God of Greenery

Moussa Dembele cut into the penalty area from the wing, faced Jiang Xiaolin's pass, did not stop the ball at all, and faced Jiang Xiaolin's pass without any defense, it was a volley.

The ball flew into Groningen's goal with a swish like a sharp arrow.

The goalkeeper Dashua on the right side of the goal didn't even have time to make a save. He just moved a step and watched the ball fly into the net.

In the 65th minute, Jiang Xiaolin took advantage of a throw-in in the frontcourt to use Ronaldinho's signature stunt "striking east and west", successfully deceiving a lot of opponents, and assisting teammate Moussa Dembele to score Alkmaar's third goal helped Alkmaar take a 3-1 away lead.

The highlight of this goal is naturally not Moussa Dembele, but Jiang Xiaolin's smacking pass.

After the ball was kicked in by Dembele, the commentator on the commentary booth praised Jiang Xiaolin instead of Dembele.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

"Goal again! Alkmaar scored again!"

"It was Moussa Dembele who scored the goal, but the most exciting thing about this goal was not Dembele's goal, but Jiang Xiaolin's assist!"

"Jiang Xiaolin used Ronaldinho's signature trick - making a pass from the east to the west, fooling Groningen's entire defense."

"Of course, including me!"

"Before passing the ball to Dembele, Jiang Xiaolin turned his head to the right and looked at teammate Ali. Therefore, everyone thought that Jiang Xiaolin was going to pass the ball to Ali!"

"Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin came up with a trick, successfully deceived everyone, and passed the ball to Moussa Dembele on the left, allowing Dembele to get an excellent shot without interference chances, and finally scored the ball."

"I don't know how Jiang Xiaolin found out about Moussa Dembele's move!"

"Jiang Xiaolin's performance in this game was really unexpected!"

"First use Groningen to score the equalizer goal, carelessly celebrate the reasonable use of the center circle kick-off rule to score twice, and help Alkmaar lead again. Now, there is another pass that hits the east and west. , assisted his teammate to score an easy goal."

"Jiang Xiaolin's creativity on the court seems to have suddenly been improved, and he has become many times more alert."

"Perhaps, this is genius!"

"It was only in the last UEFA Cup that Jiang Xiaolin realized by himself the key to handling the ball faster and more decisively in the European competition. This game has also comprehended higher creativity."

"Jiang Xiaolin's speed of improvement on the court is really amazing!"

On the court, Moussa Dembele didn't celebrate alone, but ran over and hugged Jiang Xiaolin excitedly, thanked him for his assist, and praised the pass that was so sloppy that he was almost shaken.

Dembele just inserted into the penalty area to look for an opportunity, but he didn't even glance at Jiang Xiaolin when he saw Jiang Xiaolin, and he didn't think Jiang Xiaolin would pass the ball to him.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin really passed the ball over, which surprised Dembele and almost made him unprepared to shoot, wasting the opportunity.

Fortunately, in the end Dembele kicked the ball into the opponent's goal with his shooting instinct, otherwise Jiang Xiaolin's genius assist would have been wasted.

After Jiang Xiaolin assisted Moussa Dembele to score AZ Alkmaar's third goal to give AZ Alkmaar a 3-1 lead over Groningen, the game was not the same.

Generally speaking, the chances of being overtaken after leading by two goals in the second half are extremely small.

What's more, it was already the 65th minute when Dembele scored. Even with stoppage time, the remaining time is less than half an hour.

Groningen wants to score two goals in such a short period of time to tie the score. It cannot be said that there is no chance, but the chance is very small.

Moussa Dembele's goal can be called a seal of victory.

In the next game, Alkmaar will be much calmer.They can defend more comfortably in the backcourt and play defensive counterattacks.

Groningen, on the other hand, launched a final counterattack.

Although the probability is low, they still have to try to equalize the score.After all, this is their home court, and it's not a good look to surrender like this.

As the current No. 4 team in the Eredivisie standings, Groningen still has a certain strength, especially in their home court.

