It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 100 98 The Supreme Being
Ruth rubbed his hands and smiled awkwardly.

"Original flavor. I saw on TV that this works better."

Charles covered his mouth and ran into the bathroom, "Hmm..."

Seeing Ruth running over in a hurry, Charles always felt that he might really die in a restaurant in Barcelona sooner or later.

Recalling the pig's trotter soup he drank last time, Charles felt it was getting weirder and weirder, and he lay over the sink and retched.

Just when Charles felt like he was about to vomit bile, a group of people gathered outside the bathroom.

"What's wrong with him?" Vilanova asked Ruth anxiously while gently stroking Charles' back.

Guardiola is out today and not at the training base.

But Vilanova didn't expect that Guardiola had only been away for half an hour when something happened to Charles again.

"I made soup for him, just a small bowl, and I cooked it overnight. He took a sip today and started vomiting," Ruth's face was wrinkled like a ball of paper.

Vilanova was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "Charles, Charles, what's wrong?"

After retching, Charles no longer felt nauseous.

But I vomited for too long just now, and now I just feel dizzy and have stars in my eyes.

Just as he was about to stand up, the moment he raised his head, Charles felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

"Dang."

Fell into Vilanova's arms.

He should have known that on Valentine's Day, things would go wrong for a single guy like him.

Even when he saw maggots wriggling in Casu marzu at his neighbor's house, he didn't vomit it out like he did today.

"Ah, Pruna—come and see, Charles has fainted!"

Everyone hurriedly carried Charles to the open space, and the team doctor, who had just been having breakfast, rushed over in a hurry.

……

"What? You said Charles is in the hospital again! I'll be right back," Guardiola hung up the phone immediately, "back to Barcelona Hospital."

Barcelona Hospital.

The doctor took the examination report and took a look. "There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

Guardiola swallowed nervously, "Bad news."

"The bad news is that Ciel has gastritis. It's hard to say how long it will take to recover. It may take 2-3 days, or it may take half a month to recover."

The doctor pushed up his glasses.

"What about the good news?" Guardiola was slightly relieved when he heard what the doctor said.

His current mood is as if someone asked him "Save the adult or the child".

"The good news is that he has acute gastritis, which can generally heal on its own. Acute gastritis is usually caused by the following reasons."

"One is the side effects of taking aspirin, the second is drinking too much alcohol, and the third is trauma."

Guardiola took the medical checklist handed over by the doctor and said, "But Charles doesn't have any of the reasons you mentioned."

"I haven't finished yet. Another reason is too much stress. More and more people are suffering from acute gastritis because of too much stress. Athletes will also suffer from gastritis if they are under great pressure and cannot relieve it in time."

"I was so stupid, really!" Guardiola looked at the checklist absentmindedly. "I only knew that I had to make soup for Charles to drink, but I didn't know there was also chicken soup for the soul."

Charles returned to his VIP ward again.

Barcelona's previous injured players have returned to Barcelona one after another.

Now it's finally time for him to enjoy his retirement.

Two days later, Barcelona fought at the Mestana Stadium and drew 2-2 with Valencia.

Messi scored the first goal, but Maduro and Pablo then scored two goals in a row to overtake Barcelona.

It was not until the 85th minute that Barcelona narrowly equalized the score with a goal from substitute Henry.

Just three days later, on April 0, Barcelona drew 0- with last year's runner-up Chelsea at home.

Not long into the second half of the game, Marcos injured his left knee while dribbling the ball, and Guardiola had to replace him with Puyol.

But in the 75th minute, Puyol was given a yellow card for fouling Ballack. He already had two yellow cards before that.

In other words, he will be forced to suspend the next round of games.

Before the game was over, Max was rushed to the hospital and became a patient living next door to Shire.

Just after Marcos was brought in, Charles went to visit him next door, then returned to the room and took out his cell phone.

The game hasn't ended yet, Charles thought about it and finally decided to call Barcelona's physiotherapist.

He feels much better now and wants to participate in the game against Real Madrid.

Hopefully Guardiola will agree to this.

……

Just as Charles was standing at the window in his hospital gown, thinking about how to convince Guardiola, he never expected that this scene was captured by a reporter from AS.

"AS": "After Marcos was injured without any contact and is expected to be out for the season, Charles, who was recently hospitalized for gastritis, is still not getting better."

"In the first round of the Champions League, Chelsea, who were trying to make a feint to the east and attack the west, said before the game that they would raise the banner of attack at Camp Nou. However, on the day of the game, facing Hiddink's iron bucket formation, Guardiola's team fired 20 times but still failed to score a goal."

"Although before the game, Hiddink said in an exclusive interview with the English media that Charles was not the biggest threat to the Blues and the Corsican could be dealt with."

"But no matter what, Hiddink and all the Chelsea players think Charles will be the biggest threat to Barcelona."

"Charles is also an essential part of the Barcelona lineup predicted before the game."

"But in yesterday's game, Charles was absent due to illness, which shows that he was really injured. Otherwise, Guardiola would definitely put him on the bench."

"The national derby is just around the corner. It can be seen that Charles is unlikely to play in the national derby."

Cruyff column: "Chelsea achieved a good result at the Camp Nou, but not the best result. Perhaps this result is what they are pursuing, and they don't want to go further and look for something more."

"The German referee's behaviour can be said to have been complicit in Chelsea's strategy to some extent, allowing Chelsea to dictate the tempo, which meant he was overly tolerant of Chelsea's time-wasting, man-down and constant interruption of the game."

"Marca": "Capello said that there is no player in the football world who can rely on his own strength to mark Charles."

