The Midfield Master

"Damn it!" Porto coach Fonseca cursed on the sidelines and kicked the mineral water bottle on the ground aside.

He originally planned to make substitutions and transfers to change the tense situation after the start of the second half, but he did not expect to have Maritimo equalize the score before he had time to make a move. In this way, his subsequent transfers will be very critical. Let him have to think again.

"Nunuo, you tell Xia Ze and the others that they don't need to push up like just now. Let's take it back and let them push out. We will fight back. Now they are in a hurry."

Martins quickly calmed down after venting his sulking, and quickly recruited Maritimo captain Nuno Brigle, who was not far away from him, to teach him face-to-face.

Briggle nodded, and before the game restarted, he taught the players the head coach's tactical arrangement.

After the game restarted, Maritimo's overall formation really recovered a lot, giving up possession of the midfield to the home team Porto who was organizing a counterattack. Only after the opponent entered the 30-yard area did they suddenly increase their pressure.

From being robbed at a loss, to suddenly becoming able to easily control the ball, Porto's players wanted to break through Maritimo's goal again.

But after the ball advances to the opponent's 30-yard area, it is difficult to push forward, which makes them very uncomfortable, as if they are holding back all their energy, but there is no place to exert force.

The Maritimo players, led by Xia Ze, carried out their frantic press within the 30-yard area.

Especially Xia Ze, he covers a huge range in the midfield, like a mad dog, chasing every player holding the ball on the opponent, it seems that he has inexhaustible physical energy.

"It seems that Xia Ze really wants to make up for his mistakes in the first half." Christine couldn't help admiring Xia Ze's crazy running.

"In fact, his pass just now helped the team equalize the score, and he has made up for the mistakes he made in the first half. Now I think he is pursuing the victory!" Say.

"The pursuit of victory? Do they still want to take three points from the Dragon Stadium?" Christine was a little incredulous.

Judging from the current performance of Maritimo and Xia Ze, they are indeed worthy of taking a point from Porto. Even if they lose in the end, they will win people's respect.

But if you want to take three points from the Dragon Stadium, it would be a bit greedy.

Looking at the entire Portuguese Super League, I am afraid that there are only two teams in Lisbon who have the courage to say such a thing, and they have the confidence to speak out. Now this Chinese boy Xia Ze...

"I saw his eyes, like a ferocious beast looking for food, which is scary!" Figo looked at the big screen, and at this time the camera happened to be a close-up of Xia Ze: "He is like a tiger that came out of China !"

Seeing that Figo spoke seriously, Christine couldn't help looking at Xia Ze on the screen with some doubts.

"Since I made a mistake, I will use more efforts to make up for my mistakes!" Xia Ze said in his heart while running.

In the 10 minutes after the goal, whether it is the team's offense or defense, Xia Ze can be seen fighting. From his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area, every player in Porto, including the goalkeeper, is fighting with Xia Ze. Ze had a fight.

Xia Ze's desperate running and fighting also infected his teammates on the field. Everyone tried their best to grab every ball, even though Martins' deployment after the equalizer was to give up the midfield and play A quick counterattack, but Maritimo still formed a confrontation with Porto in the midfield.

...

Fernando was holding the ball near the midfield. As soon as he turned around, a red and green figure fell to the ground and came over. Before he had time to react, he scooped the ball away from his feet, and he was also brought to the ground. .

He raised his head and looked at the figure running forward, the number 26 was getting farther and farther away from him.

"Does he have three lungs? A terrible man." Fernando sighed inwardly.

It was Xia Ze who broke Fernando's ball. At this time, 75 minutes into the game, he still suddenly appeared from behind Fernando, broke his ball, and quickly advanced to launch another counterattack.

"My God! Is he still human?"

"Impossible, is he made of iron?"

"I'm afraid he has run 10,000 meters since today?"

"..."

Above the stands, the Porto fans watched Xia Ze still able to snatch the ball from Fernando's feet after running all over the field, and quickly launched an attack. Everyone was shocked and kept sighing.

Regardless of whether Maritimo can get out of the Dragon Stadium, this man can walk out of this stadium today with his head held high.

Xia Ze quickly took the ball across the midfield, the opponent's defender had already pushed up, and Quaresma on the left was beckoning to him for the ball.

Seeing that Quaresma was ready to start, Xia Ze made a long pass with his right foot and hoisted it to the left side of the opponent's penalty area.

The figure of Quaresma burst out from the crowd, jumped up and stopped the ball, and had a chance to single out the opponent's defender at the front of the penalty area.

