The Midfield Master

"Dear audience friends who are waiting in front of the computer and have been paying attention to this game, in the 2013-14 Portuguese League Cup final, the match between Maritimo and Benfica, after 120 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides tied 1-1. Entering a penalty shootout!" After nearly 3 hours of broadcast commentary, Zhan Jun's voice is still so high.

"Benfica kicked first and Maritimo's goalkeeper Sasha faced the penalty."

"Beautiful! Deceived the goalkeeper and scored the goal safely."

After the Benfica player scored the first penalty kick, more than 20,000 Benfica fans at the Dragon Stadium cheered.

And after the cheers, Maritimo's first penalty kick Quaresma walked towards the penalty spot.

Dragon Stadium, this stadium he was very familiar with. When he was recognized as a parallel importer by Barcelona, ​​he found himself again in this stadium, took off again in Porto, and returned to the public eye.

And when he left Porto and sank again in giant clubs such as Inter Milan and Chelsea, he appeared again at the Dragon Stadium at this time.

After 30 years, will he once again prove that he can gain a foothold in Europe's top arena?

Facing Benfica's goalkeeper Arthur, Quaresma stood calmly in front of the ball, eyes like eagles, staring at the goal in front of him.

Beep——

The referee's whistle sounded, Quaresma ran up and kicked!

Whoosh!

The ball passed Arthur and got into the net firmly!

Nervous Maritimo fans cheered at the Dragon Stadium in Lima.

"Come on!" Relieved, Quaresma punched his fans with his right hand and shouted loudly.

When Quaresma made a free throw, the tall Zhang Wei even hid behind Xia Ze, not daring to look at the goal ahead. After hearing the cheers from the fans, Zhang Weifang raised his head and looked forward with relief.

Xia Ze was very calm, he knew that the penalty shootout had just begun. And he must remain calm at this time, because he is about to play the fifth one, that is definitely a free throw that determines the championship, and he must not miss anything.

Benfica's second free throw player also safely took the ball into the goal.

Now it was Dicko's turn to take the penalty. He walked slowly to the penalty spot alone, set the ball up, then turned around and walked to the edge of the penalty area, taking a deep breath.

"I can do it!" Di Keao cheered himself up in his heart, then turned around and ran up to shoot.

boom!

There was no reaction from the opposing goalkeeper, and Dicko kicked the ball into the net.

Beep--

But the referee's whistle sounded.

"I haven't blown the whistle yet, listen to my whistle before kicking!" The referee walked to Di Ke'ao and said sternly.

Xia Ze, who was standing in the midfield, felt a chill in his heart: "It's too bad, Di Ke'ao is too nervous."

Sure enough, during the heavy penalty, Dicko was too nervous just now, which caused his mentality to be out of balance, and he didn't fully display his foot movements, so he kicked the ball directly to Benfica's goalkeeper Arthur.

"Oh……"

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, followed by the sudden burst of cheers from the Benfica fans.

"What the hell am I doing?" Di Keao knelt down on the ground, annoyed.

"Get up, I will help you get back!" Goalkeeper Sasha walked over at this time, pulled Di Keao who was kneeling with his head in his arms, and encouraged him.

Di Keao walked back to the middle circle with a grim expression on his face. Old players such as Brigle and Quaresma came to comfort him one after another, but he still blamed himself very much.

In the penalty area, Sasha faced Cardoso. After the referee whistled, at the moment Cardoso swung his legs, Sasha had already judged the direction and fell to the left.

The ball also flew to the right side of the goal.

puff!

With a soft sound, Sasha's fingertips touched the ball, but there was still no way to change the ending of it getting into the net.

Almost threw the ball out! Sasha slapped the grass regretfully.

Then Artur of Maritimo also sent the ball into the penalty area.

After three rounds, Benfica leads Maritimo 3-2.

In the fourth round, Benfica was still the first to make free throws. Xia Ze looked at Sasha and the opposing players on the court, trying his best to suppress the trembling in his heart.

He can't be afraid, once he is afraid, he will fail.

"Sasha, I believe in you!"

With firm belief and absolute trust in his teammates, Xia Ze calmly looked at the penalty area in front of him. After the referee whistled, the Benfica players ran towards the penalty spot and shot!

Sasha judged the right direction again, and fell in the direction the ball came from.

50 meters away, Xia Ze, who was standing within the arc of the middle circle, clearly saw Sasha's hands stably catching the ball, refusing the opponent's shot, and keeping Maritimo's hope of winning the championship!

After two seconds of dead silence, the scene immediately erupted into jubilation. This time, it was Maritimo fans who cheered.

"Good job!" Martins clenched his fists and roared after Sasha saved the penalty.

The hero Sasha just patted his gloves, looking very calm and full of aura.

Encouraged by Sasha, Deeley, who made the next free throw, made it overnight and put the ball firmly into the net.

