God of Greenery
Chapter 386 Free Kick Chance
The celebration between Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates lasted nearly 1 minute, which can be called super long.
On the one hand, it was because the Hercules players were hit hard by Jiang Xiaolin's goal.
They didn't expect that their own side adopted such an extreme defensive strategy under the pressure of great public opinion, but they still failed to stop Jiang Xiaolin from scoring goals and tying the record.
Jiang Xiaolin's goal made Hercules' extreme defense since the start of the game useless.
Therefore, the hard-hit Hercules players all looked very dejected, and they didn't even intend to protest and let Alkmaar stop celebrating and rush to the game.
On the other hand, because the Hercules players did not protest, the referee did not come forward to end the celebration of Jiang Xiaolin and others.
Because the referee also knew what Jiang Xiaolin's goal meant.
Once, like all other Dutch people, he thought that Cohen Dillon's record of 43 goals in a single season, which had been dusted for half a century, was almost insignificant in modern football with increasingly fierce competition and perfect defense. It is impossible to approach or even surpass the record.
However, I didn't expect that a 17-year-old boy from Huaguo would be tied in 18 games.
This also gave the referee a great shock.
When no one stood up to protest and remind him, the referee also looked at Jiang Xiaolin who was being pressed down by his teammates to celebrate, as if looking at an alien.
An alien even more perverted than Ronaldo!
This was the referee's evaluation of Jiang Xiaolin in his heart at this moment.
It wasn't until almost 1 minute into the celebration that Alkmaar's players and coaches ended the celebration on their own initiative and returned to their own half, before Hercules kicked the ball in the center circle and restarted the game.
After the game restarted, the whole team of Hercules seemed a little in a trance.
Fortunately, their defensive numbers advantage still exists.
Relying on the instinct of a professional player, coupled with the inertia of continuing to guard against death, Alkmaar finally did not take the opportunity to expand the score.
However, Hercules, who had been scored by Jiang Xiaolin and tied the record, has definitely become the background board. After all, his defensive strength and coordination have declined compared to before.
After all, the motivation that has been insisting since the start of the game is no longer there.
Although everyone could encourage themselves secretly and use the excuse of not letting Jiang Xiaolin break the record to force themselves to continue to guard against death, but in fact the effect was not great.
Because everyone knows that even if Jiang Xiaolin does not break the record, the news of scoring a goal equal to the record is enough to cause a sensation in the world of football and make Hercules the background of Jiang Xiaolin's world fame.
Such a result is enough to make many players lose faith.Even if some people have tough nerves and continue to persevere, it will not be possible to unify the whole team.
Everyone just continued to defend according to their positions based on the inertia of the game.
However, how long such an effect can last is actually uncertain!
In the 67th minute, when Jiang Xiaolin once again passed the ball to his teammate Martens in the space on the right in the siege, Hercules midfielder Bashea impulsively threw a shovel to Martens. Shoveled the ball to the ground.
Bashea not only took the initiative to apply for a yellow card for himself, but also gave Alkmaar a free kick in the front court with a good position and distance.
However, goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen played well this time, saving Jiang Xiaolin's arc free kick that went straight to the dead corner to the bottom line.
In the subsequent corner kick, Alkmaar also failed to grab the first point to form an attack, and was kicked out of the sideline by Hercules' defender in the chaos to clear the siege.
After this wave of offense was over, some Hercules players finally reacted: It turns out that Alkmaar's second-half tactic was to let Jiang Xiaolin get the ball more and attract them to go up to siege, and then Jiang Xiaolin took the opportunity to pass the ball in the air. Other teammates in the frame form a shot, create a goal or a corner kick.
The last goal conceded was because Jiang Xiaolin passed the ball to Moussa Dembele for a corner kick.
So, after conceding the ball and being tied by Jiang Xiaolin, several players began to think about other things.
Anyway, the background board has been set, so while defending Jiang Xiaolin, it is also necessary to prevent him from passing the ball to his teammates to create goals or create corner kicks.
The 0-2 score cannot be expanded and turned into a massacre.
