The Midfield Master

This third date made Xia Ze feel surprisingly comfortable. The children in the orphanage all pestered him to play football, which gave him a rare day of relaxation.

When he was immersed in the quiet holiday, Maritimo, far away in Braga, was in a bitter battle away.

Without Xia Ze, the midfield commander this season, Maritimo's midfield appears very passive.

Coupled with the absence of Zhang Wei, the central defender combination of Igor and Rosario, who had been out of battle for a long time, was not stable, which made them fall into a passive position from the very beginning.

Despite the adjustments made by Martins, the exhausted Maritimo still lost to Braga 0-1, which ended the team's unbeaten state after the winter break and allowed Benfica to seize the opportunity to overtake the top scorer. third place in the standings.

Fortunately, after this game, it will be an international match day. Maritimo does not have too many international players. The players have two weeks of rest to recover from their exhausted bodies.

In the early morning of the next day, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei, accompanied by Tenonio, boarded the plane to Iraq.

Neither of them knew English, so how to report to the national team became a problem, but Tenonio took the initiative to go with them, which made them very grateful.

A few hours later, the plane slowly landed in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Iraq has been in the panic of war and terrorist attacks, and the safest stadium in the capital Baghdad cannot be used as a venue for international events, so the stadium can only be borrowed in Doha, Qatar.

Qatar is very generous and lent the Qatar National Stadium to Iraq as their home court against the Chinese team.

At the Doha airport, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei quickly came to the hotel where the national football team stayed according to the instructions of the national team staff. Most of the national team players and coaches had already checked into this hotel yesterday.

"Xia Ze, Zhang Wei, I'll send you here. I don't think I'm suitable to meet your coach." When Tenonio brought Xia Ze and the others to the hotel entrance, he said goodbye to them.

Xia Ze originally wanted to keep him for a while, but now that he didn't know the rules of the national team's training camp, he couldn't speak up, so he had to thank Tenonio and parted ways with him.

As soon as Tenonio left, the national team staff who contacted Xia Ze came out to pick them up. Following the young national team assistant into the hotel, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei discovered that this hotel is very large and has quite complete facilities.

After talking, Xia Ze knew that the assistant was Xiao Li, the coach and players of the national team had already gone to the training ground for training, and after Xia Ze and the others put down their luggage, they would also go to the training ground for adaptive training.

Due to the time difference, it was already the afternoon of March 2 when I came to Qatar. After Xia Ze and Zhang Wei went to the stadium, the training of the national team was almost over.

"Xia Ze, Zhang Wei, welcome." A middle-aged man in a black training coat came over, smiled and shook hands with Xia Ze and Zhang Wei.

"Director Fu, hello." While shaking hands with him, Xia Ze sized up the middle-aged man in front of him who was about the same height as him.

The dark-skinned, slightly graying middle-aged man in front of him, but still full of smiles on his face, is Fu Fu who was dismissed from get out of class after being scolded by outsiders in Camacho, and was ordered to lead the national football team out of the Asian Cup qualifier. Bo, a local coach who knows that he will always be replaced by a foreign teacher, but leads the national football team forward without complaint or regret.

Xia Ze admired him very much. He knew that Fu Bo had black hair before he took over as the coach of the national football team, but after only half a year, the black hair on his head started to turn gray, which shows how much pressure the position of national football coach has.

But this man, after the national football team lost 1 to 5 to Thailand, let the national team stand up again amidst the scolding of thousands of people.

"You guys just arrived, right? Go for a run and stretch your muscles." Fu Bo's peaceful voice pulled Xia Ze back from his thoughts to reality.

After greeting Fu Bo, Xia Ze and Zhang Wei changed their equipment,

Under the leadership of assistant coach Wang Jun, restorative training was carried out.

While warming up, Xia Ze looked at other members of the national football team who were wearing training vests and conducting tactical training not far away.

"Ozawa, look, that's Zheng Zhi!" Zhang Wei was a little surprised that he hadn't entered the role of the national footballer for a while.

"David, are we already one of them?" Xia Ze said helplessly.

"I took a photo with him before, I don't know if he has any impression." Zhang Wei ignored Xia Ze, still talking to himself.

"..."

"Xia Ze, Zhang Wei, are you here too?" A somewhat familiar voice came from behind.

Xia Ze and Zhang Wei turned their heads and found that Gao Bo was walking towards them with a smile.

Zhang Wei's face immediately became vigilant. He was irritated by Ai Huang's behavior of cheating penalty kicks and making damage moves on the field. His list of grudges.

