God of Greenery

After Alkmaar and Tottenham Hotspur tested each other for 10 minutes, Tottenham still resolutely shrunk their defense and played defensive counterattacks. Alkmaar had no choice but to press forward and forcefully attack.

Because Tottenham already had a victory in their hands before, and they already had a certain advantage in the group stage with 3 qualifying places. In this game, they will face the top team in the Eredivisie, and a draw is completely acceptable.

But for Alkmaar, who still has zero points so far, it is unacceptable.

The difference in confidence led to the different tactics chosen by the two teams in this game.Tottenham can play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind, but Alkmaar can't.

Seeing that Alkmaar began to press forward and launch a strong attack on Tottenham, the cheering and cheering of more than 1 Alkmaar fans at home suddenly became louder.

They all hope that their cheering can help Alkmaar score goals as soon as possible, defeat Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League, and win the UEFA Cup for the first time this season.

In fact, Alkmaar also entered the UEFA Cup group stage last season, but in the final four games they only achieved 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses and a total of 4, ranking fourth in the group. Pity.

This season, Alkmaar has Jiang Xiaolin as a big killer. Everyone hopes that Jiang Xiaolin can lead Alkmaar to go further, and even win the championship in the end.

After all, no matter how good Alkmaar is, it is stronger than the Chinese Olympic team, right?

It is not inconceivable that Jiang Xiaolin can lead the Hua Guo Olympic team to defeat Italy, Argentina and other world-class teams, and win the Olympic championship. It is not unimaginable to lead the stronger Alkmaar to win the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, fans have high expectations for Jiang Xiaolin's first UEFA Cup game after his return.

Although the opponent is from the most competitive Premier League team in the five major leagues, the fans still desperately cheered for the team, hoping that the team can defeat the opponent, get the first victory in the group stage, and lay the foundation for the group qualifying.

However, Alkmaar, who is pressing forward, still cannot easily tear through the opponent's defense.

Not only that, but Tottenham often used quick counterattacks from the two sides and a header from the center to threaten Alkmaar's goal.

Although this Tottenham team ranks last in the Premier League, its strength cannot be underestimated.

In the 17th minute, Jiang Xiaolin managed to break through from the wing and cut inside to form a shot.

As a result, before the shot, he was hit hard by the defender Aso Ekto who rushed over from the side. As a result, the shot was not accurate, and the angle was slightly correct, and was saved by the goalkeeper Hurrelio Gomez.

The ball saved by Gomez landed in the penalty area and Hamdoy tried to grab a shot, but Tottenham defender Kluka was faster.

Even Kluka didn't rush to clear the siege with his big foot, but a bold and careful spike, and gave way to Hamdoy who rushed over quickly and couldn't stop the car.

Then Kluka dribbled the ball out of the penalty area by himself, and only passed the ball when he was about to encounter Alkmaar's right midfielder Steyn Schals to intercept.

Immediately, Tottenham launched a quick counterattack.

Although Alkmaar's midfielders returned to defense quickly, Tottenham's counterattack was not slow.

Especially Tottenham's right forward, Aaron Lennon, has both speed and skill. The full-back Poconioli was knocked to the ground by Lennon's bicycle as soon as he met him.

Then Lennon dribbled the ball and made a pass from the bottom. The 188cm-tall Tottenham center Pavlyuchenko rushed into the penalty area, successfully took off under the defense of Hector Moreno and Ragnar Krawan, and grabbed the first A little header.

However, under the personal interference of Alkmaar's two central defenders, Pavlyuchenko's header was a little higher, and flew out of the baseline against the top of the crossbar.

Although the goal was missed, Tottenham's counterattack really shocked the players and fans of Alkmaar.

Whether it is Aaron Lennon's wing breakthrough speed and technique, or Pavlyuchenko's height and ability to grab points, Alkmaar has never encountered it in the Eredivisie league, and it is simply frightening.

Many people couldn't help asking in their hearts: "Are the Premier League teams really so good?"

In fact, the downstream teams in the Premier League are of course not so powerful. Tottenham Hotspur is actually a traditional strong team in the Premier League.