Therefore, in the 69th minute, Groningen played an exquisite frontcourt cooperation. In the end, the midfielder Granluvi made a wonderful pass and passed the ball into Alkmaar's penalty area. The forward Shalu Garcia received the ball. Foot volley and kick the ball towards the goal.

The quality of this shot is not bad, it hits the goal frame, and it also has a little angle, which is not very straight, and the average goalkeeper may not be able to save it.

But this time, Joey Didulica, who was squeezed out of the starting goalkeeper position by Romero, played an extraordinary level. He went out and successfully reached out to scoop the ball before it hit the net and pulled the ball out of the bottom line.

Numerous Groningen home fans who had stood up in the stands to celebrate the goal suddenly let out a neat groan, and a few Alkmaar away fans applauded Didulica.

In the 73rd minute, Groningen made another good cross from the wing, and finally forward Brent scored a header in the penalty area.

However, under the defensive interference of Alkmaar central defender Ragnar Klavan, Brent's header went a little higher and flew out of the crossbar.

Seeing that there are only 20 minutes left in the game even with stoppage time, a two-goal lead to Alkmaar is basically a sure thing.

As a result, Van Gaal began to make substitutions, successively replacing the main forward Moussa Dembele and the midfielder David Mendes, making preparations for the next hard-fought away game in the UEFA Cup group match of the next expedition to Sparta Moscow, Russia. Prepare.

Moussa Dembele is not very good, but if David Mendes is replaced, Alkmaar's defense will definitely be greatly affected.

In addition to the central defenders, full-backs, midfielders, etc. who had already been replaced on the previous starting list, Alkmaar's defensive strength can be said to have dropped to the lowest level since this season.

Groningen is naturally unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

Even though he knew the chances were slim, it wasn't impossible.

Therefore, Groningen suddenly increased its offensive efforts, and even more frantically attacked Alkmaar's penalty area and even the goal.

Even Jiang Xiaolin and Ali withdrew their own half to participate in the defense, and Ali even withdrew into the big penalty area.

Only Jiang Xiaolin was still active in the area between the center line and the penalty area line, maintaining the possibility of counterattacking at any time.

As long as he is allowed to score another goal, then Alkmaar will really seal the victory, and there will be no more surprises.

Originally, Jiang Xiaolin was just an offensive player, and his one-on-one defensive ability was not very good.

However, Jiang Xiaolin's full-value position attributes also played a big role in his half-court defense, which made the Groningen players feel very depressed, and the offensive rhythm was always interrupted by Jiang Xiaolin.

Many times, when Groningen players are about to pass the ball to their teammates, they will find that Jiang Xiaolin is already standing near the ball path, and may intercept their pass at any time, so they dare not easily pass the ball past Jiang Xiaolin's surroundings .

Therefore, although Jiang Xiaolin's retreat and participation in the defense sacrificed a certain counterattack speed, it also provided a good bonus for Alkmaar's defense.

At least it made Groningen's passing and cutting moves outside the penalty area a lot slower.

Of course, with Jiang Xiaolin's retreat, Groningen's defense, eager to equalize the score, kept pressing forward, trying to increase the offensive manpower to help the frontcourt attack.

By No. 80 minutes, both of Groningen's central defenders had already passed the center line, let alone the two full-backs and midfielders.

Except for the goalkeeper, the entire Groningen team has already rushed into Alkmaar's half, attacking Alkmaar's penalty area and goal, trying to score two goals in a row to equalize the score and save the defeat.

Even the goalkeeper almost stood on the line of the penalty area with some itch, and occasionally attacked outside the penalty area to help the Groningen players who were pressed to pass and receive the ball.

It is estimated that the goalkeeper is also broken.

Anyway, conceding three goals is a loss, and conceding four goals is a loss. Even at the risk of being lobbed by Alkmaar, he will come out to help the team increase the transfer point of passing and receiving.

It was under such circumstances that the time came to the 85th minute.

At this time, the ball had just been cleared by Alkmaar's defender and kicked into the midfield. The center back of Groningen grabbed the first point before Jiang Xiaolin and gave it to his teammate.

