The midfield king of football life

Chapter 75
On October 10, Feyenoord's home game against The Hague is about to start.

The Hague FC and Feyenoord FC have been rivals for many years, because every time the two teams play, the fans of the two teams will clash.So today Feyenoord's home security personnel are twice as fast as before.In order to prevent large-scale conflicts, the security department of the Feyenoord Stadium strictly controls the items and props brought into the stadium.

The earliest name of Den Haag Football Club is ADO, which is the abbreviation of Alles Door Oefening in Dutch, which means everything comes from practice.Later, the city council of The Hague in the Netherlands merged the two Eredivisie teams in the Hague area to form today's Den Haag Football Club.The Hague is one of the three traditional cities in the Netherlands. The Hague Football Club is located in the center of The Hague. The stadium is the Hague Stadium, which can accommodate up to 15000 fans.

Last season, Den Haag finished seventh in the Eredivisie and thus qualified for the Europa League, but lost to Groningen in the second round.This season, The Hague is currently ranked 7th in the Eredivisie League. Due to the departure of the leading shooter Blikin last season, the team's offensive efficiency has seriously declined.

For Feyenoord's game against The Hague, major European institutions have offered Feyenoord's home handicap 1 goal, or even 1 and a half goals.That is to say, they think that Feyenoord can at least beat The Hague by 1 goal or even 2 goals at home, which shows that they are quite optimistic about Feyenoord winning at home.

Feyenoord's game against Den Haag was quite hot, and many Den Haag fans also came from afar to cheer for their team.Feyenoord home fans are even more enthusiastic.So today Feyenoord's home attendance rate is as high as 75%.

Feyenoord Stadium, dressing room.

Coach Koeman said to the starters with a serious face: "Today, we need to play our momentum and rhythm on the offensive end. Klassie's organizational task today is very important. Whether you can play a smooth offense depends on you. On the defensive end, Bacal, you must pay attention to protecting your back, and you can't lose on the defensive end like the last game. Everyone, I don't want our unbeaten record at home to end today. I hope it can last until the end of the season. Come on everyone!!"

"Come on! We must win!!" The players shouted in unison.

On the other side, the dressing room of The Hague Club.

The head coach of The Hague said slowly: "Everyone is free to play today. Last time we won Venlo at home, we did very well both offensively and defensively. Feyenoord lost last game and lost a general in the defense. Today they will definitely play faster than us. As long as they are anxious, they will make mistakes. We will seize this and catch them by surprise. I believe you have this strength, and last season is the best proof."

The first half of Feyenoord's game against Den Haag started after the referee's whistle.

Den Haag kicks off first.

The Hague team’s formation today is indeed 352. The forward line is partnered by Johan Wilhock and Hocher, the center is composed of Imes, Cherry, Dusen, Thunstra, and Luksik, and the defenders are composed of Rieuwe, Anmi, Sopsepa, and the goalkeeper is the young Coutinho.

After Hocher kicked off, it was passed to Imes in the middle.The Den Haag players did not rush to attack, but passed back and forth with their teammates in the midfield, attracting Fieno's players to press forward.

Sure enough, Feyenoord is playing at home, and they don't want to be dominated by Den Haag.So Fernandes and Goodetti dropped back to make a proper press on the Den Haag players.

Classi also stepped forward to press, and sometimes Bacal also stepped forward to cooperate with the press, but he did not dare to go too deep to prevent the opponent from suddenly speeding up and hitting behind the Feyenoord defender.

After a period of passing and pressing, the pressing rhythm of Feyenoord players gradually slowed down.At this time, the midfielder Imes suddenly accelerated and took the ball towards Feyenoord's goal.

Klassie just slowed down, and cursed inwardly: "Damn guy, just as I slowed down to replenish my energy, you speed up the attack."

Klassie's speed did not decrease, and he broke out to catch up with Imes and prepare to intercept him.But just after Klassie caught up, Imes from The Hague suddenly stopped the ball and crossed it to Thunstra, who came in from the side, and then slowly jogged to the side.

Seeing this, Bakar did not step forward to press Thunstra, but watched closely the movement of Imes.

Thunstra did not accelerate forward, but waited for the teammates next to him to come up.When Klassey tried his best to grab again, Tuenstra hit the ball horizontally to Dusen next to him.

Classie had nothing to do about it, Bacal didn't dare to go forward, the midfielder was equivalent to Classie and two teammates on the wing, Feyenoord had a three-on-five situation in the middle, and Den Haag firmly controlled the ball at his feet.

The Hague also saw the situation in the midfield clearly. They were not in a hurry, they took every step, and slowly moved towards Feyenoord.

Den Haag midfielder Cherry received a pass from his teammate, near the left side of Feyenoord's penalty area, made a 45° pass, and the ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards the middle of Feyenoord's goal.

However, Feyenoord centre-back Vlaar was very experienced in getting Den Haag's striker stuck behind him. When the ball flew over, Vlaar picked up a header and set the ball to Nerome on the wing.

The Hague players quickly returned to defense at this time.

Nerome made a long pass and passed the ball to Klassey in the frontcourt.Klassey quickly dribbled the ball forward, but just as he started to accelerate, Den Haag's midfielder Dusen knocked Klassey to the ground.

The referee gave Dusen a warning and then gave Feyenoord a free kick in the frontcourt.

Bacal, who came up, quickly took a free kick.After receiving the ball from the wing, Mayowis quickly advanced along the left wing.When Den Haag's wide player Luke Schick made an attack, Mayowitz and Klassie made a wall-slamming cooperation and quickly got rid of the Den Haag player's press.

After Mayovez got down to the bottom, he saw that Fernandez and Goodetti had already locked their positions in the penalty area, and he made a cross without hesitation, and the ball flew into the penalty area.

Unfortunately, the ball was too close to the goalkeeper. The Hague goalkeeper quickly attacked, jumped up, took the ball and held it in his arms.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Feyenoord and Den Haag both attacked from the side several times, but they were unable to open the situation.The scene did not go in the direction coach Koeman expected.

Coach Koeman's face was gloomy on the sidelines. He paced back and forth as if thinking about some countermeasures.And Li Feng, who was sitting on the bench, also looked depressed. At this time, he was extremely eager to play.

(End of this chapter)