God of Green

Moussa Dembele cut into the penalty area from the wing, facing Jiang Xiaolin's pass, he did not stop the ball at all, and shot it in the face of Jiang Xiaolin's wonderful pass without any defense.

The ball flew into Groningen's goal like a sharp arrow.

Goalkeeper Dashua, who was on the right side of the goal, did not even have time to make a save. He just moved one step and watched the ball fly into the net.

In the 65th minute, Jiang Xiaolin took advantage of a throw-in opportunity in the frontcourt and used Ronaldinho's signature stunt "making a feint to the east and attacking the west", successfully deceiving a group of opponents and assisting teammate Moussa Dembele to score Alkmaar's third goal, helping Alkmaar to take a 3-1 lead away from home.

The highlight of this goal was naturally not Moussa Dembele, but Jiang Xiaolin's feint to the east and attacking the west pass.

After the ball was kicked in by Dembele, the commentator in the commentary booth praised Jiang Xiaolin instead of Dembele.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."

"Another goal! Alkmaar scored again!"

"The goal was scored by Moussa Dembele, but the most exciting thing about this goal was not Dembele's goal, but Jiang Xiaolin's assist!"

"Jiang Xiaolin used Ronaldinho's signature stunt - a feint to the east and west pass, fooling the entire Groningen defense line."

"Of course, including me!"

"Before passing the ball to Dembele, Jiang Xiaolin turned his head to the right and looked at his teammate Ali. Therefore, everyone thought that Jiang Xiaolin was going to pass the ball to Ali!"

"Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin used a feint to the east and west, successfully fooled everyone, and passed the ball to Moussa Dembele on the left, giving Dembele an excellent shooting opportunity without interference, and finally scored the ball."

"I don't know how Jiang Xiaolin found Moussa Dembele's running position! ”

“Jiang Xiaolin’s performance in this game was really unexpected!”

“First, he took advantage of Groningen’s careless celebration when they scored the equalizer and used the kick-off rule in the center circle to sneak in and score twice, helping Alkmaar to take the lead again. Now, he made another feint to the east and west pass, assisting his teammates to easily shoot and score. ”

“Jiang Xiaolin’s creativity on the court seemed to have suddenly improved, and he became many times more alert.”

“Maybe, this is genius!”

“In the last League Cup, Jiang Xiaolin realized the key to handling the ball faster and more decisively in European games, and in this game he realized even higher creativity.”

“Jiang Xiaolin’s speed of improvement on the court is really amazing!”

On the court, Moussa Dembele did not celebrate alone, but ran over to hug Jiang Xiaolin excitedly, thanking him for his assist, and praising this feint to the east and west pass that almost fooled him.

Dembele was just looking for an opportunity when he entered the penalty area, but he saw that Jiang Xiaolin didn't even glance at him, and he didn't think Jiang Xiaolin would pass the ball to him.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin really passed the ball to Dembele, which surprised Dembele and almost made him unprepared to shoot, wasting the opportunity.

Fortunately, Dembele finally kicked the ball into the opponent's goal with his shooting instinct, otherwise Jiang Xiaolin's genius assist would have been wasted.

After Jiang Xiaolin assisted Moussa Dembele to score Alkmaar's third goal and helped Alkmaar lead Groningen 3-1, the situation of the game was different.

Generally speaking, the chance of being overtaken after leading by two goals in the second half is extremely small.

What's more, it was already the 65th minute when Dembele scored, and even with the extra time, there was less than half an hour left.

Groningen wanted to score two goals in such a short time to equalize the score. It can't be said that there is no chance, but the chance is very small.

Moussa Dembele's goal can be said to have sealed the victory.

In the next game, Alkmaar will be much more relaxed. They can defend more calmly in the backcourt and play defensive counterattacks.

Groningen, on the other hand, launched a final counterattack.

Although the chance is low, they still have to try to equalize the score. After all, this is their home court, and it would be embarrassing to surrender like this.

As the team currently ranked fourth in the Eredivisie standings, Groningen still has certain strength, especially in their home court.

