Chapter 71

Facing the two defenders from Groningen rushing over from the penalty area to block him, Jiang Xiaolin was naturally not arrogant enough to think that he could break through.

Although he had 14 points for dribbling, the breakthrough skill had not yet been activated, and the attribute value was unknown, but it was definitely not very high, and it was still far from the highest realm of man-ball unity.

It was okay to let him dribble forward without close defense, but asking him to dribble through the defense of two opposing players was a joke.

Jiang Xiaolin could only pass the ball.

However, there was also a point to where to pass.

At this time, Kagel ran diagonally towards the near end of the penalty area, as if he wanted to meet Jiang Xiaolin at the bottom line, but a central defender followed him.

Joel and Lanlot were on the left and had not run over yet, because the two sides had just attacked and defended on the left, and there were the most people on the left.

It was precisely because the focus of the two sides' attack and defense was on the left that Joel's large-scale transfer allowed Jiang Xiaolin to easily unload the ball without anyone defending.

In addition, Bruno was running towards Jiang Xiaolin in the middle of the penalty area, and like Kagel, he was trying to get close to Jiang Xiaolin, which attracted a Groningen midfielder to follow him.

Only Douglas suddenly started from the center line and ran straight up to the penalty area, but there was no one defending him for the time being, and no one in Groningen seemed to notice him.

Everyone stared at this small area near the penalty area nervously.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaolin first pushed the ball to the bottom line, pretending to pass it to Kagel in the direction of the bottom line, which attracted the two defenders to move two steps towards the bottom line to block Jiang Xiaolin's passing or shaking the angle to shoot directly.

However, after the two defenders moved their bodies towards the bottom line, Jiang Xiaolin immediately dunked the ball back, avoiding the two defenders and avoiding a gap for a cross pass to the middle.

Then, without waiting for the two defenders to turn around and intercept, Jiang Xiaolin immediately passed the ball to the top of the arc of the middle penalty area after dunking the ball.

At this time, everyone followed the direction of the ball and found the high-speed midfielder Douglas.

The Groningen players who were closer wanted to rush over to grab the ball and clear the ball, and the goalkeeper also changed his face and moved from the right to the middle.

But no one was as fast as Douglas.

The captain of the Alkmaar youth team and midfielder Douglas who came from behind ran up at the fastest sprint speed, met the ball passed by Jiang Xiaolin, and shot it hard without stopping. After completing the shot, the whole person flew up by inertia.

Douglas was still in the air, and the ball had already taken off like a cannon, passing by the thigh of the Groningen player who came to clear the ball but was a step late, passing through the penalty area, and then smashing into the left goal like a cannonball.

The goalkeeper who rushed back from the right still couldn't catch up after all, and missed Douglas's powerful long shot outside the penalty area.

In the 71st minute, Jiang Xiaolin assisted Douglas to score another goal, helping Alkmaar Youth Team lead Groningen Youth Team 3-1 at home.

After Douglas scored the goal, he rushed to Jiang Xiaolin and hugged him, saying, "Jiang, thank you, this pass is good!"

Jiang Xiaolin also hugged Douglas and said, "Congratulations, captain, this goal is beautiful."

Then, other teammates also gathered around to celebrate the goal, and coaches such as Crofts, substitutes, and fans on the sidelines also applauded and cheered.

In the stands, Van Gaal, wrapped in a coat, also applauded with a smile on his face.

He didn't applaud Douglas's goal, but applauded what Jiang Xiaolin showed in this attack.

The highlight of this ball is not Douglas's goal, but Jiang Xiaolin's ability to easily unload the ball in the face of the large-scale aerial transfer of left winger Joel.

This ball-stopping technique surprised Van Gaal.

Based on Jiang Xiaolin's ball-stopping skills during the first-team trial a month ago, he thought Jiang Xiaolin would definitely not be able to stop the ball well, and it might roll several meters away.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaolin easily stopped the ball next to him and it did not roll out.

This is rare.

Then, when Jiang Xiaolin cut inside after unloading the ball, he also easily controlled the ball next to him without making any mistakes.

This dribbling level is also acceptable.

Then he dribbled past the defender and made an accurate cross pass to assist Douglas to score, which made Van Gaal even more satisfied.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's last assist showed his passing skills, although not superb, it was also accurate. He passed the ball to where it should go and assisted Douglas to score a long shot.

Jiang Xiaolin's ball-stopping, dribbling, dribbling, and short pass skills throughout this attack were all obvious.Much better than a month ago.

Already fully met the Eredivisie appearance standard.

No wonder Van Gaal was all smiles.

Today's inspection has fully achieved his purpose of watching the game live.

Based on Jiang Xiaolin's current record of two goals and one assist, as well as his technical level of stopping the ball, dribbling, short passes, and ball control during the game, Van Gaal has decided to transfer Jiang Xiaolin to the first team.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's other skills are a little worse than his headers and shooting skills, they are fully up to the Eredivisie appearance standard, not just defects and shortcomings as seen a month ago.

However, the game was not over yet, so Van Gaal continued to sit in the stands without moving.

After Douglas and others celebrated, the game continued.

With only about 20 minutes left in the game, the Groningen youth team, which was two goals behind, began to increase its offensive strength and pressed forward crazily, pressing the Alkmaar youth team in their own half and making them unable to move. Even Jiang Xiaolin and Kagel almost retreated to the midline.

However, the Groningen youth team does not have a player as skilled in shooting as Jiang Xiaolin.

Through continuous efforts, they had two shooting opportunities, but one missed the post, one went over the crossbar, and they didn't even shoot a shot within the goal frame.

The game had already come to the end, and after more than ten minutes of high-intensity attack, they didn't even shoot a shot within the goal frame, so the Groningen players were a little discouraged.

As a result, in the 87th minute, the Groningen midfielder No. 12, who was holding the ball, was not paying attention and was shoveled away by Joel from the side.

Although No. 12 was shoveled to the ground by Joel, it caused strong indignation among the Groningen players, saying that Joel had violated the rules.

But the referee did not blow the whistle, but signaled the game to continue.

Because Joel first shoveled the ball and then knocked down the opponent's No. 12 player, it was a good goal.