The Midfield Master

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At the beginning of the first half, Molde, who had played more than a dozen rounds of the league, quickly entered the game state, and firmly controlled the situation on the field with his skillful passing and coordination (Chapter 92 of Midfielder Master).

Although Maritimo's players are running and fighting hard, they all feel that they are powerless, which is also the reason why the pre-season physical reserve time is too short. Every time they pass the ball, they want to give it to their teammates, but it is always a little bit short, and the possession of the ball is frequently seized by the opponent.

Under the leadership of the team's top star Dahli, Molde frequently attacked Maritimo's defenses on both sides, especially the 33-year-old captain Brigle, who was frequently penetrated.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei's condition has improved rapidly in the past few days of training, and he stepped forward in time to make up for several critical situations, blocking Daheli's pass.

"Don't fight so hard, slow down the rhythm and pass the ball more!" Martins found that the situation was not right on the sidelines, and immediately directed his players to make adjustments.

Xia Ze already knew the team's disadvantage in the rhythm of the game before. This time Martins spoke, the whole team immediately slowed down the rhythm of the game under the control of Xia Ze's metronome.

Although Maritimo's players are not as good as Molde's players in terms of game state and physical fitness, their overall strength is higher than the opponent after all.

After resisting the opponent's onslaught in the opening game, Maritimo began to organize an effective attack under the leadership of Xia Ze.

The left winger Sami broke through with the ball, and Quaresma has not yet returned to the team. Today, the offensive task on the left fell on his shoulders.

Compared with Quaresma, he is faster, but his skills and experience are not as good as the former. He often uses his speed to get rid of the opponent's defender, and the pass fails to find a teammate in the middle. The choice of exciting crosses is not very good. .

Sami broke through the opponent's defense again with speed and pressed near the bottom line. Dilly and Helton in the middle have entered the penalty area to grab points.

This time he did not choose to pass into the penalty area, but dunked the ball and passed it to a position near the Qi corner of the penalty area on the left, where Artur happened to appear!

Maritimo had a great chance in the left box and Arthur had the option of hitting the goal himself or passing the ball. He looked up to the middle and finally chose to pass.

With a cross pass, Arthur quickly transferred the ball to the front of the penalty area. Because Deeley and Helton were scrambling for points in the penalty area, the opponent's defenders were already pinned down, and there was an open shooting space at the top of the penalty area.

Xia Ze appeared in front of the ball as expected!

The fans at the Barreiros Stadium stood up, and they were all looking forward to Xia Ze scoring a beautiful long shot for the team again.

But it was not so easy for Xia Ze to shoot. Molde's waist was always wrapped around him, and even at this time, he was not far behind by Xia Ze.

The Molde defender in the penalty area also rushed out to block Ma Shan, leaving Xia Ze with the angle and space to shoot, but was instantly covered by the opponent's defenders.

Xia Ze had no choice but to dunk the ball to his left, dodging the opponent's defender's tackle, flicked his right hand, and shook off the opponent's midfielder who had been entangled behind him, breaking through into the penalty area.

The ball landed on his left side, which was not Xia Ze's dominant foot, and the accuracy of his shots could not be compared with his right foot.

But there was no time for him to think about it. If he hesitated, the opponent's defender would block him and the opportunity would be missed.

He quickly lifted his left foot, and the arch of his foot pushed hard towards the far corner of the goal.

The opponent's defender immediately shoveled over, but it was a little late. The ball passed between the legs and feet of several people in the penalty area and rushed to the lower right corner of the goal.

The ball wasn't powerful, and the speed wasn't too fast. After Xia Ze took the kick, he knew that he had to strengthen his left foot in the future, otherwise he would be easily stared at by just playing the ball with his right foot.

But Molde's goalkeeper's sight was blocked. Although the ball was not fast, when it appeared in Molde's goalkeeper's vision, it was almost at the line of the small penalty area.

He was taken aback, and quickly fell to his left side, stretching his left hand to the extreme, trying to throw the ball out.

Although Xia Ze's shot didn't have much power, but the angle was very tricky. Even if Molde's goalkeeper stretched his hands, he couldn't reach the ball.

The ball rolled into the net from the far corner in front of nearly 10,000 spectators at the Dos Barreiros Stadium.

1 to 0, Xia Ze scored!

There was jubilation in the stands. After being frightened by Moore's onslaught at the beginning, Maritimo's fans finally vented all their depression at this moment.

Xia Ze didn't expect that his weak shot could go in. He ran to the corner kick in ecstasy, bowed his head slightly in front of the fans, and kissed the team badge lightly.

This is to celebrate his first goal in the European competition, but also to express his gratitude and love for this club.

But in the eyes of the fans in the stands, this is not the case. They think that Xia Ze's move is a sign of loyalty to the team and that he will not leave the team this season.

After the team scored a goal, Martins also let out a long sigh of relief and couldn't help throwing his fists in celebration.

On the other side of the coaching bench, the former baby-faced killer Solskjaer frowned, stepped out and yelled at the lost players, proposing new tactical arrangements to them.

But Maritimo is stronger, and they are even less likely to give the visiting team any chance to counterattack after scoring. Dilly scored another goal in the second half, and Maritimo beat the visiting Molde at home with a score of 2-0, taking the lead in the two rounds of confrontation.

In the second round, they will go to Norway to challenge the same opponent.

Beep-beep-beep-

After two short whistles and one long whistle from the referee, Xia Ze knew that he had finally helped the team win the game.

The result of this game seemed easy and ordinary, but the process was not simple. With insufficient physical reserves, they played football with will for a long time in the second half.

After the game, Xia Ze panted, his tense nerves finally relaxed, took off his clothes, applauded the audience in the stands, and walked to the locker room.

"Boy, you performed well today." A strange voice came from the side.

Xia Ze raised his head in surprise, because the sentence was in English.

During the month of his vacation, he had been studying English with Wang Xiaolin because he had already planned to play football in England, and he can barely understand other people's speech until now.

But when he raised his head, he found a familiar face appeared in front of his eyes, greeting him with a smile.

He has seen this face countless times on TV. Although the person in front of him is older than the one on TV, there is no doubt that this is Solskjaer.

"Thank you." Xia Ze said a little shyly, he hesitated a little, and then continued: "I am your fan, very happy to see you."

"Really? I am also very happy to meet you. I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." Solskjaer smiled and patted Xia Ze on the shoulder before walking away.

"Opportunity for cooperation?" Xia Ze looked at Solskjaer's back and said to himself with some doubts.