legendary midfielder

Chapter 166 Zhang Xu's National Team Debut
And just at the moment when Zhang Xu hesitated, the ending was formed, the national football team fell behind 0:1 to a little-known team in Group B of the Spanish Second Division!

Seeing the football flying into the net, Zhang Xu couldn't help opening his mouth, then shook his head and sighed deeply.

Wang Dalei next to him shook his fist angrily, and muttered, "Damn, did you lose the ball so easily? Are they too strong, or are we too weak? Damn, he looks really aggrieved!"

The bench sighed and was disappointed by the loss.

Camacho was standing on the edge of the court. Just now he wanted to loudly remind the team's defenders to pay attention to the opponent's through ball, but when he saw the team leader Comrade Luo Jingwei applauding with a smile on his face, he thought about it and remained silent.

When the team lost the ball, Camacho gave Luo Jingwei a cold look, then went straight to the coach's bench and sat down. He wanted to see how Comrade Luo, the leader of the team, would behave.

Team leader Luo's performance naturally did not disappoint him. After seeing the goal lost, he first showed an incredulous expression, then roared angrily, and loudly reprimanded the team's defense. Sometimes he said there was something wrong with this person, and sometimes he said that there was something wrong with that person. He scolded almost every player in the back line.

Not only the players on the court, Camacho, but also the players on the bench felt uncomfortable listening to the swearing, Zhang Xu was even more worried.

In Zhang Xu's view, this comrade named Luo Jingwei, the team leader, is simply a clown!You are not the head coach, nor the assistant coach of the team, they have not yet made a statement, why are you jumping up and down there?
Zhang Xu shook his head again, completely speechless about this leader Luo.

What makes Zhang Xu even more speechless is that this conceded goal is not the end of the national football nightmare, but the beginning of the nightmare.

In the 209th minute of the game, the San Lucano team made a comeback again. They took advantage of a mistake in passing and catching the ball in the frontcourt of the national football team to quickly launch a counterattack.

0: 2!

Before the end of the first half, the national team was already behind zero to two.It's okay to be behind a strong team, but it's a bit ugly to be behind a team in Group B of the Second Division.

The face of the team leader Luo Jingwei was completely gloomy. He didn't expect that a mighty national team could not beat a weak team in Group B of the second league. They conceded two goals in the first half.
Comrade Luo Jingwei shivered involuntarily, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he turned his head, only to find that the head coach, Mr. Camacho, was actually sitting on the coach's bench. He didn't care about thinking too much, and hurried to Mr. Camacho, and said with a smile: "Mr. Camacho, the current situation on the court is not very good, how do you think we should adjust it?"

Camacho gave him a cold look, and said, "I think the leader of the team is doing quite well. What is this small problem?"

Leader Luo was taken aback for a moment, and then became angry, but he remembered something again, suppressed his anger abruptly, and continued to say in a low voice: "Hey, Mr. Camacho was joking. I don't know how to command. You should take command. I'm just here to take care of the team's logistics support."

Camacho raised his head, looked at the dull-faced players on the court, and at the dazzling zero-to-two score on the sidelines, he couldn't help but sighed.

After all, I am still the head coach of this team!If he really lost like this, wouldn't he have to bear the main responsibility?never mind!

Thinking of this, he had no choice but to put his disgust towards Comrade Leader Luo to the bottom of his heart, stood up, and walked directly to the side of the field regardless of Leader Luo who was laughing with him, and began to command loudly.

Under his command, the team's morale, which had fallen to freezing point, finally recovered, and the team's formation gradually returned to normal, and it was no longer as chaotic as before.

In this case, the team finally stabilized its position.

However, it is not so easy to regain the score.

Although the San Lucano team is only a team in Group B of the West Second Division, the opponent's tactics are obviously more mature than the national team. Although the individual skills and tactics are not as strong as the national football team, after integration, the strength is not inferior to the national football team!

Camacho also thought about replacing Zhang Xu, but he looked at Leader Luo's gloomy face and held back.

Finally save some face for you!In the second half, Zhang Xu must be arranged to appear no matter what!Otherwise, after this game, my reputation in Spain will be destroyed like this!
Camacho shook his head, sighed and continued to direct the team's game.

