The Midfield Master

On Saturday, December 7th, in Funchal, the city of Madeira, a tourist resort in Portugal, a group of media reporters gathered in the media meeting room of the Barreiros Stadium, where the Maritimo Club held the first horse race of the season. The pre-match press conference for the Deira derby.

The Chinese player Xia Ze, who has been extremely eye-catching in the past two months and has risen like a rocket, also appeared at the press conference.

This is the first time he has appeared in front of the media with the head coach since he joined Maritimo. Some time ago, although Xia Ze had already won the best player in the Portuguese Super League 5 times, Martins, for the sake of protecting Xia Ze, let him, who was not very proficient in Portuguese at the time, have been hiding in the club's in shelter.

Perhaps for the sake of building momentum for this Madeira Island Derby, Martins brought Xia Ze to the press conference for the first time.

And the media reporters in the venue, who were already salivating for this hot new star, caused a little commotion when Xia Ze appeared at the press conference.

Xia Ze followed the young head coach Martins into the venue, watching the tens of square meters of the press conference, twenty or thirty media reporters sat under the podium, their flashing lights came and went, and the moment they appeared, they suddenly turned to the two. The bombing came.

This scene reminded him of a dream a few months ago, he dreamed of attending a press conference with Ferguson and announcing that he was joining Manchester United.

That was just a dream, but now I really appeared in such a scene, although it was just a pre-match press conference of a small Portuguese club.

The process of the press conference was going on without any accidents. After the reporters asked Martins a few questions in the beginning, they began to say that the artillery fire was concentrated on Xia Ze, and the young player from that mysterious country in the east was targeted. A thorough exploration and investigation.

"Xia Ze, what made you come to the Maritimo Club in the first place?"

"A dream, without a doubt a dream. My dream is to become a professional footballer and to play at the top level in Europe. Maritimo definitely provided me with this opportunity, so I am very happy to play in the team."

Xia Ze answered this question skillfully, with a confident smile on his handsome face.

But the reporters didn't know how long Xia Ze had practiced smiling in front of Yu Ye's mirror yesterday in order to prepare for today's press conference, and how many times he had dragged Zhang Wei to simulate the answers to the questions. I've already figured out the answer. It wasn't until Zhang Wei got impatient and knelt down to beg for mercy that Xia Ze let him go.

"Mr. Martins, it was rumored that Swansea City also took a fancy to Xia Ze. How did you win the competition with the Premier League powerhouse?" A reporter suddenly asked a question in somewhat blunt Portuguese.

As soon as he asked this question, the audience immediately exploded, and everyone looked at Martins in surprise. They didn't know that there was such an insider news.

Even Xia Ze was taken aback and looked at his head coach with interest.

Although he is very satisfied with the current situation in Maritimo, if he was asked to choose between Swansea City and Maritimo, he would undoubtedly choose the former.

Because of the reputation of the two, in China, the difference is too far. But choosing Maritimo now is obviously a good result.

Xia Ze didn't regret or regret, he looked at Martins, just wanting to get more inside information from the other party that he didn't know.

"Ahem... This friend must be from England." Martins coughed lightly, and said politely to the reporter: "After the match against Swansea City in August this year, the opponent's coach once He asked me about Xia Ze's situation, of course, at that time Xia Ze had already decided to join our team."

When the reporters at the scene saw that Martins had admitted the matter, they couldn't help being in an uproar.

Xia Ze was able to get the favor of the head coach of Swansea City Laudrup, the outbreak in the past two months,

Sure enough, it was no accident, because he was originally a young player with excellent talent.

"Xia Ze, do you know that Swansea City has ever been interested in you?" A reporter tactfully asked this question.

"Um... To be honest, I only found out now." Xia Ze scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "But everyone can see the current situation. I am very happy in the club and I am playing well here. Obviously It was the right choice."

"Xia Ze, it is said that there will be many scouts from big clubs watching your performance in this game, will you feel pressure?" The reporter was still entangled in the issues related to Xia Ze's transfer.

Martins glared at the reporter with an exasperated look on his face.

