God of Green

The closer the game was to the end, the more intense the fight between the two sides became, and the more intense the game became.

Because Alkmaar wanted to win, and Twente didn't want to lose.

After more than ten minutes of competition, Alkmaar's players were convinced that Jiang Xiaolin could not only adapt to the Eredivisie, but also play well.

In this case, what reason was there not to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin's head?

Envy? Jealousy? Afraid that Jiang Xiaolin would steal everyone's limelight?

Don't be kidding.

Now everyone in Alkmaar wants to win a game first, and everything else is secondary.

Including Hamdaoyi, although he is in competition with Jiang Xiaolin, he also wants to win and doesn't want to continue to be bombarded by the media and fans.

Therefore, in the last few minutes of the stoppage time, everyone worked together to attack, desperately trying to pass the ball from the bottom and pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin's head.

But such an intention is too obvious.

It cannot be said that Jiang Xiaolin's ability to compete for headers is weak, but when everyone in Twente realized that Alkmaar was looking for Jiang Xiaolin, it became relatively easier to defend.

No matter who the ball is passed to, it is always okay to keep an eye on Jiang Xiaolin first, right?

If one person can't keep up, it is always okay for several people to defend in turns in the zone defense, right?

If you can't win the header, can't you pull or bump?

As long as Jiang Xiaolin's movements are slightly deformed, it will affect the quality of the header. The defenders of the Eredivisie are not comparable to the defenders of the youth team.

In terms of defensive ability and experience, the defenders of Twente are much better than those Jiang Xiaolin encountered in the Youth League.

Even if his ability has improved a little now, he can no longer score goals as easily as he did in the youth team.

In the 91st minute, Jiang Xiaolin succeeded in another header, but his movements were deformed by the pulling and collision of two Twente defenders, and he headed the ball over the crossbar.

Seeing the time slowly passing, Jiang Xiaolin became more and more anxious, but he had no way out.

Van Gaal gave him too little time.

If he had been sent to the field at halftime and played according to this tactic, he would definitely have scored at least one goal.

But he could not control Van Gaal or the referee, and could only watch the game time slowly pass.

Fortunately, the players of the Eredivisie are not puppets, not fools who are completely controlled by the head coach and do not know how to adapt.

Someone in the Alkmaar team discovered the abnormality in the penalty area: as long as Jiang Xiaolin rushed in, at least three or four Twente players would surround Jiang Xiaolin.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin could grab the first point, it would be difficult to head the ball into the goal under such defensive pressure.

So, in the 92nd minute, the front midfielder No. 11 Maarten Martens went down the wing and found that Jiang Xiaolin rushed into the penalty area and attracted the siege of four or five defensive players of the opponent again. He did not kick the ball to the middle, but suddenly dribbled past the full-back defending him and began to cut inside.

Martens's cut-in disrupted Twente's defensive rhythm, and another central defender had to rush out of the penalty area to stop Martens' cut-in.

But Martens didn't give him a chance.

Before reaching the penalty area line, Martens made a low pass and passed the ball to the outside of the penalty area in the middle.

The ball was not given to Jiang Xiaolin, who was surrounded by heavy troops in the penalty area.

Martens took advantage of the opponent's mentality of surrounding Jiang Xiaolin with heavy troops to prevent him from competing for the header in front of the goal, attracted most of the opponent's players into the penalty area, and then passed the ball back to his teammates outside the penalty area.

David Mendes, the No. 6 midfielder, who inserted at high speed, met the low ball passed back by Martens, and shot the ball hard at the top of the penalty area without stopping, hitting the ball into the far corner of the goal.

The ball was slightly lifted off the ground and flew low to the far corner of the goal along the grass.

This was the shooting angle that Mendes deliberately chose.

Just now, Martens's cut inside attracted goalkeeper Baosuka to the near corner.

His shot at the far corner was more likely to succeed.

If no one touched the ball, it would really fly into the far goal because the goalkeeper could not save it in time.

And the ball was so fast that most people did not react at all.

As a result, the ball was subconsciously blocked by Twente's No. 6 defender Balama, and then bounced out of the bottom line.

"Ah... Shoot... Alas..."

The whole stadium was filled with the unwilling sighs of the home fans.

David Mendes also sighed and regretted missing the last chance to score.

But Martens did not regret it.

Because Alkmaar still had a corner kick.

Martens and captain Yarriens called all the teammates in the backcourt to come up and participate in this corner kick attack, including the central defender and the defensive midfielder, all standing in the penalty area, and the two full-backs standing outside the penalty area, ready to make up the shot at any time.There was only one goalkeeper left in the backcourt, Sergio Romero.

The referee had already started looking at the clock. This was probably the last attack of the game.

Jiang Xiaolin in the penalty area suddenly found that the pressure he faced in this last attack was much less.

He looked around and found that after almost all his teammates rushed up, the opponent had to split up to guard other teammates.

There were only one or two defensive players around Jiang Xiaolin, and one of them was shorter than him.

The only one who was about the same height as him was Twente's No. 5 center back Sunida.

He was the same height as him, but his bounce was definitely not as good as his.

If the ball landed on his head, Jiang Xiaolin believed that this time the chance of success in the header was very high.

Martens, who had just discovered the abnormality and temporarily changed his tactics, discovered something different in the penalty area again this time.

Because of the increase in the number of teammates, Jiang Xiaolin faced less defensive pressure than before, and there were fewer opposing defensive players around him.

The inverted triangle pass to David Mendes just now was because Mendes had a higher chance of getting a chance to shoot than Jiang Xiaolin.

Now, everyone was in the penalty area, and Jiang Xiaolin, who had the best jumping ability, the best heading skills, and faced less defensive pressure than before, naturally became the one with the highest chance of winning the header.

Martens was a man who could adapt to circumstances, and he decided to find Jiang Xiaolin again this time.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's body, height, jumping, and heading skills posed the greatest threat to the opponent's goal in the corner kick tactics.

Having made up his mind, Martens made a four-finger gesture: This was the No. 4 tactic agreed upon in training, and it was passed to Jiang Xiaolin, and the others had to cover Jiang Xiaolin.

The Alkmaar players understood.

So, when Martens started his run-up, the Alkmaar players in the penalty area began to run around, disrupting Twente's defense.

Jiang Xiaolin also took two steps out of the small penalty area, forcing the two players defending him to follow suit.

But then, Martens finished his run-up and kicked the ball out.