The time of the first half passed quickly, and the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The players walked down from the field dejectedly, took the towels and warm clothes handed over by their substitute teammates, wiped the sweat off their bodies, put on their clothes, and sat down silently on their seats.

"It doesn't matter, isn't it just two goals? We will definitely get them back! We are the Chinese national team, and we represent the country's face! Comrades! We must win in the second half, otherwise how can we explain to the country? How can we explain to the fans all over the country? It is not terrible to lose the ball, what is terrible is to lose the confidence and morale to make progress! Comrades, the motherland is watching us, and the people of the motherland are watching you, we must do it."

After finally waiting for him to finish speaking, the 15-minute rest time was running out. Camacho could only simply arrange his tactics and replace several players who performed poorly.

Naturally, Zhang Xu was replaced by his first roll call as a defensive midfielder. However, Camacho did not clarify Zhang Xu's position as the core midfielder.

Camacho believes that as long as Zhang Xu is on the stage, with his strength, he will naturally become the core of the team. This is the unparalleled influence of top players!
At the same time, if you force the appointment, it will definitely arouse the resentment of some national football players. Let them feel it for themselves and be convinced in the actual game. Only in this way can Zhang Xu's position as the core midfielder be stabilized!

When Zhang Xu was named and replaced by Camacho, the team leader Comrade Luo Jingwei frowned involuntarily, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

Therefore, Zhang Xu represented the national team for the first time in the warm-up match!
"Zhang, let go! I believe in you!" When Zhang Xu appeared on the stage, Camacho called him to his side, patted him on the shoulder, and said.

"Don't worry! If you can't even win a team from West Division B, you will be laughed to death by Belleron and the others when you return to Deportivo!" Zhang Xu smiled and said confidently.

"Okay! Let's go!" Camacho was amused by Zhang Xu's words, and waved his hand.

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began!

From the very beginning of the game, Zhang Xu showed his superior strength.

At the beginning, the teammates of the national team still had some doubts and mistrust towards him, and they just tried to give Zhang Xu some simple balls for Zhang Xu to handle.

Gradually, the teammates were surprised to find that these simple balls were handled very properly and in place by Zhang Xu, and each handling had a feeling of turning decay into magic, which made the teammates who cooperated with him feel very comfortable and happy!
As a result, his teammates gave him more and more balls to handle, and Zhang Xu handled the ball faster and faster. Although he handled more balls, the results of each ball handling made his teammates very satisfied.

In this way, Zhang Xu won the trust and recognition of his teammates by virtue of his super strength!
In fact, this was the first time Camacho watched Zhang Xu play football at close range. After watching for a while, he couldn't help but feel admiration and comfort for Zhang Xu's ability.

In his eyes, every interception by Zhang Xu appeared vicious and clean, every pre-judged interception was just right to intercept the opponent's pass, every movement appeared elegant and unpredictable, every catch appeared clean and neat, and every pass was so precise.

The most outstanding thing is that a national team with a loose formation slowly formed a tight whole under his seemingly aimless organization!

As Zhang Xu's tentacles gradually extended to the entire stadium, he gradually replaced Zheng Zhi's role in the team and became the well-deserved core of the team!
This is the strength of top players!This is the strength of Deportivo's absolute midfield core!

Less than 10 minutes into the second half of the game, Zhang Xu has firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in his own hands!
What followed was that the balance of the game completely turned to the national team!

In the 3 minutes of the game, Zhang Xu made a precise prediction to grab the position, once again intercepted the opponent's pass, and then took the football directly to the opponent's hinterland to kill.

In Spain, Zhang Xu is almost a household name, and the San Lucano team is no exception, so when Zhang Xu dribbled the ball forward, two San Lucano players immediately rushed forward.

Zhang Xu didn't care about this level of pressing at all. He tiptoed the football over the opponent's head, then suddenly accelerated, and passed directly between the two of them.

After Zhang Xu unloaded the football, he didn't continue to dribble the ball. He poked his arch and gave the football to Zheng Zhi. At the same time, he quickly rushed towards the outside edge of the opponent's penalty area!

Zheng Zhi naturally understood Zhang Xu's intention, he pushed the football back directly.

At this time, Zhang Xu had already reached the outer edge of the right side of the penalty area, and he didn't aim too much. He swung his right leg and slammed the football hard on the back of the football!
(End of this chapter)