Chapter 68

The all-out attack and defense concept of Dutch football runs from the national team to all levels of amateur leagues and youth teams.

This is the biggest tradition of Dutch football.

Therefore, when everyone is playing, they subconsciously counter-grab immediately after losing the ball, or rush back to defense.

Chinese football is far behind in this regard.

Domestic forwards usually stop to breathe, walk, rest, or hold their heads in regret after losing the ball. Few people can immediately counter-grab.

Jiang Xiaolin was not very adaptable at first, but now, under the leadership of his teammates, and because he must go all out to get a higher system rating, Jiang Xiaolin will not stand in the front court for a walk or rest after completing an attack, but will immediately counter-grab and interfere with the opponent's ball-holding player.

Even if you can't grab the ball, you must try to force the opponent to make a mistake by quickly passing the ball.

And today, Jiang Xiaolin unexpectedly grabbed an opportunity through a counter-grab.

In the 28th minute, Alkmaar organized an attack. Jiang Xiaolin ran out of a short gap outside the left corner of the penalty area. The left forward Joel, who was dribbling the ball on the wing, also saw the opportunity to pass the ball.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin received the ball, he might enter the penalty area and shoot.

With Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills, the threat of shooting in the penalty area is quite large.

However, Joel's pass was not accurate and strong enough under the interference of the opponent's full-back, resulting in failure to match Jiang Xiaolin's running position.

Before the ball fell to Jiang Xiaolin's feet, Groningen's No. 6 midfielder, who had just been thrown away by Jiang Xiaolin and fell behind Jiang Xiaolin, took a step to stop the ball.

Jiang Xiaolin, who did not receive the ball, sighed slightly in his heart, had to brake immediately, turned around and rushed to the opponent's No. 6, actively counter-grabbing, hoping to get the ball back, or force the opponent to make a mistake by rushing to pass the ball.

On the wing, Joel, who had not passed the ball well, also quickly stuck to the full-back who had just defended him to prevent the opponent from passing the ball to the wing player.

Other players such as Lanlot, Douglas, Bruno, and Kagel also ran to the possible passing route of the opponent's No. 6 to block and try to interrupt the opponent's counterattack.

Seeing that the entire Alkmaar team reacted quickly and the passing points in front were somewhat dangerous, the opponent's No. 6 back midfielder turned and passed the ball back, intending to pass Jiang Xiaolin who was counterattacking and then pass the ball to the No. 4 center back in the penalty area, and then backpedaled in the backcourt to slow down and organize the attack.

As a result, just when he was about to kick the ball, Jiang Xiaolin, who was stuck behind him, bumped him.

This caused him to kick the ball and failed to accurately send it to the feet of teammate No. 4 in the backcourt, but rolled to the empty area between Lanlot and No. 4 center back and the unguarded empty area at the top of the penalty area arc.

The face of the No. 6 defensive midfielder changed. He was not knocked down by Jiang Xiaolin, but after a delay of 2 seconds, he suddenly screamed and staggered to the ground, pretending to be knocked down by Jiang Xiaolin.

The referee glanced at him, but did not mean to blow the whistle. He turned his head to supervise the fight in the middle.

This time, Joel's pass error on the wing and the pass error of Groningen's No. 6 defensive midfielder occurred in succession, and both players were a little caught off guard.

Groningen's No. 4 central defender, who was originally retreating to the penalty area, wanted to distance himself from the Alkmaar frontcourt players and then receive the pass from his No. 6 teammate, had to stop and sprint to the top of the penalty area to grab the ball.

The same is true for Lanlot. He was originally returning to defense, but when he saw the opponent's pass error, he had to brake suddenly and turn around to rush in the direction of the ball.

The chances of Lanlot and the opponent's No. 4 central defender grabbing the ball seem to be half and half.

Not to mention half, for offensive players, even if there is only a little chance, they have to fight.

Therefore, when Jiang Xiaolin saw the ball rolling to the position between Lanlot and the opponent's No. 4 center back, his eyes lit up and he immediately started to rush into the side of the penalty area around the fallen No. 6 midfielder.

He was betting that Lanlot could grab the ball and pass it to him.

Generally speaking, the speed of the center back is not as fast as that of the offensive player.

This fight just reflects this point.

Lanlot and Groningen's No. 4 center back started at the same time, but Lanlot was the first to touch the ball.

He had already seen Jiang Xiaolin's running position while running, and when he was about to grab the ball, he fell to the ground and shoveled, and swept the ball to the left side of the penalty area in the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's running.

Groningen's No. 4 center back, who was a step behind him, fell to the ground and shoveled, but he didn't have time to intercept, and could only watch the ball roll past the tip of his shoe and roll in the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's running.

At this time, on Jiang Xiaolin's left was the full-back who had just defended Joel on the wing and was now rushing back to defend. Behind him was the No. 6 defensive midfielder who had just climbed up from the ground. In front of him was theGoalkeeper.

However, the full-back and the defensive midfielder were on the side or behind Jiang Xiaolin, unable to intercept Jiang Xiaolin head-on.

Moreover, both of them were still a short distance away from Jiang Xiaolin.

This offensive opportunity was created by a counter-attack after losing the ball, and Groningen's defense was not as tightly arranged as in the previous normal offense and defense.

In particular, the No. 6 defensive midfielder tried to get away with a fake fall after a mistake in passing the ball, but the referee was not fooled, which caused him to lose his position when he was supposed to closely guard Jiang Xiaolin, leaving Jiang Xiaolin in a short state of no defense.

The game had already started for more than 20 minutes, and it was not easy to get such a good opportunity. How could Jiang Xiaolin miss it?

After Jiang Xiaolin slightly adjusted his pace in the sprint, he met the pass from Lanlot and shot the ball without stopping near the corner of the small penalty area, and kicked the ball to the far corner of the goal.

The full-back who rushed from the wing flew to tackle, but failed to touch the ball.

The No. 6 defensive midfielder who was chasing back pushed Jiang Xiaolin to the ground, but it was too late. Jiang Xiaolin had already kicked the ball out.

The goalkeeper who rushed from the middle of the goal to the near end fell to the ground a step slower due to the inertia of the center of gravity, and failed to stop Jiang Xiaolin's shot in the opposite direction.

With full shooting skills and such a close distance, there was no interference at the moment of shooting, so Jiang Xiaolin's shot did not cause any accidents.

The ball passed by the goalkeeper's feet like a sharp arrow, hit the inside of the far post with a bang, and bounced into the goal.

Seeing the ball enter the net with his own eyes, Jiang Xiaolin, who was pushed to the ground and rolled around by the opponent's No. 6 defensive midfielder, immediately turned over and got up, and excitedly ran on the court to celebrate.

Lanlot, Cagel and other teammates also excitedly gathered from all directions of the court, hugged and high-fived Jiang Xiaolin to celebrate.

Jiang Xiaolin, who had been closely guarded for more than 20 minutes, finally scored the first goal through an opportunity created by a counter-attack in the frontcourt, helping the Alkmaar Youth Team to lead the Groningen Youth Team 1-0 at home.