Chapter Ninety-Five: What's the Reason Not to Rise?
In the end, the final score of this friendly match was fixed at 3:1!
Deportivo scored two other goals, one was the team's striker Pizzi who received a through ball from Belleron and pushed it into the far corner, and the other was Oliveira, who came on as a substitute in the second half, after receiving Zhang Xu's over-the-top cross, and broke the opponent's goal with a volley. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The conceded goal fully reflected the strong strength of Atletico Madrid, Suarez and Turan played a wonderful combination, and Zhang Xu had no choice but to watch Falcao successfully volley into the net against offside.
In any case, it was Deportivo La Coruna who won the game. The team also successfully completed seven friendly matches before the league.
In seven games, Deportivo La Coruna won all seven games and handed over an answer sheet that Deportivo fans were very satisfied with. However, in these seven games, the only games that really have weight are the matches against Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, and the others are either La Liga or La C, and even the team of Siding, which does not pose a substantial threat to the Deportivo team at all.
Either way, when the team wins, the fans are happy.
So, in recent times, there has been a huge increase in the number of fans watching the team practice outside the training ground, and whenever a player shows superb footwork or the team plays a beautiful combination, the fans will burst into applause.
At the same time, Zhang Xu also benefited a lot, because his landlord once again proposed to reduce the rent, and this time Zhang Xu did not accept it. In the end, Zhang Xu had no choice but to compromise and promised to cut the rent by 500 euros per month.
In fact, this is not Zhang Xu's happiest thing, nor is it his biggest gain. His biggest takeaway is that he's upgraded again!
Level 38! He gained another 5 free attributes, in order to further improve his offensive organization ability, Zhang Xu once again assigned these 5 free attributes to the passing attribute points, plus the random system rewards he received in the last game, his passing attributes have reached 70 points!
Now, let's take a look at Zhang Xu's properties panel:
Level: 38
XP: 1400/33000 (Assignable Stats: 0)
Weight/Height: 81.3KG/182.5cm
Current Ability/Potential: 69/82 (minimum 30 for professional players, maximum 99)
Current physical fatigue/condition: 28/87 (maximum 99)"
Technical attributes (up to 99 for a single attribute):
Crosses: 40Dribbles: 41 Shots: 44 Heads: 70
Long shots: 52 Marks: 70 Passes: 70 Steals: 70
Stops: 45 Technical: 53 Penalties: 38 Corners: 32
Set-pieces: 37, throw-ins: 37
Mental attributes:
Aggressiveness: 49 Prediction: 70 Brave: 84 Calm: 74
Focus: 64 Vision: 60 Determination: 46 Determination: 86
Imagination: 45 Influence: 75 Running Without the Ball: 52
Sense of Position: 70 Teamwork: 72 Work Input: 97
Physical Attributes:
Explosiveness: 85 Agility: 54 Balance: 57 Bounce: 82
Constitution: 91 Speed: 95 Stamina: 92 Strong: 91
From this, we can see that Zhang Xu's current ability has reached 69 points, which is one step away from 70 points! And the threshold for the top league is 70 points!
If physical fitness is counted, Zhang Xu's unilateral ability, such as defensive ability, definitely exceeds 70 points.
Zhang Xu does not intend to improve his offensive ability without limits, he is very accurate in his positioning, that is, a qualified midfielder.
With the system, it's not a dream to be an all-round player, but it's certainly not now. Therefore, Zhang Xu decided that when the passing attribute reaches 70 points and is upgraded again, he will continue to improve his defensive attributes and strengthen his defensive ability.
Just when Zhang Xu and his teammates were actively preparing for the first game of the league, the outside media began to predict where Deportivo La Coruna, as a promoted horse this season, would go.
The commentator of "Marca" claimed: Deportivo La Coruna, which is not very strong, did not replenish the strength of the players before the season, only loaned a few players with average strength, the team's single style of play, low offensive efficiency, coupled with the serious aging of the players, the lack of bench strength, so, the foreseeable result is that this season is likely to fall to the second division!
The newspaper As, on the other hand, believes that although Deportivo La Coruna did not bring in a star of great quality and brilliance, we saw that he won seven of the seven friendlies before the start of the season! From this, we judge that Deportivo La Coruna will make a difference this season, if not again!
"Daily Sport" analyzed Deportivo La Coruna very thoroughly, he made a detailed analysis from Deportivo La Coruna's team tactics to each member of the team, and finally came to the conclusion that Deportivo La Coruna is enough to stand on the foothold of La Liga, if not to change the situation in La Liga.
