The Midfield Master

The news that Quaresma scored a goal in Maritimo's first game quickly spread in Portugal.

The media who were worried about whether Quaresma could recover after staying away from the mainstream European arena began to praise Maritimo's vision and were quite optimistic about their future prospects.

And the fans of the national team who defeated their opponents in the same city derby were repressed by the Maritimo fans who received strong support after only a month of joy, which made the chairman of the national team quite annoyed.

...

Carrington Training Base, Manchester, UK.

"David, I don't think it's the first time I've dealt with you. Believe me, let this kid go to Portugal, and he'll make a lot of progress." Mendes showed his signature smile and turned to the boy sitting at his desk. said David Moyes.

"We have also received a loan contract from Antwerp, and several other teams." Moyes took out several documents from the folder and put them in front of Mendes: "Antwerp is a cooperative team of our club, it is difficult to refuse their invitation."

"I asked Ai Huang, and he said that he would prefer to go to Portugal, because there are his opponents in China, and the competition will make him improve faster." Mendes looked at Moyes confidently and continued to advise.

"Hmm..." Moyes lowered his head slightly in thought, squeezed his nose with his right hand, and then raised his head: "Okay, that's it, let him go to Portugal to practice for half a year."

"Thank you, David." Mendes stood up, smiled and shook Moyes' hand.

...

Funchal Chinatown, in the evening, the sun had already sunk into the horizon, Hua Yan and Wang Xiaolin were cooking dinner at home, waiting for Xia Ze and Zhang Wei to come back.

Xia Ze and Zhang Wei have asked for additional training since Quaresma joined the team. Their special physical training in the first half of the season has already ended.

This time the two took the initiative to practice more, mainly because of the influence of Quaresma, because Quaresma is also training more.

Originally, Quaresma's strength was already higher than the two, but now that he is 30 years old, he has reached the twilight years of his career, and he still needs to practice more to improve his technical level.

His behavior also stimulated Xia Ze, making Xia Ze feel that if he didn't practice more, it would be impossible to surpass the opponent. So he pulled Zhang Wei to stay and strengthen his technical training.

After training every day, they will practice for an extra hour, as if they are competing with Quaresma. This also made the head coach Martins very relieved, because he saw the future of the team.

It was already dark, and Xia Ze and Zhang Weicai returned to Hua Yan's house from the training ground. They now eat three meals a day at Hua Yan's house. Hua Bin also loves to be lively, and treats them like half sons.

Hua Bin and his wife went on a trip during this time, only Hua Yan and Wang Xiaolin, together with Xia Ze and Zhang Wei, were left in the room. The four of them had dinner together, while Portuguese sports programs were playing on the TV.

"According to the official news from England's Manchester United Club, the Chinese teenager Ai Huang in their team will join the Portuguese National Team on loan..."

The sound of the news broadcast from the TV made both Xia Ze and Zhang Wei stop their chopsticks and stare at the TV screen intently.

"Ozawa, David, you have a companion who is coming to Madeira Island, please invite him to dinner next time." Hua Yan said happily after seeing the news.

"Who wants the island of Madeira?" Wang Xiaolin couldn't understand Portuguese and said doubtfully.

"It's Ai Huang who wants to transfer to the national team, hum! I don't want to invite him to dinner." Zhang Wei still has a grudge against this mortal enemy in the Guangzhou Evergrande youth team.

"Ai Huang? It's really a narrow road." Wang Xiaolin frowned after hearing this.

"What's the matter, do you have a bad relationship with him?" Hua Yan was a little puzzled.

"When we were in Guangzhou, we were rivals..." Zhang Wei looked clumsy, but he explained the relationship between the two sides clearly in a few words.

"That's just an opponent in a competition, but in a foreign country, these small conflicts should be put aside,

Unity is the only way. "Hua Yan said disapprovingly after understanding the ins and outs of the matter.

"Sister Yan is right. Since everyone has gone abroad and we are both Chinese players, we should help each other. Let's see when he comes. Let's clean him up." Xia Ze, who hadn't spoken all this time, was also smiling at this time. speak.

In a foreign country, there is really no need to worry about the past.

...

The next day, Ai Huang completed the physical examination and loan transfer procedures in the national team. When he walked out of the national team's training base, his eyes lit up and he found two beautiful girls standing in front of him. There were two people who annoyed him.

"Ai Huang, welcome to Funchal, we will be rivals in the same city again." Xia Ze greeted Ai Huang and said with a smile.

"Xiaolin, why did you come to Portugal?" Ai Huang completely ignored Xia Ze, and walked straight to Wang Xiaolin, but showed a warm smile.

When Zhang Wei and the other three saw that Ai Huang was ignoring Xia Ze's initiative to greet him, they all turned cold. Wang Xiaolin snorted coldly, turned her face away, and completely ignored Ai Huang.

