God of Greenery

Three days after the quarter-finals of the Dutch Cup with Breda, Alkmaar went away to prepare for the 26th round of the Eredivisie with Nijmegen.

This round of the away league was given up by Van Gaal.

Because just four days later, Alkmaar will face defending champion Zenit St. Petersburg in the first round of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals at home.

Due to the unfavorable schedule, Alkmaar must beat Zenit at home to be sure of advancing to the quarterfinals.

Therefore, in this away league match against Nijmegen, Alkmaar sent a lineup with a large score of substitutes and a small number of main players. Most of the main players sat on the bench, and even a few people did not even go to the away game. Rest at the training base.

Of course, even if he is subjectively prepared to give up this league, Van Gaal still doesn't want to lose.

It would undoubtedly be good if we could keep a tie and win.

Therefore, the goalkeeper Sergio Romero, the main central defender Hector Moreno, the midfielder David Mendes, and the forward Jiang Xiaolin, these four people still start the game.

In this way, both offensive and defensive ends, Alkmaar still maintains enough strength, even in the away game, there may not be no possibility of a tie and victory.

After all, Jiang Xiaolin averaged more than two goals per game alone.

As long as he is on the court, no matter how weak Alkmaar's lineup is, it is possible to win.

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Nimegen has ranked 9th in the standings so far this season and has not performed well. Therefore, the Degufort Stadium, which can accommodate 12500 people, usually has a low attendance rate.

But facing the top team Alkmaar's game today, the De Gufut Stadium was full.

In addition to the away fans of Alkmaar who accompanied the team on the expedition, the home fans of the Nimeben team also came more than usual.

This is all because of Jiang Xiaolin's appeal.

Jiang Xiaolin has already become a box office guarantee for the Eredivisie stadium.

In addition to the fans, there are also many media reporters on the scene.

Many foreign media that usually do not report on the Eredivisie League have sent people to the scene to collect and edit news.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's goals in the Eredivisie league are constantly breaking new records.

What's more, Jiang Xiaolin also ranked first in the scorer list of the Eredivisie, the Dutch Cup, and the UEFA Cup, and he already has the reputation of a world-renowned star.

Therefore, even if this league does not seem very important, it can still attract fans to a full house, and a large number of foreign media have come to the scene to collect news and reports.

After the start of the game, Alkmaar, who had rotated most of the main players and was playing away, naturally did not attack aggressively, but played a defensive counterattack cautiously.

Of course, it is not the defensive counterattack of Italy, but a defensive counterattack with a slightly contracted formation and a less aggressive attack.

But what is surprising is that Nimegen, who was playing for the home team, did not take advantage of Alkmaar's rotation and the timing of the home game to attack Alkmaar aggressively, but also played very cautiously.

In terms of formation, Nimegen even played a 4231 double midfielder formation, which is tougher than Alkmaar in defense.

According to the evaluation of some neutral commentators and guests, even though Alkmaar has rotated most of the main players, with Jiang Xiaolin present, the opponents dare not be careless. Cautiously launched a defensive counterattack.

This game truly demonstrated Jiang Xiaolin's deterrent power to neutral fans and audiences.

Indeed, in the hearts of Nijmegen players and coaches, it doesn't matter whether Alkmaar has rotated other main players.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin was present, they would not dare to be careless.

Jiang Xiaolin's ability to score more than 2 goals per game, the ability to score twice from free kicks, and the ability to dominate the scorer list in the Eredivisie/Dutch Cup/League Cup three events, is a team in the Eredivisie standings. Do mid-range teams dare to treat it carelessly?
Not to mention that most of the main players were rotated, even if all the main players were rotated, as long as Alkmaar had Jiang Xiaolin on the field, Nimegen would not dare to attack aggressively and expose a large part of his defense to Jiang Xiaolin.

Speaking of which, Nimegen is already careful and cautious.

In the first half hour of the first half, not only did they not take advantage of the home game and most of Alkmaar's substitute starting opportunities to aggressively press the offense to seek victory, they even kept paying attention to guarding against Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack and offense, and even the number of fouls was a handful Countable, but also to avoid giving Jiang Xiaolin the chance to score with a free kick.