So, in this way of thinking, in the 74th minute, Jiang Xiaolin took the ball again at a place about 28 meters away from the goal on the right side of the front court. Facing the situation surrounded by three Hercules players, Jiang Xiaolin was about to get out of the way. When the ball was sent to the teammate in the gap, Freddie Ruth, the midfielder on the side, suddenly fell to the ground and shoveled towards the ball at Jiang Xiaolin's feet.
His original intention was not to foul, but to really run for the ball, with the sole purpose of destroying Jiang Xiaolin's ball.
However, he underestimated Jiang Xiaolin's technique and speed.
During the intermission, Van Gaal told Guo Jiang Xiaolin to guard against the opponent's tackle foul and prevent injury.
Also, wait for the opportunity to create a free kick.
Therefore, even in the double-teaming of several opponents, even if he was looking for an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates while dribbling, Jiang Xiaolin did not relax his attention to the opponent's big move defense.
Although Freddy Ruth made the tackle from the side and rear, Jiang Xiaolin still caught Freddy Ruth's action out of the corner of his eye.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin tried his best to grab the ball before Freddy Ruth shoveled it, and poked the ball out with one toe.
Then, Freddy Ruth, who didn't tackle the ball, shoveled it to the foot of Jiang Xiaolin who had just poked the ball out.
Jiang Xiaolin suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
What was even more astonishing was that the fallen Jiang Xiaolin was impartial and hit Freddy Ruth right on the body, causing Freddy Ruth to let out a scream.
After Jiang Xiaolin got up in a hurry, he found that Freddie Ruth was still rolling on the ground holding his ribs.
It turned out that when Jiang Xiaolin subconsciously stretched out his hands to support the ground to slow down the buffer when he fell to the ground, he didn't press on the ground for the first time, but pressed on Fredirus' ribs, hurting him severely.
The referee came over to check and asked Hercules' team doctor to come in and check. The team doctor indicated that a substitution was needed.
Then, a stretcher came in, and Freddy Ruth was carried down on the stretcher.
However, although Freddie Rus was injured and looked worthy of sympathy, the referee did not let him go.
Because he was shoveling from behind, missed the ball, and destroyed Jiang Xiaolin's pass attack, he deserved the injury.
However, his shoveling foul from behind could not escape the referee's penalty.
As Fredirous was being carried to the sidelines, the referee walked up to him and showed him a yellow card before watching him be carried off on a stretcher.
The yellow card naturally caused a burst of boos from the home fans, but the referee did not move, what to do or what to do.
Hercules made a substitution, again replacing Fredirous, who was injured, with a defensive player.
Alkmaar, on the other hand, won a frontcourt free kick about 28 meters from the goal on the right side of the Hercules penalty area.
The position, distance, and angle of this free kick are very good, and it looks very threatening.
Freddy Ruth's foul can be said to be worth the candle. He neither shoveled Jiang Xiaolin nor resolved Alkmaar's offense. Instead, he injured himself and gave Alkmaar a threatening frontcourt free kick. .
Even many commentators were excitedly explaining loudly:
"The referee still showed a yellow card to Freddy Ruth, who was off the field injured. His shovel behind the back is undoubtedly a foul."
"Although he was injured and deserves sympathy, there is nothing wrong with the referee's decision."
"Alkmaar gets a free-kick in a very good position."
"There is no doubt that this free kick will be taken by Jiang Xiaolin."
"As we all know, Jiang Xiaolin's free kick skills are very strong!"
"Whether it is strength or speed, goal frame hit rate, arc degree, dead corner hit rate, Jiang Xiaolin is a master of free kicks."
"Although Jiang Xiaolin is only 17 years old, his free kick skills are already at the pinnacle, no worse than any free kick master in football history!"
"This free kick will be very dangerous. If it doesn't work, Jiang Xiaolin may score a goal. He scored twice and set a single-season Eredivisie scoring record with 44 goals."
"It can be said that Freddy Ruth's foul is not worth the candle."
