The Midfield Master

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The FA Cup semi-final between Tottenham and Everton kicked off amidst much attention. After the referee Clattenburg whistled, Tottenham, who took the lead to kick off, did not rush to attack, but fell back in the midfield. Everton's strength also made them quite afraid.

In the Tottenham team, Dembele is undoubtedly the first choice to sort out the midfielder at the midfielder position, and his teammates who have been working with him for a season obviously cooperate with each other very smoothly. Let Everton's players find no flaws.

When planning the tactics before the game, Martinez told his players that after the opening, they must fight the opponent in the midfield. Once the midfield loses power after the opening, it will be difficult to regain the disadvantage.

Therefore, the Everton midfielders headed by Xia Ze also adopted a high position press after the opening, and started a fierce fight with Tottenham in the midfield.

The Tottenham players also did not expect Everton to adopt an active pressing attitude at the beginning of such an important game, which made Xia Ze and the others scramble for a while.

Only 3 minutes into the game, because Tottenham's defensive players have the habit of being "too stingy" in the backcourt, they still risked their feet in the backcourt under the pressure of Everton players, leaving Miralas and Lukaku on the right. Stealing the ball from Danny Rose, Xia Ze in the middle and McGeedy who inserted from the left are already responding.

As soon as the game started, Everton's high-intensity pressing really paid off. After Miralas broke the ball, he made a wall-hitting cooperation with Lukaku and quickly pressed in.

Tottenham's defenders were shocked. Fazio immediately defended and prevented Miralas from continuing to break through. Vertonghen and Walker also quickly approached the penalty area to fill the empty defense.

It's just that the distance between them is too wide. There are no defensive players two or three meters away from Xia Ze, who is receiving the pass at the top of the arc and inside the penalty area, and McGeedy.

Although Tottenham's defender wanted to make up the defense quickly, it was too late.

"Tottenham will pay the price for their carelessness in the backcourt!" Redknapp exclaimed, with a faint worry on his face.

After all, his father used to be the head coach of Tottenham, so he has some feelings for this team.

"Look who Miralas will pass the ball to!" Gary Neville, who was next to him, didn't have so much affection for Tottenham, but had some emotions in it.

In the stands of Wembley Stadium, 90,000 fans found such a dangerous situation in Tottenham's penalty area before their buttocks sat on the hot stools.

My heart revealed a twitch.

The Tottenham fans were worried, while the Everton fans stood up expectantly.

Not only them, but also the coaches on both sides of the field have different expressions, and the same thing is watching the situation on the field intently.

Miralas pressed into the penalty area after collaborating with Lukaku on a wall hit. He has observed McGeedy, who is in the penalty area at a high speed, and Xia Ze, who is waiting for a pass near the top of the gourd. .

At this time, neither of them had Tottenham's defenders to mark them closely. It should be said that if they passed into the penalty area, the chances of giving McGeedy a shot and goal would be much greater.

But because Fazio is in front of him, and Vertonghen is also defending in front of Maggiedi, the threat of passing to the goal is the greatest, but it may also waste a good opportunity.

Although Xia Ze's side is far away from the goal, it is still within the shooting range, and there is no defender 3 meters in front of him, so it is undoubtedly a good opportunity to shoot.

The most important thing is that Xia Ze has the ability to shoot from a distance, and Miralas trusts him a lot.

After thinking about it for a while, Miralas decided to pass the ball to Xia Ze, pushing a smooth ground ball with his right foot as far as possible, and gave it to Xia Ze.

Although Xia Ze has only been in the team for two or three months, the cooperation with his teammates is also quite tacit. Seeing Miralas passing the ball, Xia Ze is already ready, and bows to meet the incoming ball shoot!

"Xia Ze has a good chance, he is going to shoot!" Although Redknapp was a little worried about Tottenham, as a commentator, he still tried to remain neutral as much as possible. There was also a burst of excitement in my heart.

After all, there was such an opportunity at the beginning of the game. Once Everton scored first, the game would be much more exciting.

boom! ! !

Xia Ze's right leg was bowed to the full moon, and he kicked a heavy cannon to meet the incoming ball.

This position is the most familiar goal position for him. He has scored many such goals in the Portuguese Super League and the Premier League.

The moment he drew the bow, Tottenham's goalkeeper Lloris tensed up and looked at the ball nervously. He knew that the Chinese player in front of him had hard feet, so he didn't dare to neglect him at all.

Vertonghen in front of him even gave up on McGeedi who was defending, and flew to block the eye-catching. In his wide eyes, the ball flew past him!

"Wow..."

After Xia Ze shot the ball, there was an uproar at Wembley Stadium. In the stands behind the goal, a small group of fans stood up, and they all opened their hands to catch something that fell from the sky.

On the sidelines, Tottenham coach Sherwood let out a long breath, while Martinez held his head in his hands and looked annoyed.

Xia Ze actually kicked an anti-aircraft gun with this ball!

He has always been very accurate in long-range shots in front of the penalty area, but this time he inherited the fine tradition of the national football team. He hit the plane, the ball flew high over the crossbar, and flew directly to the second-tier stand behind the goal, causing an uproar.

The teammates obviously didn't expect Xia Ze to kick the anti-aircraft gun. Miralas looked at Xia Ze in front of him and spread his hands helplessly, probably saying, "I passed you this good ball, but you kicked it away. ?”

"Xia Ze must be a little nervous. It's his first time playing football at Wembley Stadium, and it's the semi-final of the FA Cup. This player, who is not yet 20 years old, obviously hasn't adapted yet."

Les Ferdinand looked at Xia Ze holding his head in his hands in frustration, looking at the turf on the ground in a daze, and expressed his speculation.

"He really wasted a good opportunity. Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. What happened? Oh... the ball suddenly bounced when it rolled in front of him. It should be a problem with the turf, which caused Xia Ze to fail. Can hit the spot."

Although Redknapp accepted Les Ferdinand's words, after watching the slow-motion replay, he found that Xia Ze's kicking the ball was justifiable.

Miralas' pass should be said to be very smooth and comfortable, but the turf of the Wembley Stadium has a slight protrusion in front of Tottenham's penalty area for some reason, causing the ball to bounce suddenly when it comes in front of Xia Ze From then on, no matter how fast Xia Ze reacted, he couldn't change the angle of his kick, so he kicked the ball away.

"But I think he is still very nervous. Compared with the midfielders in Tottenham, his experience is still too little." Les Ferdinand still has some disdain for Xia Ze's performance.

Both Redknapp and Gary Neville glanced at him, but did not continue.