Chapter 62

After running out of space again, Jiang Xiaolin could only stop and turn back panting after his teammate's pass was intercepted by the opponent's defender.

It's not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.

After scoring 8 goals in the first two games, Jiang Xiaolin did feel a little complacent, thinking that the Heqing League was only at this level, and he could definitely play in the Eredivisie.

Unexpectedly, he tasted the power of his opponent in today's game.

In fact, Jiang Xiaolin scored so many goals in the first two games just because he was a pure rookie and the opponent was careless and did not pay enough attention.

Especially in the last round against Ajax, the opponent was completely stunned by Jiang Xiaolin's lightning goal in the first 10 seconds and the double goal in 2 minutes, and lost his composure, resulting in loopholes in the defense line.

Otherwise, Jiang Xiaolin would never score so many goals.

This game is different.

Jiang Xiaolin scored 8 goals in the first two rounds. No opponent can underestimate him anymore. Instead, they should study him carefully.

Feyenoord is one of the three major Dutch giants after all, and their youth team coach is also highly skilled.

A little study of the video of the last game will reveal Jiang Xiaolin's strengths and weaknesses.

It is obvious that Jiang Xiaolin has good physical fitness and excellent shooting skills. As long as Jiang Xiaolin is given the opportunity to shoot in the penalty area, he has a high probability of scoring.

But Jiang Xiaolin's shortcomings are also obvious. As long as he cannot shoot without stopping the ball in the first time and is slightly disturbed, Jiang Xiaolin's threat will drop sharply.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's skills of stopping the ball, controlling the ball, dribbling, and breaking through are really too bad compared to his shooting skills.

As long as the defensive player can block the shooting route in the first time and stick to it, Jiang Xiaolin basically has only one choice to pass the ball back.

Therefore, after a few days of targeted training and deployment, it was not surprising that Jiang Xiaolin was restricted in this game.

After all, his offensive means were too simple, and the opponent only needed to guard against his direct shooting without stopping the ball.

As a striker, not being proficient in stopping the ball, dribbling, and breaking through did indeed reduce a lot of power.

Crofts naturally saw the dilemma facing Jiang Xiaolin, and he said to himself: "It seems that something must be changed."

Crofts took the opportunity to call Bruno on the wing to his side and explained it, and then Bruno ran back to the field to convey the new instructions of the head coach to his teammates.

Next, everyone found that the tactics of the Alkmaar Youth Team had changed.

Before, when Alkmaar's offense hit the frontcourt, most of them looked for opportunities to pass the ground ball to Jiang Xiaolin so that he could shoot directly without stopping the ball.

But now, after Alkmaar's attack reaches the front court, they will pass the ball to the wing. Generally, a wing player rushes up to get the ball, and then crosses the ball from the bottom.

Then Jiang Xiaolin rushed into the penalty area, used his excellent physical fitness and jumping ability to compete for the header, and then bombed Feyenoord's goal from the air.

Crossing from the wing and bombing from the air is a rare tactic in the technical Dutch football world.

But in this game, it is the most suitable for Jiang Xiaolin.

Because Jiang Xiaolin's ground attack is restricted, but his air control cannot be restricted.

Even if two central defenders come to compete with Jiang Xiaolin for the header, two to one, they cannot restrict Jiang Xiaolin.

First of all, Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness is too good, and he is not afraid of a head-on collision with the opponent's central defender. No matter how strong his body is, or how tall and heavy he is, Jiang Xiaolin is not inferior to these European players.

Secondly, Jiang Xiaolin's jumping ability is very high, and he just jumped once before the game. With a bounce of 18 points, he can jump higher than the two central defenders of Feyenoord.

If one of the central defenders was not a few centimeters taller than Jiang Xiaolin, I am afraid that no one in Feyenoord could compete with Jiang Xiaolin for the header.

Even so, facing Alkmaar's cross-field tactics, the two central defenders of Feyenoord also had a very difficult time defending.

Finally, it is Jiang Xiaolin's ability to run without the ball.

Although the full value of running without the ball does not mean the full value of the landing point judgment, it has a strong auxiliary effect on the judgment of the landing point.

Most of the time, Jiang Xiaolin can accurately judge the landing point of the ball and occupy the position before the opponent.

If the opponent had two people and he had only one, I am afraid that Jiang Xiaolin would have grabbed most of the cross-field balls.

In addition to these, the healing potion in the package also gave Jiang Xiaolin more confidence to dare to fight hard, and he was not afraid of getting injured at all.

This made the two defenders of Feyenoord suffer a lot.

Jiang Xiaolin also has a great header ability. As long as he hits the ball once, it will be enough.Feyenoord could handle it.

In the 28th minute, in the first cross from the wing after Crofts ordered a change of tactics, Jiang Xiaolin grabbed the ball and headed it towards the goal.

Unfortunately, he was disturbed by the opponent's central defender and headed the ball a little off the post.

But not long after, in the 35th minute, when Alkmaar made the third cross from the wing, Jiang Xiaolin grabbed the first point in the double-team of the opponent's two central defenders and headed the ball into Feyenoord's goal.

Jiang Xiaolin headed the ball in the small penalty area, too close to the goal. The goalkeeper just waved his hand subconsciously, and saw the ball fly into the goal without touching a hair.

Jiang Xiaolin finally scored a goal.

A header that opened the scoring.

Alkmaar Youth Team leads Feyenoord Youth Team 1-0 away.

Crofts on the sidelines clapped his hands with satisfaction, praised Jiang Xiaolin's goal, and was also very happy that his tactics worked.

After the score deadlock was broken, Feyenoord could no longer concentrate on limiting Jiang Xiaolin.

They are the second-largest team in the standings, and they are playing at home. It is acceptable to shrink their defense in a tie, but what's the point of shrinking back to defend when the score is behind?

Therefore, after the game resumed, Feyenoord had to press out its formation and attack in an attempt to equalize the score.

But this just loosened Jiang Xiaolin's constraints.

With the opponent's defense number reduced and the space increased, Jiang Xiaolin's opportunities also increased.

Not only the header from the sideline, but Jiang Xiaolin's chances of shooting in the ground attack also increased.

In the 43rd minute, Alkmaar intercepted Feyenoord's attack and launched a quick counterattack.

Jiang Xiaolin succeeded in countering the offside trap, and after receiving a long pass from Lanlott, he drove straight into the goal. Before the opponent's defender chased back to defend, he almost scored a goal with a volley from outside the penalty area.

If it weren't for his bad luck, the ball would have hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area and was caught by the goalkeeper, and Jiang Xiaolin would have scored twice.

Although the ball didn't go in the end, in this counterattack, Jiang Xiaolin's stop and dribbling were remarkable, which made Crofts very satisfied.

If Jiang Xiaolin continues to improve at this speed, Crofts thinks it won't be long before Jiang Xiaolin can meet the Eredivisie appearance standard and play for the first team.