"It is absolutely impossible for a single player to keep a close eye on Charles. If you want to stop Charles from playing, you have to double-team him and use double defensive strength to stop him." "Capello said that Charles is the most capable player in the world and he can help his team create a gap on the court. "Now is Charles' time, and the future will belong to Pato, because Pato is also a 'phenomenon'."

"At the same time, he also said that if he were the head coach of Real Madrid now, he would let his players point guns at Charles in the national derby, so there is no other way to stop Charles if he can play."

The next day, on the morning of April 29th, Charles returned to the Ciutadella de Gamper.

The morning after each game, players can choose whether to attend morning training.

Charles walked straight to the door of Guardiola's office, "Coach, can you come in?"

After waiting for a while, Guardiola opened the door of his office. "Charles? Why are you here? Come in."

Guardiola poured Charles a glass of water and said, "Tell me what's the matter."

"I want to participate in the game against Real Madrid. I feel I am well enough to play," Charles looked at Guardiola sincerely.

"The physical therapist told me about this yesterday. Your stomach is not fully healed yet. Right now you just have acute gastritis, which can heal on its own. If you don't rest well, what if it gets worse in the future?"

Guardiola shook his head and rejected Charles' request.

How to make a choice between team performance and player injuries is a choice that every head coach will face.

Killing the main players and making them play in a closed position can naturally improve the team's results, but it will also ruin many talented players.

He could naturally see that the team's performance would be better with Charles around. This was not only reflected in Charles' outstanding performance on the court, but also in the locker room where he always livened up the atmosphere.

"Pep, Pep, I'm really fine, really," Charles almost clasped his hands together and looked at him.

Guardiola didn't buy it at all. He stood up and looked at him seriously, "You can't joke about your career. Take a good rest. You don't have to worry about the national derby."

……

Charles walked out of Guardiola's office helplessly.

He had just begged him for a long time in there, but Guardiola remained unmoved.

After returning home, Charles, who couldn't eat anymore, turned on the TV.

Real Madrid coach Ramos was interviewed by Spanish TV5.

"I like the way Charles plays, he is a natural killer and players like him make football more attractive."

"Of course, we at Real Madrid can stop him from attacking on the pitch and we don't need to bring him down with vicious means to achieve the results we want."

"I will use the whole team to stop him, not just one person, of course, the premise is that he can play, but I think this is not very realistic..."

Just as Charles was flipping through the "Essential Handbook for Professionals" and thinking about how to make Guardiola change his mind, the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Ding-dong-"

"Wait a minute," Charles quickly pulled out a baseball bat from under the sofa, "I'll be right there."

Charles didn't dare to hire a nanny. What if the nanny got sick and he would be blackmailed by her parents? He didn't do anything wrong but ended up in trouble.

At the same time, even though he lives in a wealthy area now, who says that wealthy areas are safe? Boys must protect themselves when they are outside.

After seeing clearly that the person outside the door was Guardiola, Charles put the baseball bat at the door and opened the door. "Pep? Why are you here?"

Guardiola took off his coat, "Have you had dinner?"

Charles took Guardiola into the living room, "Not yet, I can't eat now."

He had to eat light meals all day long, and until now, Charles felt as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.

If he had eaten seafood porridge and seafood rice before, now he can only eat porridge and toast.

Guardiola looked at Charles worriedly, "...I know you want to contribute to the team, I know that, but you can't skip meals...Go eat now, and I'll put you on the roster."

……

The next day, Charles got up and went to the Barcelona restaurant to have breakfast with his teammates, and saw Xavi and Puyol winking at him.

"What's wrong?" Charles brought breakfast and prepared to eat.

Xavi cracked the egg and asked, "Why did Pep suddenly change his mind and let you play?"

"What?" Charles ate a piece of bread. "I didn't do anything. He came to me last night. Maybe it's because I begged him for a long time yesterday, so he softened his heart."

"He hasn't spoken to me for three hours. How can he not speak to me for three hours and at the same time not be able to eat anything in the restaurant, only a little bit."

Puyol imitated Guardiola's voice vividly.

"I know he wants to contribute to the team... I'm going to lose him. I've hurt his desire to contribute to the team. What should I do?"*
At this point, Puyol couldn't hold back any longer and laughed, "Char, who taught you this?"

"Leo, it's not you, is it?" Xavi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Just like the last time Pep drove to your house to comfort you."

……

While Charr was still preparing for the national derby, the discussion of this big battle had already exploded.

【Charlotte Bar】

"No way, is Ciel really not going to play in this match? I've been waiting for a long time. If he doesn't play, then I've waited in vain, right?"

"It is said that Charles can speak Chinese. Originally, Sports Weekly was going to interview him. The preview was released and they even asked us to vote on what they wanted to ask him. But no one expected that Charles would fall ill and the interview was postponed."

"I guess he can't play, not even in the Champions League. I don't know what degree the chefs at Barcelona graduated from. Messi just recovered from gastritis, but Charles drank some soup and got gastritis himself."

"From the Spanish newspapers, it seems that Charles can't make it to the national derby. He wanted to go, but Guardiola refused."

"If he doesn't play, I don't want to watch this game."

……

On May 2nd, Charles and the entire Barcelona team went to Madrid.

Before the bus even got close to Real Madrid, it was surrounded by crowds of people along the way, and the police along the way were on high alert.

The curtains of the bus were drawn, and even though Charles was curious, he didn't dare open them to look, even though the bus windows were bulletproof glass.

Accompanied by Real Madrid's team anthem and with the help of the police clearing the way, the Barcelona bus finally drove into Real Madrid.

After changing his clothes, in the player tunnel, Charles finally heard the sound of the system.

“TADA~Congratulations to the host for getting the reverse Igor Casillas – Robert Lewandowski.”

*Adapted from a quote by Guardiola in Messi by Guillem Balague.

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