God of Greenery

Of course, although Hercules has adopted a very extreme defensive strategy, with Jiang Xiaolin's strength, it is impossible for him to completely lose the ball and fail to complete a single shot.

No team can do it, just like the previous shot.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's personal strength is too strong.

Full-value physique, full-value speed, full-value off-ball movement, full-value grabbing ability, full-value passing and receiving skills, etc., it is impossible for any team to completely freeze him.

But there are too many people staring at Jiang Xiaolin.

Even if you can't stop him from taking the ball, just stop the way he shoots.

If one person can't do it, there are two people, and if two people can't do it, then three people.

Anyway, Hercules had already made up his mind not to let Jiang Xiaolin score. As for the other Alkmaar players, they didn't stop them from scoring.

As a result, until the end of the first half, Jiang Xiaolin failed to score a goal.

Even in the 41st minute, he made a powerful long-range shot from a distance of about 33 meters from the goal. The ball was extremely fast, and he *successfully avoided the destruction and clearance of Hercules players along the way.

But the opponent still has the last line of defense, which is the goalkeeper.

Goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen has been paying attention to Jiang Xiaolin. The moment Jiang Xiaolin shot, he made a judgment and made a save.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin's kick was extremely powerful and fast. After the game, it was confirmed that the speed had reached more than 90, infinitely close to 100 km/h. , still don't Martin Pickenhagen struggling to lift the crossbar.

Martin Pickenhagen made a world-class save to deny Jiang Xiaolin's second threatening first-half effort.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half. Hercules fans, who were 0-1 behind at home, even gave their home team applause.

Because they did not let Jiang Xiaolin score a goal, they avoided the bad luck of the team becoming Jiang Xiaolin's record-breaking background wall.

Moreover, other Alkmaar players failed to seize too many opportunities and only scored one goal.

If they can finally face the top team with a zero seal against Jiang Xiaolin and lose by a small score, the players and fans of Hercules will probably celebrate wildly.

In contrast, Alkmaar, who has taken the lead in the away game, is not so happy.

Especially those fans and Chinese overseas Chinese who don't care about the performance of the Alkmaar club and belong to Jiang Xiaolin's personal fans are even more disappointed.

You know, the local game time is 19:45 in the evening, which is midnight for fans in Asia and Oceania.

For example, Huaguo fans, when the game started, it was already 2:45 in the morning of the next morning.

Getting up to watch the live broadcast at this time not only has to bear the pressure of physical and mental exhaustion, but some fans also watch the game with the eyes of their family members.

The sacrifice is not insignificant.

As a result, unexpectedly, Hercules put on such a shameless extreme defensive formation, and completely defended against Jiang Xiaolin. He would rather let other Alkmaar players score than let Jiang Xiaolin goal.

So much so that Jiang Xiaolin, who scored so many goals before, didn't even score a single goal after halftime in this game, tying Cohen Dylan's record of 43 goals in a single season.

Let the fans who were full of expectations be disappointed.

This is simply too hateful and too depressing.

During the intermission, fans of Jiang Xiaolin and overseas Chinese criticized Hercules' tactics in various forums, post bars, and social groups, wishing to strangle Hercules' coaches and players to death.

But this is of no avail, it will not affect the game at all, and everyone can only put their hopes in the second half.

In fact, the atmosphere in the locker rooms of the two teams was not as the fans imagined, thinking that the Hercules team was celebrating and Alkmaar was dejected.

After all, the game was only halfway through, and there were still 45 minutes left!
Hercules was not at all celebrating.

What's more, they played at home, put on such a shameless formation and tactics under the watchful eyes of the home fans, and even fell behind. What is there for a professional team to celebrate?
Therefore, the locker room of Hercules did not celebrate ecstatically because Jiang Xiaolin was successfully frozen in the first half, but continued to arrange the tactics for the second half under the coach's patient explanation.

Jiang Xiaolin's two shots within the goal frame in the first half were still quite threatening, and the players and coaches of Hercules did not dare to be careless.

Even with long-range shots, the coach also told everyone to stick them up, and not let Jiang Xiaolin take long-range shots easily.

