legendary midfielder

Chapter 13 Opportunity in adversity
Time flies, and soon, August has passed, and September is drawing to a close.

For more than a month, Zhang Xu has been immersed in pain and happiness. The pain is training, and the joy is naturally the crazy growth of various attribute points.

Now Zhang Xu has reached level 10, and now every level up, the experience value increases greatly, from level 10 to 11, the required experience value is no longer 1100 points, but 1500 points!
Fortunately, the task system was officially upgraded to version 10 after Zhang Xu reached 2.0. Not only did the daily tasks reach 15, but the experience value doubled. Every time a daily task is completed, 10 experience points can be obtained.

At the same time, the number of random missions has also increased greatly. On average, there are almost five to eight random missions every day, and the rewards are also very generous.

What made Zhang Xu a little upset was that the experience gained from training per hour did not increase at all, and it still increased at a half-dead rate of 2:1.

Even so, Zhang Xu's attribute points have fully reached the standard of the Belgian Second Division. Here we can see it very intuitively through the data:
Name: Zhang Xu

Level: 10

Experience points: 402/1500 (allocated attribute points: 0)

Weight: 78.9KG
Current ability/potential ability: 35/48 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/status: 15/79 (up to 99)"

Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crosses: 25 Dribbles: 22 Shots: 20 Headed: 35
Long shot: 21 Marking: 36 Passing: 26 Stealing: 41
Stops: 28 Skills: 37 Penalties: 28 Corners: 21
Set pieces: 23 Throw-ins: 22
Spiritual attributes:
Aggression: 44 Anticipation: 35 Bravery: 77 Calm: 69
Concentration: 59 Vision: 25 Decision: 38 Determination: 81
Imagination: 15 Impact: 69 Off-ball movement: 28
Sense of position: 38 Teamwork: 44 Work engagement: 92
Physical properties:
Explosive power: 79 Flexibility: 45 Balance: 48 Bounce: 75
Physique: 85 Speed: 90 Stamina: 86 Strength: 84
Although he has not joined the first team for the time being, everyone knows that with China Zhang's ability to surpass the level of the Belgian second division, he only lacks one chance!
As long as the opportunity comes, you can enter the first team logically, and even directly occupy a stable main position in the first team.

Zhang Xu's situation is very good, but the situation facing the head coach Ma Zu is not so optimistic.

今天是2011年9月24日，联赛已经进行了6轮，成绩是一胜两平三负积5分，位列第16位。

Not only the club and fans are dissatisfied with such a result, but even Matsu himself is dissatisfied.

But what is the problem?
Let's look at a set of data, 6 rounds of matches, if you add two Belgian cup matches, a total of 8 games, the number of goals is 17, an average of 2 goals per game!
This kind of offensive ability is also very good in the Belgian second division.

However, there is something even better about the White Stars, and that is their ability to concede goals!

In 8 games, a total of 21 goals were conceded!5 more than the number of goals!
Such a comparison, a fool can understand where the problem lies, and that is the back line!

Is it a defender problem?Yes and no!

The four guards are all seasoned veterans with rich experience. In the hands of Matsu, they came from fighting in the third division. Matsu believes that they are definitely not bad in the second division.

But why are you still conceding so many goals?

The problem lies in the lower back!

There is only one person on the back waist, and that is Captain Dries!
Dries is 28 years old this year and is the core of the team. He needs to be dispatched on the field no matter whether he organizes offense or defense.

Dries is really good at organizing offense. The team's ability to score 8 goals in 17 games is inseparable from him.

But at the same time, the team's conceded goals also have an important relationship with him.Dries is good at offensive organization, but not good at defense. He often makes fatal mistakes such as defensive misplacement and lax marking, causing the team to frequently concede goals.

To change the current status quo, the only way to equip Driss with a protector!Provide powerful defense protection when Dries is attacking!

But the originally powerful protector Baptis was injured, and the others couldn't stand up, so they could only change their formation and add a defender to make up for the deficiency.

Now it seems that this trick is not easy to use, to be precise, the effect is very poor!
In the past, Mazu still had illusions about Dan's defensive midfielder formation, but now, of course, there is no trace of it!It's time for the team to change!

So who will be Driss' protector?

In fact, Mazu has been eyeing a person for a long time, and that is the main midfielder Zhang Xu of the U21 team who has been in the team for less than three months and is strongly recommended by Philip!

Tomorrow is an away game against Tynion.Tynion, also known as KVK, has a total of 9 points in the first six league games, ranking 10th.Tynion is a typical home dragon and away worm. When they arrive at home, they play well, and whoever comes will destroy whoever comes!But when it comes to the away game, it's like seeing a cat and a mouse, seeing who loses.

This time, the White Star team happened to be away, so the team was under a lot of pressure from top to bottom.Win the game at Tynion's home ground?International joke?
But Matsu has no way to retreat. If Tynion can't win this game, as long as one of the next two teams wins, the White Stars will officially fall into the relegation zone!

