legendary midfielder

Chapter 76 A Valuable Fortune
"Okay, I lost!" Martinez said unwillingly, slapping the grass hard.

"Hehe, it's nothing. The attacking side was at a disadvantage, but I took advantage of it!" Zhang Xu smiled slightly, and stretched out his right hand to Martinez.

Hearing what Zhang Xu said, Martinez felt better and gave him a step down, so he quickly stretched out his right hand.

Zhang Xu pulled him up immediately.

After standing up, Martinez patted Zhang Xu's thick shoulder vigorously, and said with a strange smile: "Zhang, your body is so strong! I'm so envious!"

"Haha, you are not bad! I heard that you are also the football player of the Chinese Super League, which makes me very envious!" Zhang Xu hooked Martinez's shoulder and complimented him.

"Haha!" Martinez laughed out loud at Zhang Xu's words.

In this way, a wonderful one-on-one confrontation ended with Martinez's complete defeat. However, Martinez was not very disappointed. He was very happy to be fooled by Zhang Xu, completely forgetting the fact that he lost 0:3 just now.

The head coach Zhang Xu nodded. Zhang Xu's strength did not exceed his expectations. He deserved to be the absolute main midfielder of Sheffield United, and his defensive ability was indeed outstanding.

Perhaps he happens to be the best whetstone to sharpen the team's offense!

Thinking of this, he clapped his palms, and after focusing the team members' attention on himself, he said loudly: "Okay, everyone, listen to me, because we have to fly to Chengdu in the afternoon to prepare for tomorrow's match against Chengdu Sheffield United, so now we temporarily adjust the training content and change it to an intra-team match. The time is three to 10 minutes. Tomorrow's starting lineup will be in one group and the substitute players will be in one group."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and said to Zhang Xu: "Zhang Xu, can you please play a cameo role as the midfielder of the substitute team?"

"Of course!" As long as it is a competition, no matter what kind of competition, no matter how long the competition is, Zhang Xu will not refuse, because the competition is the fastest way to gain experience, so he readily agreed.

Soon, the two sides were ready, and the head coach Zhang Xu, who was acting as the referee, announced the start of the game.

A "beep" whistle sounded, and the match within the team officially started.

At the beginning of the game, the main team, led by Martinez, launched a frenzied attack on the substitute team.

Zhang Xu was not worried either. He calmly took on most of the defensive tasks of the substitute team, using his strong body and outstanding defensive ability to defuse the main team's offensive frenzy time and time again.

At the same time, in order to build the defense into a strong whole, while perfectly performing the duties of the midfielder, he also assumed the responsibility of the defensive organization of the substitute team.

Under his leadership, several defensive players of the substitute team were gradually driven by Zhang Xu. Although their running positions and defensive movements were not perfect, they were able to basically withstand the attack of the main team.

On the contrary, if the main team can't attack for a long time, it seems a little impetuous, and the offensive organization also becomes a little messy.

Zhang Xu keenly discovered the problem of the main team, and he immediately organized the substitute team to launch a counterattack.

In the 13th minute of the game, Zhang Xu made a fierce tackle on the ground. After successfully snatching the football from Cardoso's feet, he dribbled the ball forward.

Before this, Zhang Xu had never been on the offensive, so when he dribbled forward with the ball, no one pressed him immediately.

So, Zhang Xu walked forward for about ten meters, and directly crossed the center line, only then did he see Martinez rushing over from the side.

Zhang Xu smiled slightly at Martinez, stepped over the football with his right foot, clamped the football with his left foot and right heel, followed Zhang Xu's running movement, picked up the football from behind, passed over Zhang Xu's head, also passed over Martinez's head, and fell in front of Zhang Xu.

Martinez still wanted to squeeze Zhang Xu away with his body, but Zhang Xu was like a mountain, unmoved at all.

Just like that, Zhang Xu dribbled the ball with an ordinary back heel, directly threw off Martinez's defense, then quickly started, and once again went forward at a high altitude.

Enriquez immediately pushed forward, and Zhang Xu was not greedy for credit. With a push of his right foot, he pushed the football to the teammate on the right front, then quickly passed Enriquez, and waved to the teammate who took the ball.

The football quickly returned to Zhang Xu's feet. At this time, Zhang Xu was already close to the main team's penalty area. He didn't hesitate at all. He just adjusted two steps and immediately took a long shot!
"Bang!" A loud noise!
The football was like a bolt of lightning, passing through a distance of nearly 30 meters in an instant, and piercing through the gate of the main team in an instant!

The substitute team leads 1:0!
The main team was obviously stunned. Looking at your football on the net, they didn't react for a long time.In the end, it was after the head coach Zhang Xu yelled loudly that he regained his anger.

