The Midfield Master

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Looking at the expectation revealed in the smiling eyes of Martinez and Kennett, Xia Ze was also very happy in his heart.

Although it is only No. 20, the glorious past left by its former owner will also bring pressure to newcomers. Now that the chairman and the head coach think that they are the right candidates, it proves that they trust themselves, so why should I hesitate?

"Okay, then I will choose the No. 20 jersey." Xia Ze nodded heavily, with a happy smile on his face.

When Xia Ze agreed, Mary immediately took a blue jersey and handed it to Xia Ze, asking the press officer to take a photo of him.

Xia Ze looked at the number on the jersey and the pinyin "WU" of his surname, and he realized that Martinez and Kennett had already decided to give him the No. 20 jersey, and the number had even been printed.

"This is the expectation of Mr. Martins and Chairman Kennett. I must not disappoint them. I want to prove myself in the Premier League, the best league in the world. I can become the best player in the world!"

Holding the jersey, Xia Ze showed his confident smile in front of the flashing lights.

After choosing the jersey, Xia Ze and Martinez went to the locker room of the training base to meet his new teammates.

Appearing at the door of the locker room with apprehension, Xia Ze's eyes fell on each new teammate following Martinez's introduction.

It has to be said that the players who play in the Premier League are indeed bigger and bigger than the players who play in the Portuguese Super League, and they are not much worse than the players of the Australian national team.

Captain Bynes with a traditional British face; Howard, the American goalkeeper with a big black beard and no hair on his head; 193 in height, burly and experienced black central defender Distin; Gibson, a midfielder produced by Manchester United's youth training ; and Miralas, Lukaku, Coleman...

Players who could only be seen on TV before became his teammates, which made Xia Ze feel excited and excited.

After Martinez finished the introduction, Xia Ze just realized. And the position the team arranged for him happened to be between Gibson and captain Bynes, which shows how much Martinez attaches importance to him.

"Xia Ze, welcome. I've watched your game. It's very good." Baines, who was sitting on his left, welcomed him very politely.

Xia Ze looked at this left-back with the demeanor of a British gentleman,

There was also a smile on his face: "Thank you, I have watched your game on TV before, and I really like the way you play."

"Xia Ze, your long-range shooting ability is good, let's compete later." Gibson leaned over and said enthusiastically.

When he said this, Xia Ze was stunned. He didn't expect that Gibson, who is 26 years old, would be so fun. His interest also came. Gibson is famous for his long-range shooting skills. He also wanted to see his long-range shooting skills. How far is the shooting level in the Premier League?

It's just that he didn't know how to compete, so he looked at Gibson with some embarrassment.

Seeing Xia Ze's suspicious gaze, Gibson immediately shouted to Howard, "Tim, I'll practice shooting with you later."

"Okay, today I'll let you eat all your eggs and go home!" Howard said provocatively in English with an American accent.

"Tim, today is not just me, but also our new partner." Gibson said, putting his arms around Xia Ze and demonstrating to Howard with his head held high.

"Hmph! Today I'm going to let both of you eat up your eggs and go back!"

The sun came out. After several days of continuous rain, Xia Ze could finally feel the sunshine in the first day of training at Everton Club. Although the wind was still blowing cold, the sunshine shining on his face gave Xia Ze a strange warmth.

"Xia Ze, you will bring good luck to the team, because the sun is following you." Martinez joked with Xia Ze in English with a Spanish accent.

Xia Ze squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. Although the sun appeared and disappeared under the cover of white clouds, it made him feel better.

In the first training session of the Premier League, a league higher than the Portuguese Super League, how strong are these teammates, Xia Ze can't wait to "compete" with them.

The content of the beginning of the training session was similar to that of Xia Ze when he was in Maritimo.

Although Everton is a Premier League team, it was also a traditional British style of play in the Moyes era, relying on crosses from both sides, playing tough and hard-working, and it is a "hard bone" that every strong team dare not underestimate.

But after the Spanish coach Martinez took over, he brought more Latin elements to the team, making the team's play more delicate, not only with long passes, but also with ground cooperation.

Ranked sixth in the Premier League last season and qualified for the European League is also one of Martinez's credits.

It's just that at the last moment of the summer transfer window this season, Barkley, the team's core midfielder, was poached by Chelsea, and Martinez had no time to add a replacement, which made the new season's poor record in the four-line battle.

Currently only ranked 14th in the Premier League, only 4 points away from the relegation zone, and 10 points away from the top five European qualification zones. The situation is not optimistic.

That's why Martinez and Kennett spent 5 million euros in the winter transfer window to introduce Xia Ze from Maritimo, so that Xia Ze can make up for the vacancy left by Barkley and lead the team back to the standings. upper half.

After the warm-up training, there will be training with the ball. Because of Xia Ze's arrival, Martinez deliberately arranged a group confrontation to see Xia Ze's strength.

Xia Ze was allocated a substitute vest, but in the group it was a mixed combination of the main force and the substitute. Teammates with Xia Ze include captain Baines, defensive midfielder Gibson, substitute goalkeeper Joel, main central defender Jagelka, and substitute forward Naismith.

On the other side are the main goalkeeper Howard, central defender Distin, midfielder Barry, winger Miralas and forward Lukaku and other players. It can be said that the strength of the lineups of the two sides is almost the same. Xia Ze's defense is slightly stronger, while the opponent's attack line is basically the main lineup.

The group confrontation began, and Xia Ze took up the position of the front midfielder, directly confronting Barry.

After the kick-off, Xia Ze actively demanded in the middle circle, Baines passed the ball to him, he immediately turned around, and when he was about to observe the situation on the court, Barry had already forced over, stabbed the ball, and broke the ball under his feet Lose.

"It's too fast!" Xia Ze was startled, the ball had already been snatched by Barry. After Barry got the ball, he split sides quickly and Miralas launched the attack.

Xia Ze could only chase back, but found that the opponent passed the ball very fast, and the rhythm of offense and defense was back and forth, leaving almost no room for breathing.

Especially Xia Ze is in the front midfielder position. Barry, who is famous for his candy-style defense in the Premier League, seems to be particularly interested in this new teammate. He has been pestering Xia Ze and does not give him room to catch the ball and observe. c