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After playing the Champions League match against Marseille, Alkmaar's task is still arduous. They have four games during the winter break, three league games and one Dutch Cup, and these four games must be completed within two weeks. This pair of

It is a very tense event for any team, but AZ is lucky. In the knockout round of the 16th of the Dutch Cup, they were drawn by the Dutch second division team Telstar.

Although upsets in the cup are rare, any game must still be based on strength. The strength of the Eredivisie second team is definitely lower than that of the Eredivisie. Jiang Mu can completely use substitutes or even the second team to play this game.

During the game, let your main players rest.

Alkmaar's second team performed very well. Although it was not as good as the first team, in the youth league, Alkmaar's second team did not lose face as the first team. They also topped the list and were the favorites to win the championship.

The match against Fortunasi in the 16th round of the league was very difficult. This was not due to the strength of Fortunasi. The main reason was that Alkmaar had experienced a double match in a row and had a fierce battle with Marseille.

Both physically and psychologically, he was in a period of fatigue. At this time, he was at the end of his strength, and his overall strength was not much stronger than Fortunaxi.

However, this game is played at Alkmaar's home court. There are fanatical fans at home, and the referee's whistle will naturally be affected, which is beneficial to Alkmaar. Fortunasi's prestige in Alkmaar's photo is also good in the away game.

Not daring to make any mistakes, they still set up their iron barrel formation and prepared to finish with one point.

If it was the original Alkmaar team, facing a weak team like Fortunasi and playing at home, it would definitely be like a violent storm. After taking a big lead, they would slow down the pace and deal with garbage time. But now

Alkmaar was powerless and could only patiently control the ball in the midfield and move around the penalty area to look for opportunities.

It is definitely not easy to break the iron barrel formation with this kind of play, but it is very stable and will not be counterattacked by Fortunasi. Now Alkmaar must win this game on a stable basis.

Fortunasi didn't know the state of Alkmaar and thought that Alkmaar was going to play a cat and mouse game with them. They were determined not to be fooled and just dealt with Alkmaar in their own half.

Neither side scored a goal in the first half. In the second half, Alkmaar suddenly accelerated the pace and continuously passed through the wing of Fortunasi. In the 56th minute, he scored the first goal of the game. The goal was scored by

Drogba.

Alkmaar's goal pushed Fortunasi into a desperate situation. They had to attack. After this attack, Fortunasi was surprised to find that Alkmaar was a paper tiger. It turned out that they had come in vain.

Then Fortunasi turned the tables and attacked Alkmaar fiercely at the Dehoot Stadium. The whole game was pressed and Alkmaar had to defend and counterattack.

In the end, Alkmaar used a counterattack to score the second goal, and Fortunasi also used a corner kick to get a goal back. However, because the time was too short, their physical fitness was not used to the extreme, and they finally lost by one goal.

After this game, Jiang Mu finally discovered that although the players had not reached their physical limit, they were mentally exhausted. If they continued to play, they might not be far from collapse. He made up his mind to win the Dutch Cup.

In the knockout round of the top 16, players from the second team and a few substitutes will be used.

Telstar naturally wants it. If Alkmaar really joins the first team, they can only treat this knockout match as a friendly match. If Alkmaar sends their second team, they will of course have a chance to reach the eight.

Strong, for an unknown team like them, the Dutch Cup is a good opportunity to show their face.

Although many of Alkmaar's second team players are good prospects poached from various places, they are young after all. Although substitutes like Martens and Suleiman have played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army, they cannot replace these players in the game.

The knockout match against Telstar was very intense, and the goals were scored like plum blossoms. At the end of the 90 minutes, the two sides actually scored 4:4.

Because the Dutch Cup is a decisive game, AZ Alkmaar and Telstar had to play overtime. In the overtime, the two stars of the second team, Robben and Huntelaar, finally showed their superhuman strength.

Strength, they scored a goal in each half, helping Alkmaar advance to the top 8 at 6:4.

The AZ Alkmaar II team performed very well in the Dutch Cup. It is not easy to defeat a first-class team in the Dutch Second Division. Telstar eliminated the Dutch Second Division leader Goward Eagle to advance to the top 16.

However, there is something more magical than the performance of Alkmaar's second team in the Dutch Cup, and that is the Ajax second team. They actually reached the quarterfinals with the Ajax first team, Alkmaar's opponent in the quarterfinals.

This is the Ajax youth team.

The other six teams in the Dutch Cup quarter-finals are Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord, Groningen, Heerenveen and Dordrecht.

Among them, Ajax faces Groningen, PSV vs. Feyenoord have a strong dialogue, Utrecht vs. Heerenveen, and Ajax Youth Team vs. Alkmaar. The games will be played after the winter break.

