Chapter Twenty-Six: Good Luck
The second half began with a forced effort from Willem II, which Stekelenburg saved with ease from a non-threatening shot by Frank De Mujo, a thoughtful but incompetent player.
A hand-tossed ball to Van der Wiel, who was able to shake off the opposition defence on the flank without pressure, and then crossed the ball to Enault.
Ainaud, who received the ball, raised his head and was about to pass the ball forward, but Sim de Jong was looked at very deadly, almost followed by two players on the side, while He Xu was dangling back and forth in the most difficult place to catch the ball.
Ajax's offense is not that he can't play fluently, it's just that He Xu's poor movement makes him always unable to appear where he should be. So his teammates simply couldn't pass the ball to him, the main point of attack.
When Eno stopped the ball, the opposing players surrounded him, and the offensive rhythm was slowed down like this.
Seeing that his teammates were at a stalemate, Massimo Charlie hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Although he is a midfielder, his dribbling footwork is excellent, and after receiving the ball, he dunked a defender and played a long left-footed pass, and the ball arced and landed in front of the court.
Still bumping back and forth in the front court, He Xu, who was feeling bored, raised his head and saw Massimo Charlie's long pass, he shook his shoulders and ran in the opposite direction.
Keeping an eye on him was Willem II's defensive stalwart Josimar Lima, the defender was used to seeing He Xu's strange behavior in the first half, so he was not surprised by this, but he just raised his head to grab the header, and at the moment when he just jumped up, He Xu's upper body that rushed in the opposite direction shook back, and then his shoulder was unseen and pressed against Lima's back.
The strength of Lima's body plummeted, and the body that was still rising in the air suddenly softened, and he, who could easily reach the ball, rose to the top!
He Xu rushed out from behind him at this time, stretched out his foot and poked forward, and poked the ball past the feet of Leo Veloso, who was following up the defense.
At this moment, Koeman, who was still sitting on the sidelines thinking about what to do, stood up, and he walked quickly to the sidelines, looking at the new player who had signed a professional contract.
After He Xu got rid of a defender, he was already on the edge of the penalty area. Willem II's goalkeeper Michael Alts is 190 tall, and He Xu has long thought of a countermeasure to deal with this big man.
He flicked the ball to his right, then leaned to the left and rounded his thigh quickly. Kick the ball towards the goal!
A very dramatic scene happened at this time.
Michael Altz, who saw He Xu shooting, made a quick move, he stretched out his hand to pounce forward, but his hand did not touch the fast ball, but was hit in the face by the ball, and the ball that was blocked from advancing bounced back to He Xu's feet, and He Xu, who was also frightened by Alts's actions, rushed to pad his body before he fell, and the ball fell into the empty goal.
Alphonse Granendijk off the field was dumbfounded, it was ...... Did you hit the evil spirit?
God testifies that He Xu just wants to kick a boccia ball, and as for Altz's funny mistake, it has nothing to do with him at all. If Lima's rise to the top just now was his manipulation, then this time it can only be said that God is also helping him.
He Xu, who helped the team equalize, took out the football in the goal and excitedly raised his hands to celebrate the unexpected goal.
Koeman couldn't help but laugh when he saw the goal, he never imagined that the ball would fall into the goal in such a magical way.
I guessed the beginning, I guessed the end, but I didn't guess the process. In the stands, a tall, elegant and chic man looked at He Xu who was celebrating the goal on the field, and nodded silently.
Coman once again took advantage of this time to replace Mido with Garrincha, and Coach Alphonse looked at Xu Yang in a suit and leather shoes in the audience with some helplessness. If it weren't for the suspension of this kid, today would definitely be a good opportunity to overturn Ajax.
He Xu looked at George Murad and Frank Demouruo, two strikers with extremely weak attacking ability, who were waiting for the kick-off. He smiled and said loudly, "Hey, you still have a striker, right?" Why didn't he play? I think he's a lot better than you two, isn't he? ”
The two looked at each other, although they were not convinced, but there was nothing to say, after all, it was the guy who had just turned eighteen years old who led the team all the way to the first division.
They didn't give He Xu a chance to be verbose, as soon as the ball was opened, both of them ran to the front court, and when He Xu passed by the two of them, he also said cheaply, "Don't be in a hurry to go, let's talk for a few more minutes!" I'm still compatriots with that Xu Yang. ”
Because Ajax equalised and saw hope of victory, the players were more aggressive in the scramble, and several attacks from Willem II went into the sea.
