Chapter 12

At 15:00 in the afternoon, with the referee's whistle, the match between Pulmes and Vlising officially began.

There is no doubt that Jiang Xiaolin, who performed a hat trick in the last game, has become the offensive core of Pulmes. Van der No asked the whole team to provide ammunition for Jiang Xiaolin.

The intelligence collection of amateur leagues is naturally not as comprehensive as that of professional leagues.

Although the coaches and players of Vlising heard about Jiang Xiaolin's hat trick in the last round, they did not send anyone to watch it on the spot, and there was no video to watch the replay. They had no idea how Jiang Xiaolin performed a hat trick, and they just thought it must be good luck.

It is really hard to believe how talented a 16-year-old Chinese boy from the desert of Asian football is.

Coupled with the fact that he did not score in the previous two months, the players of the Vlising team felt that Jiang Xiaolin's four goals in two games were luck.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Vlising did not keep a close watch on Jiang Xiaolin at all, which seemed to be rather careless.

It was their negligence that led to the situation where Vlissing fell behind at the beginning of the game.

Before the game started, Van der No had instructed everyone to take advantage of the opponent's unfamiliarity with Jiang Xiaolin and use the opening time to attack.

In the 3rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin ran into a gap, but the pass from the left forward Harold was off-center, and Jiang Xiaolin did not receive the ball at all, so there was no threat and did not attract the attention of the Vlissing defense line.

However, in the 6th minute, in order to avoid offside, Henik withdrew from the penalty area and took away a defender, resulting in a short gap on the right side of the penalty area, which was keenly discovered by Jiang Xiaolin.

So, Jiang Xiaolin immediately cut into the penalty area from the top of the penalty area and rushed to the right side.

At the same time, Lanier, the front midfielder holding the ball, also found the gap there.

Lanier made a light pass outside the penalty area and accurately sent the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin rushed over and kicked the ball towards the goal before the No. 5 center back of Vlising could make a tackle.

The goalkeeper was just half squatting, and before he could do anything, the ball flew past his feet and went into the near corner of the goal.

The ball flew into the goal, and the No. 5 center back who made the tackle finally knocked Jiang Xiaolin to the ground, but it was too late.

Seeing Jiang Xiaolin kick the ball into the goal, the Chinese cheering group including Song Zhicheng on the sidelines cheered.

"Good shot!"

"Good job, Xiaolin!"

"Awesome, Xiaolin scored a goal just after the game started."

"Great, how can he not even get into the Ajax youth team with this level?"

"He didn't score a goal in the first two months."

"I guess it's because of the language barrier and unfamiliar environment that affected his performance."

"Yes, it's very likely!"

Everyone automatically filled in the blanks and found a reason for the clumsy performance of their compatriot Jiang Xiaolin before.

In addition to Song Zhicheng and others, other local white fans also applauded and talked.

"It's amazing. Jiang scored in three consecutive games."

"Five goals in three games, this efficiency is amazing."

"If Jiang can perform so well later, maybe we can be promoted to the third-tier league after the end of this season?"

"Yes, it's very likely."

"I don't know why he didn't score a goal in so many games in the past two months."

"I think it may be because of the lack of tacit cooperation. Look at the ball just now. Henik retreated to create a gap. Jiang just started and Lanier passed the ball in. As soon as the ball arrived, Jiang also rushed over and shot directly without stopping the ball to adjust. This cooperation is too smooth."

"Yes, it seems that Jiang still has some skills, but he didn't cooperate with his teammates before, so he couldn't score. Now he is getting familiar with the team and has gradually gained some tacit understanding, and the goals are coming one after another."

The audience who was still scolding Jiang Xiaolin in the last home game also automatically filled in the blanks and found reasons for Jiang Xiaolin's previous goal drought and current consecutive goals.

Philip in the stands didn't know Jiang Xiaolin's previous performance. He only believed what he saw.

Before scoring, Jiang Xiaolin had several chances to touch the ball, but they were just a transfer station for team passing.

In these passing, Jiang Xiaolin was very amateur, which made Philip not optimistic.

But this goal completely changed Philip's view of Jiang Xiaolin. He quickly recorded it in his notebook.

"Teamwork amateur, passing amateur, dribbling amateur, ball stopping amateur, excellent off-ball running ability (to be confirmed), excellent shooting (to be confirmed)."

This is the conclusion Philip has given so far.

Because there is only one ball, PhilipLip didn't dare to jump to conclusions, and had to continue to investigate and confirm whether Jiang Xiaolin's goal was a stroke of luck.

On the field, Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates celebrated, and the game continued.

The players of Vlissing naturally understood Jiang Xiaolin's strength, and no longer looked down on him because of his young age or race.

But this does not mean that they can defend Jiang Xiaolin.

Not only because Jiang Xiaolin's off-ball running attribute in this game was higher than in the previous game, it has been added to the full value of 20 points, but also because Pulmes' teammates have more confidence in Jiang Xiaolin.

In the second half of the last game, although the head coach Van der No instructed everyone to attack with Jiang Xiaolin as the core and deliver ammunition to Jiang Xiaolin, in fact, the teammates still lacked confidence and felt that Jiang Xiaolin could not bear this responsibility.

Therefore, sometimes, there was a gap, but the teammates did not pass it, or the passing time was delayed, which led to the opportunity being fleeting.

After the hat trick completed at the end of the last game, the teammates were full of confidence in Jiang Xiaolin's ability to seize opportunities.

In addition, the goal was scored in the first 6 minutes of this game, which made the teammates more confident.

Therefore, with Jiang Xiaolin's ability to run without the ball more perfect and all teammates working together to deliver the shells, even if Flising tried his best, he couldn't defend.

In the 13th minute, Jiang Xiaolin successfully countered the offside and shot into the far corner after receiving the pass from Henik.

If the goalkeeper hadn't made a desperate save and poked the ball out of the bottom line with his fingertips, Pulmes would have led 2-0.

However, Flising's defense didn't last too long.

In the 21st minute, Donimic suddenly shot a cold arrow from outside the penalty area. The goalkeeper had surrendered, but the ball finally hit the crossbar and bounced out and fell into the penalty area.

Just when others were about to grab the ball, they found that Jiang Xiaolin had appeared in the small penalty area at some point, and with a light push, he shot the ball into the goal.

Just 21 minutes into the game, Jiang Xiaolin had scored twice as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, and Pulmes led Vlising 2-0.