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Groningen's home stadium, the Oberg Stadium.

This stadium with a capacity of only [-] has been used for more than half a century.

This is a stadium that is out of date.

Therefore, the Groningen club is building a new stadium at the same time, and plans to move into the new stadium in two years!

It is also because of this that the club does not need to spend more money on this stadium. The stadium itself is a bit crude, the quality of the turf, and the maintenance of the stadium are far from the top standards.

The conditions of the field were not ideal, and with the rain, some parts of the course began to change from slippery to muddy.

Groningen coach Ron Jans is full of expectations for the ongoing rain battle.

The rain fight will increase the uncertainty of the football game!

Especially compared to Ajax, a team with stronger overall combat effectiveness, there will definitely be more restrictions on them than Groningen!

This is reflected in the shortening of the speed and overall possession gap.

The Ajax team is determined to win this game.

The geniuses cultivated by the philosophy of arrogance are full of confidence in winning Groningen, but they will not put on an aura of swallowing their opponents from the very beginning.

Many of the main players have played two games in the past 7 days, and when they come to the third game in 8 days, they need to control their physical fitness.

Especially, it's raining today!

Rain will accelerate the consumption of physical energy, and players who are mentally prepared will restrain themselves at the beginning of the game.

Qin Xiong’s tactical task is to stabilize the team’s midfield. As long as he can suppress the opponent in the midfield, that’s enough. Koeman wants to see the job of charging forward. Sneijder-Ibrahimovic-Van der Vaart’s trident What kind of power will the combination burst out.

For the first 10 minutes of the game, everything went according to plan and it looked calm.

Qin Xiong's performance is also quite satisfactory.

Ajax didn't make any effort, the whole team is slowly adapting, slowly improving their state, waiting for the opportunity, and killing them with one blow.

However, from the 13th minute, Qin Xiong's performance made Koeman on the sidelines frown.

In the 13th minute, Qin Xiong tried a medium and long-distance pass to find Van der Vaart, but he missed it!

It was a one-and-a-half-foot high ball. After bouncing off the ground, due to the slippery ground, the speed of the ball did not slow down after the friction accelerated. The ball flew out of the sideline before Van der Vaart was in place!

Qin Xiong had to raise his hand to signal Van der Vaart, admitting that he made a pass error.

If it's not rainy, this ball is absolutely fine!

Van der Vaart will run faster and the ball will slow down after the bounce.

However, in rainy games, the speed of players' movement will be slower than usual, because the turf under their feet is slippery, it is easy to make mistakes when passing the ball in the air, and it is difficult to grasp the frictional acceleration after the bounce.

Qin Xiong learned a lesson and avoided passing high-altitude balls to his teammates as much as possible, unless he directly hoisted into the penalty area and gave Ibrahimovic a header.

In the 17th minute, Groningen launched a counterattack. The striker Smit retreated and played the midfielder today. He challenged Qin Xiong one-on-one when he launched an attack in the middle!

Smit's body is flexible, his speed and explosive power are not weak, and his skills at his feet have the usual aura of Dutch players, and he is proficient.

He made a fake move in front of Qin Xiong, swayed to the right, and then broke through from the left.

Qin Xiong saw through the opponent's fake action, and when Smit pushed the ball to the right back of his body, he immediately turned around and consciously went to the position.

However, at the moment when his speed exploded, he slipped and fell to the ground in embarrassment!

Smit originally thought that he was blocked by Qin Xiong, but he did not expect that Qin Xiong would fall. He almost avoided Qin Xiong's fallen body, went around and regained control of the ball, and dribbled forward.

After Qin Xiong fell, he didn't have time to think about other things at all. He wanted to stand up immediately and chase after Smit, but he almost slipped and fell continuously.

Gritting his teeth, he got up quickly and chased after Schmidt. Just after running two steps, he saw Garasek moving to block Schmidt, and he ran decisively towards the middle of the penalty area to replace Garasek. Lasek's position prevents the central defender from being exposed to the opponent's offensive firepower.

Smit did not wait for Garasek to get close and tried a long-range shot. The goalkeeper Lobant played well and took the ball steadily from the air.

Although he didn't break the door, Smit took a special look at Qin Xiong when he was walking back.

Ajax's new talent?

But so it is.

Qin Xiong raised his hand again to indicate to Garasek that he made a defensive mistake just now, and it can be said that he almost did not cause any interference to Smit, because he fell down, and he did not even chase and harass him.

Galasek asked Qin Xiong with concern if it was okay.

On the sidelines, Koeman showed a puzzled expression.

Qin Xiong played very mediocre today. In the midfield, 20 minutes passed, and he almost always passed too much in a formulaic manner.

In his role, the formulaic pass doesn't make much sense.

And Qin Xiong did not bring the effect of personal acceleration in the midfield.

What is he doing?

