God of Green

Following the voice of the TV commentator, Alkmaar fans in front of TVs in countless families and bars in Alkmaar suddenly shouted together:

"Good!"

"Jiang is our treasure!"

"He deserves any praise!"

"Long live Jiang from China!"

At the scene, Peng Zhijie and more than a dozen Chinese reporters were as refreshed as if they had eaten ice watermelon in the dog days of summer.

After everyone applauded and cheered to celebrate, a reporter from the National Television Sports Channel who could speak Japanese suddenly turned his head and said to the Japanese reporters not far away:

"Our Jiang Xiaolin has already scored a goal, and I don't know when your Honda Keisuke will score a goal. Come on!"

Suddenly, the faces of those Japanese reporters looked like they were constipated and looked very ugly.

But they couldn't say anything.

Although the score on the field was 1-1, Jiang Xiaolin VS Honda Keisuke was already 1-0.

No matter how much time Honda Keisuke holds the ball or how active he is, it can't match Jiang Xiaolin's goal.

On the football field, only goals are the most real thing, and everything else is empty.

Fuso reporters can only pray in their hearts, hoping that Honda Keisuke will perform better in the remaining time and score goals, suppress Jiang Xiaolin's limelight, and win this East Asian derby.

Perhaps it was really stimulated by Jiang Xiaolin, Honda Keisuke was indeed more active in the following game time, and he had some intention of competing with Jiang Xiaolin for performance.

Although he has not scored a goal, Honda Keisuke's performance is definitely worthy of attention.

He used his abundant physical energy to sprint back and forth on the wing, not only taking on a lot of offensive tasks, but also sharing a lot of defensive pressure.

Moreover, his skills are also very good, he can break through, pass and shoot, and his performance is very dazzling.

In the 27th minute, just 5 minutes after Jiang Xiaolin scored, Honda Keisuke made a brilliant pass on the wing and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Two Alkmaar players tried to intercept the ball, but they missed it by a hair's breadth. Honda Keisuke's pass just avoided their interception and appeared in Alkmaar's penalty area.

Venlo No. 11 striker Ofini also moved in time and appeared on the ball path. He successfully received Honda Keisuke's pass, dribbled the ball to avoid the central defender Hector Moreno's grab, dodged an angle and shot.

Ofini's shot was actually of quite good quality. It hit the goal frame and also hit an angle, heading straight to the far upper corner of the goal.

If it was an ordinary goalkeeper, such as Venlo's own goalkeeper Bigols, there would be nothing he could do with this ball.

More than 5,000 fans at the home stadium had already stood up, ready to celebrate the goal.

Unexpectedly, Sergio Romero, who was standing at the near end, seemed to have expected Ofini to hit the far corner. The moment Ofini was about to kick, he began to move back.

Then, after Ofini hit the ball, he jumped up, stretched his body with all his strength, stretched his arms as far as possible, and finally just touched the ball.

The ball was poked by Romero's fingertips. Although it did not go out of bounds completely, it still went out of the goal frame, hit the post, and bounced back into the penalty area. David Mendes, the defensive midfielder who rushed into the penalty area, kicked it out of the sideline with a big foot.

Ofini missed the goal, and Honda Keisuke also lost an assist opportunity.

As a forward, scoring is not Honda Keisuke's main responsibility. As long as there is an assist, it can barely match Jiang Xiaolin's goal.

But unfortunately, Ofini failed to score this ball and was saved by Romero, and Honda Keisuke's wonderful pass assist did not exist.

However, Honda Keisuke is not someone who will be easily defeated.

He knows the nature of this game. There is not only the pressure of the team's relegation, but also the national and ethnic struggle of the East Asian Derby.

Even though Jiang Xiaolin's performance of more than ten goals in recent games is far better than his, and Jiang Xiaolin has already scored a goal in this game, he will not give up.

Since assisting teammates does not work, Honda Keisuke is ready to do it himself.

It's not that he can't score goals, and he also has a good free kick technique.

If he can create a free kick through a breakthrough, Honda Keisuke is likely to score for Venlo with a free kick.

So, in the next game, everyone found that Honda Keisuke began to dribble inside more instead of crossing from the bottom.

Honda Keisuke's skills are really good.

In the 33rd minute, he broke through two people in front of the Alkmaar penalty area and dribbled the ball horizontally to the top of the penalty area and took a long shot, but it was a little higher than the crossbar.

In the 36th minute, Honda Keisuke actually made a Marseille return in the middle frontcourtHe passed Alkmaar's main defensive midfielder David Mendes, causing the fans to exclaim.

However, after passing Mendes, Honda Keisuke failed to move forward. He was tackled to the ground by Alkmaar's central defender Ragnar Klavan with a sliding tackle, and he didn't get up for a long time.

This tackle was a bit fierce, and Honda Keisuke might have a minor injury. Although it was not a tackle from behind, the referee still judged Klavan's foul and gave Venlo a frontcourt free kick about 25 meters away from the goal.

Originally, R. Zanchen was the main player for Venlo's set-piece, but Honda Keisuke really wanted to show off.

He needed to compete with Jiang Xiaolin.

Therefore, Honda Keisuke, who had just gotten up from the ground, said a few words in the ear of R. Zanchen who was about to take the penalty kick, hoping that he would take the penalty kick, and R. Zanchen finally agreed.

After all, this ball was created by Honda Keisuke himself.

Moreover, R. Zanchen is just a general among the short men in the VVV team. In fact, his free kick skills are far behind those famous free kick masters. His free kick goal rate is not even one tenth.

Although Honda Keisuke has never taken a free kick in VVV's official games, he has practiced a lot in normal training. R. Zanchen knows that Honda Keisuke's free kick skills are very good, and may even be better than his.

Therefore, he agreed to Honda Keisuke's request without any objection.

However, he still stood by to cover Honda Keisuke.

After all, the opponents in the Eredivisie know that VVV's free kick taker is usually him. As long as he stands behind the ball, he will definitely cause some interference to Alkmaar's human wall and goalkeeper.

R. Zanchen's judgment is correct.

Moreno, Klavan and others who lined up the human wall, as well as goalkeeper Romero, all thought that it was R. Zanchen who took the free kick this time. They didn't expect it to be Honda Keisuke, who transferred to VVV in the winter break and had not taken a penalty kick in the game since coming to VVV.

So, when Keisuke Honda took the first run-up and kicked the ball out, the Alkmaar wall did not jump: they all thought that Keisuke Honda was providing a screen and R. Zanchen behind him was the penalty taker.