Chapter 346
After Pocognoli and Jiang Xiaolin, who scored the sixth goal, celebrated for more than 20 seconds, the game resumed.
Ajax, who had already accepted their fate, continued to defend, without any intention of counterattacking to score a goal, while Alkmaar continued to attack Ajax under the leadership of Jiang Xiaolin.
Jiang Xiaolin was still not satisfied.
However, the time left for him was not enough for him to continue scoring goals.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Jiang Xiaolin led Alkmaar to a 6-2 bloodbath of Ajax at home with 2 assists and 3 goals, winning the tough battle of the 12th round of the Eredivisie. Jiang Xiaolin avenged the discrimination he had suffered from the opponent's youth team coach and players, and completely consolidated the team's determination and confidence to win the Eredivisie championship this season.
After the referee blew the final whistle, Jiang Xiaolin also received 2 assists 2000 + 4 goals 8000 + win 4000 = 14,000 basic experience rewards.
In terms of performance, the system gave an "excellent" rating, with a rating coefficient of 3. Jiang Xiaolin's total experience was 14,000*3=42,000.
Adding the training experience of the previous few days, Jiang Xiaolin's level experience rose to level 21, 1.5322 million/2 million.
Although it was raining heavily, Jiang Xiaolin and other Alkmaar players still went to the sidelines to have a brief thank-you interaction with the fans.
Because the players were caught in the rain while playing football, and the fans were also caught in the rain while watching the game, everyone was the same.
In the context of such a bloodbath of Ajax, even in the rain, Jiang Xiaolin and others should say thank you to the home fans who were full of fans.
Of course, this time will not be too long.
After all, it is still raining so hard, and it is not suitable for both players and fans to stay for a long time.
Because Breda, which ranked third before, did not win, but only got a draw.
Therefore, after this round, Ajax's points remained at 25 points, and the ranking dropped to third; Breda's points increased by 1 point, becoming 26 points and ranking second.
Alkmaar, which previously ranked first in the standings with 27 points, reached 30 points after this big win over Ajax, 4 points more than Breda in second place and 5 points more than Ajax in third place.
Alkmaar finally opened up a points gap of more than one game with the teams behind, and had more room for maneuver.
After the game, major sports media in the Netherlands, Europe, and even the world reported on this game.
On the one hand, it was the battle for the top spot in the Eredivisie and the attention brought by the giant Ajax.
On the other hand, it was the shock brought to everyone by Jiang Xiaolin's big four-goal performance to lead the team to a 6-2 bloodbath against Ajax.
"In the 12th round of the Eredivisie, Alkmaar played at home and beat Ajax 6-2! 》
《Ajax, the Dutch giants, was slaughtered. Jiang Xiaolin scored four goals and two assists to lead Alkmaar to a 6-2 victory over Ajax! 》
《Shocking Jiang Xiaolin scored four goals and led Alkmaar to a 6-2 victory over Ajax. Revenge was successful! 》
《In the 12th round of the Dutch Eredivisie, Alkmaar defeated Ajax 6-2. Jiang Xiaolin scored four goals! 》
《In the 12th round of the Dutch Eredivisie, Jiang Xiaolin scored four goals against Ajax. His 18 league goals continued to rank first in the Dutch Eredivisie scorer list! 》
《After returning from a terrifying injury, Jiang Xiaolin played 8 games and scored a total of 23 goals, with an average of nearly 3 goals per game! 》
《After returning from an injury, Jiang Xiaolin scored more efficiently and more terrifyingly than before! 》
Looking at the various reports about this game and Jiang Xiaolin in the media, countless fans expressed their shock!
"Damn, Jiang Xiaolin is so awesome, right? He scored 23 goals in 8 games. Is he still a human being?"
"I can't even imagine it!"
"With this goal efficiency, even the former goal machine, German striker Gerd Muller, has to admit defeat, right?"
"Yeah! I don't know how Jiang Xiaolin trained. Is he really a genius?"
"I don't know if there is a genius, but I know Jiang Xiaolin is definitely a genius!"
"Yeah! This goal efficiency really scared me! I never thought that there would be someone in the world who could score goals at this level!"
"I've decided to pay attention to Jiang Xiaolin from now on!"
"I have heard of Jiang Xiaolin, but I didn't expect him to be so awesome! It's too scary. I will pay attention to him for a long time in the future!"
