Chapter 67: The Final Begins
In their 89-year history, Volendam have only reached the final of the Dutch Cup twice, the first half a century ago, in 1958, and the second time 14 years ago, and both times they failed, which will be their third Dutch Cup final.
The Dutch Cup final was held at a neutral stadium, and this year's final venue is more favorable to Volendam, the Amsterdam Stadium, the home of Ajax, and Volendam is affiliated with Amsterdam, so for Volendam, it is half a home stadium.
Maybe the league is over for the rest of the team, but for the Volendam players and fans, they still have the most important game of the season to play, and it's the only honour they can aspire to, and it's the highest honour they can get at the moment, having failed twice before and they don't want to fail again this time.
Li Feng has a deep understanding of this, whenever he goes back and forth between the club and his uncle's house, the fans on the road will shout "Wind ~~~ We want to win the championship" This may be the biggest expectation of these fans for Li Feng for the team, whenever this time, Li Feng will answer seriously and affirmatively: "Of course." â
And as time goes by, the date of the final is getting closer and closer, and Li Feng also knows that his days in Volendam are numbered, maybe in the future he will miss the days of Volendam, because this is where his dream began, but he will never be nostalgic, because he knows how broad his future is, he wants to conquer, he wants to stand on the top of Europe.
On May 17, the Amsterdam Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 people, was full, and nearly three-quarters of the people in the town of Volendam poured into the goal field, knowing that the town has only more than 20,000 people, which means that there are currently 15,000 Volendam fans.
But even so, there were still fewer than the fans of Twente, who had a total of 20,000 fans in this game, and this season was the best season for Twente, and the runners-up finish in the league greatly encouraged the fans of Twente.
In the main dressing room of the Amsterdam Stadium, Adlar made the final mobilization: "Guys, history will have you who created ZĂ o with your own hands, defeated Twente, your name will forever be engraved in the history of Volendam, you have accomplished great things that no one has done before." â
Similarly, in the away dressing room at FC Twente, McClaren is making the final moves, and McClaren is currently making the final moves for this team, as he has his best result in nearly three decades.
"Friends, welcome to the final match of the Dutch league season of the year, the Dutch Cup final, I am your old friend Mullen" In the live broadcast room in Amsterdam, Mullen appeared on TV again.
"Volendam vs. FC Twente in the final, I have to say that these two teams have been very good this season, beyond everyone's expectations, and we have reason to expect that both teams will give us a good game" With Mullen, Jonker is indispensable.
In fact, this is also the last game of the commentary, after commenting on this game, next season Jonk will no longer be a commentator, he will go to Ajax to become the coach of the Ajax youth team.
"Yes, there is another big highlight of this competition, that is, the previous competition for the best young player in the league, Volendam's young midfielder Li Feng defeated the Dutch genius Elia with his excellent performance and won the Cruyff Award this season." Mullen continued.
"I think Elia must not be convinced, maybe the battle for the best young player will continue in this game, after all, both are important players in the team, and they will definitely play in the final," the two of you said in one sentence.
"Oh oh oh~~~ What do I see? Van Gaal, Van Basten, they actually appeared in the stands together, Van Gaal should be in Germany at this time, how can he appear here" At this time, the sharp-eyed Mullen saw Van Gaal and Van Basten in the crowd of fans under the capture of the camera.
Three days ago, in the early morning of May 14, the Bundesliga super giant Bayern Munich officially announced that the Dutch coach Van Gaal replaced Heynckes as the head coach of the team.
"Obviously, Van Gaal is not here to play him, as the head coach of Bayern Munich, he can't be here for no reason, the only thing that can be said is that Van Gaal has a crush on a certain player, I am very curious, who will this player be?" Mullen gushed.
"Man, let's not discuss the gossip yet, the players of both sides are on the scene, we should introduce the waiting formations of both sides" Seeing the players appear, Wim Jonk reminded at the right time.
Volendam lineup:
Goalkeeper: Verhoeven
Defenders: Cornyn, Hield, Helden, Bakens
Midfielders, De Lange, Li Feng, Butz, Majors, Van Sanen
Forward: Dolby
FC Twente lineup
Goalkeeper: Boschkel
Defenders: Stam, Douglas, Rajakovic, Bluffhead
Midfielders: Wought, Ismael, Jason
Forwards: Elia, Nkufo, Perez
Volendam is a regular 451 this season, while FC Twente is a 433.
The Twente forward line is relatively old, Perez on the left is thirty-five years old, and the middle Nkufo is also thirty-three years old, but this old forward line cannot be underestimated, Nkufo is a well-known old demon in the Eredivisie, after the age of thirty, the goals began to skyrocket, the first two seasons contributed a total of 44 goals to Twente, just 22 per season, even this season he has 16 goals.
With the addition of young Elia, the trio accounts for half of Twente's total goals, and Twente have been runners-up in the league this season.
With the referee's whistle, the Dutch Cup final officially began, the first to kick off was Twente, Nkufo passed the ball to Elia and began to rush to Volendam's hinterland, the latter did not stop long, passed back, the football came to Jason's feet, Elia also ran forward,
Jason started to invade the Volendam half with the ball, and Walter followed, and as he prepared to pick up Jason, the three midfielders Jason was responsible for organizing the attack, Walter assisted on the side, and Ismael stayed behind the two to be responsible for the defense.
Seeing Jason enter the Volendam half, Li Feng rushed straight up, but Jason didn't fight hard with Li Feng, and passed the ball back to Walter, Li Feng saw this and directly crossed Jason and rushed to Walter, who saw Li Feng rushing towards him and passed the football back to Jason again, but at this moment, a tall figure appeared in front of Jason, veteran Butz.