In this report, Zhang Xu was specially brought out and analyzed in detail Zhang Xu's status and role in A Coruña.
Comment: Zhang Xu is very young, there are still many deficiencies, but he has a monster-like body, defensive ability is also very outstanding, with his joining, it solves the problem of aging and slow reaction in the back line of the Deportivo team, so that Deportivo Lacoruna's defensive strength skyrockets!
Therefore, Deportivo may not be able to do anything offensively this season, but defensively, it will become a nightmare for all La Liga teams on the offensive line, even Barcelona and Real Madrid, which have super offensive ability!
"El País" commented on Deportivo La Coruna: the promoted Mala Coruna was short of funds, and only two players were brought in at a low price, and both of them were backfield players, and the other players were on loan, and their strength was average. The overall strength of the team is average, and the defensive ability is slightly stronger than the offensive end. If the team's tactics are rigid, Deportivo will not be able to do anything this season.
These reports or comments are predictions for Deportivo La Coruna's season as the league draws closer, and many media outlets are starting to focus on the first game of the league.
As a result, tension began to spread in every team, and Deportivo La Coruna was no exception, from the head coach Ortra to every member of the team, everyone felt an inexplicable pressure.
Of course, there is one person who is an exception, and that is Zhang Xu, who is immersed in hard training.
For Zhang Xu, every game is very important, because for each game, the system will release a different number of side quests or daily tasks, which require Zhang Xu to put in considerable effort to complete, and some tasks are likely to be incomplete even if they work hard.
Therefore, in his opinion, the first game of the league at home against Osasuna is just an ordinary game for him to accumulate experience points and obtain random rewards from the system, and there is no need to make himself nervous at all.
Zhang Xu didn't care whether he was nervous or not, but the media who followed this game were nervous, and they made predictions about whether Deportivo La Coruna could get off to a good start.
Some media believe that Deportivo as a promoted horse, after returning to the fiercely competitive La Liga, must want to make a big difference, although the team's reinforcements are not so dazzling, but they also basically meet the needs of the team, especially in the seven friendly games outstanding back Zhang Xu, but also greatly enhanced the strength of Deportivo La Coruna.
What's more, Deportivo La Coruna has always been good at playing at home, scoring an average of 2.24 goals per home game in La Liga, such a terrifying home fight, even against the slightly stronger Osasuna, will surely win the first game.
On the contrary, this year's Osasuna, not only did not recruit well, but on the contrary, the core of the team's midfield switched to Atletico Madrid, which greatly reduced its strength, coupled with the away game, the possibility of defeat is very high.
Some media believe that although Deportivo has introduced a lot of reinforcements in the summer, most of them are players with average strength, coupled with the serious aging of the team, the strength is difficult to guarantee, and the only bright spot is the Chinese player Zhang Xu, whose addition has greatly enhanced Deportivo Lacoruna's defensive strength.
However, Zhang Xu is the team's midfielder, focusing on defense and not much help the team's offensive strength, so Deportivo LaCoruna's offensive ability is worrying.
On the contrary, Osasuna continued to maintain the momentum of pressing the attack in the middle of the field, and the strength of the team did not decline significantly, coupled with the team's good record and high morale in the pre-season friendlies. Therefore, it is not necessary to overturn the promoted Mara Coruna at the home of Deportivo La Coruna.
The first match of the La Liga season has also attracted the attention of domestic media and fans, and various domestic media have predicted the direction and outcome of this game.
Now, Zhang Xu has appeared as the core player of the team, so there is no question of whether Zhang Xu can make his debut.
The only question is whether Zhang Xu can withstand Osasuna's aggressive midfield attacking momentum in this game.
However, Zhang Xu's wonderful performance in seven friendly matches made countless fans full of confidence that Deportivo La Coruna won this game.
Domestic media focused their reports on the fact that Zhang Xu was about to appear in La Liga and create Chinese football history.
The media claimed that Zhang Xu's appearance in La Liga will set off a frenzy of domestic players traveling to Europe and will play a great role in promoting Chinese football.
In these reports, Zhang Xu has become the first domestic player to travel to Europe!
Coincidentally, just a few days before the start of the La Liga season, the new Chinese national football team drew 1:1 with the Ghana national team in the warm-up match!
Although it failed to win the warm-up match, the national team was able to draw with the African powerhouse Ghana national team, which made domestic fans and media excited.
And Zhang Xu, as the first person to travel to Europe, was once again mentioned by the fans. They left messages on the Internet: No Zhang Xu can draw with Ghana, if Zhang Xu is called up to the national team, then what reason does our Chinese national football team have not to rise?