legendary midfielder

Chapter 109 Is this really reliable?
Soon, Zhang Xu's exclusive interview spread across the country, and spread throughout the country through the Internet.

The fans are very happy with Zhang Xu's clear-cut statement. In their view, all the obstacles for Zhang Xu to enter the national team have completely disappeared, so it depends on the efficiency of a certain domestic organization.

But everyone knows very well that even if Zhang Xu can successfully join the national team, November will be the soonest, because the latest national competition is a warm-up match against New Zealand at home, and the match date is about November.

Therefore, if fans want to see Zhang Xu's performance in the national team, they can only see it in November.

Just when the fans are eagerly looking forward to Zhang Xu's performance in the national team, Zhang Xu and his teammates are actively carrying out training and league matches.

On September 2012, 9, La Coruna challenged the Granada CF team away.

The strength of Granada CF team is not strong, it should be regarded as the underdog of La Liga. Last season, Granada CF team was almost relegated. This season, Granada CF team is unable to buy strong players due to insufficient funds, so the team's strength has not changed much, and it is still at the lower level of La Liga.

In this game, although Deportivo was playing away, with Zhang Xu's tenacious defense and Belleron's skilled midfield scheduling, the team still played with a degree of relaxation and took the initiative in the game.

In the 17th minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a long pass and accurately found Pizzi in front of him. Pizzi crossed the ball before the opponent destroyed it, and then Ricky easily pushed into the net!
1: 0!

In the 409th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu broke the opponent's No. 14 Rick's football, he immediately made a quick counterattack. He first passed it diagonally to Belleron, and then received a return pass from Belleron.

2: 0!

After a two-goal lead, Belleron was replaced, No. 10 Thomas replaced him, and Oliveira replaced Pizzi.

Zhang Xu once again became the team's field captain.

In fact, the players are now used to Zhang Xu being the captain of the field, and they are also used to playing under Zhang Xu's organization.

Of course, Zhang Xu's organization method is still somewhat different from Belleron's, which is mainly reflected in the speed of passing and receiving the ball.

Zhang Xu likes to pass and catch the ball quickly, and he should be more active in running and interspersing.Although this seems to have high requirements for physical fitness, in fact, the players have not run much more distance than when Belleron organized it.

why?This is mainly because Zhang Xu's own speed is too fast, which greatly makes up for the players' lack of running or dribbling speed. Often the players only need to receive the pass from Zhang Xu or other teammates at the right time, and then pass the football to the exact position at the first time.

For example, for the second goal, after Zhang Xu took the ball, he passed the ball directly to Belleron. Belleron didn't need to stop and run at all, he could pass it back to Zhang Xu who had already run to the receiving position.Zhang Xu's last kick went straight, and Ricky just made a sudden thrust forward, forming a single-handed attack!

Game No. 607 minutes, under the organization of Zhang Xu, the team played a series of wonderful cooperation.First, Zhang Xu's tackle kicked the football away from the opponent's striker.

Then Zhang Xu got up quickly. After two steps, the football was passed by his teammate Marchena.

Aguilar also made a pass, and once again returned the football to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu made another pass to Thomas, who was on the right front, and Thomas returned it. In the end, Zhang Xu made a through ball and immediately tore through the defense of Granada CF. Oliveira volleyed and easily scored!
3: 0!

This goal is a very typical microcosm of Zhang Xu's organization of offense. We can see that almost every pass and catch can see Zhang Xu's shadow, and other players do not run too much.

It's such a simple and effective quick pass and catch, and the football flies into the net!This is Zhang Xu's offensive organization!

In the end, Deportivo won the game with a score of 3:0.Deportivo scored three points again, reaching 10 points and ranking second in the standings!Second only to Barcelona, ​​which has won all four games!

In the four league games, Deportivo had three wins and one tie. This start is perfect for a newly promoted team.

On September 2012, 9, it was the match day of the fifth round of the league. Deportivo played against visiting Sevilla at home.

For Sevilla, the team is not very unfamiliar. In the friendly match before the start of the season, the two sides had played against each other. The result was a small victory over the opponent with Zhang Xu's powerful lion swinging his head.

