legendary midfielder

Chapter 156 Is This My Love Rival?

After a grand family dinner, Zhang Xu officially settled down at Nicola's house.

For Zhang Xu, Nicola's parents are still very satisfied. They are humble, courteous, cheerful, funny, and motivated. They appreciate these advantages very much.

Zhang Xu has also taken in a young apprentice these two days, that is Nicola's little brother Sid, who pesters Zhang Xu all day long and asks Zhang Xu to teach him how to play football.

Zhang Xu also likes this cute little guy very much, and happily takes Sid to contact football every day, and he also trains his skills by the way.

Even in Nicola's house, Zhang Xu still maintains a good training habit. He gets up early in the morning to do morning exercises, and practice for two hours each in the morning and afternoon. If he has time in the evening, he will still train for one to two hours.

Now, Zhang Xu basically uses the "wholehearted" skill four times a day, which is equivalent to 40 hours of normal training. For Zhang Xu, it must not be wasted.

Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhang Xu's strict self-discipline and positive spirit that the Peltz couple look at Zhang Xu differently and favor him so much.

When you arrive in the United States, it is natural to watch the NBA.

On this day, Zhang Xu and Nicola, led by Rhodes, came to Madison Square Garden to watch the game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.

When Rhodes bought the ticket, he happened to buy the first row of VIP seats.

After the three of them sat down in their seats, the game started soon.

Originally, Zhang Xu thought he could see Jeremy Lin, but he didn't expect to see Jeremy Lin after searching for a long time. After asking, he found out that Jeremy Lin had switched to the Houston Rockets in June.

This made Zhang Xu a little disappointed.However, since there is no candidate he wants to see, he instead focuses more on the wonderful performance of the game itself.

Although it is the home court of the New York Knicks, the New York Knicks were crushed by the Chicago Bulls from the very beginning of the game.

In the end, the New York Knicks were defeated by the Chicago Bulls with a score of 110:106 at their home court.

In the middle of the game, there was an episode.

The New York Knicks were shot flying by the Chicago Bulls during a pass. The direction of the basketball's flight happened to be the direction of Zhang Xu and Nicola.

This ball flies quite high, and ordinary people may not be able to pick it off with both hands even if they jump up.

Seeing the basketball flying towards the top of his head, Zhang Xu subconsciously stood up from his seat, quickly jumped high, and then a beautiful lion shook his head and pushed the basketball back.

When it fell to the ground, he realized that this was not a football field, and quickly sat down, pretending that nothing happened.

However, his amazing jump naturally frightened everyone in Madison Square Garden, and almost everyone looked at Zhang Xu with incredible eyes.

"Wow, what did I see?" At this time, the commentator on the scene also screamed in horror: "An Asian sitting in the VIP seat actually pushed the flying basketball back with his head! His bounce is really scary! According to my conservative estimate, he jumped at least 1.2 meters above the height just now! With this height of bounce, he can even participate in the World High Jump Championship! Such a terrifying bounce, if he was a basketball player, he would definitely be a rebounder who dominates the NBA. !"

The head coaches of the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls paid attention to Zhang Xu one after another. While being surprised, they also became very interested in Zhang Xu himself.

"Give me this young man's information as soon as you get back!" The head coach of the Chicago Bulls immediately turned around and said to his assistant.

The head coach of the New York Knicks also gave instructions to his assistant, but the assistant quickly reported Zhang Xu's situation.

"What? Football player? Not playing basketball? Damn, what a waste of such a good bounce! Forget it, I'm already a professional football player, so forget it, what a pity! Alas!" After hearing the assistant's report, the head coach of the Knicks couldn't help saying regretfully.

When everyone looked at Zhang Xu, Rhodes also looked at Zhang Xu in surprise: "Zhang, you, how did you jump so high just now? It's incredible!"

"I've been bouncing very well! This time I didn't prepare enough, and I jumped very reluctantly!" Zhang Xu was not humble, and directly told the truth.

"Not ready yet? You have to be fully prepared, how high can you jump?" Rhodes screamed strangely.

"Eh, I haven't measured it carefully, it should be about [-] centimeters longer than before!" Zhang Xu replied uncertainly.

"God, it's a waste if you don't play basketball!" Rhodes couldn't help but sigh.

"Heck, brother, Zhang's football level is far better than his jumping! I believe that Zhang will definitely become a superstar like Messi and Ronaldo!" At this time, Nicola said to Rhodes with a chuckle.

