super football star

Chapter 52

The memory left by Volendam in February is not good. In a blink of an eye, the time has come to March, and there are only the last two months of the league.

On the afternoon of March 3, Volendam played against Nijmegen at home. After a two-week break, Volendam's main lineup began to return in this game, and even Dolby recovered well. This game was put on the bench by Adelaal, while the veteran Boots was more troublesome. The 1-year-old age is the biggest obstacle for the veteran to recover. The current recovery from injuries is not satisfactory.

Volendam was desperate for a win, and Volendam did. From the start of the match, Volendam showed his determination to win.

In just 5 minutes of the opening, Volendam organized two waves of offensives. The initiator was naturally Li Feng. In the first wave, Li Feng took the ball and gave it to De Lange on the right.

Two minutes later, Volendam made a comeback, Smit pressed and caused Davis to make a mistake. Li Feng took the opportunity to steal the ball.

De Lange took the penalty, Hilde grabbed the position and slammed the header with a header, and the football rolled out of the baseline against the goal post. Then Volendam played more and more fiercely, completely suppressing Nijmegen in the first 10 minutes. It was not until the No.20 second minute that Nijmegen completed the first goal of the game.

It's a pity that Volendam won the advantage and failed to score. He was still unable to break through Nijmegen's goal despite having an absolute advantage. In the end, the first half ended and the score was still 0:0.

After a short intermission, in order to strengthen the attack, Adlar made adjustments and replaced Smit with Nalsinger, so that only Li Feng was left in Foran's midfield, and the lineup became 4132.

Nijmegen also made adjustments. Their head coach Mario Bain made the exact opposite change, removing a striker and replacing him with a defensive player, preparing to use two defensive midfielders to suppress Li Feng, and the lineup became Christmas tree 4321.

When it comes to the Christmas tree formation, the first impression is Ancelotti's AC Milan. AC Milan's three world-class midfielders can be called the most perfect combination. Pirlo is in charge of scheduling and organization, Gattuso is in charge of defensive destruction, Ambrosini assists from the plate, and Kaka, who is almost a god, AC Milan stands at the top of Europe with this tactic.

Facing two defensive midfielders alone, he was not as comfortable in the first half. Coupled with the end of his side helper Smit, he not only needs to take charge of the team's offensive organization, but also needs to be responsible for the protection of the front of the penalty area.

It has to be said that Adrar thinks too much of Li Feng now, and soon Volendam tasted the bitter fruit of this substitution. After 3 minutes, Nijmegen launched an attack. Lorenzo and Chiu, who came off the bench, hit the wall and cooperated. Li Feng had nothing to do about it.

Rutger ran to support and attracted the attention of Vollen's defenders. The forward Koslin, who was on loan from Fulham, broke into the penalty area after receiving the pass, easily broke through Verhoeven's ten fingers, and finally sent the football into Volendam's goal.

"Obviously, the advantage in the first half made Adrar make a wrong judgment. He overestimated his team and underestimated the opponent's strength. You must know that Nijmegen is ranked above Volendam." Mullen blamed the conceded goal on Adraar.

"Yes, replacing Smit, Feng has to organize the team's offense and also be responsible for defense, which makes him unable to do what he wants," Wim Jonker said, looking at Li Feng who was standing helplessly on the court.

The two commentators could not affect the situation on the field. After the game restarted, Nijmegen began to take the initiative, and Li Feng focused more on defense. After all, Volendam only has him as a midfielder now.

As the game continued, Adrar also found his mistake. Soon, he made adjustments again. Nalsinger retreated, and De Lange moved to the midfielder to partner with Li Feng. This barely stopped the team's decline and scored an equalizer goal at the last moment.

Faced with the double-teaming of the two, Li Feng passed the ball to De Lange. Before Li Feng became the core of the team, De Lange was the core of Volendam's midfield.

Delange rushed towards Nijmegen half-court immediately after getting the ball, but Lorenzo stood in front of him. Facing Lorenzo's defense, Delange did not break through forcefully, but passed the ball to Koning, who inserted from behind.

Nijmegen defender Ramon Sommer stepped forward to fight and was dodged by Nalsinger, but Sommer did not give up easily. Nalsinger, who continued to entangle, finally hooked Nalsinger during the fight. The latter took advantage of the momentum and fell to the penalty area.

Immediately, the players on both sides were very excited, Volendam's players were happy, while Nijmegen was angry. They surrounded the referee and tried their best to explain, but the result was self-evident. No matter how much he explained, he couldn't change the fact. Moreover, Li Feng happened to see that Sommer had indeed hooked Nalsinger when he was fighting, but looking at the excited and pleading look, it seemed that he really did not make any fouls, and that Nalsinger fell down by himself.

Volendam is responsible for taking penalty kicks from Dolby. Now that Dolby is not there, Nalsinger wants to take the penalty himself. For this reason, he glanced at Li Feng vigilantly. Apparently, Li Feng snatched him to create a free kick before, which led to Ajax's offer.

However, Nalsinger’s worries were a bit unnecessary. The big zero indicated Li Feng’s penalty kick ability. Even if the coach asked him to go up and punish Li Feng, Li Feng would not go up to punish him. As a result, Nalsinger achieved it overnight. Volendam finally drew with Nijmegen 1:1 at home, stopping the losing streak.

After this game, the quarter-finals of the Dutch Cup came. On March 3, Volendam challenged Roda JC in an away game. Now Roda JC is deep in the relegation zone, currently only 6 points, ranking No.21 in the league.

Unsurprisingly, Roda JC, who was aiming to relegation, sent a full substitute lineup. In order to ensure the physical fitness of the main force, Volendam also played with all substitutes. In the end, the two sides scored 10:2 in 2 minutes. Li Feng came on as a substitute in overtime.

Therefore, Volendam accidentally broke into the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup, and the remaining three teams were Heerenveen, Breda and Twente.

(I feel that it is so difficult to ask for a few recommendation tickets)
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