God of Green

For several consecutive days, the Dutch media and fans have been discussing Jiang Xiaolin's new record.

Because this record is really amazing.

You know, Cohen Dillon's record has been sealed for half a century since it was created, which shows the difficulty of this record.

The key is that Cohen Dillon created the record of 43 goals in 34 games. Jiang Xiaolin broke this record with 44 goals in only 18 games.

In every game of the following season, Jiang Xiaolin can continue to improve this record as long as he scores.

Therefore, everyone can't help but discuss it.

Such a goal efficiency is unprecedented in the world football.

Even the Alkmaar Club officials held a celebration dinner for Jiang Xiaolin on the second night of the game, so that everyone in the club could celebrate Jiang Xiaolin's new record together.

Of course, the media and fans can continue to discuss it, but the team can't.

After a day off and a celebratory dinner, on February 23, the Alkmaar first team resumed daily training and began to prepare for the next game.

Alkmaar's next game is also quite important, which is the second round of the UEFA Cup 1/16 final against Lekpsner at home.

Although Alkmaar has defeated its opponent 4-2 in the first round, Alkmaar has an absolute advantage in advancing in terms of total score and away goals. The probability of Lekpsner's reversal at the AFAS Stadium is almost zero.

But almost zero is not completely zero, there is still a slight possibility.

Therefore, Alkmaar still needs to be prepared.

In the 24th round of the league against Heracles, the adjustments made by Van Gaal during the halftime break actually enriched Alkmaar's tactics.

That is, when the opponent sets up a bus defense and Jiang Xiaolin is surrounded and marked by many people, how should the game be played and how to break the game?

That match was very useful as Alkmaar needed to conduct targeted tactical training and strengthening to cope with increasingly powerful opponents in the UEFA Cup.

On the road to the UEFA Cup, Alkmaar could not always encounter weak teams like Lekpsner, and would definitely encounter strong teams from the top five leagues.

If the opponent used the same tactics as Heracles, Alkmaar would have to train hard to break the situation.

After two days of daily training, at 20:45 on the evening of February 25, 2009, with the referee's whistle, the second round of the 2008/2009 UEFA Cup 1/16 finals between Alkmaar of the Dutch League and Lekpsner of the Polish Super League officially started at Alkmaar's home stadium, AFAS Stadium.

Sure enough, Lekpsner did not give up because of the big loss at home in the first round, and they wanted to struggle.

When they arrived at the AFAS Stadium, Lekpsner used the 352 crazy attack tactics again.

Moreover, the opponent had obviously been specially trained this time, and the players sent were also very targeted. The wingers also returned to defense in a timely manner. It was not so easy for Alkmaar to frequently attack the opponent's backcourt and sideways like in the last game.

In the 14th minute, Lekpsner, who took the initiative to attack, almost scored the first goal.

Their striker Lewandowski received a wonderful pass from his teammate in the penalty area of ​​​​Alkmaar and shot a volley, almost breaking Alkmaar's goal.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Sergio Romero has been playing very stably, and this time he also played his advantage of concentration. A timely side dive barely saved Lewandowski's shot that went straight to the dead corner from the bottom line.

Lewandowski's shot really scared the players and fans of Alkmaar.

Next, Alkmaar slightly retreated its formation and strengthened its defense.

After all, it was Alkmaar that was leading in the total score. They only needed to shrink their defense, lure Lekpsner to attack, and then seize the opportunity to score a counterattack goal to end the game early.

For Lekpsner, although Alkmaar's intention to retreat and counterattack was very obvious, they had no choice.

With a two-goal difference in the total score and the opponent's advantage of three away goals, Lekpsner had to beat Alkmaar 3-0 away at least to advance.

Therefore, they had no way out and could only press forward and attack. If they were counterattacked by Alkmaar, they could only increase their running back and forth and defend desperately.

As for physical fitness, it was no longer within their consideration.

They were fighting a desperate battle.

However, this gameThe luck was not on them.

