God of Green

Kekrade, the Alkmaar team, who had just arrived at the away hotel, also received the news that Jiang Xiaolin was selected as a candidate for the European Golden Boy Award and had a high probability of winning the award.

Everyone quickly asked the hotel front desk for a newspaper and confirmed the news. They immediately congratulated Jiang Xiaolin and asked Jiang Xiaolin to treat them.

Jiang Xiaolin was also very happy and naturally agreed without hesitation, saying that he would treat everyone to the most delicious Chinese food after returning to Alkmaar.

It was in such a joyful atmosphere that at 20:00 on the evening of October 29, Alkmaar's away game against Roda JC in the 8th round of the Eredivisie officially started at Roda JC's home stadium, Limburg Park Stadium.

Jiang Xiaolin still did not start in this game.

Although he staged the most perfect comeback in the last game and scored a goal in 2 minutes after coming on as a substitute, Van Gaal was still very cautious and did not overuse him.

Although Jiang Xiaolin wanted to start, Van Gaal finally did not agree, only saying that he would have a chance to play again in the second half, and the playing time should be earlier than the last game.

Before this round of games, Alkmaar ranked third in the standings with 5 wins and 2 losses and 15 points, but only 1 point away from the first place in the standings.

Because the first and second places in the standings only have 16 points, but Groningen occupies the top position because of the advantage of goal difference, and Breda ranks second.

Therefore, if Alkmaar wins this game, as long as Groningen and Breda do not win, Alkmaar may reverse the standings and rise to the top.

Even if one of the two teams wins and the other does not win, Alkmaar will rise one place and replace one of the positions.

Step by step, there will be a day to surpass competitors.

The premise is that you have to keep winning.

Alkmaar is absolutely confident in this.

Although this game is away and not easy to play, the opponent is not strong either.

Roda JC has only achieved a poor record of 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses in 7 league rounds this season, which is a sharp contrast to Alkmaar's current momentum of five consecutive league wins.

The players of Alkmaar have absolute confidence in winning the game.

What's more, Jiang Xiaolin, the killer, is sitting on the bench!

Through the observation of the last game and daily training, everyone has confirmed that Jiang Xiaolin must have fully recovered to his peak state.

Such Jiang Xiaolin is simply a god who can kill gods and Buddhas!

The game was as expected.

Although Roda JC played at home, its offense was weak and its defense was full of loopholes. Even if the starting players' shooting skills were not as good as Jiang Xiaolin, they had more shooting opportunities!

At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was 0-1, and Alkmaar, who played away, took the lead.

However, the goal was not scored by Hamdaoyi or Ali, but by central defender Ragnar Klavan who grabbed the first point in a corner kick.

Although the score was leading, Van Gaal was not very satisfied during the halftime break.

However, he did not use Jiang Xiaolin, after all, it was still early, he just told everyone to strengthen the offensive in the second half.

In the second half, Alkmaar continued to actively press forward and tried to break through Roda JC's goal as soon as possible to secure the victory.

But the two forwards were not strong enough, and their shooting skills were not as good as Jiang Xiaolin.

Moreover, both of them lacked shooting luck today.

In the 52nd minute, Hamdaoyi received a wonderful pass from forward Stein Schars in the penalty area and his shot missed the post.

In the 58th minute, Ali kicked the ball in the penalty area close to the goal when Maarten Martens' long shot outside the penalty area caused the goalkeeper to lose his hand and the ball fell in front of him, and kicked the ball over the crossbar.

Missing this excellent opportunity to score a goal made the head coach Van Gaal furious, and his patience with Ali finally reached its limit.

So, Van Gaal called Jiang Xiaolin on the bench and asked him to warm up.

Jiang Xiaolin jumped up immediately and ran to the sidelines to warm up, ready to play at any time.

Ali on the field naturally saw this scene and his face was quite bad.

In the last game, Van Gaal replaced Hamdaoyi with Jiang Xiaolin, but in this game, he felt that the head coach would definitely let Jiang Xiaolin replace him.

After all, Van Gaal asked Jiang Xiaolin to warm up when he missed the shot in front of the goal.

Therefore, Ali became anxious and frequently asked his teammates for the ball to shoot.

Before Jiang Xiaolin returned, Ali was one of the team's main strikers after all, and everyone had a good relationship.

