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Chapter 53 Battle at The Hague

Four days flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the 29th round of the Eredivisie League kicked off. The match between the league leader Eamonn and Venlo was played one day in advance. Eamonn won again, and the second-placed team in the league Kamble

They also recovered their form and beat Dordrecht 1-0 away from home.

Currently in the standings, Alkmaar has one game less, 12 points behind the first place Eamonn and 4 points behind the second place Cambour. If Alkmaar cannot win away from home this round, there will be 5 rounds left in the league.

Under the circumstances, the Emmen team only needs one more victory to eliminate Alkmaar from the championship competition.

However, under such circumstances, Jiang Mu still did not give up on his set goal. At the press conference before the game, Jiang Mu once again told reporters, "Don't mention to me the victory of Eamon and Cambour. I am watching it."

, I think this victory will not have any impact on my goal. As long as we still have hope, even if it is only theoretical, we must persist. Unless the theoretical hope is gone, we will adjust the goal."

Although this goal seems a bit unrealistic, Jiang Mu's goal has aroused the team's desire for victory. Before the game, many players were determined to pull out the Hague, and the club also encouraged fans to go

The Hague cheers for its team,

Comparatively speaking, The Hague coach Rinus' desire to win is not as strong as Jiang Mu. He said at the press conference that The Hague's goal is the post-season play-offs. The current victory or defeat is not very important, but Li

Nus also emphasized that he never wanted to lose to Alkmaar. They may become opponents in the play-offs. Losing now will affect the confidence of the players.

Due to the low desire of The Hague Club to win, there were not many The Hague fans in the stands on the day of the match. The Ado The Hague Stadium, which can accommodate 15,000 people, was less than half full. The Hague players wearing yellow and green jerseys

Fans, but Alkmaar fans came in large numbers, more than 2,000 people. Although it was much less than the home team, but because of the orderly organization, it was even more powerful than the fans in The Hague.

This is Jiang Mu's second professional league game. There are not as many gimmicks as the first game, and the game does not matter promotion or relegation. There are not many reporters who come to interview, and most of these few reporters are focused on Jiang Mu and his football.

The team came.

From the moment AZ Alkmaar came to The Hague to the players warming up at the Ado The Hague Stadium, reporters' cameras kept following Jiang Mu. There was no star coach like Mourinho in this era, but Jiang Mu's performance made these reporters instinctive

I feel like this is a person who can make news.

The game started at 4:30 in the afternoon, with the high-spirited Alkmaar starting the game. Although this was an away game, it did not have any impact on the Alkmaar players. As soon as the whistle blew, they rushed down the mountain like tigers.

Toward the position at The Hague.

Alkmaar's bravery shocked The Hague coach Rinus. He had watched the nine-to-one match between Alkmaar and Zwolle repeatedly, but he believed that such a big score was mostly accidental. Both sides

The strength between them is not as great as shown in the score. In terms of strength alone, Alkmaar and The Hague are very close. He did not expect that in this evenly matched game, Alkmaar would be so brave, or take risks, and even send troops

Pressing the boundary, the three lines directly mentioned the position near the middle circle.

The players in The Hague have all watched Alkmaar's pressing tactics through video, but they were just spectators. When this high-intensity, fast-paced pressing was imposed on them, the players in The Hague suddenly felt a lot of pressure and couldn't pass the ball.

I can't pass the ball well, and I can't stop the ball reliably. In training, I passed the ball with more than a dozen kicks without losing the ball, but now I get intercepted or forced to stop even after two or three kicks.

Faced with Alkmaar's crazy pressing, The Hague team could not organize its offense at all, and could only be forced back by Alkmaar. After a few minutes, Alkmaar squeezed the home team near the penalty area, just like

The fishing net is getting tighter and tighter.

Now that the space for passing the ball is smaller and too close to the goal, the players in The Hague do not dare to pass the ball easily. Their offensive method is forced into a defensive counterattack, and their defensive method becomes a large iron barrel formation.

If this was the tactic formulated before the game in The Hague, Alkmaar really had no good way to defeat The Hague. However, the tactic before the game in The Hague was based on me, fighting against Alkmaar. As a result, I was squeezed after the opening game.

In their own half, they were a little anxious mentally, and since they had not conducted intensive defensive training before the game, the players interfered with each other when moving to get the ball. The situation was very unfavorable for The Hague team.

In the sixth minute of the game, Altidore pulled the ball and hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Alkmaar's high center Benshop jumped high and wanted to header the ball, but The Hague goalkeeper Roy reacted quickly.

He struck early, punching the ball over Benshop's head with both hands.

The ball fell to the midfield and was picked up by Alkmaar midfielder Enke. Seeing that the goalkeeper hadn't gotten up yet, he directly lobbed the ball towards the goal with his big foot.

Enke's footwork is good, but for the sake of accuracy, the force of his hanging goal is a little small, and the flying speed is not fast enough. The Hague goalkeeper Roy has already climbed up and is ready to win the ball.

