God of Green

After the game started, the less famous Lekpsner did not shrink its defense, but launched an offensive against Alkmaar, which had played its main force, from the first minute amid the excited cheers of the home fans.

Because they were in a disadvantageous position on the field.

The schedule of playing at home first and then away required them to win as much as possible in the first round, and to win by a large score, in order to retain the hope of advancing.

Otherwise, if they could not win at home, could they expect to perform a miracle away?

Therefore, Lekpsner, who was at a disadvantage in the schedule, had no choice but to choose to attack vigorously at home, hoping to win and get enough goals.

They also had ideas and wanted to advance to the next round.

As the top team in the Eredivisie, Alkmaar, except for the injured Maarten Martens, played all the main players of the team, and it was even more impossible for them to retreat against a Polish team.

Moreover, if they could score more away goals in the first round, even if they lost the game, it would be much easier to play at home in the second round.

Therefore, both sides launched a fierce offensive war with the goal of scoring.

Although Lekpusna is not well-known in Europe and the world, and Jiang Xiaolin had never even heard of it before, it still has some strength to become the top team in the Polish Super League.

Moreover, the opponent is playing at home, and with the cheers of more than 10,000 home fans, the attack is full of power.

Therefore, this game was played very unrestrainedly.

In the 3rd minute, Lekpusna took advantage of the home field and the advantage of being the first to enter the state to play a very good pass and cut cooperation, and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Fortunately, Alkmaar defender Ragnar Klavan flew in time to block the gun hole and blocked the opponent's striker Liyundowski's shot.

However, the ball blocked by Klavan did not go out of the baseline or the penalty area, but caused a scramble between the players of both sides in the penalty area, forming a chaos.

Fortunately, the Alkmaar defender kicked the ball out of the sideline first, so that Lekpsner's first wave of attack did not result in a goal.

Two minutes later, in the 5th minute, Alkmaar returned the favor. After a series of wonderful passes, the winger Moussa Dembele took the ball to the bottom and made a cross. Jiang Xiaolin grabbed the first point in the penalty area and headed the ball.

Unfortunately, under the pull of the opponent's defender, Jiang Xiaolin's header was not accurate and slightly higher than the crossbar.

In the offensive battle where both sides were determined to win, the fight in the midfield was particularly fierce.

In the 9th minute, Stein Schalls elbowed the opponent's header player in the midfield, and was shown a yellow card by the referee, which also gave the opponent a free kick.

However, this free kick was too far away and did not pose any threat.

In the 14th minute, the opposing midfielder Enchas returned the favor by making a flying tackle on the full-back Poconioli who had made an assist when he broke through the wing, shoveling him and the ball out of the sideline.

Enchas also received a yellow card, which caused a quarrel between the players of both sides, and the atmosphere of the game on the field became even more heated.

Perhaps playing at home does have a certain combat effectiveness bonus.

In the 19th minute, Lekpusna made a high-quality wing attack, and finally the wing forward Marcus made a cross from the bottom, and the striker Lian Jiefu followed up with a diving header in the middle.

This diving header was of high quality, but the angle was slightly right, and it was saved by goalkeeper Romero.

But the ball he saved did not go out of bounds, but continued to fall into the penalty area, and was rushed in by another Lekpusna striker Liyunduski before Hector Moreno cleared the ball, and shoveled the ball into the empty goal formed after Romero fell to the ground.

Lekpsner, who was considered weaker by the outside world, actually scored the first goal. More than 10,000 Polish fans at the scene immediately gave a deafening shout and scream, celebrating their first record.

On the field, Liyundowski, who scored the goal, also rushed to the sidelines and celebrated with his teammates.

Scoring a goal in the knockout round of the UEFA Cup, and scoring the first goal for the team, it is no wonder that the players and fans are celebrating excitedly.

Lekpsner's celebration lasted for more than half a minute. In the end, the players of Alkmaar could not stand it and protested. Then the referee intervened and let the other side end the celebration and return to their own half to let Alkmaar kick the ball in the middle circle.

