God of Greenery

As the game time passed, the Tottenham players became more and more anxious.

If it was two goals behind, it would be fine, but now they are only one goal behind, which gives them unlimited hope.

As long as you score one goal, you can equalize the score, not only can you add one point, but also make your competitor Alkmaar's three points in this game into one. very favorable.

Therefore, even though they knew that Jiang Xiaolin and Alkmaar's counterattack was a huge threat, Tottenham continued to attack in the last ten minutes, trying to break through Alkmaar's goal to equalize the score.

In the 78th minute, midfielder Didier Zokora and striker Darren Bent made a wonderful two-for-one hit into the wall in the small space at the front of Alkmaar's penalty area, past Alkmaar's back Waist David Mendes.

Zokola then drove the ball into the penalty area, causing tension among the players and defenders in Alkmaar's penalty area.

Fortunately, there are not many people in the penalty area of ​​Alkmaar, who mainly focus on defensive counterattacks, which blocked Didier Zokola's possible shooting routes very well.

Although he entered the penalty area, Zokola was unable to shoot. After rushing left and right in the penalty area twice, seeing that he still couldn't dodge the gap to shoot, he suddenly crossed the ball to the ribs of the left penalty area.

Left midfielder Gareth Bale burst in from the wing, received a pass from Zokola and made a sideways move, passing by Alkmaar central defender Ragnar Klavan, who was rushing to block from the center. Opened a gap, and kicked and shot.

Gareth Bale's shot hit an arc, it was running towards the far right corner, and the quality was not bad.

Goalkeeper Romero dived to the left as Didier Zokora crossed the ball to the left.

But unexpectedly, Gareth Bale shot a far corner, so Romero could only reluctantly turn around and jump to save, but he couldn't reach it, and he didn't reach the ball in the air at all.

Just as the Tottenham players and fans watched Bale's shot bypass the goalkeeper's ten fingers and go towards the far corner of the goal, when everyone was about to celebrate the goal, the ball hit the post with a "bang". Bounced back into the restricted area.

Tottenham fans suddenly sighed, disappointed.

Bell's shot was of high quality regardless of the timing or the choice of angle. However, it was a thousand miles away. It hit the post and bounced back to the penalty area, failing to score a goal.

However, both sides had too many players in the penalty area.The ball bounced back into the penalty area and caused confusion. At the most dangerous time, Tottenham striker Pavlyuchenko almost poked the ball into the goal by virtue of his height and long legs.

Fortunately, Alkmaar winger Stein Schals, who returned to defend, stretched his leg on the goal line to block the ball.

Then, the ball was finally cleared by the full-back Poconioli with a big kick out of the penalty area.

Two minutes later, in the 2th minute, Tottenham made a comeback.

This time it was Tottenham's wing breakthrough and cross, looking for Pavlyuchenko.

Unfortunately, Aaron Lennon's cross was a little bit wide. Although it entered the penalty area, it was too close to the goal and was picked up by goalkeeper Sergio Romero. Pavlyuchenko failed to reach the ball.

Although Tottenham desperately wanted to score goals, Alkmaar played very well both in the defense and the goalkeeper, and did not allow Tottenham's offense to eventually turn into a goal.

Moreover, the consequences of Tottenham's eagerness to score and aggressively suppress the offense also created a large gap in their backcourt, giving Alkmaar a chance to counterattack.

It's just that the number of counterattacks was not many, and it didn't pose too much threat.

In the 82nd minute, Alkmaar took advantage of a counterattack opportunity after stealing the ball from the backcourt, and Simon Poulsen made a pass from the bottom. Jiang Xiaolin scored a header in the penalty area.

It's a pity that this time the goal was slightly deflected under the interference of the opponent's central defender Jonathan Woodgate, and it hit the post and popped out of the bottom line.

The two sides came and went, and as time passed, the game time soon came to the 85th minute, and a shocking scene suddenly appeared on the field.

It was Tottenham striker Darren Bent's corner after a shot from outside the box was saved by goalkeeper Romero.

Unexpectedly, it was this corner kick that made the score between the two sides a 2-2 tie.

