God of Green

Of course, although Heracles adopted a very extreme defensive strategy, it was impossible to prevent Jiang Xiaolin from getting the ball and making a single shot with his strength.

No team could do it, just like the previous supplementary shot.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's personal strength was too strong.

With full physique, full speed, full off-ball running, full ability to grab points, full passing and receiving skills, etc., it was impossible for any team to completely freeze him.

But there were too many people staring at Jiang Xiaolin.

Even if they couldn't stop him from getting the ball, they just had to block his shooting route.

If one person couldn't do it, two people would do it, and if two people couldn't do it, three people would do it.

Anyway, Heracles had made up their minds not to let Jiang Xiaolin score, and as for the other Alkmaar players, they didn't stop them from scoring.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin failed to score until the end of the first half.

Even though he fired a powerful long-range shot about 33 meters away from the goal in the 41st minute, the ball was extremely fast and successfully avoided the destruction and clearance of the Heracles players along the way.

But the opponent still had the last line of defense, which was the goalkeeper.

Goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen had been paying close attention to Jiang Xiaolin. He made a judgment and saved the ball the moment Jiang Xiaolin shot.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin's shot was extremely powerful and fast. After the game, it was confirmed that the speed had reached more than 90 kilometers per hour and was infinitely close to 100 kilometers per hour. Martin Pickenhagen still struggled to lift the crossbar despite the extremely tricky angle and heading straight to the upper right corner.

Martin Pickenhagen made a world-class save and blocked Jiang Xiaolin's second threatening shot in the first half.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the first half. The fans of Heracles, who were 0-1 behind at home, actually applauded their home team.

Because they did not let Jiang Xiaolin score, they avoided the bad luck of the team becoming the background wall of Jiang Xiaolin's record-breaking and record-breaking.

Moreover, other Alkmaar players did not seize too many opportunities and only scored one goal.

If they could finally shut out Jiang Xiaolin and lose by a small score against the top team, I am afraid that the players and fans of Heracles would celebrate.

In contrast, Alkmaar, which took the lead in the away game, was not so happy.

Especially those fans and overseas Chinese who did not care about the performance of the Alkmaar club and were completely Jiang Xiaolin's personal fans, were even more disappointed.

You know, the local game time is 19:45 in the evening, which is basically midnight for fans in Asia and Oceania.

For example, Chinese fans, when this game started, it was already 2:45 in the morning of the next day.

Getting up to watch the live broadcast at this time, not only do you have to bear the physical and mental fatigue pressure, but some fans also have to watch the game with their families' cold eyes.

The sacrifice is not small.

As a result, unexpectedly, Heracles actually put up such a shameless extreme defensive formation, completely targeting Jiang Xiaolin and strictly guarding him. They would rather let other players of Alkmaar score than Jiang Xiaolin.

So much so that Jiang Xiaolin, who had scored a lot of goals before, did not score even a single goal after the first half of this game to tie Cohen Dillon's single-season record of 43 goals.

The fans who were full of expectations were disappointed.

This was simply too hateful and too much of a spoiler.

During the halftime break, Jiang Xiaolin's fans and overseas Chinese fans criticized Heracles' tactics in various forums, forums, and social groups, wishing to strangle Heracles' coaches and players to death.

But this was of no avail and did not affect the game at all. Everyone could only put their hopes on the second half.

In fact, the atmosphere in the locker rooms of the two teams was not as the fans imagined, thinking that Heracles was celebrating and Alkmaar was dejected.

After all, the game was only halfway through, and there were still 45 minutes left!

It was not time for Heracles to celebrate at all.

What's more, they were playing at home, and they put on such a shameless formation and tactics under the gaze of the home fans, and they were still behind in the score. What was there to celebrate for a professional team?

Therefore, the locker room of Heracles did not celebrate ecstatically because of the successful freezing of Jiang Xiaolin in the first half, but continued to arrange the tactics for the second half under the patient explanation of the coach.

Jiang Xiaolin's two shots within the goal frame in the first half were still quite threatening, and the players and coaches of Heracles did not dare to be careless.

