legendary midfielder

Chapter 15 Zhang Xu's First Assist

Under the signal of the fourth referee, Zhang Xu touched the lawn under his feet excitedly, and quickly stepped onto the court.

He quickly ran to Driss's side, and after conveying the intention of coach Mazu, he came to the left rear of Driss, concentrating on welcoming the restart of the game.

Tenyon sideline throw-in, in the spirit of sportsmanship, the football is kicked out of the sideline by Tenyon's players.

Alessande threw a throw-in from the touchline. After the center back Vincent received the ball, under pressure from the Tynion striker, he pushed the football directly to the goalkeeper Kevin.

Kevin gave the ball to left back Losario. At this time, Zhang Xu ran over in time and signaled to pass the ball.

Losario hesitated for a moment, still having doubts about Zhang Xu, a rookie who just joined the team.But he observed for a while, and there was really no one to pass, so he naturally pushed an arch of his foot and passed the football to Zhang Xu.

Because Zhang Xu was still a little nervous, he almost lost the ball when he touched it for the first time. When he stopped the ball, he stopped almost one meter away from his body.

Fortunately, Zhang Xu reacted quickly, stepped forward to control the football in time, and then distributed it to captain Dries, which resolved the crisis.

"Haha, I knew that Chinese people are not suitable for playing football!" Seeing that Zhang Xu almost made a mistake when he touched the ball for the first time, the game commentator Jerry laughed as hard as he could: "Mr. Mazu, the head coach of the White Star team, must have lost his head. He actually arranged for a fool in the football desert to play! Haha!"

Hearing Jerry's teasing and sarcasm, Zhang Xu calmed down instead. He cautiously walked between Dries and the back line, making up for any possible defensive loopholes.

"Alex passed the ball! Chance! Oh, damn it, this Chinese man just happened to be in the path of Alex's pass!"

"Man** broke through with the ball! Passed! He passed Dries, the core of the White Star team! Damn, Man** took a big trip and was cut off by that damn Chinese!"

"Anji Dai! Shot! Oh! Unbelievable, it was blocked by that damn Chinese Zhang, and the football flew out of the baseline!"

As the game continued, the commentator and all the fans of the Tynion team were surprised to find that this Chinese kid who they had not looked down upon before, except for the first touch error, he hardly saw any mistakes in the following time.

On the contrary, under the continuous impact of the Tynion team like a stormy sea, the Chinese boy can appear in the team's weakest defense in time every time, and can intercept the football just right every time.

Active running, fierce and clean steals, solid defense and never miss anyone!In the remaining ten minutes of the first half, Zhang Xu showed extraordinary defensive ability, which greatly curbed the offensive momentum of the Tynion team.

With the efforts of Zhang Xu and the cooperation of his teammates, the precarious situation has gradually stabilized. The White Star team, which had been blindly defending, gradually recovered its morale from repeated successful defenses.

Seeing this, Mazu's brows finally relaxed, he turned his head and praised Philip: "It was originally a gamble, but now it seems that it is an excellent chess move that couldn't be better! Philip, Zhang really lived up to your expectations!"

"Haha!" Philip laughed triumphantly: "I said long ago that this kid's ability has long been able to gain a foothold in the second division league. Moreover, I think this kid has a magical nature, and any impossible things can always be taken for granted in his hands! Haha, Mr. Mazu, it seems that this summer, we have made a very good deal!"

"Haha! That's right, gold that no one wanted! We actually picked it up!" Mazu and Philip looked at each other and smiled.

The first half of the game ended quickly like this.

Naturally, the Tynion team was not reconciled. They looked at No. 15 of the White Star team angrily, wishing to kill the Chinese kid who had almost blocked all attacks by his team on the spot.

On the other hand, Zhang Xu and his teammates left the stadium chatting and laughing, and entered the locker room one by one, while taking the time to rest, while waiting for the head coach to give an opportunity.

Matsu and Philip came together with smiles on their faces.

"Okay, guys," head coach Mazu first opened the topic: "Although we are behind in score, I am very happy that all of our players have played their own strengths in the situation of being behind in score and under the unfavorable conditions of the away game. Although the opponent has been attacking wildly, they still hold our defense line! Very good!"

"Here," Ma Zu pointed at Zhang Xu, "I would like to give special praise to Mr. Zhang, our master of Chinese learning. At the critical moment, he played well and saved the team's passive situation little by little!"

Zhang Xu didn't feel shy when he heard the head coach boasting about himself like this. He jumped out excitedly and shouted loudly: "Brothers, we will leave it to us later. Go ahead and attack as much as you want, and let those bastards from Tynion also taste our power!"

