Chapter 238

At midnight on May 24, 2008, May 25 was Jiang Xiaolin's 17th birthday.

In Jiang Xiaolin's blog and forum, countless fans wished Jiang Xiaolin a happy birthday and celebrated his growth from 16 to 17.

Jiang Xiaolin's mobile phone also received many text messages wishing him a happy birthday.

However, Jiang Xiaolin had already fallen asleep.

The next morning, when Jiang Xiaolin got up and picked up his mobile phone, he saw a lot of text messages or missed calls.

There were family members such as Jiang Zhencheng and Jiang Xueling, classmates such as Wang Jianping, journalist friends such as Peng Zhijie, and teammates of the National Olympic Team.

Jiang Xiaolin replied to thank them one by one.

Then, when he finished washing and went to the restaurant for breakfast, many teammates also wished him a happy birthday.

In the afternoon, Jiang Xiaolin also received calls from his teammates in Alkmaar to congratulate him.

Even the official website of the Alkmaar team club displayed a slogan wishing Jiang Xiaolin a happy birthday.

Although everyone feels that Jiang Xiaolin should leave Alkmaar next season, after all, Jiang Xiaolin is still a member of Alkmaar, and the Alkmaar club is still doing these subtle work, hoping to retain Jiang Xiaolin.

Because there is a game this afternoon, everyone did not go to training today, but only did light exercise in the hotel gym to maintain physical condition.

After lunch at noon, many fans from the Olympic Sports Center began to rush to the Kunshan Olympic Sports Center.

At 14:00 in the afternoon, the square outside the Olympic Sports Center was already crowded with people, and many people who did not buy tickets were asking ticket scalpers and scalpers everywhere, but it was difficult to buy them.

Although it was just a warm-up match, the tickets for this game were still very tight, and many people came to watch Jiang Xiaolin's national team debut.

Of course, this is not only Jiang Xiaolin's national team debut, but also Jiang Xiaolin's debut in domestic competitions.

Jiang Xiaolin's last training match with the Olympic team was in Serbia. Except for a few reporters who followed him to the scene, most people had never seen Jiang Xiaolin play football.

At 14:00, Zhang Hailang started checking tickets two hours in advance, and fans swarmed in, slowly filling up the stadium seats.

When Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates appeared on the field for pre-match warm-ups, tens of thousands of fans were ready.

After seeing Jiang Xiaolin come out, many fans shouted excitedly, calling Jiang Xiaolin's name, or holding banners wishing Jiang Xiaolin a happy birthday.

Jiang Xiaolin was quite moved.

Before the game started, Jiang Xiaolin added one point to his "arc" skill and "back hook shot" to 11 respectively, with a balance of 40 attribute points.

At 16:00 on May 25, 2008, domestic time, the warm-up match between the Chinese men's national football team and the Jordanian national team officially started at the Kunshan Olympic Sports Center in Jiangshu.

This was Jiang Xiaolin's first appearance for the national team, and also his first match as a real professional player in China.

At the same time, the time point of May 25th was also very good.

On Sunday afternoon, most fans were free.

Therefore, not only were tens of thousands of seats at the Olympic Sports Center filled with fans from local and national fans, but the ratings of the national TV sports channel responsible for the live broadcast also exploded, attracting countless fans from all over the country to watch.

The attention was very high.

The Chinese national team originally played a 442 balanced tactic, but after having Jiang Xiaolin and Jiang Xiaolin's integration into the team super fast, the coaching staff changed the national team's tactics.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's strength is enough to support the Chinese team's offense, and one person is definitely more efficient than the previous two forwards.

Therefore, the coaching staff changed the 442 tactic to 451, which can also be called the 4231 double defensive midfielder tactic. The purpose of sending double defensive midfielders is to increase the thickness of the defense and lose as few balls as possible.

It can be said that Jiang Xiaolin's joining has significantly improved the strength of the Chinese team on both offense and defense. The Chinese team can use this warm-up match to test the new tactics and prepare for the upcoming four consecutive World Cup qualifiers.

The lineup of the Chinese team in this game is goalkeeper No. 12 Song Zhenyu; right back No. 13 Cao Yang, two central defenders No. 5 Li Weifeng, No. 4 Zhang Yaokun, left back No. 3 Sun Xiang; double defensive midfielders No. 10 Zheng Zhi, No. 6 Zhou Haibing; right midfielder No. 8 Du Zhenyu, left midfielder No. 18 Hao Junmin, front midfielder No. 15 Huang Bowen; single striker No. 9 Jiang Xiaolin.

Although the Chinese team's formation is 451, the opponent Jordan in this game is not too strong.

What's more, the Chinese team is playing at home, and it is naturally impossible to play a defensive counterattack under the attention of fans across the country.Therefore, after the game started, the Chinese team took advantage of the opportunity of the first kick-off to actively press forward and actively launched an attack on the Jordanian team.

