Before the first half of the game ended, Alkmaar equalized.
The fans in The Hague were stunned. They did not expect that this would be an equalizer.
Only a few visiting fans were cheering, hoping to get three points on the road.
Xue Yang was somewhat worried when he saw Alkmaar gaining momentum.
Alkmaar is not a weak team, and they still have a good chance of overtaking The Hague.
Fortunately, the opponents in the last two rounds of the league are not the top three teams in the Eredivisie standings.
So even if they lose this game, The Hague still has a great chance of stabilizing fourth place.
But after all, winning is more stable, so Xue Yang has no intention of giving up.
The game continued, and because the equalizer boosted morale, Alkmaar's subsequent attacks became even more fierce.
This made The Hague relatively passive for a while. Fortunately, The Hague's defense was relatively stable.
Without allowing Alkmaar to take the lead, time passed very quickly and the first half of the game ended quickly.
Players from both sides returned to their respective locker rooms one after another to prepare for the second half of the game.
Xue Yang was actually dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half. Their midfield configuration was obviously the better team, but it did not show dominance.
Instead, it gave Alkmaar an opportunity to attack, especially forward Zheng Jinshan.
The Hague's defense against Zheng Jinshan today was indeed average, but Xue Yang, who knew the basics, knew that Zheng Jinshan was indeed difficult to defend.
A striker with Zheng Jinshan's style has a lot of goals.
It’s not much different from when I was in Tianjin Wei, but it is indeed more efficient than before.
However, even so, Zheng Jinshan still needs to defend.
Otherwise, if we continue like this, we might really fall behind.
During the halftime break, Xue Yang arranged the tactics for the second half of the game and also boosted the team's morale.
The Hague is obviously the stronger side, but they did not have the advantage they should have.
The game changed sides in the second half and Alkmaar, who equalized the score, did not change their tactics.
Because head coach Vanden Brom wants to overtake the score, so they will have more hope of overtaking The Hague in the standings.
If you just score one point away from home, it doesn't really help much.
There is still a 4-point gap between the two sides, so we still have to strive for victory.
But Alkmaar did not change, which made Xue Yang feel a little relieved.
If this were to happen on a bus, it would be really difficult for The Hague to win.
After midfield adjustments, The Hague's midfield has recovered a lot.
The midfield control ability has also improved, and this time it was Alkmaar's turn to suffer.
In this way, 55 minutes of the game passed, and Alkmaar made substitution adjustments.
Midfielder Lienstra was replaced and forward Janssen was replaced.
Jansen is still a very powerful forward. Although he is not as good as Zheng Jinshan, he is still good.
With this substitution, Alkmaar's tactical formation also changed.
From the previous 4-3-3 formation, it became a 4-4-2 formation.
With two excellent forwards in front, they will definitely be a big threat to The Hague.
At this time, The Hague launched an attack, and De Jong took the ball forward.
He is getting closer and closer to the penalty area, because this is a counterattack, so Alkmaar's defense is not in place yet.
At this time, because the ball is in the middle, Alkmaar's defense is more focused.
This left the right wing very empty and Rafinha running at full speed.
Of course De Jong saw Raphinha, so he moved the ball to the right and found right winger Raphinha.
Rafinha's receiving position was about to enter the penalty area, and Rafinha immediately slowed down.
The opposing full-back Harps quickly came to defend. Seeing Harps coming to defend, Raphinha suddenly changed his rhythm and actually chose to cut inside.
You must know that Harps came to defend at full speed, and Rafinha immediately shook the opponent away.
After changing the angle, Rafinha shot with his left foot and the ball flew towards the goal with a beautiful arc.
The quality of Rafinha's kick is quite good, and it's very threatening just by looking at it.
Alkmaar's goalkeeper Lochte made a flying save. The Hague fans at the scene couldn't help but screamed when they saw the kick.
Everyone expected The Hague to take the lead again, but it was a pity that Lochte made a great save this time.
He actually saved the football, but he only hit the football and the football was saved by him out of the small penalty area.
At this moment, all the Alkmaar players were shocked, because if the Hague players grabbed the second point at this time, the ball would basically be lost.
Goalkeeper Lochte fell to the ground because of his previous save.
Everyone looked towards the football track and saw a tall figure.
He is The Hague's forward Allais. Although Allais is tall, he is definitely not a pure center forward.
Alai is relatively versatile, and his positioning and sense of smell in front of the goal are excellent.
I saw Alai facing the football flying over, using a rather awkward posture, raising his right foot high and swinging it directly towards the football.
Although goalkeeper Lochte tried his best to save again, there was really nothing he could do about this ball.
The football flew into the goal quickly and hit the net hard.
"Goal~~~~~~~~" the commentator shouted passionately.
"The Hague's counterattack was too sharp this time. He moved to the right and found Rafinha."
"Raphinha caught the ball and cut inside to shoot. Although goalkeeper Lochte saved it, Allais grabbed the second point."
"With Allais' goal, The Hague once again took the lead 2-1."
When they saw Allais scoring a goal, all the fans in The Hague cheered excitedly.
The shouts seemed to overturn the stadium, and everyone was very happy.
If The Hague wins this game, the points gap between the two teams will widen to 7 points.
Although I don’t know if The Hague can fight for third place in the standings, fourth place is definitely secured.
After scoring the goal, Alai jogged arrogantly towards the sidelines, raising his hands in a helpless gesture.
When the fans saw Alai celebrating like this, their already passionate cheers became even louder.
As the head coach, Xue Yang was very excited and punched the audience a few times, releasing his inner excitement.
Soon the main force rushed up and hugged Xue Yang to celebrate. Everyone knew the importance of this victory.
On the other hand, Alkmaar's head coach Vanden Brom shouted angrily that he was very dissatisfied with Alkmaar's defense.
Although this is The Hague's counterattack, no matter what, the right side cannot be so empty.
Alkmaar conceded this goal largely because of insufficient defense against Rafinha.
It was after Raphinha's shot was saved that Allais scored the second goal.
This time the defense of Alkmaar was indeed done poorly, giving The Hague such a big gap.
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