The Green Monster: Starting To Be Crazy Since Meeting Ronaldo!

Two consecutive victories have given Heerenveen a tendency to get back on track.

On September 23, Heerenveen ushered in the fifth round of the Eredivisie, playing at home against Utrecht.

On a sunny afternoon, Shen Feng made his debut wearing the blue and white home jersey of Heerenveen.

It was when he walked into the Abbey Stella Stadium that he really felt what Welbeck called the enthusiasm of the fans.

The city of Heerenveen is not very lively on weekdays. People are busy with their daily work step by step, but when it comes to the home match day on the weekend, the stadium is full of people.

The stadium with a capacity of 26,400 people is actually full!

The fans in the main stand chanted slogans in unison to cheer for the team.

In the side stands, many fans waved flags, and the scene was frenzied!

Over the past 20 years, Heerenveen has made every step of the way in Dutch football, from the second division to the top, from obscurity to the dark horse of the cup, and now to the current league powerhouse. Occasionally there is a slim hope of winning the championship, and most of the time it is the spoiler of the championship. .

This road is inseparable from the support of the local football market, and naturally the enthusiasm of the football market is stimulated after the performance rises.

Welbeck firmly believes that the team is steadily improving, so he has confidence in the game.

Most of the Heerenveen starters on the field are also like this.

In the last round of the league, when they were behind by two goals, they hit their opponents with five goals in a row, which greatly boosted their confidence.

The referee blows his whistle to start the battle.

Heerenveen immediately launched a berserk attack, and they wanted to fight a blitzkrieg!

Shen Feng pulled the sideline from the left to the limit, and when Bradley's pass was delivered, he kicked the ball back diagonally.

Planic cut forward to respond, and Shen Feng's cross-cut running position was ready to turn into an in-cut track at any time.

Shen Feng led the defensive players to follow up, and the wing appeared empty.

Planic's oblique pass was delivered accurately to the bottom line of the wing.

Droste sprinted to the bottom, playing the triangle pass and cut system like a textbook.

Droste's cross flew to the front area and was punched by Utrecht goalkeeper Worm.

The blitz did not succeed, but Heerenveen wanted to crush Utrecht with the rhythm.

Unexpectedly, Utrecht stationed troops in the midfield, and the striker recovered significantly. They teamed up with the midfielder to encircle and suppress, and quickly launched a fast break after grabbing the ball.

Before Droste returned to the side defense zone, Utrecht's fast break consciously grabbed the vacuum of his defense zone, a wave of fast break broke through the right, and then the winger sent a strong cross in front of the baseline.

The football cut through Heerenveen's defense like lightning, and the small forward Robin Nellise rushed to the goal and volleyed the ball into the goal of Heerenveen.

Heerenveen goalkeeper Van den Buscher was stunned for a moment!

too fast!

2 minutes into the game.

Heerenveen lost the ball in lightning!

The home fans were also stunned.

The punch hit the air.

Turned the gun and was beaten back?

Welbeck's surging confidence a few minutes ago turned into worry in an instant. He clapped his hands to remind the team to stabilize their mentality and not panic!

After the Utrecht players celebrated, they put up a defensive stance under the gesture of coach Van Hanegen.

As a celebrity in the Netherlands, Van Hanegen, who is already in his sixties, is obviously used to seeing big scenes.

As a player, he has experienced the heyday and glory of Dutch football.

Even though there is no team in Dutch football today, or even no team in the world, that can reproduce the peak power of the old Total Attack and Total Defense tactics, because it requires more than half a team of world-class players to support the technical and tactical system.

But in the hands of Van Hanegen, Utrecht still played different characteristics from other Eredivisie teams.

They didn't obviously put on the bus after taking the lead, but the three lines of striker, midfielder, and back line are closely connected, players cross positions, and actively fill in the action, showing a clear sense of sight on the court: they seem to be better than Helen. There are many people in Finn!

Heerenveen's lack of creativity in the midfield has become difficult to deliver shells to the striker under the situation of double-line attack.

The previous conceded goal was directly related to Droste's attack and failure to return.

Therefore, he also became cautious and did not dare to go wild in the frontcourt.

Heerenveen's overall technical and tactical formation was brutally cut.

Had it not been for the defensive midfielder Jacob Poulsen and the central defender Ding Daxi to make consecutive key clearances, Heerenveen would have conceded consecutive goals.

The scene became very stalemate after the score change.

Heerenveen, who was behind, was eager to score goals, but the front line was out of touch with the midfield and backcourt, and the smooth and silky offensive was almost invisible.

Utrecht played simple fast breaks after frantically fighting through the midfield one after another, often hitting the offensive to the dangerous area of ​​​​the frontcourt with a long pass.

Heerenveen's midfielder could only quickly retreat and deploy defenses.

After the last round of the league, the Dutch media praised Heerenveen's left attack.

It is reasonable that other teams should pay attention to this.

But the calm coach Van Hanegen obviously has his own ideas.

In his eyes, Heerenveen's striker does have great potential.

But the fatal thing is the lack of creativity in the midfield.

As long as we aimed at this point, Heerenveen's striker seemed to be put on the shelf, and there was no use for it at all.

After 30 minutes of the game, Shen Feng knew that he couldn't continue to wait for opportunities in the frontcourt.

The midfield has become a mess.

