FC Groningen's home, Oberg's Stadium.
This 20,000-inch Stadium has been in use for more than half a century.
This is a Stadium that can't keep up with the times.
Therefore, FC Groningen Club is building a new Stadium in the same period, and plans to move into the new Stadium two years later!
For this reason, there is no need for Club to spend more money on this Stadium. The slightly simple Stadium, turf quality, and Stadium maintenance are far from the top standards.
The site conditions were not ideal, and it was raining, which made some parts of the site start to slippery and become muddy.
FC Groningen Manager Ron Youngs is full of expectations for the ongoing rain war.
The rain will increase the uncertainty of the football game!
Especially for AFC Ajax, the overall combat team is stronger, they will definitely limit them more than FC Groningen!
It is reflected in the shortening of the speed and overall ball gap.
The AFC Ajax team is determined to win this game.
The Genius who cultivated the arrogant philosophy showed confidence in winning FC Groningen, but they did not put aside the momentum of swallowing opponents from the beginning.
A lot of the main force is playing two games in the past 7 days. In the third game in 8 days, you need to control your physical fitness.
Especially, it is raining today!
Rain will accelerate the consumption of physical energy, and players with such mental preparation will converge at the beginning.
Qin Xiong's Tactics mission is to stabilize the team's midfield. As long as the opponent can be suppressed in the midfield, it is enough for the rushing job. Koeman wants to see that the Sneijder-Ibrahim-Van Der Vaart trident combination will burst out. What kind of power.
In the first ten minutes of the game, everything went by and it looked calm.
Qin Xiong's play is also quite satisfactory.
AFC Ajax didn't work hard, the whole team was slowly adapting, slowly raising the state, waiting for the opportunity, and hitting the commandments.
However, from the 13th minute, Qin Xiong's play made the face of Koeman frowned.
In the 13th minute, Qin Xiong tried a long-distance pass and went to Van Der Vaart, but he lost it!
It was a half-high ball. After the ground, the ball speed did not slow down after the friction was accelerated. Van Der Vaart had not yet ran in place and the ball had already flown out of the sideline!
Qin Xiong had to raise his hand and signaled to Van Der Vaart, acknowledging his passing mistakes.
If it is not rainy, this ball is absolutely no problem!
Van Der Vaart will run faster and football will slow down after playing.
However, in the rain, the speed of the player's running position will be slower than usual, because the turf under the foot is slippery, and the air ball is easy to make mistakes. The friction acceleration after the ground is difficult to grasp.
Qin Xiong learned the lesson and avoided passing the teammate high-altitude ball as much as possible, unless it was directly hoisted into the penalty area to give Ibrahim a header.
In the 17th minute, FC Groningen launched counter-attack. Striker Schmidt retraced the front waist today. He challenged Qin Xiong one by one in the middle of the attack!
Schmidt is flexible, speed and explosive. The technique at the foot has the aura of the Netherlands player.
He made a fake move in front of Qin Xiong to the right and then broke through from the left.
Qin Xiong saw through the opponent's fake action. When Schmidt dialed the ball to the right rear of his body, he immediately turned around and consciously went to the card position.
However, at the moment of the speed of the explosion, he slipped and fell into the ground with embarrassment and embarrassment!
Schmidt thought that he had been blocked by Qin Xiong, but he didn't expect Qin Xiong to fall. He almost avoided Qin Xiong's falling body, and then regained control of the ball and brought it forward.
After Qin Xiong fell, he had no time to think about other things. He had to stand up and chase Schmidt in the first place, but almost slipped and fell.
He gritted his teeth or quickly got up and chased him toward Schmidt's back. He just ran two steps. He saw Galásek moving to block Schmidt. He decisively ran towards the middle of the restricted area, replacing Galásek's position. Avoid the Defender exposed to the opponent's offensive firepower.
Schmidt didn't wait for Galásek to close his feet and try to shoot long distances. Goalkeeper Lobont played well and steadily took off the ball from the air.
Although there was no break, Schmidt looked at Qin Xiong when he was going back.
AFC Ajax new Genius?
But that's it.
Qin Xiong raised his hand to Galásek. Just now he made a defensive mistake. He could almost say that he did not form a disturbance to Schmidt. Because he fell, he did not even get back to harassment.
Galásek asked with a concern about Qin Xiong.
On the sidelines, Koeman showed an incomprehensible expression.
Qin Xiong, playing very well today, in the midfield, 20 minutes is over, he is almost all formulaic passing.
In his role position, the formulaic pass does not make much sense.
Qin Xiong did not bring the effect of personal acceleration in the midfield.
What was he doing?