Generally speaking, Sevilla is stronger than Deportivo.In the last game, if it wasn't for Zhang Xu, a strong defensive player, the frequent and fierce tackles made the Sevilla players very uncomfortable, and at the same time they were worried that they would be injured, so the team's strength was not truly reflected at all.

Now that it is the league, it is different. Even at the risk of injury, the players will try their best, so this game is not a small test for Deportivo.

Fortunately, this game is a home game. Deportivo, who is good at home games, has very few defeat records. Perhaps this will help the team.

At 7 o'clock that night, the game officially started.

As expected before the game, the powerful Sevilla did not lose even in the away game. Under the organization of No. 7 Navas, Sevilla even had a slight upper hand.

Facing such a strong opponent, Zhang Xu rarely participated in the team's offense, and he concentrated on organizing the team's defense.

Now, Zhang Xu's defensive strength has completely changed compared to that in the friendly match. Even without vicious defensive methods, he can still achieve good defensive results.

In addition, the very smooth start of the season gave the players strong confidence, so under Zhang Xu's organization, Sevilla's offense did not achieve substantial results.

However, the offense of the Deportivo team lacked Zhang Xu, the organizer who cooperated with Belleron, and the attack power dropped a notch, so they were frequently blocked during the offense.

In this way, the two sides were at a stalemate, and the game also entered a stalemate.

The stalemate does not mean that the game is not exciting. On the contrary, this deadlocked game is very exciting.

In the end, the two sides fought 0:0 in this game, shaking hands and making peace.

In the second half, after Pogba's good friend Kondogbia came off the bench, Zhang Xu almost fell to the ground with his first sentence.

"Hi, yellow winter melon! We meet again!" Kondogbia greeted enthusiastically.

Zhang Xu replied with a confused face: "Black winter melon, I'm not a yellow winter melon. Just because you are a winter melon doesn't mean I am a winter melon. You are much better than me!"

"No, I feel that you are stronger than me! So, you are the wax gourd! I am not!" Kondogbia replied seriously.

"." Zhang Xu was speechless for a moment. He really hit himself in the foot with a rock!

After this game, although the team only got a draw, the points still reached 11 points, and the standings also dropped to No.3, surpassed by Atletico Madrid.

Although it is No.3, this is still a good result for the weak Deportivo de La Coruña.

In the current Deportivo team, from top to bottom, everyone's faces are filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts. This is not pride or complacency, but an enterprising mentality, an optimism that has achieved preliminary results.

Such a result also made Deportivo fans excited.Now on the street, as long as you meet a Deportivo fan, they will proudly tell you how strong our team is and how good our results are.That kind of demeanor reveals a kind of pride from the bottom of his heart.

His teammates and fans were optimistic, but Zhang Xu was not optimistic. This is because in the past few days, when using simulated training, he used Real Madrid as an opponent several times in a row, but what he did not expect was that every time the result was a failure.

Moreover, the biggest score gap reached 1:5!This really made Zhang Xu a little hard to accept.

The main reason for the loss was poor defense.

Under the leadership of Ronaldo, Real Madrid's offense is too strong. Even though Zhang Xu's defensive ability is very strong, when he faces Ronaldo, he still feels a little helpless.

This does not mean that one-on-one can't be defended, but that Real Madrid's overall strength is too strong. With the support of his teammates, Ronaldo can fully exert all his energy.

Interspersed with running positions, dribbling, and overhead kicks, Ronaldo's superb skills and strong team organization ability tossed Zhang Xu to death.

This is the first time Zhang Xu felt the obvious gap between top stars and himself, which also made him understand his own path, and there is still a long way to go that requires him to work harder.

The day of the match against Real Madrid is getting closer and closer. Zhang Xu practiced tactics with his teammates during the day and continued to fight against Ronaldo in the simulated training at night.

As Zhang Xu became familiar with Real Madrid's players and formation, the results of the simulation training improved day by day. By the night before the game, Zhang Xu had been able to defend eight or nine times out of ten.

Even so, Zhang Xu still didn't have any confidence in his heart. He could only pin his hope that he or the team would perform at a super level when he was on the field.

But is this really reliable?

(End of this chapter)