It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 13 Tomato Allergy
Charles also stood up from his seat, and Henry introduced his teammates to him one by one.

"This is Victor, our goalkeeper."

"Good morning, Victor."

Valdez smiled and hugged Ciel, "It's not nice to see you, especially when you were going to shoot at me."

"This is our captain, Carles Puyol."

Charles smiled and greeted Puyol, "Good morning, our captain."

Puyol nodded with a smile, "Good morning, our genius. If you hadn't broken through me so many times last time, I think I would be better now."

"This is Harvey. You should be familiar with him."

"Of course. I also went to the Beijing Olympics. I didn't expect Xavi to be so popular in Beijing. Everyone was calling him 'Xavi'."

"Really?" Harvey smiled and sat next to Charles with his plate.

"It's true. I heard it all during the game. The fans were calling your name."

"This is Eto'o, our cheetah."

"A good striker is always in the right place at the right time. This sentence describes you, our cheetah."

"You're also a great shooter."

"Abidal, the guy every striker is afraid of."

"You leave no space for the opponent on the pitch. You are the dream of all teams."

"Thank you. You are the dream of every team too."

Puyol took a bite of pa amb tomàquet, "It's just that we at Barcelona were the first to realize this dream."

After meeting and chatting with the main teammates one by one, Puyol introduced him to several substitutes of the team.

Charles dare not look down on these substitute players.

Who made it so that the talented player Charles in their eyes was actually a huge fake?

We will have to rely on them to help cover up the water dispenser when the time comes.

Charles had dinner at the same table with Xavi, Puyol and Busquets.

I don’t know if it was Charles’ strength that conquered the three people, or the influence of his affinity, but he quickly integrated into the group of three.

Several people ate their own food, and Charles also started to try the "Catalan special breakfast" that Busquets and Puyol were eating - pa amb tomàquet.

This thing is actually a sandwich with some ketchup on it.

Ciel picked it up and took a bite.

No, why is it spicy?
Charles quickly drank a glass of water, "Are Catalan tomatoes spicy?"

Puyol looked at Charles with a puzzled look on his face, "It's just a normal tomato, how can it be spicy?"

"Did you put the wrong chili sauce on it?" Harvey put down his knife and took Ciel's plate. "It was ketchup."

"I remember there was no hot sauce in the restaurant."

Charles took another gulp of water, and it was so spicy that tears were about to come out: "Hass, no, it's too spicy!"

Busquets tore off a piece of bread that Charles hadn't bitten, "It's just ordinary ketchup."

While they were still discussing, Ciel was on the verge of tears, "Is there anything... Haas, something to relieve the spiciness?"

Soon, the movement on their side attracted the attention of the entire team.

Not only teammates, Guardiola, but also the restaurant's chef ran over.

Guardiola rushed over, "What happened?"

Charles was so spicy that he lay on the table and couldn't speak.

"Charles said pa amb tomàquet was hot, and now he's in pain."

Guardiola turned his gaze to the chef, "Adrian, have you prepared any hot sauce today?"

Pujol fed Charles a glass of milk.

The chef picked up Charles's plate. "We didn't prepare anything spicy today. There's no hot sauce on his plate either."

Charles looked back at Guardiola with red eyes, "Coach, I can't do it anymore, it's really hot, I may not be able to train today."

"Go find the team doctor," Guardiola frowned and looked at Puyol. Just as Puyol ran to find the team doctor, Guardiola patted Charles' shoulder comfortingly, "It's okay, you can participate next time."

Puyol quickly pulled the team doctor over.

As Guardiola and his team watched, the team doctor checked and said, "He is allergic to tomatoes, so he feels it is so spicy."

Charles looked at the team doctor in shock and asked, "Are you speaking human language?"

"I've never had this happen to me before when I was on ketchup."

Not only Charles, but everyone in Barcelona was stunned.

Guardiola was stunned and looked at the team doctor in disbelief.

He only knew that Real Madrid had a veterinarian, but he didn't expect that Barcelona's veterinarians were even better than those in Real Madrid.

Under everyone's incredulous gaze, the team doctor checked again.

Finally, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his head, "Or, why don't we take Ciel to the hospital."

Charles was quickly sent to the hospital for examination.

Guardiola also came to the hospital, and the training was arranged by the assistant coach.

After examining them at the hospital, the doctor looked at Guardiola and Charles with a complicated expression.

This really scared Guagua, "It's not serious, right?"

The doctor shook his head and said, "He is indeed allergic to tomatoes, so he felt very spicy after eating tomatoes."

"But, in the allergen test just now, I didn't find any allergic reaction in Ciel."

"Then what's going on?" Gua Gua was a little confused.

"We can't explain this clearly at the moment. It could be a psychogenic allergy, or it could be..."

Ciel rolled his eyes silently.

After arriving at the hospital, he finally understood what was happening.

He's not allergic to tomatoes at all.

He is allergic to Barcelona!
After listening to the doctor's words, Guardiola and Charles walked out of the treatment room.

He held Charles' hand and said, "Don't worry, you will be able to compete in a few days. I will talk to the restaurant later, and the meals prepared for you in the future will not contain tomatoes and eggplants."

Yes, now Charles can’t eat not only tomatoes but also eggplants.

"You don't have to rush to practice at night these few days. In tomorrow's training match, I will arrange for you to play with the main players so that you can get familiar with them. Eight days later, I will arrange for you to start in the league."

In his mind, Charlton could spend 400 million euros in the first Copa del Rey. After the second Copa del Rey, Charlton had already spent far more than 700 million euros in his mind.

It’s just that we have to consider the team’s salary structure and the fact that our competitors are not strong, so we “only” spent 750 million euros.

After hearing what Guardiola said, Charles was stunned.

There are still eight days before the game, and he will be the starting main force and the starting water dispenser. He can do it.

Fortunately, there were a lot of things to do during these eight days, and Charles even took advantage of the tomato incident to escape the few trainings.

For example, January 1th is the traditional Three Kings Day in Spain, which is also Children's Day in Spain.

Barcelona has always had a tradition of visiting sick children in hospitals on Three Kings Day.

Laporta, Guardiola and stars such as Charles, Busquets, Eto'o and Xavi went to seven local hospitals in Barcelona to distribute gifts to the sick children who were hospitalized.

Although Real Madrid also has this tradition, the two clubs are not from the same region, so they will never encounter each other.

Charles and Puyol were assigned to the same hospital.

In the hospital, Charles didn't want to leave.

The reporters were so moved that they wrote articles overnight, constantly praising Charles for his kindness.

God knows, he just didn't want to go back to training because he was afraid of being exposed.

In the Barcelona training match on the 9th, Charles tried to avoid participating in the La Liga match due to a slip.

But Guardiola didn’t play him at all;
On the 10th, it snowed heavily in Barcelona. Charles wanted to catch a cold while playing snowball fight with his teammates and skip the game on the 11th.

That’s right, it was Guardiola again. He asked the staff to shovel the snow clean and banned the players from having snowball fights!
(End of this chapter)