legendary midfielder

Chapter 102 Shoot this bat to death!
The praise of Zhang Xu from various Spanish media immediately spread to the country, and a typhoon of magnitude [-] suddenly blew up in the country.

Various domestic media have reported Zhang Xu's outstanding performance in the first match of the new La Liga season. Countless domestic fans have praised Zhang Xu on the Internet, claiming that Zhang Xu is the hope of Chinese football!

It's no wonder they are so excited, after all, this is a breakthrough in Chinese football!
It is not uncommon for a Chinese player to score a goal in a top league game, and it is even less commendable to contribute an assist to the team. However, this is the first time for a Chinese player to create a goal and an assist at the same time!
So, Zhang Xu set a new record!
At the same time, it is already a very good thing for Chinese players to be able to play in the top league.If he can become the main force, he will have to burn the incense, but Zhang Xu not only firmly established the team's main force, but also became the second core of the team!
On the second day after Deportivo's victory over Osasuna, Nicola had to leave Spain for Paris. After asking for leave from school, she returned to Hollywood to film a TV series.

Because of the sudden intimacy that night, Zhang Xu was a little reluctant to leave Nicola for the first time.

He drove Nicola to the airport in his Mercedes-Benz sports car, and then, after hugging Nicola tightly at the boarding gate, he sent Nicola into the boarding gate with a look of desolation.

After returning home, Zhang Xu quickly put his sorrow aside and devoted himself to more intense training.

Although they defeated Osasuna in the last game and got a good start in the league, a bigger test is yet to come, for example, their opponent Valencia is close at hand!
Valencia Football Club (Valencia Club de Fútbol, ​​abbreviated: Valencia CF, Valencia) is one of the football clubs in the Spanish Football League.Valencia is a veteran team with a long history, founded in 1919, located in Valencia, the third largest city in Spain.The early teams wore white shirts and white shorts, so Spain was known as the "White Ghost".

巴伦西亚素以风格平稳见称，其特点为快速攻守转换，高效防守反击。曾赢得6次西甲冠军、7次西班牙杯冠军、3次欧洲联盟杯冠军、1次欧洲杯赛冠军杯冠军和2次欧洲超霸杯。巴伦西亚是西班牙传统五强之一，巴伦西亚也是G－14成员之一。

Such a powerful opponent is playing away again. For Deportivo, it is not an easy task for Deportivo to retreat unscathed!
Therefore, the whole team attaches great importance to this game.The members of the coaching staff analyzed the characteristics and current situation of Valencia in detail, and carefully formulated targeted tactics; the players strictly followed the requirements of the coaching staff, trained hard, rehearsed tactics, and improved their own strength and the strength of the team.

Of course, Zhang Xu is the one who trains the hardest!

Since he joined Deportivo, he has been strict with himself and insisted on high-intensity training.His training intensity is at least twice as high as that of ordinary players.

With such a large training intensity, for others, they may have practiced lying down a long time ago, but Zhang Xu is still alive and well.This made the whole team admire Zhang Xu's strong physical fitness while admiring his ruthlessness.

Although La Coruna attaches great importance to this game from top to bottom, the Spanish football media are not optimistic about Deportivo.

"The newly promoted horse encounters a white ghost, and may not escape bad luck!" "--"Marca" published a special report, claiming that the weak Deportivo de La Coruña will show its original shape in this game and fall at the feet of the white ghost.

"The Bat Legion is strong, "Super Laco" will surely encounter Waterloo! "--This is a report from "Aspen". The commentator believes that in the last game, Valencia drew [-]-[-] with the powerful Real Madrid in the away game.

Although the media and experts are not optimistic about this game, the morale of the team is still very high because of the victory over Osasuna in the last game.

On August 2012, 8, at 26:6 p.m., Zhang Xu accompanied the team bus to the Mestalla Stadium, the home stadium of Valencia.

As soon as the team bus stopped, it was already surrounded by many reporters.I don't know why, from the bus to the locker room of the stadium, there is no security guard to maintain order.So the reporters directly blocked the gate of the bus.

Coach Oltra was very angry when he saw this scene. In his opinion, it was Valencia's intention.However, as the time for the game was approaching, he had to bite the bullet and get off the bus, answering reporters' questions while opening up passages for the players.

Just like last time, Zhang Xu got off the bus closely following captain Beleron.

For the focus of the last game, the reporters naturally handed the microphone to him.

