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The waves created by Nelson swept the entire online world, but for Xia Ze and the others, the more important thing was to face Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League qualifier.

After playing against a team from Norway at home, the whole team has been studying Midtjylland's tactics for a whole week to beat the opponent in the two-legged contest.

Although Zhongtjylland has made a poor statement, it is also a strong Danish team, otherwise it would not be possible to qualify for the Europa League.

So the whole team is carefully preparing for this game.

The qualifying rounds are divided into two rounds, and Everton draws a schedule that is first away and then home, which is relatively more favorable.

On July 30, Xia Ze followed the team to Denmark. It was summer at this time, and the climate in Denmark was also very warm, not hot, but rather comfortable.

When Xia Ze and the others appeared in the city where Midtjylland was located, they found that the city did not have a large population, and it was much inferior to Liverpool, let alone compared with Chinese cities.

However, they are not here for sightseeing, but for competitions. The number of people in the opposing city and whether it is beautiful or not have nothing to do with Xia Ze and the others. They only care about one thing - taking three points from here.

Although the city has a small population, the football atmosphere here is strong enough. On the day of the match, the whole city was surrounded by a sea of ​​red. Compared with the fans in England, the enthusiasm of Danish fans is no less.

And because fireworks can be set off in Denmark's stadiums, fans are seen setting off fireworks along the way, as if they are celebrating a festival.

Such a thing is almost impossible to happen in English football. Even throwing a coin in English football is enough to form a prosecution, let alone something as dangerous as setting off fireworks.

Those Danish fans were bare-chested on rare summer days, with a beer in one hand and fireworks in the other, shouting at the Everton team bus.

If it weren't for the security guards around, they would have rushed forward long ago, trying to give the Everton players a blow before the game.

Even so, the Everton players, who are used to the orderliness of England on and off the field, still smacked their tongues secretly when they saw such a scene.

Although England's football hooligans are very famous, these football hooligans basically miss the stadium all their lives, and even appear on the periphery of the stadium, they will be expelled by security personnel.

So Xia Ze has been in the UK for more than half a year, and has never encountered a football hooligan.

And I asked Gibson and Cleverley and other players who were born and raised in the UK, and they rarely saw real football hooligans, at most they were more enthusiastic fans.

So when they saw those fans setting off fireworks and even throwing them at the bus, they were all secretly startled.

Although the Danish fans were quite crazy, Xia Ze and the others arrived at the stadium smoothly.

The home court of Midtjylland is called Icaster Stadium, which can accommodate 11,809 people. Because the main color of Midtjylland is red, the color of the entire stadium is also dominated by red.

Although the capacity of the stadium is not too large, the facilities inside are also very advanced. After all, it was completed and used in 2003.

The Midtjylland team is also very young. It was only established in 1999. It has only been 16 years since it has played against England's time-honored club Everton in the European competition.

Everton was established in 1878, more than a hundred years earlier than Midtjylland, and the historical background between the two is not on the same level.

But no matter how rich your Everton history is, in Denmark and Midtjylland, the opposing fans still far outnumber your fans.

However, in this campaign, Everton also has a thousand diehard fans who came to Denmark to support the team. These thousand people will be the biggest help for Everton players off the court.

From the moment he entered the stadium to warm up, Xia Ze heard the Everton fans in the corner singing loudly, almost without stopping.

And the Midtjylland fans were obviously unwilling to let the Everton fans dominate. The home fans began to cheer and cheer in an organized way, wave after wave, without giving the Everton fans a chance to breathe.

There were only a thousand Everton fans, and they were quickly overwhelmed by the opponent in terms of momentum.

After warming up and entering the locker room, Martinez gave a speech to the team.

"Guys, our new season has started again. You have performed very well in pre-season preparations. Now is the time to show our training results. Let me run and let the Danes see the strength of our English football! "

Martinez raised the significance of this game to the coaches of English football and Danish football. In Everton, there are many English players.

And this sentence also let all Everton players know that they are now playing against other European teams on behalf of the English team, and they must not be ashamed.

Inspired by Martinez's words, all Everton players cheered up and stepped into the field with their heads held high.

In this game, Everton sent the best players in the warm-up match, and it was also the same starting lineup as Arsenal's warm-up match.

Howard/Bynes, Stones, Jagielka, Coleman/Gibson, Xia Ze, Cleverly/Miralas, Lukaku, Deulofeu.

The formation switches between 4231 and 433. The key point is Xia Ze's premise and retreat.

For Midtjylland, the starting lineup is as follows:

The goalkeeper is Anderson, the four defenders are Novak, Bodurov, Hansen and Romer, the midfielders are Spalf, Hassan, Olsen, Sisto and Kadlec, and the forwards are It's Pusic.

The starting lineup of Midtjylland, not to mention ordinary fans, even professional players like Xia Ze and the others don't know it.

Only a few coaches and tactical analysts know their origins. In the past week or so, they have given the whole team a targeted science popularization of each player's specific skills, so that when Everton players meet each other , able to deal with it with ease.

Midtjylland has played a qualifying round before, so it must be better than Everton in terms of state.

So from the beginning of the game, Midtjylland, who played at home, took the initiative, taking advantage of their better state and more familiarity with the field to launch wave after wave of attacks on Everton's defense.

The home fans found that the so-called Premier League powerhouses were nothing more than that, cheers and shouts resounded throughout the stadium, and some people even lit fireworks to celebrate the victory in advance.

After the opening, Xia Ze has retreated to the position of central midfielder, defending with his teammates, and handing over the offensive responsibilities to Lukaku. Both Miralas and Deulofeu returned to the half-court defense, first withstood the opponent's opening onslaught.