However, in the face of Alkmaar's full retreat and strict defense, Groningen's ball still failed to enter the 30-meter area of ​​Alkmaar's goal after a few passes. Hope to open a gap and pass the ball in.

However, Alkmaar's players will obviously not make their passes on the perimeter so comfortable.

The defensive midfielders and defenders are naturally guarding the penalty area, and the central midfielders and others are also guarding the perimeter of the top of the penalty area. The task of pressing and interfering with the opponent's pass and reception is naturally taken on by Jiang Xiaolin and another forward Ali.

Although Ali's defensive skills are average, he has been playing as a substitute before and rarely has the opportunity to start, so he is very physically fit.

Even now that the game is nearing the end, Alli is still trying to run back and forth, pressing the Groningen players with the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin, on the other hand, mainly defended silently, blocking the opponent's ball-handling player's route to the key node.

Although the ball cannot be easily intercepted, nor can the opponent's passing route in other directions be blocked, but as long as the most dangerous line is stuck, the opponent's attack can basically be delayed or even abolished.

This is also the reason why Groningen failed to pass into the dangerous area for a long time in this attack, and could only keep turning back and forth on the periphery.

However, sometimes there are mistakes and mistakes.

Just in the 85th minute, Groningen's defenders made a mistake on their feet.

When Ali ran to the side, and the wing was blocked by the winger, the full-back Frederick who held the ball transferred the ball laterally to the center back Ibrahima in the center.

Ibrahima's position at this time is a little ahead of Alkmaar's half-court at the top of the arc in the middle circle.

Originally, it was an ordinary pass, but Ali felt blessed. The moment Frederick was about to pass the ball, he seemed to have judged the direction the opponent wanted to send the ball, and suddenly turned around and turned towards Abrahima. Press on Abrahima.

Frederick realized that something was wrong after passing the ball, and quickly yelled "Be careful" to Abrahima.

Abrahima naturally also saw Ali's pressing, so he could only move towards the incoming ball by himself, and then caught the ball before Ali and controlled it.

But Ali, who predicted in advance, also rushed over and stuck to Abrahima. Abrahima didn't dare to stick the ball, and he didn't have the skills. He didn't even think about turning around and passing the ball to the other side.

His goal was Andres, another central defender teammate. It stands to reason that Andres should be standing in parallel not far from him.

Andres was indeed in the position that Abrahima expected, but after he passed the ball, he was shocked to find that Jiang Xiaolin rushed up from behind.

And the strength of his passing seems to be a little bit smaller.

Jiang Xiaolin, like Ali, judged the most likely route of Abrahima's ball under Ali's pressure by virtue of his excellent points grabbing, running, and positioning attributes, and then used his full-scale acceleration and speed to send the ball to the two. The ball in between is inserted.

As expected, under Ali's pressure, Abrahima passed the ball to Andres before observing Jiang Xiaolin's position.

The point is that his passing power is not strong, which gave Jiang Xiaolin, who was rushing towards the ball, a chance to steal the ball.

Both Abrahima and Andres' faces changed drastically, and they rushed towards the ball with all their strength, trying to clear the ball before Jiang Xiaolin.

But Abrahima's pass was too weak and too slow, and Jiang Xiaolin's speed was faster than the two of them expected.

Before Andres, who received the ball, touched the ball, Jiang Xiaolin, who sprinted up with all his strength, shot it without hesitation, and kicked the ball towards the goal of Groningen in his own half - Jiang Kobayashi made another super long-range lob shot in his own half.

Because the goalkeeper had already attacked to the line of the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin chose to shoot directly without hesitation.

After Jiang Xiaolin shot the ball, the belated Andres knocked Jiang Xiaolin, who had lost his center of gravity, to the ground.

However, by this time it was too late.

The ball kicked by Jiang Xiaolin flew into the air, crossed a parabola, and flew towards the goal of Groningen.

And Groningen's goalkeeper, Dashua, was retreating from the penalty area line to the goal in a panic, hoping that he could save Jiang Xiaolin's super long-range shot.