As Jiang Xiaolin continued to score goals and keep appearing in the news, he also gained more and more popularity and fame. There are more and more fans from all over the world, not just Chinese and overseas Chinese!
Even many European teenagers, and also regarded Jiang Xiaolin as an idol.
Because Jiang Xiaolin, who is only 17 years old, has achieved such great success, it is really easy for these teenagers to fall into excited imagination.
In the UK, Jiang Xiaolin has also received a lot of attention, because Tottenham Hotspur's next Europa League group match is to visit AFAS Stadium and play against Alkmaar away.
Jiang Xiaolin and Alkmaar are in such good form that the British media are not very optimistic about Tottenham Hotspur's prospects.
Although Tottenham is a Premier League team and Alkmaar is a Dutch team, Tottenham's ranking in the Premier League this season is only 16th-fifth from the bottom.
And it has the same points as the fourth from the bottom, but it ranks one place higher because of the goal difference.
In terms of points, it is only 1 point more than the third from the bottom in the relegation zone, 2 points more than the second from the bottom, and 4 points more than the first from the bottom.
Such a result is quite dangerous in the Premier League. It is not even in the middle, but can only be regarded as a relegation team in the lower reaches.
Such results in the league will inevitably affect Tottenham's performance in the League Cup.
However, Alkmaar is the top team in the Eredivisie.
Although the Eredivisie is not as influential as the Premier League, it is not an unknown bottom-tier league. Being able to beat Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord and other powerful teams in the Eredivisie and occupy the top spot in the standings is enough to prove Alkmaar's strength and outstanding performance this season.
What's more, this is the result achieved when Jiang Xiaolin missed the first six rounds of the league, proving that Alkmaar is not really relying on Jiang Xiaolin's thighs to achieve the current results as some fans and media said.
Under the coaching of the famous coach Van Gaal, Alkmaar's own strength is also very strong.
Now with a healthy Jiang Xiaolin who has scored 23 goals in 8 games after returning from injury, it is really hard to say whether Tottenham can get points away from home!
The British media began to give advice to Tottenham, hoping that Tottenham would use tougher defense to deal with Alkmaar, and then use long passes to reduce the time and number of people needed for counterattacks, so that there would be no need to worry about being counterattacked by Alkmaar.
When it comes to European wars, the Dutch domestic media are naturally unanimous and constantly give advice to Alkmaar.
As we all know, the Eredivisie is a technical style of play, and the intensity of the Premier League is far greater than that of the Eredivisie.
Everyone can imagine that Alkmaar will not be able to adapt to Tottenham's tough defense at that time. Therefore, the Dutch media also hope that Alkmaar will not rush to attack, stabilize the defense first, and see how the referee enforces the law, and don't be ambushed by Tottenham.
In addition to the media's advice, the players of both sides naturally accepted interviews from the media and talked about their expectations for this League Cup group match.
As Jiang Xiaolin, who played in the European war for the first time and also played against the Premier League team for the first time, was naturally full of expectations for this game.
In an interview, he said that Alkmaar is currently ranked fourth in the group and is in danger. He will definitely go all out and strive for victory with his teammates.
On the Tottenham side, Gareth Bale, who is also young and also on the list of candidates for this year's European Golden Boy Award, is only 19 years old. He also excitedly expressed his expectations for this game.
Bale said that with Tottenham's strength, there is no problem in relegation in the Premier League this season. However, it can only be relegated.
Therefore, Tottenham, who cannot win any honors in the Premier League, will shift their focus to the League Cup this season.
In this League Cup third round group match, although it is an away game, despite facing the Dutch top and the famous Jiang Xiaolin, he and his teammates will still go all out and strive for victory.
Amid the hype of the media of the two countries and the expectations of the fans, the match day is coming soon.
At 19:00 on the evening of November 26, 2008, amid the cheers of more than 10,000 fans, the referee blew the whistle and the third round of the UEFA Cup Group D match between Alkmaar and Tottenham Hotspur in the 2008/2009 season officially began. Jiang Xiaolin's European debut also officially began.
Alkmaar's main players were naturally in full force, and Van Gaal had already been preparing for this game.
Jiang Xiaolin, Maarten Martens, Hamdaoui, David Mendes and other main players almost all played.
Only the winger Moussa Dembele seemed to have a cold after the rainy game, and was replaced by Simon Poulsen in this game.
