Chapter 1519

"Mr. Xia has come all the way to play for the team. On behalf of the club, I would like to express my thanks to you!" Zhou Leiyun said with a smile, "For the first glass of wine, we respect President Xia!"

After speaking, Zhou Leiyun took the lead in raising the cup.

Jiang Xiaochen sat next to the Ruby couple and acted as an interpreter for them at the banquet, so they both raised the cup with everyone for the first time.

Xia Ruofei raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "If you say thank you, you will see the outside world. I am also a member of the club. Let's do it! The first glass of wine, I wish us a good result in the weekend! It's better to do Barcelona. turn!"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this. In the face of a powerful and mortal enemy in the same city, everyone naturally shared the same hatred.

Because there will be a competition in three days, Xia Ruofei and Wu Lei are both going to participate, so the two actually drink juice, and Zhou Leiyun and others only drink low-level fruit wine.

Of course, Xia Ruofei's body is naturally not affected by alcohol, and he does not have to strictly control his diet like professional players in order to maintain his physical condition. It's just that he didn't want to set a bad example for Wu Lei, so he happily accepted the arrangement of drinking juice.

Xia Ruofei then took the initiative to toast everyone, and then they turned to toast each other. Xia Ruofei also went to Ruby and his wife to have a drink, chatted with Ruby about the current situation of the team, and expressed appreciation for Ruby's work during this period.

Ruby was very excited about Xia Ruofei's return, and took Xia Ruofei's hand and said a lot of thanks.

As soon as Xia Ruofei returned to his seat, Wu Lei brought his wife and children over to toast Xia Ruofei.

"Brother Xia, this is my wife Zhong Xiaobei!" Wu Lei introduced.

Zhong Xiaobei said quickly, "Brother Xia, thank you for your care and help to Wu Lei!"

Wu Lei's wife belongs to the sweet-looking type, but she is very low-key and very friendly, with a slight smile on her face all the time.

The two of them actually got married relatively early. Wu Lei married Zhong Xiaobei when he was 23 years old, but it was only when Wu Lei's club won the China Super League championship that it was known by the majority of fans. It turned out that the two were already married. And have a pair of children.

The most famous photo of Wu Lei and Zhong Xiaobei was taken by fans on the subway when Wu Lei was playing football in Shencheng. At that time, the China League had entered the Jinyuan era, and the players who played in the China Super League were earning a lot of money, and online posts exposing the players driving luxury cars were everywhere. A top player squeezed the subway with his girlfriend, which was indeed a clear stream in the football world at that time.

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "You're welcome! I just did some things within my power. I told Leizi last time! We must take over all the family members and children as soon as possible. Only when we have a stable home here can we be free from worries. Put your heart into the training game! It seems that Leizi listened to my words! Haha!"

Wu Lei said a little embarrassedly: "Thanks to Brother Xia's help, otherwise I would not be able to stabilize in the team's position so quickly, and Xiaobei and the children would not be able to come out to accompany me so quickly."

"Haha! Could it be that I can't play football at the club, and I don't have the face to see my wife and children?" Xia Ruofei scolded with a smile, "nonsense!"

After he finished speaking, he stood up and clinked glasses with Wu Lei and Zhong Xiaobei, and took a sip—the three cups were full of juice, and there was no need to gulp them down.

This small welcome dinner did not last long,

Considering that Xia Ruofei and the three were tired, it was over in about an hour. Everyone said goodbye and left, and Xia Ruofei and the three returned to the hotel room.

Early the next morning, the three of Xia Ruofei had breakfast at the hotel, and then took the business car arranged by the club to the club's training base.

Xia Ruofei decided to participate in the team's training from today.

Originally, Zhou Leiyun specially arranged someone to accompany Song Wei and Ling Qingxue to visit Barcelona, ​​but the two of them insisted on visiting the club and watching Xia Ruofei and their training.

The hotel where Xia Ruofei and the others stayed was not far from the Dani Halk base, and after a while the car drove into the gate of the training base.

Although the training base of the Espanyol Club is not very large, although the sparrow is small and complete, all the facilities are very professional, and there are very professional training teams and analysis teams. Whether it is hardware or software, it is better than some top domestic clubs. .

