Chapter 231 Difficult Victory
Alkmaar's home game with Feyenoord, until the 65th minute of the second half, was still a 0:0 draw. Feyenoord, who played away from home, put down his face and set up an iron bucket array against the strong Alkmaar.
Jiang Mu, the head coach of Alkmaar, obviously did not expect his opponent to do this before the game, because in the competition between teams at the same level, winning or losing is important, but face is also important, especially for Dutch giants like Feyenoord. They may do this in the Champions League, but in the Dutch League, they don't He was in a hurry and would definitely not come up with this bad idea, so Jiang Mu's starting lineup of the UEFA Champions League did not have a good effect. Ronaldinho was very difficult in the cross on the side, and it was useless to pass it out. A high school striker Drogba could hardly see anyone in the opponent's penalty area.
In the 70th minute, Jiang Mu replaced La Yi and Klose, using double-high tactics. On the front line, Klose and Drogba were nails in the penalty area, Ronaldinho and Kuite swam on the side, and made a long shot from the bottom and inside.
To deal with the iron barrel array, all kinds of small technical skills are basically useless. Heavy artillery, positioning, header, these are the best. The double-high tactics have improved Alkmaar's attack. Klose's header skill is excellent. His judgment of the landing point and the timing of the jump is stronger than that of Drogba, while Drogba is brute force, rampaging in the penalty area, which also gives the opponent a headache. Alone, Feyenoord takes advantage of the number of people. It's enough to see them, but both of them are in the penalty area, and Feyenoord's defender is not easy to defend.
In the 75th minute of the game, Kuit passed the ball to the penalty area on the side. Drogba knocked over two defenders but did not reach the ball, while Cloze, who was a little behind Drogba, jumped just right, pressed Bento, and headed the ball into the net.
Cloze shouted excitedly, turned around and ran outside the penalty area and ran out of the penalty area. He suddenly found that no one came to celebrate with him, but rushed to the referee. It turned out that the referee's decision was invalid.
Klose also rushed to ask the referee why the goal was invalid. The referee signaled that before Klose scored, Drogba just fouled first, and he pushed Litos when he was competing for the top.
Of course, Klose was not satisfied with this statement. He questioned the referee why Drogba didn't blow when he made a foul, and he had to wait until he scored a goal.
The referee was very dissatisfied with Klose's attitude, and his face sank. He showed Klose a yellow card and asked Feyenoord to open a free kick in the penalty area.
Jiang Mu doesn't care about this penalty. He also saw that Drogba pushed Litos in a hurry, but it was too common to pull and push each other in the penalty area. If they all blew fouls, this game would be like a basketball game, but he was a little angry with the yellow card that Klose got. He knew about Klose. Klose didn't If you say something too much, at most, the referee's judgment today is a little tendentious.
However, Jiang Mu still suppressed his anger and walked to the sidelines and applauded vigorously, so that the players could continue to attack without being disturbed by emotions.
The invalidity of Klose's goal aroused the fighting spirit and hope of the Alkmaar players, because although the ball was invalidated, it was enough to show that this substitution was effective and had the opportunity to break through the opponent's goal. Because before Klose scored, they didn't even have such a threatening attack.
Alkmaar's fierce attack continues, and Feyenoord is under increasing pressure. They are not a team that plays intensive defense. When they are beaten by their opponents crazily, the pressure comes not only from defense, but also from spirit, fear, tension and anxiety. It was pressed on their hearts. After more than 70 minutes in a row, with the decline of physical energy, their nerves also reached the limit of collapse.
In fact, Alkmaar's psychological pressure is almost to the limit. They are fighting at home. The outside world is optimistic that they can easily beat Feyenoord at home. Before the game, they also praised the winning Haikou, but they have not scored yet, and their psychological pressure is not much less than Feyenoord.
At this time, it depends on which side has stronger ability to resist pressure, which side has better physical fitness, and which side has the least mistakes.
In the 79th minute of the game, Alkmaar's central defender Lucio grabbed the opponent's ball at the front of the penalty area. With a slight adjustment, he made a long shot, and the ball hit the opponent's defender again and popped up.
At the time of Lucio's long-range shot, Feyenoord's player had already pressed out of the penalty area. After the ball popped up, it happened to be in front of Van Gastel. Lucio was worried about being counterattacked by Van Gastel and immediately rushed to intercept it.
Van Gastel dunked the ball to dodge Lucio. Lucio directly reached out and grabbed Van Gastel, but Van Gastel still sent the ball out before Lucio pulled it to the ground.
Van Gastel did not pass it to his striker Cruz, but to Van Gobel on the sideline. Because Feyenoord played intensively, their counterattacks almost all started at halftime, so Ben Hack mainly relied on striker Cruz when counterattacking, but Cruz was just a cover. Son, their killer is Van Gobel. Every time there is a chance to fight back, Van Goebel will quickly rush out of the full-back position.
Van Gobel is extremely fast, and he has sprinted. Lucio may not be able to run past Van Gobel under the same circumstances. At this time, there is no possibility to catch up with Van Gobel, even if he is in the middle, and Van Gobel is in the middle.