Gao Bo obviously felt Zhang Wei's hostility, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and continued to smile and said: "Zhang Wei, don't look at me like this, although we used to be rivals, we both worked hard abroad, and now we are selected into the national competition together. Team, this can be considered fate."

Zhang Wei snorted coldly, although Gao Bo's smile was very frank, but he still couldn't accept his overture for a while.

Xia Ze on the side saw Gao Bo's language and demeanor in his eyes. He himself knew that Gao Bo was different from Ai Huang. Gao Bo is much more low-key. This may have something to do with the fact that his family background is not as good as Xia Ze's.

"We are also very happy to see you. When did you come to Doha?" Xia Ze also smiled kindly when he saw the other party's initiative to show his kindness.

"I just arrived today, more than an hour earlier than you." Gao Bo glanced at Zhang Wei while speaking, and found that he was still ignoring him.

Seeing this, Xia Ze could only shrug his shoulders helplessly, stretching his legs while talking with Gao Bo.

Madrid, where Gao Bo is located, is more lively than Funchal, and sometimes he trains with the Real Madrid first team, so he will naturally talk about Real Madrid stars.

This is of course very interesting for Xia Ze and Zhang Wei who have never been in contact with top giants and top stars.

While talking, Zhang Wei, who was originally silent, couldn't maintain his indifference, and joined the chat.

The three of them are all playing in the Iberian Peninsula, and the one or two Latin words and bursts of laughter mixed with each other from time to time caught the attention of other players who were doing tactical training.

The three were selected for the national team for the first time, and they were naturally a little cautious when facing the big names who had only seen it on TV and on the sidelines before.

Fortunately, Gao Bo was born in the Evergrande youth team, and he knew several Evergrande players in the national team, which allowed the three to integrate into the team faster.

In the evening, the training session ended.

"Everyone, go back and change into your swimming trunks, and take a dip in the pool to relax your muscles." Fu Bo told many players when he left.

"Do you still want to go to the swimming pool?" Xia Ze asked Gao Bo beside him with some surprise.

"I don't know, let's go with everyone." Gao Bo also just arrived, so he doesn't know the situation very well.

"There is a swimming pool in the hotel, let's go with everyone later." A voice came from behind.

The three turned their heads, and it was Captain Zheng Zhi.

"Brother Zheng." Gao Bo greeted first.

"Brother Zheng—" Xia Ze and Zhang Wei also shouted.

"Don't be so cautious, we are all teammates now." Zheng Zhi looked at the cautious expressions on the faces of the three, waved his hands, and said with a relaxed smile, "If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

"Well, thank you Brother Zheng..." Although Zheng Zhi was very easy-going, the three of them still couldn't help but respect and nervous towards the captain.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhi could only shake his head helplessly and left.

Xia Ze soaked in the jacuzzi in the hotel, his whole body's muscles were well relaxed, and the exhaustion from flying the plane all day drifted away with the steam in the air.

In the past, he saw news that the national football team stayed in luxury hotels when they set out on the field. He couldn't figure out why they had to stay in these big hotels to play football.

At that time, in his eyes, playing football was only 90 minutes, and he only had to have a place to sleep after playing football. Why did he need to spend so much?

But when he became a professional player, he realized that the recovery after the game and even after training is very important for a player.

Especially in such an important game for the national team, it is even more impossible to adjust the physical and mental state of the players to the best due to problems with the training facilities before the game.

Therefore, when the national team goes out, when staying in a hotel, they must choose a hotel with a gym and a swimming pool, so that after training, they can either choose to increase their strength or choose to relax their muscles to achieve the best physical condition.

A game is only 90 minutes, but the preparation time before the game is far more than that.

...

The next day, Zhang Linpeng, Wu Lei and Ai Huang, who played in Europe, came to Doha to join the national team after finishing the league.

When Ai Huang found that Gao Bo was walking very close to Xia Ze and Zhang Wei, he didn't speak, but just snorted coldly, and was doing restorative training by himself.

And Xia Ze, Zhang Wei and Gao Bo had joined the team's tactical training at this time, and gradually became acquainted with the old players in the team.

From the eye contact between Ai Huang and Xia Ze, Fu Bo could see that Xia Ze, Zhang Wei and Ai Huang had a lot of grievances and grievances.

And he also learned from the news that Ai Huang played tricks on Zhang Wei in the semi-finals of the Portuguese League Cup, and that Xia Zefei shoveled Ai Huang.

This middle-aged man with slightly gray hair was watching the training of the players on the field, but his face was frowning. He was thinking about how to resolve the grievances between the three of them, and how to prevent these off-field factors to the team's performance. Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 188 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 388 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 188 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 388 Red Devils Manchester United Rewards Grain 88