After getting off the bus, a Chinese female assistant who understood Chinese sent by Jiang Xiaochen accompanied Ling Qingxue and Song Wei to visit, while Xia Ruofei went straight to the locker room to change into training clothes.

When he changed his clothes and came to the training ground, he saw that several players had come to the training ground ahead of schedule and were running laps around the ground to warm up.

Among them are Wu Lei, who is very diligent, and Marco Roca, the core of the team's midfield and backcourt, who tried a free kick against Xia Ruofei last time.

Xia Ruofei also unexpectedly found that the team's old goalkeeper Diego Lopez was also warming up with him.

Xia Ruofei knows that although the goalkeeper is older, his competitive state has always been good, and he can even be said to be the Dinghai Shenzhen in the backcourt of the Spaniards. If it weren't for his repeated god-level saves, with the defensive strength of the Spaniards, I am afraid that the ranking would not be where it is today.

He couldn't help sighing secretly, there is a reason why people are in good condition!

As players grow older, their physical condition will naturally decline. This is a natural physiological law. No one can resist unless they become a cultivator like Xia Ruofei. If these older players want to stay competitive, they naturally need to put in much more effort and sweat than younger players.

Not long after Xia Ruofei came to the training ground, the head coach Ruby came to the training ground with his assistant coach.

Ruby knew that Xia Ruofei was coming to the team training today. In order to impress the boss a little bit earlier, he came a little earlier. He didn't expect Xia Ruofei to be a few minutes earlier than him.

"Mr. Xia, morning!" Ruby greeted very enthusiastically.

Several assistant coaches also greeted Xia Ruofei one after another.

It is also Xia Ruofei's special status, otherwise even if he is the boss of the locker room, it is impossible for the coaching staff to treat him so diligently. After all, players are players.

Xia Ruofei also greeted everyone with a smile.

At this time, the team running the circle just came to this side, Xia Ruofei waved to everyone, and joined the ranks of the running circle.

"Brother Xia! Good morning!" Lei Wu greeted Xia Ruofei as he ran.

"Hello, Mr. Xia!"

"Mr. Xia, morning!"

Macroca, Diego Lopez and others also greeted Xia Ruofei.

Xia Ruofei responded to everyone one by one while running forward with everyone easily.

While they were running the circle, the players of the first team also arrived at the training ground one after another, and it was only ten minutes before the gathering time, and everyone had already arrived.

After Xia Ruofei and others ran a few laps, they were on the sidelines for preparations.

When Ruby saw that everyone had arrived, he gestured to the assistant coach.

The assistant coach immediately blew his whistle and gathered everyone together.

The players have already seen Xia Ruofei, and they also greeted Xia Ruofei in the process of gathering.

It can be said that Xia Ruofei has been fully recognized by the Espanyol team in only half of the game.

Aside from his status as a club owner, these Espanyol players are convinced just in terms of football skills.

Soon the players gathered, and Ruby walked in front of everyone and said in a passionate tone: "Guys! As you can see, Mr. Xia has returned to the team ahead of schedule in order to help the team against Barcelona, ​​and he will be in the weekend game. Let’s fight side by side with everyone! Let’s work together to overthrow Barcelona! From today, Mr. Xia will train with the team until the end of the weekend game! I hope everyone can get in touch as soon as possible, and be sure to cultivate a good understanding before the weekend game!”

Speaking of this, Ruby raised his hand and looked at his watch, then said, "The content of today's training has changed a bit. We will directly play an intra-team match! Now I will announce the grouping!"

Today was supposed to be some ball training and coordination training, and Ruby didn't plan to practice the lineup so soon. However, the addition of Xia Ruofei gave him new ideas for the weekend game, and immediately adjusted the training content.

In Ruby's view, the addition of Xia Ruofei will undoubtedly greatly enhance the control of the midfield and the lethality of the front court. The only problem that needs to be solved is the problem of tacit understanding. After all, Xia Ruofei did not train with the team, and the games he played were only Most of the time, there is no tacit understanding between him and the other players of the Espanyol team, which requires continuous improvement in training.