3 to 3, the two sides each missed a penalty kick in the first four rounds, and the game was tied again.

"Benfica's penalty in the fifth round was given to Gaitan, while Maritimo was handed over to Xia Ze. These two heroes who scored today's goals will have a direct confrontation in the final round. It will affect the outcome of this game and the ownership of this championship trophy!" Zhan Jun used excited words to encourage the Chinese fans waiting in front of the computer in the final round of the penalty shootout.

Gaitan stepped out of the center circle arc and walked towards the penalty area after Deely scored a penalty kick.

"You will lose to him." Dili deliberately brushed past Gaitan, and said in a low voice at the moment when the two staggered.

Gaitan was taken aback for a moment, feeling a little flustered in his heart. The "he" in Dili's mouth does not refer to Sasha, but Xia Ze.

Since Xia Ze shined this season, he has been compared with Gaitan by the media. After Moutinho moved to Monaco last summer, the reputation of the first attacking midfielder in the Portuguese Super League has been exclusively enjoyed by Gaitan. However, the appearance of Xia Ze raised doubts about the ownership of this title.

The two are compared by the media all the time, and this Portuguese League Cup final put all these comparisons under the camera and in front of the spotlight.

Deeley's words reminded Gaitan, who had been concentrating on the penalty shootout, of the debate about whether he was stronger than Xia Ze, and the pressure on his shoulders suddenly increased.

What he bears is not only the victory or defeat of Benfica in this game, but also the success or failure of the dialogue between himself and Xia Ze.

Sasha in front of him is extremely firm. From the third penalty kick, Sasha has continuously judged the direction of the Benfica player's penalty kick.

Gaitan is Benfica's first penalty shooter, and Sasha has enough video data to study the Argentine midfielder before the game.

Gaitan raised his head to look at Sasha after putting the ball, and he quickly moved away after seeing Sasha's eyes full of chest.

Sasha smiled, he knew that Gaitan was afraid of himself.

Run up, swing your legs, shoot!

Sasha quickly fell to the ground and threw the ball together!

The Benfica fans in the stands were dead silent, while the Maritimo fans were jubilant!

After Sasha saved the penalty kick, he immediately stood up and roared excitedly! When he saved the fourth goal just now, he was quite calm, because he knew that it was just to help the team regain the disadvantage. Now, his save gave the team a chance to win.

Xia Ze calmly walked towards the penalty spot. Passing by Gaitan, Gaitan's lips twitched, as if his words disturbed Xia Ze's mind, but he still didn't say a word.

Xia Ze walked towards the penalty spot quietly, the goal getting bigger and bigger in his eyes. Behind the goal, the noisy Benfica fans challenged him, whistled and booed constantly, hoping to disturb Xia Ze's mind.

The fans of Maritimo looked at Xia Ze nervously, waiting for the club's historic moment.

Hua Yan and Wang Peijun didn't even notice that their fingernails were embedded in each other's arms.

Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, Villas-Boas and Rodgers, these four Premier League coaches all looked at Xia Ze on the field meaningfully. This Chinese player brought them enough surprises today. Look at this Whether the ball can continue his magic.

Xia Ze gently put the ball on the penalty spot, Benfica goalkeeper Arthur came over, he stood in front of Xia Ze and said fiercely:

"Boy, I will beat you!"

After finishing speaking, he made a gesture of clenching his fist, with a fierce expression on his face.

Xia Ze didn't respond, he just looked at the other party coldly, stepping back step by step, the expression on his face didn't fluctuate at all, as if he was an assassin about to kill in ancient times, with a terrifying silence.

Arthur also retreated to the goal line. Xia Ze looked at the 2.44-meter-high, 7.32-meter-wide goal, the white goal frame, and the white net. Everything seemed like a white dream.

Beep——

The referee blew his whistle, piercing the sky above the Dragon Stadium.

Xia Ze's eyes darkened, and he started running! swing your legs!

boom!

Arthur fell to his left, but the ball flew towards the upper left corner of the goal like a fired shell!

The ball went in! Maritimo won the League Cup!

"Good job!" With the roar of Martins, the entire Dragon Stadium was engulfed by the cheers of more than 10,000 Maritimo Liang fans.

"We won!" After Xia Ze scored the free throw, he immediately turned around, seeing the figures of his teammates rushing over in carnival, and there was only one sentence in his mind.

A few seconds later, his teammates threw him to the ground and treated him like a hero again. This time, there are two heroes, and the goalkeeper Sasha is also at the bottom.

The Benfica players fell to the ground weakly, watching the Maritimo players celebrating, everyone was very depressed, the head coach Flores could only step forward to comfort them one by one, after all, the league is not over yet, they still have to fight Maritimo battled for third place.

Above the stands, Mourinho showed a smile, which was a satisfied smile.

After a penalty shootout, Maritimo defeated Benfica and won the Portuguese League Cup in the 2013-14 season.

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