Türkiye, Istanbul.

This is an ancient European city with a long history. It was once the capital of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Latin Empire, Ottoman Turkey and the Turkish Republic in the early days of its founding. It is a city spanning two continents of Asia and Europe.

In terms of football, the city also plays a very important role. The famous Istanbul Night takes place at the Atatuk Olympic Stadium near the city.

The famous teams in the Turkish Premier League, such as Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, and Besiktas, which often participate in the Champions League, are located in this city.

The next preparation training for the Donetsk Miners was arranged to Istanbul, which has a large number of football training and competition venues in this huge city.

Xu Qi also celebrated his 19th birthday in this city.

He has grown one year older, and he is more mature than last year.

He did not hold so-called birthday parties or anything else, and in fact no one would care about his birthday.

So, his birthday was spent in training.

Perhaps after the training, he will receive several "Happy Birthday" text messages from his friends.

Next, the Donetsk Miners will also play several warm-up matches here to inspect the players' form.

The opponent in the first game of the warm-up match was the Turkish Super League powerhouse Fenerbahce.

The team also participated in the Champions League group stage this season, and they were assigned to a group with Arsenal, Porto and Donetsk Miners' league rival Dynamo Kiev.

In the end, Porto's first team appeared, Arsenal's second team appeared, Dynamo Kiev won the third team to participate in the UEFA Cup, and Fenerbahce could only draw two draws and four losses and be eliminated at the bottom.

However, Fenerbah's strength is not weak, so this game was actually considered as the Miners' choice of a very strong warm-up opponent for themselves.

Xu Qi got a starting opportunity in this warm-up match. It seems that Lucescu still wants to continue to inspect Xu Qi.

After all, Xu Qi has been increasingly adapting to the team's rhythm and style of play recently, and Lucescu has also been a little overestimated by him.

However, Lucescu does not seem to want Xu Qi to appear in the middle and left sides, two familiar positions, because both William and Judson are already outstanding enough.

Of course, William can also move on the right, but he seems to prefer on the left, and Lucescu does not intend to force William to the right.

So he had to forcefully arrange for Xu Qi to go to the right.

For Xu Qi, it would be great to be able to play. He would not be unhappy just because he didn't like the position.

Although he seems to have poor crossing skills on the right, he still hopes to show his level in this position.

The real panacea midfielder is to go wherever you need. He just wants to be a super midfielder that can shine and heat at any position.

However, when the game started, Xu Qi felt a little headache.

Because what he faced was a famous left-back.

The guy who defended Xu Qi in front of him was the former Brazil international Robert Carlos.

The left-road lord who once was a Brazilian national team and Real Madrid club is now playing for Fenerbahce.

Now he is 35 years old.

Although Carlos is no longer at his peak, he is still the main left back of the Fenerbahce team. He still has super abilities on the defensive and offensive ends.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Carlos was once one of the best left-backs, so when Xu Qi saw that he was facing a former superstar, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Of course, after the nervousness, Xu Qi burst out with a strong desire to fight again.

He suddenly wanted to defeat Robert Carlos~!

Two or three years ago, when Robert Carlos was still in Real Madrid, Messi was just about the same age as Xu Qi now, and he looked like he was eighteen or nineteen years old. He still remembers how shocked he was when he saw the young Messi repeatedly shaking Carlos with changing directions on TV.

Thinking of Messi's breakthrough back then, Xu Qi even ignited his desire even more.

Of course, Carlos was stronger than he is now. Messi could face Carlos at such a young age and calmly complete a wonderful breakthrough. Why can't he do it?

If he can't handle a veteran who is no longer at the peak, he should not be called a genius in today's football world!

The ball was passed to Xu Qi, and Xu Qi quickly took a step and stopped the ball at his feet. Facing Carlos in front of him, he made two fake moves of riding a bicycle under his feet, and then moved to the right to prepare to overtake from the right!

Carlos's defensive experience is also very experienced. Seeing Xu Qi walking outside, he did not pounce, but instead squeezed Xu Qi from the inside and blocked Xu Qi from the outside.

Passing from the outside, then I won’t let you come back. Even if you can advance from the outside, what threat will there be?

Carlos now obviously has no explosive power as he did back then. If it were Carlos before, he would probably have stretched out his foot to intercept the ball.

But now he is just stopping Xu Qi from cutting inward.

For Xu Qi, Carlos is more difficult to break through now.

He didn't come to intercept the ball, but instead made Xu Qi have to walk from the outside and forcefully overtake?

Obviously not. Even if Carlos is not as fast as he used to be, he would not be easily thrown away by Xu Qi.

After all, Xu Qi does not have a particularly clear understanding of his current speed and does not have the courage to force overtake yet.

Xu Qi could only lead the ball forward for a few steps, find the space to start, and then directly pass the ball into the penalty area.

Carlos seemed to have not even given Xu Qi a chance to make a cross. He directly raised his foot to block the ball out of the sideline.

Seeing the ball blocked, Xu Qi became more at ease, and finally the ball was still there.

His cross just now was too barely enough, and the cross was not his strength, so it was basically impossible for the cross to be in place.

If you are blocked by Carlos, you can at least get an out-of-bounds ball.

The overall strength of the Donetsk Miners actually has to have a certain advantage, especially in the midfield and frontcourt.

After the outbound ball was opened, the ball continued to run at the foot of the Donetsk Miners, falling back and forth.

The ball is transferred from the right to the left.

After William got the ball on the left, he cut inside and broke through.

William knocked the ball to center Adriano.

After receiving the ball in the middle, Adriano directly treated himself as a fulcrum and then sent the ball diagonally forward.

At this time, William rushed into the penalty area like a black leopard, and then faced Fenerbahce goalkeeper Dimirel directly pushed the ball into the near corner.

The right road was blocked, the left road was blooming, and the miners took the lead.

In comparison, the left side is indeed much sharper than the right side, which makes Xu Qi feel more stressed.

Although it was just a warm-up match, this was a game in which the head coach checked his status.

If the offense in this game is completely dominated by the left side and I have suffered frequent setbacks, that would not be a good thing.

If Xu Qi cannot show his offensive talent when facing an opponent like Fenerbahce, why should he play against an Europa League-level opponent like Tottenham?
Chapter completed!