Then he praised the goalkeeper and the coach, asking him to continue to maintain the style of the first half and focus on defending Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

As for the shots of other Alkmaar players, if you can, you can do it, and if you can't, don't force it.

Jiang Xiaolin's first supplementary shot was precisely because the goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen did not go to catch Hamdoy's shot when he felt that he could not save it, so he retained the opportunity to block Jiang Xiaolin's supplementary shot.

Otherwise, if Pickenhagen sees Hamdoy and rushes out like a conditioned reflex, he will not be able to touch Hamdoy's ball, and will be hit by Jiang Xiaolin's supplementary shot to score an empty goal. .

Pickenhagen's decision was quite correct, and the coach asked him to continue in the second half.

On the other hand, in the visiting team's locker room, Alkmaar did not appear depressed because Jiang Xiaolin failed to score a goal to tie the record.

Because, after all, they are the ones leading the scoring.

For the entire team of Alkmaar, the most important thing is to lead in goals and continue to lead the standings.

As for Jiang Xiaolin personally, if he can't score in this game, there are still so many league rounds to come. It is a certainty that he will break Cohen Dylan's record this season, so why bother with breaking the record in this game Woolen cloth?
It is impossible for every team in the future to be like Hercules who does not want to attack at all. After all, there are still some teams that need to compete for the championship, Champions League places, UEFA Cup places, and relegation.

Moreover, even if they were extremely defensive like Hercules, it was impossible to completely block Jiang Xiaolin's goal.

In the first half today, Jiang Xiaolin actually had two threatening shots within the range of the goal frame. Hercules was just lucky and escaped!
Not to mention the future, just in the second half of the few days, as long as Jiang Xiaolin makes two more threatening shots within the range of the goal frame, whether the opponent's goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen can defend is a big problem!
As for the thoughts of TV stations, fans, and fans from all over the world, how could Jiang Xiaolin, who was in the fierce competition at this time, think so much?
He never expected that this Eredivisie league would have such a big impact.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin who entered the locker room was not as frustrated as some fans imagined that he failed to score in the first half. Instead, he congratulated Moussa Dembele who scored the goal, and suggested that he would continue to attract the opponent in the second half. Focus on the defensive line, create opportunities for teammates, score more goals earlier, expand the score, and seal the victory.

Whether or not the record is broken is not as important to Jiang Xiaolin as the outside world imagined.

For Jiang Xiaolin, the more important thing is to win, continue to lead the standings, and maintain the point advantage, accumulate more room for fault tolerance for the third-line battle, and strive to win the small triple crown.

Compared with the special skill "Inverted Foot" rewarded after completing the small triple crown task, whether this game can tie the record or break the record is not that important at all, it is just outside hype.

Of course, for the coaches and players of Alkmaar, Jiang Xiaolin is the team's super thigh, and everyone must do their best to do things that can make Jiang Xiaolin happy physically and mentally.

If the game can not only win, but also help Jiang Xiaolin score a goal to tie, or even break Cohen Dylan's record, it will undoubtedly be the most perfect result.

Therefore, when Jiang Xiaolin said that it doesn't matter if he scores or not, and hoped that other teammates would take advantage of his opportunity to attract attention and score more goals, Hamdoy and others also said that as long as they scored the second goal in the second half, they would gain a two-goal lead. After gaining the advantage, they will try their best to assist Jiang Xiaolin and try to let him score goals.

However, this is just what the players think.

As the head coach, Van Gaal then proposed his tactical thinking for the second half, but it was more targeted than the players' simple approach.

After observation in the first half, Van Gaal made targeted arrangements for Hercules' defensive strategy, which could not only guarantee Alkmaar's victory, but also strive for Jiang Xiaolin to score.

Van Gaal's tactic was to let Jiang Xiaolin withdraw from the penalty area and move within 25-35 meters of the goal outside the penalty area.

In this range, Hercules' defense is definitely not as strong as in the penalty area, and he will not be surrounded by three or four people from the opponent at every turn.