So, the teammates who couldn't save face began to pass the ball to Ali as much as possible when the time allowed, andHe went to shoot.

But the more he wanted to score, the less he could score.

In just four or five minutes, Ali had three shooting opportunities, but one missed the post, one was kicked over the crossbar by the opponent, and one was blocked by the opponent's defender. Not even a threatening shot appeared.

Such a situation naturally made Van Gaal completely sentence Ali to death.

After calling Jiang Xiaolin back to the sidelines after warming up and giving him some instructions, Van Gaal asked the fourth official to play the substitution card, No. 29 Ali was replaced by No. 9 Jiang Xiaolin.

More than a thousand Alkmaar fans or overseas Chinese fans who traveled with the team to the away game suddenly burst into warm applause and warmly welcomed Jiang Xiaolin's appearance.

Of course, the fans of Roda JC booed warmly.

Obviously, the fans of Roda JC, who were scored 7 goals by Jiang Xiaolin in three games in the league and the UEFA Cup play-offs last season, were impressed by him and hated him slowly.

But no matter how much they booed, they couldn't stop Jiang Xiaolin from coming on the field.

In the 63rd minute, Alkmaar made a substitution and Jiang Xiaolin made a brilliant appearance.

This time Jiang Xiaolin didn't add any skills. After all, the last time he added points was three days ago, so he couldn't add them too quickly.

After Jiang Xiaolin came on the field, Alkmaar suddenly looked different.

Before Jiang Xiaolin came on the field, Alkmaar's offense was a bit scattered, and the midfielders could shoot or pass the ball.

If forwards Hamdaoyi and Ali got the ball, they would try to shoot by themselves, and rarely passed the ball to each other.

But after Jiang Xiaolin came on the field, both the midfielders and the other forward Hamdaoyi immediately regarded Jiang Xiaolin as the backbone and the end point of the offense, and they all turned into green leaves to assist Jiang Xiaolin.

Because Jiang Xiaolin has the strength and ability, it is worth it for them to do so.

Not only will they not reduce the opportunity to perform because of Jiang Xiaolin's appearance, but they will get more assists because of Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills.

In the 65th minute, Hamdaoyi almost assisted Jiang Xiaolin with a cross pass, but unfortunately his pass was a little too far and was intercepted by Roda JC defender Sargis in advance and cleared out of the penalty area.

If the ball rolled in front of Jiang Xiaolin, it would definitely be another threatening shot.

Although the shot was not made, Hamdaoyi's idea was still good, and Jiang Xiaolin also gave him a thumbs up.

Afterwards, Jiang Xiaolin continued to threaten Roda JC's penalty area with his all-pervasive speed, body, and ability to grab points.

Roda JC naturally knew how powerful Jiang Xiaolin was, and also sent people to carry out highly targeted close defense.

However, Jiang Xiaolin is now very different from last season.

After the World Cup qualifiers and the Olympic Games, Jiang Xiaolin has many more skills, which is very different from the Jiang Xiaolin that Roda JC encountered last season, and is much stronger.

For example, in free kicks, Jiang Xiaolin, who has perfect arc skills, is much more threatening than last season.

Although the players of Roda JC know this, they are still unable to defend.

Because if you don't foul, it is possible for the opponent to break into the penalty area and create a greater threat.

Therefore, in the 69th minute, when the midfielder Maarten Martens used his skills to pass two people outside the penalty area and was about to break into the penalty area, the defender of Roda JC had to pull Martens down outside the penalty area.

As Maarten Martens fell to the ground, the referee blew a sharp whistle, and Alkmaar got a free kick in front of a large penalty area. Regardless of the position, distance, and angle, it is very suitable for a direct free kick.

Originally, Hamdaoyi was the team's first free kick taker, but now that Jiang Xiaolin has returned and has shown a goal rate almost the same as a penalty in training, Hamdaoyi can only step down.

This free kick will be taken by Jiang Xiaolin.

The players and head coach of Roda JC are not as stupid as the players and coaches of Volendam.

At least, they had studied Jiang Xiaolin before this game. The free kick Jiang Xiaolin scored in the Olympics was naturally the object of their research.

Therefore, seeing that Jiang Xiaolin was taking the free kick, Roda JC's goalkeeper Conor became nervous and sent out a six-man human wall lineup to completely block Jiang Xiaolin's shooting angle.

