legendary midfielder

Chapter 56 The first goal in the league

After the FA Cup match against Birmingham, Zhang Xu's strength was recognized by head coach Wilson, and he gradually became the unshakable midfielder candidate for the main team in the first team.

At the same time, his spirit of not admitting defeat and fighting to the end was also admired and recognized by his teammates. Zhang Xu also fully integrated into the big family of the team. He was nicknamed "Warcraft Zhang" by his teammates!
Zhang Xu likes this title, because he also occasionally plays the online game World of Warcraft, and he still likes this game, especially the race of orcs.

On the one hand, because of the wild shape of the orc, it is full of explosive power. On the other hand, World of Warcraft is a game that emphasizes teamwork, and football is the same. One person cannot make a team, but a team can make a person!

After the FA Cup match, Zhang Xu's nickname of "Warcraft Zhang" spread and was known to everyone in the club. Even the head coach Wilson used the nickname to tease him during training breaks.

To make matters worse, this nickname was known by Blade fans. The nickname "Warcraft zhang" was uploaded on the Blade fan forum website for a while, and almost every Blade fan knew that the Chinese zhang in their team has now become "Warcraft zhang"!
What left Zhang Xu speechless the most was that when he and Nicola were walking in Sheffield, an aunt who was shopping in a supermarket walked up to him, and she recognized him at a glance, and kindly shouted, "Wow, you are 'Warcraft Zhang'!" Nicola burst out laughing.

No matter what, at least Zhang Xu has been accepted by Sheffield United and Blades fans. He has become a real blade!
Originally, seven days after this game, there will be No.20 Sheffield United in the ninth round of the First Division to challenge Colchet in an away game, but it has to be postponed because of the national competition.

In this way, the latest official game will have to wait until February 2th, which is the No. 11 round of the league, and Sheffield United will challenge Wycombe at home.

There has not been a game for nearly half a month. For the exhausted Sheffield United players in the FA Cup, it is a rare rest time. They can recover their physical fitness to the maximum extent and prepare for more intensive games later.

However, Zhang Xu was not happy about it. First, he had no problem with his physical fitness, and he could recover to a full extent in one night. Second, since the match against Birmingham, he deeply felt his lack of ability and wanted to improve his ability and level faster.And the competition has really helped him too much. He urgently needs a lot of competitions, and with the help of the system, he can improve himself quickly.

However, he would have to wait for half a month, but he was so anxious that he could only devote himself to crazy training.

Zhang Xu's training can only be described as "crazy". The daily training volume is twice as high as other training volumes, and the training time is nearly 4 hours longer than the average player!
At the same time, in order to improve the effect of training, Zhang Xu reluctantly spent a certain amount of valuable experience points and used the current stimulation coaching training mode.

As for the more costly stars to substitute into the coaching training mode, Zhang Xu can't bear it. Perhaps Zhang Xu will not consider it until the experience value is too much to spend.

Even so, the cost of 1 point of experience per hour still made Zhang Xu very distressed, especially when he was using this training and tutoring mode for the first time.

But since he turned it on once, he felt that it was worth the money!
The reason is very simple!
As long as there is the slightest irregularity or inaccuracy in his movements, there will be a trace of electric current rushing out of his body, giving him a severe stimulation.

The stimulation of this kind of electric current is really too strong, it can make Zhang Xu tremble all at once.At the beginning, he was really not used to it, and before he could do anything, he was already stunned by the electric shock.

Afterwards, he got used to the electric shock. After thousands of electric shock stimulations, Zhang Xu got used to the electric shock stimulation, and he was no longer so afraid psychologically.

At the same time, with the help of the electric shock stimulation coaching training, his minor movement problems were gradually corrected. Later, the number of electric shocks he received per day has dropped to less than a hundred times.

Although more than ten points of experience are consumed every day, there are attribute points rewarded for the effect of training almost every day. There is no change in a day or two, but after a long time, it will be quite considerable when it accumulates over time.

Of course, a major event happened during this period, which had nothing to do with Zhang Xu, but it made Zhang Xu feel endless longing.

This event is the annual European Golden Globe Awards Ceremony.

Founded in 1946, "French Football" has become an authoritative professional magazine in the world football with the characteristics of rigor, fairness and fun. In 1995, "French Football" also expanded the candidates for the Ballon d'Or to players from other continents who played in Europe.

The historical background and rigorous operating philosophy make the Ballon d'Or the best tool to measure the value of European football players, and it has become the honor that all players dream of. "French Football" strives for the fairness and authority of the Ballon d'Or selection. In terms of selectors, they choose authoritative football journalists from the most authoritative sports media in 52 European countries to score the best players of the year. The 50 candidates were carefully selected by the editorial department of "French Football".In the selection, the score is not completely based on the performance of the national team, but the overall performance of the player's individual year is pursued.

