legendary midfielder

Chapter 54 A Heart-warming Battle

"Michael passed the ball! He passed it to the captain Beatty in front!" Robin, the on-site commentator, was also explaining nervously.

As the commentator of this game, he felt very tired.On the one hand, he is always worried about whether his team - Sheffield United will concede another goal. On the other hand, he also cheers for the team through his passionate voice.

"Beatty showed us his amazing footwork and knocked the opponent's defender Caldwell down! Chance! Birmingham's last defender, Murphy, forced up. Beatty immediately changed the route of the ball and went diagonally to the right!"

"Ah, shot! Ugh, the ball was blocked by Murphy, and the ball rolled towards the right edge of the penalty area. But there were neither our players nor Birmingham players."

"Oh, no, who is that? Our player! No. 25, my God, when did Zhang come here! It's great!" Seeing Zhang Xu appearing behind the football in Birmingham's penalty area, Robin was so excited that he was almost speechless.

"Come on! China zhang! Come on! Oh god, he shot! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

Before Robin finished his shot, he saw that the football had pierced through the gate of Birmingham, so he quickly let out a long scream to express his uncontrollable excitement and excitement.

Accompanying his high-pitched screams were the deafening roars of all the Blades fans at Bramall Lane!Horn sound!applause!These voices gathered together and completely released the passion of Blade fans that had been suppressed for a long time, and it went straight to the sky, as if to let people all over the world know their inner ecstasy.

After Zhang Xu saw the football flying into the net, he rushed towards Birmingham's goal immediately. Under the bitter eyes of Birmingham goalkeeper Michel, he picked up the football from the goal, hugged it and rushed to the kick-off position on the center line.

"It's only 1:2, and we have to score a goal to equalize! Time is running out!" This is Zhang Xu's true inner thoughts. He is a person who is full of pursuit of victory. He cannot accept losing, even to a stronger opponent than himself.

The teammates originally planned to run to Zhang Xu to celebrate this rare goal with Zhang Xu, but after seeing Zhang Xu's actions, they all understood Zhang Xu's plan, so they hurried back to their own half and took their positions.

Zhang Xu put the football on the kick-off point, and then quickly ran to his position, applauding each other with passing teammates while running.

Seeing the team's move, the Blades fans became even more excited. Led by the fans in the North Stand, all the Blades fans began to sing the team anthem of Sheffield United loudly.They hope to add strength to the team in this way.

The referee saw that the Sheffield United players had stood up, while the Birmingham players seemed to have not yet recovered from the shocking long-range shot, so he blew his whistle quickly to signal Birmingham to get ready for the kick-off.

The referee's whistle woke up the Birmingham players, only to realize that the opponent had placed the football on the kick-off point, and the opponent's players had all returned to their own half, looking at this side with a look of covetousness.

"Beep!" After a whistle, the game continued.

After Sheffield United pulled back a goal, the morale of the team was greatly boosted, and the physical fitness that was already almost exhausted seemed to have recovered a lot. Whether it was offense or defense, they all suddenly returned to the state at the beginning of the second half.

Although Birmingham is strong, its combat effectiveness plummeted when morale was hit.The effect of this decline and promotion is that the British Championship team Birmingham, which originally had the upper hand, was actually beaten by the League One team Sheffield United in the last ten minutes.

In the 805th minute of the game, Zhang Xu once again successfully broke the football from Marlon's feet. This time, he did not pass the ball in a hurry, but took the ball with him, and used his abnormal speed of 93 points to kill towards the hinterland of Birmingham.

Zhang Xu's blatant behavior naturally attracted a lot of hatred, and the three Birmingham players immediately surrounded him, trying to stop Zhang Xu's crazy dribbling.

They succeeded and indeed stopped Zhang Xu's dribbling action, but Zhang Xu gave the ball to Michael, who was responding on the front right, before they were completely encircled.

After Michael received the ball, he suddenly found that because Zhang Xu had attracted the attention of three Birmingham players, his place was as empty as the Mongolian steppe.

Overjoyed, he immediately started, took the ball quickly, and rushed forward.He crossed the center line and gradually approached the penalty area. He was stopped by the opponent's defender only ten meters away from the penalty area.

