legendary midfielder

Chapter 75 How about we compete?

After experiencing an earth-shattering banquet, Zhang Xu started his short career in Xiangtao Team of Hunan Province.

During this period of time, Zhang Xu seems to have returned to the U21 days of the Voluwe White Stars team. Every day, besides training, he sleeps.

Zhang Xu's training is sometimes carried out with the Xiangtao team, and sometimes by himself.

Why does he still have to train alone?Do you have to be special just because you are a player in Europe?In fact, there are three main reasons for this:
The first reason, although I don’t want to admit it, is that the training methods and content of European teams are indeed much more complicated and advanced than those in our country.

For example, when European teams are running and training, they generally have nearly fifteen running training modes!Each training method is scientifically trained for every possible situation on the field.In other words, the training mode of European teams is more targeted and scientific.

Of course, our country is working hard to learn the advanced concepts of Europe and is also making rapid progress. With the development of our society and the acceleration of the international integration process, we believe that we will soon catch up with the pace of Europe.

The second reason is easier to understand.This is because Zhang Xu's training intensity is too great.

Originally, the training intensity of European teams was relatively high. When Zhang Xu was in the team, he usually doubled the amount of training. Now that he is in a domestic team, the training volume has been doubled several times. Therefore, no player in the Xiangtao team can keep up with his pace. Even Martinez and the foreign players are all intimidated by Zhang Xu's crazy training.

The third reason is because of the needs of the system.The system releases a large number of daily tasks and side tasks every day, and these tasks are basically released based on the training or competition of European professional teams.

Now that he has switched to a domestic professional team, the system still releases tasks according to European standards, which makes Zhang Xu feel a little uncomfortable.Therefore, in order to successfully complete daily tasks and side tasks, Zhang Xu had to train alone.

In addition, Zhang Xu had a joint training with the team on the first day. Before the training started, many players were curious about how much better Zhang Xu, a League One player, was than himself.

After the training started, it was some simple off-ball training, and Zhang Xu's performance was not very outstanding. Apart from his relatively strong physical fitness, he did not show a superior level.

Under such circumstances, the players of the Xiangtao team immediately had the idea that League One players are nothing more than this, and some players even confidently clamored that they could also break into the League One!
But once they entered training with the ball, they found something different.

First of all, in terms of passing and receiving, Zhang Xu pays special attention to the speed and accuracy of one kick. In this regard, the players of the Xiangtao team show a clear gap, often unable to catch and pass the ball as quickly as Zhang Xu.

In this way, there was such a result: Zhang Xu passed the ball, but the players of the Xiangtao team could not catch the ball. They either ran over or were not in place;

Secondly, in terms of running without the ball, Zhang Xu has basically never stood still. He is running non-stop all the time, looking for suitable opportunities to pass and receive the ball.Although the players of the Xiangtao team also pay attention to running without the ball, they still can't keep up with Zhang Xu's rhythm.

Therefore, the players of the Xiangtao team couldn't find Zhang Xu's position, let alone passing and receiving the ball.

This is the difference between domestic players and European players. European players pay more attention to open passes, and find open spaces for passes by mastering the running positions of their teammates and the opponent's defensive formation.Domestic players actually pay attention to open passes, but they do not do this to the extreme like European teams.

In addition, Zhang Xu's off-ball training accounts for a very small part of the overall training. Basically, more than four-fifths of his training are combined with football training.This aspect is also where the Xiangtao team is lacking.

Of course, there are other differences, which I won’t repeat here.

After observing for a while, head coach Zhang Xu felt that this was a rare opportunity to learn.He immediately arranged for the coaching staff to record all Zhang Xu's training, and planned to use it as an important basis for adjusting the team's training methods and content.

"Brother Dong, did you train like this at Manchester United?" A player asked Dong Fangzhuo curiously after seeing Zhang Xu's training methods and content were completely different from his own.

"Yes, maybe it's more complicated than his training content!" Dong Fangzhuo nodded and replied.He couldn't help thinking of the years when he was training at Manchester United. At that time, he was also the key training target of Manchester United, even more valued by Ferguson than Ronaldo, but unfortunately he didn't seize the opportunity.

Thinking of this, he sighed deeply, turned around silently, and proceeded to the next step of training according to the head coach's arrangement.

And Martinez, the foreign aid of the Xiangtao team, was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xu. Now, although Zhang Xu's strength evaluation has improved because of Zhang Xu's very targeted and scientific training methods and content, but in his opinion, if Zhang Xu's level is nothing more than this, then he must not be as good as himself.