The organization of the confrontation within the team is naturally to simulate the atmosphere and rhythm of the game, and more importantly, through a certain intensity of the game, let Xia Ruofei and the players complete the process of running in as soon as possible.

In fact, Ruby didn't know at all that Xia Ruofei didn't need to run in with everyone, and he could rely on his strong mental strength to cooperate with everyone. However, other players need a certain amount of time to get familiar with Xia Ruofei's style. After all, everyone doesn't spend much time playing football together.

Soon Ruby divided the two teams facing each other.

It can also be seen from the grouping situation that most of the group wearing orange training vests, that is, the group where Xia Ruofei is located, are the main players of the team, including goalkeeper Diego Lopez, midfielder Marco Roca, and striker Wu Lei, Iglesias, etc.

The position Ruby arranged for Xia Ruofei is still the front midfielder. Of course, this is only the position in the formation. In fact, Xia Ruofei has a very high degree of freedom. He does not need to be fixed in a certain area and can play as he wants.

What Ruby hopes most is naturally to let Xia Ruofei hide behind Wu Lei and Iglesias and become a shadow striker with assassination attributes.

After being divided into groups, everyone changed into training vests of the corresponding color.

After the assistant coach who served as the referee blew the whistle, the team competition officially began.

The strength of the main force is obviously stronger than that of the substitutes.

This is also a common phenomenon in small clubs - the bench is not deep enough.

In the long season, once a certain position is injured and missed, the people who come back often cannot reach the level of the main force.

After the main team made three passes and two falls in the backcourt, they quickly passed the midfield and passed the ball to Xia Ruofei's feet.

Xia Ruofei pulled the ball and avoided the interception of the midfielder of the substitute team.

Although he kept his head down, he always used his mental power to sense the situation around him.

Xia Ruofei found that Iglesias and Wu Lei were both moving forward at high speed, and he immediately made a decisive move - a second or two later, Iglesias and Wu Lei would run behind the opponent's back line and were offside. the location.

Xia Ruofei's pass can be said to be superb, the height is enough, it will not be intercepted halfway, and the speed is also very fast, and it falls directly not far in front of Iglesias and Wu Lei, and the two have to do it. The only thing is to speed up to catch up.

Because he sensed that Iglesias was in a better position, Xia Ruofei passed the ball to him.

As for Wu Lei, he will not sprint in vain.

When he judged that the landing spot was closer to Iglesias, he did not relax, but quickly changed direction and rushed into the penalty area - he was about to grab the second landing spot.

Iglesias got the ball comfortably and took a step forward into the penalty area.

With a simple smash, he dodged the substitutes who were pressing on from his right, before kicking the ball without hesitation.

It should be said that there is no problem with Iglesias' shooting footwork, and his movements are also very stretched. The only regret is that luck is not on your side today.

His shot escaped the goalkeeper's ten fingers, but it hit the junction of the goal post and the crossbar firmly, and then bounced back.

Wu Lei had just rushed to the spot near the penalty spot when he saw the football bounce back in his direction.

Without hesitation, he volleyed vigorously, and with a swipe of the football, he got into the net...

After scoring the goal, Wu Lei gently high-fives Xia Ruofei and Iglesias to celebrate, and then the three of them walk to their own half.

The intra-team competition lasts for one hour, half an hour for the first half and the second half.

In the case of relatively disparity in strength, in the first half, the players of the main team scored one after another.

Xia Ruofei also took advantage of a free kick and scored with a standard elevator ball.

In fact, if Xia Ruofei wanted to, he could shoot directly from a position of about 30 meters many times, and the hit rate would not be low, but he did not do this, but tried his best to make the ball for his teammates.

Xia Ruofei also wants to take this opportunity to let the players know more about their playing style, which is also conducive to doing a good job of cooperation in the exact game.

With the three whistles of the assistant coach serving as the referee, the intra-team competition officially ended, and the main team finally defeated the substitute team with a score of 7-0.

In a good mood, Xia Ruofei walked to the training ground while talking to the soldiers.