Chapter 169 Enter the Finals

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There was no suspense in the 29th round of the league with Graf Sharp. After consecutive draws, Alkmaar began to regain his courage in the sprint stage. They had no suspense to beat their opponents 3:0 away, leaving them only one step away from the first league championship in 18 years.

Because the difference between the points of the second place Feyenoord and Alkmaar is 12 points, and Alkmaar has the advantage in each other's wins and losses. In the next game, as long as Alkmaar wins Heerenveen, they will win the championship.

However, before winning the championship plate, Alkmar still needs to play a semi-final of the Dutch Cup. Their opponent is Lucky Xueda. In the case of no suspense of the league championship, if Lucky Xueda is eliminated to get the ticket to the Dutch Cup final, it is the most perfect for Alkmaer.

For small clubs in low-level leagues, the cup is often an important part of survival management. Although the winning bonus of the cup is pitiful, it is particularly important for small clubs. If you are lucky enough to advance to the second half of the game, the ticket income is also a lot of wealth.

However, for some clubs that aim to rush to the next level, the significance of the cup is a little difficult to choose, because the two-line battle is a test of the depth of the team's bench. If the regulation is not properly controlled, it may be empty-handed in a year. Under the concern of losing the other, the cup is usually abandoned, although there is less extra income. But if the upgrade is successful, the benefits will far exceed those brought by the Cup.

The lucky Scheddar team stumbled on the way to advance to the Dutch Cup. After winning two second-tier teams, they were very unlucky in the fourth round and drew a team that was gaining momentum in the Dutch League at that time, William II.

Originally, Lucky Xueda planned to send a full substitute lineup for this cup match, but on the eve of the game, Lucky Xueda's head coach Dussel changed his mind and planned to play with the full force, because he wanted to accumulate experience in the Dutch team in advance. As a result, they won and went all the way to the semi-finals.

Now Lucky Xueda's opponent is Alkmaar, who has won 24 games and basically won the championship early. The outside world has little hope for the possibility of Lucky Xueda's promotion.

"Although we don't have much hope, we won't give up. Although I hope to return to Alkmaar, I will fight for the luck of Xue Da to participate in the Dutch Cup final for the first time." Lucky Xueda's striker Max said so before the game.

Max is a striker from the Alkmaar youth training camp. Later, he was loaned to Lucky Xueda of the Eerste Divisie. When Max became a member of the AZ Club, he had fantasized about his appearance at the Dehout Stadium countless times. Today, he realized this wish, but he was Alkmaar's opponent.

Max, wearing a black away team jersey, entered the field with his teammates. After walking out of the player channel, he felt the noisy and warm atmosphere of Dehout Stadium. The fans enthusiastically encouraged their players, but obviously, Max belonged to the enemy's column, and only boos and curses greeted him.

The players of the two teams began to shake hands. Max looked at a few familiar faces in front of him and had a stronger fighting spirit. Suleiman, Martens, Silva, his teammates and division commanders all won the start in this game. Obviously, Alkmaar's lineup was the main player.

"Unfortunately, your cup journey is over." When Martens shook hands with Max, he said that he still liked to talk nonsense as before.

"You won't get what you want easily." Max replied as usual.

After the start of the game, the second-class team's lucky Sheda team was almost beaten in its own half. Alkmaar's offensive was like a tide and blossomed a lot. Suleiman became more and more mature and stable on the left side. In many talented Alkmaar's lineup, his performance can also be described as moderate. He was once criticized by everyone. The pass of the disease is also quite threatening. Several oblique long passes have accurately found the column Drogba on the front line. Unfortunately, Drogba is unlucky today, and he can't find the star on the top of his head and feet. Teammates know Max's technical characteristics very well, so Jiang Mu did not send someone to keep an eye on Max in tactical defense. Max also rarely has a good chance to get the ball and is completely blocked.

Although Alkmaar did not pay attention to the lucky Sheda of the second division team, they did their best. The breakthroughs of Kuyt and Clonekamp are very sharp.

In the 8th minute, Kuit took the ball and broke through along the side road very fast. When he broke through near the bottom line, everyone thought he would cross the ball, but he took the ball past the lucky Shirda's guard approaching the penalty area and opened the empty left foot and hit the goal vigorously.

The foot ball is heavy. But the lucky goalkeeper of the Xueda team has been prepared for a long time. Hold the football in your arms with a little one side. I glanced at the position of White at the back of the waist. A big hand threw the ball over.

Lucky Xueda's midfielder White looked at the ball and was about to stop the ball with his chest. Unexpectedly, Gattuso suddenly plugged in and jumped the header from the side to give the football to his teammates. Then Alkmaar counterattacked on the spot.

The ball passed to the foot of the striker Drogba.

The second-class team is the second-class team, which is as good as Drogba standing on the edge of the penalty area and being unmarked within a second. Drogba did not choose to break into the penalty area. Instead, push the ball forward one meter away. Then take the right step. Swing your right leg and prepare for a direct long-range shot. Watch Drogba bend his bow and shoot the eagle calmly. At this time, the lucky defender of the Xueda team remembered to steal, but it was too late.

Drogba's shot is more powerful than Kuyt's previous shot. The football went straight to the upper left corner of the goal without any rotation. The goalkeeper flew to save but couldn't touch the football.

Bum!

There was a loud noise. The football hit the crossbar!

Lucky Xueda, who was in a cold sweat, was finally relieved, while Alkmaar's players showed regret.

After the football popped up, it fell at the foot of the lucky Xueda's right midfield. He looked at the position of Max in front of him and did not choose a short pass as before, but cleverly passed a high ball, and the landing point was Alkmaar's wide backcourt.