Qin Xiong wiped off the rain and sweat from his face, continued to run, and continued to compete seriously!

When he couldn't guarantee his own performance, his information collection on the movements of his teammates on the field was also affected.

The teammates can't say that they are used to fighting in the rain, but they are basically prepared and know how to deal with the current environment.

If the running speed drops, then it is necessary to seize the opportunity and be more careful when handling the ball.

They adapted to the environment faster and more proactively. Qin Xiong couldn't see the overall situation due to their own changes.

Because, he himself has not fully adapted to this kind of weather and this kind of venue environment.

The environment is also changing!

When the rain became heavier and more water accumulated in the stadium, Qin Xiong actually slipped his foot while passing the ball forward to Pienaer in the 21st minute, and he fell on the spot by himself. The right foot that kicked the ball directly kicked the ball directly to Smit in the front!

After the second fall, Qin Xiong still gritted his teeth and stood up quickly, trying to intercept Smit who was coming forward with the ball. However, Smit cooperated with his teammates, and the midfielder Matt Hughes is 26 years old and physically strong. When Qin Xiong moved to intercept, Matt Hughes directly confronted Qin Xiong!

He was knocked to the ground by Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong was more like throwing himself down.

Because, Qin Xiong once again lost his center of gravity because of his explosive speed and his feet slipped.

The referee whistled for Qin Xiong's foul and gave Qin Xiong a yellow card.

There were boos and jeers from the home team fans.

The Groningen players looked at Qin Xiong with disdain.

This Asian looks like a clown on the court!

Ajax's teammates were also very surprised by Qin Xiong's performance.

This should not be his level!

When Matt Hughes got up and wanted to argue with Qin Xiong, as if he wanted to bully him, Sneijder was the first to rush over and forcefully separated Matt Hughes, standing in front of Qin Xiong, seemingly silently confronting him. Te Hughes said: If you have anything to say or do, come to me!

Qin Xiong didn't lose his composure, he gently pushed Ned away, extended his apologetic hand to Matt Hughes, and said sorry.

Matt Hughes opened Qin Xiong's hand with a sneer, not appreciative at all.

Qin Xiong didn't care, he didn't have the slightest malice, just now when he knocked down the other party, he apologized, but the other party didn't accept it, so he couldn't do anything about it.

Ned turned around and asked him in a low voice, "Are you feeling unwell? Why do you feel like you are sleepwalking?"

Qin Xiong shook his head slightly, but said nothing.

With the previous experience of slipping and falling, Qin Xiong didn't dare to speed up hastily anymore. Even if he speeded up, he would be careful and focus on balancing his body's center of gravity.

However, in the game, there are critical moments, you must speed up!

Must explode!

In the 37th minute of the game, when Qin Xiong was squeezed away by the opponent's strong body and fell to the ground in front of Groningen's South African striker Salmoen, Qin Xiong felt dizzy, as if his heart was going to be numb.

The African striker has a super body, deliberately slowed down to protect the ball, and stretched out his leg to intercept it at the right time, but fell down again because his body resisted the slippage of the supporting foot!

Qin Xiong, covered in mud, seemed lost in the rainy battle.

But every time he fell down, he would get up quickly and do what he thought was right.

The head coach Koeman noticed the clue and directed the game on the sidelines and let the rain hit him. Koeman was already soaked.

But he didn't care about that, he came to the sidelines and shouted Qin Xiong's name loudly!

After Qin Xiong noticed him, Koeman yelled at Pienaar and Van der Vaart again, and gestured for them to retreat to the midfield!

Qin Xiong was called to the sidelines by Coman.

Koeman said directly to Qin Xiong: "Take off your sneakers."

Qin Xiong didn't ask anything, walked out of the sideline and sat down, took off his sneakers, Koeman squatted down to take his sneakers and looked at the soles with a clear expression.

Qin Xiong's sneakers are not suitable for rain battles!

The studs are too short, and the turf is slippery and the soil is loose during the rain fight, making it impossible to grip the ground at all!

Of course he couldn't stand still!

Koeman asked: "Didn't you bring your spiked sneakers?"

Qin Xiong shook his head with a complex expression.

It's not that I didn't bring it.

He didn't at all!

Never worn it before!

This scene on the sidelines was seen by Freddy, who was watching the game in a raincoat in the stands, and his heart was pierced.

Qin Xiong fell down on the court time and time again, and got up stubbornly and firmly, which made Freddie feel sad.

He didn't know what happened to Qin Xiong today.

Until Koeman took Qin Xiong's sneakers to observe, Freddie felt like a bolt from the blue, he held his head, and murmured in pain under the puzzled gazes of Dekuize, Pistor and Rutmanson Soliloquy.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault... I didn't prepare him the sneakers for the rainy game... Qin Xiong, it's all my fault, my fault... ..Damn me! How could I have made such a mistake!"