After he stepped on the bicycle twice, he swung to the left and pressed to the bottom line.

The center of the opponent's defender was shaken, and he was about to let Quaresma break through, but he stretched out his feet and uprooted him!

Beep——

The referee blew a whistle and whistled for a foul by the Porto defender. He ran over quickly and gave the defender a yellow card. Porto's defender had no objection, shrugged and accepted.

I would rather pass the ball than let someone pass, otherwise it will be another chance to face the goalkeeper directly! This is the awareness of being a top league defender, using a yellow card standby in exchange for the safety of his penalty area.

However, now Maritimo got a direct free kick on the left side of the arc of the penalty area, 25 yards away from the goal, and the position is excellent!

"Maritimo got a free kick in the frontcourt, which is definitely within range. Will Quaresma take the penalty?" Christine said with some excitement, as if he had become Maritimo's fan.

"Oh, Xia Ze is also standing in front of the ball, and seems to be discussing with Quaresma. This Chinese kid has the ability to shoot from a long distance, can he also take a free kick?" Christine couldn't believe it.

In the stands of the Dragon Stadium, the Porto fans held their breath. A free kick in this position, as long as there is a player with good free throw skills, is an excellent chance to score, which makes them very worried.

In one corner of the stand, among Maritimo's fan camp, Tenonio, who had returned to his seat, looked at the field with a smile. He knew that Xia Ze had the ability to take free kicks. When he was in Guangzhou , he almost completed the lore with a free kick.

After Xia Ze and Quaresma talked for a while, both of them took a few steps back, stood obliquely behind the ball, and quietly faced the opponent's goalkeeper Heldon.

"This is an opportunity, I must seize it! Free kicks in this position, I have practiced many times during training, calm down, I will let you pick the ball out of the net!" Xia Ze looked at the opponent Goalkeeper Heldon, with sharp eyes, secretly adjusted his mental state.

"I won't let you guys score again! I was able to beat you in the first half, and it's the same now. I will guard the goal behind me!" Heldon stood on the goal line, half-bowed, staring at Xia Ze and him. The ball in front of him.

The two seem to be competing in secret.

Beep——

The referee whistled, and the duel between Xia Ze and Heldon began.

The Dragon Stadium was silent, no one spoke, and everyone looked nervously at the field.

A wall of 7 people, a distance of 25 yards from the door, a duel between two players.

Xia Ze took a deep breath, and slowly shifted his gaze from the goal to the ball in front of him.

Run-up - draw the bow - shoot!

After the ball left the arch of Xia Ze's foot, an arc curved over the jumping wall, causing Porto's defenders to look back.

Straight to the corner!

Heldon, who was standing on the left side of the goal, had been concentrating on it for a long time. The moment Xia Ze stepped out, he quickly moved two steps to the right, and then he flew into a dive, stretched his body, and stretched his right hand forward as much as possible!

The ball bent from the wall, with a strong arc, and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal!

Heldon even held his breath and stretched his body to the right, but the ball still slipped past his hand and missed the net!

Xia Ze scored a free kick!

2 to 1, Maritimo overtook the score, at Porto's home court!

The Dragon Stadium was silent again, only the small stands, and the more than 3,000 fans in yellow-green jerseys were cheering.

"I did it!" The moment the ball fell into the net, Xia Ze felt his heart stop beating, and only this sentence flashed in his mind!

He ran towards the stands of the fans of the visiting team. When he reached the corner, he jumped up in the air, swung his arms forward, and roared, venting the depression that had been suppressed for half the time!

From a sinner to a hero, he accomplished the most perfect redemption!

In the 78th minute of the game, Maritimo scored with Xia Ze's free kick, leading Porto at home 2-1.

In the next 10 minutes, Porto's entire army pressed forward, and Maritimo replaced Quaresma with a defender to strengthen the defense, allowing Porto to bombard indiscriminately, and there was no way to equalize the score.

In the 88th minute of the game, Xia Ze, who ran all over the field and tried his best, was finally replaced by Di Keao because of lack of energy.

When he walked off the field, everyone at the Dragon Stadium, including the Porto fans, stood up and applauded his performance in this game.

The David of this man today lies in his ability to stand up again after he made a mistake, and use actions to complete my self-salvation!

In the studio, Christine couldn't help applauding Xia Ze in his heart, he said in an excited tone:

"Today Xia Ze conquered the Dragon Stadium with his performance!"