The midfield king of football life

Chapter 99 An Unexpected Draw
On December 12, in the 11th round of the Eredivisie, Utrecht played against Feyenoord at home.

In the last round, Feyenoord beat Eindhoven 2-0 at home, which gave Feyenoord players great confidence.In this game against Utrecht in the middle and lower reaches of the league, Feyenoord players are full of confidence in winning.

Utrecht is the central city of the Netherlands and the fourth largest city in the Netherlands. It is an important shipping hub in the Netherlands.Utrecht Football Club is the only Eredivisie football club in the city. It was established in 1970 when three small football clubs in Utrecht merged.Utrecht's main stadium is called the Nieuw Gaugenwald Stadium. This stadium can accommodate a maximum of 24000 spectators and is a medium-sized stadium.

It is very interesting that the colors of Utrecht's jerseys are very similar to those of Feyenoord, both of which are composed of red and white.

Utrecht lost to Twente 2-6 at home in the last round, but in the previous game they won 6-4 at home against Ajax, so many fans think that Utrecht is a "crazy" team, which means that it can play well or badly. It all depends on the temporary performance of the players on the field.Its actual strength matches the current ranking cloth.

The game is the penultimate game before the winter break in the Eredivisie, with both teams looking to take three points from each other.

Utrecht, Neo Gougenwald Stadium.

In Feyenoord's dressing room, today's starting players are very relaxed. In their hearts, as long as they can play their normal strength, it is no problem to win this game.

"Obviously, our strength is obviously stronger than our opponents. I just hope that you can concentrate in the game and kick out the rhythm of the game. Don't lose 3 points because of carelessness. This is the most unacceptable to me." Coach Koeman said slowly.

The players all nodded, and no one dared to block Coach Koeman at this time, unless he didn't want to live anymore.

On the other side, the dressing room in Utrecht.

"Our opponent is a very strong team. Their attacking power is sharp and they have a variety of methods. Our defense was terrible in the last game. In this game, our defense must focus. I hope our defense will not let me see such low-level mistakes in the previous game." Utrecht's head coach said,

After a while, the stadium broadcast sounded, and the starting players of the two teams slowly came out of the player tunnel, and there were bursts of applause from the stadium audience.

The stadium host first introduced the list of starting players for Utrecht.Utrecht's formation is a 442 formation. The striker is partnered by No. 9 Frank Demoge and No. 12 Kogel. The midfielder is led by No. 7 Duplan. Rodney Sneijder, Tommy Orr, and Matensen are separated on both sides.

Feyenoord's lineup was still the same as in the previous game, except that Qusaysis was replaced by Cabral on the front line, and Fernandez had not recovered from his injury, so he could only sit on the bench and watch.

Soon, the game started after the referee's whistle.

Feyenoord kicks off first.

Cabral knocked the ball to Clasi, who passed back to Li Feng behind.

Li Feng paused slightly after receiving the ball, and then knocked back to central defender Lier Dam. After receiving the ball, Lier Dam passed it to Switz on the wing.

Switz saw that his teammates on the front line had already taken their positions, and slowly advanced along the wing to Utrecht half-court.Seeing that Goodetti retreated and ran out of the gap, Switz made a straight pass, and the ball passed to Goodetti along the sidewalk.

But at this moment, Utrecht's midfielder Rodney Sneijder blocked the ball out of the sideline with a sliding tackle.

Feyenoord's sideline kick, Switz quickly sent the ball to Li Feng.

Seeing the dense crowd in the frontcourt, Li Feng could only take the ball back and retreat, and then made several back and forth passes with Bacal.

In the 2 minutes of the game, after Li Feng received Bacal's pass, he saw that Goodetti had started to go forward. Li Feng made a long pass, and the ball accurately dropped near the penalty area in front of Goodetti.

Goodti quickly broke out to catch up with the ball at the fastest speed, and went straight to Utrecht's penalty area without stopping the ball.

