The Midfield Master

The next day, Maritimo's official website published a report on Gretl's retirement. The report said that Gretl retired because he had to take care of his son's condition and could no longer concentrate on playing football.

The news shocked the entire Portuguese football world.

Although Gretel is not a top player, he is Maritimo's main player after all, and he still has a certain reputation in Portugal. His sudden retirement has also become the center of topic in Portuguese football these days.

During the few days when he returned to Portugal, apart from training and preparing for the next round of the league, Xia Ze went shopping with Wang Xiaolin, making others quite envious for a while.

After Wang Xiaolin appeared, Monica also seemed to disappear in a sensible way, without entanglement with Xia Ze.

On the third day back in Portugal, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei returned to the club as usual in the morning to prepare for training.

But when they entered the club, they found that everyone's faces were full of excitement and joy, as if something happy had happened in the club.

"Dikeao, do you know why everyone in the club is so happy?" Xia Ze caught up with Dikeao in front and asked in puzzlement.

"Oh? Don't you know?" Dicko was obviously a little surprised by the ignorance of the two: "Gureshmo is going to join our team!"

Di Keao couldn't hide the joy in his heart while speaking, and his eyebrows were beaming.

"Who is Gureshmo? Why haven't I heard of it?" Zhang Wei, who was chasing up from the side, scratched his head and asked in puzzlement.

"What? Gureshmo, you don't know!?" Dicko's expression was even more surprised at this time.

After thinking about it for a while, Xia Ze on the side thought of his previous misunderstanding of the names of Dicko and Gretel, and immediately remembered a person's name:

"It's not Gureshmo, it's Quaresma!"

As soon as Xia Ze finished speaking, Zhang Wei froze.

Quaresma, for their Chinese fans and players, can be said to be an extremely familiar name. He was a talented player who became the Portuguese twin stars with Ronaldo back then. Although it failed to reach the expected height, it still enjoys a great popularity in the world.

Moreover, his joining has improved the popularity of the Maritimo club and the strength of the team to varying degrees. No wonder the club is so excited today.

At this time, Xia Ze finally remembered what Martins said a few days ago: the strength of the team will not decline, but will improve. It seems that he has already confirmed this deal, and it was only today that he finally signed the contract.

After the two confirmed that the franchisee was the famous Quaresma, they asked Dicko about the transfer.

After Quaresma terminated his contract with Al Ahli in the summer, he has not found a new club. He has been training in his old club Porto for half a year to maintain his state.

Before the new year, his agent finally helped him contact Maritimo, and he himself took the initiative to lower his salary requirements.

Despite this, he still received the highest salary in Maritimo, with an annual salary of 1.5 million euros after tax, and signed a contract with Maritimo for two and a half years.

Despite having to bear such a huge salary, Maritimo's board of directors is still very satisfied. The Dos Barreiros Stadium, which was shrouded in the clouds of Gretel's retirement a few days ago, finally saw the sky above the sky, and people felt once again. The warmth of the sun.

"Mendez seems to have done a good thing." Xia Ze said in his heart.

...

Xia Ze and the three returned to the locker room together. When they changed their clothes to prepare for training, the head coach Martins led a man in a suit and leather shoes and appeared in front of everyone. This man in a suit is undoubtedly Quaresma.

Xia Ze raised his head and carefully observed this thunderous Portuguese winger.

Short hair, a clean shaven chin, huge diamond earrings on both ears, an uninhibited smile on his face, and naturally slightly wrinkled eyebrows, it seems that he has gone through all the vicissitudes of the world.

"All right,

I would like to introduce a new teammate to you, he is Ricardo Quaresma! "Martins said high-spiritedly to many players in the locker room.

After Martins finished speaking, there were applause and cheers in the locker room. Such a well-known star joining the team will undoubtedly greatly improve the strength of the team.

And on Martins' face, there was a bright smile.

Indeed, the addition of Quaresma has greatly improved the strength of the team. Although it is not known how much strength he can recover, the lean camel is bigger than the horse. The prospect of the team is still quite optimistic.

"Ricciardo, do you want to train together today?" Martins asked Quaresma beside him.

"Of course, I came to the team to play football." Quaresma said readily.

"Okay, that's your position, change your clothes as soon as possible." Martins pointed to the position that originally belonged to Gretel, and gave it to Quaresma.

...

On the training field, after several days of joint training, the confrontation between the players gradually came up. The next game is at home at the weekend against the University of Coimbra, a team in the middle and lower reaches.

