God of Green

After the score was tied, the players on both sides fought more fiercely.

Utrecht led twice and was tied twice, which was naturally very unwilling. They had every reason and fighting spirit to continue scoring, leading again, and finally winning the game.

On the Alkmaar side, they fell behind twice and tied twice, which proved that Alkmaar was unbeatable. Everyone was naturally more excited and wanted to score another goal in one go to complete the reversal.

The bad weather and the slippery field made this kind of fighting and collision more shocking. People were tackled and knocked down from time to time. Even Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness and balance were pulled down two or three times.

Fortunately, there was no injury.

In addition, the referee was also quite strong.

From the 74th minute when Alkmaar tied the score to the 84th minute, in just 10 minutes, the referee blew more than ten fouls and gave two yellow cards, which slightly cooled down the boiling blood of the players on both sides and did not turn into a group fight.

However, no matter how the referee pressed, the players still had the urge to tackle, bump into, and pull people.

It was just the presence of the referee that suppressed this urge.

But in an emergency, when they completely forgot the existence of the referee, they would still subconsciously commit fouls.

In the 86th minute, Utrecht's wing attack hit the frontcourt, and the No. 10 midfielder core Kalvi made a wonderful pass outside the corner of the penalty area to penetrate the Alkmaar defense and pass the ball to the ribs of the penalty area.

No. 9 striker Robin Nielsi cleverly shook off Ragnar Klavan who was defending him, rushed into the penalty area and prepared to shoot a powerful shot.

Shooting in the penalty area has always been very dangerous. The Alkmaar players around were so nervous that their hair was about to explode. Goalkeeper Romero was also highly nervous and ready to save.

But most people had no way to deal with Robin Nielsi because the distance was too far and it was out of reach.

Only Pocognoli, who was closer, saw that Robin Nilsi was about to catch up with the ball and shoot. He had no time to weigh the pros and cons. He only wanted to stop Robin Nilsi's shot subconsciously, so he flew over without hesitation.

As a result, Robin Nilsi touched the ball before him.

Robin Nilsi kicked the ball towards the goal, and was shoveled to the ground by Pocognoli.

And his shot was not very good, and was saved by Sergio Romero.

Seeing that the ball did not go in, the referee did not hesitate to whistle Pocognoli for a foul and pointed to the penalty spot: yellow card + penalty.

Alkmaar was sentenced to death.

If Robin Nilsi's ball had gone in, the referee might have let Pocognoli go.

But since the ball did not go in, Pocognoli, who fouled in the penalty area, could not escape punishment.

After seeing the referee's yellow card and the gesture pointing to the penalty spot, Pocognoli seemed to come to his senses. He got up in panic and wanted to explain, but the referee waved his hands repeatedly to signal him to move away and not to affect his law enforcement. If he got closer to him, he would continue to take out cards.

Captain Yarriens, who wanted to explain to the referee, had to pull Pocognoli away to avoid being taken out again and the consequences of two yellow cards turning into one red card.

On the Utrecht side, Robin Nielsi, who had just gotten up, had already started celebrating with his teammates.

The home fans in the stands sang in the heavy rain, as if they were about to win.

Indeed, the game time has come to the 86th minute. As long as this penalty kick is scored, it will almost be a sure win.

No wonder Utrecht's players and fans started celebrating.

Unexpectedly, Utrecht's people celebrated too early, and the penalty kick was not 100% scored.

The penalty was taken by Robin Nilsi, the No. 9 who created the penalty. The angle of the ball he kicked was not sharp, and Romero judged the direction correctly. He moved in advance and pressed the ball directly under him, leaving no chance for Utrecht players to make up the shot.

Pocognoli, who almost sent the team into a desperate situation, rushed to the goal, pulled up Romero who fell to the ground, and then hugged him excitedly, kissed him hard on the head several times, regardless of how much mud and grass were on Romero's head.

Others also came forward to hug Romero to celebrate, expressing their gratitude and joy for him saving the penalty.

In contrast, the players on the Utrecht side were stunned and dejected.

Especially Robin Nilsi, who missed the penalty, with his hands on his waist and his head down, with an expression of regret that he wanted to die, which made the Alkmaar players feel relieved.

Not only Robin Nilsi, but the missed penalty made the entire Utrecht team a little psychologically unbalanced.

soon, not long after, in the 89th minute, Alkmaar also staged the same scene.

Hamdaoyi dribbled the ball in from the wing and passed it to the middle. Jiang Xiaolin shook off the player who was guarding him closely by changing direction and rushed into the penalty area to shoot the ball and kill the opponent.

Unexpectedly, Utrecht's No. 24 defender Yunbelen had the same situation as Pocognoli. He kicked Jiang Xiaolin from the side and knocked him down in the penalty area.

Pocognoli's mistake just now should have been a lesson for Utrecht.

But maybe Robin Nilsi missed the penalty just now, which made Yunbelen feel a little annoyed and confused.

Then, the scene of Hamdaoyi's cross pass and Jiang Xiaolin's running to prepare for the shot made Yunbelen forget the lesson of Pocognoli just now. He just relied on the instinct of not wanting Jiang Xiaolin to shoot and shoveled Jiang Xiaolin from the side.

As a result, the ball was not tackled, but Jiang Xiaolin was tackled, so naturally the referee also gave him the ultimate punishment of a yellow card + penalty.

This shocked even the TV commentator Jones.

Jones shouted in surprise in the commentary booth:

"Oh my god, a penalty, another penalty!"

"Alkmaar was just awarded a penalty, and now it's Utrecht's turn."

"Two penalties within three minutes are simply unexpected."

"Utrecht's penalty was missed by Robin Nilsi. I wonder who will take Alkmaar's penalty, and will it be missed?"

"I guess it will be taken by Jiang, who created this penalty, because Jiang's first touch in his first game in the Eredivisie was sent on the field by Van Gaal to take a penalty."

"This proves that Jiang's penalty technique should be the best in Alkmaar. What's more, this ball was created by Jiang himself, and Hamdaoyi probably won't compete with Jiang for the penalty."