The Midfield Master

d (Welcome to the Midfield Master Book Friends Exchange Group: 532028645)

Although Xia Ze did not score or assist, it was the free kick he created that gave Everton the victory and Xia Ze's popularity reached the peak.

Zheng Zhi, the captain of the national football team, is thirty-five years old. There are even rumors in the domestic media that Zheng Zhi will withdraw from the national team and hand over the national football team's No. 10 jersey and captain's armband to Xia Ze.

Such a situation made Xia Ze dumbfounded.

Captain Zheng Zhi helped Xia Ze and Zhang Wei a lot during the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year. Xia Ze respected him very much and never thought of replacing Zheng Zhi, let alone the captain's armband. It is impossible to get your hands on such a position.

Just like the media criticized him before, in the face of overwhelming praise, Xia Ze also tried his best to calm his mind and ensure that his competitive state would not be affected by public opinion.

In Saturday's game, Everton played against Norwich at home. Xia Ze scored again to help the team win 2-1. But the top ranked Manchester United and Tottenham have both won, and there are only the last two rounds left. It is quite difficult to reverse the four-point gap.

But the sixth ranking is also an acceptable result for Everton. In addition, the team has entered the FA Cup final, so the atmosphere of the whole team at this time is relaxed and happy.

After winning the game, he got a day off on Sunday. Xia Ze originally planned to go shopping with Wang Xiaolin, but received an unexpected news.

"Ai Huang wants to invite you to his birthday party?" Wang Xiaolin frowned beautifully, her tone quite puzzled.

"Yes, I received a message from him just after the game. He said that tomorrow is his birthday and invited us to his birthday party."

"us?"

"Well, it's us." Xia Ze nodded.

In fact, Wang Xiaolin was not mentioned in Ai Huang's message, but Xia Ze felt that he and Wang Xiaolin both knew Ai Huang, and of course it would be better to go together.

Otherwise, it's a rare day off, and I can't accompany Wang Xiaolin, then I feel too sorry.

Wang Xiaolin wrinkled her nose, curled her lips and said, "I always feel that he has no good intentions."

"Xiaolin, how can you say that everyone is from Guangzhou and lives in a foreign country, so it's not good for him." Xia Ze spoke for Ai Huang with some embarrassment.

"You don't remember when you were in Portugal,

You invite him, but he speaks ill of you? Now he invites you, but you easily agree, isn't it a loss of status? "

"Maybe after this year, he has matured and found that his previous actions were naive, so he wants to build a good relationship with us again?"

Hearing what Xia Ze said, Wang Xiaolin was a little angry at first, but now she couldn't get angry anymore, and she said angrily, "Okay, I've convinced you, you are just a good person."

Although Wang Xiaolin talked about it, she also prepared with Xia Ze for tomorrow's affairs. Went to the mall to buy a gift and gave it to Ai Huang in the names of the two.

Liverpool is only 50 to 60 kilometers away from Manchester. This distance is nothing in the eyes of Xia Ze, who grew up in China. It takes only half an hour to drive.

The birthday party didn't start until the evening, so Xia Ze and his wife didn't leave until Sunday afternoon.

Saturday and Sunday are match days. Both Everton and Manchester United matches are played on Saturdays. After the match day, there will be recovery training in the first half of Sunday. The afternoon to the next day is the holiday time.

So Ai Huang's birthday party is on Sunday night, which is the most reasonable time.

And on Sunday afternoon, another Liverpool team, Liverpool, will also have a home game. When Xia Ze and the others set off, the game happened to be in progress.

It's just that Liverpool fans are a little downcast. Ranked seventh in the league, they are four points away from Everton. They have bid farewell to the competition for the Champions League, and their qualifications for the European Cup are also challenged by the teams behind.

Because the League Cup champion is Chelsea, and the two teams in the FA Cup final are Arsenal and Everton, which are currently ranked third and sixth. If nothing else, the top seven in the league can all win the European Cup. qualifications.

So as long as Liverpool maintain their current ranking, they will be able to enter the European war.

It's just that they have just returned to the Champions League this season, and they were immediately suppressed by their rivals in the same city in the league rankings, and they even lost their place in the European competition, which made them look much listless.

Xia Ze didn't pay too much attention to the Liverpool fans, and drove with Wang Xiaolin from Liverpool to Manchester.

The roads in the UK are very smooth, because the population density is not large, so there are not many villages passing by on the road.

However, whenever there is a place where people gather, Xia Ze will find that there will be a football field playing games.

Whether it is a professional league from the Premier League to the second division, or a non-professional league with as many as six or seven levels, there will be many games going on every weekend. Although some low-level teams do not have the big stadiums like Goodison Park and Anfield, their supporters will not be small.

Hundreds and thousands of fans supported their teams in the crude stands, and the drums, applause and shouts were not weaker than those of the Premier League stadium.

And the players on the field are not perfunctory, they are also fighting hand-to-hand, fighting for control of every ball in order to win.

These scenes of British football outside the Premier League are the basis for the prosperity of English football. The weekend is also known as the fans' festival.

"Xiao Lin, you said it would be great if our country could have so many amateur games and so many supporters." Xia Ze sighed as he watched a fierce game going on by the road.

"Our country also has them, but they are wild balls. There is no league to organize them, and there is no fixed team for these players to play football stably, so it seems lifeless." Wang Xiaolin's father is R\u0026F Club She has also been in contact with football since she was a child, so she also has a good understanding of the domestic football environment, and she said these words with special depth.

Xia Ze has long been used to Wang Xiaolin's in-depth analysis of professional football, so he was not surprised, frowned and continued: "It would be great if there is a stable organization for amateur football in our country to continue to operate. Although there are still many amateur competitions, they are all temporary organizations, which cannot guarantee their stable and continuous development, and they may be disbanded the next day."

"Then you should play football well first, and kick out all the famous names of Chinese football. These things are beyond our thinking, and you may be able to do them after you retire." Seeing Xia Ze's serious look, Wang Xiaolin couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Okay, I won't think about it for now." Xia Ze shrugged helplessly. It's just that he still has an idea in his mind, does he really have to wait until after retirement? c