"Let's take a look at Jiang Xiaolin's kick!"
Under the nervous gaze of Hercules players' fans, Alkmaar fans, Jiang Xiaolin fans, Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, and neutral fans' expectant eyes, goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen instructed five teammates to form a human wall, All the shooting angles of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick were blocked.
Alkmaar's teammates who went to tear down the wall even almost had a conflict with the players in the opponent's wall, and finally the conflict did not occur under the intervention of the referee.
Of course, the most important thing is that everyone knows that with Jiang Xiaolin's skills, it is not necessary for his teammates to try their best to break down the wall for him and get the shooting space in the wall.
Therefore, everyone did not really break down the wall with the determination to conflict with the opposing players.
In the end, it was Hercules' players who lined up in the wall to block all shooting angles.
Martin Pickenhagen finally commanded his teammates to line up the human wall, standing at the midpoint of the goal line and ready to make a save.
But in fact, he didn't have any confidence in his heart.
As long as you have seen Jiang Xiaolin's previous free kick goalkeepers, no one will be sure of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick.
Even the world's top goalkeepers like Buffon and Cech are not sure about defending Jiang Xiaolin's free kick, let alone Martin Pickenhagen, the goalkeeper of the middle and lower reaches of the Eredivisie.
He can only do his best, listen to the destiny, and do his best.
As for Jiang Xiaolin, he naturally had to do his best.
Although breaking the record is not a task he must complete in this game, but if it can be completed, it is naturally a great thing.
Why put off until the next game what can be done today?
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin was also behind the penalty spot, constantly adjusting his breathing and physical and mental state, making the best preparations, and wanted to take this free kick directly.
Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee stepped aside and blew the whistle for free throws.
As a result, just before Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball during the run-up process, a player from the Hercules wall rushed out, jumped up high, and just hit the ball that Jiang Xiaolin kicked out later. In the middle, one head protruded from the sideline.
Some Hercules fans in the stands breathed a sigh of relief, but they saw Jiang Xiaolin and the Alkmaar players immediately complaining to the referee.
The referee immediately penalized the Hercules player who had moved ahead of time for a foul and severely penalized him with a free kick.
This made Hercules players and fans quite excited and dissatisfied, but it couldn't change the referee's decision.
Because their early shift foul was too obvious.
Jiang Xiaolin hadn't kicked the ball out yet, but he had rushed out more than one meter.Otherwise, how could he just block Jiang Xiaolin's free kick?
You must know that Jiang Xiaolin's free kick technique will always be higher than the take-off height of the human wall, and it is basically impossible to be blocked by the human wall.
There is nothing wrong with the referee's decision this time.
They could only swear and retreat to the human wall line drawn by the referee, and re-arrange the human wall.
But in fact, they may not have a secret joy in their hearts when they are cursing.
Because of free kicks, penalty kicks, etc., this kind of re-free kick is quite taboo, and it is entirely possible to destroy the peak state that the free throw player is ready for.
The player who rushed out ahead of time and caused the free kick to be re-taken was actually equivalent to destroying Jiang Xiaolin's ready-to-take free kick and disrupting Jiang Xiaolin's free throw rhythm.
If Jiang Xiaolin's psychology can be disturbed in this way, causing him to experience psychological fluctuations in the second free throw, and the quality of free throws will decline, then he will be considered a meritorious service.
However, this kind of thing can only be guessed in my heart, hoping that Jiang Xiaolin will be affected.
But in fact, although Jiang Xiaolin was a little annoyed, thinking that it was too much for the opponent to shift the defense ahead of time and destroy his free kick shot, Jiang Xiaolin was not very worried.
For him, the position and distance of this free kick is quite good.And his technology is derived from the system, and its stability is very high.
As long as he believed in the system, Jiang Xiaolin had nothing to fear.
He believes that with the ability given by the system, the free kicks sent will not cause too many mistakes.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin actually didn't have much psychological pressure on the heavy penalty caused by the opponent's first advance.
He believes that the quality of his second free throw will not be worse than the quality of the first free throw.
