The Midfield Master

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After the Premier League game, as usual, there is a day of rest.

Wang Xiaolin came to the UK last week, Xia Ze accompanied Wang Xiaolin to the street for shopping during the Monday break.

In England, because there are many professional players, ordinary people will not make a fuss even if they see professional players appearing.

In the past, Xia Ze often went shopping with Wang Xiaolin. When he met some fans on the road, at most he wanted some autographs or group photos, and he didn't bother too much.

This time Xia Ze knew that his performance on Sunday was not very good, so he was mentally prepared that he would be scolded by the fans when he went to the street.

But when he got to the street, he found that although the fans looked at him differently than usual, they didn't scold him, but came to encourage him one after another. Some saw Xia Ze across the street, and they would call Xia Ze loudly come on.

If you meet a few Everton fans walking together, when they see Xia Ze, they will even sing to Xia Ze, singing a song specially composed for Xia Ze by Everton fans.

Xia Ze was deeply moved by these actions. He thought he would be greeted with yelling from the fans, but he didn't expect the fans to support him in various forms.

"Look, I said you don't have to worry, the fans will always support you. Like the students in our class, they even sent me messages to comfort you." Wang Xiaolin said from the side.

Xia Ze couldn't help being moved when he looked at the big poster that belonged to him at the entrance of the supermarket he often went to.

Such fans, it is impossible not to love them.

...

Because he knew that he was not in good condition some time ago, Xia Ze ran as hard as he could in the next few days of training, not afraid of getting injured during training.

And after the training, I also specially went to the gym to train my body.

He found that his body was still too weak compared to the players in the Premier League. He must become stronger, even if he can't win the confrontation head-on, he can't be crushed by the opponent.

Xia Ze is the first to arrive at the training base and the latest to leave every day. Xia Ze's behavior also encouraged the players who also did not perform well in the previous games, and they all competed for extra training. There was a spectacular scene in the team where more than ten players stayed for extra training at the same time.

Martinez and the assistant coach saw this scene,

I am also very pleased.

Although the team is about to face the devil's schedule, even if the team was accidentally tied by a newly promoted team in the first round of the league, the enthusiasm of the whole team has not been hit in the slightest.

"Roberto, do we want to talk?" assistant coach Jones arrived in Martinez's office after Thursday's practice session.

"Well, Jones, do you have any ideas?" Martinez has always been open to the team's technical and tactical play, and most of his coaching team can give him suggestions on the team's play and starting list. Whether to adopt it is up to him.

So it's not surprising that like Jones, he comes to his office from time to time and says he wants to talk about the team's ideas.

"You have also seen the situation in the past few days. The atmosphere of our team is really great." Jones' opening remarks were not too direct.

"That's right, Xia Ze is really good. I didn't expect that the training atmosphere of the whole team was driven by him." Martinez smiled and nodded. He was indeed very satisfied with the training these days.

"It's just how do you plan to start the next game?" Jones continued to ask.

"Starting, now it seems that every player is in good condition. Our team will also have a frequent schedule in the future, and rotation is necessary. But it is only the beginning of the season, so there is no need for too much rotation. We will keep the current structure and play a few positions. It’s just a matter of adjusting. You’re here just in time, and I happen to have two positions that I can’t choose.” Martinez asked Jones to sit down, and then said.

"It's the problem of the right forward and midfielder." Jones has always been in charge of the team's daily training, so he also knows which positions on the team are the most competitive.

"That's right, Aaron and Gero are in excellent training condition. It's not a good choice to have one of them play in the next league. There are also Tom and Gareth. They are also very good choices." Martine Si frowned and said.

In the Everton team, the wingers and midfielders are indeed the most concentrated. Players on the wing like Lennon, Miralas, Deulofeu, Besic, etc. are all capable of starting.

The middle midfielder is even more crowded. The two defensive midfielders, Barry, Gibson, Cleverley, McCarthy and other players, no matter which two are picked out, are enough to support the middle midfielder position.

Only the front midfielder position, both Xia Ze and Pinal can play, of course Xia Ze is the main player, and Pinal is the substitute.

"Why not try to put three central midfielders and take the midfielder down?" Jones suggested.

"You mean to win Xia Ze?" Martinez was taken aback. You must know that Xia Ze is currently in the best training state in the team, and the team's offensive system is gradually forming around Xia Ze. Now that the league is only in the second round, if Xia Ze is taken down, the pressure on Xia Ze will be even greater.

"Yes, I think Xia Ze was severely restricted by the opponent's targeted strategy in the last game. In the next game against Southampton, the opponent is likely to adopt the same strategy. Southampton is no better than Watford, We are playing away again, if Xia Ze is restricted in this game, then our game will be in danger." Jones talked eloquently and expressed his opinion.

Martinez fell into silence when he heard the words.

Because in the first 60 minutes of the last game, after Xia Ze was completely invisible by the opponent's midfielder Capoue, the team's offense seemed to have lost the most critical key and could not be played at all.

In the Southampton formation, there is also a midfielder who is not weaker than Capoue-Wanyama.

If Wanyama also marks Xia Ze closely like Capoue, then the consequences can be imagined.

Thinking of this, Martinez couldn't help shivering.

So far, he really hasn't thought of any good way to crack the core of the opponent's close-to-mark attack.

So what if you directly take down the core of the attack?

Martinez looked up at Jones, who was looking at him and nodding.

Obviously, this is indeed a good way.

After all, this season is going to be a two-lane battle, and there are five games to be played in the next half month. I will put Xia Ze on the bench in the next game, and catch the opponent by surprise.

So even next Thursday's Europa League play-offs, it is difficult for Ajax to predict what kind of starting lineup they will send.

This is indeed a wonderful move. c