This year's European Ballon d'Or was still won by Messi who played for Barcelona. This is the third consecutive year that he has won the European Ballon d'Or.

Sitting on the sofa, watching Messi holding the glittering Golden Globe on TV, Zhang Xu yearned for the European Golden Globe for the first time.

One day, I will stand on that podium and win the much-anticipated Golden Ball!This was the strong desire that rose in Zhang Xu's heart at that moment.

With such lofty ideals, Zhang Xu has more motivation to train.

In order to be able to stand on that podium one day, he increased the amount of training again and extended the training time.

As long as the body can still bear it, as long as the physical coach or team doctor does not stop, then continue to practice and practice to death.

The daily training time is all the time except sleeping. In fact, even when sleeping, he is still training hard with the help of the system.

This is his life, simple and extremely boring, but this is a true portrayal of a dream-chasing boy working hard for his ideal.

On February 2012, 2, Zhang Xu's long-awaited match finally came.

This is a home game against Wycombe. Wycombe is a weak team, and this season's record is also quite miserable.So far, they have played 29 league rounds, with seven wins, five draws and seventeen losses, only to accumulate 26 points, and they are already on the edge of the relegation zone.

In the case of two games less, Sheffield United has 53 wins, [-] draws and [-] losses with [-] points, currently ranked fourth.

Facing such a weak team and playing at home, Sheffield United will not let go of such a good opportunity to grab points.

As a result, coach Wilson sent all the main players of the team to the game, and Zhang Xu once again appeared at Bramall Lane as a starter.

In fact, before this game, Zhang Xu had gained enough experience points after nearly half a month of hard work, which was more than enough to upgrade. However, Zhang Xu considered that many opponents were weaker, so he was not in a hurry to upgrade.

He plans to upgrade again during key games, and then allocate important free attribute points to the most needed attribute points in key games.

Even if he didn't choose to upgrade, the system still gave him more than a dozen attribute points in the past half month, which greatly improved his strength once again.This is also the main reason why Wilson arranged for him to start again.

At the beginning of the game, Sheffield United took the initiative in the game, and Zhang Xu's defensive pressure was not great. Therefore, while completing his job well, he also participated in the attack on Wycombe from time to time.

No. In the 11th minute, the opponent made a long pass, intending to pass it to his forward, but Zhang Xu stopped the ball easily with a precise positioning and a jumping chest, and then gave it to Williamson.

Williams immediately pushed forward with the ball, and after being pressed by the opponent's midfield, he passed the ball back to Zhang Xu who was waving for the ball again.

This is not the first time Zhang Xu has waved for the ball. Since the game against Birmingham, he has started to participate in the team's defensive organization interestingly, and occasionally played the role of offensive organization.

For organization, besides running and passing, sometimes you have to ask your teammates for the ball, whether you wave or shout, it’s all a way of asking for the ball.

During training, Zhang Xu gradually increased the number of times he asked for the ball.

Since everyone has recognized Zhang Xu's strength and accepted him emotionally, when Zhang Xu wants the ball, there is no psychological obstacle for his teammates.

After Zhang Xu received the football, he used his speed to swipe past Wycombe's midfielder who was about to fight back, and then went straight into the opponent's half.

Zhang Xu's dribbling skills have improved rapidly, and now he has nearly 40 attribute points. It is not difficult to dribble like this, and it is not a particularly difficult thing for him.

However, soon, the opponent's midfielder came up to meet him, and Zhang Xu's dribbling action was automatically terminated. He had to push the ball to Michael who was responding on the right.

Michael cooperated with forwards Evans and Williamson, passing the defense of three Wycombe players one after another.When advancing to the right inner edge of the penalty area, he saw the opportunity and shot coldly.

Soccer hits the net!Sheffield United lead 1:0!
With a goal, Sheffield United played more smoothly.

In the 203rd minute of the game, Evans was in the penalty area, received a cross from Creswell, and flew the ball into the net with a header.

Sheffield United 2:0 Wycombe!
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Wellcombe still didn't change much.

This time Zhang Xu once again showed his violent long-range shots.

In the 605th minute of the game, Michael and Evans swayed left and right on the edge of Wycombe's big penalty area, but failed to break through Wycombe's defense.

A through ball was blocked by the opponent's leg, and the football rolled to the outer edge of the penalty area, and Zhang Xu just rushed to it.

Seeing such an opportunity, Zhang Xu didn't even think about it, he just swung his thick thighs and slammed the football hard.

The football turned into a bolt of lightning, and instantly passed through the defense line composed of several Wycombe defensive players, and hit the far corner of the goal.

Wellcombe's keeper had nothing to do with the heavy and angled shot and could only watch the ball fly into the net.

The ball is in!
Zhang Xu scored the first goal of the league!
With this goal, Sheffield United finally won the opponent with a score of 3:0!
(End of this chapter)