God of Green

The Alkmaar players who lost the ball and fell behind 1-3 seemed a little listless.

If it was Van Gaal standing on the sidelines, he might have made some attempts by changing players, adjusting tactics, and yelling at the players.

Whether it worked or not, at least it would give the players a backbone and prevent them from being demoralized and at a loss.

But Junker stood on the sidelines with a frown and did nothing.

He probably felt a little confused about Van Gaal being sent to the stands and being asked to command on the spot!

Such a situation and the coach's inaction were obviously quite unfavorable to Alkmaar's situation.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, the morale of the Nijmegen team was boosted.

They were not satisfied with the score of 3-1.

Because for Alkmaar, which had Jiang Xiaolin, it was not impossible to make up for the two-goal disadvantage after returning to the home court in the second round and adjusting their mentality.

What's more, Alkmaar still had an away goal.

In the second round, Alkmaar only needs to beat Nijmegen 2-0, and they can win with more away goals in the case of a 3-3 tie, and take the last UEFA Cup spot.

Therefore, Nijmegen must continue to attack and put pressure on Alkmaar, and it is best to score one or two more goals against them to form a greater advantage and make Alkmaar unable to turn over.

As for Alkmaar, they were already impatient and in a bad state in the first half due to an own goal and two misjudgments by the referee.

In the second half, they encountered Lens, a player loaned out by their own team, who intercepted Moisander's big foot in the frontcourt by luck, and then created an opportunity for Lens to shoot the ball himself.

In addition, head coach Van Gaal was sent to the stands, and assistant coach Junker did nothing after losing the third goal.

The various things encountered in today's game made Alkmaar's players really see no hope of victory.

Let alone hope, everyone was even a little desperate.

Many people had the idea that God did not want Alkmaar to advance.

With such thoughts, everyone's fighting spirit and enthusiasm were naturally hit hard.

As a result, less than 10 minutes after losing the third goal, in the 80th minute, Nijmegen scored another goal.

This time it had nothing to do with Lens. It was Nijmegen's No. 5 full-back Ekchaor who suddenly inserted and assisted, catching the Alkmaar players off guard.

In the absence of defense, Ekchaor drove the ball straight into the goal line and kicked the ball to the middle.

No. 11 forward Snoor grabbed the first point at the front point and headed the ball, and the ball crossed the small penalty area and fell to the back point.

The ball landed at the front point, and both Alkmaar's defensive players and goalkeeper Romero naturally rushed to the front point.

As a result, Snoor's header hit Romero and others off guard.

No. 9 forward Hemu kicked the ball into the goal with almost no defensive pressure at the back point.

Then, Stein Schalls, who came late, knocked Hem to the ground, but it was useless.

Hem, who cheated a penalty in the first half by faking, dealt a heavy blow to Alkmaar in the second half, allowing Nijmegen to lead Alkmaar 4-1 at home.

Such a score almost killed the second round of the game.

Although there are many miracles in football history where a team fell behind by 3 goals in the first round away from home and turned the tables in the second round.

But the reason why miracles are miracles is that the probability is very small, and it is obviously unreliable to pin hopes on such a probability.

As professional players, everyone obviously knows this.

What makes everyone feel more desperate and fateful is that this goal was scored by Hem.

You know, it was Hem's faking that cheated a penalty in the first half, and Moreno was given a yellow card and was replaced at halftime, which indirectly led to Moisander, who came on as a substitute, making a mistake and Lens intercepting the ball in the backcourt and then scoring.

As a result, Hem scored again, giving Alkmaar the heaviest blow.

With such a trend and process of the game, it is hard for people to think that even God does not want Alkmaar to enter the League Cup next season.

Therefore, except for Jiang Xiaolin, the Alkmaar players have lowered their heads, almost accepting their fate.

The Alkmaar fans in the stands have also fallen silent.

Facing the crazy celebration of the Nijmegen home fans, they are powerless to resist, and they don't even have the heart to curse.

Some fans even shed tears of despair.

The TV commentators in the commentary booth also said after explaining Hem's goal:

"AlthoughAlthough the first round of the game has not ended, the second round has not started, and even Alkmaar has a super striker like Jiang Xiaolin, we can already judge that the score of 4-1 basically kills the final. "

"Unless Alkmaar can score a goal in the last ten minutes of this game, narrowing the gap to only two goals behind and having two away goals. Otherwise, Alkmaar is basically unlikely to reverse the game after returning to the home court. "

"Although everyone prefers to remember those miracle stories of falling behind three goals away in the first round and reversing the game at home in the second round, such examples are really rare. From a statistical point of view, the side that is three goals behind in the first round is obviously more likely to be eliminated. Moreover, the probability of being eliminated is almost 100%! "

"From the morale of the Alkmaar players at this time, I don't see the hope that they can score another goal and then reverse the game in the second round. "

"Everyone can see that except Jiang who still stubbornly holds his head up, the other Alkmaar players are all looking down. Even the temporary coach Junker on the sidelines and other players on the bench, except Jiang Xiaolin, everyone was obviously desperate. "

"The reason why Jiang didn't despair was probably because he scored almost 2 goals per game. He might feel that with his ability, he could still score and win the two-round final for the team. "

"However, I want to say that although the game is not over yet and there are still about ten minutes, it is really difficult for Jiang to score another goal and restore hope for Alkmaar. "

"It's not because Jiang is not capable enough, but because his teammates, the players of Alkmaar are desperate. "

"Football is a team sport after all. Even if Jiang wants to score, he needs his teammates to pass the ball and assist him. "

"When his teammates are desperate, do you expect Jiang to score a goal alone? Just like the last time he dribbled past four people from the backcourt and scored a goal? "

"The reason why such a goal is a wonderful goal is that it is difficult to replicate, just like it is difficult for Alkmaar to reverse the situation now. ”

“Basically, we can congratulate Nijmegen in advance for getting a ticket to the UEFA Cup next season!”