Chapter Seventy-Four: Kuyt's Experience

On the last day of March, at 7:45 p.m. local time in the Netherlands, the 2015-16 Dutch Cup final kicked off as scheduled.

The final will be played at Feyenoord's home stadium, Feyenoord Stadium, which is also one of the two UEFA five-star football stadiums in the Netherlands. In the eyes of Feyenoord fans, it is a holy place.

Contests about the ownership of the championship can often mobilize the enthusiasm of fans to the greatest extent. An hour before the start of the game, more than half of the seats in the stadium were already occupied by fans. Most of them are fans who are affiliated with the Rotterdam local fan association, but there are also a small number of local fans who bring their families to watch the game.

However, as he entered the stadium, Wen Zhihao saw a small group of fans wearing Vitesse's white jersey greeting him cordially, holding a portrait of himself with a row of English "New King" on it.

Wen Zhihao met the autograph request of his fans, and deliberately made a move to show his muscles, and then entered the arena for final preparations.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the two sides announced the starting list. As predicted by the media, Vitesse's top scorer Van Xiaowolf suffered an ankle injury, and Fraser hesitated to put him in the starting line-up. Zhang Yuning will take on the heavy responsibility of attacking the city in this game.

The other change is another change in Vitesse's formation. Fraser lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Wen Zhihao in the middle of the three attacking defenders and acting as the brains of the team.

With this starting list, all the expert media have interpreted it as Frasser's greatest hope is the heart-to-heart cooperation between the two Chinese players.

Looking at Feyenoord's starters, many commentators exclaimed on the spot, and then their eyes flashed.

Van Bronckhorst is a scheming man, and in order to freeze Wen Zhihao to the greatest extent, he directly opposite Wen Zhihao in the midfield position in front of the central defender.

Kuyt started as a striker, and at his peak, he was an important piece of the forward puzzle for both Liverpool and the Dutch national team. As he got older, his position retreated. But he's getting more and more efficient. Especially this season, when he appeared in the midfield position, it showed the all-round attribute of the golden oil.

Defense is an iron gate, and offense is a sharp weapon.

Carlus, Wen Zhihao's number one fan in the commentary team, held two lists and chuckled for no reason.

Although he has been completely conquered by Wen Zhihao's all-round performance, in this kind of championship competition that no one can afford to lose, Wen Zhihao actually has to face Kuyt, who has the most comprehensive ability and the most experienced experience in the entire Eredivisie!

Can he still do it?

Calus was unsure, but he was also inexplicably excited.

Think about it, who would have thought that this young man who joined halfway would be able to gain so much attention in the Eredivisie. It shouldn't be surprising if there are surprises today, right?

There is a kind of man in the world who is born for miracles.

Perhaps, he is.

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It's past one o'clock in the morning Beijing time, but countless tennis fans are still lying on their computers waiting for the live broadcast of the finals. It is said that before this final, VPNs and other circumvention devices across the country suddenly sold well. Since domestic websites basically do not have the copyright of the Dutch Cup, young fans choose to go over the wall to watch the live broadcast on the Internet.

Although the English commentary may sound a little difficult, as long as you can see the picture of the two Chinese players, especially Wen Zhihao, everything else does not matter.

Before the official start of the game, Vitesse drew an attack from right to left, and the attacking direction happened to face the North Stand, which had the largest number of opponents, and the pressure on the offensive end can be imagined.

However, on the other hand, it is also good, as long as they can form a balance with the opponent in the first half, and in the more crucial second half, the pressure on Vitesse will be reduced a lot.

Eredivisie gold whistle Kujpers sounded the opening whistle in anticipation.

Feyenoord tried the first wave of attacks in the opening kick with 50,000 spectators at home, but it ended in an anti-aircraft shot.

However, this attack completely ignited the passion of the whole game, and the most exciting thing on the court was the fast-paced attack between the two sides.

To say that the most pitiful in this kind of scene are the Vitesse fans. Although there were also about 1,000 expeditionary troops who came to cheer on the away team, they were still weak in comparison. In the frantic wave of the home team fans at the scene, their voices were like small droplets, and they were quickly melted into the vast sound of the entire stadium without making any waves.

Vitesse players were still somewhat affected by many unexpected factors before the game, and they always seemed to be dragging on the field, and even the relatively most stable Kashya made a low-level mistake of passing the ball back directly to the bottom line, and the audience immediately cheered and laughed.

Fifteen minutes before the opening kick-off, Feyenoord's Turkish striker Kazim received two big gifts from Krucvik, but was turned away by the post and Rum respectively, and Vitesse survived twice in the opening stages.

There was a sigh of relief, and the home fans of the red and white striped shirts couldn't believe Feyenoord had missed such a great opportunity twice.

Pushing past the three boards of the opening fifteen minutes, Vitesse's formation began to extend towards Feyenoord's half. According to Frase's pre-match deployment, Kosuke Ota, who played a cameo role in the back midfield, gave the ball to Wen Zhihao's feet as soon as possible.

The boos on the pitch suddenly became two more points louder, and the home fans interfered with Wen Zhihao's choice in the way they could.

Kuyt's job is to limit Wen Zhihao's tandem and intersperse. However, he has a strong sense of the overall defensive situation, and will not follow Wen Zhihao all over the field like a young defender, but sees the rhythm of Wen Zhihao's feet and the changes in his ankles, and directly intercepts the passing line, and at the same time specially protects the gap between the central defenders and the two ribs to prevent Wen Zhihao from making fatal interspersed runs.

Against a typical single-core team like Vitesse, this approach works best. In the first half hour, most of Wen Zhihao's passes to the forward line were intercepted by Kuyt, and the characteristics of the two wings, Nakamba and Lairdan flying together, could not be shown at all, and Zhang Yuning, who could not get effective support, could only fall into hand-to-hand combat with the opponent's two central defenders again and again.

Calus watched Wen Zhihao return again and again in vain, and he was also a little anxious: "Dirk Kuyt is obviously more experienced, Wen must establish more effective contact with other players, and the rest of Vitesse players must stand up to help Wen share the pressure of offensive organization." ”

The offensive organization was not smooth, and Wen Zhihao could only try to make a personal breakthrough to open up the situation. But Kuyt has been playing well for many years, and has experienced finals such as the FA Cup and the World Cup, and his experience is not comparable to Wen Zhihao. In the face of Wen Zhihao's breakthrough, he chose to open up a defensive distance, and put his foot in the first step of Wen Zhihao's dribbling to start the tackle, usually sweeping down to the ground with the ball.

Kujpels' style of enforcement was gentle, and it was a final contest and the choice of cards was more cautious, and Kuyt's foul looked ferocious but not very harmful, and only gave Vitesse a set-piece away from the penalty area, which actually had the desired effect.

Seeing Wen Zhihao with a frustrated face, Kuyt suddenly had the feeling of teaching elementary school students.

Compared with me for the final experience, you are still a little too tender.

However, on the surface, Kuyt is still very personable, every time he trips Wen Zhihao, he reaches out his hand very gracefully, and after getting up, he will pat Wen Zhihao's shoulder, as if he appreciates and affirms the juniors.