Although they were the lagging side, although they fought desperately, although they put all their efforts into it, God did not sympathize with the weak.

Their finishing kick could not reach the accuracy of Jiang Xiaolin in shooting, and they could not threaten Alkmaar's goal.

In the 18th minute, Lekpsner got another free kick, and midfielder Rosicky made a very high-level free kick, but it hit the crossbar and bounced out of the bottom line.

In the end, they still failed to score.

While Lekpsner was attacking, their backcourt was empty.

Less than 5 minutes after Rosicky took the free kick that was very threatening but ultimately missed, in the 22nd minute, Alkmaar finally played the best counterattack since the start of the game.

After the full-back Pocognoli intercepted the ball from the opponent's striker Lian Jeff on the backcourt side, he kicked the ball directly to the frontcourt with a big foot.

This big kick did not allow Jiang Xiaolin to catch the ball in an offside position and form a single shot, but Jiang Xiaolin used his superior speed, physique, and ability to grab points to occupy the ball's landing point on the left side of the frontcourt, and then withstood the pull and collision of the opponent's two central defenders, forced to compete for the header and successfully headed the ball to the front midfielder Van der Velden who rushed up from the back row.

Afterwards, Jiang Xiaolin landed without the ball and ran around the defensive player and rushed to Lekpusna's penalty area.

Without the ball, Jiang Xiaolin's speed was simply desperate.

The full acceleration and speed allowed Jiang Xiaolin to instantly bypass the defender defending him and run to the gap at the front of the opponent's penalty area.

Van der Velden, who was blocked while dribbling forward, passed the ball in time, and Jiang Xiaolin formed a single shot.

Although the opponent's side forwards tried their best to return to defense, they still failed to stop Jiang Xiaolin's advance.

Jiang Xiaolin dribbled into the penalty area. When the Lekpsner goalkeeper Rukski rushed out from the left side of the penalty spot, Jiang Xiaolin volleyed the ball and kicked it to the near corner of the goal.

Although Rukski rushed down immediately, he still couldn't stop Jiang Xiaolin's shot.

The ball went through Rukski's armpit and rushed into the goal along the near post.

Jiang Xiaolin scored the first goal for Alkmaar, helping Alkmaar lead Lekpsner 1-0 in this game and 5-2 in two rounds.

For Lekpsner, even if they scored 3 goals and tied the total score to 5-5, it would still not be enough.

Because Alkmaar has 4 away goals, they will still be eliminated if they only score 3 away goals to tie the score.

They must score four goals to eliminate Alkmaar, and they can't let Alkmaar score again.

But this is impossible.

With Alkmaar's strength and Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability, when Lekpsner pressed hard and attacked desperately, it was almost certain that Jiang Xiaolin would score another counterattack goal.

After Jiang Xiaolin scored this goal, helped Alkmaar lead 5-2 in the total score, and had four away goals, this two-round UEFA Cup 1/16 final was actually over.

Although the game had only started for 22 minutes.

But the home fans of Alkmaar had already started celebrating.

Not to celebrate Jiang Xiaolin's goal, but to celebrate their advancement to the top 16 of this season's UEFA Cup.

Jiang Xiaolin, who scored the goal, also celebrated fiercely with his teammates, while the players of Lekpsner on the other side were dejected and completely lost the confidence to continue the game.

Whether it was the players or coaches of Lekpsner, everyone knew that their journey to the UEFA Cup this season had come to an end.

Sure enough, after the game resumed, Lekpsner's attack was no longer as unstoppable and aggressive as before.

They have lost the motivation to continue attacking and scoring goals.

Before the end of the first half, the head coach of Lekpsna made substitutions, replacing a midfielder and a forward with two full-backs, strengthening the defense and not being massacred by Alkmaar.

As for the idea of ​​promotion, it has completely disappeared.

In this case, Alkmaar also slowed down the offensive, and only Jiang Xiaolin continued to actively fight for opportunities.

Because for him, the experience of the League Cup is much richer than the experience of the Eredivisie, and he must strive for more goals.

