Chapter 8

In the corner of the stadium stands, Kenneth, who was looking down at Jiang Xiaolin's offside performance, nodded slightly and commented in his heart: "Good reaction, let's see if he can score the ball!"

Under Kenneth's gaze, Jiang Xiaolin received a long pass from Dominic at the front of the penalty area.

Result...

Jiang Xiaolin's ball-stopping skills were too poor.

Jiang Xiaolin, who rushed to the landing point of the ball, stretched his foot to stop the ball, but failed to unload the ball. Instead, he stopped the ball two meters away and was about to roll into the penalty area.

Kenneth shook his head immediately, and other home spectators on the sidelines also sneered, mocking Jiang Xiaolin's ball-stopping skills.

The No. 6 defender of Bonigom, who was chasing back closely behind Jiang Xiaolin, also had his eyes lit up, and exerted force with both feet, trying to bypass Jiang Xiaolin and rush to the front to clear the ball.

But Jiang Xiaolin did not give him this opportunity.

Family members know family matters. Jiang Xiaolin knew before he stopped the ball that the ball might be stopped far away. He did not have the skills of Bergkamp and Ronaldinho who could stop the high-altitude pass with ease.

Therefore, when he saw that the ball did not stop and rolled forward, Jiang Xiaolin did not feel surprised or hesitated. He also immediately rushed forward with both feet and successfully blocked the No. 6 defender on the outside.

Although his technical foundation was poor, Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness obtained by genetic atavism was indeed amazing, and was not inferior to that of European adult athletes.

The No. 6 defender tried hard to squeeze Jiang Xiaolin away, but he could not do it.

While bearing the impact of the No. 6 defender, Jiang Xiaolin observed the attacking goalkeeper, rushed into the penalty area and shot at the rolling ball.

The goalkeeper opened his arms and half-crouched, trying to expand his defense range.

However, his feet were too wide.

Jiang Xiaolin observed the gap between his feet.

With his perfect shooting skills, Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball towards the goalkeeper's crotch.

Seeing the ball rolling straight towards him, the goalkeeper was shocked and sat down, trying to hold the ball, but it didn't work.

The ball passed between his legs like a sharp arrow and instantly went into the goal behind him.

Jiang Xiaolin scored the equalizer for Pulmes, and the score was 1-1.

"Yeah!!!"

Seeing the ball go into the net, Jiang Xiaolin punched and shouted to celebrate, then turned around and hugged or high-fived his teammates Lanier, Henik and others who rushed over.

Everyone patted Jiang Xiaolin on the shoulder or touched his head and said:

"Not bad, another goal."

"Two consecutive games with goals."

"It's fine if it doesn't start, but once it starts, it won't stop?"

Jiang Xiaolin kept saying, "Luck, luck!"

In the stands, Kenneth really thought so, thinking that Jiang Xiaolin's goal was just good luck.

If it was a higher-level league, or a professional league, the goalkeeper would have attacked earlier and more decisively, and Jiang Xiaolin's goal would have been confiscated by the goalkeeper.

It can only be said that the goalkeeper level of the Class D amateur league is too poor.

However, Kenneth thinks that Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills, which hit the goalkeeper's crotch and passed the big and small gates at the same time, are still commendable.

It's just that there is too much luck in a single goal, and Kenneth dare not conclude whether Jiang Xiaolin has superb shooting skills or just kicked it in randomly.

It still needs to be observed.

The game continues.

Jiang Xiaolin, who scored a goal, naturally began to receive special attention from the players of Bonigom.

However, for an amateur team of Bonigom's level, Jiang Xiaolin's off-ball running attribute is too high. Almost every two or three minutes, Jiang Xiaolin will run out of a good opportunity in the gap.

Unfortunately, this is an amateur game. The midfielders of Pulmes have poor insight into the gaps, and the passing level is not good enough. Even if they pass the ball, sometimes they pass it crooked.

When Jiang Xiaolin stopped the ball to adjust it, the opportunity was lost.

Jiang Xiaolin had two shots in the rest of the first half, but they were very reluctant. One was cleared by the defender, and the other was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Neither side scored again in the first half.

Despite this, Jiang Xiaolin was praised by coach Van der No during the halftime break.

Scoring in two consecutive games is already a good performance.

At the same time, as a coach, although Van der No is only an amateur coach, his vision is much more refined than the players on the field.

Many players on the field did not see or grasp the opportunity, but Van der Noe saw it.

In the 45 minutes of the first half, Jiang Xiaolin's ability to run without the ball and find gaps was clearly seen by Van der Noe.

Van der Noe did not understand why Jiang Xiaolin had not shown this ability before, perhaps it could explainFor epiphany, enlightenment? Just like he didn't score in the previous two months, but now he has scored in two consecutive games?

No matter how he got it, Jiang Xiaolin has such ability, so he should use it.

So, Van der No made adjustments in the tactical arrangement in the second half, asking everyone to pay attention to Jiang Xiaolin's running position, and pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin more if there is a chance, or even pass the ball to the gap.

On the football field, sometimes you can't wait for the player to run into the gap before passing the ball, otherwise it will be too late.

This is what Van der No meant when he asked everyone to pass the ball to the gap.

The ball was passed to the gap, as for whether Jiang Xiaolin could see the gap at the same time and run over, that was Jiang Xiaolin's business.

As for Henik, his reputation was well-known, and the opponent never relaxed his defense against him. Therefore, Van der No told Henik to cover Jiang Xiaolin in the second half and help Jiang Xiaolin to open the gap.

This was a completely opposite tactic from the first half, which made it clear that everyone would use Jiang Xiaolin as the core of the attack, cover him and deliver ammunition.

Some players didn't understand and muttered in their hearts: "Is Jiang, who is only 16 years old, qualified to be the core of the attack?"

However, no one said it. After all, Jiang Xiaolin scored in two consecutive games and accumulated a certain amount of qualifications and capital. Although some people doubted it, they did not question it openly.

Therefore, the tactics of Pulmes in the second half were clear.

Van der No saw Jiang Xiaolin's extraordinaryness, and Kenneth, as a senior fan, also saw some of the doorways.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's first goal seemed to Kenneth to be a bit lucky, Jiang Xiaolin's ability to run out of the gaps in the following time made Kenneth see his extraordinaryness.

In these gaps, if there were Eredivisie midfielders to deliver ammunition to him, Jiang Xiaolin could have at least four or five shooting opportunities.

This ability to run without the ball is simply top-notch.

Of course, this is also related to the opponent's poor tactical discipline and defensive ability.

But no matter what, it was the first time for Kenneth to see this level of off-ball running ability in a Class D amateur game.

Kenneth wanted to go home after watching the first half, but decided to stay and watch Jiang Xiaolin's performance in the second half.