As for Tottenham, although Gareth Bale revealed the team's ambition to impact the UEFA Cup in the pre-match interview, Van Gaal and the Dutch media did not care much.
For the Premier League, which can get huge broadcasting fees,For the team, obviously, relegation in the Premier League is the most important thing.
Now Tottenham's points and ranking in the league are so dangerous. Tottenham should save their strength in the league instead of fighting with Alkmaar in the League Cup.
Who would have thought that what Gareth Bale said was actually true. In this game, Tottenham Hotspur also played all their main players and showed the momentum of wanting to win this game.
Moreover, after the game started, Tottenham Hotspur made a defensive counterattack.
As the British media said, facing the Dutch team Alkmaar, Tottenham Hotspur has the advantages of defense and counterattack.
The fierce and tough defensive style of the Premier League team is more restrained by the technical style of the Dutch team.
Coupled with the counterattack ability and speed of the two wingers Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale, and the ability of the Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, who is 188cm tall, to grab the point in the middle, Tottenham Hotspur is very advantageous in the long pass and hanging tactics in the defensive counterattack.
Because even the two central defenders Hector Moreno and Ragnar Klavan in Alkmaar are not as tall as Pavlyuchenko.
Although his skills in grabbing points and heading may not be as good as Jiang Xiaolin, he can score goals if he does it more often.
Moreover, for Tottenham, who have already won one game before, as long as they can defend their own penalty area and goal and not lose the game, a draw away from home is acceptable.
Anyway, there are three places in the group stage, and they are not as nervous as Alkmaar, who have already won one game.
On the other hand, Alkmaar did not dare to rush forward to attack against teams from the top five leagues to prevent Tottenham's tough defense from intercepting the ball and counterattacking, so they could only slowly test after the opening.
So, a more embarrassing scene appeared on the field.
Most of the defenders on both sides firmly guarded their own penalty areas or the front areas of the large penalty area, and only a few forwards and front midfielders on both sides fought for the ball in the midfield.
However, even if the ball was grabbed, it could not enter the opponent's penalty area. On the one hand, there were too few people participating in the attack, and on the other hand, there were too many people on the other side who huddled back to defend firmly.
Even a skilled player like Jiang Xiaolin was at a loss.
In the 3rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin got the ball in the midfield and wanted to break through the middle to the front of the penalty area and shoot from a distance.
As a result, even the idea of a long shot could not be realized.
After Jiang Xiaolin easily broke through the Tottenham striker Pavlyuchenko and the attacking midfielder Didier Zokora, Jiang Xiaolin was tackled by the Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone 20 meters away from the Tottenham penalty area.
Moreover, the opponent had not committed a foul.
This shows the accuracy and decisiveness of Huddlestone's tackles.
In Jiang Xiaolin's less than one-year career, Huddlestone is already the strongest defensive midfielder he has encountered so far.
In the Premier League environment, Huddlestone, as a defensive midfielder, must have a tough and decisive defensive style.
With his height of 188cm and weight of 95kg, even Jiang Xiaolin, who is 185cm tall and has a perfect physique, can't take advantage of Huddlestone.
If Jiang Xiaolin's dribbling ability is 20, Huddlestone's defense and stealing ability combined with height and weight are at least 17, or even 18.
There is still a gap with Jiang Xiaolin, but it is not very big. He is much stronger than those defenders and midfielders in the Eredivisie, at least he will not let Jiang Xiaolin break through at will.
With the help of the front midfielder and defender, it is still quite difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to break through Huddlestone in the middle and directly threaten Tottenham's goal.
So Jiang Xiaolin began to switch positions with his teammates on the wing, trying to break through the wing to form an inward shot or a cross from the bottom.
However, being able to survive in the Premier League, which is considered the most competitive among the five major leagues, is not only Huddlestone, but the other defenders of Tottenham are also very strong, and they are completely different from the Dutch defenders that Jiang Xiaolin had met before.
In addition, Jiang Xiaolin's breakthrough skills are still somewhat rare and weak. Even on the wing, it is difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to break through and then get the opportunity to cut in and shoot or cross from the bottom.
10 minutes into the first half, the score between the two sides was still 0-0, and there was not even a shot within the goal frame.
The strong dialogue that many neutral fans expected was not reflected at all during the beginning of the game.
