God of Green

Next, the two sides continued to fight against each other, and the rhythm of offense and defense changed very quickly.

And this style of play is undoubtedly Jiang Xiaolin's favorite.

In the 13th minute, Jiang Xiaolin, who could not find any opportunities in the penalty area, took the initiative to retreat, withdrew from the penalty area, and quickly received a wonderful pass from Maarten Martens.

Jiang Xiaolin received the pass from Martens in the gap at the front of the penalty area, dribbled the ball to shake off the defender, got a chance to shoot, and then immediately swung his thigh to shoot.

Unfortunately, this shot was blocked by the Twente defender who rushed over from the side, otherwise it might be another threatening shot.

In the 15th minute, Moussa Dembele broke through the wing and cut inside to shoot, causing Twente goalkeeper Baosuka to miss the save. Hamdaoyi quickly followed up with a supplementary shot, but the ball did not hit the right spot and flew over the crossbar.

Soon, Twente also played a good quality attack.

After several exquisite passes and cuts, Twente's attack reached the penalty area line. Forward Elijah dribbled the ball to create a gap on the penalty area line and then volleyed the ball.

The ball rushed to the lower right corner of the goal along the grass, successfully avoiding the two or three Alkmaar defenders in the penalty area who stretched out their feet to try to clear the ball.

However, goalkeeper Romero was very focused and reacted the moment Elijah shot, flying to save the ball.

Although Elijah's shot was of high quality, fast speed and sharp angle, it was still saved by Romero, which made Twente's players and fans sigh.

Although the next corner kick was grabbed by Twente's central defender Helt, it was not well headed due to the collision and interference of Alkmaar players. It only touched the scalp a little, and then flew diagonally out of the back end of the goal.

Alkmaar then used the goal kick to launch a positional attack, and after passing the ball to the front of Twente's penalty area, it was a little difficult to move forward.

Because Twente, who was all-out attacking and defending, had returned to defense after the last corner kick failed.

Seeing this, Alkmaar kept passing the ball back and forth outside the penalty area, trying to find an opening, but could not pass the ball in.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaolin retreated out of the penalty area again, ready to receive the pass from his teammates and shoot from outside the penalty area.

Unexpectedly, Twente was much more vigilant this time. Even if Jiang Xiaolin withdrew from the penalty area, the midfielder and defender immediately came up to defend closely, preventing Jiang Xiaolin from receiving the ball safely and shooting from a distance.

So Jiang Xiaolin moved to the right side again and switched positions with the winger Stein Schars.

After switching to the side, the situation suddenly became clear.

Because Twente could not let the midfielder and central defender, the key defensive forces in the middle, follow Jiang Xiaolin to the side, leaving too much space in the middle facing the goal.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin gained a better space to move on the side.

Hamdaoyi, who was holding the ball, also passed the ball in time.

When Jiang Xiaolin received the ball, he was about three or four meters away from the sideline and about 30 meters away from the bottom line. It was Twente's winger Douglas who rushed to defend Jiang Xiaolin.

He blocked Jiang Xiaolin's way to the bottom line in time, retreating and blocking, avoiding Jiang Xiaolin's quick breakthrough on the side.

Jiang Xiaolin controlled the ball under his feet, moving forward slowly, and paying attention to Douglas's defensive loopholes at any time.

If it was before, Douglas's blocking style of retreating and defending, Jiang Xiaolin really didn't have a good way, because his fried meatballs were not suitable for this situation at all: the distance was a bit far, not suitable.

As for dribbling past the opponent, it was even more impossible in this situation. Dripping past the opponent is generally only applicable to the situation of facing the defensive player with his back.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin could only stare at Douglas's legs and prepare to use his other skill: dribbling through the crotch.

After the dribbling through the crotch was added to the maximum value, Jiang Xiaolin has not used it in the game!

This time Jiang Xiaolin was going to use this to get past Douglas, because Douglas's position while retreating was very suitable for this situation.

Douglas naturally didn't know that Jiang Xiaolin was going to pass through his crotch, because Jiang Xiaolin had never done this kind of pass in previous games, and he thought Jiang Xiaolin couldn't do it, so he was not vigilant at all.