But in fact, everyone knows that with Jiang Xiaolin's current ability to kick arc free kicks, more people are useless.

Unless all the people in the human wall are of the same height as Ibrahimovic, they may be able to cause some obstacles to Jiang Xiaolin's free kicks.

After the goalkeeper finally commanded the human wall to stand up, giving himself a little comfort, he stood trembling at the far end of the goal, waiting.Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

However, the goalkeeper's position was not the absolute far end. Strictly speaking, it should be in the middle of the goal.

Jiang Xiaolin keenly discovered this.

Because in Jiang Xiaolin's previous free kick record, almost 80% of them were shot at the near corner.

Therefore, this time the opponent's goalkeeper Connor obviously subconsciously thought that Jiang Xiaolin would shoot at the near corner, so he did not stand at the far end, but in the middle, closer to the near corner.

Perhaps, he thought that this would reduce his time and distance for saving, and it would be easier to save Jiang Xiaolin's shot at the near corner?

After discovering this, Jiang Xiaolin naturally changed his mind about shooting at the near corner.

After the referee blew the whistle for the penalty kick, Jiang Xiaolin took a few steps and then kicked the ball suddenly.

All the people in the wall jumped up, ready to do their best to disrupt Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin's ball did not fly over any of their heads, but flew directly to the far end of the goal.

Goalkeeper Conor dove for the near corner the moment Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball.

When he realized that Jiang Xiaolin's shot was not for the near corner, but for the far corner, it was too late.

The center of gravity of diving to the near corner made it impossible for him to dive back, and he froze in place, and then watched the ball draw an arc and fly into the goal along the far post.

The commentator shouted instantly:

"Gooooooooooooooooooooal..."

"The ball went in, Jiang Xiaolin scored again!"

"Jiang scored a brilliant direct free kick, and goalkeeper Conor didn't even make a save, and watched the ball go into the net."

"Jiang Xiaolin, who returned to the club, has come on as a substitute and scored in two consecutive games."

"Alkmaar leads Roda JC 2-0 away from home."

More than 10,000 Roda JC fans in the stands were silent, and only more than 1,000 Alkmaar fans who traveled with the team to the away game applauded and cheered in the stands, celebrating the team's two-goal lead and Jiang Xiaolin's consecutive substitute appearances and goals.

On the court, Jiang Xiaolin was also very happy. He hugged and high-fived his teammates to celebrate for a long time before returning to his own half to wait for the opponent to kick off.

After the game resumed, Roda JC, who played at home, naturally did not want to lose and launched a strong offensive towards Alkmaar's hinterland.

However, in view of Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability, they still kept three or four defenders in their own half to prevent Jiang Xiaolin and Hamdaoyi from counterattacking.

In the 74th minute, Jiang Xiaolin almost succeeded in countering the offside and got the ball, but was forcibly pulled down from behind by defender Di Fahe.

Although Di Fahe received a yellow card and gave Alkmaar a free kick, the free kick was still far from the goal, which was still a good deal, and Jiang Xiaolin did not succeed in countering the offside and getting the ball to form a single shot.

However, as Alkmaar, which can compete for the Dutch championship, is still different from the strength of the Chinese team.

When Jiang Xiaolin played in the Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic team basically could only shrink back to defend, and occasionally kicked the ball to the front court by luck, letting Jiang Xiaolin grab it.

But Alkmaar was not like that. They had enough strength to control the ball under their own feet and then sent it to the front court. They didn't need to kick the ball with a big kick like a lucky shot, and Jiang Xiaolin was completely left to grab it.

In the 81st minute, Jiang Xiaolin didn't even need to participate. The winger Moussa Dembele, the front midfielder Maarten Martens, and the forward Hamdaoyi passed the ball to the left side of the front court. Finally, Dembele passed the ball from the bottom of the left side and passed it into the penalty area.

It was Jiang Xiaolin's turn to play at this time.

He rushed into the penalty area with full-value off-ball running and point-grabbing ability, firmly occupied the landing point of the ball, jumped high, and headed for the goal.

Even under the drag and collision of the opponent's defender, Jiang Xiaolin's strong physique and full-value balance ability still allowed him to stabilize his body in the air and complete this header.