The Midfield Master

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Xia Ze walked towards the player tunnel amid singing, and the audience at the Sydney Football Stadium also began to slowly leave the field, and the game came to an end.

"Xia Ze, wait a minute." A voice shouted behind him in somewhat blunt English.

Xia Ze turned his head and saw a Japanese team player about half a head shorter than him walking towards him, it was Shinji Kagawa. How could this Japanese star who has transferred back to Dortmund recognize himself?

"Are you looking for me?" Xia Ze asked the other party in surprise.

"Well, I played well today." Shinji Kagawa came over and shook hands with him again.

"Thank you, congratulations on your promotion." Seeing that the other party was so polite, Xia Ze congratulated Shinji Kagawa generously.

The two walked side by side to the player tunnel, which surprised the fans at the scene.

"Your Chinese team has improved a lot, which makes us feel threatened." Shinji Kagawa said as he walked, without seeming to beat around the bush: "However, most of your players play in China, which will obviously be detrimental to their growth."

Xia Ze nodded upon hearing this. For the opportunities and progress brought to the players by studying abroad, Shinji Kagawa and he both feel the same way.

It was Shinji Kagawa's outstanding performance in the first season after studying abroad in the Bundesliga that made him the core of the Japanese team. The same is true for Xia Ze.

But he still wondered why Kagawa Shinji said these words to himself, so he looked at the other party with questioning eyes.

"I know you've moved to the Premier League. You should be able to adapt to that league more easily than me." Shinji Kagawa smiled shyly, patted Xia Ze on the shoulder, and walked forward at a faster pace.

Xia Ze stopped in place, looking at Shinji Kagawa's back, with some doubts in his eyes, but he had already made a decision in his heart.

Although this failure stopped his Asian Cup journey, the team also lost in a game with the Japanese team that went beyond football. But Shinji Kagawa's words gave Xia Ze a deeper understanding after his failure.

To catch up with the pace of development of Japanese football, it is not enough to rely on only a few overseas players. Chinese football needs more players to train in high-level European leagues.

In the locker room, the players of the Chinese team were silent. Although they were unwilling to accept this defeat,

But helpless.

After all, they are not as good as the Japanese team in terms of strength. In the first 60 minutes, only relying on their spare physical strength and Xia Ze's outstanding performance, they were able to draw with the opponent.

After the Japanese team scored two goals in a row, they were exhausted and couldn't even initiate an effective shot.

The strength of the two teams is not only reflected in the scores and scenes. The gap between Chinese football and Japanese football has widened as early as 10 years ago.

Now that Chinese football wants to regain it, it is not enough to rely solely on Xia Ze, a few overseas players.

"Everyone, you performed very well in today's game. I am proud of you, and you should also applaud your performance." Lippi walked into the locker room and said to the players in front of him.

There was still silence in the locker room, but the players of the national football team had slowly raised their heads, looked at Lippi, and at the teammates around them, and the frustrated look on their faces had dissipated a lot.

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After this game, although the Chinese team lost in the game against the Japanese team, the media and fans all over the country affirmed the performance of the national football team in this game, especially the game against Australia. It was praised by their hype.

When the domestic players returned home, they were greeted by a large number of fans and treated like heroes.

In the end, the Japanese team defeated South Korea in the final and defended the Asian Cup champion. Shinji Kagawa won the title of best player, and Xia Ze was also selected for the best team.

Xia Ze's first competition on behalf of the national team ended here, and he flew back to England directly from Australia to compete in a new arena - the English Premier League.

When Xia Ze returned to the UK, it was already late January. Because of participating in the Asian Cup, Everton's head coach Martinez did not let him directly participate in training, but gave him a week's vacation. Have a good rest at home.

This week, Xia Ze also happened to have some things to do.

Now he only lives in Wang Xiaolin's apartment, but this is Wang Xiaolin's single apartment, which is not suitable for two people to live together, and it is far away from Everton's training base, and both of them have already made plans to move.

When Wang Xiaolin played in the Asian Cup in Xia Ze, she was already looking for a rented house in Liverpool.

Considering that Xia Ze has to train every day and he has to attend classes, he found a house between the Everton training base and the University of Liverpool. It happened that the original owner moved out, so he rented it out.

After Xia Ze came back, he was also very satisfied with the house Wang Xiaolin had found, and moved in soon.

In the first two days of coming to Liverpool, Xia Ze was busy with moving, and he didn't feel cold. But after settling down, he felt the cold wind, and suddenly came from the hot southern hemisphere to the cold Britain, and it was really difficult for him to adapt for a while.

At night, Xia Ze was wrapped in the quilt and shivering. Although there was heating in the room, he still felt that there would be wind coming in through the cracks in the door and windows, over the obstacles, and into his neck.

Seeing his cowardice, Wang Xiaolin couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect you to be so mighty on the court, but now you are here, but you are like a dead cat all the time, and you dare not even come out of the bed."

"Hmph, who said I'm afraid of the cold?" Xia Ze suddenly stood up from the bed.

Wang Xiaolin blushed when she saw him naked, and scolded him, "I don't know how to be ashamed!"

"You don't feel ashamed, it's not like you haven't seen it before." Xia Ze got the advantage, and immediately walked over cheekily, hugging Wang Xiaolin from behind.

"Oh, don't do it." Wang Xiaolin was suddenly hugged from behind by Xia Ze, although she was reluctant, but her bones were also softened.

It's cold and windy outside, but the house is full of spring.

"Don't you need to go to training?" After Yunyu, Wang Xiaolin collapsed on Xia Ze's chest.

"The coach told me to give me a week's vacation, and I'll report for duty next Monday." Xia Ze caressed the pretty girl in his arms, and suddenly felt that the British winter didn't seem so difficult.

"Then what do you do these days?"

"Come with you, where do you want to go?"

"Now you're going to train. It's impossible to take the bus every day. Let's go buy a car."

"Eh... I can't even open..."

"I can drive, I have already got my British driver's license, and I will drive you to training in the future."

When it comes to driving, Xia Ze has a headache, while Wang Xiaolin is quite proud. Because Xia Ze had never been able to get a license plate during his vacation last summer.

However, Zhang Wei, who went with him to take the license test, passed it smoothly, making Xia Ze laugh at Wang Xiaolin and the others for half a year, and it still hasn't stopped. c