After the draw, when Alkmaar played against the Ajax youth team, a reporter asked Jiang Mu if he would still play with the second team. Jiang Mu simply replied, "It's possible, but it's not very likely. I want to

It depends on the team's situation. The Dutch Cup champion is also the national champion. We will not lose the championship just for the sake of face. We want to defend the Dutch Cup. Although it is not very honorable to play the big against the small, it is very safe and I prefer it."

Jiang Mu's remarks caused controversy after the game. Many reporters said that Jiang Mu was too utilitarian and lacked some of the idealism of Dutch football. He was more suitable to coach in Italy. Many reporters also defended Jiang Mu, believing that the utilitarian Jiang Mu led Al

Kemar played the most beautiful offensive football since Louis van Gaal's Ajax, but other idealistic Dutch teams played poorly, not scoring many goals, and were eliminated early in the European war.

There is no comparison with Alkmaar.

Jiang Mu doesn't care much about how the outside world evaluates him. He has only one purpose, which is to win and win the championship. As long as he keeps winning, history will not rate him low.

In the 17th and 18th rounds, Alkmaar will face Dordrecht and Nijmegen. These are also the last two games before the winter break. If Alkmaar does not lose one of them, they will be undefeated.

The record has expanded to 51 games, which is a very scary result. You must know that during the Milan Dynasty, their unbeaten record was only 58 games. Alkmaar only needs to win 8 more games to break this dusty unbeaten record.

After the rotation of the second team players in mid-week, Alkmaar's players recovered about 70% of their skills, but this is enough to cope with these mid-to-lower teams in the Eredivisie.

In the match against Dordrecht, Dordrecht learned the lessons from the previous game at Fortunasi. They used their physical strength to run all over the field at the beginning, hoping to bring down Alkmaar, but Alkmaar had a few rests.

After a few days, both mental and physical strength have recovered a lot. Facing Dordrecht's pretentiousness, Alkmaar patiently waited for the opportunity to come. Finally, at the end of the first half, Thomasson's counter-offside was successful.

Help Alkar open the scoring.

In the second half, Alkmaar took advantage of Dordrecht's lack of concentration. After receiving a pass from Ronaldinho, Van Bommel scored a long shot about 7 meters from the front of the penalty area, extending the score to 2:0.

Dordrecht's offense took a hit. The players lacked confidence and did not do enough to press in the second half. Dordrecht's strength was not good and they were unwilling to exert physical strength, which was very dangerous for them.

Sure enough, in the last thirty minutes of the second half, Alkmaar suddenly accelerated the pace of pressing and passing in the frontcourt, leaving Dordrecht in a hurry. In the end, Ronaldinho and Kuyt each scored a goal, and the final was a 4:0 bloodbath.

Dordrecht.

The 18th round of the game was held on December 18th. After this game, the winter break began and Christmas was coming soon. At this time, all the teams hoped to end with a victory in the first half.

, spend this holiday happily.

After accepting the lessons of Dordrecht and Fortunaci, Nijmegen very wisely chose a defensive counterattack, not a Fortunaci-style iron barrel formation, nor a Dordrecht-style frenzied attack, but a defensive counterattack.

It is a true defensive counterattack, boldly investing offensive forces, in order to wear down Alkmaar's physical fitness.

Alkmaar had a headache with this style of play. Their attack in the frontcourt failed, and immediately after the opponent's counterattack, their entire defense line and midfielder had to run back, and they were hit by the opponent several times in a row. The defender

They couldn't stand it any more. They could only stay behind to prevent their opponents from counterattacking.

The distance between the three lines of a team must be closely connected. If there is a disconnect and the opponent gets in between the defender and the midfielder, it will be difficult for the defender. Therefore, if the defender cannot go up, Alkmaar's midfielder and midfielder will

The forwards also have to retreat, so it is impossible to maintain high pressure in the frontcourt. They can only play positional warfare when they have the ball.

The game was not very fierce, but there was a murderous intention hidden in the secret. Every time Alkmaar attacked fiercely, they would encounter an equally fierce counterattack from Nijmegen. There was a strange balance between the two sides throughout the game.

After a while, it stopped for a while, and the pace of the game was fast and slow. In the end, no one could do anything to anyone, and they shook hands with each other at 0:0.

This was Alkmaar's first game without a goal this season, but Jiang Mu did not express disappointment. He felt that after the half, Alkmaar had left second place PSV by 8 points.

He is happy that the young Alkmaar has achieved such results in his first third-line battle and is worthy of pride. He wishes the players a Merry Christmas in advance and hopes that the players will have a good rest during the holidays and wait for more intense competition in the coming year.

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