It won't work if the other party wants to use this method to create psychological pressure on themselves.
On the one hand, it was because the Hercules players were hit hard by Jiang Xiaolin's goal.
They didn't expect that their own side adopted such an extreme defensive strategy under the pressure of great public opinion, but they still failed to stop Jiang Xiaolin from scoring goals and tying the record.
Jiang Xiaolin's goal made Hercules' extreme defense since the start of the game useless.
Therefore, the hard-hit Hercules players all looked very dejected, and they didn't even intend to protest and let Alkmaar stop celebrating and rush to the game.
On the other hand, because the Hercules players did not protest, the referee did not come forward to end the celebration of Jiang Xiaolin and others.
Because the referee also knew what Jiang Xiaolin's goal meant.
Once, like all other Dutch people, he thought that Cohen Dillon's record of 43 goals in a single season, which had been dusted for half a century, was almost insignificant in modern football with increasingly fierce competition and perfect defense. It is impossible to approach or even surpass the record.
However, I didn't expect that a 17-year-old boy from Huaguo would be tied in 18 games.
This also gave the referee a great shock.
When no one stood up to protest and remind him, the referee also looked at Jiang Xiaolin who was being pressed down by his teammates to celebrate, as if looking at an alien.
An alien even more perverted than Ronaldo!
This was the referee's evaluation of Jiang Xiaolin in his heart at this moment.
It wasn't until almost 1 minute into the celebration that Alkmaar's players and coaches ended the celebration on their own initiative and returned to their own half, before Hercules kicked the ball in the center circle and restarted the game.
After the game restarted, the whole team of Hercules seemed a little in a trance.
Fortunately, their defensive numbers advantage still exists.
Relying on the instinct of a professional player, coupled with the inertia of continuing to guard against death, Alkmaar finally did not take the opportunity to expand the score.
However, Hercules, who had been scored by Jiang Xiaolin and tied the record, has definitely become the background board. After all, his defensive strength and coordination have declined compared to before.
After all, the motivation that has been insisting since the start of the game is no longer there.
Although everyone could encourage themselves secretly and use the excuse of not letting Jiang Xiaolin break the record to force themselves to continue to guard against death, but in fact the effect was not great.
Because everyone knows that even if Jiang Xiaolin does not break the record, the news of scoring a goal equal to the record is enough to cause a sensation in the world of football and make Hercules the background of Jiang Xiaolin's world fame.
Such a result is enough to make many players lose faith.Even if some people have tough nerves and continue to persevere, it will not be possible to unify the whole team.
Everyone just continued to defend according to their positions based on the inertia of the game.
However, how long such an effect can last is actually uncertain!
In the 67th minute, when Jiang Xiaolin once again passed the ball to his teammate Martens in the space on the right in the siege, Hercules midfielder Bashea impulsively threw a shovel to Martens. Shoveled the ball to the ground.
Bashea not only took the initiative to apply for a yellow card for himself, but also gave Alkmaar a free kick in the front court with a good position and distance.
However, goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen played well this time, saving Jiang Xiaolin's arc free kick that went straight to the dead corner to the bottom line.
In the subsequent corner kick, Alkmaar also failed to grab the first point to form an attack, and was kicked out of the sideline by Hercules' defender in the chaos to clear the siege.
After this wave of offense was over, some Hercules players finally reacted: It turns out that Alkmaar's second-half tactic was to let Jiang Xiaolin get the ball more and attract them to go up to siege, and then Jiang Xiaolin took the opportunity to pass the ball in the air. Other teammates in the frame form a shot, create a goal or a corner kick.
The last goal conceded was because Jiang Xiaolin passed the ball to Moussa Dembele for a corner kick.
So, after conceding the ball and being tied by Jiang Xiaolin, several players began to think about other things.
Anyway, the background board has been set, so while defending Jiang Xiaolin, it is also necessary to prevent him from passing the ball to his teammates to create goals or create corner kicks.
The 0-2 score cannot be expanded and turned into a massacre.
