The Midfield Master

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After returning to the training base for intensive training for a week, the physical condition of the players has improved rapidly during this week. And a week later, Martinez also arranged a warm-up match for the team.

Although the opponents in the warm-up match are only teams from the British Championship, the opponent's preparation period is longer than Everton, so the state is also better than Everton's players.

In the end, the game ended in a draw. The best performers in the warm-up match were Xia Ze, Baines and Stones who returned to the club for training ahead of schedule.

And Deulofeu and Cleverley also showed their respective strengths, which made the players in the team feel more competitive pressure.

However, this is all healthy competition, which will only encourage players to train more diligently, and will not make the atmosphere in the team tense and the relationship between players deteriorate.

Players who performed poorly in the first warm-up match worked harder in the following training. The other players were influenced by these players and did not dare to neglect. Starting from the second Monday, more than ten players stayed for extra training after the training.

Three days later, the second warm-up match was held, and the state was much better than the first match. Whether attacking or defending, the players ran a lot more actively, and finally won the opponent smoothly.

After the two warm-up matches, it was already July 10. The team packed their bags and prepared to fly to Singapore to participate in the commercial competition of the Premier League Asian Cup.

The so-called Premier League Asian Cup is a warm-up match held by the Premier League during the summer offseason. It consists of three Premier League teams and a host team. In a single-round knockout match, each team can play two games.

Since 2003, it has been held every two years in odd-numbered years. The purpose is to avoid national team events such as the World Cup and the European Cup.

This year's Premier League Asian Cup is held in Singapore. The three Premier League teams are Arsenal, Everton and Stoke City, plus the Singapore star team to form four teams. Then decide the champion.

Arsenal and Everton were the two FA Cup final teams last season, and they met again after less than two months. Although it was a warm-up match, Everton's players were gearing up for the FA Cup final Find the place in the middle.

On July 12th, after a long-distance flight, the team’s plane finally landed at Singapore Airport. As soon as he got off the plane, Xia Ze saw a large number of fans wearing Everton jerseys, holding scarves, jerseys and posters of players. Loud shouts and cheers at the airport.

Neither did the other Everton players.

His own team is so popular in Singapore.

Because according to people's impressions, the most popular teams in Asia should be giants like Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Barcelona.

Even for Arsenal, fans in Singapore are many times that of other Premier League teams.

But I didn't expect Everton to have so many fans coming to pick up the airport in Singapore, which is almost no less than the fans picking up the airport in this city.

This should benefit from the commercial development of the Premier League. It is because of the high degree of commercialization of the Premier League that so many fans have gathered in Asia.

Even Everton, a non-traditional giant, has so many fans to pick up the plane.

Among these fans, some wore the jerseys of various players, among which the jerseys of Miralas and Baines were more. But the one with the largest number is Xia Ze's No. 20 jersey.

After all, Singapore is a country where most of its citizens are Chinese, and they have a natural intimacy with Xia Ze.

When Xia Ze appeared, the cheers and shouts at the airport were the loudest.

"Xia Ze, sign for us!"

"Xia Ze, take a photo with me!"

"Xia Ze, come on!"

"Xia Ze, you are so handsome!"

Old and young, men and women, all kinds of shouts mixed together, their enthusiasm made Xia Ze overwhelmed.

However, because of the long-distance flight, Xia Ze could barely hold back his smile, and he didn't have the energy to deal with their autograph and group photo requirements one by one.

The organizers are also aware of this problem, so they did not arrange for the players to stop to sign autographs for the fans, and also told the fans that after the team has rested, they will find an opportunity to ask for autographs and group photos.

Although they couldn't get an autographed photo, they were excited to see their favorite Premier League stars up close.

Many fans also took the opportunity to give gifts to Everton's stars. Although they were not valuables, they also made Xia Ze feel sorry.

Especially Xia Ze, who is almost covered with various scarves and trinkets made by fans themselves.

Xia Ze never dared to neglect the fans' gifts, and carefully put them away after getting on the bus.

Now in the home and apartment, there are special rooms for displaying gifts and letters from fans. For Xia Ze, these are fortunes.

After all, when I was a child, I also tried to write letters to the stars, or give them small gifts, so I understand how many fans' emotions are contained in these gifts.

The organizer arranged everything very well. After Xia Ze and the others got on the bus, they arrived at the hotel where they were staying. As usual, Xia Ze and Gibson were arranged in the same room.

After a long flight, all the players have to do now is to adjust to the jet lag, take a break, and then go to acclimatization training.

After all, from the UK to Singapore, the flight time is more than 12 hours, and even the iron man will get rusted after sitting for 12 hours.

So they still have to act as soon as possible.

Two other Premier League teams will also arrive in Singapore today.

After the adaptive training was arranged in the afternoon, the players returned to the hotel where they stayed.

Because I sat on the plane for twelve hours, and this was just a training game, not an important game, so Martinez did not restrain the players in the hotel, but let the players move freely at night , as long as you return to the hotel before 23:00.

It's rare to come to Singapore. Of course, the players will not just stay in the hotel and get moldy. They will go out together in twos and threes.

The night scene in Singapore is still quite different from Liverpool and even London. However, Singapore is also an international city with convenient transportation, so there is no need to worry too much.

Xia Ze, Gibson and Cleverly went out together to see what fun places there were.

For Xia Ze, the city of Singapore is both strange and familiar. Mainly people on the side of the road, most of them are Chinese faces, and many even speak Mandarin and Cantonese.

This is also quite intimate for Xia Ze who is in a foreign country. c