God of Greenery

Romero's performance after coming off the bench for half an hour shocked everyone.

While Van Gaal was ecstatic, he kept regretting why he didn't let Romero replace Didulica earlier and start in the Eredivisie.

If Didulica had been replaced with Romero earlier, I am afraid that Alkmaar would not have had a six-game losing streak and lost to the current level.

The live broadcast commentator also continued to praise the 20-year-old Argentine young goalkeeper on TV, saying that the strength he has shown in these 30 minutes is stronger than the original goalkeeper Didulica.

On the goal line, Alkmaar finally found his most reliable manager.

On this point, all Alkmaar fans in front of the TV agree.

Looking at Romero's performance in these 30 minutes, and comparing Didulica's performance in the previous games, everyone can draw the same conclusion.

Everyone is very happy that their team has found the best goalkeeper.

In the dressing room at half-time, Van Gaal was full of praise for Romero.

Everyone can see that Van Gaal was both shocked and delighted by Romero's performance. It is estimated that even if Didulica has no injuries, it may be difficult for him to return to the position of the main goalkeeper.

With Romero guarding the goal and being as stable as Mount Tai, Van Gaal naturally hopes that the players will strengthen their offense and equalize or even reverse the score.

Likewise, Romero's performance shocked his teammates while also reassuring them a lot.

In the fiasco of the previous few games, in fact, everyone felt a little slander against Didulica, because he conceded too many goals.

Such a high rate of conceded goals really makes the offensive players in the frontcourt feel desperate.

They will subconsciously feel that no matter how many goals they try their best to score, Didulica behind will concede more goals.

Anyway, the final result is a loss, and it is a big loss, so why fight hard?

Therefore, Didulica's goal guard is unfavorable, which also affects the confidence and performance of the offensive players in the frontcourt to a certain extent.

Moreover, even if they attack, they dare not attack forward, because they are afraid that they will not be able to retreat if they attack, and they will lose the ball.

Especially the full backs.

In modern football, full-backs represented by Cafu and Carlos have become an important part of the team's wing attack.

The full-back's assists have even become the killer feature in many teams' offenses.

But the former Alkmaar full-back didn't dare to put in an assist at all.

Because once the assist cannot be recovered and the opponent counterattacks, it is easy to lose the ball: the last line of defense guarded by Didulica is too easy to lose the ball.

Romero's performance after coming off the bench reassured his teammates a lot.

Especially the full-backs, in the last few minutes of the first half, dared to step in and participate in the attack.

Because he felt that even if he attacked and couldn't retreat, Romero would not let the opponent succeed if he took the opportunity to counterattack.

Just like the feeling of being able to trust your back to your comrades in battle, it allows offensive players to exert greater offensive potential.

After 15 minutes of intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Romero's excellent performance reassured Alkmaar's frontcourt players a lot, and everyone dared to boldly attack the hinterland of Groningen.

For a while, the two sides came and went, and Groningen couldn't play against Alkmaar like in the first half.

Even, in the 58th minute of the second half, Alkmaar was assisted by midfielder Marten Martens and Hamdoy scored a shot in the penalty area to equalize the score.

This goal tied the score at 1-1, which lifted the spirits of Alkmaar from players to coaches and fans.

Everyone's heart jumped wildly, feeling the possibility of stopping the six-game losing streak, and even the urge to reverse and win.

After the game restarted, the Alkmaar players who had just scored a goal and regained their confidence played more calmly, fighting with Groningen in the midfield, which reduced the number of Groningen's goals a lot.

The Alkmaar players found the long-lost passion for the game, and everyone devoted themselves to the game, constantly colliding and competing with the Groningen players.

The fierce strangulation in the midfield made the players on both sides exhausted a lot.

In the 64th minute, Groningen took the lead in making a substitution, replacing an old player who was older and physically unable to keep up.

Then, in the 71st minute, Alkmaar midfielder David Mendes had thigh cramps due to too much fighting, and was also replaced by Van Gaal with substitute midfielder Lukes.

So far, two of Alkmaar's three substitutions have been used up, namely No. 22 Sergio Romero replaced No. 1 Joey Didulica, and No. 19 Lukes replaced No. 6. No. David Mendes.

Alkmaar has the last substitution spot left. Everyone does not know whether Van Gaal will use it or who will be replaced.

Including Jiang Xiaolin, the players on the bench couldn't sit still anymore. They left the bench one after another, warmed up on the open field, and got ready to play as substitutes at any time.

Everyone felt the possibility of ending the six-game losing streak, or even reversing the victory.

However, we have to admit that sometimes luck is also part of the game of football.

This time, it was Alkmaar who was unlucky, and the home team Groningen who got good luck.

In the 76th minute, Groningen's attack hit Alkmaar's penalty area, but before he could get a shot, the football was stabbed away by Alkmaar and fell to No. 14 central defender Ragnar Klavan.

Because Groningen's offense came up, there were more players on both sides inside and outside the penalty area. Klavan was afraid that if he didn't clear the siege in time, he might be shot back by the opposing player.

Therefore, Klavan, who saw the ball being poked by his teammate, didn't hesitate at all. When facing the ball, he made a big kick to clear the siege, and wanted to kick the ball to the frontcourt.

In that way, players from both sides can go to the midfield to fight again, and the threat to the goal will be much smaller.

However, a few meters in front of Klavan, there was also a Groningen striker Eric Nevland, who was about to rush to grab a shot, but was a step behind Klavan.

Now that he can't grab it, it is natural to prevent being smothered in the face by the opponent's ball, that is not a joke.

Therefore, seeing Klavan's big foot to clear the siege, Nevland turned around and jumped up while running, trying to block the hole with his back and guns, hoping to block Klavan's big foot to clear the siege No.

Anyway, it was just luck, and it was impossible for him to block the hole with his face and chest.