legendary midfielder

Chapter 168 The First Victory of the National Team
After the score was equalized, under the leadership of Zhang Xu, the national team played more and more smoothly, and the morale of the team was particularly high. Everyone seemed extra confident and strong. Facing the players of the San Lucano team, they used moves that they dared not do before.

The national team is really good at playing downwind, there is no doubt about it.It is especially obvious now.

Zhang Xu doesn't think there is anything bad about this. Being able to play downwind is also a manifestation of ability. If he can't even play downwind, it means that there is a serious problem with the team's ability.

Facing such a powerful offensive from the national team, the San Lucano team retreated steadily. In the end, in order to keep the tie, all members had to hide in their own half, and endured Zhang Xu's offensive with fear.

Naturally, Zhang Xu will not let the San Lucano team get what they want. He doesn't want to see the national team can only draw with the teams in Group B of the Second Division, so he further strengthened the team's offensive.

Zhang Xu still has some experience in breaking dense formations. Short pass penetration is definitely not enough. Then long shots, free kicks, and crosses from the side to the center are the best ways to break dense defenses.

Therefore, Zhang Xu commanded the team and began to patiently look for opportunities, using the wide sideways to frequently send shells to the middle.

At the 803rd minute of the game, Zhang Xu's hard work finally ushered in a bumper harvest.

After Zhang Xu received Zheng Zhi's return pass near the center line, he first wobbled slowly with the ball and moved laterally. While moving, he observed the opponent's player's position.

At this time, he pushed the football to Zhao Xuri on the right, and under Zhang Xu's signal, Zhao Xuri began to attack along the sidewalk towards San Lucano's backcourt.

This is the tactic that Zhang Xu has played the most in organizing the team in the recent period. He uses breakthroughs from the side and then crosses to create opportunities for the center to grab points.

Choosing this tactic was also based on Zhang Xu's own considerations.

After all, his jumping is really good, and his header is also a must in La Liga, so as long as there is a suitable opportunity, Zhang Xu believes that he will definitely give his opponent a fatal hammer!

Soon, a player from the San Lucano team came up to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xuri first made an inward cut, then suddenly pulled his right foot on the ball, pushed the arch of his foot, and quickly passed the opponent's left side, easily passing the opponent's defense.

This kind of action can often be seen in the second half of the second half. The players of the national team play very easily and freely on the field, frequently using their own foot skills to cause trouble for the opponent.

After Zhao Xuri passed the opponent's defense, he increased his speed again and went down at high speed. At a distance of less than three meters from the bottom line, he decisively kicked a pass.

The quality of this pass is good, and the flight route is just along the edge of the small penalty area, making it difficult for the opponent's goalkeeper to choose. If he attacks, he has to worry that the opponent will seize the opportunity to succeed if he is too far away.

San Lucano's goalkeeper thought it over and finally decided to stay in the goal.However, his eyes were fixed on the flying football, ready to take off into the air at any time.

When Zhao Xuri kicked in a cross, Zhang Xu started to go forward quickly. When the football flew over the penalty area, Zhang Xu just arrived.

Although he was surrounded by three players, he still managed to take off, facing the flying football, and smashed his forehead hard on the football.

Zhang Xu's header was powerful and fast. The football drew a beautiful straight line and rushed directly to the upper left corner of the goal!
San Lucano's goalkeeper jumped up immediately, stretched out his arms and jumped at the flying football, but the football flew too fast. He had tried his best, but he still couldn't catch the football. The football passed his fingertips and got into the net!

The ball went in! 3:2!

Zhang Xu scored twice to help the national team successfully overtake with a score of [-] to [-]!
"Ahhh!!" Seeing the football flying into the net, Zhang Xu roared and ran all the way on the field, and then yelled crazily with his teammates.

This is why they are not excited. In the first half, they almost fell into despair. They couldn't imagine how the domestic fans would scold them when the score of 0:2 was passed back to China.

Now, they have finally overtaken the score. According to the current trend, this game can definitely be won, and they finally no longer bear the scolding of the fans, which makes them feel particularly comfortable and relaxed.

And all of this was brought by Zhang Xu, so they all admired and appreciated Zhang Xu, and there was also a trace of guilt. Countless complicated emotions were intertwined, and they all turned into hugs and shouts with Zhang Xu.

