God of Green

It was really hard to play in the rain.

Whether it was Alkmaar or Utrecht, players were prone to mistakes when passing or dribbling on the ground.

Especially when passing the ball, the ball that was originally intended to be passed to teammates might get stuck in a puddle halfway and be easily intercepted by the opponent.

Of course, this harsh environment was fair to both sides, and everyone made mistakes.

Mistakes in the midfield were okay, everyone just scrambled for the ball, and the ball changed hands quickly.

But if mistakes happened in the backcourt, it would be fatal.

Romero was unlucky and met a stupid teammate.

Although he knew it was raining heavily and it was easy to make mistakes in passing, someone passed the ball back to him, resulting in bad consequences.

In the 8th minute, Alkmaar's midfield pass was pressed by the entire Utrecht team, and the ball was passed all the way back to the defender's feet.

Alkmaar's starting central defender Hector Moreno may still lack experience. He is only 20 years old. Under the counter-attack of Utrecht's No. 9 striker Robin Nilsi, he was in a panic. Seeing that his teammates on both sides were defended by the opponent's players, he turned around and passed the ball back to goalkeeper Sergio Romero.

If it weren't for the weather, there would be no problem with this pass.

But the problem is that the weather was bad in this game. Under the heavy rain, even if the stadium had drainage facilities, there were still many puddles in the stadium.

And Moreno's ground pass was unlucky and fell into a puddle when he rolled to the penalty area line, and suddenly stopped.

This caught Romero, who was standing on the small penalty area line ready to receive the ball, off guard.

When he reacted and wanted to attack to grab the ball, it was already over.

Robin Nilsi, who forced Moreno to pass the ball back, did not stop, but continued to chase the ball into the penalty area, intending only to continue to force the goalkeeper.

Unexpectedly, he was lucky enough to encounter Moreno's pass error, easily snatched the ball back, and then without stopping the ball, he easily lobbed the ball over the head of Romero who was attacking and fell into the goal behind him.

Utrecht, playing at home, took advantage of the back pass error of Alkmaar defender Moreno to score the first goal and lead 1-0.

This goal made thousands of Utrecht fans who watched the game in the rain crazy and cheered in the wind and rain.

However, Alkmaar did not lose confidence.

In fact, Alkmaar had the advantage on the field, but it was just because of bad luck that they did not score first.

Jiang Xiaolin's excellent physical fitness, plus full-value off-ball running, grabbing points, balance, jumping, headers, etc., made him like a fish in water in air battles.

As long as a teammate can pass the ball from the wing, he has a good chance of grabbing the first point and heading the goal.

However, in this game, Utrecht also focused on Jiang Xiaolin like Feyenoord, so Jiang Xiaolin did not get many chances to head the ball.

But, there are always opportunities.

For example, in the 5th minute, Jiang Xiaolin had already threatened Utrecht with a header.

However, that header was slightly more accurate due to the interference of the opponent's defender, and was blocked by goalkeeper Grando with his foot.

However, although it did not go in, the players of Alkmaar were still very confident.

On the one hand, the heavy rain in this game was conducive to Jiang Xiaolin's aerial advantage.

On the other hand, Utrecht's strength is naturally not as good as Feyenoord, and the defensive effect on Jiang Xiaolin is not so good.

Finally, after the game against Feyenoord, Jiang Xiaolin has more or less some new experience in facing defense.

Although this cannot be compared with the effect of the system improving skills, it is not so obvious, but there is always some progress.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin's performance in this game was much better than the previous one.

In the 14th minute, Alkmaar got a free kick near the midfield. Pocognoli kicked the ball into the penalty area. Jiang Xiaolin took advantage of his strong body and keen ability to grab the ball, and took the first point to head the ball despite the collision of two Utrecht players.

Unfortunately, there were too many people around him, and the interference was too great. He didn't have the strength to head the ball, and was saved by the goalkeeper.

Despite this, Jiang Xiaolin had completed two headers in the first 15 minutes, which was much better than the first 15 minutes of the previous game when he didn't have a single shot.

However, no matter how many shots you make, it's useless if you don't score a goal.

What's more, Alkmaar is still behind.

Whether it's Jiang Xiaolin or other teammates, everyone is fighting hard, running, and trying to cross the ball from the bottom.

In such heavy rain, the two teamsThe tactics are actually similar.

But Utrecht's center forward's aerial combat ability is not as good as Jiang Xiaolin's.

If it weren't for the lucky ball in the 8th minute, the score should still be 0-0.

However, since the ball has been lost, just try to get it back.

Jiang Xiaolin doesn't believe that he still can't score a goal in this game.

That would be too sorry for the system.

Running without the ball is full value, and after adding the full value of the point-grabbing skill, Jiang Xiaolin's judgment of the landing point of the aerial ball is indeed much more acute.

After continuous fighting and hard work, Jiang Xiaolin finally got a good chance in the 23rd minute.

This was also a mistake in Utrecht's midfield pass, allowing David Mendes to grab the ball and then pass it to Maarten Martens.

Jiang Xiaolin, Hamdaoyi, Schals and others changed direction instantly and rushed to the opponent's penalty area.

Martens did not delay in the middle and decisively passed it to Schals on the wing.

However, the wing was defended by Utrecht's full-back, so Schals made a two-on-one cooperation with Hamdaoyi, successfully passed the full-back, and then crossed the ball from the bottom.

Jiang Xiaolin rushed into the penalty area with full-value off-ball running and grabbing attributes, and headed the ball to the far end of the goal with a diving header.

After Jiang Xiaolin headed the ball out, the defender who was marking him rushed to his side, but it was too late.

Whether it was the judgment of the landing point or the speed of running, the defender was much worse than Jiang Xiaolin, resulting in Jiang Xiaolin grabbing the first point and completing the header without paying attention.

Moreover, the quality of this header was very high.

The ball from the wing was originally very fast, and Jiang Xiaolin made a powerful diving header, which made the ball faster.

Even though goalkeeper Grando made a save, he still failed to save the goal in the end.

Alkmaar scored the equalizer with Jiang Xiaolin's header, and the score was 1-1.