Max secretly praised his teammate's good pass in his heart. If he passes the ground ball to him, even if he receives the ball, he may not be able to get rid of the defensive player beside him. This high ball makes him compete with the opponent's defensive player. At this, Max is his strength.

Max wanted to catch the falling football first, and then hit the opponent's hinterland, but he didn't expect that the opponent's central defender Lucio was extremely explosive and fast. He caught up with Max in two steps, and then boldly grabbed it.

However, Lucio looked down on his opponent, while Max was very alert. He was not tall and fast, and passed the ball out before Lucio stole.

At the same time, another fast striker inserted diagonally and took Max's pass.

Today, Lucky Xueda's striker uses two speed strikers, and the midfield and backcourt are all tall players. Today, the central defender Martens, who partnered with Lucio, was not as fast as Lucio and did not catch up with the striker.

However, the striker's skills were rough, and the single-knife ball was blocked by Silva.

Lucky Sheda's attack woke Alkmaar. They didn't dare to be careless and took out a lot of energy to deal with this second-class team. Soon Drogba and Tomasson each scored a goal and led by 2:0.

Although Alkmaar still has a chance to expand the score, due to bad luck, he hit two goal posts in a row, and the 2:0 score has not changed.

Seeing that the opponent seemed to accept his fate, Alkmaar relaxed his vigilance and wanted to complete the promotion easily and happily.

However, in the first 40 minutes of the game, there was a pass error between Lucio and Van Bommel, and the ball was broken by former Alkmaar player Max, who led the ball to Martens.

Martens looked at Max with solemn eyes. He didn't expect that the second-level exercise would make Max grow up quickly. He was not fully sure to break his ball, so he could only delay Max and buy time for other teammates to defend. Max didn't want to get too much trouble with Martens. After all, it was not a physical confrontation with Martens. Wisely, the former teammate's defense was very good, so Max waved twice and passed the football out without waiting for Martens to get close.

Lucky Xueda's midfielder White got the ball forward. Martens turned around and found that there was Lucio staring at White. He was relieved that Brazilians were not easy to provoke.

White, who was defended by Lucio, was under some pressure. After receiving the ball, he only took a step and put on the posture of shooting, while there was someone around him to defend, and the shooting space was limited. If he barely shot, he didn't have much chance of scoring.

However, White did not shoot. He pretended to shoot just to attract Lucio's attention. He swung his right foot but did not shoot the ball. Instead, he had an idea to hit the ball back with his heel.

Everyone's eyes were full of astonishment, because the ball happened to pass to Max's feet.

The cooperation between Max and White has been full of tacit understanding. Max doesn't need any words to mention it at all. The two can always think of it together, and this time, it is a beautiful cooperation they made.

Facing the ball, Max did not stop the ball. His right foot was straight and he shot vigorously. The football flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal. The goalkeeper Silva was unable to return to the sky. The ball was too fast and the angle was tricky. The goal was already a nail.

"Goooooooal... Lucky Shedar had a wonderful cooperation. Max passed the ball to White under Martens's defense. White did not barely shoot, but cleverly gave it to the foot of Max, who was active in the running position. This ball was shot by Max with complete relaxation. Incomparable, the lucky Xue Da unexpectedly pulled back a goal..."

There was a huge sigh from the fans in the stands, as if they were silent in an instant.

After scoring the goal, Max knelt down and slid to the sidelines. White chased after him, grabbed his neck and laughed, "How's it going? It feels good to hit the ball into Alkmaar's goal!"

"Of course! I know, you must want to try it too!" Max smiled excitedly. He likes the feeling of scoring goals and can freely vent his excitement.

"Ah! It turned out to make them score goals!" In the stands, Dirk said unhappily.

Sherinja smiled bitterly, "Maybe the players are too relaxed."

Jiang Mu, who was on the sidelines, was so angry that he shouted at the players. Although the opponent was a weak team, that's how the unpopularity of the cup came about. If you don't play seriously, maybe the next big unpopularity will be Alkmaar.

Alkmaar was finally awakened by Jiang Mu's bloody scolding, and then launched a fierce counterattack.

The lucky Xueda team pulled back a goal in exchange for Alkmaar's fierce bombardment. They were in front of the door for a while. Everyone played the spirit of 120,000 points. Everyone was defending in the penalty area. Alkmaer had no good way for a moment. Lucky Xueda finally kept the situation of losing a goal to half. The field is over.

In the locker room, Jiang Mu scolded the players again, and then did not make any changes. He said, "I don't command. Let's see if you can play well," and went out directly.

After the start of the second half of the game, there was not much change in the personnel of both sides, but Alkmaar's players won more than one in strength and scored a goal at the beginning. When Lucky Xueda began to have a physical decline, Alkma's players were still alive, and their offense was more threatening in the second half. In the 55th and 77th and 79th minutes, Alkmaar scored three more goals, and Drogba scored a hat-trick, and the score became 6:1.

Neither coach Dussel nor striker Max can do anything about the slaughter of the team. After all, his strength is not at the same level. The number of times Max received the ball in the second half is almost zero, and more often he is running meaninglessly looking for opportunities. It was not until the 83rd minute that Max took a free kick to help Lucky Xueda score another goal, but then Alkmaar scored another goal. Now Alkmaar has reached the point where he wants to score, just because he is worried about the opponent's revenge and is unwilling to score again.

In the end, the lucky Sheida in the knockout match did not work miracles on Alkmaar. They lost the game 2:7. Alkmaar easily advanced to the final. Their opponent was Feyenoord, who eliminated Ajax after a penalty shootout, on May 16.