That isFor long shots, the coach also reminded everyone to stick close to Jiang Xiaolin and not let him take long shots easily. Even if he did, he should immediately block the shot hole or clear the siege.

Then the coach praised the goalkeeper and asked him to continue the style of the first half and focus on defending Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

As for the shots of other players of Alkmaar, if you can save them, save them, and if you can't save them, don't force it.

Jiang Xiaolin's first shot was saved because goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen didn't save Hamdaoyi's shot when he felt that he couldn't save it, so he kept the opportunity to block Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

Otherwise, if Pickenhagen saw Hamdaoyi and saved it reflexively, he would not be able to touch Hamdaoyi's ball, and Jiang Xiaolin's shot would hit the empty goal and form a goal.

Pickenhagen's decision was quite correct, and the coach asked him to continue in the second half.

On the other hand, in the visiting team's locker room, Alkmaar did not seem depressed because Jiang Xiaolin failed to score a goal to tie the record.

Because, after all, they were the ones leading in goals.

For the entire Alkmaar team, leading in goals and continuing to lead the standings are the most important.

As for Jiang Xiaolin personally, if he can't score in this game, there are still so many league rounds to come, and it is a foregone conclusion that he will break Cohen Dillon's record this season. Why bother to break the record in this game?

It is impossible for every team to play like Heracles, who doesn't want to attack at all. After all, some teams still need to compete for the championship, the Champions League, the League Cup, and relegation.

Moreover, even if they defend as well as Heracles, it is impossible to completely block Jiang Xiaolin's goal.

In fact, Jiang Xiaolin had two threatening shots within the goal frame in the first half today, and Heracles was just lucky to escape!

Let alone the future, in the second half of the next few days, if Jiang Xiaolin can make two more threatening shots within the goal frame, it will be a big problem whether the opponent's goalkeeper Martin Pickenhagen can defend!

As for the thoughts of TV stations and fans from all over the world, Jiang Xiaolin, who is in the midst of a fierce game, would not think so much?

He did not expect that this Dutch league would have such a big impact.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin, who entered the locker room, was not frustrated by the failure to score in the first half as some fans imagined. Instead, he congratulated Moussa Dembele who scored the goal, and proposed that he continue to attract the attention of the opponent's defense in the second half, create opportunities for teammates, score more goals early, expand the score, and lock in the victory.

Whether this game breaks the record is not as important to Jiang Xiaolin as the outside world imagines.

For Jiang Xiaolin, it is more important to win, continue to lead the standings, and maintain the points advantage, accumulate more room for error for three-line operations, and strive to win the small triple crown in the end.

Compared to the special skill of "unfavorable foot" rewarded after completing the small triple crown task, whether this game can tie or break the record is not that important at all, it is just hype from the outside world.

Of course, for the coaches and players of Alkmaar, Jiang Xiaolin is the super thigh of the team. Everyone must try their best to complete things that can make Jiang Xiaolin happy physically and mentally.

If the game can not only win, but also help Jiang Xiaolin score goals to tie or even break Cohen Dillon's record, it will undoubtedly be the most perfect result.

Therefore, when Jiang Xiaolin said that it didn't matter whether he scored or not, and hoped that other teammates would use his opportunity to attract attention to score more goals, Hamdaoyi and others also said that as long as they scored the second goal in the second half and got a two-goal lead, they would fully assist Jiang Xiaolin and try to let him score as well.

However, this is just the idea of ​​the players.

As the head coach, Van Gaal then proposed his tactical ideas for the second half, which was more targeted than the players' simple approach.

After observing the first half, Van Gaal made targeted arrangements for Heracles' defensive strategy, which could not only ensure Alkmaar's victory, but also help Jiang Xiaolin score a goal.

Van Gaal's tactic was to let Jiang Xiaolin withdraw from the penalty area and move within 25-35 meters of the goal outside the penalty area.

In this range, Heracles' defensive strength is definitely not as strong as that in the penalty area, and will not be surrounded by three or four people from the opponent.

