The Midfield Master

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"Oh, Xia Ze has been out of the battle for a long time, and it seems that his condition is not good, and his teammates are not at ease to pass the ball to him." Christine said with some regret.

"That's right, after Xia Ze played, Maritimo's control of the scene was not as good as before, and the University of Coimbra team was able to counterattack." Nuno Gomez echoed.

After Xia Ze ran blindly on the field for more than ten minutes, he found that his teammates still didn't trust him and didn't get the ball to his feet at all.

"Xia Ze, catch the ball!" Di Keao's voice came from beside him.

Xia Ze just came back to his senses after being drank by him, but Dick'o's pass had already arrived at his feet.

He didn't have much time to deal with it. When the arch of his foot stopped, the ball bounced nearly one meter away. At this time, the opponent's midfielder immediately forced over and cut off Xia Ze's ball.

"Oh! Xia Ze got the ball stolen, his condition is really bad today!" Christine couldn't help complaining.

"Shit! What did Martins send him for?"

"Xiamen should have sold him!"

"..."

In the bar in Funchal, Maritimo fans complained and scolded Xia Ze severely after Xia Ze's low-level stop error caused the ball to be cut.

"Oops!" Xia Ze just realized that the ball was broken. And because I retreated deeper, once the opponent steals the ball, it immediately forms a good counterattack opportunity.

Xia Ze didn't want the team to lose the ball because of his mistakes, and he didn't want to endure such pain again.

So after the ball was cut off, he immediately chased it back, and before the opponent's midfielder wanted to pass the ball, he made a sliding tackle from the side and rear, and knocked the opponent to the ground with the ball.

Beep! !

The referee blew a hasty whistle and whistled for Xia Ze's foul. He ran over quickly and gave Xia Ze a yellow card without hesitation as a warning.

Xia Ze also knew that he had no way to avoid getting a yellow card, so he could only shrug his shoulders and walk away helplessly. If you make a mistake, you should be responsible for yourself, otherwise your teammates will have even greater prejudice against you.

Martins on the sidelines watched Xia Ze being shown a yellow card by the referee,

But his brows were furrowed and his mouth was tightly shut.

"Damn! This is a disastrous performance!"

"Dicko is much better than him!"

"You even took the initiative to apply for a yellow card, can't you trust our defender?"

"..."

After Xia Ze was shown a yellow card for a foul, there was still a lot of complaints in the bar in Funchal. It seems that no matter what kind of performance Xia Ze has, it is inevitable that this group of fans will criticize and scold him.

In the next game, Xia Ze was more cautious because of his yellow card, and his teammates were even more reluctant to pass the ball to him.

Fortunately, the attack power of the University of Coimbra team was not strong, and Maritimo finally defended the 2-0 victory and successfully scored three points.

"This is Xia Ze's first game back after two and a half months of recuperation due to injury. It seems that his performance in this game is not very good, maybe because he has been away from the game for too long." Christine analyzed after the game , he has always been very supportive of Xia Ze, and of course he doesn't want Xia Ze to sink.

"But if you want to be a top player, you should be ready to play at any time. Even if you are injured for a year, you should show an exciting performance when you come back. If Xia Ze wants to be Top players must be more competitive in future games!" Nuno Gomez continued.

He was a little melancholy when he spoke. As the last member of Portugal's golden generation, although he has outstanding talent, he was also plagued by injuries and could not make further progress in his career.

Injuries have also become the biggest pain in his heart.

"In any case, we look forward to Xia Ze's performance in the future, and I believe this Chinese artifact boy will not let us down!" Christine is still very optimistic.

After this poor performance in the game, Xia Ze was not able to enter the squad for the next Portuguese League Cup game. Obviously Martins is not satisfied with his state.

But after adjustments, Xia Ze came off the bench again in the home league, but his performance was still poor. Whether it was the cooperation with his teammates or his own state, it was far from the level of last season.

When he got the ball on the field, he even attracted waves of boos from the home fans, which made him even more uncomfortable.

In the next two games, Xia Ze started the game. Although his state improved slightly, the criticism from fans and media still did not stop.

Especially in the away game against Porto, his lackluster performance and being substituted after halftime made him a sinner for losing that game.

In these few rounds when Xia Ze came back and performed poorly, because of the incompatibility between Xia Ze and Di Keao, Maritimo's midfield organization was quite chaotic, and the standings also fell to sixth place. Not counting, let alone competing for Champions League qualification.

The record was so bad that all the spearheads were pointed at Xia Ze.

After Xia Ze did not perform well in several consecutive games, Martins seemed to have lost patience with him. In the 11th round of the league on November 15, in the same city derby between Maritimo and the Nationals, Xia Ze was not selected for the squad.

Maritimo, without Xia Ze, defeated the arch-rival National Team at home and stopped the decline.

On the second day after the game, Xia Ze was walking on the streets of Funchal, and not only fans of the rival national team cast hostile and mocking glances at him.

Some Maritimo fans even waved the team's flag in front of him, shouting: "You go, now the team doesn't need you anymore, go to your damn London!"

The cries of these Maritimo fans caused Xia Ze the most pain.

He didn't expect that his efforts to return to the game would be met with hostility from the fans and teammates. It seemed that his efforts had turned into a river of spring water and flowed eastward.

London, England, Tottenham Hotspur's training base, Pochettino is sitting in Levy's office, the two are talking.

"It is said that Xia Ze is back." Levi said.

"Yes, but he came back in a bad state." Pochettino said with a frown.

"Then do you still need him?"

"No need, now Eriksson is in good form, and we also have enough midfielders in the team, let's wait until next summer."

"Then let's observe him for a while. We spent too much time on him this summer. We must make some moves in the winter transfer window to further supplement the team's lineup." Levi analyzed.

Pochettino didn't reply, just nodded slightly. Xia Ze is a player that his predecessor, Villas-Boas, is concerned about. Although he is also somewhat interested, it is not too strong. Giving up at this time does not feel pity.

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