Before the end of the first half, in the 43rd minute, Jiang Xiaolin created a free kick through his dribbling breakthrough and then kicked the ball into the goal of Lekpsna.

Jiang Xiaolin scored twice, helping Alkmaar lead Lekpsna 2-0 at home and 6-2 in two rounds.There was no suspense in this knockout match.

During the halftime break, Van Gaal replaced two main players to let them rest and prepare for the next game.

Lekpsner was the same. After using up the last quota, he replaced a main player. There was no need to waste energy in this League Cup match that was destined to be eliminated.

Although other players of Alkmaar did not have a high desire to attack in the second half, Jiang Xiaolin continued to run and fight for opportunities.

Finally, in the 69th minute, Jiang Xiaolin caused a foul by the opponent through his dribbling breakthrough and got a free kick opportunity with a good position.

The free kick position was about 26 meters away from the goal. Jiang Xiaolin made it in one fell swoop and kicked the ball into the dead corner of Lekpsner's goal with a curved free kick.

Jiang Xiaolin performed a hat trick, helping Alkmaar to win 3-0 at home and 7-2 in two rounds against Lekpsner.

When Jiang Xiaolin's free kick flew into the goal, the entire AFAS stadium burst into applause. Alkmaar TV's commentator Van Kerens excitedly shouted in the commentary booth:

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."

"The ball is in!"

"Jiang Xiaolin's free kick is in again!"

"Hat trick, double free kick!"

"Not bad!"

"Jiang Xiaolin completed the first double free kick in his career!"

"Two free kicks in one game!"

"For any team, this is a nightmare!"

"I think any opponent will have to pay attention to the position and distance of the foul when facing Jiang Xiaolin's team in the future."

"Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will give Jiang Xiaolin the opportunity to score a direct free kick."

"At the same time, Jiang Xiaolin's number of goals in the UEFA Cup this season has reached a terrifying 12, which is 12 goals away from Klinsmann in 1995/1996. "The gap of 3 goals, according to Jiang Xiaolin's current scoring efficiency of more than 2 goals per game and hat tricks, may be surpassed in one or two games."

"In the next quarter-finals, perhaps we will witness the birth of a new single-season goal record in the UEFA Cup."

"Just set the single-season goal record in the Eredivisie, and then set the single-season goal record in the UEFA Cup. It's scary to think about it."

"And Jiang Xiaolin is only 17 years old!"

"Although we all know that Jiang Xiaolin will definitely transfer away this summer, I still feel very fortunate that we have had Jiang Xiaolin for two seasons."

"Thank you to the club, thank you for renewing Jiang Xiaolin's contract despite the risk after Jiang Xiaolin was injured in the Olympics, so that we can have such a good Jiang Xiaolin."

In the affectionate commentary of the commentator, the Alkmaar fans in front of the TV were deeply moved and kept applauding and cheering for Jiang Xiaolin.

As the commentator said, not to mention Alkmaar, the entire Eredivisie cannot retain famous stars. Jiang Xiaolin's transfer after the end of this season is almost a foregone conclusion.

The 50 million euro penalty cannot stop the competition among the top five leagues.

But having Jiang Xiaolin for two seasons is an unprecedented honor for Alkmaar, a small Eredivisie club.

Jiang Xiaolin will surely become an important member of the history of Alkmaar Club.

If Jiang Xiaolin can truly bring Alkmaar the Eredivisie championship this season, or even the Dutch Cup and the UEFA Cup, then even if Jiang Xiaolin has only been in Alkmaar for a year and a half, he will surely become Alkmaar's eternal legend and be praised for a long time.

On the field, Jiang Xiaolin's teammates also rushed up, surrounded Jiang Xiaolin, and congratulated him.

Scoring two free kicks in one game is indeed a bit scary.

This will make it difficult for opponents to commit fouls, making future matches easier for Alkmaar and making them more likely to win the Eredivisie title.

Everyone even felt that the Eredivisie championship trophy was waving at them.