Chapter 67

Because Jiang Xiaolin scored 10 goals in the first three games, the Groningen Youth Team defended Jiang Xiaolin more tightly than Feyenoord.

In the midfield, Jiang Xiaolin did not face much pressure and could easily cooperate with his teammates in passing and cutting.

But once Jiang Xiaolin entered the 30-meter area of ​​the goal, he often had to face the close defense of a defender, plus one or two defensive players in the area defense.

This is really treating Jiang Xiaolin as the offensive core of the Alkmaar Youth Team, not an ordinary 16-year-old Chinese teenager.

The defensive treatment that world-class strikers in the top leagues encounter in the game is probably no more than this.

In the case of such a strict defense by the opponent, even if Jiang Xiaolin has super speed and full-value off-ball running ability, it is difficult to find a real shooting gap within the 30-meter area of ​​the goal.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin occasionally finds a gap, he still needs his teammates to find it in time and pass the ball to him in time to form a tacit pass-run cooperation, and this opportunity is even less.

This resulted in Jiang Xiaolin not completing a single shot in the first 10 minutes.

This made Jiang Xiaolin a little anxious.

In his opinion, a striker's excellent performance means scoring goals.

In order to gain Van Gaal's approval and be transferred to the first team, Jiang Xiaolin believed that he had to score goals and try to score as many goals as possible.

So, Jiang Xiaolin, who was a little anxious and wanted to score a goal, ignored his teammate Kagel's request for the ball in the 12th minute and made a powerful long-range shot about 35 meters away from the goal.

Jiang Xiaolin's excellent physical fitness made him kick the ball with great power and speed, and Jiang Xiaolin's full-value shooting skills made his long-range shot not deviate from the goal, but still hit the goal frame.

If the goalkeeper was unprepared, Jiang Xiaolin might have succeeded in the sneak attack.

But things did not go as planned.

Jiang Xiaolin, who scored 10 goals in three games, is now famous in the Heqingjia League. The goalkeepers of various youth teams regard him as a big enemy. How could he be defenseless?

When Jiang Xiaolin got the ball, the goalkeeper of Groningen began to move his position to keep himself in the best defensive position to prevent Jiang Xiaolin's sudden shot.

In addition, Jiang Xiaolin could not kick the ball in an arc. Although the ball was powerful and fast, it basically went straight to the goal without any difficulty.

The goalkeeper only moved two steps and stood firmly on the ball path, catching the ball in his arms, so that Alkmaar did not even have the opportunity to make up the shot.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaolin ignored his existence and made a long shot without any threat from such a long distance, giving the ball to the opponent in vain, Kagel frowned slightly.

But he was not easy to criticize Jiang Xiaolin.

Because although Jiang Xiaolin's shot was barely effective, it was still within the goal frame, which was much better than Kagel's shots that could not even get into the goal frame.

And now Jiang Xiaolin's status in the team is higher than everyone else, so Kagel is even less convenient to criticize.

After all, the football team is still a place where strength is respected.

Even if a strong person is not a ball tyrant, few teammates are willing to offend him.

Lanlot and others also complained that Jiang Xiaolin did not pass the ball to Kagel, who was in a better position, but chose to shoot a long-distance shot.

But everyone was like Kagel, and it was difficult to say it directly and criticize.

Only one person didn't care.

And it was his duty.

This was the team's captain, midfielder Douglas.

As the captain, Douglas felt that he had the responsibility and obligation to coordinate the relationship between teammates and lead the team to victory.

This time, Jiang Xiaolin's shot made Douglas see a bad sign.

Therefore, he approached Jiang Xiaolin without hesitation and asked in a blaming tone: "Jiang, what's wrong? You should have passed the ball to Kagel just now."

In fact, Jiang Xiaolin had already reacted after his shot was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper: he was too impatient.

Therefore, after hearing the captain's questioning, Jiang Xiaolin apologized: "Sorry, captain, I was a little impatient just now, I won't do it next time."

Hearing Jiang Xiaolin realize his mistake, Douglas nodded and said: "Next time, pay attention to the running position of your teammates and don't lose the ball easily."

Jiang Xiaolin nodded, indicating that he had taken note.

In the stands, Van Gaal also frowned at Jiang Xiaolin's shot, thinking that this was not a good opportunity to shoot.

However, in the subsequent games, Jiang Xiaolin did not make such a mistake again.

After realizing that he was too impatient, Jiang Xiaolin took the time to look at it againHis own task 5, confirmed that the task requirements only required him to help the team win, and did not say that he must score a goal.

If he could send a few assists to help the team win, it would also be considered an excellent performance, and he could conquer Van Gaal, right?

After thinking it through, Jiang Xiaolin did not make the same mistake again.

In the next game, Jiang Xiaolin began to take advantage of the opponent's close defense against him to create gaps and opportunities for his teammates.

In the 19th minute, it was Jiang Xiaolin who moved to the side and took away two defensive players in the middle, leaving Groningen's middle empty, giving Lanlot the opportunity to drive straight into the penalty area and shoot.

If the last shot was not slightly correct and was saved by the goalkeeper, Alkmaar might have taken the lead.

Jiang Xiaolin did not head the next corner kick, and was headed out of the penalty area by a Groningen player.

In the 23rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin took the ball in the corner of the penalty area again, attracting the defense of two Groningen players, and then he made a short pass to the middle.

Joel followed up in time and volleyed the ball without stopping, but the ball went slightly off the post.

Jiang Xiaolin used his attraction to Groningen's defense to constantly create killing opportunities for his teammates.

For a while, there was a lot of panic in the Groningen penalty area, and it seemed that they might lose the ball at any time.

Although Jiang Xiaolin did not score a goal or even a shot, his role in the offense during this period still made Van Gaal quite satisfied.

The team is a whole, and sometimes it is not necessary to score a goal to make a contribution.

Like Jiang Xiaolin now, using his attraction to the opponent's defense to create gaps and shooting opportunities for teammates is also a very good performance.

Van Gaal is very satisfied with this.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin no longer shoots and scores, he has decided to transfer Jiang Xiaolin to the first team.

Because he can enrich the offensive style of the first team.

But sometimes the game is so unpredictable.

When you try hard to score a goal, you always fail to do so. But when you are not so obsessed with scoring a goal, the opportunity may suddenly come.