"Yes! Get rid of these grandchildren!"

"Brothers, don't say anything, victory victory victory!!"

Zhang Xu's words immediately resonated with the teammates, and all the anger that was pent up in the first half burst out all at once, and they roared angrily to show the Tynion team some color.

Mazu and Philip looked at each other, both shook their heads and smiled wryly. Mazu murmured to Philip in a low voice: "This kid, he did a better job than me. With a few words, he immediately raised the fighting spirit of the players! I don't have anything to do!"

"Just be content!" Philip laughed: "Aren't you happy to have such a player who saves you trouble?"

Matsu rolled Philip's eyes back, then clapped his hands to call the team's attention back to himself: "That's right, we must let these damned guys have a taste of the power of our White Star team. But, what exactly are we going to do? Why were we so passive in the first half?"

Speaking of this, Matsu's face became serious, and all the players calmed down, reflecting on their shortcomings in the first half.

Matsu took out the tactical board, fixed it on the blackboard, and pointed out the problems that each player had exposed during the game one by one.

After this, Mazu continued: "In the second half, the opponent will definitely continue to attack. I hope our defense line must be stable! Zhang? Zhang? Hell, what are you doing?"

Ma Zu suddenly noticed that Zhang Xu was absent-minded, and couldn't help being a little angry.

"Ah oh!" Zhang Xu finally came to his senses after being pushed by his teammates, and he quickly replied: "Mr. Mazu, don't worry, I will do my best to make Tynion's offense come back!"

"Get back from the wrong way?" Mazu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, then I will entrust this task to you, and you must let the Tenion team, um, get back from the wrong way!"

"Complete the mission firmly! Mr. Mazu!" Zhang Xu stood up straight, saluted a standard American military salute, and agreed loudly.

After Ma Zu smiled and motioned him to sit down, Zhang Xu was relieved.

He was really distracted just now. He turned on the system just now and found that he still needs to complete 6 steals in the side mission one.

The intermission time ended quickly, and the two teams filed out of the locker room one by one.

Obviously, the players of the Tynion team were severely criticized by their head coach, so they all stared at the players of the White Star team viciously, with expressions of wanting to eat them alive.

Zhang Xu smiled and said to Dries: "The other party seems to be a little dissatisfied with desire! Captain, you must feed more 'food' in the second half! Haha!"

The teammates who were a little scared at first burst into laughter when they heard Zhang Xu's joke, and the fear disappeared without a trace.

"Beep!"

With a whistle, the second half of the game began.

Just as Matsu expected, at the beginning of the game, the Tynion team launched a crazy attack on the White Star team just like the beginning of the first half.

But this time they miscalculated.

Zhang Xu, who gave them a head-on blow in the first half, also didn't hold back at all in the second half. Every time Tynion's attack basically stopped at Zhang Xu's feet.

In the 55th minute of the game, the Tynion team attacked again. No. 7 Manluer cut in the middle. After passing the White Star team captain Dries in a second, when he was about to split the wing, a red figure suddenly cut in at the right time and directly cut off the ball that Manluer gave to Alex on the right.

Normally, Zhang Xu would give this kind of ball to captain Dries immediately, but this time he saw a Tenion player who was always close to Dries, and it was easy to lose the ball when passing the ball, so he didn't pass the ball.

At this moment, he accidentally discovered that the team's forward Henry was rushing towards the rear of the Tynion team's back line that was about to approach the center line of the court at high speed!
opportunity!

Quick counterattack? !

Zhang Xu didn't hesitate. His close to 40-point teamwork allowed him to swing his right leg and kick hard at the bottom right of the ball.

"boom!"

After a crisp sound, the football drew a beautiful arc, passed over the heads of the Tynion players who were about to make a tackle, crossed the center line, and fell directly behind Tynion!

At this time, the defenders of Tynion realized that the opponent's forward was about to overtake them, turned around in a hurry, and rushed towards Henry viciously.

It's a pity that Henry is facing the football directly, and they still need to turn around, accelerate, and catch up again. After they completed this whole set of actions, Henry has easily got the football and galloped towards the goal.

One-handed!

"Damn it!" Tynion's goalkeeper cursed angrily, and had no choice but to abandon the door to meet Henry who was advancing at a high speed.

As the team's main striker, Henry has long been familiar with how to deal with this situation.

Without the slightest hesitation, he made an emergency stop and fake action, easily swayed past the goalkeeper, and then easily pushed the football into the net under the angry eyes of nearly 7000 Tyne fans!

The ball is in!
The score became 1:2!

(End of this chapter)