The result of the game was that Spartak Moscow lost 1-2 at home to Udinese, and Tottenham Hotspur beat Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 at home, perfectly interpreting the strength of the five major league teams.

After this round, Udinese ranked first in the group with 6 points and Tottenham Hotspur and Zagreb Dinamo ranked second and third with 3 points and 0 win and [-] loss respectively. Alkmaar and Spartak Moscow both had a bye, and they lost the World War I with [-] points and tied for the bottom.

It seems that even with three qualifying places, Alkmaar's situation is not optimistic!
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaolin has returned for the next game, and everyone is practicing new tactics.Perhaps, it can be used in the UEFA Cup at that time.

With the practice of driving skills after training, Jiang Xiaolin has gradually been able to drive on the road by himself.

However, because he hasn't got his driver's license yet, he can't drive alone yet, but Jiang Xiaolin has already signed up at the local driving school.

With Jiang Xiaolin's reputation, at that time, as long as he really learned how to drive, he will take the final test, and after the test, he will be able to get a driver's license, and he can drive by himself.

After a few days of training, at 11:9 on November 14th, with the whistle of the referee, the 30th round of the Eredivisie match between Alkmaar and Twente at home officially began.

This game can be regarded as a war between competitors. Although Twente is now ranked 6th and seems to be far away from Alkmaar, the difference in points is actually only 4 points.

Once Twente wins, it will not only stop Alkmaar from continuing to rush forward, but also reduce the score gap to only 1 point.

Therefore, Alkmaar cannot afford to lose this game.

The home court was also full, and the fans used the most practical actions to support the team.

After the start of the game, Twente did not shrink his defense, but boldly fought against Alkmaar.

This is the characteristic of the Dutch team's total defense. Most teams will not fight back with a single defense. They either attack with the whole team or counterattack with the whole team.

However, in view of Jiang Xiaolin's huge threat, everyone will still keep a few people in the backcourt to guard against Jiang Xiaolin's quick counterattack.

Naturally, there is no fear of fighting against Alkmaar.

Moreover, Alkmaar also practiced new tactics during this period, and everyone happened to practice it in actual combat.

As a result, Twente's goal was sieved.

Originally, logically speaking, even if Twente's strength is worse than that of Alkmaar, it will not be much worse.

But in the case of a confrontation, the shooting skills of the forwards of the two sides are too different.

For example, if the opponent gets 10 shots in half a game, only 5 of them may be within the range of the goal frame, and only one goal will be scored in the end.

As for Alkmaar, because of their stronger strength, they may get 15 shots in the half, while Jiang Xiaolin can get 10 shots.

In these 10 times, Jiang Xiaolin may hit the goal frame seven or eight times, and the number of goals may be as high as three or four times.

This is what happens when any opponent plays against Jiang Xiaolin's team.

The match between Alkmaar and Twente in the 10th round of the Eredivisie was a good example to the media and fans of the consequences of the opponent's match against Jiang Xiaolin's team.

In the second minute of the opening, Twente, who was aggressively attacking, was intercepted by Alkmaar, and then sent to the frontcourt to fight back.

Although the Twente team quickly returned to defense and perfectly practiced the definition of total defense, they still failed to prevent Alkmaar's goal in the end.

It was Jiang Xiaolin who scored the goal.

After the counterattack hit the front court, Hamdoy split the side, Maarten Martens made a pass from the bottom, and Jiang Xiaolin jumped high in the penalty area to grab the first header and attack the goal.

The ball hit Twente's goal like a cannonball. The distance was short and the speed was fast. Although the goalkeeper Baosuka made a save, he was beyond his reach. He could only watch the ball fly into the goal in front of his eyes.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Jiang Xiaolin opened the scoring for Alkmaar, taking a 1-0 lead, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of the AFAS stadium.

The fans applauded and cheered heartily in the stands, expressing their love and admiration for Jiang Xiaolin.

Jiang Xiaolin has become the symbol and idol of the whole city.

However, Twente was not hit by this goal.

Perhaps, when they selected the match book, they were already prepared to lose the ball, fall behind, or even lose in the end.

In an away game against the top team, losing is a high probability event.That being the case, it might as well experiment vigorously to see if the counter-attack tactics can work.

It may be because of this idea that Twente did not shrink his defense after the game restarted, but continued to attack Alkmaar.

And, they really created some chances.

As the sixth team in the standings, Twente also has a certain attack power, otherwise it would not be able to rank in this position.

In the 5th minute, Twente really played a good pass and cut cooperation, passing the ball to Alke Amar's ribs in the penalty area, and forward Ilya received the ball to complete Twente's first pass in the penalty area Threatening to shoot.

It's a pity that Ilya's shooting skills can't reach Jiang Xiaolin's level. Under the interference of Alkmaar defender Ragnar Klavan, the ball missed the post and hit the side net.

Some Twente away fans from a bad angle even thought the goal had been scored, and jumped up in the stands to celebrate.

As a result, it took a few seconds to realize that the ball had not been scored, so he could only stop the celebration in embarrassment.

After 1 minute, change to Alkmaar to attack.