"Zhang, hello, I'm a reporter from XX News, I would like to ask, what do you think of the result of this game?"

Zhang Xu smiled, stretched out two fingers mischievously, made a "V" shape, and then asked, "What does this mean? Do you know?"

"The meaning of victory!" The reporter replied foolishly.

"The answer is correct, but there is no reward! That's what I mean! Haha!" Zhang Xu teased, and then followed Belleron into the player tunnel.

The Mestalla Stadium can accommodate more than 55000 spectators, which is much larger than the stadium in La Coruña.

So when Zhang Xu and his teammates set foot on the turf of the Mestalla Stadium, the first feeling is that it is big!The square stadium is surrounded by high-rise stands, which makes the whole stadium look extraordinarily large.

At this time, the Mestalla Stadium was already packed with countless Valencia fans in white.They sang Valencia's team song neatly in the stands, rendering the atmosphere of the stadium very lively.

However, in Zhang Xu's view, the atmosphere at the scene was far less fanatical than the fans in Deportivo. Perhaps this is why Valencia's style is stable.The team is all like this, and the fans naturally look the same.

The 15-minute pre-match adaptive training was soon over, and the players of the two teams returned to the locker room respectively, and followed their respective head coaches to make final mobilization or tactical arrangements.

The head coach Ortella didn't engage in any passionate mobilization, he just said: "Since we are going to rise, let's kill this bat first!" After speaking, he took the tactical board, opened the door of the locker room and walked out.

Beleron and Zhang Xu looked at each other, then stood up at the same time, and shouted in unison: "We are 'Super Laco', kill the Bat Corps!"

Immediately, all the players shouted: "We are 'Super Depor', kill the Bat Corps!" Then, everyone rushed out of the locker room in a murderous spirit.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the two sides of the game stood in their respective formations, and at the whistle of the head coach, the second round of the league game officially started.

Valencia is worthy of being a team known for its stable style. At the beginning of the game, they did not take advantage of the home court advantage to kill. Instead, they slowly advanced in the midfield, kept turning their feet, and patiently looked for opportunities.

Valencia was not in a hurry, and Deportivo was not in the mood to play with him. Although it was an away game, the team launched a fierce attack under the leadership of Belleron and Zhang Xu.

In the 3rd minute of the game, after Zhang Xu cooperated with Belleron, he went straight into the hinterland of Valencia and made a diagonal pass, preparing to pass it to Pizzi who suddenly diagonally inserted into the upper right corner of the penalty area.

This pass was very sudden, which surprised Valencia, who had always been leisurely, so it almost tore apart Valencia's defense.If it weren't for the defender's quick response, Pizzi would have a very likely single-handed chance.

After this failed attack, Deportivo did not relax the pace of the attack, but continued to increase the intensity of the attack.

In the 8th minute of the game, it was still Zhang Xu. He was on the outer edge of the penalty area. After receiving a return pass from Ricky, he immediately took a long shot.

It's just that the shot couldn't be suppressed, and the ball flew slightly above the crossbar and out of the baseline.

Several consecutive attacks, although they failed to form a goal, forced Valencia to increase the speed of the team's passing and receiving to counter Deportivo's offensive.

In fact, there are also players in the Valencia team who are good at attacking quickly, such as Fernando Gago and Tino Costa. They may be too deeply influenced by Valencia, so they didn't seem very excited at the beginning of the game.

However, after experiencing several attacks by Deportivo that almost resulted in goals, Valencia seemed to be woken up and finally showed his powerful side.

In the 11th minute of the game, Tino Costa and Fernando Gago cooperated and played a series of dazzling offensive cooperation near the center line. Finally, when Tino was about to launch a strong long-range shot, because he did not judge Zhang Xu's speed accurately, Zhang Xu made a brilliant tackle to the ground and shoveled the football under his feet, and the attack naturally ended without a problem.

However, Valencia, who came back to his senses, was far more than this offensive.

In the following game time, Valencia's offensive momentum became more and more fierce. In order to ensure that the team did not lose the ball, Zhang Xu had to give up the opportunity to participate in the offense and concentrate on solid defense.

With fast running, accurate positioning, precise steals, fierce tackles and unparalleled air dominance, Zhang Xu has undoubtedly demonstrated his defensive ability.

Under his efforts, the team's defense basically did not give Valencia's offense any chance.

However, football is always round!

(End of this chapter)