But it wasn't a Tottenham Hotspur player who scored the goal.

Tottenham's right-back Kluka is responsible for sending this corner kick. He kicked the penalty kick not high, and with a strong arc, it landed in the area between the small penalty area line and the penalty spot.

Players from both sides were in a mess in the penalty area, pushing and pulling each other to grab the first point.

As a result, it was Alkmaar's centre-back Hector Moreno who grabbed the first point.

At that time, when he jumped up and was about to hit the ball, his body in the air was pulled by the Tottenham players around him and he lost his center of gravity. on the contrary.

He originally wanted to head the ball out of the penalty area to clear.

As a result, unexpectedly, under the pull of the opposing player, Moreno headed the ball towards Alkmaar's own goal.

Moreover, what's even more ridiculous is that Moreno made a tricky angle and went straight to the upper left corner.

At such a short distance, it was his teammates who grabbed the first point. Even if he was as strong as Sergio Romero, he was caught off guard and had no time to react. He couldn't even make a save, so he had to He watched helplessly as the ball brushed against the lower edge of the crossbar and flew into the goal.

The players and fans of Alkmaar were stunned, only the ecstatic Tottenham players ran wildly on the pitch to celebrate, and the very few Tottenham fans in the stands laughed, screamed and cheered wildly.

Tottenham leveled the score at 85-2 in the 2th minute when a corner kick resulted in an own header from Alkmaar centre-back Hector Moreno.

Hector Moreno, who scored an own goal, collapsed after seeing the ball he pushed into the goal. He knelt down in the penalty area with his head in his hands, buried his head in the grass, and fell into the A deep self-blame.

Seeing this, although the teammates were very uncomfortable, everyone still went up to pull Moreno up to comfort him.

No one wants to encounter an own goal, and Moreno didn't do it on purpose, and no one can blame him.

His original intention was to fight for the top to clear the siege, who knew it would cause an own goal?
Jiang Xiaolin also went up to comfort Moreno, and then said to his teammates: "There is still time, everyone, don't worry, let's strengthen our offense, try to score another one, and finally try to defeat Tottenham and win."

Everyone nodded, cheering up and preparing to enter the game.

Seeing that the Tottenham players celebrated for more than 20 seconds and did not stop, they were suspected of deliberately delaying time. Alkmaar players such as Jalyens and Martens protested to the referee.

As a result, the referee stepped forward to intervene, allowing Tottenham to end the celebration and prepare to start the game.

After the game restarted, Tottenham decisively adjusted their game strategy, resumed their defensive and counterattack airs, and waited for Alkmaar to attack.

Moreover, this time the defensive counterattack was even more resolute.

Because there is not much time left in the game, Tottenham are already satisfied with a draw away.

If the score of 2-2 is maintained until the end of the game, they will get one point, plus the previous win, the points of Tottenham will reach 4 points, occupying a good position in the group stage with 3 qualifying places Get out first.

At least the situation is much better than that of Alkmaar with only 1 point.

For Alkmaar, just one point is dangerous.

There are four games in total, and after this one, there are only two games left.

If this game is a draw, then Alkmaar must win the next two games.Once there is an accident in any game, Alkmaar will face the danger of being out.

In the next two games, one is against Udinese, the leader of the Serie A, and the other is an away game against Sparta Moscow in the ice and snow of Russia. Alkmaar dare not say that they will win any game.

Therefore, even if there are only a few minutes left, Alkmaar must do his best to win.

In the last few minutes, the Alkmaar team pressed forward and launched a ferocious attack on Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area and goal.

Not to mention the midfielders, even the midfielder and the two full-backs crossed the center line and joined the attack.

However, although Alkmaar's offense looked massive, Tottenham's defense was too resolute.

Not only are their midfielders resolutely staying within 30 meters of their goal to guard against death, even forward Darren Bent has returned to the big penalty area, leaving only forward Roman Pavlyuchenko in front. Maintain the counterattack suppression of Alkmaar's two central defenders, and prevent them from being too pressured to participate in assists.