Naturally, Michael would not fight alone. Even if he had the strength, now is not the time to perform. With a push of his arch, a through ball passed the defender Caldwell who was defending him, and sent it to Beatty, who was actively running towards the open space against Birmingham defender Murphy.

Beatty made a wonderful catch and dribble, opened up a position, and then suddenly kicked and shot!

It's a grounder, not very fast, but one of the hardest balls for a goalie to save.Mihir immediately flew out horizontally, hoping to catch this tricky shot!

He missed it and the football rolled past his fingertips!
Just when he was in despair, he heard a crisp voice that brought him back from the dead!
"Bang!" The football hit the outer goal post, and then bounced back to his side. He quickly hugged the ball tightly in his arms and hugged him tightly.

After the shock, Birmingham's morale was even lower, while the morale of Sheffield United was even higher. The game has entered the final stage. Birmingham simply gave up the frontcourt and retreated to defend.

In this case, Sheffield United launched a round of bombing against Birmingham, with high lobs and low shots, and intensive impact on Birmingham's goal time and time again.

In the 809th minute of the game, Zhang Xu unscrupulously led the ball across the half for the first time, and then shot again after passing and receiving the ball with his teammates several times.

However, the quality of this shot is not high, it is about one meter higher than the crossbar!
This is also the last shot for Sheffield United!

In the end, Birmingham advanced to the third round of the FA Cup with two goals!

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the Sheffield United players fell on the grass collectively, kicking heavily, unable to move.

Although they couldn't move, even though they lost the game in the end, everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces.

"Hahahaha! Have a great time! Have a great time!" Captain Beatty turned his head to the side and laughed wildly at Zhang Xu who was lying not far from him.

"Yes! Although we lost, we also won!" Zhang Xu nodded and said contradictory words with a smile on his face.

"You did win!" At this time, Zikic and Jonathan from Birmingham both came to them. Zikic said in an admiring tone: "Although we won the game, we lost our dignity! Alas!"

Zhang Xu struggled to get up, then helped Captain Beatty up, and said to Zikic with a smile: "Hey, Telephone Pole, thank you for teaching us a lesson, and at the same time, allowing us to find the most rare thing that we were almost lost - the spirit of the blade!"

Zikic and Jonathan smiled wryly at each other: "Are we an enemy?"

Everyone laughed.

Although the team lost the game in the end, all Blade fans were not disappointed with the team because of this. In their view, the team has gained a new life and has the spirit and momentum that fans most want to see!
That's right, it's the blade spirit and the indomitable momentum!
Therefore, after the game, not many fans left the field, but continued to sing the team anthem of Sheffield United in their already hoarse voice in the stands!
Looking at the Blades fans who were still singing, Jonathan sighed enviously: "You Sheffield United do have the cutest and most precious fans in the world!"

"Of course!" With Zhang Xu's support, Beatty finally stood firm. He said proudly, "This is the blade! This is the blade that will never fall!"

After speaking, he wore the jersey exchanged by Jonathan, and together with Zhang Xu, who wore the jersey exchanged by Zikic, called his teammates lying on the ground, supported each other, and came to the stands.

Amidst the high-pitched singing of the fans, Zhang Xu and his teammates bowed deeply to the fans even though they were exhausted and found it difficult to stand still!
Beatty shouted to the fans: "Sorry! We lost this game! Sorry!"

Beatty's apology moved all the blade fans. They shouted loudly: "No, we didn't lose! We are still the invincible blade!" When some fans said this, they even shed crystal tears.

"Yes, we are Blades! We are fearless!" Beatty roared.

Then Zhang Xu and his teammates shouted loudly together: "We are the blade, we are fearless!"

Soon, all Blade fans also shouted loudly: "We are Blade, we are fearless! We are Blade, we are fearless!"

Coach Wilson stood quietly on the sidelines of the court, feeling quite uneasy.

Before this game, he always believed that under his leadership, the team was strong enough to have the level and qualifications to hit the British Championship.

However, today, Zhang Xu and his teammates gave him an unforgettable lesson!
Let him finally understand that a truly strong team is not only about having powerful players, not only having matching tactics with powerful energy, but most importantly, a spirit!A powerful spirit that resonates with fans!
This is the root of the team's true strength!
(End of this chapter)