legendary midfielder

Chapter 153 Crazy Practice Before Christmas

In the end, in the first game of the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, Deportivo defeated Sevilla with a score of 2:0. As long as they don't lose more than two goals in the away game, they can enter the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.

But now, the Copa del Rey game can be temporarily put on hold, after all, the next game will not be played until after the winter break.

What is currently before Deportivo is two consecutive league games before Christmas: Valladolid at home on December 12, and Espanyol away on December 17!
Fortunately, the opponents in these two games were not very strong, so they could be used as actual combat training for Zhang Xu to practice his rhythm control skills.

Ever since he mastered the entry-level rhythm control skill, Zhang Xu has been thinking about how to improve this skill level all the time, asking for advice from Belleron, head coach Ortera, watching game videos, actually demonstrating and training in training and competitions. All the methods he can think of and all the time he can use are used by him to learn and improve this skill level.

However, this is the ultimate mystery after all, and it cannot be comprehended and improved in a short time, it needs countless times of practice and comprehension to improve.

But Zhang Xu wasn't discouraged, not only wasn't discouraged, but his super-student's bullish energy came up again.

The more you have no obvious improvement, then I will work harder!
At 2012 pm on December 12, 17, at the Riazor Stadium again, Deportivo Deportivo played against Valladolid at home.

At the beginning of the game, Zhang Xu showed off his forte - the heaven-defying skill of controlling the rhythm.

Valladolid is the team that landed in La Liga in the 06-07 season. Over the years, the team has been struggling in La Liga for many years, and the team has been fighting for relegation.This season is no exception. Although currently ranked 9th in the standings, there are as many as three teams behind him with the same points as him, and five or six teams with one or two points less. If you don't pay attention, you will fall into the relegation circle.

In fact, without Zhang Xu, without the vigor Zhang Xu brought to Deportivo, Deportivo might not be much better than Valladolid, and they might have fallen into the relegation circle and struggled.

However, since there is such a pervert as Zhang Xu, Deportivo's strength has been greatly improved, and it has now become the first in the second rank of the La Liga standings. Such a result is the envy of Valladolid.

However, there are some things that cannot be envied.

For example, Zhang Xu, who has now fully developed his rhythm control skills.

In the 13th minute of the game, after Zhang Xu received a pass from Aguilar near the center line, he raised his head slightly to observe the situation ahead.

Now, Zhang Xu's vision attribute has reached 82 points. As long as he pays attention to the running positions of his teammates and the opponent's formation, he can basically grasp the situation of the whole field.

Zhang Xu took the ball forward diagonally, and was immediately pressed by two opponents.

The current Zhang Xu, after these few battles, especially the games against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, has long been famous. No matter what team, when facing Deportivo, they will put Zhang Xu as the top priority and focus on marking. Valladolid is no exception.

Zhang Xu stopped dribbling the ball and pushed the ball to Thomas.

After Thomas took the ball, he first played a two-for-one with Zhang Xu who was going forward, and then suddenly made a diagonal pass, sending the football to the empty area on the left.

Of course, Thomas' pass was still very purposeful, and soon, a player ran over in that empty area, and it was Deportivo's left forward Gama.

Gama leaned on his left foot to control the football, and after adjusting two steps, he kicked decisively to pass the ball.

Everyone in Deportivo knew that Zhang Xu's jumping and heading were terrifying, so Gama's cross was looking for Zhang Xu who was going forward.

Zhang Xu lived up to expectations, he overwhelmed the crowd, jumped high, made an obvious stop in the air, and then slammed his forehead on the flying football!
This header was so powerful that Valladolid's goalkeeper had no time to react and saw the football fly into the net!

The ball went in! 1:0!

After leading by one goal, Deportivo's offensive became more intense.At the same time, under Zhang Xu's scheduling, the entire team showed a clear sense of rhythm.When it is fast, it moves like a rabbit, and when it is slow, it is as quiet as a virgin, and the transition from fast to slow is very smooth.

Therefore, this game has completely become a training game for Zhang Xu to practice his rhythm control skills.

In the 201st minute of the game, it was still Zhang Xu. While dribbling the ball slowly, he suddenly kicked the ball through, directly tearing through Valladolid's defense and assisting Oliveira to make another victory.

In the 403rd minute of the game, Deportivo played a series of wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt. Ten consecutive passes were made with one kick. In the end, Ricky pushed and shot, rewriting the score again.

Changing sides to fight again in the second half, the rhythm of the field was still tightly controlled by Zhang Xu.