And as long as there are no more than two opponents defending Jiang Xiaolin, everyone can pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin and use his perfect dribbling skills to control the ball.

As for whether Jiang Xiaolin is facing the attacking direction to get the ball or with his back, it doesn't matter at all.

Because the purpose is not for Jiang Xiaolin to shoot at this time.

The purpose of Van Gaal asking Jiang Xiaolin and the players to do this was to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin, and then use his attractiveness to let the Hercules players surround Jiang Xiaolin who was holding the ball.

And Jiang Xiaolin's dribbling skills are quite superb, and he will not easily lose the ball unless the opponent puts a shovel or uses a foul.

In that case, Jiang Xiaolin might get a free kick.

In the first half, Alkmaar hadn't gotten a chance to shoot a free kick in the dangerous area, which was one of the reasons why Jiang Xiaolin didn't score a goal in the first half.

As long as everyone plays according to Van Gaal's tactical instructions in the second half, Jiang Xiaolin should be able to get a few free kicks caused by the opponent's fouls on him.

Of course, Van Gaal also reminded Jiang Xiaolin that he must pay attention to protecting himself and avoid malicious fouls from the opponent.

Jiang Xiaolin expressed his understanding.

In addition to this, Van Gaal also explained that if the opponent sends a large number of people to surround Jiang Xiaolin who is holding the ball with three or four people, then Jiang Xiaolin will immediately use his full-value passing skills to pass the ball to let Other teammates attack quickly to increase the number of shots.

The purpose of increasing the number of shots, on the one hand, is that only shots can bring goals. What if you are lucky and score a goal?
It can just expand the score lead, guarantee Alkmaar's victory in this league, and continue to lead the standings.

On the other hand, increase the number of shots. Although other players are not as good as Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills, once they hit the goal frame, they may be saved by the goalkeeper or destroyed by other players of Hercules. corner kick.

And Jiang Xiaolin's jumping, grabbing points, running without the ball, physique, and heading skills in the corner kick competition can also play a role.

Although Alkmaar's three corner kicks in the first half were not topped by Jiang Xiaolin once to form an attack, but as long as there are more corner kicks and Jiang Xiaolin successfully grabs one, it is possible to complete the goal.

After listening to Van Gaal's explanation, the Alkmaar players were overjoyed.

Both Jiang Xiaolin and the other teammates felt better.

Because Hercules' tactics are too obvious, while Van Gaal's tactics are more targeted.

With this tactic in the second half, Alkmaar will not only win the away game and continue to lead the standings, but Jiang Xiaolin will also score goals with a high probability, tying or even breaking Cohen Dillon’s record of 43 goals in the Eredivisie in a single season .

Soon, the 15-minute intermission passed, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.

All over the world, countless fans continued to sit in front of the TV and stay up all night, unwilling to be reconciled, for fear of missing Jiang Xiaolin's possible goal.

Of course, there are also very few people who feel that Hercules' defense today is too shameless and targeted, and think that it is impossible for Jiang Xiaolin to score in the second half.

In addition, I couldn't hold on to the drowsiness, so I chose to turn off the TV and sleep during the intermission.

As for this part, when they got up and saw the news the next morning, they all wanted to slap themselves twice.

Because they only defended the first half, but missed Jiang Xiaolin's goal in the second half.

After the start of the second half, Hercules still insisted on their defensive strategy in the first half, and did not change their original intention because of the score behind.

Their biggest goal is still to freeze Jiang Xiaolin, prevent Jiang Xiaolin from scoring goals, and make Hercules a news background wall for Jiang Xiaolin to equal or break records.

However, many commentators and reporters found that Alkmaar made tactical adjustments in the second half, and Van Gaal resorted to extremely targeted tactics.

Under the commentator's explanation, the fans in front of the TV also understood that, as a world-class coach, Van Gaal made certain tactical adjustments to Alkmaar during the intermission.

And this tactical adjustment is very targeted for Hercules' defense.

However, whether it is effective or not, we still don't know.

But at least Alkmaar has made a change, and everyone's interest has increased a little bit, and the game has been more focused, for fear of missing Jiang Xiaolin's possible goal.