After the game continued, the main team became a little more sober after suffering a heavy blow from Zhang Xu, so the offense and defense also played vigorously.

Although the morale of the substitute team was boosted, there was a certain gap in strength between them and the main team. Although Zhang Xu fought hard to defend, his offensive performance was not so satisfactory.

In this way, the first half of the game quickly ended with the substitute team leading by one goal.

After the exchange of venues, the second half of the game began immediately.

Under the reminder of the head coach Zhang Xu, the main team finally found its own problem, slowly stabilized, and attacked the substitute team step by step.

Once the main team stabilized and showed their normal strength, the substitute team couldn't stand it anymore. Fortunately, Zhang Xu was there, otherwise the substitute team would have been beaten into a sieve by the main team.

However, despite Zhang Xu's presence, he cannot cover everything, and no matter how large a person's defensive area is, he still needs the support of other players.

However, under the strong offensive of the main team, Zhang Xu's teammates had very little support for him.

Soon, at the 205th minute of the game, while Zhang Xu was defending himself, Martinez pushed the football to Dai Qinhua next to him. Dai Qinhua didn't wait for Zhang Xu to force him to come over, and directly lobbed the ball to the substitute team's penalty area.

Dong Fangzhuo jumped to the top when he met the ball, and the football fell into the net.

The main team equalized the score.

After the main goal, Zhang Xu immediately stepped up his defensive organization of the back line, trying to connect the entire back line into a solid line of defense.

With his efforts, although the defense of the substitute team still has many deficiencies, it has been able to provide some support to Zhang Xu.

As for Zhang Xu, as long as this part of the support is enough, he alone is enough to undertake nearly half of the defensive tasks of the substitute team. With the support of other players, the defense of the substitute team is also decent.

With the strengthening of the defensive strength of the substitute team, the offense of the main team will also be misfired.

In the end, in this intra-team match, the two sides drew 1:1.

After the game, head coach Zhang Xu called the team together and analyzed in detail everyone's gains and losses in the game.Of course, a few words of praise for Zhang Xu are also indispensable.

But Zhang Xu didn't take his praise seriously, he only cared about how much experience he gained in this game.

The game time is only 30 minutes, so there are not many side missions, only a dozen or so, and completing all of them will only cost 4000 experience points.

However, it has been more than [-] days since the end of the league. These days, Zhang Xu insisted on training every day, coupled with the completion of daily tasks and side tasks every day, he accumulated a lot of experience.

After the intra-team match ended today, with the 4000 experience points he gained, he now meets the conditions for promotion again.

"Upgrade!" Zhang Xu clicked to upgrade without hesitation. Immediately, a colorful halo descended from the sky, wrapped Zhang Xu tightly, and then slowly disappeared.

Zhang Xu opened his property panel contentedly:
Name: Zhang Xu

Level: 35

Experience points: 130/27000 (allocated attribute points: 35)

Weight/Height: 80.9KG/182.1cm
Current ability/potential ability: 62/76 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/status: 33/84 (up to 99)"

Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crosses: 38 Dribbles: 38 Shots: 42 Headed: 62
Long shot: 49 Marking: 63 Passing: 47 Stealing: 62
Stops: 43 Skills: 49 Penalties: 37 Corners: 30
Set pieces: 36 Throw-ins: 36
Spiritual attributes:
Aggression: 48 Anticipation: 64 Bravery: 83 Calm: 73
Concentration: 63 Vision: 55 Decision: 44 Determination: 85
Imagination: 43 Impact: 73 Off-ball movement: 49
Sense of position: 63 Teamwork: 62 Work engagement: 96
Physical properties:
Explosive power: 84 Flexibility: 50 Balance: 54 Bounce: 81
Physique: 90 Speed: 94 Stamina: 91 Strength: 90
After the upgrade, Zhang Xu has 35 free attribute points, which is a valuable asset for him. At the right time, with the right opponent, it is very likely that he will play an unimaginable role.

After all, it is 35 points. If you add it to that attribute point, you can bring that attribute point to the level of the top league!
There is still more than a month before returning to the team. Zhang Xu believes that with the field provided by the Xiangtao team and the corresponding in-team competitions, he will definitely be able to advance to another level. If there are more games, it will not be difficult to advance to two levels.

In this way, Zhang Xu stayed in the Xiangtao team completely, and trained with Xiangtao team every day, and played in-team competitions together. Zhang Xu's experience value increased rapidly. Although the speed of increase could not be compared with the days of League One, Zhang Xu was very satisfied.

The only thing that made Zhang Xu feel guilty was that Nicola didn't play around in order to accompany him. She trained with him, ate with him, and slept with him every day.
Uh uh, don't get me wrong, they certainly don't sleep in the same room!
(End of this chapter)