However, when Jiang Xiaolin's strength reaches Jiang Xiaolin's level, he can score goals with every move, which makes people really helpless.

In the 34th minute, Jiang Xiaolin made a powerful long-range shot about 30 meters away from the goal without the cooperation of strong teammates, the opponent's defense was strict, and he could not enter the penalty area.

However, this long-range shot was thrown out of the bottom line by Nimegen's defender Ike Fabrics in the penalty area in a timely dive, which temporarily relieved Jiang Xiaolin's shooting crisis.

But Nimegen's defense did not fundamentally relieve the alarm.

Because Alkmaar won a corner kick, Jiang Xiaolin's height, physique, jumping, grabbing points, and header ability have always been among the top in the world.

Jiang Xiaolin had too many direct headers in corner kicks.

Not only did Nimegen arrange three central defenders to closely guard Jiang Xiaolin, but he also arranged two tall players on both sides of the goal post to assist the goalkeeper in guarding the goal, just to prevent Jiang Xiaolin's header.

However, these arrangements all failed.

Although Jiang Xiaolin did not succeed in the fight for the top, because the corner kick did not land on top of Jiang Xiaolin's head.

Just because it did not land on Jiang Xiaolin's head, nor was it hit by any player from both sides, the ball landed in the penalty area and caused chaos. The three Nimegen central defenders who were closely guarding Jiang Xiaolin appeared and failed to mark Jiang Xiaolin in time. Kobayashi's situation.

In the chaos, when Jiang Xiaolin ran to the corner of the small penalty area without the ball, whoever kicked the ball bounced it high.

Although the ball landed behind Jiang Xiaolin, there were people around him who made it too late for him to turn around and head the ball.

But Jiang Xiaolin naturally has his way.

Jiang Xiaolin pulled the Nimegen defender beside him, and with a powerful backlash, he rose into the air and shot with an undercut.

There was Nimegen's defender Daniel who wanted to jump up and head the ball, but he still couldn't catch Jiang Xiaolin.

Another point is that when he saw Jiang Xiaolin's undercut, he was a little scared, afraid that Jiang Xiaolin would kick him on the head.

Therefore, Daniel was a little hesitant to compete for the header this time.Although he made a move, he didn't go forward indomitably.

Finally, after realizing that he couldn't catch Jiang Xiaolin's undercut shot, he even turned his head away in an emergency to avoid being kicked in Jiang Xiaolin's face after kicking the ball.

He avoided it, but the goal couldn't be avoided.

Nimegen's goal was pierced by Jiang Xiaolin's undercut shot from the chaotic army.

The goalkeeper was blocked by too many people and failed to make effective saves.

Although the defender next to the goal post on the side where the ball entered the net jumped up and tried to head Jiang Xiaolin's shot, but the distance was too short, the speed was too fast, and the ball was slightly deflected, preventing him from hitting it.

The ball flew past his ear and into the goal.

Immediately, the commentator on the commentary booth shouted excitedly:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

"The ball is in!"

"The 46th ball!"

"Jiang Xiaolin, it's unstoppable!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored his 46th Eredivisie goal this season, continuing to set a new record for his goals scored in a single season in the Eredivisie!"

"This goal is too wonderful, too beautiful!"

"Jiang Xiaolin opened the scoring for Alkmaar with a beautiful undercut shot in the chaos in the penalty area, and also scored the 46th goal for himself!"

"Jiang Xiaolin's pace of setting a new record in the Eredivisie has not stopped!"

At the scene, not to mention the Alkmaar away fans who came with the team's expedition, they naturally shouted, screamed, and cheered for Jiang Xiaolin's goal with the loudest voice and movement.

But even the home fans, regardless of Nimegen, applauded Jiang Xiaolin's goal in the stands.

Some Nimegen fans applauded and commented:

"Although Jiang Xiaolin is the opponent's player and scored our goal, I still admire him very much, so I applaud his goal willingly."

"Yes, me too!"

"It's amazing! I never thought of scoring 46 goals in a season. I thought that Cohen Dylan's record of 43 goals, which had been dusty for half a century, was already the pinnacle that would never be surpassed. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin Not only can it break the record, but it can continue to improve.”