However, the success rate of the Chinese team's players in passing and receiving the ball was really terrible. The first attack ball was intercepted at the front of the penalty area before it was passed to Jiang Xiaolin's feet.

The Jordanian team passed the ball to the vicinity of the center line, and the players of both sides started fighting in the midfield.

After a fight, the first attack in this warm-up match was actually from Jordan.

In the second minute, the Jordanian team intercepted the ball at the feet of right forward Du Zhenyu in the midfield, and then launched a fast break and formed a low shot outside the penalty area.

The quality of this shot was not bad, at least it hit the goal frame.

The ball flew towards the goal along the lawn, making the Chinese fans in the stands a little nervous, but in the end it was saved by the goalkeeper Song Zhenyu with a side dive.

The applause of the fans for Song Zhenyu rang out in the stands.

In the subsequent corner kick, Jordan did not pass the ball directly into the penalty area, but unexpectedly played a tactical corner kick, passing the ball to the outside of the penalty area, preparing for another long shot.

As a result, the cooperation was not good this time, and the ball was passed a little off-center. The captain of the Chinese team, No. 10 midfielder Zheng Zhi, grabbed the first point and kicked the ball to the midfield before the opponent's forward.

The ball kicked by Zheng Zhi was caught by Huang Bowen, and then the Chinese team launched a counterattack.

Huang Bowen really wanted to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin, but Huang Bowen and Jiang Xiaolin had been teammates for too little time, and the cooperation was really a bit lacking.

In this attack, Jiang Xiaolin almost succeeded in counter-offside, but Huang Bowen, who had the ball, did not notice it, and passed the ball to Hao Junmin, wasting Jiang Xiaolin's excellent opportunity to counter-offside.

The fans in the stands were all anxious.

It was not until the 7th minute that Jiang Xiaolin retreated to the midfield and received a pass from Zhou Haibing. He used his speed and fried meatballs to break through two Jordanian players, and then completed the first shot of the Chinese team outside the opponent's penalty area.

However, under the interference of the last central defender of the Jordanian team, Jiang Xiaolin's shot was quite straight and was directly taken by the goalkeeper of the Jordanian team, and even the corner kick was not given to the Chinese team.

After the goalkeeper threw the ball out, the Jordanian team launched an attack, but it was difficult to continue after hitting the middle and front court.

Although Jiang Xiaolin had just joined the national football team and the Chinese team had just changed its tactical style, resulting in the entire team not having much smooth cooperation in the offense, the configuration of the double defensive midfielder did make the Chinese team's defense line much more stable.

In the 9th minute, the Jordanian defender inserted an assist from the wing and passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area. As a result, the opponent failed to grab the first point, and the Chinese team's defensive midfielder Zhou Haibing grabbed the first point and headed the ball out.

Then the Chinese team launched a counterattack, but when the front midfielder Huang Bowen broke through with the ball, he was tripped by the opponent's back midfielder about 5 meters away from the Jordanian team's penalty area line, allowing the Chinese team to get a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt.

The ball was about 27 or 28 meters away from the goal, at the front left of the penalty area, and the position and angle were quite good.

If there was a free kick expert, this free kick would still be a big threat.

However, it is obvious that the Chinese team does not have any free kick experts.

Only the left forward Hao Junmin's free kick technique is slightly better, so this ball is prepared to be taken by Hao Junmin.

But after Jiang Xiaolin looked at the position of the free kick, he had an idea to try it himself.

His shooting skills are full value, but he has an "arc", and he can't bypass the wall of people when he takes free kicks.

If he wants to hit it within the range of the goal frame, he will definitely hit the wall of people; if he wants to bypass the wall of people, he will definitely be higher than the crossbar, or hit the far corner and be directly confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Jiang Xiaolin was tempted by the fact that his "arc" had now been increased to 11 points. It was not that he could not play it at all, but the success rate was a bit low, and the arc was not large.

But if someone cooperated to deceive the opponent's human wall, plus the distance and angle of this position were good, it was not completely impossible.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin walked over and whispered to Hao Junmin: "Hao Junmin, let me take this ball, okay?"

Hao Junmin was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "Sure!"

Although he was older than Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin's status in both the Olympic Team and the national team was obviously much higher than his. He was not a ball tyrant, but a ball tyrant. If Jiang Xiaolin wanted to take this ball, he could not stop it.

Although he had never seen Jiang Xiaolin take a free kick, just based on Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shooting and shooting skills, his threat to take a free kick must be not low, perhaps even higher than Hao Junmin.

Therefore, no matter from which aspect, when Jiang XiaolinWhen he stepped forward to take the free kick, Hao Junmin could only nod his head in agreement.

However, there are still some rules for how to take the free kick.

Because Jiang Xiaolin had never taken a free kick before, if he took the free kick, it would catch the opponent off guard, so the two discussed and asked Hao Junmin to cover Jiang Xiaolin.

Then, Jiang Xiaolin and Hao Junmin both stood behind the ball, but the goalkeeper of the Jordanian team and the players in the wall focused their attention on Hao Junmin.