God of Green

For the players, although they didn't win this game, it was good enough to stop the losing streak, after all, this was an away game.

The media would not embarrass the players too much.

Because Alkmaar did perform well in this game, especially after substitute goalkeeper Romero came on the field, Alkmaar's performance was very different from the previous games, and it was no longer a passive and weak look.

Jiang Xiaolin, who was only 16 years old and scored a goal in his Eredivisie debut, was even more popular with the media.

In the locker room, the players were in a good mood, chatting while taking a shower and changing clothes, and some people even joked, and the depressed mood after six consecutive losses was relieved.

This is also the reason why some teammates changed their views on Jiang Xiaolin after the game: after all, he took the penalty kick under pressure and helped everyone get a draw away from home, and he deserves respect.

But for head coach Van Gaal, the treatment is completely different. Although the team has stopped the losing streak, his crisis has not been resolved.

A draw is not satisfactory for a coach of Van Gaal's level.

A draw means no win. Although the six-game losing streak has been stopped, Van Gaal has created a record of seven rounds without a win.

Moreover, the results of the seven rounds are one draw and six losses, no wins, and only one point, which is really miserable.

According to previous historical data, if the Dutch Eredivisie wants to stay in the league, 35 points are needed to ensure that the league is successfully relegated.

After this game, Alkmaar ranked 11th in the Dutch Eredivisie standings, with only 30 points, and has not even got the points for relegation.

Of course, there are still 9 rounds of the 34-round Dutch Eredivisie league before the end of the season. According to common sense, Alkmaar will not be unable to get even 5 points in 9 rounds. Two wins or one win and two draws are enough.

But this season, especially in the second half of the season, Alkmaar's performance is abnormal.

They actually suffered six consecutive losses and seven rounds of no wins after the start of the second half of the season, and only got 1 point in seven rounds.

If we go by this result, can we hypothetically speculate that Alkmaar can only get one or two points in the remaining nine rounds?

If this happens, it will be a bit uncertain whether Alkmaar can stay in the league.

Will Alkmaar, which was in the top three of the Eredivisie in the previous two seasons, fall to the point of participating in the relegation battle this season?

This is a big joke.

Of course, among the 18 teams in the Eredivisie, Alkmaar is now ranked 11th, which is in the middle, and there are still several places away from the relegation zone of the third from the bottom, and it is also 8 points ahead of the third from the bottom.

At present, Alkmaar is not a relegation team.

But it does not prevent reporters from thinking about the worst case, because Alkmaar's head coach is not an unknown person, but Van Gaal, because they need news.

Therefore, at the post-match press conference, Van Gaal, who had stopped the losing streak, was not treated kindly, but was still repeatedly questioned by reporters, asking about Alkmaar's future, whether he could lead the team to relegation, and whether he could change the team's current situation.

But Van Gaal is not a newcomer, and he has rich experience in dealing with reporters.

Especially in this game, he found the role of Jiang Xiaolin, and Van Gaal was more confident, and he didn't worry about whether he could stay in the league at all.

Although Jiang Xiaolin only played as a substitute for more than 1 minute, Van Gaal could see a lot of important things from this performance of more than 1 minute.

Especially psychological quality and stress resistance, which are crucial for a pure rookie who has never played in a professional league.

Van Gaal was not sure before, because Jiang Xiaolin had never played in a professional league and there was no historical data to refer to.

No matter how well Jiang Xiaolin performed in training, he was not sure that Jiang Xiaolin could perform as well in the official Eredivisie game.

But now he knows.

As a pure rookie who has never played in a professional league, Jiang Xiaolin's first touch of the ball in his Eredivisie debut was able to withstand the pressure from the fans at the stadium and score the crucial equalizing penalty kick. This not only proves that Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills are as superb as ever, but also proves that Jiang Xiaolin's psychological quality and ability to withstand pressure are definitely enough to adapt to the Eredivisie.

This is not easy for a 16-year-old young man.

And now Jiang Xiaolin has passed the test.

Then, his superb shooting skills will be used more frequently by Van Gaal in future games.

Jiang Xiaolin is much better than the team's previous forwards in terms of finishing. This is a conclusion drawn through trial training, He Qingjia League, team training, and today's game.

Van Gaal is not the only one who thinks so, allThe coaching staff and the first-team players all think so.

Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills in training have already shocked everyone.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin plays in the top league, he will definitely be a terrifying super goal-scoring machine in the future. Everyone agrees on this.

Before, everyone was uncertain about Jiang Xiaolin's ability to adapt to the Eredivisie, and they didn't know how long it would take for Jiang Xiaolin to play in the Eredivisie.

But now there is no problem.

In the future, as long as Jiang Xiaolin's playing time is increased and he gradually starts to start, Van Gaal believes that the team will have no problem staying in the league.

Even further, it is not impossible to impact the European war zone.

After all, there are still 9 rounds of the Eredivisie. If enough points are obtained in the next 9 rounds, everything is possible.

Therefore, Van Gaal did not care about the difficulties of the reporters.

He firmly claimed that the team had only encountered temporary difficulties, but all difficulties would pass, and Alkmaar would never fall to the point where it needed to fight a relegation battle.

A reporter asked what gave Van Gaal such great confidence. Was it Jiang Xiaolin, who came on as a substitute for just over a minute but scored a crucial penalty to help Alkmaar equalize with Groningen in stoppage time away from home?

After thinking for a while, Van Gaal did not give a positive answer.

Because he could not destroy the unity of the team.

Even if the team's performance improved in the second half of the season, and Jiang Xiaolin did play an important role, all the credit cannot be attributed to Jiang Xiaolin.

Therefore, Van Gaal told reporters: "Jiang is a promising young man with unlimited future."

"However, he is still young now. He just made his Eredivisie debut today, and it was only for more than 1 minute."

"As for the penalty kick, it is nothing. Everyone on earth knows that it is harder to miss a penalty kick than to score it."

"Jiang is a member of the team and a powerful addition to the team lineup, but he is still young now. I hope everyone will give him some time to adapt."

"The results of Alkmaar in the second half of the season still depend on the hard work of all the coaches and players of the team. It is impossible to rely on any one person."

"I believe that Alkmaar will eventually achieve a good result this season with the efforts of all the coaches and players of the team."