Chapter 148

Seeing that the first half of the game was about to end, the score between the two sides was still 2-1, and the home team VVV was leading by one point. The VVV fans in the stands were very excited, constantly singing and shouting slogans to cheer for the home team.

In these few minutes, although Jiang Xiaolin had some performance, he was still not as good as Honda Keisuke.

Honda Keisuke's position determined that he had many more opportunities to get the ball than Jiang Xiaolin, so naturally he looked better than Jiang Xiaolin.

More than a dozen Japanese reporters in the press box were very proud. They applauded and cheered every time Honda Keisuke broke through, passed, and defended.

In fact, these breakthroughs, passes, and defenses were very ordinary and not worth applauding and cheering. Their purpose was just to annoy the Chinese reporters in the press box.

But Peng Zhijie and others did not panic. They knew Jiang Xiaolin much better than these Japanese reporters.

They believed that Jiang Xiaolin's performance would never be worse than Honda Keisuke.

12 goals in 7 games, with an average of 1.7 goals per game, are not just for show. Jiang Xiaolin earned them with one goal after another.

On the field, Jiang Xiaolin was not panicked by Honda Keisuke's excellent performance. He was still waiting for an opportunity.

Even if there was no chance in the first half, he still had the second half.

He wanted to ensure that his first breakthrough in the Eredivisie was absolutely sudden, so that he could create a good shooting opportunity and score.

If he didn't have this confidence, he would rather not break through, but wait for his teammates' assists.

It was in this waiting that Jiang Xiaolin actually waited for an excellent breakthrough opportunity at the end of the first half.

At this time, it had entered the stoppage time of the first half, with 1 minute of stoppage time. It was estimated that the referee would blow the whistle to end the first half in half a minute.

At this time, Alkmaar's attack hit the front court again, but this time it was not a counterattack, so Venlo's formation was very complete, and there were not many gaps in the penalty area for Jiang Xiaolin to drill.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin took the initiative to withdraw from the penalty area, leaving Ali in the penalty area.

Because Jiang Xiaolin did not hold the ball, and he was fast, flexible, and had a wide range of movement, the defenders of Venlo did not dare to defend him closely. They all defended in a zone, and the defenders in that zone would focus on defending Jiang Xiaolin.

When the ball was passed from Martens in the middle to Schals at the edge of the penalty area, the defensive formation of Venlo moved a little to the right where Schals was.

Then, Jiang Xiaolin ran horizontally from outside the penalty area to the top of the penalty area.

The central defender Di Michael in the penalty area noticed Jiang Xiaolin's running position. He did not stare at Schals, but paid attention to Jiang Xiaolin's running position, blocking his shooting route, and preventing Jiang Xiaolin from shooting without stopping the ball after Schals passed the ball to Jiang Xiaolin.

Afterwards, Di Michael was very grateful for his wise decision.

Because, when Jiang Xiaolin was still running, Schall saw Jiang Xiaolin's running position and passed the ball to the top of the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin ran to the top of the penalty area and successfully received the ball, and then began to face the penalty area.

Di Michael blocked Jiang Xiaolin's shooting route in advance, so Jiang Xiaolin could not shoot, because once he shot, Di Michael could easily block the gun hole and block his ball path.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin could only stop the ball and prepare to pass it out, or wait for Di Michael to rush up, so that he could use fried meatballs to pass Di Michael and break into the penalty area to complete the shot.

Whether there is a chance to break through depends on whether Di Michael will rush up.

Because if the distance is too far, the fried meatballs are useless, and they are only useful when the opponent defends directly and is ready to grab.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin was surprised that Di Michael looked left and right and rushed out of the penalty area without any hesitation.

DiMichael was considering that his teammates were staring at Alkmaar's Ali and other players in the penalty area, and Jiang Xiaolin could either break through him or pass the ball back to midfielder David Mendes and others.

Jiang Xiaolin had not used his skills to break through anyone in the Eredivisie, which was mentioned by the coaching staff at the pre-match tactical meeting.

As long as he got close to force Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin would generally have to pass the ball back. If he didn't pass it back, he would face the risk of making a mistake or being intercepted by the opponent and losing the ball.

Therefore, DiMichael didn't worry that Jiang Xiaolin would break through him and face the goal directly, because Jiang Xiaolin didn't know how to do this.

He was thinking about whether he could grab Jiang Xiaolin's ball, or force Jiang Xiaolin to turn around and pass the ball back, then he would be considered to have cleared the siege.

As a result, as DiMichael approached, he found that Jiang Xiaolin didn't turn around and pass the ball out at all.Meaning, instead, he gently moved the ball forward, and it was about to enter the penalty area.

Di Michael smiled in his heart and said happily: "Is Jiang still going to break through himself?"

It's not that he looks down on Jiang Xiaolin. He knows that Jiang Xiaolin's shooting efficiency is the best in the Eredivisie, and no one is qualified to look down on Jiang Xiaolin.

But in terms of personal technical breakthroughs, he is confident enough to defend Jiang Xiaolin and grab the ball from Jiang Xiaolin's feet.

Even if he can't grab it, he can force Jiang Xiaolin to make a mistake in controlling the ball, and then his teammates will get the ball and counterattack.

Anyway, Jiang Xiaolin will not break through himself.

Because both the statistics and the previous game videos show that Jiang Xiaolin really has no breakthrough ability.

It is simply a delusion for Jiang Xiaolin to break through Di Michael and face the goal directly.

So, Di Michael took two steps forward with full confidence, blocked in front of Jiang Xiaolin, and when he saw the opportunity, he used his left foot as a support and stretched out his right foot to poke the football under Jiang Xiaolin's right foot.

He thought he could easily poke Jiang Xiaolin's ball away, or force Jiang Xiaolin to make a mistake and lose control of the ball.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin did not turn around to pass the ball, but used his right foot to gently push the ball to the left, avoiding his grab.

Moreover, Jiang Xiaolin immediately stretched out his left foot and blocked the ball into the penalty area, then Jiang Xiaolin quickly dodged half a body to the left, avoiding Di Michael's body, and quickly rushed into the penalty area with the ball.

Fried meatballs are a common passing technique that many players can do. However, it is difficult to master them.

It mainly depends on whether the defense is mentally prepared for the offense.

Jiang Xiaolin's 15-point fried meatballs may be easy to break through when facing low-level professional players of B and C, but when facing Eredivisie-level defenders, it should never be so easy to break through.

Obviously, Di Michael was not mentally prepared for Jiang Xiaolin to use fried meatballs to break through him.