As a result, under such careless defense, Douglas opened his legs as much as possible, expanded the horizontal defense area, and then slowly retreated while blocking his position, ready to wait for his teammates in the middle to rush over to assist.

Someone did rush over in the middle, it was Twente striker Danny Paul who was returning to defense. He ran diagonally to the side, ready to double-team Jiang Xiaolin with Douglas, to snatch the ball or force Jiang Xiaolin to take the ball out of bounds himself.

However, just as Danny Paul had run to less than 5 meters to the side of Jiang Xiaolin and Douglas, and was about to get close to and join Douglas,When Glass formed a siege, Jiang Xiaolin keenly discovered that the distance between Douglas' legs widened to a suitable distance for the ball to pass during this retreat.

So, under the gaze of countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV, Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball out, and instantly started, ready to overtake from the outside line and pass through the crotch.

Seeing Jiang Xiaolin kick the ball out and the ball went straight to his feet, Douglas's face changed drastically, and then he realized that the distance between his legs was too wide and he might be passed through the crotch.

Panicked, Douglas subconsciously closed his legs to block the ball that went through the crotch.

As a result, his action not only failed to stop Jiang Xiaolin's crotch pass, but also delayed the opportunity, allowing Jiang Xiaolin to bypass him from the outside line and complete the outside overtaking through the crotch.

When he reacted and wanted to turn around to chase Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin had already run back to the line to catch up with his ball and rushed to the baseline with the ball.

This was a beautiful crotch pass, and Douglas was almost insulted by Jiang Xiaolin in person.

The Alkmaar fans in the stands burst into warm applause and cheers, and were very excited about Jiang Xiaolin's pass.

Douglas and Danibau were left behind by Jiang Xiaolin.

However, the two of them still chased closely, because in front of Jiang Xiaolin, Twente's full-back Venat ran out diagonally from the penalty area, which could not only block Jiang Xiaolin's route to the bottom, but also Jiang Xiaolin's route to cut inside.

As long as Venat can block Jiang Xiaolin for one or two seconds, Douglas and Danibau, who were just left behind, may catch up with Jiang Xiaolin and form a siege.

However, Alkmaar's players are not puppets, and Jiang Xiaolin also has helpers.

When Venat ran out of the penalty area to block Jiang Xiaolin, Maarten Martens, who was near the top of the penalty area, also ran over and made a pass gesture to Jiang Xiaolin.

Jiang Xiaolin understood, cut slightly inward at the same level as the penalty area line, and then kicked the ball to Martens.

There were naturally people defending Martens, who would not let him turn around to get the space to shoot, so Venat did not care about him, and kept his eyes on Jiang Xiaolin to prevent him from playing a two-on-one match with Martens and entering the penalty area.

However, on the football field, sometimes you can't defend it just because you want to.

Jiang Xiaolin's body, speed, and running skills are not something Venat can block just because he wants to.

After passing the ball to Martens, Jiang Xiaolin first moved two steps in the direction of Martens, causing Venat to also deviate in the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's running.

Then Jiang Xiaolin suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the baseline. With his super explosive power and starting speed, he instantly overtook Venat, ran to the baseline, and was about to go around the side of the penalty area.

The purpose of Martens asking Jiang Xiaolin to pass the ball to him was to play this cooperation.

After Jiang Xiaolin passed the ball to him, he dodges the passing space by continuous dunking, and passes the ball to Jiang Xiaolin when he gets rid of Venat by running and rushing to the baseline.

Jiang Xiaolin received Martens' pass about four meters near the baseline on the side of the penalty area line and rushed into the penalty area.

This made Twente's players, coaches, and fans change their faces.

Anyone who rushes into the penalty area with the ball, even if it is from the side, will still make people nervous if the shooting angle is relatively small.

Although Venat, Douglas, and Danibao are still desperately chasing back to defend, they are obviously unable to stop Jiang Xiaolin's shot in the penalty area.

Therefore, central defender Ragwald had to give up the defense of the middle and quickly ran to the small penalty area to block Jiang Xiaolin's possible shooting angle.

Goalkeeper Baosuka also stood near the goal to prevent Jiang Xiaolin from shooting.

With a central defender and a goalkeeper blocking the ball, Jiang Xiaolin did not take any risks.

Even with his full shooting skills, this ball might not be scored.

