The Midfield Master

The semi-finals of the League Cup kicked off in a heated battle of words. Everyone in Portugal is paying attention to this life-and-death duel between rivals in the same city. The winner will advance to the final and compete for the championship; He was humiliated by his mortal enemy in the same city within a short period of time, and could not hold his head up within half a year.

???? Before the game, the national team was at home, both the players and the coach were extremely confident, clamoring to let Maritimo taste the taste of failure again. Although Maritimo's Martins and Xia Ze are not so high-profile, their attitudes are very tough, and they will not give in to each other's provocations.

???? On the afternoon of February 26, the Alves stadium in Funchal was already full of fans. A large number of home fans wearing national team jerseys gathered around the outside of the stadium, while Maritimo fans were much less. The national team only allocated 1,000 tickets to Maritimo in one game, which greatly reduced their cheering momentum.

????In the locker room of the visiting team at the Alves Stadium, Martins stood in front of the tactical board, explaining the tactical arrangement to his players for the last time.

???? In this game, Martins played a combination of Pereira, Xia Ze and Di Keao in the midfield. Veteran Artur has played double matches in a week for more than a month. His physical fitness has reached the limit. Dicko took his place in the starting lineup.

????Xia Ze sat in his seat, arranging the sneakers and shin pads in his hands, and his eyes were very firm.

???? "Today's game must be won!"

"Hello, everyone, I'm Christine. Today, I'm here to watch the semi-final of the Portuguese League Cup with our former Portuguese international Rui Costa." Christine appeared with a smile on his face as usual In front of the camera.

???? "Good afternoon, everyone." A middle-aged man with a straight nose and a mature masculine look appeared in front of the camera. He was Rui Costa, who was hailed by the media as the last classical midfielder.

???? "Rui, I believe you should have seen Xia Ze's performance this season, and his compatriot Ai Huang, after being loaned to the national team, performed very well. Some people regard the two of them as the younger version You and Luis; Figo, what do you think?" Christine humorously compared Xia Ze and Ai Huang with Rui; Costa and Figo.

???? "In this case, I'm afraid Luis will lose." Rui Costa said with a smile: "I have to say that Xia Ze's performance this season is amazing, and I enjoy his ** through ball very much. Although Ai Huang played a few good games in the national team, compared with Xia Ze, there is still a gap between the two."

???? "It seems that Rui, you are very optimistic about Xia Ze, but before the start of this game, the head coach of the national team Jokanovic boasted that he will beat Maritimo again, let's take a look Can they do it? The game is about to start." Christine's words led the audience to the game screen.

???? Players from both sides are on the field. Xia Ze and striker Deeley are standing in the middle circle, ready to kick off.

????Beep——The referee blew the whistle, Dilly passed the ball to Xia Ze, and Xia Ze immediately knocked back to Di Keao behind him.

???? This Portuguese League Cup semi-final finally kicked off.

???? Maritimo's strength is higher than that of the national team, but in the derby, the strength is only a factor that affects the situation on the field. Both players understand the meaning of the derby. Even if the national team Even though they were weaker, they did not give in. The two teams fought fiercely in the midfield.

???? Xia Ze, Pereira, and Di Keo formed a midfielder in the middle, and started a fierce contest with Maritimo's midfielder near the center circle. In order to control the ball first and control the rhythm of the game, the actions of both sides are relatively large.

???? The referee blew his whistle frequently in the opening 10 minutes, allowing the players on both sides to control their emotions. Fortunately, the players of the two teams are extremely professional, and they did not go too far outside of fighting.

????After the stalemate in the opening 10 minutes,

Maritimo's advantages in strength gradually emerged, and he began to control the situation on the field. Xia Ze also had more and more opportunities to get the ball in the midfield.

???? In the first minute of the game, Xia Ze received a pass from Pereira near the middle circle. When he was about to turn around, a figure in a black and white jersey flew towards him from the left.

????Xia Ze was not in a hurry to pass the ball, and the opponent's striker came back to press the scene. He had encountered it many times in the past games, and he already had rich experience in dealing with it.

????The forward of the national team quickly approached Xia Ze, trying to break the ball from Xia Ze's feet. But Xia Ze turned around from the outside very calmly, made a circle, and threw the opponent away.

???? In this circle, he did not break through directly, but passed the ball across to Di Keao in the middle to control the rhythm.

???? And at this time, Xia Ze realized that it was Ai Huang who stepped forward to grab his ball just now.

???? But he didn't pay attention to the opponent. After passing the ball, he delayed a little and responded to Di Keao.

???? "Oh! It was the first direct confrontation between Ai Huang and Xia Ze just now, and Xia Ze avoided Ai Huang's pressing very lightly." Christine praised.

???? "Xia Ze received a pass from Di Keao in the backcourt, control the rhythm." Christine continued to explain the screen: "Ai Huang is forced to come up again. It seems that Xia Ze got rid of it just now. He was very dissatisfied."

