Five minutes later, Feyenoord made a substitution. There was no performance in the first 30 minutes. Instead of Russian forward Nikov, who used the invisible technique on himself, Argentine forward Cruz came on.
The 24-year-old Cruz started his football career with Banfield Club in Argentina. After playing for Banfield for three seasons, he joined River Plate Club. Then he was spotted by Feyenoord Club in the Netherlands. Last season
Arrive at Feyenoord.[]
Last season, Cruz scored 14 goals for the team while coming on as a substitute most of the time. He was the only bright spot for Feyenoord, which had nothing last season and did not even get a Champions League spot.
However, Cruz has a strange thing. He often has no achievements in the starting lineup, but often scores goals as a substitute. Even though Benhak attaches great importance to him, he has to be put on the bench.
Cruz's appearance has brought new changes and vitality to Feyenoord's frontcourt. The Argentine has strong ball control skills, can pass, shoot and play, and is good at grabbing points in front of the goal. The disadvantage is that he is slow, but in
When Alkmaar recovered, the shortcoming of lack of speed was reduced, and the advantage of being able to play with the ball was revealed.
The Ivorian Kalou on the original front line is also good, but he is an opportunistic forward, not the kind of powerful center who can get the ball in the penalty area. His characteristics are similar to Thomason. With Kalou's existence, he is also a natural striker.
The reason why Huck didn't insist on snatching Thomason from Alkmaar.
The Russian Nikov could not help Carew. Carew could not stand alone and lacked threatening shots. After Cruz came on the field, he attracted a lot of firepower from Alkmaar. Carew became active. He once stepped in front of the goal and outflanked him.
Unfortunately, he shot the ball high with his left foot. Once he received Cruz's header, he crossed the goal and was saved by Silva.
When Jiang Mu saw this, he knew that he had to respond immediately. It would definitely not work for his opponent to continue playing like this. He first asked Van Bommel to warm up, and then came to the sidelines and told Altidore to push the formation forward and let Feyenoord
People stay away from restricted areas.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened to Jiang Mu. Feyenoord full-back Van Gober passed the ball past Engel from the wing. After taking a few steps, Suleiman was stuck in the position.
He was afraid of Van Gobel's speed and did not dare to step forward, but was passed by Van Gobel on the edge of the penalty area.
Van Gober went down at high speed and passed in near the baseline. There was chaos in the penalty area, with Martens, Gattuso, Cruz and Carew all competing for the header.
Goalkeeper Silva saw that the ball was very close to the goal and quickly attacked to get the ball. However, when he got the ball, he collided with the player competing for the header.
Silva hit Cruz in the face with his fist, but his head was hit by Gattuso and Carew. When it fell, both Cruz and Gattuso hit Silva hard.
Cruz's face was covered in blood, and Silva fell to the ground. Only Gattuso and Carew were dizzy, but they were not seriously injured.
The team doctor rushed to the scene and carried Cruz and Silva off the court on stretchers.
After simple treatment, Cruz only had nose bleeding and there was no problem. However, Silva was slightly concussed and was unable to continue the game.
"Holy shit!"
Jiang Mu looked at Silva lying on the stretcher with his eyes blank, feeling unusually tight in his chest. He originally wanted to replace Van Bommel, but now he can only replace Cesar. You can't replace two people in the first half, that's simply too much.
It's sensational.
Cesar was about to fall asleep with his eyes squinted. As a goalkeeper, the substitute is like a spectator. He basically has no chance to play. There is especially no chance for strong dialogue, and he can't even get a minute.
It was only when Silva was injured and carried out on a stretcher that Cesar became excited and couldn't help but wonder to himself, would there be a chance to play? Although he felt that his idea was too dirty, who wouldn't be so at this time?
What do you think?
"Julio, it's your turn to play. Try your best. It's up to you in such a big scene."
Jiang Mu patted the 19-year-old Cesar. Cesar had never started in the league before, but Alkmaar was very strong and the opponents had few chances to shoot. He basically didn’t have much chance to perform. In most games,
Under such circumstances, Jiang Mu still sent the experienced Silva to play, while Cesar was still too young and needed to be tempered.
Cesar's excited brain was stunned, and the opportunity finally came. Such a powerful dialogue that may determine the trend of the league not only paid attention to the Netherlands, but also the media from other European countries. There were many French, German, and Italian people on the scene.
For reporters from national television stations such as Belgium, if he performs well, this may be an opportunity to become famous.
Cesar went up without having time to make any preparations, but Van Bommel, who had been preparing for a long time, could only return to the bench and sit down in frustration, continuing to wait for the opportunity.
The Feyenoord people saw that Alkmaar's main goalkeeper had gone and replaced him with a 19-year-old guy. The down on his lips had not yet fallen out, and he looked like a young shot. He attacked even more fiercely, and
A lot of long-range shots have been added, hoping to cause mistakes by Cesar, the substitute goalkeeper, through a large number of shots.
Cruz's appearance changed the situation of the game. His height and ability to grab points allowed Van Gobel and Van Watson to use their breakthrough crosses from the wing, while Carew's erratic movement also allowed Al
Kemar's defense is even more difficult.
