Chapter 104: Shoot This Bat to Death!
The praise of Zhang Xu from various Spanish media immediately spread to China, and a twelve-level typhoon suddenly blew in China. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Various domestic media have reported Zhang Xu's outstanding performance in the first match of the new La Liga season, and countless domestic fans have praised Zhang Xu on the Internet, and claimed that Zhang Xu is the hope of Chinese football!
It's no wonder they're so excited, after all, it's a breakthrough in Chinese football!
It is not unusual for a Chinese player to be able to score a goal in a top-flight game, and it is not even more commendable to contribute an assist to the team, but this is the first time for a Chinese player to create a goal and an assist at the same time!
So, Zhang Xu has set a new record!
At the same time, it is already a good thing that Chinese players can play in the top league. If you can play the main force, you have to burn high incense, but Zhang Xu not only firmly sat on the main force of the team, but also became the second core of the team!
The day after Deportivo La Coruna's victory over Osasuna, Nicola had to leave Spain for Paris, where she took a leave of absence from school and returned to Hollywood to shoot a TV series.
Due to the sudden intimacy that night, Zhang Xu was a little reluctant to leave Nicola for the first time.
He drove Nicola to the airport in his Mercedes Benz, and then, after hugging Nicola tightly at the gate, he sent Nicola into the gate with a lonely face.
After returning home, Zhang Xu quickly put his sorrow aside and threw himself into more intense training.
Although the last game won against Osasuna and made a good start to the league, the bigger test is still to come, for example, Valencia, who are close to the opponent!
Valencia Club de Fútbol (abbreviation: Valencia CF, Valencia) is one of the football clubs in the Spanish Primera League. Valencia is an established team with a long history, founded in 1919 and located in Valencia, Spain's third-largest city. In the early days, the team wore white shirts and white shorts, so Spain was known as the "White Ghost".
Valencia is known for its steady, defined by quick transitions between attack and defence, and efficient counter-attacks. He has won 6 La Liga titles, 7 Spanish Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 1 European Cup and 2 UEFA Super Cups. Valencia is one of the traditional five Spanish powers, and Valencia is also a member of the G-14.
Such a strong opponent, and playing away from home, is not an easy thing for Deportivo to get out of the way!
Therefore, the whole team is very serious about this game. The members of the coaching staff analyzed the characteristics and current situation of Valencia in detail, and carefully formulated targeted tactical play; The players strictly follow the requirements of the coaching staff, train hard, practice tactics, and improve their own strength and the strength of the team.
Of course, the hardest training is Zhang Xu!
Ever since he joined Deportivo La Coruna, he has been demanding of himself and insisting on high-intensity training. His training intensity is at least twice as high as that of the average player.
With such a large training intensity, for others, they may have practiced lying on their stomachs for a long time, but Zhang Xu is still alive and well. This made the team admire his ruthlessness and envy Zhang Xu's strong physical fitness.
Although Deportivo attaches great importance to this game, the Spanish football media are not optimistic about Deportivo La Coruna.
"The promoted horse encounters a white ghost, and it may be difficult to escape the doom!" - Marca newspaper published a feature claiming that a weak Deportivo La Coruna will emerge in this match and fall at the feet of the White Ghost.
"The Bat Legion is strong, and Super Laco will definitely encounter Waterloo!" This is a report from the newspaper As, commentators believe that in the last game, Valencia drew 1-1 away from the powerful Real Madrid, and this time playing at home, it will definitely raise a butcher's knife against Deportivo La Coruna, who has not yet risen!
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Although the media and pundits were not optimistic about this match, the morale of the team was very high because of the defeat to Osasuna in the last game.
On August 26, 2012, at half past six in the evening, Zhang Xu accompanied the team's bus to the Mestalla Stadium, the home stadium of Valencia.
As soon as the team's bus stopped, it was already surrounded by a lot of reporters. I don't know what the reason is, from the bus to the stadium locker room, there is no security guard to maintain order. So the reporters blocked the gate of the bus very directly.
Head coach Ortra was very angry when he saw this scene, and in his opinion, it was Valencia's deliberate. However, the time for the game was approaching, and he had to get out of the bus and answer questions from reporters while opening a passage for the players.
Zhang Xu, like last time, still followed the captain Belleron and got off the bus.
For the focus of the last game, it was natural for the reporters to hand the microphone in front of him.