Although Jiang Xiaolin has a new understanding of the game, he handles the ball much more decisively and his speed is much faster, but it is difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to get any space to shoot when there are many people in the Tottenham penalty area.

There are too many people.

In the 88th minute, Jiang Xiaolin had a reluctant kick shot from the penalty area line, but was blocked by Tottenham central defender Ledley King Fei in the penalty area.

Even Jiang Xiaolin couldn't score a goal, let alone other teammates.

Compared with Jiang Xiaolin's archery skills, the others were even worse.

Even if there is a shot, it is almost useless.

Breaking the dense defense has always been a worldwide problem in football, which is almost impossible to solve, and even depends on luck.

Soon, the time came to the 90th minute, indicating that it was entering injury time. The referee gave 3 minutes of stoppage time, which caused boos from the Alkmaar fans in the stands.

Obviously, the home fans felt that stoppage time was given less.

But the boos of the fans can't change anything, and it is impossible for the referee to change the stoppage time because of the boos of the fans.

What is even more desperate is that the head coach of the Tottenham team began to enter the rhythm of substituting and delaying time.As long as the ball is seen to go out of bounds and form a dead ball, Tottenham immediately start to make substitutions.

What's more, he didn't make the substitutions all at once, but made the three substitutions one by one, and didn't use up the three substitutions until the game time was dragged down to 92 minutes.

In these two minutes, although Alkmaar has maintained an offensive, but the offensive rhythm is always interrupted, giving Tottenham sufficient preparation time, and several throw-ins did not pose any threat.

As time passed, the referee began to look at his watch frequently, and the Tottenham fans in the stands were already celebrating.

The Alkmaar fans on the scene and in front of the TV felt desperate, thinking that the score of 2-2 would not change.

There is too little time left for Alkmaar.

Only Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates on the field did not give up, and everyone continued to attack.

Of course, judging by the way the referee frequently looked at his watch, it was almost certain that this was the last attack.

At this time, everyone was already concentrated inside and outside Tottenham's penalty area, and even Pavlyuchenko returned to the penalty area to participate in high-altitude defense.

The same is true for Alkmaar, both central defenders crossed the halfway line and participated in peripheral assists.

At this time, Jiang Xiaolin was holding the ball. He used his perfect dribbling ability to control the ball under his feet, and slowly moved towards the penalty area.

However, as Tottenham's most important target, Jiang Xiaolin was really struggling.

Not to mention that there were two Tottenham players blocking the way in front of him, and someone rushed over from the side, and they were about to form a double-team siege to Jiang Xiaolin.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin delays a little longer, he may be pinched by three or four opponents and lose the ball.

There was no way, Jiang Xiaolin could only look up and look around, ready to pass the ball.

There is no gap in the middle. Tottenham's players defended all areas in and out of the penalty area, and did not give Alkmaar's players any chance.

Hamdoy, Maarten Martens, David Mendes and others in the middle are all surrounded by defenders, and there is no room for Jiang Xiaolin to pass the ball.

On the side, because Jiang Xiaolin attracted the attention of three or four people, and the full-back also attracted a certain amount of defense. As a result, Alkmaar's full-back Poconioli, who was inserted in the back row, was unguarded. The sidewalk area where the restricted area line is even, can be bottomed out immediately.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin passes the ball, a bottom pass can be formed.

So, Jiang Xiaolin flicked the ball, dodged a gap, and then made a posture that he was about to pass the ball to the foot of Poconioli on the wing and let him make a cross from the bottom.

When pulling the ball out of the way, Jiang Xiaolin really thought so and wanted to do so.

However, when he pushed the ball away and got out of the gap, he suddenly found out of the corner of his eyes that the central defender Ledley King, who was blocking him, moved to the side, and there was a hole under his feet. Huge gap.

Moreover, this gap is connected with Jiang Xiaolin's ball, and it is aimed at the lower right corner of the goal, which is a very good shooting route.

It's just that this shot line is in the opponent's defender, and it is fleeting, and it requires very precise shooting skills.

Otherwise, it is useless to hit the opponent's defender's leg and be blocked.