The midfield king of football life

Chapter 107 108 "Sickness" after the holiday

On January 1, Feyenoord arrived in the province of Limburg in the southeast of the Netherlands. In the 22rd round of the Eredivisie last year, Feyenoord lost to Venlo 33-3 here.It is also interesting that last year Venlo also faced the dilemma of relegation.

People often burst out with great strength when they are in desperate situations, and the team is the same. When facing the risk of relegation, the players often unite unprecedentedly.This is how Venlo beat Feyenoord at home last year.Don't know what will happen this time?

Venlo has always been a small team in the Eredivisie. The team's economy is tight, which leads to not too much money invested in the transfer market.This season they are the team with the most goals conceded in the Eredivisie. So far, they have conceded 42 goals, with an average of 2.47 goals conceded per game, and only 16 goals scored, with an average of less than 1 goal per game.

Facing such a Venlo team, in everyone's eyes, Feyenoord undoubtedly won the victory.The highest betting agency in Europe offered Feyenoord a 2-goal win, which is undoubtedly a full affirmation of Feyenoord's strength.

But judging from the expression on Coach Koeman's face, he is not very optimistic about this game.Because the players have just returned from the winter break, I am afraid that only a few players in the team are online, and it is not certain whether other players can find their status.

As the saying goes, a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength.Whether Feyenoord can give it its all today is indeed a question.

In the Feyenoord locker room, coach Koeman had a serious expression on his face.

"Although Venlo's recent situation is not good, we can't take this game lightly. The next game is the national derby. We will play against Ajax at home, so I hope you don't spend too much energy on this game. I mean to win at the least cost, understand? Today's tactics are two words except 'offensive' or 'offensive'. No matter what kind of iron barrel formation they play today, we must first gain the advantage of scoring goals, otherwise we will be consumed by them and change from active to passive." Coach Koeman seriously told his players .

"Today we need to pay special attention to two people in our defense. One is Venlo's tall center Ucepo. I remember that he lost the last header in last year's game, so today's defense Indi and Lierdam you two should pay attention to double-teaming him, and Bacal pay attention to restricting him from getting the ball on the ground. The other is their central defender Wolfsterman. Although Venlo's defense is poor, this tall central defender is still very capable of grabbing points." Koeman continued.

Soon the stadium remembered the broadcast, and the players of the two teams slowly entered the field. After a simple ceremony, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

At the beginning of the game, Coach Koeman was very surprised by Venlo's performance.Because Venlo's formation today is 433, the obvious intention is to attack instead of defend, and the style of play is not conservative at all.Their intention is not only for the 1 point of the tie, but to get 3 points from the home court, which makes Coach Koeman have to pay attention to it.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Li Feng still controlled the rhythm very steadily, mainly focusing on passing and controlling, and controlled the ball in his own hands.Coach Koeman is also very satisfied with Li Feng's approach, which is a mature and prudent approach.

In the 11th minute, Li Feng knocked the ball across to Bisevas, Bisevas passed the ball to Clasi, who retreated to respond, and then he went forward to the baseline, and Classi immediately passed the ball back to Bisevas.After receiving the ball, Bicevas saw the tall Cabral in the penalty area raising his hand to signal a pass. He kicked up quickly and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Unfortunately, it was set out of bounds by Venlo's central defender Wolfstermann, and Feyenoord won a corner kick.

In the 12th minute, Li Feng directly took a corner kick, and center back Indy took off immediately and headed the ball into the goal.

"GOALLLL"

In the opening 12 minutes, Feyenoord took the lead in scoring with a header.At this moment, all the players felt relieved, and what Coach Koeman said in the locker room disappeared with the goal.Because they think their strength is far stronger than Venlo, winning is easy.

After scoring the first goal, Li Feng strengthened the rhythm of possession.Statistics after the game showed that Feyenoord's ball possession rate in the first half was as high as 68%, almost twice that of Venlo.

As time passed, Feyenoord took the absolute initiative on the scene again, and the players began to relax in their running positions, and several coordination mistakes began to occur.

In the frontcourt, Bicevas was about to pass the ball to Klassey, but Klassey did not run to receive the ball, which resulted in being intercepted by Venlo's defender.

Li Feng passed the ball back to Bakal behind him, but Bakr did not respond and was almost blocked by Venlo's retreating striker.

First of all, such low-level mistakes gradually increased, and the players were too relaxed.Coach Koeman on the sidelines yelled several times, but to no avail.

In the 40th minute, Venlo midfielder Mayoweis played the ball and advanced to Feyenoord's half, and then passed it to Lin Sen who advanced forward.Lin Sen took the ball forward and lay down, seeing that Feyenoord's midfielder Bakar didn't intend to go up and press.

Lin Sen tried a long shot 30 meters away from the goal, but the goal ended up being scored.

At this moment, all Feyenoord players were stunned and couldn't believe it.Until the audience at the Venlo Stadium boiled up.

"Wow, Lin Sen kicked the world wave 30 meters away and equalized the score. It's incredible!!!" the stadium host shouted excitedly.

At the end of the first half, it was equalized by the opponent, which dealt a great blow to Feyenoord's momentum.

While there was still time in the game, Li Feng quickly adjusted his state, but his teammates hadn't entered the state yet.Several passes by Li Feng were almost intercepted by Venlo.In the end, Li Feng had no choice but to delay until the end of the first half.

But in the 44th minute, after receiving the ball, Bicevas passed the ball to Klassey in the frontcourt, but it was intercepted by Venlo's midfielder Maguire.

A wave of counterattacks quickly formed, and finally Venlo striker Nuwerfer's shot hit Lierdam's leg and popped out of the baseline, and Venlo won a corner kick.

Venlo's corner kick deliberately used a blindfold.They let the high center forward Ucepo attract 3 Feyenoord defensive players in the penalty area.As a result, the ball flew towards Wolfstermann who was pointing back. Wolfstermann jumped high and made it overnight. The ball smashed into the goal.

"GOALLLL"

"My God, at the last moment of the first half, Venlo overtook the score!!! Is this true?" the stadium host shouted excitedly.

At this moment, the Venlo stadium was boiling again, with shouts and singing for a long time.

At the end of the first half, Coach Koeman was furious in the locker room and scolded all the players who made mistakes on the field.

At the beginning of the second half, Coach Koeman replaced Bacal with El Amadi.In addition, Klassey was replaced by Shaken, and Cabral was replaced by Secusis.

Coach Koeman used up all 3 substitutions in a fit of anger, and fought his back.

But at this time, the morale of Venlo was greatly shaken. All the players were very focused and defended desperately, leaving only a tall Ucepo in the frontcourt.Venlo vowed to defend the leading goal.

As time passed, the second half showed a one-sided situation.Feyenoord desperately attacked in Venlo's half, while Venlo nestled in its own half and desperately destroyed and defended.

Until the 90th minute, Feyenoord did not score a goal again, and Feyenoord once again lost away in Venlo.

The players feel extremely aggrieved, this is the second time they feel this way!
After the game, media reporters commented that Feyenoord's performance fluctuated too much, and they didn't look like a champion!The next day the club president scolded the media reporter in his office.

(End of this chapter)