Although it does not belong to the ranks of the championship, but it is the existence of the top few in the league for a long time, otherwise it will not be able to win the UEFA Cup.

It is a real surprise that Tottenham are now in the lower reaches of the standings this season.

Now playing in the UEFA Cup and European games, the fighting spirit and morale of the players have improved. This kind of performance is the normal level of Tottenham.

Another reason is that Alkmaar has always lacked background. After the players got used to playing in the Eredivisie, they were a little uncomfortable with the sudden acceleration of the European war.

Although the Eredivisie is called total defense, how can there be a real total defense?
Even if there is, the players can't afford to be physically exhausted!

Coupled with the existence of Jiang Xiaolin, in fact, when Alkmaar played in the Eredivisie, they won the game easily, and they didn't need to run hard.

So this game seems a bit difficult for everyone!

Even Jiang Xiaolin couldn't find any opportunities.

It's not that there is no chance at all, Jiang Xiaolin can still hit a few long shots from outside the penalty area.But Tottenham's defense is quite good, and it is also quite tough.

Even with Jiang Xiaolin's full physique and balance ability, it will be greatly affected. Sometimes the shot will deviate from the angle and route he expected, either missing the goal or being saved by the goalkeeper.

Coupled with Tottenham's counterattack in the 17th minute, David Mendes, Yariens and others in the midfield were also taken aback, and they did not dare to easily press for assists.

Therefore, Alkmaar's positional offense has been unable to bear fruit for a long time.

It wasn't until the 28th minute that Jiang Xiaolin got a good chance to cut in from the side and successfully hit the goal frame.

It's a pity that under the interference of the opponent, although Jiang Xiaolin didn't miss the ball, but because he chose to play a curved ball, the power was not strong, the ball flew in the air for a little longer, and it happened to be saved by the goalkeeper Gomez Crossed the bottom line, which attracted sighs from the Alkmaar fans in the stands.

Alkmaar did not grab the first point in the subsequent corner kick, and was cleared by the Tottenham defender who pushed out of the penalty area.

Then, Jiang Xiaolin, who was unable to score a goal for a long time, began to try to use his superb long and short passing skills to assist his teammates.

As a result, in the 33rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin saw that Hamdoy had a good gap in the right rib of the penalty area, so he passed the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin's full-value passing skills allowed him to successfully avoid the feet of two Tottenham players trying to intercept the pass, and rushed to the front of Hamdoy.

As long as Hamdoi hits the ball, it is a very threatening shot.

As a result, it was astonishing that Hamdoy, who played steadily in one game, kicked the ball over the crossbar and flew high into the stands under the pressure of the opponent's defender.

Wearing the No. 10 jersey, Hamdoy, who was the core of Alkmaar's attack before Jiang Xiaolin, even shot an anti-aircraft gun in the penalty area.

After finishing the shot, Hamdoi himself couldn't believe that he had hit such an anti-aircraft gun. He put his hands on the back of his head and looked at the ball flying into the sky with a dull expression on his face.

What is even more depressing is that it didn't take long for Tottenham, the visiting team, to score first.

In the 37th minute, it was originally Alkmaar who made a pass and cut scheduling in the frontcourt, trying to tear apart Tottenham's defense and integrate into the opponent's penalty area.

But a pass error from winger Steyn Schals gave Spurs their chance.

Schals was supposed not to pass the pass to David Mendes, the defensive midfielder who came forward to respond, and let him make a transfer.

As a result, Schals's passing power was slightly weaker, and the route was not accurate. He was slightly deflected, giving the nearby Tottenham striker Darren Bent a chance.

Darren Bent made a flying shovel and intercepted the ball in the middle.

Mendes, who was the closest, rushed over and wanted to fight back, but Bent, who was still on the ground, was even more quick-sighted. After breaking the ball, he lay on the ground and swept the ball accurately to the midfielder Didier. Zokola's feet.

Zokola quickly dribbled the ball back and headed towards Alkmaar's penalty area.

Mendes turned around and rushed towards Zokola again, and Charles, who had just made a pass error, immediately returned to defense.However, none of them could catch up with Tottenham's counterattack speed.

Because Tottenham did not rely on Zokola alone to fight back.