"Zhang, hello, I'm a reporter from the XX newspaper, I want to ask, what do you think of the result of this game?"
Zhang Xu smiled, stretched out two fingers very playfully, posed in a "V" shape, and then asked rhetorically: "What does this mean?" Do you know? ”
"What victory means!" The reporter replied stupidly.
"Correct, but no reward! That's what I mean! Ha ha! Zhang Xu laughed, and then followed Belleron into the players' tunnel.
With a capacity of more than 55,000 spectators, the Mestalla Stadium is much larger than the one in A Coruña.
So when Zhang Xu and his teammates stepped on the turf of the Mestalla Stadium, the first feeling was that it was big! The square pitch is surrounded by high-rise stands, making the whole pitch look extraordinarily large.
At this time, the Mestalla Stadium was already crowded with countless Valencian fans dressed in white. They sang the Valencia anthem neatly in the stands, rendering the atmosphere of the stadium very lively.
However, in Zhang Xu's opinion, the atmosphere of this scene is far less than the fan frenzy of Deportivo La Coruna, perhaps, which is why Valencia's style is stable. The team is all of this virtue, and the fans are naturally the same.
The fifteen-minute pre-match acclimatization training was quickly over, and the players of both teams returned to their dressing rooms to listen to their respective head coaches for final mobilization or tactical arrangements.
Coach Ortra didn't make any passionate mobilization, he only said: "Since we are going to rise, then let's shoot this bat to death first!" With that, he took the tactical board, opened the door to the locker room and walked out.
Belleron and Zhang Xu glanced at each other, then stood up at the same time and shouted in unison: "We are 'Super Laco', kill the Bat Army!" ”
Immediately, all the players yelled: "We are 'Super Laco', kill the Bat Army!" Then everyone rushed out of the locker room in a murderous rage.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the two sides of the game stood in their respective formations, and in the whistle of the head coach, the second round of the league officially began.
Valencia were known for their steadiness and didn't take advantage of home advantage to start the game, but pushed slowly through the midfield, constantly throwing their feet down and patiently looking for opportunities.
Valencia was not in a hurry, Deportivo was not in the mood to play with him, and despite playing away, the team launched a fierce attack under the leadership of Belleron and Zhang Xu.
In the third minute of the game, after Zhang Xu cooperated with Belleron, he went straight into Valencia's hinterland and made a diagonal pass, ready to pass to Pizzi who suddenly cut diagonally into the upper right corner of the penalty area.
This pass was very sudden, which surprised Valencia, who had always been good, so it almost tore apart Valencia's backline. If it weren't for the defender's quick reaction, Pizzi would have had a good chance to form a one-on-one chance.
After this unsuccessful attack, Deportivo did not relax the pace of the attack, but continued to increase the intensity of the attack.
In the eight minutes of the game, it was still Zhang Xu, who was on the outside edge of the penalty area, and after receiving a return pass from Ricky, he immediately took a long shot.
However, the shot could not be suppressed, and the ball flew slightly over the crossbar and out of the bottom line.
Several successive attacks, although they failed to form goals, also forced Valencia to increase the speed of the team's passing and receiving to counter Deportivo La Coruna's attack.
In fact, in the Valencia team, there are also players who are good at fast attack, such as Fernando. Gago, Tino. Costa, for example, may have been influenced by Valencia too deeply, so at the beginning of the game, it didn't seem very exciting.
However, after a couple of Deportivo La Coruna came close to scoring a few times, Valencia seemed to be awakened and finally showed his strong side.
In the eleventh minute of the game, Tino. Costa and Fernando. In the end, when Tino was about to implement a powerful long-range shot, because of the inaccurate judgment of Zhang Xu's speed, Zhang Xu shoveled the football under his feet with a wonderful tackle, and the attack naturally ended in nothing.
However, Valencia, who have come to their senses, is much more than this one offensive.
In the later game time, Valencia's offensive momentum became more and more fierce, and Zhang Xu had to give up the opportunity to participate in the attack in order to ensure that the team did not concede goals, and concentrated on solid defense.
With fast running, accurate positioning, precise tackles, ferocious tackles and unparalleled air dominance, Zhang Xu undoubtedly showed his defensive ability.
Thanks to his efforts, the team's backline basically did not give Valencia's attack any chance.
However, football is always round!