Of course, the most important thing is the lack of coordination between the defense and goalkeeper Cesar, which is far inferior to the tacit understanding with Silva.
AZ Alkmaar's defense line, except for Kronkamp, was all from Eredivisie B. Now that Kronkamp is not playing, it is a completely Eredivisie B defense line. But don't underestimate this Eredivisie B defense line. They are with Silva.
They have played together for many years and have a very good understanding. Under Jiang Mu's training, this defense line is enough to compete with the defenders of any Eredivisie team. If there are three more defensive midfielders in front, I am afraid that the top teams in Europe will
I dare not say that we can easily break through their defenses.
But now that the goalkeeper has been replaced by Cesar, the defender and goalkeeper have not only lost their tacit understanding, but also find it difficult to trust each other. It often happens that the goalkeeper hits his own players when attacking, and the defender gets stuck or protects the ball while the goalkeeper comes out.
Got the ball, but the goalkeeper didn't move.
When the opponent presses the whole court, the lack of understanding between the goalkeeper and the defender becomes dangerous.
In the 40th minute of the game, Feyenoord, who was in an advantageous situation, passed and cut from the wing, and finally winger Van Vossen hoisted the ball into the penalty area. Cruz flew to grab the point, and goalkeeper Cesar judged it.
Correct, he struck out quickly and knocked the ball out. Then, when the opportunistic forward Carew who followed him hit the goal first under the interference of Martens, Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar still stubbornly used his legs to score even though he had lost his center of gravity.
The ball is blocked.
Two minutes later, the home team Feyenoord made a comeback, still brewing an offensive from the wing. This time it was Feyenoord forward Cruz who tested Cesar. With no one to defend, Cruz used high
A difficult volley threatened Alkmaar's goal. Cruz's attack was excellent, but Cesar's defense was even better. His center of gravity was not deceived by the second place, but was solid.
He actually blocked his shot with his body. Then Tininho's fake shot from the penalty area line did not fool Cesar, who performed well. His shot was easily blocked by Cesar.
"Ah! This new young goalkeeper performed very well! Is he really only 19 years old? It is really unbelievable. His talent is much better than Silva! His name is Cesar! We should remember this
Name, this young man will become an excellent goalkeeper..."
The on-site commentator Israel shouted in surprise and praised Cesar's talent.
Jiang Mu couldn't help but nodded from the sidelines. After the opponent adjusted and gained the upper hand, his side was a little unable to withstand it. However, Cesar's performance made the opponent's many attacks in vain, including one attack.
, Jiang Mu thought that even Silva couldn't get out.
However, Cesar, who had just played well, was very unstable. In the 45th minute of the game, Feyenoord defender Van Gober pretended to be on the wing, but suddenly passed the ball in the corner of the penalty area.
At this time, it has entered stoppage time. Goalkeeper Cesar and the defender were negligent for a very short period of time. By chance, the ball was passed into the penalty area by Van Gobel. Cruz attracted the defense of the two central defenders.
But Carew, who was not far away from Cruz, was waiting for him. He jumped up and hit the goal with a sharp header. The ball went to the far end with great power. Although Cesar pounced, in a hurry,
The ball rolled slowly in front of the goal. Players in the penalty area all went to grab the ball, but Van Watson arrived. He easily made a follow-up shot and made the score one to one.
draw.
The stands were like a hurricane blowing across the sea and rolling up turbulent waves. More than 40,000 fans jumped up excitedly at the same time, and the stands suddenly seemed to be three feet taller. Applause, shouts and the sound of jumping feet were mixed together, making the place buzz.
No one can hear what the people around them are saying.
"Goalgoalgoal... Van Watson scores a goal! Van Watson!" The commentator Israel finally waited for this opportunity to vent. He stood up suddenly and shouted at the top of his lungs, seeming to use up all the strength of breastfeeding.
He came out: "...His performance today was so wonderful. It was his and Van Gobel's performance that disrupted the opponent's defense! God! This offense was very compact and did not give the opponent a chance to react..."
After scoring the goal, Van Watson was overjoyed. He saw signs of a cross from Van Gober on the wing, and he immediately wandered into the penalty area. He was expecting a shot, but unexpectedly he scored. He was excited.
He rushed to the sidelines and hugged his mentor Ben Haq tightly.
The gamble finally paid off. Van Watson equalized the score at the last moment of the first half. Otherwise, this adjustment might have become a joke. Benhak hugged Van Watson tightly and repeatedly called it a fluke.
Thousands of Alkmaar fans were in a corner, as if they had been forgotten. They sat there quietly, shaking their heads. It was really inappropriate to lose the ball at the last moment. Why couldn't they concentrate for a minute?
attention.
Jiang Mu had just finished praising Cesar with goalkeeper coach Miles and asked him to train the young man well in the future. But before he finished speaking, Cesar made a fatal mistake, allowing the opponent to score, and the good situation was lost.
, they have to redeploy again in the second half, young people are so unstable! Jiang Mu looked like he saw a fly in the middle of a meal, shaking his head in frustration.