The midfield king of football life

Chapter 73 74 The Situation Reversal
At the end of the first half, the atmosphere in Feyenoord's locker room was relatively relaxed, and even the always serious coach Koeman was smiling at this time.Because he took the initiative against a strong team like Alkmaar, he is still very satisfied with the performance of the players today, and he is more confident in his choice of personnel.

What is different from usual is that during the intermission, coach Koeman only said to let the players seize the time to replenish their physical strength, and it is enough to maintain the proper state in the second half, and said nothing else.This made many players uncomfortable.

On the other hand, the head coach of Alkmaar said with a little worry: "Before 36 minutes in the first half, our situation was active, and the rhythm was still in our hands. But after Feyenoord scored a goal, our rhythm was a bit messed up. Although the offensive scene was very sharp, we didn't score a goal. Why? Because of the details, we need to be more concise in handling the ball. Don't make too many adjustments after receiving the ball. We have to pass it as before to bring the rhythm up."

"Everyone, don't worry. In the second half, we will play at our best rhythm and pay attention to passing and cutting. This is our home game. We have not lost at home so far. I hope you can maintain this record."

After the head coach of Alkmaar finished speaking, he asked all the players to stand up and surround the city, and then everyone shouted in unison: "Come on! This is our home field!"

After a while, the second half began after the referee's whistle.

In the second half, Alkmaar kicked off first.

Alkmaar's midfielder Holman slowly moved to the right after receiving a pass from his teammate. When Klassey stepped forward to press him, Holman quickly made a wall-hitting cooperation with Gudmunsen on the wing, but the experienced Bisevas quickly went up the wall and poked the ball Holman had just received out of the sideline.

Alkmaar's sideline ball, Gudmunsen serves.

Gudmunsen threw the ball to Maher, and Maher quickly took the ball forward after receiving the ball. Klassey stepped forward to attack and destroy, but Maher passed the ball safely to Elm who was next to him.

Elm originally wanted to pass the ball to Holman who was going forward, but Feyenoord's defensive midfielder Bacal blocked his passing route very experienced, so Elm could only pass to Martens on the wing, but when he passed the ball to Martens on the wing, Feyenoord's players broke the ball out of the baseline.

Alkmaar's offensive rhythm was intercepted by Feyenoord for several consecutive times.

After several unsuccessful attacks, the defensive actions of the players on both sides began to increase.

In the 54th minute, after Alkmaar's midfielder Maher received a pass from his teammate, Shaken, who was withdrawn, was shoveled to the ground from behind, and the referee showed a yellow card without hesitation.

Until the 60th minute, after Maher received the ball, he pushed forward very slowly. When Klassey was about to retreat to press Maher, Maher suddenly accelerated and made a continuous pass with Gudmunsen on the side, quickly leaving Bisevas behind.

At this time, the five players in Alkman's midfield were all running towards Feyenoord's frontcourt.When Bacal came up to intercept, Maher had already passed the ball to Holman in the empty frontcourt.

Holman received the ball and began to push forward, and the central defenders Indy and Lierdam began to compress the defense line in the penalty area.

Holman saw the gap between Indy and Switz, ready to break through with speed.When Holman was about to speed up, Indy moved to this side, ready to block Holman's advancing route.

And at this moment when Indy was moving, Elm from behind stepped forward, and there was a huge gap between Indy and Lildam.

Holman thought to himself: "Young is young, if you are attracted casually, you will be deceived."

Holman saw the timing and passed the ball across the ball to Elm in the middle.

Elm didn't stop the ball, shot a burst, and the ball quickly flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

"Bang..." The ball hit the inside of the right column, making a loud noise.After the ball finally refracted, it bounced into the net, and Feyenoord had nothing to do about it.

"Goaaaa...llllllll!"

"Hahaha, Elm of Alkmaar stepped in from the back, shot in and out and scored, and finally brought the score back! Now the score is 1-1, Alkmaar equalized!" The stadium host said excitedly.