Camacho was also very happy. Although he was dissatisfied with Team Leader Luo's overreach in the first half, this was his first game in Spain. If he lost, spreading the word would only damage his reputation. Therefore, he still hoped that the national team would win.

Now, with victory in sight, he was naturally happy.

Camacho looked at Comrade Luo Jingwei who was watching the ball on the other side, and found that the other party also looked at the players on the court with a childish look of approval, and after giving gentle applause, he couldn't help curling his lips and muttering a few words that he couldn't understand.

Just like what Camacho saw, Comrade Luo Jingwei, the team leader of the national team, was indeed applauding the performance of the national team. Like Camacho, he did not want the team to lose in the first warm-up match. After passing it back, he was likely to be severely criticized by his leader. Now that the team won, maybe he could even win the praise and trust of the leader. Why not do it?

As for Zhang Xu?Seeing that you scored twice for the team's victory, I don't care about you anymore. As the saying goes, adults don't remember the mistakes of villains!Ha ha!
Thinking of this, Comrade Luo Jingwei laughed triumphantly.

The head coach of the San Lucano team didn't seem to be fighting against the national team after seeing the score behind. He immediately replaced some young players to train new players.

Seeing what the San Lucano team did, Camacho felt that there was no need to fight to the death, so he simply sent all the substitutes up and continued to run the team.Of course, Zhang Xu still stayed on the court.

As a result, the following game time became garbage time. Although Zhang Xu was still actively looking for opportunities to score goals, his teammates seemed to have lost their aggressiveness and made frequent mistakes in coordination, which made Zhang Xu annoyed but helpless.

In the end, in this game, the national team struggled to defeat San Lucano, a team in Group B of West Division B, with a score of 3:2!

After the game, the team leader Luo Jingwei was overjoyed and directly announced the decision to give the national team extra meals tonight, causing the entire national team to howl.

This made Luo Jingwei quite proud of his decision to announce an extra meal, and just as he was about to give another long speech filled with congratulations and encouragement, Zhang Xu ran straight over.

"Team leader, hello, I have to rush back to Deportivo immediately. I have another Copa del Rey game to play tomorrow. Thank you for the extra meal! I'm leaving first! Bye!" Before waiting for the leader's consent, Zhang Xu stepped onto his backpack, waved to Zheng Zhi and the others, and trotted out of the training base.

Luo Jingwei frowned, but he didn't have much to say. After all, Zhang Xu was the biggest contributor to winning the game. In addition, Zhang Xu took care of both sides, which was also approved by the head coach Camacho.

"Okay! Comrades, your performance today is really great! I am proud and proud of you, and I believe that the motherland will also be proud of your performance, the people of the motherland." Luo Jingwei put aside his displeasure with Zhang Xu, took advantage of the time when the team assembled, and began his long lecture.

The quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey will start at 1:16 p.m. on January 7, so Zhang Xu still has a whole day to rush back to the club and get a good rest.

The first game was the away game of Deportivo, that is to say, Zhang Xu had to follow the team to Zaragoza's home game.

Running back and forth like this did increase Zhang Xu's physical consumption, but fortunately, he has the heaven-defying skill of "can't run to death", so when he appeared on the field with the team, he looked alive and well.

This time, the strength of the opponent in the Deportivo del Rey Cup is not very strong, Zaragoza, No. 12 in the league.

For this opponent, Zhang Xu is really a bit unfamiliar, because when the team met Zaragoza in the league, Zhang Xu just went to the national team.

And precisely because he went to the national team, Deportivo lost the game in that away game.

Just because they defeated Deportivo at home last time, before the start of the game, Zaragoza players and coaches were very confident in the game. They told the media that they would once again give Deportivo an unforgettable lesson at home.

In particular, Zaragoza's number one star is also the team's midfield core No. [-] Apono. He even arrogantly declared to the media that he will be on the field and let the Chinese kid know what kind of player can be called the midfield core and what kind of strength can be based on La Liga!

Faced with the opponent's provocation, Zhang Xu just laughed it off. Now he no longer takes such an opponent seriously. His goal has long been the superstars of the rich clubs, such as Messi, Ronaldo, etc.!

He believes that after the end of this season, he will truly have the strength to compete with them!

(End of this chapter)