So, in this way of thinking, in the 74th minute, Jiang Xiaolin took the ball again at a place about 28 meters away from the goal on the right side of the front court. Facing the situation surrounded by three Hercules players, Jiang Xiaolin was about to get out of the way. When the ball was sent to the teammate in the gap, Freddie Ruth, the midfielder on the side, suddenly fell to the ground and shoveled towards the ball at Jiang Xiaolin's feet.
His original intention was not to foul, but to really run for the ball, with the sole purpose of destroying Jiang Xiaolin's ball.
However, he underestimated Jiang Xiaolin's technique and speed.
During the intermission, Van Gaal told Guo Jiang Xiaolin to guard against the opponent's tackle foul and prevent injury.
Also, wait for the opportunity to create a free kick.
Therefore, even in the double-teaming of several opponents, even if he was looking for an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates while dribbling, Jiang Xiaolin did not relax his attention to the opponent's big move defense.
Although Freddy Ruth made the tackle from the side and rear, Jiang Xiaolin still caught Freddy Ruth's action out of the corner of his eye.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin tried his best to grab the ball before Freddy Ruth shoveled it, and poked the ball out with one toe.
Then, Freddy Ruth, who didn't tackle the ball, shoveled it to the foot of Jiang Xiaolin who had just poked the ball out.
Jiang Xiaolin suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
What was even more astonishing was that the fallen Jiang Xiaolin was impartial and hit Freddy Ruth right on the body, causing Freddy Ruth to let out a scream.
After Jiang Xiaolin got up in a hurry, he found that Freddie Ruth was still rolling on the ground holding his ribs.
It turned out that when Jiang Xiaolin subconsciously stretched out his hands to support the ground to slow down the buffer when he fell to the ground, he didn't press on the ground for the first time, but pressed on Fredirus' ribs, hurting him severely.
The referee came over to check and asked Hercules' team doctor to come in and check. The team doctor indicated that a substitution was needed.
Then, a stretcher came in, and Freddy Ruth was carried down on the stretcher.
However, although Freddie Rus was injured and looked worthy of sympathy, the referee did not let him go.
Because he was shoveling from behind, missed the ball, and destroyed Jiang Xiaolin's pass attack, he deserved the injury.
However, his shoveling foul from behind could not escape the referee's penalty.
As Fredirous was being carried to the sidelines, the referee walked up to him and showed him a yellow card before watching him be carried off on a stretcher.
The yellow card naturally caused a burst of boos from the home fans, but the referee did not move, what to do or what to do.
Hercules made a substitution, again replacing Fredirous, who was injured, with a defensive player.
Alkmaar, on the other hand, won a frontcourt free kick about 28 meters from the goal on the right side of the Hercules penalty area.
The position, distance, and angle of this free kick are very good, and it looks very threatening.
Freddy Ruth's foul can be said to be worth the candle. He neither shoveled Jiang Xiaolin nor resolved Alkmaar's offense. Instead, he injured himself and gave Alkmaar a threatening frontcourt free kick. .
Even many commentators were excitedly explaining loudly:
"The referee still showed a yellow card to Freddy Ruth, who was off the field injured. His shovel behind the back is undoubtedly a foul."
"Although he was injured and deserves sympathy, there is nothing wrong with the referee's decision."
"Alkmaar gets a free-kick in a very good position."
"There is no doubt that this free kick will be taken by Jiang Xiaolin."
"As we all know, Jiang Xiaolin's free kick skills are very strong!"
"Whether it is strength or speed, goal frame hit rate, arc degree, dead corner hit rate, Jiang Xiaolin is a master of free kicks."
"Although Jiang Xiaolin is only 17 years old, his free kick skills are already at the pinnacle, no worse than any free kick master in football history!"
"This free kick will be very dangerous. If it doesn't work, Jiang Xiaolin may score a goal. He scored twice and set a single-season Eredivisie scoring record with 44 goals."
"It can be said that Freddy Ruth's foul is not worth the candle."
"Let's take a look at Jiang Xiaolin's kick!"
