The Midfield Master

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On June 1, 2014, there are still 13 days before the opening game of the World Cup in Brazil. In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, a red bus is slowly advancing on the road.

The bus carried members of the Chinese men's football national team led by Fu Bo, including 23 players and nearly ten members of the coaching staff.

This is their fourth day in Argentina, and it is also the day of a friendly match with the Argentine national team.

The other teams are all participating in the World Cup, sharpening their swords. The strength of the Chinese team is not good, so they can only sit on the sidelines and become the target of other people's warm-up matches and the whetstone of Argentina.

Xia Ze was sitting by the window, next to Zhang Wei. Whether the two are in the club or the national team, when they take the bus, they always arrange seats like this.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Xia Ze found that the Argentine capital was no more prosperous than Guangzhou, and even a bit dilapidated.

But from the blue and white Argentine flag flying around on the roadside pavilion, he can feel the fanatical love of the people of this country for his motherland.

The bus moved forward slowly, and after a while, a huge stadium appeared in Xia Ze's field of vision.

The slightly yellowed exterior wall in white, and the old architectural design show the history of this stadium. The Candy Box Stadium, the home of Boca Juniors, is also the home of Argentina today.

This stadium with a white exterior wall and a sky-blue interior was built in 1940 and has a history of 74 years and can accommodate more than 56,000 people.

The three sides of the stadium are ring-shaped three-story stands, and the other side is a vertical floor building, which gives people a refreshing feeling.

At this time, outside the stadium, many Argentine fans in blue and white jerseys had gathered.

This is their home court. Facing Asian teams, even the Chinese team that cannot enter the World Cup, their fans are naturally full of confidence. Before the start of the World Cup, they will use a big victory to boost the morale of winning the Hercules Cup.

After getting off the bus, Xia Ze discovered that this stadium is completely different from the stadiums of the top three in the Portuguese Super League.

Although they are all large stadiums that can accommodate more than 50,000 people, no matter whether it is the Dragon Stadium, the Alvalade Stadium or the Stadium of Light, none of them have the historical charm contained in the Candy Box Stadium.

It takes time for it to settle down. The three stadiums in Portugal are only more than 10 years old, while the Candy Box Stadium has stood on this land for three quarters of a century. One of the oldest courses.

Although the inside and outside of the Candy Box Stadium are full of traces left by time, Xia Ze found that the facilities inside are no worse than the new stadiums of the Portuguese Super League's top three, and basically have all the equipment that should be there.

After all, this is one of the two giants in Argentina, and it is also the home of the well-known Boca Juniors even in the world.

Here, Maradona's generation of stadiums were once cultivated, and others like the God of War Batistuta, the wizard Veron, Riquelme, etc., all came out of this stadium and became famous all over the world.

Although Xia Ze is not crazy about Maradona, but thinking about the traces of a generation of football kings running in this stadium, he couldn't help being excited.

"Wow! Ozawa, this is the locker room of the Boca Juniors team! I wonder if Maradona used to sit in that position?" Zhang Wei said in a fuss as soon as he entered the locker room.

Xia Ze looked at Zhang Wei who had never seen the world, so he covered his face and didn't look at him.

"David, you don't need to touch it. Maradona has never sat in any position. This is the visiting team's locker room." Gao Bo reminded from behind.

"Oh." Zhang Wei couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when he heard this.

Seeing this, everyone burst into laughter.

Seeing this scene behind him, Fu Bo couldn't help laughing out loud.

The reason why they were able to relax so much was because they had no chance of winning against Argentina in this away game. They just had a learning attitude to experience the playing style of a strong team.

So these days,

During training, every player is very relaxed and there is no pressure on them.

Changing equipment, warming up, giving lectures, everything went on in an orderly manner. The Candy Box stadium was gradually filled with spectators. Enthusiastic Argentine fans sang songs in the stadium early, waiting for their heroes to play.

Argentina is the favorite to win this World Cup. Messi, the number one star in the team, is also the number one player in football today. If he can lead Argentina to win this cup, he will undoubtedly be crowned the world champion and become the third football champion in football history. .

Fu Bo sent six returned players to the starting lineup for this game. The goalkeeper is Zeng Cheng, the left back Wu Xi, the central defenders are Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Wei, the right back is Zhang Linpeng who plays for Sampdoria; the midfielder is two The defensive midfielder is Huang Bowen's partner captain Zheng Zhi, the front midfielder is Xia Ze, the left forward Wu Lei, the right forward Ai Huang, and the single arrow is Gao Bo.