This time it is a positional attack, not a counterattack, so it is impossible to quickly advance the attack into Twente's penalty area. Alkmaar can only cooperate with passing and cutting in the frontcourt, trying to tear apart Twente's defense line and pass the ball to the penalty area At the foot of Jiang Xiaolin inside.

It's a pity that everyone in the Eredivisie League now knows about Jiang Xiaolin's threat. Naturally, Jiang Xiaolin is closely guarded. Marten Martens and others have never found a chance to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin.

However, just because Jiang Xiaolin didn't have a vacancy, didn't mean the others didn't have a vacancy either.

As a result of Jiang Xiaolin being closely guarded, the others in Alkmaar got some free opportunities to shoot.

Hamdoy is naturally also the target of Twente's key marking, but against the winger Moussa Dembele or Steyn Schals, the marking is not so tight.

After passing back and forth outside the penalty area for a while, Jiang Xiaolin relied on his own attractiveness to bring several of Twente's defenders to the left. Then Martens made a kick pass and passed the ball from the left to the little man on the right. Corner position of restricted area.

When Twente's defenders turned their heads to look, they were shocked to find that there was a loophole there. Alkmaar's right midfielder Steyn Schals cut into the penalty area from the wing, and in the corner of the small penalty area After receiving a pass from Marten Martens, he dived to the top and headed the ball into Twente's goal.

In just 6 minutes, Alkmaar took a 2-0 lead.

Perhaps the head coach deliberately told something before the game. Although they fell behind by two goals in the first 6 minutes, the Twente players were not discouraged and continued to attack. Goal scored.

Maybe even God was moved by their spirit, allowing them to score a lucky goal in the 9th minute.

This time it was midfielder Balama's long-range shot from outside the penalty area. The angle of the ball was not tricky. Apart from flying out of the crossbar, it would definitely be thrown by goalkeeper Romero.

Romero also judged the path of the ball the moment after Balama completed the shot and threw it out.

This is exactly the reflexes of a top goalkeeper.

As a result, it was this too fast save response that hurt Romero.

Because, at the moment when he made a save, the defender Hector Moreno who rushed over from the side made a flying movement to block the hole of the gun.

As a result, the action was a little slower and the ball was not completely blocked.

The ball lightly rubbed against Moreno's leg, changing the line a little bit, but not changing too much to cause it to miss the post.

It was the slight change of line caused by the hit on Moreno's leg, which allowed the ball to avoid Romero, who was pounced on the original ball path, and flew into the goal from behind Romero.

The Alkmaar players were stunned, while the Twente players and fans were ecstatic.

If such luck can score, doesn't it mean that they are very lucky?
As long as luck is on their side, even if their shooting skills are not as good as Jiang Xiaolin's and their strength is not as strong as Alkmaar's, they can still score goals, equalize, or even reverse the score!
As a result, Twente's players and fans celebrated wildly.

However, the Alkmaar players were just dumbfounded for a while, and didn't care too much.

Even Moreno, the culprit who flew to block the hole of the gun and caused the ball to change its line into the net, didn't pay too much attention to it. He just shook his head with a wry smile and gave Romero an apologetic look.

Romero also didn't care too much, stood up and thanked Moreno.

After all, Moreno flew to block the hole of the gun recklessly. Even if an accident happened, he could not be blamed at all. His action of flying to block the hole of the gun recklessly is worthy of praise.

Otherwise, if everyone turns around to avoid the opponent's shot, the goalkeeper will really have a hard time dealing with it!

The celebration of the Twente players lasted for a long time, and the Alkmaar players did not protest to the referee to let the opponent end the celebration early and start the game earlier.

Because, even if Twente scored this goal, Alkmaar is still leading 2-1.If the other party is willing to celebrate and waste time, let them continue to celebrate!

Anyway, Alkmaar is leading the way, and Jiang Xiaolin and the others are not panicking at all.

However, after the opponent celebrated for more than half a minute, the referee couldn't stand it any longer and asked the Twente players to end the celebration and continue the game quickly. Then everyone returned to their posts and was ready to start the game.

After the game restarted, Alkmaar used the kick-off to launch a positional attack on Twente.

However, when this offense hit the perimeter of the penalty area, Marten Martens, who was holding the ball, made a mistake when he was preparing to pass the ball to Hamdoy, which caused the two to fail to cooperate at one point, and the ball was caught. The opposing defender got it, changed hands, and immediately launched a counterattack.

Twente's counterattack was so fast that even the midfielder David Mendes failed to catch up with the defense, and the opponent hit the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Fortunately, because the offensive quality of Jiang Xiaolin and other frontcourt players is enough, Alkmaar's defensive players are relatively quiet and will not participate in the offense too much, so that the opponent's offense will not be played after hitting the front of the penalty area. Difficult to enter the restricted area.

As a last resort, forward Nkufu, who finally got the ball, chose to take a long shot from outside the penalty area, hoping to have the good luck of the last shot.

But as it turns out, there isn't that much luck in football.

This time Nkufo's shot did not hit anyone and change the line.

Although the ball hit the goal frame, its power was too small, with neither strength nor angle, and it was easily confiscated by Romero.