legendary midfielder

Chapter 103 I Won't Let You Down!

Yes, football is round. On the football field, you never know what will happen in the next second!
When the game progressed to No. 20 two minutes, Valencia took possession of the ball.

Valencia's No. 7 Jonas took the football and entered Deportivo's half from the right side of the field, and No. 24 Marchena immediately went up.

Instead of making a personal breakthrough, Jonas turned around and leaned against Marchena and pushed diagonally into the hinterland of La Coruña.

At this time, Zhang Xu saw that Marchena was still unable to effectively intercept Jonas, so he rushed towards Jonas quickly.

After more than 20 minutes of competition, and the head coach had already explained that this Chinese boy has relatively strong defensive ability, so when Jonas saw Zhang Xu forcing him over, he immediately thought of passing the ball.

He looked left and right, and found that Gago was in front of him on the left, so he poked his left toe, and the football rolled towards Gago.

And this is exactly what Zhang Xu wanted to see, he immediately turned around, unleashed his speed, and chased the football rolling towards Gago at high speed.

Jia Ge didn't care much at first, but when he saw that Zhang Xu wanted to grab the football before him, he was shocked and ran towards the football.

Both sides were approaching the football quickly. After all, Zhang Xu turned halfway, and his speed was a little bit slower. Seeing that the football was about to be controlled by Gago, Zhang Xu immediately made a decisive tackle.

Seeing the football that was about to fall under his feet, Gago couldn't help but feel happy for a while, but at the moment his foot touched the football, another toe came out suddenly, and poked the football away before him.

Nice steal!
After seeing Zhang Xu's steal, the head coach Oltra immediately jumped up excitedly and praised him loudly.

However, what happened next left him speechless.

The football that Zhang Xu stabbed was not picked up by Belleron, who responded. Belleron's start was half a beat behind, and the football was picked up by the opponent's No. 24 Tino Costa.

After Tino got the football, he pushed with his right foot before Belleron intercepted it!
The football passed from the right side of Belleron's body, passed through the gap between the two defenders of Deportivo, and suddenly appeared on the left edge of the penalty area.

"Be careful behind you!! Watch out for that damned No. 17!!" At this time, Zhang Xu had already seen the danger, and he could only remind his teammates loudly as it was too late to defend.

However, his reminder was still a bit late.

Valencia's striker Guardado has bypassed No. 2 Pablo, who was a little distracted, and succeeded in anti-offside, and came to the left rear of the football.

Guardado lightly tapped the football with his left foot, followed by two steps, and directly kicked the back of the football.

Shot!
This shot was so powerful that the football appeared in the lower left corner of the goal like a bolt of lightning.

Zhang Xu's teammate, goalkeeper Alan Zubia, saw the football rolling in the net before he could make a move!
The ball is in!
In the middle of the first half, Valencia broke the gate of Deportivo with an anti-offside attack!One to zero lead!

Zhang Xu looked at the football lying in the net with hatred, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.Although the conceded goal has nothing to do with him directly, but he is the organizer of the defense after all, as long as the goal is conceded, it is his responsibility.

Well, I just lost a ball, and the time is still long, I don't believe that I can't get it back!Valencia, we'll see!
Zhang Xu put aside the sense of loss in his heart, clenched his fists, looked firmly at the Valencia players celebrating the goal, and secretly made up his mind.

Just when he was ambitious to equalize the score or even overtake, another unexpected situation happened, which confirmed an old Chinese saying: Misfortunes never come singly.

At the 209th minute of the game No. [-], Deportivo's offense has been completely boosted by Zhang Xu and Belleron. If there is no accident, it is only a matter of time before the score is equalized.

However, at this moment, something that made all Deportivo fans desperate happened.

This was purely an accident.Valencia's Tino Costa was unable to form an effective breakthrough after being entangled by Zhang Xu in the frontcourt. In desperation, he could only kick the football forward casually.

His luck was very good, and the football was really obtained by his teammates.

No. 9 Soldado was still dangling in front of him, but he didn't expect a football to fall from the sky and land at his feet.

Surprised, he quickly controlled the football, then quickly turned around and advanced towards the middle of the penalty area.

After entering the penalty area, Soldado was immediately stared at by No. 3 Evardo. Evardo is an experienced defender. He used his body to hold Soldado and interfered with Soldado from time to time.

