God of Green

Jiang Xiaolin's two free kicks really caused great trouble for the players of Lekpusna.

Jiang Xiaolin's skills are good, with full dribbling, full fried meatballs, dribbling past opponents, crotch dribbling, etc., as well as strong physique, speed, off-ball running, etc.

In summary, even though Jiang Xiaolin's dribbling skills are a bit single due to his lack of dribbling skills, his dribbling success rate is not worse than that of ordinary midfielders.

The key is that Jiang Xiaolin is difficult to lose the ball.

The full dribbling skills allow him to control the ball and pass it out to form a threat even if he can't dribble past opponents.

Therefore, if there is no other way, the opponent will use tactical fouls on him to destroy Jiang Xiaolin's ball, even if he is given a free kick.

But now Jiang Xiaolin can score two free kicks in a game, which is terrifying.

If Jiang Xiaolin is given free kicks easily again, who knows if he will score another free kick and perform a free kick hat trick?

Isn't this another dish for Jiang Xiaolin!

Therefore, in the following games, the players of Lekpusna were much more cautious in defense and did not dare to commit fouls easily.

This made it much easier for Jiang Xiaolin to break through and advance.

In the 73rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin opened an angle at the front of the penalty area and got a chance to shoot. A powerful long shot from outside the penalty area almost penetrated Lekpusna's goal again.

If it weren't for the goalkeeper Rukski's wonderful save, Jiang Xiaolin would have staged the biggest four goals in the League Cup.

It's a bit of a pity.

In the subsequent corner kick, Jiang Xiaolin also failed to grab the first point. The penalty was a little too close to the goalkeeper and was taken away by the goalkeeper.

In the final stage of the game, although Jiang Xiaolin repeatedly created threats, he seemed to be unlucky and never scored the fourth goal.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. With Jiang Xiaolin's hat trick, Alkmaar defeated Lekpsna 3-0 at home in the second round of the UEFA Cup 1/16 finals, eliminated the team from the Polish league with a total score of 7-2 in two rounds, and advanced to the top 16 of the UEFA Cup in the 2008/2009 season.

After the referee blew the final whistle, Jiang Xiaolin gained 3 goals 60,000 + win 40,000 = 100,000 basic experience.

In terms of game performance, Jiang Xiaolin received an "excellent" system rating with a rating coefficient of 3 for his hat trick.

The total experience Jiang Xiaolin finally gained was 100,000*3=300,000. Combined with the daily training in the previous two days, Jiang Xiaolin's level experience rose to level 22 167.84/3 million.

Finally, it is more than half of the experience of level 22.

After level 20, it is extremely difficult to upgrade. Jiang Xiaolin is more eager for the top five leagues, the Champions League, the World Cup and other high-level events.

He has decided that he must help Alkmaar win the small treble this season, and then transfer away immediately in the summer.

In this process, it doesn't matter even if some attribute points are used to add team aura.

After the game, Jiang Xiaolin's hat trick, two free kicks, and the news that the total number of goals in the League Cup reached 12 were widely reported by media around the world.

Such performance, even if it is only the League Cup, is shocking enough.

Although the League Cup is one level lower than the Champions League, it is still a European competition.

Being able to perform a hat trick and two free kicks in such a game, and the total number of goals reached 12, is still enough to make the media and fans around the world discuss it.

Jiang Xiaolin continues to refresh the world's understanding of him.

The next day, after all the UEFA Cup 1/16 finals were over, the top 16 teams of this season were all determined, and UEFA immediately drew the quarter-finals.

Alkmaar was unlucky and drew Zenit St. Petersburg from Russia.

This is the defending champion.

Last season, Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Glasgow Rangers 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final and won the UEFA Cup in the 2007/2008 season, which shows the strength of Zenit St. Petersburg.

This is a stumbling block.

If Alkmaar is interested in the UEFA Cup this season, this defending champion is a tough opponent that must be overcome.

Moreover, the schedule is not very favorable for Alkmaar.

They have to play at home first and then away.

If they cannot win at home and take the initiative, it may be a bit difficult to go to Russia away.