Despite this, Maritimo, who has experienced two rounds of victories, still treats it with caution.

After warm-up and basic training, Martins arranged for group confrontation and practice tactics. Xia Ze, Zhang Wei and Di Ke'ao are all in the main group, while Quaresma is in the substitute group because he just joined the team.

"Quaresma, let me see your breakthrough and technology." Xia Ze looked at Quaresma in a white vest and said secretly.

At the beginning of the group confrontation, the main team controlled the situation on the field with slightly higher strength, and the substitute team occasionally had the opportunity to counterattack, but because Quaresma did not form a tacit understanding with his teammates, these counterattacks were not threatening.

Quaresma once again took the ball wide, past Briggle, and broke into the penalty area.

"Ricardo, you can't pass my level!" Zhang Wei yelled confidently, and ran over to fill his seat.

Quaresma did not pass Zhang Wei at a forward speed, but stopped the ball, and did a few movements of cycling on the spot in front of Zhang Wei.

Seeing that the opponent did not choose to break through him, Zhang Wei took a step forward, trying to resist the opponent with his body.

At this moment, Quaresma kicked the ball, and the ball passed Wei Zhang's crotch strangely, and he also quickly started to wipe Zhang Wei.

The one who pierced the crotch passed Zhang Wei neatly.

It was too late for Zhang Wei to chase after being caught. Quaresma quickly pressed into the penalty area and pushed a shot to set the record for the substitute team!

"It's too strong!" Xia Ze looked at Quaresma who was running back with a smile, and secretly exclaimed in his heart:

When the body has not recovered to the best condition, instead of taking a risky hard trip, he defeated Zhang Wei with dexterity and technique. Is this how the top stars control the scene?

Xia Ze asked himself that he could not treat opportunities as calmly as Quaresma.

"David, this is such a disgrace!" The teammate on the bench smiled at Zhang Wei.

After several months of getting along, they also knew that Xia Ze and Zhang Wei were easy-going people, so they often joked.

"Damn it! I won't let him pass so easily next time!" Zhang Wei, among the group of common guards, also learned a few foul language, and said harshly.

The confrontation continued, and the main group was soon equalized by Xia Zedili, while the confrontation between Zhang Wei and Quaresma continued.

Although Zhang Wei was very vigilant in the subsequent confrontation, facing Quaresma with more experience and better skills than him, he still lost more than he won, which made him very depressed.

"Xiao Ze, Quaresma is too strong. When I face him, I don't know what he will do next?" Zhang Wei complained to Xia Ze while taking a shower.

"This is the distance between us and the top stars. What's more, Quaresma's body has not yet recovered to his best condition. Once he recovers, you may not be able to guard against him." Xia Ze next door sighed.

"Then what should we do?" Zhang Wei asked nonsensically.

After all, Quaresma is his teammate. It is indeed a bit nonsensical to ask how to deal with these questions, because Zhang Wei does not need to face Quaresma in the official game.

Xia Ze didn't answer, just took a shower in a low voice. He doesn't know how much the strength of the team will be improved by the addition of Quaresma to the team. He only knows that the current self is not as good as this star who has been a bit out of date, and he will inevitably feel a little disappointed.

...

After the news of Quaresma joining Maritimo came out, the entire Portuguese football world was shocked again.

Although Quaresma has been away from Portuguese football for several years, his reputation is not inferior to any player currently in the Portuguese Super League.

He joined Maritimo and made Maritimo once again the news center of Portuguese football.

On Madeira Island, many Maritimo fans who were worried about the team's poor game status before the winter break seemed to have received a shot in the arm at this time. The joining of Quaresma made them cheer, They took to the streets to sing and celebrate.

This also made the national team fans who were once in full swing after the Derby war, once again suppressed by Maritimo's supporters.

In the past few days, whether it is in the bars of Funchal or on the street, there are people discussing the joining of Quaresma, and every fan's face is full of excitement and anticipation. Quaresma can be said to be Maritimo's most famous player in recent years and even in history.

The effect caused by Quaresma's joining includes the gathering of more fans outside the training ground. Apart from some of these fans who have been watching Xia Ze's training, most of these fans have recently joined the onlooker camp, standing on the barbed wire. Looking at Quaresma's heroic appearance from outside, the female fans screamed.

What troubled Maritimo's coaching staff happened again amidst their helpless wry smiles.

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