Therefore, Matsu held a mobilization meeting for the entire team to motivate the players and announced the list of players.

When Matsu finished announcing the list, everyone was surprised to find that Zhang Xu from China was in sight!

When he learned that he was officially transferred to the first team and became a member of Tynion's 18-man roster, Zhang Xu was very excited. After he hugged every U21 teammate tightly, he jumped up and down on the training ground, screaming excitedly, and didn't even hear the system's ding-dong sound.

"Mr. Zhang Xu, congratulations on completing the first step of the main task. All attribute points will be increased by one and experience points will be increased by 200!"

All the U21 teammates looked at this Chinese Zhang who joined the club for less than three months, although they were very envious, they couldn't feel any jealousy.One is because Zhang Xu’s hard work is seen by everyone. Zhang Xu has basically completed twice as much as theirs in all the training programs, and the extra training is not counted. The second is that Zhang Xu’s progress is too fast.

Excited Zhang Xu naturally did not forget to tell the good news to James and his wife. James immediately said that tomorrow he would go to Beggs Stadium to cheer for Zhang Xu no matter what!

"I don't know if I can play yet!" At this time, Zhang Xu became shy.

"Haha, it's okay, I believe in you, you will definitely shine!" James laughed, and took a sip of the local Woluwe wine.

The Bergs Stadium is three times larger than the Stade Stadium, with 7000 seats, making it one of the few large stadiums in the Second Division.

"Hello, fans of Tynion! I am your favorite commentator, Jerry, and welcome to the great Beggs Stadium!" When Zhang Xu and his teammates were undergoing adaptive training on the court, the game commentator began to explain at the right time.

Obviously, the commentator named Jerry is a typical Tynion fan. He didn't like the White Star team fans from Woluwe at all. He said directly: "We are great Tynion fans because we have a great Tynion team! This is a paradise for our Tynion fans! Because, what we gain here is------"

"Victory! Victory! Victory!" Countless Tynion fans roared endlessly.

"Yes, we have won countless victories in this place! So, this is also the other team's------"

"Hell! Hell! Hell!" the fans roared again.

"Haha, yes, hell! Well, welcome to the friends of the White Star team to the cruelest hell in history!" The commentator suddenly raised his head at the end, which aroused a huge resonance in the Beigesi Stadium.

"Sure enough, it's the Devil's home court! This momentum is really scary!" The striker Henry was startled by the roar of the stadium, and kicked sideways all of a sudden, almost flying out of the sideline of the stadium.He couldn't help complaining to Zhang Xu.

"Haha, what are you afraid of? This kind of challenge is exciting enough!" Zhang Xu, who has always been nervous, doesn't care about these insignificant things, but prefers this kind of stimulating challenge.

"I really envy you for having a big heart!" Henry said enviously.

"Oh, I just got the 18-man roster of the unlucky White Star team, let's see what lovely unlucky guys are there."

"The captain is No. 6 Dries, oh, this guy is indeed very good, our players should be careful about this guy!"

"Goalkeeper: No. 1 Kevin, Defender: No. 2 Alexandre, No. 12 Vincent Huh, No. 15 Xuzhang?" The commentator Jerry called out Zhang Xu's name very awkwardly, then left the microphone and asked the staff behind him: "Damn it, how should I pronounce this name? Also, does anyone know who this damned Xuzhang is?"

Soon, the staff handed him a piece of information about Zhang Xu.

"Xuzhang? Chinese? Oh, it should be pronounced zhangxu! Can the Chinese play football? They should be better at table tennis! The White Star team actually added a Chinese to the 18-man roster. It seems that no one can use it! Haha!" Jerry laughed brazenly, as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the football was completely deformed by Zhang Xu's right foot. It flew over 30 yards like lightning, and smashed hard into the goal!

"Zhang, if you can make such a kick in the game, I believe no one can stop your goal!" The teammates who were cooperating with Zhang Xu for adaptive training were taken aback by Zhang Xu's sudden long shot, and Henry even gave Zhang Xu a thumbs up and sincerely praised him.

"Most definitely!"

Zhang Xu looked at the commentary room of the Beiges Stadium and said bitterly.

The adaptive training ended soon, and all the players returned to the locker room to follow the head coach's tactics and the arrangement of the starters.

Zhang Xu was not among the 11 starting players, which was within his expectation, so he was not dissatisfied or disappointed.

"Beep!"

A whistle blows, and the game officially begins.

Amidst waves of cheering from the Tenion fans, the Tenion team took advantage of the home game at the beginning of the game and launched a frenzied attack on the White Stars.

Half an hour later, on the huge score screen in the northeast of the stadium, a score that made Zhang Xu feel very dazzling was clearly displayed: 2:0!

The home team is in front, the visiting team is behind!
Is it really impossible to break Tynion's unbeaten record at home?
(End of this chapter)