PSV Eindhoven were unexpectedly held to a draw by Waalwijk the previous day, so a win for Ajax would see them back at the top of the table by a point.
Naturally, Wilhelm II did not want to be a stepping stone to this tragedy, and when they saw that the attack was weak, Suo removed George Murad and replaced him with a small striker Ziller, who was extremely fast, and played a defensive counterattack.
However, this time it hit Koeman's arms, and he replaced Garrincha, who had an excellent dribble, to tear apart Willem II's defense through this kid's technique, Willem II's players didn't understand how terrible Garrincha was, but instead focused on He Xu, who scored a goal.
Garrincha's several breakthroughs on the side were very effective, but unfortunately no one in the penalty area could answer the cross, and He Xu kept gesturing for him to take the ball to the middle, but unfortunately he never understood.
It wasn't until He Xu took advantage of the opponent's goal kick to come to him and tell him that Garrincha understood what He Xu meant.
Because of He Xu's deliberate pulling, the players who were marking him were all attracted to the side by him. Garrincha seized the opportunity and leaned on a defender for a Marseille spin and led the ball down the middle.
Seeing that he was about to burst into the box, Willem II's captain Danny Schenkel had no choice but to reach out and pull down the striker, who was a full sixteen years younger than him.
The referee immediately blew the whistle, gave Schenkel a yellow card and awarded a free-kick in excellent position at the edge of the box.
The team's number one free-kick taker was Sim de Jong, a Dutch striker with a good free-kick ability, and he was ready to kick the ball. Unexpectedly, He Xu actually ran to his side.
"Sim, you go up and shake this ball first, let me kick it, I'm sure I can kick it in."
Sim de Jong glanced at him in disbelief, "Are you sure?" Is it reliable? ”
He Xu waved his hand very respectfully, did not speak, but just stood in the position where he felt comfortable playing football.
Seeing him so confident, Sim de Jong chose to believe him.
The referee blew the whistle to signal that they were ready to kick off, and De Jong ran up, and the moment he opened his leg to kick the ball, he supported his leg and leaped off the ball.
At this time, He Xu, who started to run later, just arrived, and He Xu's open right leg fell quickly like a club, and his inner instep just pumped under the football. It was this opportunity that He Xu quickly exerted force at his feet, and the football flew towards the goal with the ball on the ground!
De Jong was stunned, it was actually a boccia, what is He Xu doing with this kid? The human wall is in the way, how can the boccia ball pass through......
His thoughts were only halfway through when he was snapped, because He Xu's kick hit the leg of a defender who William II didn't know, and He Xu's ball was spinning, so the ball flew upwards at once.
Michael Altz was trying to bend down and reach for it, but the moment he fell forward, the ball flew up to the highest point, and then the ball fell down, and Michael Altz was scrambling to get up from the ground.
By the time he got up, it was too late, because the ball had already grazed the crossbar and fell into the goal!
What a magical goal, this was De Jong's thought at the time, and when he looked back at the scorer, he saw He Xu also looking at him with a smile and extending a thumbs up to him.
Alphonse turned around and kicked down the chair he was sitting in, it was a joke, what kind of goal was this, are you sure it's not joking with me?
Maybe it was really a joke that God played on him, but it was just a bit big.
The Chinese who was sitting on the sidelines in a suit, a little taller than He Xu, and a little more handsome than He Xu, smiled, and said to himself: "It's really an interesting guy, it seems that I missed the duel with you this time, it's a big pity......"
Many people don't know that Xu Yang, who later became one of the leading figures in Chinese football, has now signed a contract with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and he will be transferred to the Bundesliga during the winter break. Therefore, when he was suspended for this game, he lost the opportunity to play against He Xu in the Eredivisie.
For Xu Yang, who has always liked to challenge himself, this is really a pity.
This goal not only helped Ajax to overtake the scoreline, but also completely crushed Willem II, who were ahead of the game, and it seemed that God was not on their side tonight.
In the end, at the end of the game, the score was 3-1, and Ajax, playing at home, won.
The final goal was scored by their rookie winger Garrincha, a rookie who pays homage to his predecessor with his name, and also showed the same talent in attack as his predecessor Garrincha Sr. A slick into the far corner after a two-man run helped the team score the game-winning goal. and successfully broke through nine times in the whole game, which was the highest in the team; caused four fouls, the highest on the team; One of the resulting free-kicks in front of the court was converted directly into a goal. This is really gratifying for Koeman.
However, for He Xu, who scored two goals, it was a mixed blessing.
Because most of the media only used three words to summarize He Xu's performance and performance today: really lucky!!
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