After the game resumed, Lekpsner's morale was boosted, and he was more confident in launching an offensive battle with Alkmaar.

In fact, the Eredivisie is not one of the top five leagues, and Alkmaar is not Ajax, Eindhoven, Feyenoord, etc.Traditional Dutch giants like Nord.

Therefore, Alkmaar's popularity and deterrence in Poland are seriously insufficient.

As for Jiang Xiaolin, Alkmaar's top scorer who averages more than 2 goals per game, the fans and players of Lekpusna also subconsciously think that it is only because the defensive strength of the Dutch League is not as strong as the top five leagues that Jiang Xiaolin is lucky and has picked up bargains to score so many goals.

Therefore, Lekpusna's defense against Jiang Xiaolin in this game was not as tight as that of the Dutch League teams.

In addition, they also had to press forward and attack aggressively, so they could not carry out a multi-person encirclement and close defense against Jiang Xiaolin.

So, less than 5 minutes after Lekpusna scored the first goal and was not satisfied and continued to press forward and attack aggressively, in the 23rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin used a long-distance raid that shocked everyone to let them realize the strength of the top scorer in the Dutch League.

This was a counterattack after Alkmaar intercepted the ball from Lekpusna. Jiang Xiaolin took the ball near the midline in his own half and used his speed to break through the interception of two defenders of the opponent. He rushed into the penalty area and shot into the far corner facing the attacking goalkeeper.

Jiang Xiaolin equalized the score for Alkmaar with a beautiful long-distance attack and scored an away goal.

Hundreds of Alkmaar fans who traveled with the team to the away game, as well as local Chinese fans in Poland, were so excited that they applauded and cheered for Jiang Xiaolin's goal in the stands.

On the court, Jiang Xiaolin himself was also very excited and celebrated with his teammates.

This was his first goal in the European knockout match, and he helped the team score an away goal. Even Jiang Xiaolin, who scored a lot of goals, couldn't help but celebrate.

For the players and fans of Lekpusna, Jiang Xiaolin's goal was like a blow to them.

On the one hand, the score was tied. On the other hand, the opponent scored an away goal.

This goal was a double blow to them.

Therefore, after the game resumed, although the players of Lekepsner had understood Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability through the goal just now, they had no choice but to continue to press forward and attack.

They had to attack.

If they couldn't win at home, could they pray to win the top team in the Eredivisie away to make a comeback?

The chance was too small.

It would be better to pray to score more goals and win at home.

Therefore, after the game resumed, Lekepsner did not restrain himself because of Jiang Xiaolin's threat, but continued to press forward and attack.

In the 27th minute, Lekepsner played a wave of good quality attacks, but when a midfielder was about to dribble into the penalty area, the Alkmaar defender decisively chose a tactical foul.

Although he was shown a yellow card, he also avoided the opponent's threatening attack into the penalty area.

Lekpusna also got a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt.

Unfortunately, they didn't have a free kick expert like Jiang Xiaolin in their team. The player who took the final kick kicked the ball into the stands and missed the goal frame.

In the 31st minute, Lekpusna midfielder Rosicky made a high-quality long shot outside the penalty area.

The ball was powerful and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Unfortunately, the distance was a little far, giving Sergio Romero enough time to save.

Romero immediately judged the ball path after Rosicky shot, moved two steps to the right, and then jumped sideways, successfully lifting the ball over the crossbar.

The Polish fans in the stands who had stood up to celebrate the goal could only sigh with regret.

In the subsequent corner kick, Lekpusna didn't get the first point, and was cleared by the Alkmaar player who headed out of the penalty area.

Although Lekpsna's continuous attack did not score a goal, it still seemed to have an advantage in the situation, and it seemed to be suppressing Alkmaar, which made the Polish fans in the stands excited.

But in fact, this was just a strategic contraction of Alkmaar.

It was not that they were afraid of the opponent, but they were deliberately attracting the opponent to attack and then attack the gap in the opponent's backcourt.