Under the nervous gaze of Hercules players' fans, Alkmaar fans, Jiang Xiaolin fans, Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, and neutral fans' expectant eyes, goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen instructed five teammates to form a human wall, All the shooting angles of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick were blocked.
Alkmaar's teammates who went to tear down the wall even almost had a conflict with the players in the opponent's wall, and finally the conflict did not occur under the intervention of the referee.
Of course, the most important thing is that everyone knows that with Jiang Xiaolin's skills, it is not necessary for his teammates to try their best to break down the wall for him and get the shooting space in the wall.
Therefore, everyone did not really break down the wall with the determination to conflict with the opposing players.
In the end, it was Hercules' players who lined up in the wall to block all shooting angles.
Martin Pickenhagen finally commanded his teammates to line up the human wall, standing at the midpoint of the goal line and ready to make a save.
But in fact, he didn't have any confidence in his heart.
As long as you have seen Jiang Xiaolin's previous free kick goalkeepers, no one will be sure of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick.
Even the world's top goalkeepers like Buffon and Cech are not sure about defending Jiang Xiaolin's free kick, let alone Martin Pickenhagen, the goalkeeper of the middle and lower reaches of the Eredivisie.
He can only do his best, listen to the destiny, and do his best.
As for Jiang Xiaolin, he naturally had to do his best.
Although breaking the record is not a task he must complete in this game, but if it can be completed, it is naturally a great thing.
Why put off until the next game what can be done today?
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin was also behind the penalty spot, constantly adjusting his breathing and physical and mental state, making the best preparations, and wanted to take this free kick directly.
Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee stepped aside and blew the whistle for free throws.
As a result, just before Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball during the run-up process, a player from the Hercules wall rushed out, jumped up high, and just hit the ball that Jiang Xiaolin kicked out later. In the middle, one head protruded from the sideline.
Some Hercules fans in the stands breathed a sigh of relief, but they saw Jiang Xiaolin and the Alkmaar players immediately complaining to the referee.
The referee immediately penalized the Hercules player who had moved ahead of time for a foul and severely penalized him with a free kick.
This made Hercules players and fans quite excited and dissatisfied, but it couldn't change the referee's decision.
Because their early shift foul was too obvious.
Jiang Xiaolin hadn't kicked the ball out yet, but he had rushed out more than one meter.Otherwise, how could he just block Jiang Xiaolin's free kick?
You must know that Jiang Xiaolin's free kick technique will always be higher than the take-off height of the human wall, and it is basically impossible to be blocked by the human wall.
There is nothing wrong with the referee's decision this time.
They could only swear and retreat to the human wall line drawn by the referee, and re-arrange the human wall.
But in fact, they may not have a secret joy in their hearts when they are cursing.
Because of free kicks, penalty kicks, etc., this kind of re-free kick is quite taboo, and it is entirely possible to destroy the peak state that the free throw player is ready for.
The player who rushed out ahead of time and caused the free kick to be re-taken was actually equivalent to destroying Jiang Xiaolin's ready-to-take free kick and disrupting Jiang Xiaolin's free throw rhythm.
If Jiang Xiaolin's psychology can be disturbed in this way, causing him to experience psychological fluctuations in the second free throw, and the quality of free throws will decline, then he will be considered a meritorious service.
However, this kind of thing can only be guessed in my heart, hoping that Jiang Xiaolin will be affected.
But in fact, although Jiang Xiaolin was a little annoyed, thinking that it was too much for the opponent to shift the defense ahead of time and destroy his free kick shot, Jiang Xiaolin was not very worried.
For him, the position and distance of this free kick is quite good.And his technology is derived from the system, and its stability is very high.
As long as he believed in the system, Jiang Xiaolin had nothing to fear.
He believes that with the ability given by the system, the free kicks sent will not cause too many mistakes.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin actually didn't have much psychological pressure on the heavy penalty caused by the opponent's first advance.
He believes that the quality of his second free throw will not be worse than the quality of the first free throw.
It won't work if the other party wants to use this method to create psychological pressure on themselves.
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