It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 124 122 Domeneg's Blacklist
The game continues.

Romania goal kick.

Coman just passed the ball to Rat, who jogged a few steps with the ball, but finally passed the ball back to the goalkeeper helplessly.

There is no other way. If the ball is passed to Maftei on the wing, all the passing space after Maftei receives the ball, whether it is passing to the midfielder or the forward, the throat between them is all controlled by Anelka, and it is very easy to lose the ball.

Or if it is passed to Radui, then the situation faced by Radui will be similar.

As Coman received the ball, the players on the field began to flow like water.

"call out--"

With Coman's powerful shot, the ball flew straight to the left like a rocket.

At this time, Chivu was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, and he rushed forward without hesitation. Before Gourcuff could act, Nicu had already blocked his position and kicked the ball.

"Snapped."

Zivo, who came from behind, just caught the ball at this moment and continued to accelerate forward.

After seeing that Sagna was ready for defensive steals, Charles retreated in small steps and moved to the side at the same time.

Sure enough, just as Chivu was about to break through with the ball, Sagna quickly and accurately took the ball away from Chivu's control.

When Zivo looked back, he saw that Gourcuff had already stopped the ball.

Nicu sensed something was wrong and positioned himself between Gourcuff and Charles, trying to steal the ball, just like Sagna.

But Gourcuff quickly told him not to let his wishful thinking get to the bottom of it.

Gourcuff moved forward and Nicu was easily shaken off balance. Before he could get up and chase back, the ball passed by him easily, and the person who caught the ball was Charles!
Zivo gritted his teeth and tried to catch up with Charles, but he didn't expect that just when he caught up, the little fox Charles suddenly stopped insidiously.

He didn't have time to think and forced himself to slow down. However, the moment he slowed down, Charles seemed to have just been paused, and he resumed his original speed in an instant.

Just as Charles was about to dribble the ball into the penalty area, Zivo couldn't help but curse in his heart. He made up his mind and fell to the ground and slid again, but he couldn't stop him at all.

At the same time, Gignac and Anelka advanced to the Romanian penalty area again. Rat and Gignac stretched out their hands and entangled with each other, staring at Charles and refusing to give in.

Radu felt like a crab. He suddenly changed his posture and faced Charles sideways, trying to expand his defense area. However, his body was so stiff as if he was covered with armor. He stood in front of Charles in a ridiculous way.

Facing Radui's defense, Charles shot without hesitation.

Coman looked at the ball nervously, and at the moment Charles shot, he fell to the ground and stretched out his hand, and the ball just brushed past his fingers.

Rath, who wanted to clear the ball, and Gignac, who wanted to make a follow-up shot, stopped fighting. The moment Coman fell to the ground, Gignac instantly tackled the ball.

But I don't know whether Rat blocked it consciously or Romania was lucky, Gignac's sliding shot hit Rat's calf directly and bounced off again.

Anelka, who was following behind Maftei, also followed subconsciously, and then the ball bounced and hit his ankle.

But Maftei forced his foot in and stretched his left foot back, getting it between Anelka's legs.

Anelka had no space to shoot and could only watch the ball bounce out.

The Romanian coach standing on the sidelines smiled and applauded.

Although they haven't equalized the score yet, they have thwarted several French attacks.

Today's performance of the French team 10 made him feel unfamiliar.

Although the person is still the same person, and his ability on the court is similar to that in the videotape, you can tell just by watching that this person on the court is very strong.

However, how come Barcelona's artistic and elegant style turned into a bold and open one in this game?
But no matter which one it is, he believes that the players who have practiced tactics on how to defend Charles will definitely be able to defend Charles.

……

【Charlotte Bar】

"You can't eat unwashed apples and you can't drink tap water directly, so why can you eat apples washed with tap water?"

"You don't have to eat it, just use it."

"Wow, I can't bear to eat more than a few apples a year. If I use apples, I will lose all my financial aid."

"You can already use Apple, and you still need a scholarship?"

"I worked part-time to buy Apple and my relatives sponsored me to buy AJ."

