The Midfield Master

Time stood still again at this point. Porto goalkeeper Heldon's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the ball shot by Xia Ze was so fast that he almost had no time to react.

However, as the main goalkeeper of Portugal's No. 1 club, Heldon still had an extremely quick response. The muscles of the whole body that were completely relaxed suddenly tensed up at this moment, and the strength exploded instantly!

At the same time as Xia Ze shot, Heldon flew to his right side, stretching his right hand forward vigorously.

It didn't take more than a split second for Hayden to react extremely quickly.

The ball broke through the air and rushed towards the upper left corner of the goal!

"It's impossible for you to punch in!" Halton clenched his teeth, and his right hand seemed to elongate a bit.

puff!

A slight sound came out, only Heldon could hear it, but at this moment a smile appeared on his face.

His right hand managed to catch the ball, and with his fingertips, he redirected Xia Ze's shot so that it passed the lintel and slid out!

"This is a world-class save! Hayden saved Porto! Xia Ze has no way to beat this amazing goalkeeper!" Christine, who was silent for a while when Xia Ze shot the goal, burst into passionate commentary again.

Xia Ze's heavy bombardment was neutralized by Heldon. The moment Heldon landed, there was a sudden panting sound from the dead dragon stadium, which turned into thunderous applause. They sent the applause to It was given to Halton, who used his wonderful performance to keep the goal.

Martins, who was on the sidelines, had already raised his hands to celebrate the goal when Xia Ze shot, but now he hugged his head in annoyance, with a regretful expression on his face.

Porto coach Fonseca, who was about 5 meters away from him, let out a long breath, put his right hand in his pocket, and took two steps back to relieve his nervousness.

"Good job!" Porto's defenders came over to give Heldon a high-five. If it wasn't for his save just now, the team might have fallen behind.

Xia Ze looked at Heldon in astonishment, the other side's save just now flashed in his eyes. Unexpectedly, his shot would be thrown by the opponent, which made Xia Ze feel a little unbelievable.

"But I will beat you!" Xia Ze was not depressed, he just had some regrets, more motivation.

If you can defeat such an excellent goalkeeper, your strength will be further improved!

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This wave of counterattacks made Maritimo's players calm down, and it also made Porto's defense vigilant, not daring to press heavily. After the pressing attack in the opening 20 minutes, Porto began to slowly gather their formation, allowing Maritimo to get a little chance to control the ball and attack.

Although controlling the ball by yourself and besieging the opponent is indeed more attractive on the scene, but the opponent's sharp counterattack is also quite dangerous.

So Fonseca let the team intentionally relax Maritimo's press a little so that their offensive players can get more room to play.

Xia Ze can now easily get the ball in the midfield, and Fernando's pressure on him is not as strong as it was at the beginning.

But when he turned around with the ball and organized an attack, he found that there was a big gap between his teammates and the opponent's players.

Whether it is the right winger Heldon or the striker Deeley, after receiving his pass, they are often intercepted by the opponent, which creates an opportunity for the opponent to counterattack, making Xia Ze and other three midfielders exhausted.

This made Xia Ze feel particularly uncomfortable. After the opponent slightly relaxed the frontcourt oppression, the threat they created was no less than the first 20 minutes. Fortunately, after Zhang Wei's adjustments, his state has improved, and he has just resisted waves of offensives from the opponent.

The only one who can get the ball in the midfield is Quaresma. Every time he receives a pass from Xia Ze, he is very calm, not in a hurry to break through, but chooses the most appropriate way, or pass back to Artur and Xia Ze, or cooperate with striker Dili, or use The fake move shakes away the opponent and breaks through by himself.

Every choice of handling the ball is very reasonable, which makes Xia Ze sigh.

"This is the strength of a top star, and this is the aura he shows in front of tens of thousands of people!"

"Luis, this game seems to be very difficult for Maritimo's players. It is difficult for them to control the ball in the frontcourt." After the situation became slightly balanced, Christine and Figo began to analyze the players on the field show.

"The problem with Maritimo now is that their players and Porto's players are always one level behind. Among the three frontcourt tridents, only Quaresma can control the ball and create some threats to Porto. At this time The players in midfield need to support them more."

Figo made suggestions for Maritimo, but neither Martins nor Xia Ze would hear them.

"Let's see what this amazing boy Xia Ze can do. The last time he played on such a big pitch, he scored a beautiful volley that surprised you and me. "Christian seems to be still reminiscing about Xia Ze's performance against Sporting Lisbon.

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In the second half of the first half, Xia Ze asked his teammates more frequently to strive for more possession opportunities for the midfielder through his own running.