Of course, because of Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack goal, Lekpsna's back line was more stringent in its defense against Jiang Xiaolin than before, and would not easily let Jiang Xiaolin counterattack.

But in contrast, because it had to maintain the intensity of the attack and prevent Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack, Lekpsna's defense against other Alkmaar players was not so tight.

So, in the 38th minute, Lekpsna's continuous attack had not yet scored a second goal, but was hit by Alkmaar again.A counterattack.

This time, Alkmaar also created a counterattack opportunity after intercepting the ball in the backcourt and kicking the ball to the frontcourt.

Although this long pass did not match Jiang Xiaolin's speed and running position, making it impossible for Jiang Xiaolin to directly unload the ball and form a single shot, Jiang Xiaolin still occupied the ball's landing point with his keen ability to grab points and physique, and headed the ball.

The key is that when Jiang Xiaolin was competing for the header, in addition to a central defender who was competing with him closely, another central defender of Lekpsner was also not far behind to prevent Jiang Xiaolin's breakthrough.

There was also a full-back who returned to defense in time and was also marking another striker Ali of Alkmaar, resulting in the midfielder Van der Velden who rushed up next to him being unmarked.

So, Jiang Xiaolin, who saw Van der Velden's running position, consciously used his full-value header technology to head the ball in front of Van der Velden's running position when competing for the header.

Seeing Jiang Xiaolin head the ball to the route of Van der Velden, the other central defender who was just defending Jiang Xiaolin ran over and tried to stretch his legs to steal the ball.

As a result, Van der Velden dribbled the ball away faster than him, then avoided his push and quickly caught up with the ball to form a single shot.

Although there were people chasing him closely behind him, Van der Velden still rushed into the penalty area one step ahead and shot at the attacking Lekpsna goalkeeper Rukski.

The ball went through the armpit of the goalkeeper who fell and instantly rushed into the goal.

Van der Velden received Jiang Xiaolin's header assist in the frontcourt and scored a goal to overtake the score. Alkmaar took a 2-1 lead and had two away goals.

Suddenly, whether it was the players on the field, the Alkmaar fans in the stands, or the coaches and substitutes such as Van Gaal on the sidelines, they all celebrated excitedly.

Two away goals and an away lead, Alkmaar's UEFA Cup 1/16 finals are basically stable.

Even if the opponent equalizes later, Alkmaar has a greater chance of advancing when returning to the home court.

Moreover, Alkmaar, which has Jiang Xiaolin, may not be able to score more goals when the opponent wants to attack and score goals, just like these two counterattacks.

Alkmaar celebrated wildly, while Lekpsner was hit hard.

Alkmaar's second goal really gave them a blow.

On the one hand, it was because they were reversed and were behind in the total score.

On the other hand, the opponent also scored two away goals.

This is undoubtedly the most serious situation for Lekpsner.

If they lose at home, do they still pray to win away in the next round?

It's not that there are no teams that win away, but the probability is too small. In the European knockout rounds, away losses happen more often.

In addition, the way Alkmaar scored this time also made the players and coaches of Lekpsner feel desperate.

Because of Jiang Xiaolin's threat, they increased their defense against Jiang Xiaolin.

However, even if Jiang Xiaolin is not the end point of the attack, he can still assist, and other Alkmaar players are also capable of scoring goals.

Even Van der Velden, who scored the goal, was not the main player, but a substitute player after Maarten Martens was injured.

There are others such as Ali, Stein Schalls, Moussa Dembele, etc. who have not shown their power!

How can they not only attack to equalize the score, or even win at home, but also prevent the opponent's counterattack?

Of course, what lies in front of the Lekpsner team at this time is the fact that the score is behind.

No matter how great the threat of Alkmaar's counterattack is, they have to attack.

In the next few minutes, Lekpsner continued to press forward, but failed to score until the end of the first half.

Of course, Alkmaar failed to score again.

After 2 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-2. The away team Alkmaar temporarily took the lead by one goal.