"There are still 8 rounds before the end of the league. With Jiang Xiaolin's current scoring efficiency, I think he will definitely be able to raise the record to more than 50 goals."

"Hehe, 50 goals? I think 60 goals are possible!"

"It's simply invincible! Why isn't such a player from our Nimegen?"

"Don't think too much! At least we didn't miss it. Thinking about Ajax, where Jiang Xiaolin went to try out, I guess the Ajax people want to kill the youth training coach."

"Haha, not bad not bad!"

"No matter where Jiang Xiaolin moves to in the future, he started his career in the Eredivisie, that's enough!"

"Yes! Although we are opponents, we are fortunate to witness the whole process of the rise of such a superstar. It is really our honor."

"Good point, that's why I applaud him for the goal now."

"I also came to watch the game at home today to watch Jiang Xiaolin."

"Same as above!"

Even the home fans were conquered by Jiang Xiaolin, which shows his current charm.

When the strength reaches Jiang Xiaolin's level, even the enemy has to be conquered.

Not only the fans, but even the Nijmegen players on the field shook their heads and sighed, feeling really convinced.

They were already very careful in this game, but Jiang Xiaolin seized the opportunity to score before the first half ended, setting a new record.

And it was a beautiful kick shot.

The basis for them to stick to a draw no longer exists.

After Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates finished celebrating and the game resumed, Nimegen couldn't keep defending anymore and had to be forced to attack.

Because they are already behind in the score, it doesn't make any sense to continue to defend.

There is still the possibility of scoring an equalizer in case of attacking, but if you stick to it, you will definitely lose.

Although everyone knew that it would be easier for Jiang Xiaolin to counterattack if he attacked, but there was no other way but to do so.

Fortunately, in the rest of the first half, Jiang Xiaolin didn't score any more goals.

On the one hand, Nimegen still did not relax his defense against Jiang Xiaolin. On the other hand, most of Jiang Xiaolin's teammates had indeed replaced him as substitutes. There was a gap in the coordination of passing and cutting, and he could not provide Jiang Xiaolin with too much help.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 0-1. Alkmaar, who played away, took the lead with one goal.

At the beginning of the second half, Nijmegen, who was behind in the score, could only continue to attack, while Alkmaar played defensively and counterattack leisurely.

Nijmegen's offensive strength is insufficient. Even if Alkmaar played most of the substitute lineup, after all, the goalkeeper, the main central defender, and the main midfielder are still there. Nijmegen still failed to score after more than ten minutes of attacking.

On the contrary, it was Alkmaar's side who, without accident, was hit by Jiang Xiaolin with a counterattack.

Although this time he did not go to the meeting alone, but Jiang Xiaolin suddenly got out of the way and took a long shot from a place about 35 meters away from the goal during the counterattack with the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shot caught the defender and goalkeeper by surprise. No one expected that Jiang Xiaolin would shoot from such a long distance.

The goalkeeper Babos stood a little outside and failed to retreat in time. In the end, he barely took off and failed to catch the ball.

The ball flew over the palm of his hand, and then flew into the goal against the lower edge of the crossbar.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, Jiang Xiaolin once again used the opportunity of a counterattack to score a long shot and scored twice, giving Alkmaar a two-goal lead in the away game, and at the same time breaking his own Eredivisie scoring record in this match. It has reached the level of 47 balls, and it is only 50 balls away from the 3-ball mark.

Whether it was the scene or in front of the TV, countless fans and fans gave Jiang Xiaolin applause and cheers, even Nimegen's home fans.

Within minutes of scoring the goal, Van Gaal replaced him with Wien Bloom, who had struggled to get a chance to play all season.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's physical strength has always been very strong, Van Gaal is still a little worried after all. He is afraid that there will be problems in the UEFA Cup match, and he is even more afraid that the opponent will foul Jiang Xiaolin like the Olympic final.

Therefore, after taking a 2-0 lead, Van Gaal replaced Jiang Xiaolin. On the one hand, he protected him from injury. The UEFA Cup quarter-finals.