The opening game of the 2016/2017 Eredivisie season has finally arrived, with The Hague hosting the Forward Eagles at home.
As a newly promoted team, the Forward Eagles are definitely not strong.
In fact, with The Hague's strength, even a rotation can defeat them.
However, Xue Yang didn't think so. He hoped to start the new season with a big win.
Xue Yang is ambitious this season. He hopes to compete for the Eredivisie championship.
The Hague now has this strength. As the players' abilities improve, the Hague is really strong.
Today is not only the opening match, but also the home stadium of The Hague.
Because of last season's excellent performance, more and more The Hague fans have rekindled their passion for watching football live.
Moreover, today's opponent is not strong and they hope to see a victory.
The seats at the venue were already full, and the atmosphere was very good.
At this time, the players from both sides had already entered the stadium through the player tunnel, and the head coach of the Advance Eagles, De Becker, looked towards the coaching bench in The Hague.
Looking at The Hague’s head coach Xue Yang, it was precisely because of Xue Yang’s arrival last season that The Hague changed instantly.
After the season ended, all major media in the Netherlands praised Xue Yang lavishly.
De Becker was curious about Xue Yang's coaching level. Before Xue Yang came to the Eredivisie, he would never think that Chinese coaches were of high level.
De Becker is not a famous coach. He has coached in the Netherlands for a long time, mostly in the Dutch second division.
The Forward Eagles deployed a 4-3-3 formation today:
Midfielders: 11 Danjuma (78), 6 Zakaria (77), 25 Ndidi (74), 16 De Jong (77), 12 Jin Qiang (79);
Forwards: 9 Alai (80), 10 Xu Qiang (79).
Today Xue Yang boldly launched a new formation. During the previous training camp, the effect of this formation was average.
After all, the players are not familiar with this formation yet and it still takes time to get used to it.
It just so happens that today's opponent is weak, so it's a good opportunity to practice a new formation.
As the referee blew his whistle, the game officially started.
Some time after the game started, the gap between the two sides was already revealed.
The Hague is obviously stronger than its opponents, and its ball possession rate greatly surpasses the Forward Eagles.
The Hague also attacked very fiercely, but they just couldn't score.
Xue Yang on the sidelines was more comforted by this. He firmly believed that The Hague could win today.
At this time, The Hague launched an attack. After successfully counterattacking, the ball was passed directly to Xu Qiang, who was on the right side of the arc outside the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Xu Qiang dribbled into the penalty area, and Duiz defended from the side.
But I saw Xu Qiang's left foot moving forward a little to the right towards the football. After the football got out of the way of Duiz, Xu Qiang passed directly from the other side.
After Xu Qiang passed Duiz, he dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area.
But center back Fischer came over to defend, and Xu Qiang deceived Fischer with a fake shot.
Then he continued to take a step toward the baseline, and finally got space after getting rid of Fischer.
In fact, Xu Qiang wanted to pass the ball, but there was no teammate in front of the goal to follow, so he had no choice but to take the pass himself.
Unfortunately, the angle of his shot was too small, and his shot was eventually caught by goalkeeper Zvatiod.
Everyone regretted this goal, but they did not regret it for long.
Only 3 minutes had passed. De Jong was dribbling the ball forward, and suddenly he saw Danjuma running towards the left side of the penalty area without the ball.
Of course De Jong noticed Danjuma's movement, so he sent a through ball to the left side of the penalty area.
The ball was passed very well and found Danjuma well.
Danjuma successfully received the pass on the left side of the penalty area. Danjuma did not choose to continue dribbling, but swept the football towards the goal.
Because he noticed Xu Qiang's running position, Xu Qiang was running farther away at this time.
He originally thought Danjuma would pass a high ball, but Danjuma chose a low ball this time.
Advance Eagles goalkeeper Zvatiod struck out early and pounced on the passed football.
If the football passes him, then Xu Qiang will directly face the empty goal.
It's a pity that Zvatiod threw the football. At this moment, many people knew that this attack should be over.
But although Zvatiod pounced on the football, he did not hug it.
The football actually flew towards the right side of the penalty spot, and newcomer Ndidi happened to be nearby.
As a new player, Ndidi got the opportunity to start. In fact, Ndidi did not expect that his starting position would come so quickly.
He originally thought that even if Xue Yang favored young players, he would have to start with rotation.
Ndidi looked at the football flying over, raised his feet and turned towards the football.
Because the height of the saved football is not very high, it is completely possible to volley it.
Xue Yang couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw that it was Endidi who knocked on the door.
Because Endidi is not a midfielder with strong scoring ability, in Xue Yang's impression, he never scored a few goals when he was at Leicester City in his previous life.
The most he can score is 2 goals in a single season. If he were replaced by another midfielder, Xue Yang might feel more at ease.
However, what he didn't expect was that Endidi pressed the ball very well and kicked it in the right spot.
The football was like a missile, flying directly into the goal.
The goalkeeper was unable to make a save because of his previous attack.
He could only watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding, and then hit the net hard.
The Hague leads the Forward Eagle 1-0!
However, this was not over. When the time came to the 29th minute,
The Hague got a corner kick opportunity, and Jin Qiang was responsible for taking the set kick.
After the corner kick, the ball looked for forward Allais.
Alai shook his head and the ball hit the goal again.
The Hague leads the Forward Eagle 2-0!
The time came to the 40th minute because Liszenk scored the first goal in the penalty area.
The referee pointed directly to the twelve yards, and there was no problem with this penalty at all.
The Hague got a chance to take a penalty kick, which was handed over to Allais, who had scored a goal.
Alai was very excited at this time. He had a hunch that he might complete a hat trick today.
Allais took a run and then kicked the football. Goalkeeper Zvatiod flew to save the ball.
It's a pity that Zvatiod made the throw in the wrong direction and the football still flew into the goal.
The Hague expanded the score 3-0!
Before the first half of the game ended, The Hague was already leading by three goals.
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