legendary midfielder

Chapter 85 You buy a Ferrari, I buy a Mercedes
Next is the free questioning period.

Many news media came to the press conference today, including the local media tabloids of La Coruña, as well as major sports media in Spain, such as "Marca", "Aspen", "Daily Sports" and "World Sports", and Radio Serre.There are also comprehensive media newspapers such as "National Newspaper", "Le Monde" and "ABC".

The first person to ask a question was a reporter from the "National Newspaper". He stood up and asked, "Hi, Zhang, I am Rivas, a reporter from the "National Newspaper". Welcome to the beautiful La Coruña! My question is: I heard that you were just an amateur player a year ago. What made you grow from an amateur player to a professional player in the top league in one year?"

Zhang Xu smiled slightly: "Dream! A heart that never stops pursuing dreams! This is my belief! I have been rejected, discriminated against, scolded, and even beaten, but I have never given up on my dream! Finally, through my own efforts, I have come to the present step by step!"

"Thank you! You are an admirable person!" Rivas praised sincerely and sat down.

"Hello, I'm Matty, a reporter from Marca, may I ask Zhang, are you a member of the Chinese national team?"

"No!" Zhang Xu responded calmly.

"You haven't even been able to join the national team, what do you use to gain a foothold in Deportivo, which is already in La Liga?"

Faced with such an aggressive question, Zhang Xu smiled: "I want to ask this Mr. reporter, what is his name? There are only so many players in the Spanish national team every year. Is it true that players who have not joined the Spanish national team cannot play in La Liga?"

The reporter named Marty immediately countered: "Sorry, Zhang, our Spain is the world champion, how about your China? What is the world ranking?"

"Hehe, Mr. reporter, why did the world's number one Spanish team only score one goal against our Chinese team in the friendly match not long ago?" Zhang Xu was still smiling, but his eyes showed a sharp light.

"This, this..." Marty was speechless. The performance of the Chinese team in that game was indeed good. Various media had praised the Chinese team, so he naturally dared not deny it.

"Okay, next one!" The press release officer interrupted this uncomfortable topic at the right time.

"Hello, Zhang, I'm Piatti, a reporter from "Aspen". Excuse me, how do you evaluate the current Deportivo?"

Zhang Xu and Jose Ortera looked at each other, and then slowly replied: "I am very honored to join the great Deportivo. It is undeniable that Deportivo appeared in La Liga this season as a newly promoted team. However, every one of our 'Super Deportivo' players has the confidence to strive for a good result this season!"

"The good grade you mentioned, what do you mean?"

"This is a good achievement, as if someone else bought a Ferrari, and we bought a Mercedes!" Zhang Xu smiled and made a puzzling analogy.

Naturally, Piatti couldn't figure it out. He thought for a long time in a daze, but he didn't understand what Zhang Xu's words had to do with his question, and he didn't understand what the meaning was.

When he wanted to ask further questions, he was automatically skipped by the press release officer and called to the next reporter.

The press conference didn't last long. After about four or ten minutes, the press release officer saw that there were no more questions from reporters, so he immediately announced the end of the press conference.

"Zhang, when you answered the questions, you performed very well!" On the way back to the training ground, the head coach Ortella praised Zhang Xu.

"Boss, don't forget, I'm a super student at the Sixth University of Paris!" Zhang Xu said triumphantly.

"Haha, get out of here, you're kicking me if you say you're fat!" Oltra laughed loudly.

Back at the training ground, Zhang Xu immediately joined the team according to Oltra's request, and devoted himself to intense training.

Today is July 7, and the team's formation has not yet been fully settled.There are several reasons for this. One is that Zhang Xu has not been able to report for a long time. The second is that after the promotion, the team has brought in many capable players. Of course, most of them are on loan.

In order to practice the formation, the team arranged seven friendly matches before the start of the season!
Seven friendly matches, which are rare among top league teams.This is enough to reflect the team's determination and sense of urgency to rebuild a new formation.

In this case, the team's daily training focuses on formation drills, and there are basically one or two intra-team confrontations every day.

For example, today, when Zhang Xu just joined the team, he happened to be in a group match.Zhang Xu was assigned to the substitute team.

"Hi, Zhang, it's me, Oliveira!" Just joined the substitute group, before he had time to stand in formation, he saw Oliveira in front of him waving vigorously at him and yelling.

Zhang Xu smiled at him, and then stood in the position of the midfielder according to the meaning of the head coach Oltra.

The substitute team played a standard 4-4-2 formation with only one midfielder.

The game starts soon.

The main team followed the offensive football style of last season in the Second Division, and launched a frenzied offensive frenzy against the substitute team from the very beginning.