Tottenham striker Pavlyuchenko, two full-backs Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale were already running as fast as Darren Bent tackled the ball from Charles to Mendes. The speed rushed along the sidewalk to Alkmaar's bottom line.

Aaron Lennon is a little more famous than Gareth Bale, so he is marked a little tighter.

It turned out that after Didier Zokora encountered an interception in the middle, he distributed the ball to Gareth Bale on the left.

Bell, who is only 19 years old, can be selected as a candidate for the European Golden Boy Award, which naturally has his own merits.

Gareth Bale's greatest weapon is speed.

Although not as fast as Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin is the only one in football and cannot be compared.

Compared with other players in football, Bell's speed is already very fast.

After receiving the ball from Zokola and taking a few steps, Bell faced the interception of Alkmaar captain and right back Yaliens, directly kicked the ball past Yaliens' feet, and then exploded and accelerated instantly. , rushed past Ya Liens.

The 29-year-old Alkmaar captain Jalyens was eaten raw by 19-year-old Gareth Bale with speed.

Ariens was a little unprepared for Bell's speed, and reacted a little slower.

By the time he wanted to hit Bell and knock him down, it was too late.

Bell rushed past him like the wind, and immediately flattened the river.

There are only 11 people in each team on the football field. Except for players like Jiang Xiaolin who cannot be guarded by one person, the policy of one-on-one is generally adopted in other cases.

Otherwise, if you want two-on-one here and two-on-one there, wouldn't there be players on the other side who are left unattended?
That is also quite dangerous.

Therefore, in fact, Alkmaar was the only one who blocked Gareth Bale on the wing.

And everyone is very relieved of him, after all, he is an old captain with rich experience.

Unexpectedly, the old captain was pecked by a new swallow today, and was eaten raw by the 19-year-old young guy Gareth Bell with speed.

Alkmaar's defense line was suddenly broken.

There are only three defenders left who are closer to Bell than Alkmaar's goal.

But on the other side the full-back Poconioli will mark the other Tottenham full-back, Aaron Lennon, and the centre-backs Hector Moreno and Ragnar Klavan will mark the Tottenham striker Pavlyuchenko And the midfielder Didier Zokola who just flew the ball to Gareth Bale and rushed towards the Alkmaar penalty area without the ball.

After Gareth Bale's unexpected break through Jarriens, Tottenham immediately formed a four-on-three favorable situation in the frontcourt.

Although Ariens was desperately chasing after Bell, Bell's talent for speed was unparalleled. Although he was not as good as Jiang Xiaolin, he still had no problem crushing Ariens.

Even with the ball forward, Bell's speed is still not slower than Yariens, and Yariens tried his best but failed to close the distance with Bell.

Moreover, Bell also cut in while dribbling the ball, and killed Alkmaar's corner of the penalty area.

There is no way, Hector Moreno, who was marking Zokola in the middle, can only give up his marking object, move to the side, and intercept Bell.

Otherwise, if Bell kills into the penalty area to form a shot, the threat will be quite great.

As a result, just a few steps after Hector Moreno moved his position, Gareth Bale took a long shot from the corner of the penalty area about 20 meters away from the goal.

The ball crossed a parabola in the air and fell towards the far corner of Alkmaar.

Sergio Romero thought that Bale would pass the ball to Zokola after the opponent's attacking midfielder was unguarded.

Unexpectedly, Bell suddenly took a long shot from outside the penalty area.

Moreover, Bell's shot was very lucky, and the angle of the shot was quite tricky, almost going straight to the dead end of the goal.

Romero took two steps back. Seeing that the ball was almost on top of his head, he had no choice but to take off with all his strength, trying to get the ball out of the crossbar.

However, Romero's efforts failed.

The ball finally passed his fingers, rubbed the lower edge of the crossbar and got into the goal.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur in the away game took a counterattack opportunity formed by a sudden interception. The 19-year-old young player Gareth Bale dribbled the ball to the front and kicked far outside the penalty area. Shot and scored the ball into Alkmaar's goal.

The score on the big screen at the scene became 0-1, and Tottenham Hotspur took the lead by one goal in the away game.