"Well, I really don't know much about football. I only know that Messi and Ronaldo are indeed very successful football players. Nicola, are you sure that Zhang will be able to do the same as the two of them?" Rhodes asked in disbelief. He didn't deliberately doubt Zhang Xu's ability, but he had never seen an Asian player in history.
Zhang Xu smiled slightly, and didn't want to say anything, because he knew that no matter how beautiful and bold words he uttered, Rhodes would be dubious and let the facts prove everything.

But Nicola didn't agree, she quickly said loudly: "Brother, I have full confidence in Zhang! How about we make a bet?"

"Okay, just bet! What do you want to bet?" Rhodes was amused by Nicola, and he became interested and asked.

"I heard from my mother that you bought some shares of Apple recently? How about we just bet on this?" Nicola smiled slyly.

"Damn it, how can mom spread the word about it? Well, well, let's bet on this! But if you lose, you have to accompany me with a Ferrari sports car!" Rhodes was not to be outdone.

"Deal, cluck!" Nicola happily agreed with Rhodes by high-five.

"Damn, why do I feel like I'm doomed?" Rhodes looked at Nicola's bright smile, and couldn't help but regret the decision he made in a hurry.

Zhang Xu and Nicola looked at each other and laughed.

On the way back, Rhodes asked curiously while driving: "Hey, Zhang, is there any difference between NBA basketball games and your football games?"

"Well, how should I put it?" Zhang Xu thought for a while before answering: "They are both very intense games, and they also pay more attention to the overall cooperation. However, there are still certain differences between the two. Let's use a metaphor. A football game is like a group charge of cavalry from both sides. It is magnificent and magnificent; while a basketball game is like a hand-to-hand fight between two teams of infantry, slashing and chopping wildly, crying ghosts and howling! We football players are like paladins, elegant and romantic yet majestic, just like God's favorites ; while basketball players are like savages, rude and cruel but also able to play tricks, just like Shura of the region! I say that, can you understand?"

Zhang Xu made two metaphors in a row to describe the difference between the two, but Rhodes obviously didn't understand, and just said "ohhh" perfunctorily, saying that he already understood, but did he really understand?
Seeing her brother's silly and unclear expression, Nicola couldn't help laughing out loud, which made Rhodes feel a little embarrassed.

Soon, Rhodes found another topic: "Oh, by the way, Zhang, I'm going to participate in a college football game tomorrow, why don't you come with Nicola? Help me cheer by the way?"

"Okay!" Zhang Xu didn't know much about rugby, but it was no problem to cheer, so he agreed directly.

At 9 a.m. the next day, Rhodes brought Zhang Xu and Nicola to the stadium of New York University, his university.

By the time they arrived at the stadium, the game had already been set up. The players from both sides had already put on their game uniforms and were doing warm-up exercises.

Rhodes hurriedly brought Zhang Xu and Nicola to the preparation area of ​​his team, and hurriedly changed the jerseys while saying hello to his teammates.

"Hi, Rhodes! You're finally here! I thought you were too afraid to come because you were afraid of losing! Hey, isn't this Nicola? I'm so glad to see you! I heard you're filming a TV series recently?"

Just as Rhodes changed his jersey, a slightly harsh voice came from behind them.

Everyone turned their heads, only to see a tall young man with red hair standing behind them, looking at Nicola with surprised eyes.

No matter how slow Zhang Xu is to feelings, he can still tell that this young man has a unique and deep attachment to Nicola!Could it be that this is still his rival in love?Haven't you heard Nicola mention it?

"Hey, Jerry, who said that we will definitely lose? This time, our economics department will definitely beat your science and engineering department!" Rhodes immediately shouted unconvinced.

"Hi, hello, Jerry!" Nicola just greeted briefly, and didn't say any more. Instead, like a bird, she got into Zhang Xu's arms and hugged Zhang Xu's arms tightly.

"Who is this?" The young man named Jerry asked Rhodes coldly when he saw Nicola slipping into Zhang Xu's arms, his eyes narrowed immediately.

"Oh, did you mean Zhang? He is my sister's boyfriend! Haha, I told you a long time ago that my sister is not interested in you! Now that my sister has a boyfriend, you should give up quickly!" Rhodes was obviously very willing to see Jerry's ugly expression, and immediately laughed loudly from the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)