But he is still just a young coach, far from Ferguson, who can stare until the reporter is speechless, and has no way to use his aura to control the rhythm of the entire press conference in his own hands.

Xia Ze still had to face this problem.

"Guangzhou R\u0026F trained me, and Maritimo started my career. I have very deep feelings for both clubs."

Xia Ze smiled and took a detour first: "I have only played less than 10 times for the team now, and I will play many times for the team in the future. The scouts of other clubs cannot be the pressure of my game. The pressure of my game comes from being responsible for the team's performance and the eyes of the fans."

Xia Ze said here, still maintaining his smile, and paused for a while: "Of course, the expectations of the fans are also the motivation for me to play football."

During the process of Xia Ze's answer, Martins kept looking at him with approving eyes. Obviously, Martins was very satisfied with Xia Ze's answer.

He also didn't expect that Xia Ze, who was attending the press conference for the first time, could answer the media's questions so cleverly.

After Xia Ze answered, the reporters under the table suddenly fell into silence, and no one thought of what question to ask next. At this time, the press conference had passed 30 minutes, and there were still 10 minutes to be enough time to end.

"Xia Ze, do you have a girlfriend?" A young female reporter asked suddenly, breaking the deadlock.

This question of hers was beyond everyone's expectations. Every man present looked at him with strange eyes, and then looked at Xia Ze's handsome face, and suddenly seemed to understand. That’s how it is.” The expression made the atmosphere particularly weird.

"Yes, we are very happy, thank you." Xia Ze answered the female reporter's question shyly and politely.

Although the female reporter felt a little embarrassed, after her question this time, the atmosphere became lively again.

"Xia Ze, I heard that your father is a professional player. My family must hate supporting you to play football. When did you decide to become a professional player?"

When Xia Ze heard this, he remembered that his father had passed away when he was young, and his grandfather simply wanted to kill his dream when he had the idea of ​​playing football.

All this, he himself does not know how he persisted until now.

For a moment, Xia Ze fell into deep thought.

"Xia Ze, can you answer me?" The reporter saw Xia Ze lost his mind and thought he remembered the past, so he reminded him with a smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I remembered something." Xia Ze woke up suddenly: "Actually, I don't know when I decided to become a professional player. Maybe this is my fate with football."

Xia Ze answered listlessly, the answer seemed a bit perfunctory, and the smile that had been on his face just now was gone.

Martins had already seen that something was wrong with Xia Ze when he lost his mind just now. At this time, he saw that there were still reporters who wanted to ask more questions, so he opened his mouth to protect Xia Ze: "Okay, everyone asked Xia Ze so many questions. Question, I think Xia Ze is also tired, if you have any questions, just ask me."

Although Martins' statement was euphemistic, everyone could feel the toughness of the young marshal from his tone.

So instead of entangled in Xia Ze's childhood life, they asked Martins some questions about the arrangement of this game.

Soon, ten minutes passed, and the press conference came to an end.

The press conference, which had always been a pleasant atmosphere, became somewhat depressing after a reporter asked a relatively common question. The press conference ended in an unpleasant atmosphere. Everyone, including Martins, , can see the strange expression on Xia Ze's face.

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The next day, on the tourist island of Madeira, this weekend was more lively than ever. Fans wearing red and green striped shirts and black and white striped shirts can be seen on the streets and alleys. The supporters of the Portuguese Super League club represent different classes in Madeira.

The Maritimo with red and green stripes represents ordinary people in the middle and lower classes, while the national team with black and white stripes represents the wealthy class. The two forces are tit for tat and do not give in to each other.

Every confrontation between them is not inferior to any city derby on the planet, and the winners can be proud and proud together in the next six months. The loser is downcast, like a bereaved dog.

Before the start of the hot Madeira Island Derby, the first of this season, Funchal Airport ushered in a rather special tourist, sitting in a group of ordinary classes, appearing on Madeira Island.

A tall, wrinkled middle-aged Caucasian man in a suit with a frown, accompanied by a middle-aged man in a black sports suit and short hair, walked out of Fenghuang At Sal Airport, take a taxi and go to the stadium where today's game will be played - Dos Barreiros Stadium.

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