The other dragged central defender Ismail is not good. He is not a speed central defender at all.
However, at this time, Ismail, Lucio and Riser are still chasing back desperately, because their pursuit can cause psychological pressure on Van Gobel, which makes him worried when facing the goalkeeper. If there is no worries, Cesar will definitely not be able to prevent the player who forms a single knife.
Thousands of Alkmaar fans in the stands are so nervous that their team has not played so hard for more than a year. With the opponent's defensive tactics, if they score a goal, Alkmaar's fate is basically determined.
The fans and players on the bench and coach bench also nervously clenched their fists, half leaned their bodies, and anxiously prayed for God's blessing.
Van Gobel ran diagonally, and when he inserted into the penalty area, Ismail was at least five meters away from him.
Cesar was already ready for a save. At the moment when Van Gobel rushed into the penalty area, Cesar hit the ball directly under his feet like a tiger going down the mountain.
Van Goebel is a full-back and has no intention to pass the goalkeeper at all. Seeing Cesar rushing over, he quickly pushed the far corner in the opposite direction of Cesar's attack.
Cesar reacted very quickly, and the action of the attack was also very standardized. When he fell to the ground, his leg was still behind. Van Goebel's shot just hit Cesar's leg and missed the post.
"Damn!"
Cesar stood up domineeringly and waved his fists. Ismail and Lucio, who rushed to him, hugged Cesar tightly, pounded his back and chest hard, venting the tension and excitement just now.
"Ah! That's great!"
"Cesar! Awesome!"
Alkmaar's fans were so excited that they applauded Cesar in the stadium and shouted his name.
The players on the bench and the coaches in the coach's bench high-five each other. Fortunately, they just escaped from the dead. It is not an exaggeration to say that they escaped from the dead. After 80 minutes of the game, whoever scores the goal wins 90%. It is purely good luck to get it back.
And Feyenoord's players and fans are still coaches. They all beat their chests and lament that such a good opportunity did not score a goal. At this time, such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Like Jiang Mu, a shrewd and extremely dense Chinese, he will not give you two single-time opportunities at such a time.
Ben Huck's face was gloomy. He was regretful to death, but he didn't show it. He just let the players continue to strengthen their defense and keep the score of 0:0.
After the game started again, Alkmaar strengthened the protection of the second point, took stricter precautions against Feyenoord's point, and tried his best not to let the opponent fight a quick counterattack. The game lasted for more than 80 minutes. They had to attack again under the condition of their own safety. They were in the league and the cup. I have never lost a ball in a formal game, and a draw is acceptable, but losing is unacceptable.
In the eighty-fourth minute of the game, Alkmaar got their 15th corner of the game. Ronaldinho saw that there was no hope of scoring a goal in the corner. In this corner, he directly kicked a curved ball to the back corner of the goal.
Xiao Luo's sky-like corner kick caught the goalkeeper Dudeck off guard. He could only watch the ball fly to the back corner without any way.
But Feyenoord was lucky. The ball flew out of the bottom line against the goalpost, and Ronaldinho was only a few centimeters away from a magical goal.
Although this corner shot did not score, it greatly stimulated the morale of the team. The Alkmaar players, who had been desperate for victory, were full of desire for victory again. They summoned up their courage and continued to launch a tidal attack on the opponent's goal.
In the 89th minute of the game, Ronaldinho swam to the right side of the court and attacked from Van Gobel's side. Van Gobel was shaken by Ronaldinho with a fake move, but when Ronaldinho passed the ball, Van Goebel quickly caught up and stretched out his foot to block it. Ronaldo wanted to pass a low-level ball to find the front point, but was Fan Goebel touched it, and the result became tall and floating.
Such a pass can't withstand even Hofland, the highest of the two teams. Just as the players who grabbed the back point were ready to run to the sideline to grab the point, a tall figure rushed into the penalty area from the top of the arc. His hands were fiercely supported on Drogba's shoulder, and then jumped high, stunned by the crowd. Headed the ball to the upper right corner of the goal.
Dudek also thought that no one could hit the ball, because there were too many people in the penalty area. Instead of rushing to take the ball, he moved to the left and prepared to deal with the attack on the left. He didn't expect that he would complete the header like this at this time. He moved his center of gravity before going there. Where can the save touch the ball? You can only watch the ball fly into the net.
GOALGOALGOAL... scored! Unbelievable... 1:0... It was Lucio who scored the goal! The Brazilian defender rushed into the penalty area and completed this incredible header with a stack of arhat-like action, helping Alkmaar break the deadlock! This goal fully shows Lucio's amazing bounce and rich imagination... Now that the regular game time is over, Lucio's goal is almost equivalent to killing Feyenoord... "
The Dehout Stadium has become a sea of joy. The excited Alkmal people shout, sing and dance, and express their happiness in various ways.
The Feyenoords, who had seen the dawn of the draw, sat in despair in their seats. Their efforts throughout the game were erased by this goal. Their dead defense finally did not get a point. Luck kept them close to 90 minutes without conceding the ball, but abandoned them at the last minute.