"Let's not talk about this. How did Ciel do in the college entrance examination?"

"I heard that he did well in the exam and went to high school to get his diploma during the holidays. A good graduation photo session turned into a photo-taking party for Ciel's fans."

"Ciel was defended very hard today."

"Nonsense, the defense against him wasn't strong enough in that game."

"Why does Guardiola look a little off?"

"Guardiola: Charles shouldn't be used like this, it's a waste of talent! You should do this... do this again... or you will regret it!"

"Domenegue: I'm the coach, Pep!"

……

Time is still passing by every second. Romania's tortoise shell is not so easy to pry open, and their defense against Charles is becoming more and more tight.

The cooperation between teammates in the national team is not so tacit. Many times, Charles saw the opportunity, but the final shot was always missed due to lack of cooperation.

Anelka made a half-high cross pass to the middle near the right baseline, and Gourcuff volleyed the ball sideways on the small penalty area line but the ball went high.

After a while, the French team found another opportunity.

Gourcuff made a cross pass from the left side of the penalty area, Charles received the ball and made another cross pass facing the defense, Anelka received the ball and shot low into the lower right corner of the goal, but was once again saved by the goalkeeper.

In the 30th minute, Charles made a cross from the left side. The goalkeeper saved it, but Anelka, who was just one step behind the goal post, failed to head the ball.

Just as the time in the first half kept ticking away and was about to end, no one expected that the Romanian players, who had been in a cowardly position for almost the entire half, would actually try to steal a goal.

Romania quickly counterattacked, Marica broke through on the right and passed the ball to the middle, Surdu came in, but at this time the French team actually missed a man.

With no one guarding him, Dursu shot directly with his right foot. Just when everyone's heart was in their throat, the ball went wide of the far post of the goal.

Domenegue returned to his chair.

The assistant coach also turned around and asked, "How about substituting Henry? They are still teammates in the club, so they have more tacit understanding."

"A player's career is precious and short," Domeneg shook his head. "It is more important for him to recover from his injury. Now that we are leading and we don't need to be a patient and sacrifice ourselves, tacit understanding can also be cultivated."

When he was a player, Domenegue was an excellent defensive midfielder and has been playing in Ligue 1969 since .

But in 1984, he had to retire due to a knee injury.

After becoming a coach, he is highly disciplined, demands hard training, and is a stubborn person. If one has to describe him, he would be a "strict father" on the court.

The assistant coach nodded, covered his mouth and whispered to Domenegue, "Guardiola is here."

Hearing this, Domenegue held his forehead helplessly.

When he saw him before, he didn't feel anything, but now when he heard the name, he felt his head buzzing.

It would be fine if Charles hadn't been injured today. If he had been injured, Guardiola would have been complaining about it nonstop.

There will be natural conflicts between the head coach of the national team and the head coach of the club on international match days.

Faced with this situation, the club coach basically just said a few words at the press conference to express his dissatisfaction.

He only owned Charr for a few days, but Guardiola owned Charr for almost a year.

He now hopes that time will pass slower, as he still has many tactical ideas that need Charles' help to implement.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Just three minutes into the game, France got a corner kick from the right. Gourcuff kicked the ball into the penalty area, Gallas overpowered the defender and headed the ball in front of the goal, and Charles easily cushioned the ball into the net from two meters in front of the goal.

France 2:0 Romania.

"Beautiful, Charles scored twice to help France widen the gap again."

"In this game, Charles' performance was completely different from before, but he was still so strong."

But Guardiola, who was sitting on the chair, couldn't sit still anymore. He wanted to jump over to the coaching seat and argue with Domenegue.

"How could he do this? How could he let Charles withstand Romania's foul so hard? Damn it, damn it, what if Charles gets injured? No, no, no, Charles must be injured. Those Romanian players are all executioners!"

Vilanova quickly held Guardiola down, "Calm down, Pep, Charles will be fine."

"He doesn't understand football philosophy at all! Charles is agile and doesn't need to be transformed by him into pushing forward like a hand-cranked tractor."