But just before goalkeeper Roy could rush in, a strong figure jumped out from between the two The Hague players, jumped high, rubbed his head, and the ball passed through the fingers of The Hague goalkeeper Roy who was about to take off.

, flew into the net.

One to zero!

This sudden change caught everyone off guard, and no one could clearly see where the player came from to complete the fatal blow.

"goalgoalgoal...ku...yi...te..."

It was Kuyt who scored the goal!

God rewards hard work, and Kuyt, who has always been running at all costs, has waited for this opportunity!

After scoring three goals in two games, Kuyt was so excited that he almost went crazy. He rushed to the stands of Alkmaar fans and performed a celebratory action of gliding to the ground.

Kuyt's action aroused the enthusiasm of the Alkmaar fans in the audience. They chanted Kuyt's reputation and gave the 17-year-old a tsunami of applause.

"It's Kuyt again!"

Dilk in the box couldn't help but stood up.

Si Helinjia, who was beside him, said with a smile: "Three goals in two games, it's amazing! Jiang Mu has such a good vision."

"I have only been working in the youth team for less than two months, and you have hired such a talented person for me. I really should let him continue to work in the youth team." Dilk couldn't help laughing.

Assistant coach Lin Nazhou was also surprised by Kuyt's consecutive goals. Kuyt's talent and technical sense are not top-notch, but he can find opportunities and score goals. Now he has to admire Jiang Mu's

The ability to recognize people.

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Conceding a goal more than five minutes into the game was very disadvantageous for The Hague. Head coach Rinus immediately adjusted his tactics and sent someone to mark Kuyt.

Rinus is a player and coach. He can completely adjust the team's tactics without changing players without causing chaos. After his adjustment, The Hague team stepped up its suppression of Alkmaar's midfield.

, focusing on tracking Altidore. Even if he can't tear up the fishing net Jiang Mu laid for him, he still needs to give his team room to pass the ball.

Ado The Hague Stadium itself is not big, and it becomes even more narrow when the two teams are pressing full-time. In the eyes of the fans, it seems that there are not 22 people playing the game. There are players everywhere on the court. The pace of the game is astonishingly fast. Watch

Fans who are accustomed to the rhythm of the Dutch league feel a little dizzy.

Fans and players both feel that this rhythm is too fast and too fierce, but in Jiang Mu's view, this rhythm is much worse than the later Premier League. The reason why he wants to introduce the game to this Premier League rhythm is not because Alkmaar has mastered it.

This kind of rhythm is due to the fact that the ball is mainly played in The Hague's half. This kind of fast-paced strong confrontation is prone to mistakes. For Alkmaar, his own mistakes can only give the opponent a chance to counterattack.

The opponent's mistake is likely to be an opportunity for Alkmaar to score a goal.

Rinus, the head coach of The Hague, plays as a central defender on the court. Generally speaking, the two positions of defender and goalkeeper are the easiest to observe the overall situation, but now because Alkmaar has squeezed The Hague very hard, and the pressing is fierce.

The lines were almost stuck together, and Rinus had no chance to observe the team's performance.

However, he relied on the coach's keen sense that such a pace and confrontation would be detrimental to his team. He tried his best to slow down the pace, but at Alkmaar he had to fight for every ball and did not give his opponents any breathing space.

If they don't follow the opponent's pace, they won't be able to slow down at all, and it will only make things worse.

Since both teams have not received training for the Premier League style of play ten years later, this fast-paced and strong confrontation makes mistakes one after another. It is often that you just made a mistake and gave the ball to your opponent, and then the opponent made another mistake and gave the ball away.

Returned to the ball, the opponent just intercepted the ball, failed to pass the ball, and then was intercepted by the opponent.

This game of mistakes is indeed developing in the direction designed by Jiang Mu, because most of the ball is played in The Hague's half. When Alkmaar makes a mistake, The Hague players can only seize the opportunity to counterattack, and The Hague's

A player made a mistake, and Alkmaar launched an attack directly in the frontcourt, posing a greater threat.

In the 20th minute of the game, Im and Kuyt successfully fought in the frontcourt. When Im got out of the way outside the penalty area and wanted to hit the goal, he was pulled down from behind by a defender from The Hague.

The referee awarded a free kick and gave the defensive player a yellow card.

This free kick is in a good position, right on the penalty area line. Whether it is a direct shot or a tactical combination, it will cause a big blow to the opponent.

The players of The Hague obviously knew that they could not give too many free kicks in this position. They tried their best to find the referee, hoping that the referee would take back the decision. However, the referee saw clearly that it was the defensive foul and he insisted on awarding a free kick.

This free kick is still taken by Altidore, who has the best footwork. Altidore scored a free kick in the last game.

This free kick was too close to the goal. After the curve ball was kicked, there was no room to fall. Just when Altidore was thinking about how to kick the ball, Kuyt took a note from Jiang Mu on the sidelines.

, then hurried over and handed the note to Altidore.

After Altidore read it, he held the note in his palm, crumpled it into a ball, and strode to the penalty spot with a look of surprise on his face.