Therefore, in the 69th minute, Groningen played a wonderful frontcourt cooperation, and finally the front midfielder Granluvi made a wonderful pass to pass the ball into the penalty area of ​​​​Alkmaar. Forward Salu Garcia received the ball and volleyed it towards the goal.The quality of the shot was pretty good, hitting the goal frame, and there was a little angle, not very straight, and the average goalkeeper might not be able to save it.

But this time, Joey Didulica, who was squeezed out of the starting goalkeeper position by Romero, played at an extraordinary level. He actually judged the ball path in the instant after Salu Garcia shot, and rushed out, successfully reaching out and grabbing the ball before it entered the net, and pushed the ball out of the baseline.

Countless Groningen home fans who had stood up in the stands to celebrate the goal immediately sighed in unison, and a few Alkmaar away fans applauded Didulica.

In the 73rd minute, Groningen made another good bottom cross from the wing, and finally forward Brent headed the ball in the penalty area.

However, due to the defensive interference of Alkmaar central defender Ragnar Klavan, Brent's header was a little higher and flew over the crossbar.

Seeing that there were only 20 minutes left in the game even with the extra time, Alkmaar, who was two goals ahead, was basically sure to win.

So Van Gaal began to make substitutions, successively replacing the main forward Moussa Dembele and midfielder David Mendes, to prepare for the next away game in the UEFA Cup group match against Spartak Moscow, Russia.

It was not so good to replace Moussa Dembele, but replacing David Mendes would definitely have a great impact on Alkmaar's defense.

In addition to the central defenders, full-backs, midfielders, etc. that had already been replaced on the starting list, Alkmaar's defensive strength can be said to have dropped to the lowest level since the beginning of the season.

Groningen was naturally unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

Even though they knew that the chances were slim, there was still a possibility.

Therefore, Groningen suddenly increased its offensive strength and launched a more crazy attack on Alkmaar's penalty area and even the goal.

Even Jiang Xiaolin and Ali retreated to their own half to participate in the defense, and Ali even retreated to the penalty area.

Only Jiang Xiaolin was still active in the area between the center line and the penalty area line, keeping the possibility of counterattack at any time.

As long as he scored another goal, Alkmaar would really lock in the victory, and there would be no more surprises.

Originally, Jiang Xiaolin was just an offensive player, and his one-on-one defensive ability was not very good.

However, Jiang Xiaolin's full position attribute also played a big role in the defense of his own half, which made the Groningen players feel very depressed, and the offensive rhythm was always interrupted by Jiang Xiaolin.

Many times, when Groningen players were preparing to pass the ball to their teammates, they would find that Jiang Xiaolin was already standing near the ball path and could intercept their passes at any time, causing them to dare not easily pass the ball around Jiang Xiaolin.

Therefore, although Jiang Xiaolin's retreat to participate in the defense sacrificed a certain counterattack speed, it also provided a good bonus to Alkmaar's defense.

At least it made Groningen's passing and cutting outside the penalty area awkward and slow.

Of course, as Jiang Xiaolin retreated, the Groningen defense line, eager to equalize the score, continued to press forward, trying to increase offensive manpower and provide assistance for the frontcourt attack.

By the 80th minute, Groningen's two central defenders had already pressed over the center line, not to mention the two full-backs and defensive midfielders.

Except for the goalkeeper, the entire Groningen team had rushed into Alkmaar's half and attacked Alkmaar's penalty area and goal, trying to score two goals in a row to equalize the score and save the defeat.

Even the goalkeeper was a little itchy and almost stood on the penalty area line, and occasionally went out of the penalty area to help the Groningen players who were pressed to pass the ball.

It is estimated that the goalkeeper was also broken.

Anyway, losing three goals is a loss, losing four goals is also a loss. Even if he risks Alkmaar's overhead kick into the empty goal, he has to come out to help the team increase the points of passing and receiving the ball.

It was under such circumstances that the time came to the 85th minute.