"Charles will be back soon, and Domenegue's evil plan will not succeed, Pepé."

Guardiola calmed down, "You are right, Tito, I will go find some videos and information now and wait for Charles to come back to correct his thoughts."

But this is not the end. In the 56th minute, Romania attacked from the right. Maftei dribbled past the defender and made a cross that was not very threatening. Escud stretched his legs to intercept the ball, but maybe because of Benzema, he accidentally blocked the ball into his own net.

France 2:1 Romania.

……

The evening breeze gently blew the corner flag, and the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The screen hanging on the court clearly showed the score of 2:1.

Charr scored twice and Escud helped Romania score a goal.

The Romanian fans in the stadium were not frustrated at all.

The game was over, and after briefly separating themselves from the identity of Romanian fans, they still gave enthusiastic applause to Charles and his teammates.

Originally, they were already preparing for the next World Cup.

Losing this game will not affect their "far ahead" position.

It’s not scary to lose, just stand up next time.

……

Guardiola stood beside the player tunnel, his eyes scanning every player who passed by.

One, two, three... none of them were Ciel.

Guardiola, who felt like he had been waiting for a long time, finally saw Henry and quickly called him, "Thierry - how do you feel now?"

Henry looked up and saw Guardiola unexpectedly. He was a little surprised. "I'm fine, boss."

"That's good," Guardiola said, changing the subject. "What about Charles? How is he now?"

"He's very good. He was just exchanging jerseys with someone."

"That's fine, that's fine."

The Emperor went in quickly. Guardiola still stood stubbornly beside the player's tunnel, staring at Charles who was walking over and chatting and laughing with Benzema.

After seeing that he was indeed fine, Guardiola patted Vilanova on the shoulder and said, "Let's go back."

……

Post-match press conference.

Domenegue sat in a chair, and reporters in the audience asked questions enthusiastically, with flash cameras flashing non-stop.

"Domenegue, what do you think of Charles' performance?"

"Domenegue, what do you think of Escudé's own goal?"

"How do you evaluate the French team's qualifying situation?"

Domenegue pressed his hands down, signaling for silence.

"Charles has performed just as well as always. There's nothing much to say about that. If you want to praise him, just pick any newspaper and they'll say it better than I will."

"Escude's own goal was not intentional. We should not blame him too much. His efforts were indispensable to the victory of this game."

"The situation of qualifying... the initiative is still in our hands, isn't it?"

As soon as Domenegue finished speaking, a reporter immediately raised his hand.

"Did you choose to recruit Charles to the national team because his horoscope was compatible with yours? Or, is it because of your level of horoscope research that he can perform so well in the national team, or rather, he has not been injured yet, which is completely different from what he was doing in the club?"

The reporter continued to ask, "Just like you said in a TV interview not long ago: 'When a Leo appears in my back line, my rifle is always ready! I know he will set himself on fire one day', just like in this game, you chose to replace Henry with Charles to form a new trident."

Domenegue looked stunned.

There was an uproar.

As the French media have long said, Domenech's knowledge of astrology definitely exceeds that of football.

Those who know him know that Domenegue is crazy about zodiac signs. His life almost relies on astrology for guidance.

More than 20 years ago, when Domenech was the head coach of a small club, he first understood the characteristics of his players from an astrological perspective under the guidance of a local astrologer.

From then on, he began to be extra cautious towards players of certain zodiac signs, keeping his distance from them or even ruthlessly eliminating them.

Domenegue was born on January 1, which makes him an Aquarius. According to physiognomy, the opposite sign of Aquarius is Leo.

And Henry happens to be a Leo player.

French striker Anelka once revealed that Domenech has a blacklist.

According to astrological theory, the zodiac signs of the people on the blacklist are incompatible with Domenech.

Charles is an Aries. Although his compatibility with Aquarius is not as good as Gemini and Libra, he is ranked third - 90% compatible.

Domenegue is really superstitious about this.

I was really moved when I saw the scholarship incident today. Although I have seen similar incidents before, none of them were as big as this one.

I hope there will be a good result.

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(End of this chapter)