Chapter 64: Against Heerenveen
However, before the Dutch Cup semi-finals, Volendam still have a league game to play, and on April 19, Volendam ushered in the penultimate home game of the season, facing Sparta Rotterdam, who are struggling for relegation, and the team currently has 27 points, only two more than the teams in the relegation zone.
The six teams behind Feyenoord still need to fight for relegation, and Volendam only needs to play easily, so Adlar did not play the main force, but the midfield combination of Li Feng and Butz still played, and Li Feng was rested in the last round of the league.
At the same time, Butz, who has returned from injury, also needs to find his form and prepare for the semi-finals in four days, so Volendam used a semi-main lineup, while Sparta Rotterdam played the main team, but unfortunately even so, Sparta Rotterdam could not take away the victory in Veronica, and even a draw could not be done.
3:0, the home team is in front of the away team behind, this is a score that no one expected, after all, Volendam's attention has been put on the Dutch Cup, the whole game is not like the score table, Rotterdam Sparta has not had many chances, but unfortunately they did not take it.
On the contrary, it was Volendam players who played a good efficiency after relaxing their mentality, and the first goal was scored in the 27th minute of the first half, Volendam counterattacked, Li Feng made a long pass with his back foot, and the football crossed the entire half to the feet of Narsinger, who combined with Hofsteiger to suddenly break into the penalty area, and finally pushed the goal.
Three minutes later, Volendam made a comeback, but it was still a counter-attack, Li Feng still found Narsinger, who assisted Van Dijk and scored a long-range shot through the Sparta Rotterdam gate again, this goal was a huge blow to the Sparta Rotterdam message, and Sparta Rotterdam has been in a slump ever since.
The third goal came in the second half from a direct free-kick by Li Feng, his second free-kick goal and seventh of the season, two of Li Feng's seven free-kicks and four long-range shots, only one of which came in the box, and he also surpassed Van Sanenen to become Volendam's second-most goalscorer, after Duby.
After scoring the goal, Li Feng did not point to the name behind him as usual, but ran to the fans and kissed the team emblem on the jersey affectionately, which was the first time Li Feng made such a gesture, and the Volendam fans began to react after cheering.
"I think the wind has started to say goodbye to the fans in advance," Mullen and Jonk said after a long silence after seeing Li Feng's celebration, and it is true that as the season draws to a close, Li Feng's excellent performance at Volendam has already attracted the attention of some clubs.
One of the best clubs is the Catalan team from La Liga, of course it can't be Barcelona, the Universe team can't look at Li Feng now, even if he looks at Li Feng, he probably won't go, after all, he needs the game now, complete the task to get attribute points, instead of sitting on the cold bench and wasting time.
Espanyol, another Catalan club, a mid-table team, and their manager, Mauricio Pochettino, contacted Lauren to express his admiration for Li Feng and hope to bring him to Catalonia.
The Spaniard is more in line with Li Feng's choice, but Li Feng is not in a hurry to make a decision, after all, the season is not over yet, so Li Feng asked Lauren not to reply to Pochettino first.
After the end of this round of the league, the Eredivisie championship has also been produced, AZ Alkmaar, Van Gaal's team won the championship three rounds in advance, the top three in this round of the league standings all lost, but it did not affect the championship, but advanced AZ Alkmaar's championship time, currently 76 points Alkmaar, 11 points ahead of the second-place Twente.
Although the Dutch champion has been produced, the relegation battle is not over, although Sparta Rotterdam lost in this round, they are still 1 point above the relegation zone, because the next few teams have not won, which is the only consolation after Sparta Rotterdam lost.
Volendam then began to prepare for the game against Heerenveen in three days' time, and this season Heerenveen is currently fifth in the table, just like last season.
As the season progressed, several of Heerenveen's younger players began to emerge, with veteran striker Gerard Sborne being replaced by young Brazilian centre-forward Paulo Henrik due to age and injury, with Smarcassen and Svek becoming the main players in the team.
On April 23, at the Volendam Veronica Stadium, Volendam faced Heerenveen for the third time this season, and the first two meetings ended in Heerenveen's victory, which in football terms, Heerenveen had an absolute advantage.
"Yes, the first two meetings with Heerenveen have been victorious, but let's not forget that Volendam has been missing one player in both meetings, and that is Li Feng, the heart of our midfield," Mullen explained to the camera.
"Yes, the first time we met, it was in the first round of the league, when the wind was still sitting on the bench, watching the team get overtaken, and the second meeting was just two weeks ago, Volendam deliberately pressed the wind on the bench in order to hide his strength, and we have reason to expect that this little guy can bring us a difference, just like he has been doing before, we are looking forward to reaching the Dutch Cup final under the leadership of the wind," said Jonker.
"Let's look at the main facelift of the players on both sides
Goalkeeper: Verhoeven
Defenders: Cornyn, Hield, Helden, Bakens
Midfielders: De Lange, Li Feng, Butz, Majors, Van Sanin
Forward: Dolby
This is Volendam's regular main line-up. ”
Goalkeeper: Van den Boschi,
Defenders: Golan, Mitchell, Dinsdag, Pranzic
Midfielders: Roy, Grindheim, Svik, Kalou
Forwards: Henrik, Sculassen.
Players from both sides came on the pitch, and with the cheers of the fans, Heerenveen took the lead with a whistle from the referee.
Heerenveen launched a direct attack, Grindelheim distributed the ball to Roy, who wanted to break through on the wing, but Cornyn immediately stopped in front of him, De Langer was also chasing back, Li Feng outflanked from the middle, seeing that he was about to be trapped, Roy got up and shifted his big foot, and the football flew across the field to Kalou.
However, at this time, the experienced Boots had already waited for a long time, and directly used his body to card the main Kalou, Bacchus understood that he would run over and jump forward, easily cut off the football, and the offense and defense were converted, and Majors immediately rushed to Heerenveen and reached out for the ball in the half.
Bacchus made a through pass, and it was Prange who stopped in front of Majors, who is a defender with a strong assist, and under normal circumstances, Kalou will move closer to the middle and give up the wing to Prange, who is a player on the wing.