This kind of intra-team match had been played many times before Zhang Xu came, and almost every time the main team beat the substitute team.But today, things are different.

In the second minute of the game, No. 14 Aguilar of the main team dribbled the ball across the center line and slanted all the way, trying to go deep into the hinterland of the substitute team.

However, he hadn't run a few steps before he was blocked by Zhang Xu, who cut off the connection between him and the football in advance, and the football was naturally controlled by Zhang Xu.

"Beautiful defense!" Seeing this clean block steal, the coach Alterra, who was watching from the sidelines, applauded loudly.

In the 5th minute of the game, the substitute team conceded a goal in the opponent's half. The main team, under the leadership of captain Belleron, crossed the center line again and headed towards the hinterland of the substitute team as a whole.

Zhang Xu greeted him calmly, while paying attention to the route and habits of Belleron's dribbling, while paying attention to the running positions of other players of the main team.

As a former Spanish international and a member of the former "Super Deportivo" dynasty, Belleron's strength is beyond doubt, and he is best at through balls.Some people even compared him with the French superstar Zidane, saying that if Zidane is the second in the world in passing, then the number one must be Belleron!

After Belleron was intercepted by Zhang Xu, he couldn't get rid of Zhang Xu's defense at all. So, as a last resort, he pushed the arch of his right foot and prepared to send the ball to No. 16 Gama, who was about ten meters in front of the right.

The ball is passed, but not very fast.

At this time, Zhang Xu suddenly started at a high speed, and like lightning, he quickly caught up with the rolling football, and then stabbed the football to No. 8 Santos before Gamma took the ball.

"What an amazing explosive power, what a terrifying speed!" Captain Beleron looked at Zhang Xu who was running fast in amazement, and was filled with emotion.

In the 9th minute of the game, the main team made a comeback again. This time they learned a lesson and no longer had close contact with Zhang Xu, but used fast passing and receiving to quickly enter the hinterland of the substitute team.

However, Zhang Xu is not helpless. Under his active running, he organized the defensive players of the substitute team little by little, forming a relatively complete whole.

When the main team entered the hinterland, the strength of this overall defense was revealed.First, No. 17 Ayoze withstood the progress of No. 10 Thomas, and then No. 8 Santos stared at Captain Belleron. Finally, Zhang Xu fell to the ground and tackled the ball at the right time, interrupting the series of fast passes and receptions of the main team.

However, the main team also won a corner kick.

Aguilar sent a corner kick, and the flight route of the ball was very flat and fast. No. 9 Pizzi, No. 11 Ricky, No. 10 Thomas, and even No. 16 Gama jumped up to compete for this corner kick.

However, the height and accuracy of their jumps are far from being comparable to Zhang Xu, who has amazing jumps and excellent headers.With a beautiful lion swinging his head, Zhang Xu easily pushed the football out of the penalty area, and was then cleared by No. 8 Santos.

After 10 minutes, a goal was not scored, which has never happened in previous matchups.

While the teammates were impressed by Zhang Xu's strong defensive ability, they also began to admit Zhang Xu's position as the main defensive midfielder from the bottom of their hearts.

This world is so realistic, as long as you are strong enough, you will definitely be recognized by others!In this short period of ten minutes or so, Zhang Xu successfully defended against the main team's four threatening attacks, and performed extremely well.

In this way, the most intuitive change was that the players of the main team no longer dared to break through with the ball in front of Zhang Xu; while the players of the substitute team fully recognized Zhang Xu's strength, and began to take the initiative to hand the football to Zhang Xu's feet, and Zhang Xu decided to attack or defend.

In the 14th minute of the game, when the first half of the match was about to end, Zhang Xu received a pass back from No. 8 Santos near the center line, then suddenly went forward, crossed the center line, and rushed to the hinterland of the main team at high speed.

Soon, No. 14 Aguilar came up head-on.

Zhang Xu paused at his feet, and then with his toes, he lifted the football over Aguilar's head and passed it to the feet of No. 25 Oliveira who was waiting in front.

Oliveira was already standing on the edge of the penalty area. He leaned against the main team's defender No. 6 Aitami, and suddenly pulled the ball and turned around, preparing to break through from Aitami's left side.

However, Aitami didn't let him get what he wanted. With a poke on the toe of his right foot, he poked the football away.

But the ball didn't roll very far, and it happened to be caught by Zhang Xu who was flying towards him.He didn't stop the ball, but directly swung his right leg and slammed it hard on the ball!

"Bang" loud noise!
The football flew past Aitami's side like a bolt of lightning, whipped up a gust of wind, and hit the upper right corner of the goal!

"Bang!" There was another loud noise!
The football hit the crossbar of the goal and bounced out of the penalty area!
Ball - not scored!
(End of this chapter)