The Midfield Master

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On May 15, 2015, Saturday, London, the capital of England.

"Auntie, take a look, that's Wembley Stadium." Two young girls, holding the arm of a middle-aged woman, appeared on the periphery of the magnificent stadium together.

Behind these three people, there is a tall man in his twenties and a boy in his sixteen or seventeen years old.

These five people are Xia Ze's mother and younger brother, Zhang Wei, Hua Yan, and Wang Xiaolin.

Today is the FA Cup final, they came to live in London one day earlier, and then came to the outside of Wembley Stadium after having lunch at noon.

Wang Xiaolin had already been to Wembley Stadium in the semi-finals. Others, whether it is Zhang Wei as a professional player or Hua Yan who often travels in Europe, have never been to Wembley Stadium.

Both Xia Mu and Xia Tao went abroad for the first time. They flew directly from Guangzhou to Liverpool a week ago. Under the guidance of Wang Xiaolin, they have already visited Liverpool and its surrounding areas for a few days.

Because of the arrival of his family, Xia Ze became more focused on training and gradually relaxed his mentality.

On the contrary, after Xia Tao came to Liverpool, he always pestered Xia Ze to take him to the club for a tour, but Wang Xiaolin and Xia's mother suppressed him because Xia Ze wanted to concentrate on preparing for the game.

However, Xia Ze also promised Xia Tao that after the game, he would take him into the club for a tour.

In addition, the jerseys collected by Xia Ze exchanged with other players for half a season were basically searched by Xia Tao. Xia Ze also dotes on his younger brother very much, so he doesn't care about this matter.

And two days ago, Zhang Wei, who had finished his league journey and was officially on vacation, also came to Liverpool to play with Xia Tao and the others.

The arrival of family and good friends made Xia Ze feel happier and more confident about Saturday's game.

Although there were a lot of tickets for the FA Cup final, Everton Club received a lot of tickets, but because almost every staff member wanted a ticket, the average number of tickets distributed to each player was only one or two.

Xia Ze still begged for a few tickets from other teammates who didn't need tickets, and finally got five tickets, just enough for Wang Xiaolin and the others to watch the game.

With family and friends watching the game from the stands, Xia Ze has more motivation in the final.

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Outside the Wembley Stadium, although it was just after noon and the game would not start until four o'clock, a large number of fans gathered early.

Some of these fans bought tickets to enter the stadium to watch the game, while others didn’t get tickets and wanted to try their luck outside the stadium to see if anyone wanted to sell tickets, or if scalpers peddled tickets. No matter how high the price is, they want to buy it.

And some fans simply went outside the stadium to watch the FA Cup final just for the excitement.

On the square not far from Wembley Stadium, a large screen was also erected, so that fans can gather to watch the game, and at the same time, they can hear the cheers in Wembley Stadium. This kind of dynamic feeling cannot be experienced at home watching TV.

The shops around the stadium also opened early to welcome customers. A game day like today is the best time for their business, and the sales of beer are several times higher than in the past.

Small vendors selling game day publications, scarves and other souvenirs are selling around the stadium, and their business is also very good.

"Mom, I'm going to buy some souvenirs for my classmates." It's rare for Xia Tao to go abroad once, and it's still in a football resort like Wembley Stadium. to buy.

"Xiaotao, don't buy things randomly. You got a lot of jerseys from your brother, and these things are not for food." want to save.

Xia Tao looked a little sad after hearing what his mother said, but he still agreed.

"Auntie, let Xiaotao buy it, it doesn't cost much." Wang Xiaolin smiled and talked to Xia's mother, and secretly handed the wallet to Xia Tao, and let Xia Tao go shopping.

"Thank you, Miss Xiaolin." Xia Tao readily took Wang Xiaolin's wallet, and immediately ran to buy souvenirs.

Xia Tao is different from his brother Xia Ze. Xia Ze's academic performance is not good, but Xia Tao is very good in both playing football and studying.

Especially in the past two years after his brother became a professional player, he has worked hard to learn foreign languages. He can speak English better than Xia Ze now. He even taught himself German, French and Portuguese. Although it is only superficial, his language Talent is still reflected.

"Xiaolin, you just dote on him." Seeing Wang Xiaolin talking to Xia Tao, Xia's mother stopped talking. She is still very satisfied with Wang Xiaolin.

Seeing Xia Tao's excitement, Xiaolin just smiled and shook her head.

There are only a thousand pounds in her wallet, which is enough to buy souvenirs. Moreover, Xia's mother may not know much about Xia Ze's income, but Wang Xiaolin knows it very well. For Xia Ze, a thousand pounds is now just a small fraction of his salary.

Xia Ze even had an appearance fee of more than 1,000 pounds, not to mention his weekly salary.

"Beauty, do you have extra tickets?" At this time, a man in his thirties and forties came over to strike up a conversation.

Wang Xiaolin and Hua Yan were stunned for a moment, then shook their heads.

Seeing this, the man left with a disappointed look on his face, and went to other places, looking for a chance of getting a ticket.

A few minutes later, another fan came over and asked Wang Xiaolin if they had extra tickets. After hearing the negative answer, they also left disappointed.

In the next half an hour, several fans came to inquire whether there were too many tickets. If they hadn't left immediately after getting a negative answer, Wang Xiaolin would even suspect that they came to strike up a conversation on purpose.

"Xiaolin, are they asking for directions?" Xia's mother said worriedly when she saw those thick and big men coming and going, thinking that something happened.

"They are asking if we have extra tickets." Wang Xiaolin explained.

"Huh? They won't go to buy football tickets, I want to ask you?" Mother Xia obviously doesn't know much about the football market.

"Auntie, it's because the tickets for this game are so hot that they're all sold out." Wang Xiaolin explained patiently without any impatience.

"Ah, that's how it is. I think this stadium is not small, so why are there no tickets? Look at the Yuexiushan Stadium, it's so big, isn't it full of seats?" Mother Xia still muttered incomprehensibly. .

Yuexiushan Stadium is Guangzhou R\u0026F's home stadium. Because of the presence of Guangzhou Evergrande in the same city, their home stadium is often unable to be filled. The average attendance rate of 10,000 people per game is already very good.

Of course, although Xia's mother has a son who is a professional player, her understanding of football is no more than that of ordinary people. Naturally, she doesn't know the attraction of Wembley Stadium and the FA Cup final.