The Midfield Master

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After 40 minutes, the two sides had finished warming up. Xia Ze and other starting teammates also appeared in the player tunnel, side by side with the Leicester City players in red jerseys, ready to enter the pitch under the leadership of the referee.

Although Leicester City is located in the middle of England, most of the players in the team are from the British Isles. Many of the players on both sides know each other or are even close friends.

Looking at other familiar players hugging and talking enthusiastically, Xia Ze thought that if he had the opportunity to compete with Zhang Wei or Gao Bo representing their respective clubs in the future, the scene in the player tunnel would also be very interesting.

Thinking of this, his mind diverged, and the feeling of uneasiness just now was covered up in his heart, and he relaxed a lot.

Under the leadership of the referee, Xia Ze appeared in the King Power Stadium. This stadium does not accommodate many spectators, but there is a very strange phenomenon in the surrounding stands.

Because the Everton fans also wore blue jerseys, the stands around the stadium were almost all blue, which made Xia Ze and the others unable to find the Everton fans.

Line up, handshake, captain picking sides, preparations for the kick-off, everything is going on in an orderly manner, and with the referee's whistle, the game begins.

As the best player in the Premier League last month, Xia Ze naturally received enough attention from the head coach of Leicester City in this game. After the opening, he sent a midfielder to mark him.

And the player responsible for marking Xia Ze is the Argentine veteran Cambiasso.

Before the game, Xia Ze had already expected that he would be strictly guarded by the opponent, so even if Cambiasso was always marking him closely, he already had a way to deal with it.

Cambiasso has long been famous. He once won the Triple Crown with Inter Milan. His ability and fame are beyond doubt.

But he is thirty-five years old after all, and his physical strength and speed have dropped a lot compared to his peak period. Although he is tightly attached to Xia Ze, with Xia Ze's current state and strength, it is not difficult to get rid of the opponent and pass the ball comfortably to his teammates.

After the opening, he got rid of Cambiasso through several breakthroughs and gained the upper hand psychologically.

But I don’t know why, the teammates who were full of confidence before the game seemed a little too confident after playing, and there were many mistakes in passing and receiving, whether it was Gibson, Miralas or Lukaku, their performance was better than the previous game. big difference.

So although Xia Ze's performance was good, although they were superior in strength in the away game, they couldn't gain the upper hand on the scene.

On the contrary, Leicester City, which is deep in the relegation zone, is eager to grab points. Although the team is not in good condition, they fought fiercely at the beginning, which made Everton's players unable to adapt for a while and gained the upper hand.

"You should have passed the ball just now! My side is empty!" After Miralas fought alone again and took the ball out of bounds, Xia Ze, who was on the edge of the opponent's penalty area, said helplessly to him.

If Miralas passed the ball just now, Xia Ze will have a good opportunity in front of the penalty area, he can either rush or pass. But it was because Miralas was overconfident that he missed this opportunity.

Miralas also knew his problem, and waved his hand to Xia Ze to apologize.

Leicester City continued to attack, but fortunately their striker didn't seem to have a good shot, and several shots were attempted by Howard.

After Xia Ze got the ball in the middle, he shook off the defensive player in front of him and advanced to the opponent's half. Lukaku in the frontcourt had already run out of space, and Xia Ze passed the ball straight to him without hesitation.

The ball was passed just right, whether it was speed or direction, it just penetrated Leicester City's defense line. As long as Lukaku gets the ball, it is a single-handed opportunity!

But Lukaku didn't know the reason, and he slapped the ball in the last step, allowing the opponent's goalkeeper to attack and get it. Missing such an opportunity also made Everton's players on the field and Martineston on the sidelines very satisfied.

These scenes are the epitome of the performance of Everton players in the first half. They made frequent mistakes on the field. Even if Xia Ze's personal ability is strong, he is also affected by his teammates, and his performance begins to quiet down.

Their performance makes it impossible to connect them with a team that has won 6 consecutive victories.

With such a distraught performance, the Everton players were brought from the first half to the locker room, and then from the locker room to the second half.

People thought they would wake up after Martinez's lecture at half-time, but in the second half, Everton's players were still confused.

Although Martinez yelled hoarsely on the sidelines, the team's performance still did not change.

The best coach in the Premier League last month seemed a little helpless in this inexplicable game.

His only expectation now is that the players on the field can rely on their personal ability to score a goal and take away 3 points from Leicester City.

But the head coach of Leicester City obviously will not miss such an opportunity. They are now deeply trapped in the relegation zone, and of course they are eager to stop the decline and score three points at home.

So after he saw that Everton's players seemed to have no interest in fighting, he immediately deployed his troops and sent grassroots forward Vardy to the field to form a double forward with Ulloa to attack Everton's defense.

After Vardy came on the field, Leicester City's offensive became more fierce, and the singing of the home fans in the stands became louder and louder. Under their offensive, the strong Everton's defense line was precarious and threatened to collapse at any time.

Everton still failed to escape the fate of conceding the goal. After Vardy came on the field, he immediately received an assist from Mahrez, broke through the gate guarded by Howard, and let Leicester City lead 1-0.

Martinez could only frown on the sidelines, but there was nothing he could do about the team's current predicament.

The team fell behind, and Xia Ze also wanted to launch an attack to equalize the score. But today's teammates seem to be drugged, confused and unable to organize an effective attack.

Time is running out, the team is still 0 to 1 behind, the Everton fans in the stands and in front of the TV can only be anxious.

Beep-beep-beep-

The referee blew three whistles to end the game. Everton actually lost to Leicester City 0-1 in Wales, which broke a big upset in this round of the game.

This inexplicable defeat made all Xia Ze's uneasiness before the game come true, and he also connected what he thought of a few days ago: the curse of the best player of the month. c