Although it was already late March when they played away, the weather in Russia was still very cold even in March.

Can Alkmaar escape unscathed from the away game?It's not good at all.

The first round of the quarter-finals between the two sides will be on March 12.

There are still more than ten days left, and Alkmaar must prepare well.

Now Alkmaar is fighting on three fronts, and time is very tight. Therefore, after the second round of the UEFA Cup knockout match with Lekpsner, Alkmaar did not take a holiday to rest, but immediately started daily training to prepare for the next game.

It's just that the intensity of training the day after the game was reduced.

On February 28, 2009, the last day of February, Alkmaar ushered in the 25th round of the Eredivisie against Groningen.

What's good for Alkmaar is that this game is still a home game, and the players don't have to travel long distances and go to away games.

Moreover, the next Dutch Cup game will still be played at Alkmaar's home stadium.

However, the next Dutch Cup game is only 5 days later, and time is still very tight.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Van Gaal still rotated several positions in this Dutch League match against Groningen.

Because Alkmaar still has an 11-point lead in the Dutch League, there is room for error in at least 3 games.

However, the Dutch Cup is a one-game match that cannot tolerate any mistakes. Once you fail, you will be eliminated.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Van Gaal still rotated in this league match against Groningen, retaining a certain number of main players to cope with the next Dutch Cup match.

However, Jiang Xiaolin is still an ironclad main player.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin is there, even if Alkmaar rotates several main players, there is still a possibility of defeating the opponent.

At 20:45 that night, with the cheers of more than 10,000 home fans at the AFAS Stadium, with the referee's whistle, the 25th round of the 2008/2009 Dutch League, in which Alkmaar played against Groningen at home, officially began.

Groningen is currently ranked sixth in the standings, and its strength is not weak.

But as Van Gaal guessed before the game, with Jiang Xiaolin in the game, no opponent dared to attack easily, let alone away.

Even if Alkmaar made a certain degree of rotation, Groningen did not dare to fight Alkmaar in the AFAS Stadium.

The two sides can only attack and defend each other in positional warfare. If things go wrong, all players will immediately return to defense, and it is almost difficult to play a quick counterattack.

In this case, it is time to test the offensive capabilities of both sides.

Playing positional warfare obviously tests the passing, cutting, running, coordination, shooting skills, and most importantly, long-range shooting and set-piece abilities of the players on both sides.

In this regard, if Jiang Xiaolin was not on the field, Alkmaar might not have been fully ahead, and it might not be able to convert opportunities into goals.

But with Jiang Xiaolin, with Jiang Xiaolin's set-piece ability, header ability, long-range shooting ability, passing and receiving skills, etc., Alkmaar can almost be fully ahead in the offensive battle.

In the 17th minute, Jiang Xiaolin received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area with his back to the goal, and then made a tactical center forward transfer and accurately passed the ball back to the penalty area line.

David Mendes, the defensive midfielder who came in from the back row, won the ball and shot it. The ball was so powerful that it almost hit the goal, but was finally saved by goalkeeper Dashua.

However, not long after escaping this disaster, in the 25th minute, Jiang Xiaolin received the ball outside the penalty area and sent a threatening ball.

Wing forward Elm rushed into the penalty area and was ready to shoot without stopping the ball, but was tackled by Groningen defender Granwest in a hurry and knocked him down in the penalty area with the ball.

Elm's shot was naturally lost, but Granwest's tackle was a foul.

The referee made a prompt decision, showed Granwest a yellow card, and awarded Alkmaar a penalty kick.

The players of Groningen were naturally very dissatisfied and tried to explain to the referee, thinking that Elm was faking a fall to get a penalty, but no one could shake the referee's determination. In the end, a player who was anxious to explain received another yellow card, which made them calm down and reluctantly accept the consequence that Alkmaar got a penalty.

The penalty was naturally taken by Jiang Xiaolin, who has never missed a penalty so far.

There is no doubt that Jiang Xiaolin scored the penalty in one fell swoop and kicked it into the dead corner.