In the 601st minute of the game, it was Zhang Xu again. After he blocked the opponent's forward's shot, he suddenly made a precise kick and found Thomas in front of him. Thomas made a diagonal pass and assisted Ricky with a cold shot!
Subsequently, Oltra began a large-scale substitutions, replacing the veterans of the team one by one, and some young players on top.

In the end, with a score of 4:0 in this game, Deportivo defeated the visiting Valladolid and scored all three points. The league points rose to 29 points, and the league ranking is still No.4.

On December 2012, 12, the fifth day before Christmas, in the 20th round of the league, Deportivo's away game against the Espanyol began.

After this game, La Liga's winter break will come as scheduled. From December 12 to January 21, each team will have 1 days of rest.

Zhang Xu and Nicola have already agreed that after the winter break officially begins, the two will return to the United States together to visit Nicola's parents and spend Christmas with Nicola's family.

The Spaniard is a poor team this season, with only 12 points in the league, ranking first from the bottom.

Facing such a weak team, even though it was an away game, Zhang Xu would not be polite in the slightest. He led the team, and at the beginning of the game, he controlled the rhythm of the whole game in his own hands, and successfully once again treated the game as a training game to practice rhythm control skills.

In the 7th minute of the game, Zhang Xu seized a chance.

He cut off the opponent's pass in midfield, and then led the team to advance quickly. After the three-foot pass, the football came outside the arc of the penalty area.

In the end, Thomas made a sudden shot and directly opened the Spaniard's door, rewriting the score to 1:0!

After this goal, the Spaniard obviously strengthened his defense, trying to contain Deportivo's strong offensive momentum.

However, in front of Zhang Xu, these were only temporarily blocking the team's offense. Soon, Zhang Xu figured out the Spaniard's defensive rules, and goals followed.

In the 209th minute of the match No., Zhang Xu wandered around the center line with a football, attracting the focus of three Spaniards.

Zhang Xu has long been familiar with this situation. He used his unparalleled speed and physical strength to frequently cooperate with his teammates around him, tearing the Spaniard's formation bit by bit.

In this way, after Zhang Xu fought with his opponents near the center line many times, he gradually wore down the physical fitness and patience of the three Spaniards around him little by little.

This time, he suddenly made a through pass, gave the football to Thomas, and then accelerated suddenly, passed the marking of the three Spaniards, and slashed forward at high speed.

The three Spaniards turned pale with fright, and hurriedly tried their last strength to chase Zhang Xu who was gradually going away. While chasing, they loudly reminded their teammates to be careful.

However, it was already too late for Zhang Xu and his teammates who had already launched the offensive.

After Zhang Xu received the pass from Thomas, facing the two Spaniards coming up, he pushed the arch of his right foot and sent the football to the right.

Here, Aguilar successfully received the football, he did not stop the ball, but directly sent the football to Ricky diagonally ahead.

Ricky immediately passed the ball laterally, sending the football to Zhang Xu's feet again.

Zhang Xu made a long-range shot, which immediately attracted the attention of the opponent's central defender. Then, with a tiptoe, he picked the football over the head of the Spaniard's central defender and landed on the left side of the penalty area.

Here, Oliveira rushed to the horse, and with a kick, he once again broke the Spaniard's door! 2:0!

The first half ended with a score of [-]-[-]. After changing sides to fight again in the second half, the Spaniard seemed to give up the game completely. Except for one striker at the front, everyone else retreated to their own half and played turtle tactics.

This made Zhang Xu a little embarrassed. After all, breaking the tortoise tactic is a recognized problem in the world.

If it's someone else, maybe it's fine, but in front of Zhang Xu, the more difficult things are, the more interested he is in doing them.

So, Zhang Xu began to ponder this thick tortoise shell little by little patiently, looking for opportunities to take advantage of it little by little.

In the end, it really gave him a chance.

In the 801st minute of the game, after Aguilar ran all the way on the wing, he immediately made a cross.

Zhang Xu grabbed the spot in the middle, but was tightly surrounded by three Spaniards. He couldn't even take off, so he didn't grab the first spot at all.

But it doesn't matter. When the Spaniard made a clearance, he didn't kick the football very far. He was stopped by Marchena outside the penalty area.

When Marchena was about to hoist the football into the penalty area again, he suddenly saw that Zhang Xu was only going to the far corner of the goal, and he immediately sent the football to the far corner of the goal.

And there, Oliveira happened to be unmarked, facing the flying football, he shot it with one foot, and directly swept the football into the net!
3: 0!

In this way, under the leadership of Zhang Xu, Deportivo defeated the Spaniard with a score of [-]-[-] in the away game, and won the last victory before the winter break!
(End of this chapter)