"ohohohoh..." the home fans uttered a huge shout.

The head coach of Alkmaar embraced excitedly with the assistant coach on the sidelines, while Feyenoord's head coach Koeman lowered his head and pondered about this.

Alkmaar scored an equalizing goal, which was tantamount to declaring that Feyenoord's efforts in the first half were in vain, which undoubtedly dealt a great blow to the morale of the players.

Sure enough, in the 68th minute, when Holman received a pass from his teammate and was about to push forward, he saw the left forward Altidore retreating to get the ball.

After Altidore received the ball, Feyenoord's central defender Lille Damm stuck in to prevent him from turning around and passing the ball or directly hitting the goal.

Sure enough, after Altidore received the ball, he knew that there was Lilledam behind him and still forcibly turned around. Taking advantage of his tall body, Altidore leaned Lilledam behind him and prepared to turn around.

When Lilledam and Altidore were competing physically, he felt that Altidore was about to turn around. In desperation, Lilledam directly slapped Altidore's neck and put him to the ground.At this time, the referee's whistle blew, and then he took out a red card from his pocket and showed the red card directly to Lilledam.

Lierdam immediately explained to the referee pleadingly: "This action is definitely not a red card, at most it is a yellow card. I just gently put him down, and there is no harm."

The referee ignored it, so Lilledam was sent off with a red card, and Alkmaar also got a free kick in the frontcourt.

At this time, Alkmaar's coach replaced striker Benshop and Boiman, who was physically weak.On the sidelines of Feyenoord, Coach Koeman was considering what to do, whether to replace Li Feng, a surprise player, on the field.Lier Dam's red card end was something he hadn't expected.

Alkmaar's free kick was taken by Holman. Holman directly took the free kick. The arc and strength were fine, but the direction was too straight and it was confiscated by the goalkeeper Fieno.

In the 71st minute, Al-Amadi came on and replaced Klassey. Coach Koeman asked Al-Amadi to retreat a little bit, echoing Bacal, this game is mainly about safety, and keeping the draw is the biggest goal now.

Now the situation on the court has suddenly changed, and Feyenoord's situation has become extremely unfavorable.After being equalized, there was one less player.

In the 77th minute, Holman broke through with the ball in the frontcourt again, causing a tackle foul by Indy and was shown a yellow card by the referee.Now Feyenoord's defense line is jittery, and they dare not make big moves, and Alkma has taken this into account, and specializes in Feyenoord's defense line.

Li Feng, who was sitting off the court, was extremely anxious now. He hoped to help the team, and he was eager to play to open up the situation for the team.But at this time, Koeman's head coach made a conservative decision to stabilize the defense and strive for a draw.If Lille Dame hadn't been sent off, he would have let Li Feng play as a surprise soldier to break the deadlock at this time, but unfortunately the changes were too fast, and he could only make the current decision.

Feyenoord's defense dropped back, Bacal dropped back, and partnered with Indi as a temporary central defender.And Alkmaar's offense was like a tide, targeting Indi's side.

Finally, in the 85th minute, Holman broke through Indy after receiving the ball. Indy hesitated because he had a yellow card, but Holman successfully changed direction and broke through.

Holman entered the penalty area after breaking through, kicked the goal smoothly, and the ball flew into the net without any suspense.

2 to 1, Alkmaar overtook the score in the 85th minute, which made Feyenoord's players extremely disappointed.

In the 87th minute, coach Koeman had no choice but to replace Bacal with Li Feng, making a last-ditch effort.

Li Feng, who played at the end, was particularly active and sent several precise long passes in a row. Unfortunately, at this time, almost all Alkmaar players retreated to defend. The frontcourt Shaken and Goodetti were marked by many people, so it was difficult to grab the ball in the first place.

In the 89th minute, Alkma used up the last substitution and dragged the time until injury time.

Although Feyenoord's offense was still sharp in the last few minutes, they still failed to score a goal. The final score was fixed at 2 to 1. Feyenoord ushered in its first loss in the away game.

(End of this chapter)