legendary midfielder

Chapter 182 The Arrogant Lopez Carlo
After leading by one goal, Zhang Xu and his teammates played more and more easily, and soon, the second goal followed.

In the 203rd minute of the game, after Gama made a mistake in passing the ball, Zhang Xu counterattacked on the spot, and United Belleron successfully broke the football from the foot of the opponent's midfielder.

After Zhang Xu controlled the football, he directly stabbed the football to Belleron who quickly opened up the space.

Belleron made a movement of catching the ball, but he shook his body directly. The football passed by his body and came to Gama's feet on the left.

Gama dribbled the ball forward, then pushed with his left foot, and pushed the football to Zhang Xu. Zhang Xu didn't stop the ball, and directly sent the football to the forward Oliveira.

Oliveira cut inside quickly, before the opponent's defender, and suddenly made a cross!
Ricky made an easy push from the far corner of the goal and put the football into the net!The ball went in! 2:0!

Before the end of the first half, Getafe fell behind by two goals at home. The fans of Getafe couldn't bear to watch and left the field early.

And the Getafe players felt deeply humiliated by this. They were unwilling to lose to a team that was still struggling in the Second Division last season. Therefore, under the command of the head coach, they once again exploded with strong strength and launched a crazy offensive against Deportivo.

However, their offensives were just beautiful soap bubbles in front of Zhang Xu, which burst quickly.

In the 40th minute of the game, it was another steal by Zhang Xu. He directly cut off the pass from the opponent's midfielder to the striker, and then suddenly made a long pass over the top, directly hoisting the football to Getafe's backcourt.

At this time, Getafe's entire defense line was pressed too far forward, and this pass directly penetrated Getafe's defense line and fell behind the back line.

Oliveira finally showed his tacit cooperation with Zhang Xu. The moment Zhang Xu kicked his feet, he also suddenly started, quickly passed the defender marking him, and chased after the flying football.

The football fell, and Oliveira gently padded the instep of his right foot to unload the football, then pushed the instep of his right foot, and his body followed the trend, forming an excellent one-handed opportunity.

Getafe's goalkeeper was so shocked that he had to abandon the goal and go out to meet Oliveira who was riding the dust.

Oliveira didn't play the trick of the goalkeeper anymore, he just shot a low shot!
The football passed through the goalkeeper's armpit and flew straight into the net!
The ball went in! 3:0!

This goal, as if breaking Getafe's spine, shattered the little morale that Getafe had finally raised.

After the start of the second half, Oltra found that Getafe's fighting spirit had almost lost, so he started a big change.

Belleron, Evaldo, and even Zhang Xu were replaced by him.

When Zhang Xu came to his side, Oltra said proudly to Zhang Xu: "Zhang, take a good rest, you have to get on the plane to join your national team in Saudi Arabia soon!"

Zhang Xu smiled wryly. In fact, his physical fitness is very strong now, and he can finish this game completely.Besides, in more than half a game, he can accumulate more experience.

However, Oltra originally had good intentions, so he must accept it, right?
Zhang Xu could only put on warm clothes, put on headphones, and listen to light music while watching the game.

After Zhang Xu and others left the field, Deportivo could no longer control the game, and Getafe seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

Under the ebb and flow, the situation of the game has become less stable.

In the 706th minute of the game, Getafe took advantage of a set kick and the striker rushed to the top and successfully broke through the gate guarded by Alzubia!

3: 1!

Getafe, who pulled back a goal, immediately lifted their spirits, their morale fully recovered, and once again launched a tide-like attack on Deportivo.

However, under Zhang Xu's adjustment, Deportivo's basic defensive formation is still relatively good, so in the following time, it did not give Getafe many opportunities.

In the end, in this game, Deportivo retreated with a score of 45 to [-] in the away game, taking all three points, and his league points have reached [-] points!
What makes all Deportivo fans excited is that in this round of the league, Real Madrid lost to the Granada CF team!In other words, Deportivo once again became the third in the league!

After this league game, Zhang Xu started his air tour again, and he boarded a passenger plane to Saudi Arabia overnight from Madrid.

After several hours of flying, the flight landed at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

When Zhang Xu arrived at the hotel where the national team was staying, it was already around 04:30 in the afternoon. After contacting Camacho, he went directly to Camacho's room.

"Haha, Zhang, you're finally here! Otherwise, I'd be a little worried about this fight against Saudi Arabia!" After seeing Zhang Xu, the first thing Camacho did was to give Zhang Xu a big and warm hug.

