The Midfield Master

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The Wembley Stadium was boiling, and the city of Liverpool, hundreds of kilometers away, was also boiling. The Everton fans who watched the FA Cup final at home, in bars, and in the square saw Xia Ze's goal, everyone All celebrating wildly.

The same is true in a bar in Madeira, Portugal. Monica and Tenonio have forgotten who they were hugging.

Although the fans in this bar all came to watch a game for Xia Ze, but among so many people, except for Tenonio, it is estimated that Monica has the deepest affection for Xia Ze. This is the time when I can feel the excitement the most.

Thousands of miles away in China, from the bars in every big city, most of the fans came to watch Xia Ze. When Xia Ze performed a hat-trick, they almost exploded.

Chinese players staged a hat-trick in the FA Cup final, such a brilliant performance, they can witness this moment, enough to brag for a lifetime.

And in a mansion in Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou, after the TV was damaged just now, another tablet computer was smashed to the ground.

When the celebration was over and the game was approaching the 120th minute, Xia Ze was directly carried off the field to receive treatment for cramps.

Clattenburg also didn't care that Everton celebrated for a full minute, and there was only a mere minute of extra-time stoppage time.

The players on both sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, and in the last two minutes, there was not even a slight disturbance. As soon as Xia Ze returned to the field, Clattenburg blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The two sides fought to a 3-3 draw within 120 minutes. For Arsenal, Giroud, Ozil and Sanchez made contributions respectively.

For Everton, Xia Ze performed a hat-trick alone. After falling behind three times, he pulled Everton back from the edge of the cliff three times.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the camera focused on Xia Ze for the first time. Although there is still a penalty shootout, the final outcome of the game is still unpredictable.

But Xia Ze will undoubtedly become the headline of tomorrow's newspaper.

Not to mention, for at least the past two decades, no player has been able to have such a brilliant performance in the FA Cup final. He has dragged the team to the present with his own strength, and he has to follow through with penalty shootouts. The other side decides the outcome.

In the penalty shootout,

Everton undoubtedly has an advantage over Arsenal.

First of all, in terms of morale, the Everton players who fell behind three times and equalized three times will undoubtedly be stronger than Arsenal in terms of morale. In the penalty shootout, the most important thing is willpower and mentality, followed by technology.

Arsenal's players touched the championship trophy twice before 90 minutes and 120 minutes ago, but Xia Ze pulled it down abruptly.

This is undoubtedly very serious damage to their morale.

In addition to morale, the second is the comparison of goalkeepers. Ospina has quick reflexes and is good at fighting dangerous shots, which is well known. But his biggest shortcoming is his height. He is only 1.83 meters, standing in front of the gate, it seems that he does not have enough dominance.

But Howard is different. He is tall and strong, standing in front of the goal is like a wall. His outstanding performance in the World Cup last year made him a shadow of a striker.

The psychological and goalkeeper gap gave Everton a great advantage before the penalty shootout.

With the TV cameras, the players of both sides are lying on the ground, and the physiotherapists or teammates help to relax the muscles to deal with the penalty shootout at the last moment.

Although the penalty shootout was only a short run-up, the torment in the process was definitely no less than that of a 120-minute game.

Many players even said that they would rather play a 120-minute game than a penalty shootout.

For example, players like Baggio, Palermo, Terry, etc., all fell on the penalty spot.

In a penalty shootout, the pressure to bear is too great, especially in a final.

"Who's going to take the first penalty?" Martinez asked, standing among the players.

Although in the training before the game, he also arranged for the players to practice penalty kicks, and once arranged a penalty shootout order.

But now he still has to ask again during the game. If a player lacks confidence, he will not blame the opponent, but choose another player to take the penalty.

"I'll take the first penalty kick." Captain Baines said without hesitation.

He is the captain and the soul of the team. In normal games, Everton's first penalty shooter is him.

The pressure on the first penalty kick was the greatest. For this penalty kick, he was duty-bound and had no intention of backing down.

Martinez nodded and placed Baines in the first position, and he then asked who would take the penalty next.

Lukaku, Kone, and Naismith took the second to fourth penalties respectively.

"Who will take the fifth penalty..."

"Coach, I'll kick the fifth penalty!" Before Martinez could finish speaking, Xia Ze took the initiative to speak.

During the training before the game, Xia Ze and Baines had the highest penalty kick success rate, and Martinez did think about placing Baines and Xia Ze in the first and fifth places. key position.

"Can you?" Martinez looked at Xia Ze and asked.

After all, Xia Ze had cramps just now, and if he took a penalty kick again, would there be any risk?

"I'm fine!" Xia Ze said without hesitation.

After performing the hat-trick, his self-confidence was indeed bursting, and Ospina, who was facing him, was obviously timid when facing himself.

"Okay, then you will kick the fifth penalty." Martinez simply wrote Xia Ze's name on it.

Although Xia Ze is only twenty years old, but from the performance of the past six months, he already has enough understanding of Xia Ze's ambition, so he is not worried that Xia Ze will be overwhelmed by the pressure.

On the contrary, he also felt that Xia Ze, who was in good form, was the right candidate to take the last penalty kick.

After Xia Ze, Martinez continued to arrange for other players to take the next penalty kick. Although there may not be the sixth to eleventh penalty kicks, according to the rules, these still need to be arranged.

In a penalty shootout, every detail is enough to determine success or failure.

The goalkeeper coach is talking to Howard in a low voice, rearranging the habit of taking penalty kicks of each Arsenal player studied before the game, and the usual playing habits, so that Howard can have a better experience. big grasp.

On the Arsenal side, the same thing is going on.

Under the attention of the fans, players on both sides are preparing for the final battle.