Facing the goalkeeper of Utrecht, Goodetti pushed lightly with a kick, and the ball quickly rolled into the net from the gap under the armpit of the Utrecht goalkeeper.

"Goooaaaaaallllllllll!"

"Wow, just 2 minutes into the game, Feyenoord tore through Utrecht's defense with a precise long pass from the backcourt. Goodetti scored the first goal! 1 to 0, Feyenoord temporarily leads!" The stadium host said excitedly.

On the sidelines, Feyenoord coach Koeman showed a relaxed expression on his face, while Utrecht's head coach was extremely helpless, and there was another problem with the defense.

After the Feyenoord players scored the first goal, they began to slowly control the rhythm of the scene. Feyenoord's possession rate in the first half reached 63%, while Utrecht only had 37%.

So throughout the first half, Feyenoord has been in control of the rhythm of the game.

Until the 50th minute of the second half, Li Feng and Bicevas dribbled the ball to Utrecht's frontcourt. Cabral retreated back to catch the ball.

But the referee's eyes were very sharp, and he keenly caught David Epps' foul action.The referee quickly gave David Epps a yellow card and gave Feyenoord a free kick in the frontcourt, but the position was relatively correct.

The free kick was taken by Li Feng. Li Feng directly kicked the free kick. When the ball flew to the wall, it was blocked by Utrecht's central defender Bruce Bowenberg, and the ball bounced to Utrecht's full-back Wu Yitens.

Utrecht's counterattack.

Utrecht's midfielder Duplan erupted with the fastest speed at the first time, and Vuytens on the wing also moved the ball forward significantly, and finally formed a 2-on-1 situation, and Lilledam could not hold it at all.

Muto Iss finally gave the ball to Duplan, and Duplan scored the ball with an easy volley.

In the 51st minute, Utrecht's counterattack equalized the score.

This made Li Feng very depressed. He didn't expect Utrecht's central defender to have such good jumping ability.

In the next few attacks, Feyenoord was almost on top of the whole team, while Utrecht began to shrink back after equalizing the score.

In the 55th minute, coach Koeman replaced Shaken and replaced Klassey, who was not performing well.

Sure enough, 10 minutes later, Scheken retreated and received a long pass from Li Feng. He dribbled the ball to the sideline and passed Utrecht's full-back Markt, and then crossed to find Cabral.

Everyone in Feyenoord believes that this game will definitely win, because when the game reached the 89th minute, Feyenoord still led by one goal, and Feyenoord has always held the initiative on the scene.

In the 90th minute, Utrecht's midfielder Duplan dribbled the ball into the Feyenoord half. Bicevas tripped Duplan to the ground, and the referee gave Utrecht a free kick in the frontcourt.

Almost everyone believed that after the free kick, the game would end and Feyenoord would win.

The position of this free kick is 40 meters away from the goal, and it is almost impossible to directly attack the goal.

Utrecht's midfielder Duplan took the free kick after discussing with his teammates.The first point was hit by Utrecht centre-back David Ipps, who shook his head hard and headed the ball towards the far corner of Feyenoord's goal.

The ball landed a little short and landed a little in front of the goal. At this time, Feyenoord goalkeeper Dali quickly rushed to the ball to prevent the ball from bouncing and rolling to the goal.

At this moment, a long leg suddenly appeared. Another central defender of Utrecht, Bruce Bowenberg, quickly ran towards the Feyenoord penalty area after failing to hit the ball.

Bruce Bowenberg's foot poked the ball right into the goal.

"Hoo hoo hoo hoo!" The fans in the auditorium burst into loud cheers.

Absolutely flat!At the last moment, the god of luck in Utrecht came and scored this free kick!

All the Feyenoord players watched the Utrecht players celebrate wildly, but they were extremely disappointed. The 3 points they had originally got turned into 1 point at the last moment.

The most depressing thing is Bicevas, who would have known better if he had known it earlier.

In the end, the match unexpectedly ended in a draw!

(End of this chapter)