"Sir, then you can take care of it, I will definitely beat Saudi to pieces!" Zhang Xu waved his fist domineeringly and shouted loudly.

"Haha! I believe this! I watched your first game in the King's Cup just now, and I have to say, Zhang, you have improved a lot!" Camacho praised sincerely.

"Yes, yes!" At this time, Comrade Luo Jingwei, the leader of the national team, knocked on the door with an interpreter, and walked in while laughing and talking loudly: "Zhang Xu's strength is unquestionable. He is the treasure of our country. We believe that he will be able to shine in this qualifier against Saudi Arabia!"

Zhang Xu looked at the smile on Comrade Luo Jingwei's face. He always felt that something was wrong, and his heart was particularly twisted. He squeezed out a smile and said, "Hello, Team Leader Luo, I just arrived at the hotel and I'm about to report to you!"

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, you just report to Mr. Camacho. By the way, you haven't booked a room yet, I'll help you arrange the quietest suite right away! Just wait a moment!" After speaking, regardless of whether Zhang Xu objected, he walked out of the room with the translator and hurried towards the hotel lobby.

"Uh huh! This is not good, I still..." Zhang Xugang said, and before he could raise his hand, he saw Luo Jingwei had left the room, so he had no choice but to give up trying to dissuade him.

"Haha, Zhang, it seems that the relationship between you and this leader Luo has become very harmonious! Could it be that you solved the problem in private?" Camacho wanted to ask a long time ago, but today there was no interpreter present, so he asked directly.

Zhang Xu smiled wryly: "I don't know what's going on, anyway, his attitude turned 180 degrees all of a sudden, and I'm also confused!"

"Oh? This is really interesting!" Camacho said thoughtfully.

After reporting with Camacho, Zhang Xu naturally couldn't forget to report with Zheng Zhi, Wang Dalei and other good brothers. So, everyone made a noise together for a while, chatted about the situation of the national team and Zhang Xu's situation in La Liga, and then let Zhang Xu go back to his suite to rest.

In the next few days, Zhang Xu participated in pre-match tactical drills and other related training with the national team.

To Zhang Xu's surprise, one night, Camacho actually called Zhang Xu into the conference room to discuss the tactical arrangements for the Asian Cup qualifiers with the coaching staff.

"Sir, does this seem inappropriate? I'm just an ordinary member of the national team. Even if players are required to participate in this tactical discussion, it should be the captain!" Zhang Xu was a little taken aback when he heard what Camacho meant.

Camacho smiled: "Okay, Zhang, this is also what Team Leader Luo meant. In fact, everyone knows that the absolute core of this national team is you! So we have to formulate corresponding tactics, and we can't avoid you! Come on, tell us, what kind of tactics are you usually used to? Come on! Don't ink!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xu stepped forward helplessly and briefly described his tactics in La Coruña.

The next day, the national team officially decided on the tactics. When Camacho announced the tactics, Zhang Xu was surprised to find that the national team's tactics were very similar to those he played in La Coruña, but in some details, they still had the national team's own characteristics.

This is also understandable, after all, the national team's player abilities and habits are still somewhat different from those of Deportivo.

Such a tactic is really suitable for Zhang Xu!

He can bring out all his energy, and he can easily organize every member of the national team to form a strong whole.

Of course, this still takes time!This is exactly what Zhang Xu and the national team lack the most!Because two days later, it will be the match between the national team and Saudi Arabia.

On February 2, under the arrangement of the competition committee, the two sides of the competition held a pre-match press conference.

At the press conference before the game, the newly appointed head coach of the Saudi national team, Lopez Carlo, took the lead in announcing the starting lineup of the Saudi national team.

It is relatively rare to announce the starting lineup two days before the game. Generally speaking, the starting lineup and list are announced about an hour before the game.

And now, the head coach Carlo actually announced the starting lineup. Why is this?

Just when everyone was wondering, Coach Carlo finally solved everyone's doubts: "Everyone knows that I have only recently taken charge of the Saudi national team. At the beginning, I really felt apprehensive and uneasy, for fear that I would not be able to lead the national team well."

"However, after I took a closer look at my team, my heart settled down! Because, I found that every one of my players is good, and they have great strength!"

"I believe and am sure that after two days, our Saudi national team will present a great feast for the Saudi people! The Chinese team? I don't think the weak Chinese team will cause any trouble to my team! Even if it is a little bit!"

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