The Midfield Master

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"3 to 0, Xia Ze scored a hat-trick in his last game representing Maritimo. This is a perfect farewell performance!" Christine's excited voice came from the TV.

"This is Xia Ze's day, he left the best memories for Maritimo fans..."

Christine's words of praise came out of his mouth continuously, and it seemed that he was the one who missed the Chinese player the most.

After Maritimo took a 3-0 lead, the fans sang louder and louder, and the Braga players seemed to have given up the game. Three goals behind, it is indeed very difficult to get back.

When the game progressed to 75 minutes, Martins made a substitution, and Dicko stood on the sidelines, ready to come off the bench.

The referee blew his whistle to signal for a substitution on the sidelines.

Xia Ze knew he was going to be substituted when Di Keao appeared on the sidelines. After scoring the third goal, he has no regrets.

The sign held up by the fourth official was that Xia Ze was replaced and Di Keao was replaced.

Xia Ze slowly ran to the sidelines, and all Maritimo fans in the stands stood up and applauded Xia Ze.

"Good job, buddy!" After Xia Ze and Dicko finished high-fiving, Martins came over and shook his hand.

After Xia Ze left the field, he waved to the audience around him, then sat on the bench and waited for the end of the game.

His Maritimo career had come to an end the moment he stepped off the field.

After the game, he will officially bid farewell to Maritimo and go to England to start his journey into British football.

Although Xia Ze has already left the field, the fans around the stands are still singing "Let him play". This may be the last time they sing this song at the Dos Barreiros Stadium, because the owner of this song About to leave.

From time to time, TV cameras showed Xia Ze on the bench and Maritimo fans who were moved in the stands. Some female fans even cried out of sadness, which happened to be captured by the TV cameras.

But Monica, who had always been silently in love with Xia Ze, now had a cold expression on her face, standing calmly on the stand, holding the corner of the banner tightly with her right hand, as if she wanted to tear the banner to pieces.

Beep-beep-beep-

The referee blew two short whistles and one long whistle.

At the end of the game, Xia Ze got up from his seat, walked into the field, and asked the referee for the ball for this game.

He staged a hat-trick, and it stands to reason that he could save the game ball for the game.

He tucked the ball under his ribs and waved to the fans in the stands.

Almost none of the fans in the stands left, they were all shouting his name, which moved him quite a bit.

After staying in the stadium for a few minutes, Xia Ze finally walked into the player tunnel under the reluctant eyes of Maritimo fans.

In the locker room, Xia Ze said goodbye to his teammates and coaches one by one, and asked each player and coach to sign the ball as a souvenir.

The game was over, and the Maritimo players all left the locker room one after another after leaving the shower, and finally Xia Ze was left alone, sitting quietly in his seat.

He looked at the slightly yellowed walls around him, and the jerseys randomly placed on the wardrobes of various players.

The smell of shower gel coming out of the bathroom formed Xia Ze's impression of the dressing room in his mind at this moment.

"I'm leaving, goodbye." Xia Ze whispered to the air in the locker room, then turned and left.

That night, Wang Xiaolin flew over from the UK to help Xia Ze move the next day; and Zhang Wei and Hua Yan also returned to Funchal from Lisbon, so they would naturally meet Xia Ze.

In the afternoon, Zhang Wei helped Sporting Lisbon draw with Porto in the away game, and kept the 3-point advantage over Porto before the winter break, occupying the top spot.

The four people who hadn't gotten together well after the summer finally had a rare chance to get together that night and told each other what they had experienced in their respective cities.

Zhang Wei and Hua Yan also lived together in Lisbon, which made Xia Ze and Wang Xiaolin look at them strangely, making the atmosphere of the conversation particularly strange.

After reminiscing about the old days, they went home separately. Zhang Wei followed Hua Yan home strangely, and Wang Xiaolin was naturally shyly taken back to his apartment by Xia Ze.

Although it was not the first time to spend the night in Xia Ze's apartment, Wang Xiaolin still felt blushing and shy. But when the two of you are talking about each other, you can't care about these things...

After a night of passion, Wang Xiaolin lay in Xia Ze's arms and fell into a deep sleep.

Xia Ze looked at her beautiful face, which was blushing and fading, but felt a little guilty in his heart. After all, half a month ago, he did some stupid things here, and he was sorry for Wang Xiaolin who dedicated everything to him.

The night was bright, and Xia Ze felt a little bit reluctant to leave the city the next day. The main reason is that too many traces of him have been left here, and it has also allowed him to gain a lot of glory.

Early the next morning, before Wang Xiaolin woke up, Xia Ze had already opened his eyes. For some reason, he got used to waking up early the day after the game.

Xia Ze gently pulled out his numb arm from under Wang Xiaolin's head, lowered his head and kissed Wang Xiaolin's calm face with a hint of a happy smile, and then got off the bed lightly.

After leaving a note by the bed, he opened the door and left the apartment without a sound.

He wants to say goodbye to this city.

On Sunday morning, there were not many pedestrians on the street. Xia Ze walked alone on the granite street, and occasionally one or two early risers greeted him.

At this time, both Maritimo fans and national team supporters are full of respect for Xia Ze. After all, he no longer belongs to any club in Portugal. He is just a passerby in Madeira Island.

Unconsciously, he walked to the outside of the team's training base. The security guard at the gate was already on duty. He greeted Xia Ze warmly, and he also knew that the darling of the team would come to see the place where he had fought hard on the last day. .

Xia Ze walked into the training base. Today was the first day of the winter break, and there was no one in the base, so it was very quiet.

This is the first time he has wandered around the base without anyone, two training grounds, goal, gym...

Every place that left traces of Xia Ze's previous struggles appeared in his eyes at this time.

In the first training, he was shoveled to the ground by Gretel, the special physical training with Zhang Wei and Di Keao after the training, the enthusiastic female fans shouted frantically outside the barbed wire, and the performance of Quaresma when he first came Amazing ball skills, sweating alone in the gym after injury...

All of this floated in Xia Ze's mind.