With his efforts, Maritimo created several chances, but they were all resolved by the opponent's defender and goalkeeper Helton.

However, Porto's offensive frequently threatened Maritimo's gate, but they missed the goal every time. There were two times when Sasha surrendered, but the ball hit the door frame, which made the dragon stadium sigh. Voice.

Now the game has come to stoppage time in the first half, and in less than a minute, the first half will end.

Martins on the sidelines lightly clenched his fists, waiting for the referee's whistle. He was able to keep a 0-0 draw in the first half, and his tactics had more room to play in the second half.

After all, Porto needs 3 points more urgently than their own team. If they can't open up the situation in the second half, they will be anxious, and Maritimo's opportunity will come.

During his calculations, Maritimo's field captain Brigel took the ball on the right side, and the opponent's winger quickly pressed up. Brigel could only pass the ball to Xia Ze who responded in the middle of the midfield.

Xia Ze hurried forward to catch the ball, and the opponent's midfielder Fernando also pushed behind him.

"This is an opportunity!" Xia Ze secretly looked at it in his heart.

He carried Fernando with his body, when everyone thought he was going to reach out to catch the ball, he suddenly turned around, and the ball passed by his side, and Fernando seemed to be unable to react in time, and Xia Ze even dribbled the ball to him Lost.

Just when Xia Ze thought he was going to pass Fernando cleanly, he saw Fernando turn around quickly, hooked his right foot to the ground, and even broke the ball from Xia Ze's feet!

Before Xia Ze could react, Fernando passed the ball to forward Martinez.

Because Maritimo had always been in possession of the ball, Martinez was not marked at this time. After he got the ball, he quickly turned around and started, wiped Rosario at once, and quickly broke through to the front of the penalty area!

"Oh! Xia Ze's mistake made Fernando steal the ball, and Martinez has already dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area. In front of him is the Chinese kid Zhang Wei!"

Christine exclaimed, he could not have imagined that such a dangerous situation would appear before the end of the first half.

"Zhang Wei is facing Martinez, will he break through?"

"Oh! The third time! This is the third time Martinez has passed Zhang Wei today, and he got a single chance!"

"Goalkeeper Sasha abandons the goal!"

"Martinez faced Sasha, beautiful! He got rid of Sasha and faced empty goal!"

"1 to 0, at the last moment of the first half, Porto finally took the lead!"

In Christine's passionate commentary, the Dragon Stadium was boiling because of Martinez's goal, and the whole building became a sea of ​​joy for Porto fans. They waited for 45 minutes for the goal, and finally in the midfield Come before the whistle blows.

Martinez ran to the fans and celebrated wildly. He really wasted too many opportunities in the first half. This time, three people scored the ball into the empty goal in a row, which really let him vent his frustration!

The camera shows Xia Ze, who is now squatting near the middle circle, looking helplessly at the figure of Martinez celebrating.

I saw that his expression was gloomy and depressed. If the goal just now hadn't been because of his underhandedness, Maritimo would not have lost the goal at the last moment of the first half. All the efforts in the first half seemed to be ruined by him.

"Am I being too arrogant? It's almost the end of halftime, but I still play these useless tricks!" Xia Ze blamed himself secretly in his heart.

Captain Brigle came over and pulled Xia Ze up: "Stand up! How can a man be defeated by a mistake?"

Xia Ze stood up feebly, lowered his head, looking quite lonely.

"Damn it!" Martins watched his team lose the ball at the last moment from the sidelines, and kicked the turf on the ground quite annoyed.

Zhang Wei was still on the penalty area at this time, and just now he let Martinez shake his center of gravity directly, which can be said to be quite a shameful defeat. Goalkeeper Sasha also stood up helplessly, picked out the ball from the goal, and swung it towards the center circle.

Beep-beep-beep-

At this time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

"Okay, the first half of the game is over. These 45 minutes can be said to be ups and downs, which makes people's hearts unbearable. Porto, who is at home, caught Maritimo midfielder Xia Ze before halftime. A mistake, by Fernando assisted Martinez, who scored three consecutive goals and scored an empty goal to give Porto a 1-0 lead." Cristin's voice sounded on the TV.

"This goal can be said to have disrupted the deployment of Maritimo coach Martins. In the second half, they could not play defensive counterattack tactics and had to attack." Figo analyzed the consequences of this goal.

"Louis is right. Let's go to a commercial first. When we come back from the commercial, we'll see how the two sides performed in the second half." 388 Red Devils Manchester United reward grain 88