???? After receiving the pass from Di Keao, Xia Ze originally planned to use the pass to control the rhythm and disrupt the opponent's midfield arrangement, but unexpectedly, in the corner of his vision, he aimed at Ai Huang The figure who came flying by himself. "It seems that if you don't pass you off, you won't give up!" Xia Ze said helplessly in his heart, but he was full of confidence in his own strength.

???? "Xia Ze, this time I will definitely steal the ball from your feet, and let you lose face in front of the audience all over Portugal!" Ai Huang gritted his teeth and rushed towards Xia Ze, feeling ruthless in his heart.

????Xia Ze still dribbled the ball forward calmly, as if taking a walk, while from the corner of his eye, he aimed at Ai Huang who was rushing towards him from the left.

???? Ai Huang ran to a place about two meters away from Xia Ze, and found that Xia Ze was indifferent. He couldn't help but secretly applauded: "Great opportunity! Let's see how I break your ball!"

???? He gritted his teeth, and with a flying shovel close to the ground, he ran towards the ball in front of Xia Ze with both feet.

???? "Ai Huang made a flying shovel, is he going to break the ball!?" Seeing this scene, Christine was both excited and nervous.

????Xia Ze saw Ai Huang shoveling over, but there was a smile on his face. He picked up the ball with his right foot, and jumped into the air while the opponent shoveled over, avoiding Ai Huang. An extremely aggressive tackle.

???? "Beautiful! Xia Ze avoided Ai Huang's tackle with a very beautiful move, and he is going to break forward with the ball!"

???? Ai Huang fell to the ground, looking at Xia Ze, who was lightly dodging him and rushing forward, felt ashamed in his heart, but immediately turned into intense hatred: "Xia Ze, I will let you pay for this humiliation!" !"

????Because Ai Huang ran from his right to the middle circle and wanted to tackle Xia Ze's ball, Maritimo's left back Ruben; Lu suddenly formed a numerical advantage.

????Xia Ze strode forward with the ball, the opponent's midfielder couldn't stop him at all, and soon he broke through to the 30-yard area of ​​the frontcourt.

???? The Quaresma on the left is empty!

????Xia Ze passed the ball to Quaresma's feet, and Quaresma made a fake move and made a pass in the middle!

???? Deeley in the middle jumps high, ready to head the ball!

????this is a good chance!

????It's a pity that the goalkeeper of the national team had expected it a long time ago, and quickly attacked to take the ball off Deeley's head, and then threw the ball with one hand, and quickly launched a counterattack!

???? While Deeley was still feeling annoyed about his missed opportunity, the national team's offensive had already passed halftime, split from the midfield to the right, and quickly attacked Maritimo's defense.

???? Maritimo just pressed heavily, with only Rosario, Zhang Wei and midfielder Pereira in the backcourt. Ai Huang took the ball from the right side of the national team.

????Central defender Rosario quickly went to make up for it, Ruben; Ferreira pressed for an assist, and he has not yet returned.

???? "Boy, you can't pass me!" Rosario had rich experience, and in his eyes, a brat like Ai Huang flew out as soon as he hit it.

???? But Ai Huang dribbled the ball very fast. Facing Rosario, he made a fake move of stepping on a bicycle, swung forward and passed Rosario in an instant!

???? The fans at the scene suddenly burst into clamor, watching Ai Huang rush forward quickly after passing Rosario, and stood up one after another, expecting the goal to happen.

???? There are already two forwards from the national team in the middle. After Rosario was passed, Zhang Wei quickly stepped forward to make up for his old opponent.

???? After Xia Ze's team's attack failed, he also sensed the emptiness of the defense and quickly returned to the defense. It's just that he had already advanced in front of the opponent's big penalty area.

???? Ai Huang dribbled the ball on the right. After passing Rosario, his confidence increased greatly. At this time, he had broken through to the corner of the penalty area. Two teammates from the national team in the middle are responding, and they have already run out of the shot.

????But Ai Huang didn't want to pass the ball, he wanted to pass Zhang Wei directly!

???? After another feint of left and right feet, he swiped to the bottom line and quickly pushed himself into the penalty area.

???? Zhang Wei knew the flexibility of Ai Huang's feet, so he didn't rush to grab it. When Ai Huang broke through to the bottom line, he quickly followed, and Ai Huang didn't take advantage of it at all.

???? Zhang Wei's strong body was attached to it, and Ai Huang's 175 height couldn't support Zhang Wei at all.

???? "Good opportunity!" Zhang Wei knew that Ai Huang couldn't control the ball at all, so he stretched his right foot forward, ready to steal the ball!

???? But Ai Huang secretly leaned against him at this moment, and fell to the ground!

????Beep—the referee's whistle sounded behind the two, and Zhang Wei turned around, only to find that the referee quickly ran to the 12-yard point.

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