So he stepped forward and greeted Zhang Xu confidently: "Hi, Zhang! I am the core of the team's offensive organization, which happens to be opposite to your midfielder position. How about we compete?"

"Competition?" Martinez's translator yelled in surprise, which immediately attracted the attention of the players. They gathered around and asked what Martinez meant. After they figured it out, they also became interested. One by one, they stopped training and walked behind Martinez, intending to see how Zhang Xu would respond.

Dong Fangzhuo also came up, and he was also curious whether Zhang Xu was stronger or Martinez was stronger.

After the head coach Zhang Xu saw such a situation on the sidelines, he simply stopped the training, walked over, and ordered the staff to bring a camera to record the entire confrontation between the two.

Zhang Xu stopped, looked at Martinez, and then at the surrounding Xiangtao team members and the coaching staff not far behind him. He smiled and said, "Okay, since you are interested, let's have a play!"

In fact, in Europe, there are many wonderful examples of one-on-one confrontation, but in actual games, one-on-one situations should be avoided as much as possible. Using the power of teamwork to defeat opponents is the focus of European football.

However, everyone has issued a declaration of challenge, and Zhang Xu will not be a shrinking turtle.

"Okay! Three wins out of five?" Martinez took a football and asked.

"Up to you!" Zhang Xu replied calmly, and with his back to the goal, he set up a posture and waited for Martinez's attack.

"Okay! Then I'll come!" Martinez tilted his head, glanced at Zhang Xu, and reminded loudly.

"Come on!" Zhang Xu smiled and waved to Martinez.

So, Martinez took the football and started to attack Zhang Xu. Although she didn't think Zhang Xu was anything special, he was still very cautious. While dribbling the ball, he carefully observed Zhang Xu's actions and looked for suitable breakthrough opportunities.

Three meters, two meters, one meter, Zhang Xu was not confused by Martinez's fancy movements, and stood there steadily.

Martinez really couldn't find any shortcomings in Zhang Xu's defense, so he rushed directly to Zhang Xu's left side, preparing to attract Zhang Xu to move closer to the left.

Zhang Xu also moved closer to the left, using his body to block the direction of Martinez's advance.

After seeing Zhang Xu moving, Martinez was overjoyed, and a contemptuous smile appeared on his face. Then, using his right foot as the axis, he turned his body 180 degrees to the right, and pulled his left foot on the football ball, intending to carry Zhang Xu's body that was already completely tilted to the left. After turning 180 degrees, he passed by Zhang Xu's right side.

His men did turn, but the ball was gone!

The football was firmly under Zhang Xu's feet.It turned out that just as he was turning around, Zhang Xu precisely poked the football under Martinez's left foot with his right foot, and then took two steps forward to control the football under his feet.

"Good! Beautiful!" Seeing Zhang Xu's steal so cleanly, the onlookers and coaches all applauded.

"Come again!" Martinez walked back to his original position with a gloomy face, and shouted fiercely.

Zhang Xu smiled slightly and continued to retreat to his position.

This time Martinez learned his lesson. He knew that fake moves would not work against Zhang Xu, so he used his sensitive body and strong explosive power to prepare for Zhang Xu's hard points.

However, how did he know that Zhang Xu's explosive power and speed were far beyond what he could match. When he passed the ball, Zhang Xu burst out with powerful strength, instantly increased his speed, and then easily grabbed the football in front of Martinez.

"Good! Awesome! Zhang Xu really deserves to be the star of the Sheffield United team. He is very strong!" The players of the Xiangtao team applauded Zhang Xu.

"Again!" Martinez already had some regrets at this time and hastily proposed a one-on-one confrontation with Zhang Xu, but now he can't regret it, so he can only bite the bullet and continue to compete.

Now is the last chance. If Zhang Xu can't get past him, it will be a disgrace!
Martinez took a deep breath, puffed himself up, and then carefully approached Zhang Xu with the ball.

"Cycling!" Amidst the exclamation of the players, Martinez used his special skill.

Zhang Xu still stood there steadily, but his eyes were fixed on Martinez's feet, he adjusted his steps slightly, and his body bent down slightly.He is now like a bowstring fully drawn, ready to shoot a deadly arrow at any time.

"My God, flick the ox's tail!"

Martinez once again performed his unique skill, even moving all of Ronaldinho's extraordinary moves, preparing to pass on Zhang Xu's left side.

However, Zhang Xu had been waiting for his action for a long time. He suddenly thrust forward, and his left foot was accurately stuck in the direction of the ball under Martinez's feet.

Martinez's right foot failed to pull the ball back, his body's center of gravity was completely lost, and he fell to the grass with a snap.

Naturally, he lost this game.

(End of this chapter)