This lineup is Fu Bo's first selection. The players in each position can be said to be the best players in China at present.

The six returned players all occupy the main positions in the club and have performed well in the past season.

Xia Ze's outstanding performance in the Portuguese Super League made Fu Bo's eyes shine. During training, he arranged Xia Ze as the core of the midfielder. He assigned all the ball rights in the midfield and gave Xia Ze enough trust.

"Listen everyone, although this game is against Argentina, even though it is just a warm-up match, I hope you will take it seriously and not relax in the slightest." Fu Bo mobilized before the game in the locker room.

He stood in front of the tactical board, glanced at each player, then breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "But the opponent invited us to play a warm-up match to prepare for the World Cup. Players of the opposing team. If Messi is injured by a shovel, I am afraid we will not be able to leave Argentina."

In the end, Fu Bo was a little joking.

The locker room, which was originally tense, immediately relaxed a lot. Only some players looked at captain Zheng Zhi intentionally or unintentionally.

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In the player channel, the Chinese team players headed by Zheng Zhi had already waited in line, and the referee team members were also waiting in front, and Zheng Zhi was communicating with the referee on duty.

After a while, under the leadership of captain Messi, the Argentine players walked to the player channel and lined up next to the Chinese players.

"Hey, Xia Ze, we meet again." A voice came from Xia Ze's right side.

Xia Ze, who was talking to Gao Bo, turned around and found a short man around 170, greeting him with a smile. It's Gaitan.

"Hey, Nicholas, long time no see." Xia Ze also responded immediately, and gave Gaitan a gentle hug.

In Portugal, Xia Ze and Gaitan played against each other twice, each winning or losing. He won the League Cup from Gaitan, and Gaitan snatched the third place in the league from him. In the end, Xia Ze lost to the opponent in the competition for the best midfielder in the league.

Although they are a pair of enemies on the court, when Xia Ze sees each other at this time, there is no hint of rivalry at all, instead it looks a bit like old friends meeting each other.

Perhaps, this is sympathy.

"Today I won't let you win again." Gaitan joked.

What he said was a pun. Argentina's strength is already higher than that of the Chinese team. Naturally, he wants the team to win the game, and he can win again in the dialogue with Xia Ze.

"It's not that easy, you have to ask my brother if he agrees."

"Your brother?" Gaitan was a little confused.

"Hmm, this is my brother." Xia Ze pointed to his feet.

"Haha, my brother doesn't need you." Gaitan understood and immediately laughed.

Afterwards, Jia Lei and Zhang Wei also joined the conversation. Gaitan originally greeted Ai Huang who had fought before, but Ai Huang only responded and did not join their conversation.

Seeing that there seems to be some estrangement between Ai Huang and Xia Ze and Zhang Wei, Gaitan and Garay are a little puzzled. The international football players who play in the same league should all have good friendships. How could they be like this?

They couldn't figure it out, and they didn't have time to think about it, because the game was about to start.

The referee looked at his watch and found that the game time was almost up, so he shouted to the players on both sides behind him, and walked into the field holding the ball with his head held high.

As soon as Xia Ze entered the stadium, he was taken aback by the blue and white jerseys and flags around him.

The three-storey stands, without a roof, were densely packed with fans wearing Argentina jerseys, surrounded by blue and white flags flying, and some balloons flying in the air.

There are only 56,000 people here. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has 80,000 to 90,000 people.

Every time he arrives at a new stadium, Xia Ze will be very excited. Because every time you step into the stadium, you will have a refreshing feeling.

Some stadiums will shock people, such as the Dragon Stadium; some stadiums will make people feel great pressure, such as the Stadium of Light.

Today's candy box courts have both.

When the two teams played, in the stands separated by barbed wire, fans fired salutes at the same time, and blue and white confetti fluttered in the air, almost covering the entire stadium.

Xia Ze has never seen this kind of momentum in the Portuguese Super League. Just a warm-up match, he can feel the fanatical atmosphere of the Argentine fans.

It is conceivable that when the game is in full swing, fireworks will be lit around the stands, accompanied by the fanatical shouts of the fans, the temperament of waving in unison, and the red flames shining around. What a spectacular scene this is.

Before the game started, Xia Ze felt a feeling of eagerness in his heart.

No wonder the game between Boca Juniors and River Plate is known as the hottest derby match on earth. In such an atmosphere, under the encouragement of the fans, the players want to calm down, I am afraid that their bodies are out of control .

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