The Midfield Master

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Seeing Xia Ze standing up, all Everton fans breathed a sigh of relief. Martinez's furrowed brow relaxed.

After several months of practice, Xia Ze has completely replaced the role of Barkley, who moved to Chelsea, and has become Everton's midfield core and offensive engine.

If Xia Ze is injured, neither Pienaer nor Naismith will be able to replace him on the bench, so Everton's offensive threat will be greatly weakened.

"It seems that Xia Ze can continue the game. The injury just now should be a blemish, not a muscle injury." Redknapp Jr. made his own judgment after seeing Xia Ze stand up on the sidelines.

"It's just that I don't know how much impact this injury will have on his next performance. Gerrard's tackle at the beginning of the game made Xia Ze restrained for the next ten minutes, and then slowly Slow down. Now this foul, I am afraid Xia Ze will have to adapt for a while." Gary Neville analyzed worriedly.

"Then it will be very difficult to see the performance of this Chinese genius before the end of the first half." Carragher shrugged and joked heartlessly.

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After the conflict just now, when Xia Ze returned to the field, it was already close to the 40th minute of the first half. Counting stoppage time, it was at most six or seven minutes before the end of the first half.

If according to Gary Neville and Carragher, Xia Ze needed more than ten minutes to recover, then it seemed that there was nothing wrong with him in the first half.

"You keep marking him closely and don't let him get the ball comfortably, then he won't be able to do anything in the first half!" Rogers said to Gerrard who walked to the sidelines.

"Coach, I can take care of him without the captain!" Qiao Allen, who came to drink water, vowed.

Joe Allen was a player that Rogers personally brought over from Swansea City. He has always been called the son of Rogers, so he dared to speak in front of the coach.

And Rogers seemed to trust him very much. Hearing that Joe Allen volunteered, thinking about letting Gerrard defend a 20-year-old young man, it would be a bit cheap.

"Okay, you will be responsible for marking him, Stephen organizes the offense, and we will try to break the deadlock in the first half." Rogers patted Joe Allen on the shoulder and said.

After Gerald and Joe Allen took over the task,

Immediately return to the field to continue the game.

Two or three minutes after Xia Ze returned to the court, his left foot still felt a little tingling, so he didn't do too many moves, just made a transitional pass.

And Qiao Allen, who had been following him, found that Xia Ze hadn't played much, and gradually relaxed his vigilance.

"Xia Ze, catch the ball!" Howard intercepted the pass and threw the ball directly to Xia Ze.

"Xia Ze, turn around and attack, don't slow down!" Martinez shouted at Xia Ze from the sidelines.

And when Xia Ze received the ball, the teammates around him also pressed up one after another.

The intention is obvious, it is to break the deadlock before halftime and let the team take the lead.

Although his left foot still hurt a little, Xia Ze knew that he couldn't go on so slowly. Qiao Allen, who had been sticking to him like a cowhide plaster, let down his vigilance at this time. This is a good opportunity.

Xia Ze got the ball and immediately turned around. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a gap on the wing, and Lukaku in front was also pulling the opponent's defense.

Xia Zelai launched the attack, which has been the most common attack method of Everton in recent months.

"Boy, do you think you can pass my defense? I will let you taste the feeling of falling to the ground again!"

Qiao Alun didn't expect that Xia Ze would dare to turn around and organize an attack, and immediately flew up with a sliding shovel, with both feet on the ground, which was very standard, but it was menacing.

If one is not careful, he is really likely to be tackled by him with the ball, and it is the kind that does not foul.

When Xia Ze turned around, he was already wary of Joe Allen's attack, and originally planned to engage in some physical confrontation, but he didn't expect that Joe Allen would come up with a sliding shovel.

This way of stealing looks fierce and intimidating, but it is actually very reckless.

Because once the tackle is unsuccessful, your entire defensive position is given up. As long as Xia Ze passes you by, then you have no chance to make up for the miss.

Naturally, Xia Ze would not let go of such an opportunity. He flicked the ball lightly with his right foot, then jumped up, and directly flicked the ball past others. While avoiding Joe Allen's tackle, he also pushed the ball into the opponent's half. .

"Damn it, who told you to shovel, stick to him! I let you stick to him!" When Rogers saw Joe Allen's reckless tackle let Xia Ze get a large advancing position, he threw his fist angrily. scold.

"Beautiful!" The three commentators on the commentary booth exclaimed at the same time.

The Everton fans in the stands cheered even more. Such a wonderful performance was Xia Ze's first time since the game started.

Xia Ze seemed to have regained his mojo in front of more than 30,000 Everton fans.

Lukaku moved forward in the middle and took Kolo Toure away.

Both Miralas and Kone also took away a central defender, while Coleman and Gibson, who assisted, disrupted Liverpool's backcourt, with gaps and omissions everywhere.

"Xia Ze, here!" Lukaku raised his hand to ask for the ball, but he was stared at by Kolo Toure, and there seemed to be some overlap with Kone's running position.

Looking at Camillaras again, although he ran out of the open space, he was going to advance to the bottom line after passing the pass, and he could not directly threaten the opponent's goal.

Coleman and Gibson are by their side, passing the ball to them will only delay the rhythm.

In just a split second, Xia Ze had already made a decision—to charge forward with the ball himself!

"Xia Ze chose to take the ball by himself instead of passing it." Redknapp Jr. commented on the game from the commentary booth.

"He used his speed to get rid of Gerrard who came up to replace him. After all, Gerrard is old."

"Lovren stepped forward to force him, and was pierced by Xia Ze!"

"Xia Ze broke into the penalty area, this is a good opportunity to shoot!"

"Mignolet attacks, can he block Xia Ze's shot?"

"Xia Ze didn't shoot directly, he chose to pass the goalkeeper!"

"Oh!! Mignolet threw Xia Ze down, and the referee blew his whistle!"

"Penalty kick! It's a penalty kick! Xia Ze made a penalty kick and Everton got a great chance to lead!" c