The Midfield Master

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"Xia Ze, get rid of him, let him pester you!" Martinez yelled from the sidelines with hands and feet.

Xia Ze vaguely heard Martinez yelling at him, and knew what he meant.

But Xia Ze didn't have a hint of comprehension on his face, because he had tried various methods to get rid of Capoue, and even retreated to his own half to get the ball.

But Capoue would rather lose his position and keep following Xia Ze closely.

When Xia Ze runs to catch the ball, he doesn't stick close to his back. But as soon as Xia Ze stops the ball or turns around, he will immediately follow him, using his body or using various small movements to influence Xia Ze to take the ball.

Originally, Xia Ze was not as good as the opponent in physical confrontation, and every time the opponent came over to harass him when he got the ball, Xia Ze couldn't even turn around.

So in the first half of the game, he either had to return the ball hastily after receiving the ball, or the ball was directly cut off by the opponent.

The rare one or two times were wonderful, and Capoue used fouls to stop his advancement.

Everton's offense is almost entirely tied to Xia Ze. Without the serial organization of Xia Ze, the midfielder, the three players in the frontcourt are almost fighting independently, and the offense is extremely messy.

On the other hand, Watford has studied Everton for a long time, and unlike Everton, they need to be distracted from the Europa League qualifiers, so it is a targeted strategy.

Behrami on the wing suppressed the assists of Deulofeu and Coleman with his tireless running, and sent shells to the frontcourt from time to time.

But the most important thing is the tacit cooperation between Deeney and Ighalo, two extremely powerful forwards. The two of them pushed forward aggressively in the frontcourt, which made Everton's defense very troubled.

If it weren't for Howard's repeated rescues, Everton would have fallen behind in the first half of the game.

"Attack quickly! Get rid of that big black guy and attack!" In the stands, the white-haired old Smith looked at the Everton players in the field and couldn't help cursing.

It was rare for him to watch a game in a good mood today, but he couldn't see the team's decent offenses in the first half, let alone at least 2-0 as he boasted before the start of the game.

Without Xia Ze's organization, Everton's offense could not be played at all. Deulofeu and Miralas on the wing fought alone.

Almost every time, he fell into the double-teaming of the other two.

Lukaku was simply overwhelmed by the opponent's central defender. Gibson stepped forward and swung a few long-range shots that were not accurate, and he couldn't even make the opponent's goalkeeper Gomez sweat.

All this stems from the fact that Xia Ze was strangled to death by the other party.

In the first half of the game, both sides made no achievements, and entered the intermission with a score of 0-0. On the scene, although Everton has possession of the ball, Watford obviously created more threatening scoring opportunities, which disappointed the Everton fans in the audience.

Everton dressing room.

"Xia Ze, what's wrong with you? He's clinging to you, won't you avoid it?" Martinez was furious after entering the locker room.

He was indeed very dissatisfied in the first half of the game. Everyone could see that the reason why the team had no way to attack was because Xia Ze was stared to death by the opponent.

"Coach, he has been following me, and there is nothing I can do about it." Xia Ze could only helplessly spread his hands.

He did try many ways in the first half of the game, but he couldn't completely get rid of the opponent.

He also knows that the team's offensive organization is all on his shoulders, and he also tries to tear apart the opponent's defense line by running more, trying to get the ball out with one kick.

But helplessly, the team didn't know whether it was because they didn't adapt and lacked their own organization, or everyone was in a bad state. Although the possession rate was dominant in the first half, they failed to create opportunities.

"Alas..." Martinez sighed, he knew that Xia Ze was not trying to quibble, he also saw Xia Ze running very hard in the first half, but the opponent's personal marking was too tight.

A strong black midfielder with a height of 1.9 meters is marking your midfielder, and he is still marking your midfielder all the time. Even the top midfielders in the Premier League, such as Silva, Ozil and Mata, are probably better than Xia Ze. Not much better.

"In the second half, you continue to use running to drag the opponent's defense line. Others make good use of the midfielder position after Capoue left. I don't believe that he can run all over the field by himself." Martinez told the players in the locker room. After the player said a few words, he walked out of the locker room.

The assistant coach stepped forward, but as a result of Martinez's words, he arranged tactical arrangements for the players one by one against the tactical board.

The coaching staff had seen the problem in the first half, and the intermission was the time to arrange new tactics to solve the problem in the first half.

After hearing the arrangement of the head coach and assistant coach, Xia Ze was full of confidence again. Although I can't directly assist my teammates to score, as long as I use running to create opportunities for the team, that's enough.

After the start of the second half, Capoue still marked Xia Ze closely, and Xia Ze had no chance to turn around.

According to the arrangement of the head coach during the halftime break, Xia Ze frequently retreated to a deep place to catch the ball, or cruised to the side, in short, he tried to take Capoue away from the defensive position as much as possible.

I thought that this would disrupt Watford's defense and cause loopholes in the defense in the middle of the opponent's midfield, while Gibson and Barry could use the gap in the opponent's midfielder to insert assists.

But in addition to Capoue in the opposing midfielder, there is also a player named Behrami who can't run to death.

After Capoue followed Xia Ze out of the defense zone, Behrami immediately used his running ability to defend in place, preventing Everton's wishful thinking from being able to start.

After 15 minutes in the second half, Everton still failed to create any effective offensive opportunities. On the contrary, the opponent's counterattacks threatened the team's goal several times, making Everton fans break out in a cold sweat.

Seeing that the team's performance remained unchanged in the second half, Martinez frowned, and then seemed to have made some decision, turned around and shouted to the substitute players who were warming up on the sidelines: "Tom, Aaron, go change your clothes, Ready to play."

Aaron Lennon and Tom Cleverley on the sidelines immediately ran to the bench, changed their clothes and prepared to play.

The camera also immediately showed Xia Ze who was knocked to the ground again by Capue. The director on the scene also knew that Xia Ze's performance in this game is likely to be replaced.

"Both Lennon and Cleverley have gone to change clothes. It seems that Martinez is going to change." Redknapp Jr. said looking at the TV screen.

"It's time to make a change. Xia Ze was marked by Capoue in this game and did nothing." Carragher added.

"It seems that he really hit the rookie wall." Gary Neville added another knife. c