At this time, the ball had just been cleared and kicked out to the midfield by the Alkmaar defender. The Groningen central defender grabbed the first point before Jiang Xiaolin and headed it to his teammates, and then began to pass forward, wanting to continue the attack.

However, facing the strict defense of Alkmaar's full retreat, Groningen's ball still failed to enter the 30-meter area of ​​Alkmaar's goal after several passes. It could only keep passing and cutting on the periphery, hoping to open a gap and pass the ball in.

However, Alkmaar's players obviously would not let them pass so comfortably on the periphery.

The back midfielder and defender naturally guarded the penalty area, and the central midfielder and others were also outside the arc of the penalty areaThe task of guarding, pressing and interfering with the opponent's passing and receiving the ball naturally fell to Jiang Xiaolin and another forward Ali.

Although Ali's defensive skills were average, he had been a substitute before and had few opportunities to start, so he was very physically fit.

Even though the game was almost over, Ali was still running back and forth and pressing the Groningen players who had the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin, on the other hand, mainly carried out silent positional defense, blocking the opponent's ball-holding players' routes to pass the ball to key nodes.

Although it was not easy to steal the ball, nor could it block the opponent's passing route to other directions, as long as the most dangerous line was blocked, the opponent's attack could basically be delayed or even abolished.

This was also the reason why Groningen failed to pass the ball into the dangerous area in this attack and could only keep passing the ball back and forth on the periphery.

But sometimes mistakes and errors will occur when passing the ball.

In the 85th minute, Groningen's defenders made mistakes when passing the ball.

When Ali ran to the wing and the wing forward blocked his way, Frederick, the full-back holding the ball, transferred the ball horizontally to the feet of Ibrahima, the central defender in the middle.

Ibrahima was at the top of the arc in the middle circle, a little ahead of Alkmaar's half.

Originally, this was an ordinary pass, but Ali was lucky enough to judge the direction in which the opponent wanted to pass the ball at the moment Frederick was about to pass the ball. He suddenly turned around and turned to Abrahima and pressed Abrahima.

Frederick realized that something was wrong after passing the ball, and quickly shouted "be careful" to Abrahima.

Abrahima naturally saw Ali's pressing, so he could only move towards the ball himself, and then catch the ball before Ali and control it.

But Ali, who had predicted in advance, immediately rushed over and stuck to Abrahima. Abrahima didn't dare to stick to the ball, and he didn't have the skills. He turned around and passed the ball to the other side without thinking.

His target was another central defender teammate Andres, who should have been standing parallel to him not far away.

Andres was indeed in the position that Abrahima expected, but after he passed the ball, he was shocked to find Jiang Xiaolin rushing up from behind.

And the force of his pass seemed a little weak.

With his excellent points, running and standing attributes, Jiang Xiaolin, like Ali, determined the most likely route for Abrahima to pass the ball under Ali's pressure, and then used his full acceleration and speed to insert the ball between the two.

As expected, under Ali's pressure, Abrahima did not have time to observe Jiang Xiaolin's position and passed the ball to Andres.

The key is that his pass was not strong, giving Jiang Xiaolin, who was rushing towards the ball, the opportunity to steal the ball.

Abrahima and Andres both changed their faces and rushed towards the ball with all their strength, trying to clear the ball before Jiang Xiaolin.

But Abrahima's pass was too weak and too slow, and Jiang Xiaolin was faster than they expected.

Before Andres, who received the ball, touched it, Jiang Xiaolin, who was sprinting at full speed, shot it without hesitation and kicked it towards Groningen's goal in his own half - Jiang Xiaolin made another long-distance lob in his own half.

Because the goalkeeper had already attacked the penalty area line, Jiang Xiaolin chose to shoot directly without hesitation.

After Jiang Xiaolin shot the ball, Andres, who came late, knocked Jiang Xiaolin, who had lost his balance, to the ground.

But it was too late.

The ball kicked by Jiang Xiaolin had already flown into the air, drew a parabola, and flew towards Groningen's goal.

Groningen's goalkeeper Dashua was retreating from the penalty area line to the goal in a panic, hoping that he could block Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shot.