As long as there are no more than two people on the opponent's side defending Jiang Xiaolin, everyone can pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin and use his perfect dribbling skills to control the ball.

As for whether Jiang Xiaolin faces the direction of attack or takes the ball with his back, it doesn't matter at all.Because the purpose is not for Jiang Xiaolin to shoot at this time.

Van Gaal asked Jiang Xiaolin and the players to do this in order to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin, and then use his attraction to let the Heracles players surround Jiang Xiaolin who is holding the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin's dribbling skills are quite superb, and he will not lose the ball easily unless the opponent makes a tackle or uses a foul.

In that case, Jiang Xiaolin may get a free kick opportunity.

In the first half, Alkmaar did not get a free kick opportunity in the dangerous area, which is also a major reason why Jiang Xiaolin did not score in the first half.

As long as everyone plays according to Van Gaal's tactical instructions in the second half, Jiang Xiaolin should be able to get a few free kicks from the opponent's fouls against him.

Of course, Van Gaal also reminded Jiang Xiaolin that he must pay attention to protecting himself and avoid malicious fouls from the opponent.

Jiang Xiaolin said he understood.

In addition to this, Van Gaal also explained that if the opponent sent a large number of people, using three or four people to double-team Jiang Xiaolin who was holding the ball, Jiang Xiaolin would immediately use his full-value passing skills to pass the ball, allowing other teammates to attack quickly and increase the number of shots.

The purpose of increasing the number of shots is, on the one hand, that only shooting can lead to goals. What if you are lucky enough to score a goal?

It just happens to expand the lead in the score, ensure Alkmaar's victory in this league, and continue to lead the standings.

On the other hand, increasing the number of shots, although other players are not as skilled as Jiang Xiaolin in shooting, once they hit the goal frame, they may be saved by the goalkeeper or destroyed by other players of Heracles to form a corner kick.

And Jiang Xiaolin's jumping, grabbing points, running without the ball, physique, and heading skills in the corner kick can also play a role.

Although none of Alkmaar's three corner kicks in the first half were headed by Jiang Xiaolin and formed an attack, as long as there are more corner kicks and Jiang Xiaolin successfully grabs one, it is possible to complete the goal.

After listening to Van Gaal's explanation, Alkmaar's players were overjoyed.

Both Jiang Xiaolin and other teammates were in a good mood.

Because Heracles' tactics were too obvious, while Van Gaal's tactics were more targeted.

In the second half, according to this tactic, Alkmaar can not only win away games and continue to lead the standings, but Jiang Xiaolin is also likely to score goals, tying or even breaking Cohen Dillon's single-season Eredivisie goal record of 43 goals.

Soon, the 15-minute halftime break passed, and the two sides changed sides and continued to fight.

All over the world, countless fans still unwillingly continued to stay up late in front of the TV, fearing that they would miss Jiang Xiaolin's possible goal.

Of course, there are also a few people who think that Heracles' defense today is too shameless and too targeted, and think that Jiang Xiaolin will not be able to score in the second half.

In addition, they couldn't hold back their sleepiness, so they chose to turn off the TV and sleep during the halftime break.

And when they woke up the next morning and saw the news, they all wanted to slap themselves twice.

Because they only defended the first half, but missed Jiang Xiaolin's goal in the second half.

After the start of the second half, Heracles still insisted on their defensive strategy in the first half and did not change their original intention because of the score.

Their biggest goal is still to freeze Jiang Xiaolin, prevent Jiang Xiaolin from scoring, and make Heracles the news background wall of Jiang Xiaolin's record-breaking or record-breaking.

However, many commentators and reporters found that Alkmaar made tactical adjustments in the second half, and Van Gaal used extremely targeted tactics.

With the commentator's explanation, the fans in front of the TV also understood that Van Gaal, a world-class coach, made certain tactical adjustments to Alkmaar during the halftime break.

And this tactical adjustment is very targeted at Heracles' defense.

However, whether it is effective or not is not known yet.

But at least Alkmaar made a change, and everyone's interest increased a bit, and they watched the game more closely, fearing that they would miss Jiang Xiaolin's possible goal.