"Ai Huang, we have already left Guangzhou. In this foreign country, why don't we put aside all the previous grievances..." Xia Ze was not annoyed by Ai Huang's cold eyes, but turned around, still smiling Say.

"Don't think that you are great after you played a few games in Portugal, you are not qualified to teach me a lesson now!" Ai Huang's hot face stuck to Wang Xiaolin's cold butt, feeling quite upset, he immediately interrupted Xia Ze's speech.

"Everyone is already an adult, so why bother to be as childish as before?" Xia Ze said helplessly.

"It's ridiculous, I'm joining the national team now, not your tattered Maritimo, you should pay more attention and see how I beat you!" Ai Huang said arrogantly, then glanced at Wang Xiaolin, and turned around alone leave.

Looking at Ai Huang's arrogant back, Xia Ze sighed helplessly.

But the eyes of Hua Yan, Zhang Wei and Wang Xiaolin could even burst into flames!

"Ozawa, I have never seen such a rude person!" Hua Yan said angrily, his chest heaving violently.

"Sister Yan, don't worry about him. If you don't eat with us, I will save one person's meal money. When you see his back, you will hate his front!" made a grimace.

The four of them wanted to make friends with Ai Huang, but they were also shattered by the other party's indifferent treatment. This makes people have to sigh, are Ai Huang and Xia Ze the destined enemies?

...

In the Portuguese Super League on Saturday, the national team played at home against Rio Ave, and Ai Huang sat on the bench. Both sides had no achievements in the first half, and they shook hands 0-0.

In the second half, the head coach of the national team sent Ai Huang.

Ai Huang passed and shot in the second half, helping the team beat the opponent 2-0, and he was also named the best player on the spot. His outstanding performance in his debut game made the Portuguese media once again exclaim that Chinese football is about to rise.

In order to create an image of the national team as a rival to Maritimo's Xia Ze, the national team, through public opinion, put Ai Huang and Xia Ze, two talented players from China, against each other, causing discussions among Portugal. Xia Ze is stronger, or Ai Huang is more genius.

For a while, various disputes continued, and the national team also took the opportunity to re-enter the center of vision of Portuguese football, turning over the victory of the derby in the first half of the season, and gaining a slight upper hand in public opinion.

The result of this is that Xia Ze must show a better performance than Ai Huang in the next game in order to transfer the pressure of public opinion to the opponent, otherwise the pressure on Maritimo and Xia Ze will only increase. bigger.

Maritimo's opponent in the next game will be Porto, the Portuguese Super League champion!

After the pre-match training on Saturday, Xia Ze still stayed for extra training, but this time his extra training was not intense, and he just practiced direct free kicks outside the penalty area.

Seeing Xia Ze with his head down, kicking the ball towards the goal, Quaresma, who had finished his technical training, walked over slowly.

"It seems that you are very nervous." Quaresma walked to Xia Ze and said lightly.

"I'm not nervous, I just care about this game." Xia Ze said in a deep voice after he kicked the ball around the wall and fell into the net.

"Because the media compared you with Ai Huang?" Quaresma asked with interest.

Xia Ze was noncommittal, still bowing his head and practicing free kick shots.

"I know that it was Mendes' idea that Ai Huang came to the Nationals on loan this time. He is already Ai Huang's agent." Quaresma said slowly.

Xia Ze stopped, raised his head, and looked at Quaresma suspiciously. He didn't understand why the other party told him these things.

"Mendez wants Ai Huang to beat you on the court, because he thinks Ai Huang's talent is no worse than yours." Quaresma continued.

Xia Ze became interested, he didn't know how Quaresma knew so much inside information.

"But you have to get used to the comparison if you want to be a top player."

Quaresma looked ahead and said thoughtfully: "As long as you perform well, people will definitely compare you with others. If you withstand the pressure, you will transform into a top star in a long time."

After he paused for a while, he continued, "Otherwise, you will only sink all the way, and you don't even know where you are going."

Xia Ze looked at Quaresma, whose eyes were a little blurred, and knew that he was thinking of himself.

At the beginning, Quaresma and Ronaldo were called the Portuguese twin stars, but they were defeated in the comparison with Ronaldo. Since then, they have stayed away from the mainstream European leagues and have never met people's expectations of him.

Xia Ze suddenly felt that Quaresma was a bit pathetic.

"However, I am very optimistic about you." Quaresma didn't know what Xia Ze was thinking about him, but just patted Xia Ze on the shoulder, turned and left after speaking.

Xia Ze's shoulder received two light palms from the other party, but he felt the weight behind the two palms. It was a kind of inheritance of a contest, and Quaresma hoped that he could win this contest.

"I will win." Xia Ze looked at Quaresma's back with extremely firm eyes. Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 188 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 388 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 188 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 388 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 88