God of Green

As the game was about to end, in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Alkmaar's No. 9 striker Ali, with his Brazilian skills, rushed left and right outside the penalty area, passed two people, and entered the penalty area.

After entering the penalty area, Ali dribbled past one person and made a move to shoot.

More than 16,000 Groningen fans at home booed in fear, hoping to put pressure on Ali.

The Alkmaar players on the field, Van Gaal and other coaches and substitutes on the sidelines, Alkmaar fans in the stands, and Alkmaar fans in front of the TV all opened their eyes wide, not daring to breathe, and nervously hoped that Ali would score this goal and complete the stoppage time equalizer!

However, at this moment, a Groningen defender who had just been broken through by Ali and left behind saw Ali making a move to raise his leg to shoot, and in a flash, he didn't have time to think about it, and he fell to the ground from behind Ali.

Ali didn't have eyes on the back of his head, so he couldn't see the flying tackle coming from behind.

So, Ali was caught off guard and was hit, then he fell in the penalty area with a scream: his ankle was hit by the opponent.

The flying tackle from behind in the penalty area during the stoppage time was unexpected by everyone inside and outside the field.

After everyone was stunned for a second, the fans of Alkmaar naturally began to shout excitedly "red card, penalty kick".

The fans of Groningen shouted "fake fall, foul" in an attempt to interfere with the referee's judgment.

In the field, Ali rolled around in pain holding his ankle, almost causing a fight between the players of both sides.

The referee and the linesman first stopped the excited players of both sides, and then asked Ali. He learned that he felt very painful and could not continue the game, so he gestured to the bench on the sidelines for the team doctor to enter the field.

Team doctor Horatio rushed into the field with his assistant and several stretcher bearers. After a simple inspection and treatment, he made a substitution gesture to head coach Van Gaal.

Originally, Van Gaal was still complaining to the fourth official about the opponent's bad foul, believing that the opponent's foul must be punished with a red card and a penalty.

But when he saw Horatio making a substitution gesture to him, he suddenly shuddered and remembered Jiang Xiaolin's terrifying shooting skills in training.

Regardless of red card or yellow card, there is no doubt that the penalty kick was a shovel from behind in the penalty area of ​​Groningen.

So, when Horatio made a gesture to indicate that Ali was injured and needed to be substituted, wouldn't it be a sure thing to replace the only remaining substitute striker Jiang Xiaolin to take the penalty kick?

After thinking of this, Van Gaal immediately said to the fourth official: "Let's make a substitution. No. 29 will replace No. 9."

The fourth official nodded to show that he understood, then lowered his head to operate the substitution card. Van Gaal turned his head to Jiang Xiaolin who was warming up, waved and shouted excitedly: "Jiang, come here!"

Seeing Ali fall to the ground after being tackled from behind, and then the team doctor made a substitution gesture after checking, Jiang Xiaolin had a premonition that he might be replaced.

Because he was the only substitute striker in the team.

Therefore, he quickly called up the system interface and used 5 attribute points to increase the 19-point bounce to the full value of 20 points.

Then he used 1 attribute point to increase the ball stop from 16 to 17, the dribbling from 14 to 15, the short pass from 15 to 16, and the fried meatballs from 7 to 8.

After completing the plan of adding points once a week, Jiang Xiaolin spent 9 attribute points, and the attribute point balance was still 41.

After completing the attribute addition, Jiang Xiaolin immediately heard Van Gaal calling him and ran over.

When Jiang Xiaolin ran closer, before he could speak, Van Gaal hugged Jiang Xiaolin and said, "Jiang, you will immediately come on the bench, replace Ali, and take this penalty kick. Are you sure?"

Jiang Xiaolin was shocked. He expected that he would be arranged to come on the bench, but he did not expect Van Gaal to let him take this penalty kick in a critical moment.

It was too unexpected, and there was no expectation at all.

Let a 16-year-old young man who has never played in a professional league come on the bench for the first time in the Eredivisie just to take a penalty kick. Does the team have no penalty takers?

How is it possible?

The No. 10 offensive core Hamdaoyi is still on the court. He is the first penalty taker of Alkmaar's set-pieces.

It seems that Van Gaal is not confident in Hamdaoyi and others, and only trusts Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills.

Mobile warfare requires teamwork and tacit understanding, but penalties do not.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin can overcome the boos and scolding from the audience, with his shooting skills shown in training, this goal is a sure win.

Therefore, Van Gaal was so calm., is a trust in Jiang Xiaolin.

The excited Jiang Xiaolin was shocked, and naturally nodded without hesitation and said fiercely: "I promise to kick it in!"

If you don't agree, you're a fool!

You must seize the opportunity when it comes.

Hearing Jiang Xiaolin's answer, Van Gaal nodded and said: "Whether we can get out of the away game unscathed depends on you. Ignore the boos of the fans, and kick the ball in the blind spot according to the skills you showed in training."

Jiang Xiaolin nodded.

Van Gaal actually didn't know whether his decision was right or not, and whether Jiang Xiaolin could do it. He just made such a decision based on his intuition.

Jiang Xiaolin's guarantee only gave him comfort, but the penalty kick hadn't been kicked yet, who knew whether Jiang Xiaolin could kick it in?

When Ali was carried down on a stretcher, Jiang Xiaolin, wearing the No. 29 jersey, immediately ran into the stadium after the fourth official allowed it, and truly stepped on the grass of the Eredivisie stadium as a player.

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In the stands, when seeing Alkmaar's No. 9 striker Ali injured and Jiang Xiaolin being called by coach Van Gaal to whisper in his ear, Peng Zhijie, Song Zhicheng and others' hearts began to beat.

They felt that they were about to witness a great moment.

Sure enough, the fourth official played the notice board with No. 9 below and No. 29 above and showed it to the surroundings.

Song Zhicheng and others cheered and screamed, waving the five-star red flag, and then excitedly discussed Jiang Xiaolin's appearance.

"Ah, Jiang Xiaolin is on the field."

"29 is Jiang Xiaolin's number. It's amazing. Xiaolin will soon play in the Eredivisie."

"This is definitely the youngest Chinese overseas player to play in a top foreign league."

"It's so cool. It's worth it for us to come all the way to watch the game!"

"Yes, although he just started playing now, I'm satisfied."

"Indeed, he is much better than Yu Hai. Yu Hai didn't even make the roster this round!"

Fortunately, they changed their position to the visiting team Alkmaar fans before the game started.

Otherwise, they would be looked at differently by Groningen fans.

Peng Zhijie quickly took a picture of the electronic card for the substitution.

Then, after Ali was carried down on a stretcher, Jiang Xiaolin ran into the stadium amid the cheers of Song Zhicheng and others, completing the miracle of playing in the Eredivisie at the age of 16.

At this age, not only among Chinese players, but also among European players, it is rare.

Regardless of the top league of any country, those who can enter the top league at the age of 16 are all super talents.

Although Jiang Xiaolin did not set the record for the youngest player to appear in the Eredivisie, it is enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese football.