God of Green

Hamdaoyi really would not compete with Jiang Xiaolin for penalty kicks. Jiang Xiaolin had already conquered all his teammates with his superb shooting skills in training and games, including Hamdaoyi, the former first penalty kicker for set pieces.

After his teammates pulled Jiang Xiaolin up from the ground and hugged him, they all left the penalty area and handed the ball to Jiang Xiaolin to take the penalty kick.

Including Hamdaoyi, they all left the penalty area without saying anything.

Outsiders did not know that Alkmaar had already determined that Jiang Xiaolin would be the first penalty kicker in the game through head coach Van Gaal.

Others were not allowed to compete for penalty kicks for any reason unless Jiang Xiaolin was not on the court.

Since Jiang Xiaolin was on the court, and the ball was created by Jiang Xiaolin himself, it was even more impossible for others to take the penalty kick.

Jiang Xiaolin was naturally not polite. He picked up the ball from the ground, walked to the penalty spot and put it down, then stepped back a few steps and prepared for the penalty kick.

Thousands of Utrecht fans in the stands tried their best to boo and curse, trying to influence Jiang Xiaolin's mood and make him miss the penalty like Robin Nilsi.

On the sidelines, coaches such as Van Gaal, Jonker, Alfred, several substitute players and other staff were no longer sitting on the bench. Everyone stood on the sidelines, braving the rain, nervously looking at Utrecht's penalty area, praying that Jiang Xiaolin would score the goal.

This goal was really too important.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin could score the goal, Alkmaar would overtake the score, reverse the game, and take three points away from home.

Moreover, because the two teams are direct competitors, as long as Jiang Xiaolin scored the goal and finally maintained the score of 3-2, Alkmaar would replace Utrecht after the game and re-enter the UEFA Cup play-off zone.

As for the Chinese reporters in the stands, they didn't care about Alkmaar's ranking, they only cared about whether Jiang Xiaolin could score.

In the last game, Jiang Xiaolin didn't score a goal, but at least he had an assist, which was ridiculed by some Dutch media, as if the five goals Jiang Xiaolin scored in the previous games were all lucky goals.

But today, as long as Jiang Xiaolin can score this penalty kick and score twice, he can completely shut up those Dutch media.

Some people have even started to put their hands together and make wishes to the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

In the penalty area, although Jiang Xiaolin was panting behind the penalty spot, he was actually calm and had no pressure at all.

If it was a mobile game, Jiang Xiaolin was really unsure and could not guarantee whether he would score a goal or how many goals in a game.

But as long as he encountered a penalty kick, Jiang Xiaolin was not worried at all.

This was due to Jiang Xiaolin's confidence in the system and his past experience in penalty kicks.

He didn't just take a penalty kick after coming on as a substitute in the game against Groningen. He also practiced a lot of penalty kicks in his usual training.

The hit rate has remained 100% so far. Even a strong player like Sergio Romero has never saved one of his penalties in training.

Even if the direction is judged correctly, it is useless because the penalty spot is too short from the goal, the speed is too fast, and the goal is too wide.

And Jiang Xiaolin's penalty kicks are all aimed at the four blind spots, without any mistakes.

With a full score of 20 points, he is really excellent in penalty kicks.

This is why Van Gaal clearly designated Jiang Xiaolin to replace Hamdaoyi as the first penalty taker on the field during the game, not only because Jiang Xiaolin scored a penalty in his debut, but also because of Jiang Xiaolin's excellent performance in training.

Jiang Xiaolin will naturally not live up to Van Gaal's trust, and it is impossible for him to live up to it.

Whether it is the heavy rain in the sky or the boos of Utrecht fans in the stands, it has no effect on him.

He couldn't guarantee other things, but he could guarantee that Utrecht's goalkeeper Grandu couldn't stop him from scoring a goal in terms of penalty kicks.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaolin and Grandu were ready, and no one from either team outside the penalty area entered the penalty area, the referee standing on the left side of the penalty area blew the whistle for the penalty kick.

Then, Jiang Xiaolin looked at Grandu calmly, then took two steps and kicked the ball.

When Jiang Xiaolin kicked the penalty kick, he won completely by strength and angle, without any fake moves.

Therefore, before Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball, it was easier for experienced goalkeepers to judge the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's penalty kick in advance based on the part where he touched the ball.

Grandu also judged the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's kick, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he rushed to the right in advance.

Then, he also saw that the ball was indeed flying in the direction of his save.

But then he found that the ball was too fast and the angle was too tricky., even though he had moved ahead and rushed out, his hand still couldn't reach it.

Grando stretched out his arm, but he didn't touch the ball flying up in the air. He could only pray that Jiang Xiaolin's ball would fly into the stands.

However, when he saw the ball flying into the goal from the intersection of the crossbar and the uprights, he was immediately discouraged. He fell to the ground with a snap and didn't get up for a long time.

Jiang Xiaolin was already waving his arms and running in the wind and rain to celebrate, with his teammates from Alkmaar who were crazy with joy behind him.

Because Alkmaar had reversed the score with Jiang Xiaolin's penalty kick and led the home team Utrecht 3-2.

At this time, the game time had reached 90 minutes, and the fourth official on the sidelines had already played a sign for 3 minutes of extra time.

This ball can be called a lore.

There was not much time left for Utrecht.

Everyone naturally had to celebrate wildly, and they had to deliberately delay time, the longer the better.

However, the players and coaches of Utrecht naturally did not allow it, and kept protesting to the referee that Alkmaar celebrated too long and deliberately delayed time.

After celebrating for more than half a minute, Jiang Xiaolin and other talents finally returned to their own half slowly under the intervention of the referee, ready to restart the game.

However, not long after the game restarted, Van Gaal began to make substitutions.

You know, Van Gaal had not made any substitutions before. Even if a player was given a yellow card, he actually resisted not making substitutions.

But now that Alkmaar reversed the score and entered the overtime period, Van Gaal began to make substitutions continuously.

He wanted to use up all three substitutions.

What's more crazy is that he did not make all the substitutions at once, but one by one.

The coaches and players of Utrecht were so angry that they were about to vomit blood, and the fans in the stands wanted to tear down the chairs and throw them down to hit Van Gaal.

But these were of no use and could not change Van Gaal's determination to make consecutive substitutions in the stoppage time to delay and waste time.