He cooperated with Martens and dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the side, not for shooting, but to complete the new tactics that the coach had trained a few days ago: the bottom line inverted triangle pass.

This time Jiang Xiaolin completed his task very well.

With his terrifying deterrence, Jiang Xiaolin has now attracted the defensive attention of four Twente players except the goalkeeper.

Central defender Ragwald blocked Jiang Xiaolin's shooting angle in the small penalty area in front. The full-back was behind Jiang Xiaolin and had just been thrown off by Jiang Xiaolin, and was about to catch up again.

There are also winger Douglas, forward Danny Bao who returned to defense, etc. Jiang Xiaolin alone attracted the defense of four opponents, so who else is there?Including the forwards, there were only 6 people left in other parts of Twente, but they had to defend the other 9 people of Alkmaar. How could this be possible?

Although they tried their best to pay attention to defense, they could only try to defend forward Hamdaoyi, front midfielder Maarten Martens and others. No one noticed the central defender Ragnar Klavan who quietly inserted into the middle.

But Jiang Xiaolin saw it, because this time he played a two-on-one match with Martens and cut into the penalty area with the ball and then made a reverse triangle pass.

Before Venat caught up with Jiang Xiaolin and formed a double-team with the central defender in the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin rolled the ball and passed it back to the top of the penalty area.

The running positions of Hamdaoyi, Martens, Dembele and others almost emptied Twente's central defense, giving Ragnar Klavan who inserted from behind enough space to adjust and shoot.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's pass was pretty good, Klavan was not a striker after all, and his technique of shooting without stopping was still a little lacking.

Since there was so much space in the middle, Klavan did not waste it anyway because no one was defending him.

Therefore, after receiving Jiang Xiaolin's pass, Klavan did not shoot directly, but paused and adjusted a step after receiving the ball. Before the Twente defender gave up the others and rushed to him to block the shooting route, he shot the ball towards the Twente goal.

This shot was powerful and there was no interference, so the quality was quite high and it successfully hit the goal range.

Unfortunately, it was precisely because of Klavan's adjustment before shooting that goalkeeper Baosuka had time to save.

Although Klavan's shot was aimed at the far end, Baosuka still rushed over in time, touched the ball, and then the ball hit the far post, bounced back into the penalty area, and landed in front of Twente's defender Helt.

The nervous Helt had no time to adjust, and subconsciously kicked the ball out of the penalty area.

As a result, his hasty kick missed the target.

The ball did not fly out of the penalty area, but flew high up, and then fell into the penalty area.

Moreover, the landing point was near the right corner of the small penalty area, quite close to Jiang Xiaolin.

Jiang Xiaolin's full-valued point-grabbing skill allowed him to instantly determine the landing point, and he rushed forward and occupied the landing point first.

The center back Ragwald, who was a beat slower in reaction, and the side back Vinat, who had just rushed to Jiang Xiaolin, tried desperately to pull and collide with Jiang Xiaolin, but they could not get Jiang Xiaolin away from the landing point.

Seeing the ball was about to fall, Jiang Xiaolin squatted slightly and was about to jump up to compete for a header. The anxious Weinert got excited and didn't consider the consequences at all. He hugged Jiang Xiaolin's neck and threw him directly into the penalty area.

Because there was a risk of fouling, everyone's contact was actually somewhat restrained, so Jiang Xiaolin's strong body and full balance ability could still withstand it.

But even Jiang Xiaolin couldn't resist Weinert's direct and rough hug and throw. He could only scream and was knocked to the ground by Weinert.

The ball was naturally cleared by the central defender Lagerwald out of the baseline.

However, at this moment, the referee's sharp whistle sounded, and with the excited shouts of the Alkmaar players, he pointed to the penalty spot and awarded a penalty for Weinert's foul on Jiang Xiaolin.

At the same time, when Vinat stood up in panic and prepared to defend himself, the referee immediately took out a yellow card and showed it to him, giving him a yellow card + penalty.

The referee ignored Vinat's defense at all, because the ball was too obvious, he saw it clearly, it was definitely the most obvious hugging foul in the penalty area.

If it weren't for the fact that the game had just started, he would have even wanted to send Vinat off with a red card.

Giving only a yellow card was already a life-saving move for Vinat.