If this continues, Valencia will not have any chance at all.

However, at this moment, Evaldo, who has always been calm, found that Soldado was a little bit too big when he dribbled the ball, so he rashly stretched out his right foot, trying to poke the football away.

His idea was good, but the actual effect was that he kicked Soldado's right foot.

At this time, Soldado's right foot happened to be his supporting foot, and Ewaldo's foot suddenly made him feel a sharp pain, so he consciously fell on the grass while clutching his right foot.

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle at the right time, ran over quickly, checked Soldado who had fallen on the grass, and then mercilessly took out a bright red card from his arms and flashed it to Ewaldo.

Then, the referee ran to the place where the penalty kick was taken, pointed to the penalty spot, and signaled for the death penalty—a penalty kick!

At this moment, all the Deportivo players were stunned. They gathered around and complained to the referee.

Zhang Xu was the first to run up, pleading sincerely: "Hello, sir, he really didn't mean it, but he didn't stop his foot and kicked the opponent's foot. Can you give me a lighter punishment?"

"Yes, sir, I really didn't mean to kick people on purpose! Please, give me a chance!" Evaldo also came up with an innocent expression.

"Impossible, I will punish you if you make a foul!" The head coach said with a deadpan expression without giving in.

"Sir, we have no intention of challenging your majesty, but please see that he didn't mean it, and give us a chance to reform!" Belleron squeezed in and said to the referee.

"Impossible, Belleron, you are a veteran in the football world. How could I turn a blind eye to such an obvious foul? Besides, I have already made a penalty. Do you want me to withdraw the penalty and become a joke in the referee circle?" For Belleron, the referee still respects him, and he explained it specially.

"Okay!" Belleron sighed, and helplessly pulled the players away.

The head coach Oltra is going crazy, and it's fine to award a penalty kick, and also sent off the team's main central defender. If the game is not lost, it will be a miracle!
At the beginning, he immediately ran to the fourth referee on the sidelines and loudly appealed for his players and the team, but after a few rants, he realized that he couldn't change the outcome in the slightest, and finally he could only return to the coach's bench unhappily, and signaled the assistant coach to arrange a substitution.

He called Zhang Xu to the sidelines and asked with a serious face: "Zhang, now I can only rely on you. Tell me, can I trust you?"

"Yes! Boss, if I can do it, you can leave it to me!" Zhang Xu nodded fiercely, and replied decisively.

"Okay, I'll arrange for Belleron to leave immediately. As the team's organizing midfielder, you will take on the core responsibilities of the team. We will play single-core tactics as we have practiced in the past." Ortera patted Zhang Xu on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Zhang, I know that your task is very heavy. Most of the defensive tasks are on you. At the same time, you also have to shoulder the burden of organizing the offense in such adversity. I hope you can carry it and don't let me down, okay?"

"Don't worry, boss!" Zhang Xu said with a firm face: "You just take care of it! I won't let you down! Because we are 'Super Laco'! Never say never 'Super Laco'!"

"That's right, we are the never-say-die 'Super Laco'!" Oltra nodded with satisfaction, waved to Zhang Xu and said, "Go, good boy! I look forward to your wonderful performance!"

After Zhang Xu left, the assistant coach said softly: "Mr. Oltra, are you putting too much pressure on him like this? It is too much pressure to bear Valencia's strong offensive pressure and find all opportunities to create goals! If he can't bear it, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to his growth!"

"Oh, why don't I know this truth, but now, what can I do?" Oltra sighed and said, "I can only hope that he with a big heart can bring us some hope!"

"Oh, I can only hope for this!" the assistant coach murmured, looking at Zhang Xu who organized his teammates to prepare for the opponent's penalty kick.

In the 204th minute of the game, Deportivo made a substitution, Belleron went off, No. 10 Thomas came on, No. 9 Pizzi went off, and No. 4 Alex came on.

No. 4 Alex replaced Ewaldo, and Thomas stood behind No. 11 Ricky, acting as both a shadow striker and an attacking midfielder.

Zhang Xu, on the other hand, stood in the position of Belleron before, and took the command of the team into his hands.

Moreover, the captain's armband that was previously worn on Belleron's arm is very conspicuously worn on his arm!
(End of this chapter)