The left offensive system that was able to play crazy offensives before no longer exists.

He retreated in a wide range, actively scrambled and assisted the midfielder to organize the offensive.

Utrecht took advantage of the situation to strengthen the encirclement and suppression circle.

From time to time, Heerenveen was able to advance the attack to the front right.

But the rest of the work can only rely on the performance of Soleimani and Billens.

Before the teammates who plug in at the back are in place, the two of them will be frantically pressed by their opponents.

The opportunity was created very hastily, and it was barely completed with one kick at the door.

Halftime is over.

Heerenveen 0:1 Utrecht.

When the dejected general Helen Fan returned to the locker room, all expressions were heavy.

Conceding the ball can be said to be caught off guard.

It is also the risk that they launch a blitzkrieg attack that turns out to be a lost bet.

But the stalemate and intensity of the overall situation completely disrupted their rhythm.

As far as Utrecht's style of play is concerned, if they dare to give them one or two top-level strikers in the Eredivisie, Heerenveen may be defeated at home!

Welbeck's adjustment in the midfield is to ask the team to play simpler and rougher.

In layman's terms, it is a long pass.

As a Dutch team, if they can only play high and high, it is probably because the head coach is at the end of his skills.

The passiveness of the scene made Welbeck unable to hide his helplessness.

To a certain extent, it needs to rely on the players' own on-the-spot adjustments to test their adaptability.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.

The fans of Heerenveen did not lose their enthusiasm because the team was behind and the cheering momentum was still earth-shattering.

Such an atmosphere at home made Shen Feng even more motivated to fight in adversity!

He further strengthened running and confrontation, and Heerenveen changed his style of play, holding high and hitting high, fast in and fast out.

Billens and Soleimani saw Shen Feng rushing back and forth from the center line to the penalty area, repeatedly colliding with his opponents, and his senses were touched, so they also expanded the room for movement.

Often caught in physical entanglements with opponents, but the young Heerenveen showed tenacity beyond her age!

Although the simple and rough style of play failed to create opportunities smoothly and continuously, it further accelerated the pace of the game.

Utrecht has relatively fewer fast break opportunities, because the main theme of the game is no longer a midfield melee.

When Utrecht cleared from the penalty area and needed to organize an offensive, it was Heerenveen who took the initiative to put pressure on their offensive organization.

In the 58th minute of the game, when Shen Feng won the fight on the penalty area line and took off with a header to find Bradley who was following up from behind, he immediately turned around and went forward.

Bradley made a short pass to Billens, who responded with his back and turned around in the middle and swept the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Shen Feng's forward jumper should be in place, but the blockade of two defensive players around him prevented him from kicking and shooting.

Immediately passed the ball to the penalty area and followed up with Soleimani.

The hastily passed the ball was a bit deflected, but the central defender Biddles, who was returning to the defense, barely stretched his leg and touched the ball.

The ball was hit crookedly, but the football that was originally off the line was refracted and rolled towards Soleimani!

Soleimani hit the ball with a small angle low shot and blasted the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Worm couldn't make a save and saw the city gate fall.

The morale of the generals of Heerenveen is greatly boosted!

Soleimani ran to celebrate, while Shen Feng and his teammates roared and chased after him.

Even if this chance is more like a mistake in the chaos turned into a goal.

But Heerenveen's unyielding fighting spirit still shocked the fans!

In particular, Shen Feng was rampaging on the field like a ferocious beast, confronting no one with his limbs. He didn't see how gorgeous his feet were, but this posture of gritting his teeth and desperately could obviously win a local advantage for Heerenveen.

Welbeck applauded and cheered.

The left-wing offensive system that flourished in the last round is completely fragmented today.

But at the moment of fighting for will, Heerenveen did not kneel down and surrender, which was enough to make them full of hope!

Van Hanegen showed dissatisfaction, and he adjusted the gestures made by the Utrecht generals on the field.

He didn't expect Heerenveen to start punching randomly.

A goal mixed up in a messy scene is not enough to worry him, but the score is equalized is not a result he can accept.

After kicking off, Heerenveen continued to hold high and hit high.

In fact, this style of play has no continuity at all. Almost every attack is creating chaos. Whether they can win in chaos and create murderous opportunities depends too much on chance.

If defender Biddles hadn't touched that one just now, Suleimani would probably not have stepped on the point to complete the goal.

After six or seven minutes passed, the chaos on the scene did not stop.

And Utrecht's sudden massive attack overwhelmed Heerenveen's defense instantly!

Previously, it was the striker who launched a fast break to attack Heerenveen's defense.

At this moment, when Utrecht launched a full-scale offensive, and the midfielder and full-back rushed into the dangerous area of ​​the frontcourt together, an obvious advantage was formed in an instant to play more and play less.

Utrecht, who seems to have shown a complete body, has played exquisite teamwork through the Dutch football housekeeping skills triangle pass and offensive transfer.

The Italian center Rossini, who just came off the bench, has completely penetrated Heerenveen's defense when he received a cross from his teammate in front of the goal!

Facing goalkeeper Van den Buscher, Rossini calmly pushed the lower left corner of the goal to complete the goal!

After scoring, he roared and rushed to the stands of the visiting fans.

Utrecht fans are crazy.

The old coach Van Hanegen raised his chin slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up, arrogantly!

Heerenveen was hit hard again!

1:2!