Qin Xiong wiped the rain and sweat from his face and continued to run, continuing to play seriously!
When he couldn't guarantee his play, his information collection on the teammate's movements was also affected.
Teammates can't say that they are used to fighting in the rain, but they are basically prepared to know how to deal with the current environment.
When the running speed drops, it is necessary to seize the opportunity and be more careful when handling the ball.
They are quicker and more proactive in adapting to the environment and their own changes, Qin Xiong can't see the whole picture.
Because he himself has not fully adapted to such weather, such a venue environment.
The environment is also changing!
As the rain grew bigger and bigger, there was more and more water in the Stadium. Qin Xiong made a pass to Pienaar in the 21st minute. He actually supported his foot and slipped. He fell to the ground and went out. The right foot, the ball was actually kicked directly to the front of Schmidt!
After the second fall, Qin Xiong still gritted his teeth and quickly got up to intercept the Schmidt on the front of the ball. However, Schmidt cooperated with the teammate and then inserted the midfielder Matt. Hughes is 26 years old, strong and strong. When Qin Xiong moved to intercept, Matt Hughes directly confronted Qin Xiong!
He was knocked down by Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong is more like, and has thrown over the other side.
Because, Qin Xiong, once again slipped because of the speed of the explosion, lost his body weight.
The main referee whistled for Qin Xiong and gave Qin Xiong a yellow card.
The scene snorted, and there was ridicule, from the home team fans.
FC Groningen's player looks at Qin Xiong's eyes full of disdain.
This Asian person is like a clown on the Stadium!
The teammates of AFC Ajax are also very surprised by the performance of Qin Xiong.
This should not be his standard!
When Matt Hughes got up and followed Qin Xiong's theory, it seemed that he had to bully him. Sneijder first rushed to pose a strong separation of Matt Hughes, blocking Qin Xiong, seemingly silent to Matt Hughes: Do you have anything to say, do it, come to me!
Qin Xiong did not lose his calmness. He gently squeezed Sneijder and apologized to Matt Hughes and said sorry.
Matt Hughes sneered and opened Qin Xiong's hand, not at all.
Qin Xiong didn't care. He didn't have any slight malice. He just knocked down the other side. He apologized. The other party didn't accept it. He couldn't help it.
Sneijder turned and whispered to him: "Are you not feeling well? How do you feel that you are sleeping? "
Qin Xiong shook his head slightly and said nothing.
With the experience of slipping a few times in the past, Qin Xiong dare not accelerate any more. Even if it accelerates, it will be cautious and focus on balancing the center of gravity.
However, in the game, there is a critical moment, you must accelerate!
Must break out!
In the 37th minute of the match, Qin Xiong was in the face of FC Groningen's South Africa Striker Salmo, and when he was pushed to the ground with a strong body, Qin Xiong felt like a whirl in his heart.
The African Striker was awesome, deliberately slowing down the speed of the ball, and he was able to stretch his legs and intercept it, but he fell again because of the body's resistance to the support foot slipping!
Qin Xiong, muddy, seems to be lost in this rain.
But every time he falls, he will quickly climb up and do what he thinks is right.
Head Coach Koeman found clues and commanded the game on the sidelines to let the rain hit the body. Koeman was already soaked.
But he couldn't care for those. He came to the side of the field and shouted Qin Xiong's name loudly!
After Qin Xiong noticed him, Koeman yelled at Pienaar and Van Der Vaart and gestured to let the two retreat to the midfield!
Qin Xiong, called by Koeman on the sidelines.
Koeman said directly to Qin Xiong: "Take off your cleats."
Qin Xiong didn't ask anything. He stepped out of the sideline and took off the cleats. Koeman took down his cleats and looked at the soles of his shoes, revealing a pair of expressions.
Qin Xiong's cleats is not suitable for rain!
The studs are too short. In the rain, the turf is slippery and the soil is loose, so you can't catch the ground!
He, of course, is not stable!
Koeman asked: "Don't you bring the spikes cleats?"
Qin Xiong looked complicated and shook his head.
Not without it.
He didn't have it!
Never passed before!
The scene on the side of the field was seen by Freddy in the raincoat watching the battle. His heart was like a knife.
Qin Xiong fell into the Stadium again and again, and barely climbed up, which made Freddy feel sad.
He doesn't know what Qin Xiong is doing today.
Until, Koeman took Qin Xiong's cleats. At that time, Freddy was stunned by the blue sky. He held his head and muttered in pain under De Koize, Piszt, and Ruthmanson's incomprehensible gaze.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault…I didn't actually give him the cleats for the rainy day…Qin Xiong, it's my fault, my fault…I am damned! How can I make such a mistake! "