Jiang Xiaolin opened the scoring, raising his single-season goal record to 45 goals, and also gave Alkmaar a 1-0 lead.

The next game will be much easier.

For Alkmaar, as long as they win and lead now, they will enter their familiar rhythm.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack threat is too great.

But the opponent has no way to deal with it.

AlreadyGroningen couldn't defend anymore when they were behind. Even if they held on, they would still lose in the end.

Therefore, they could only attack and try to score.

However, Groningen also knew the threat of Jiang Xiaolin.

If they were only one goal behind, they might have a chance to equalize. But if they were two goals behind, they would probably have no chance at all.

Therefore, even if they attacked, they were very careful, and did not go all out, nor did they relax their defense against Jiang Xiaolin.

Although they prevented Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack and did not lose the ball again, the too soft attack made it impossible for them to score.

The only threatening attack of Groningen in the first half was a header from the middle after a cross from the side.

Although the shot hit the goal frame, it was finally saved by Sergio Romero.

This was the only threatening shot of Groningen that hit the goal frame in the first half.

At other times, even if they attacked, it was difficult for them to enter Alkmaar's penalty area and pose a threat because of too few players.

Even if they had shots, most of them failed to hit the goal frame because of poor shooting skills, let alone pose a threat.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.

The second half of the game was similar to the first half, but because time was running out, Groningen, who was only one goal behind, still wanted to equalize the score.

Therefore, sometimes the players in the backcourt would unconsciously want to press forward to participate in the attack and provide support to the frontcourt players.

As a result, in the 61st minute, Groningen's full-back Frederick, who dribbled the ball to assist, was intercepted and counterattacked. He had no time to return to defense. Finally, Alkmaar's full-back Moussa Dembele made a cross from the bottom. Jiang Xiaolin followed up in the middle and was pulled by the opponent's central defender and could not complete the header. He sent a header to Van der Velden who was inserted in the back row.

Van der Velden rushed in from behind, met Jiang Xiaolin's header, and volleyed the ball into Groningen's goal.

Jiang Xiaolin assisted his teammates to score the second goal of the game, and Alkmaar led Groningen 2-0 and basically locked the victory.

In order to save strength for the next Dutch Cup, Van Gaal began to make substitutions, replacing two main players, but still kept Jiang Xiaolin on the court.

Now everyone knows Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness, even if he can't be defeated by two games a week, Van Gaal is naturally willing to keep Jiang Xiaolin on the court to continue to suppress the opponent's defense.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin continues to stay on the court, the opponent will not be able to counterattack with all his strength, and will not be able to make up for the disadvantage of two goals behind.

If they want to attack aggressively to equalize the score, Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack will let them know that such a counterattack is a dead end.

Perhaps Groningen accepted its fate.

After falling behind by two goals, they not only did not launch a massive counterattack, but instead shrunk their defense and defended well, even counterattacking rarely.

Later, Groningen's head coach even took the initiative to replace two offensive players with two defensive players to continue to strengthen defense.

This was already giving up the game in advance.

Seeing this, Van Gaal was relieved and replaced Jiang Xiaolin in the 76th minute, allowing him to enjoy the applause of the fans alone again.

Because, although Jiang Xiaolin only scored one goal in this game, his goal was still breaking the record, bringing his single-season goal record to 45 goals.

Starting today, every goal Jiang Xiaolin scores in the Eredivisie this season will create a new record, which is naturally worthy of applause from all fans and media coverage.

After Jiang Xiaolin left the field, the game between the two sides was uneventful.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Alkmaar defeated Groningen 2-0 at home with Jiang Xiaolin's pass and shot, continuing to lead the standings and maintaining a margin of error for several games.

After the game, Jiang Xiaolin received 1 assist 1000 + goal 2000 + win 4000 = 7000 basic experience.

In terms of performance, Jiang Xiaolin's pass and shot only received a "good" system rating, with a rating coefficient of 2.

Therefore, the total experience Jiang Xiaolin finally obtained was 7000*2=14,000. In addition to daily training, his level experience rose to level 22 169.32/3 million.