It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 148 146 Pampas Eagle Charles

Not long after, the group arrived in Barcelona.

After the examination, Charles went to the locker room to change clothes for training.

As soon as Charles walked into the locker room, he found that there was no one in the locker room except Harvey.

Not to mention the equipment, even the lockers in the locker room were gone.

We can't just move away all the cabinets that can be used to hide things just to avoid another "spy case" or "wiretapping case" because Barcelona's presidential election is coming soon, right?

Or maybe Barcelona is now preparing to spend money on buying players in the winter transfer window, but there is not enough remaining liquidity and they have to sell everything they have?

"Where's the stuff in the locker room?"

Xavi spread his hands and said, "Barcelona has been plagued by rats recently. In order to completely eliminate the rats, the club can only move these things out of the cabinets first."

"I thought only Paris had a rat plague, but I didn't expect Barcelona to have this problem too. Isn't it spring yet?"

In France, seeing rats is not a new thing. In fact, the larger the city or the more tourist cities there are, the more rats there are.

Among them, the most famous city for "living together" with rats is Paris: the population of Paris remains stable at around 800 million - 200 million humans and about 600 million rats.

Ciel was a little confused. Normally, spring was the time when there were the most mice, but when he transferred here, there was no such problem at all.

Harvey didn't know what to say, he had only been there for a short time.

"I don't know what happened, but it seems that Alvaro suddenly had a burst of inspiration one night, so he went to the kitchen to prepare new dishes."

"Then just as he was about to open the door, he saw a dark shadow flash across the ground."

"and then?"

Ciel asked curiously.

"Then Alvaro went to find a rat catcher, who said that the rat was a 'roof rat'. There was no light on at the time, and the street lights outside were not very bright, so there were a lot of shadows in the room."

"Aren't 'roof rats' also able to climb walls? They were just caught by the streetlight. Plus, these rats are black, so they sensed the movement of a dark shadow the first time."

Harvey continued excitedly, "The next day, the logistics department went to buy mousetraps and put them away. After one night, one mousetrap was missing."

At this point, Harvey's voice deepened. "This rat is too rampant. Alessandro got bit on his finger when trying to catch the rat. He's still in the hospital. I don't know if he needs a Junkrat shot."

The two chatted as they walked towards the equipment management room.

"So how's the rat catching going now?"

Charles continued to ask.

"Well, there were a lot of animal protection organizations protesting around the club before we came back."

Harvey was helpless.

"Originally the chairman wanted to hire the rat-catching brigade to catch rats and ignore the protesters, but then he received a lot of death threats."

"So now... you know."

The influence of European animal protection organizations can only be understood by those who understand.

For example, in 2005, a Staffordshire farm that provided experimental animals for British medical research announced its closure because of extreme animal protection organizations.

Over the past six years, this farmer has faced intimidation, defamation and death threats from extreme animal rights activists, and has even been attacked with Molotov cocktails from time to time.

Even the body of his deceased mother-in-law was dug out from the cemetery.

Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s just talk about the past two years.

In 2008, someone set fire to his car and two other vehicles on campus as a warning to neuroresearchers at UCLA.

That’s not all. This incident has become a model for them and has been put on their website for others to refer to and learn from.

Before this, they often showed up at the researcher’s doorstep in the middle of the night, intimidating and threatening his family and children.

In 2009, the house of the boss of a pharmaceutical company was burned down for similar reasons. In addition to the incineration service, they also thoughtfully provided help for his mother to come out from underground to get some fresh air and see the sun.

Hearing this, Charles fell silent.

Once when I was on the national team, the chef found a rat in the soup.

If this were Barcelona, ​​what he would be more worried about now is that the chef would not be able to find the rat in the soup.

"That's it? Can't we keep a cat to catch mice?"

"This is called animal enslavement. The cat must be willing to catch the mouse."

As soon as Harvey finished speaking, he saw a yellow cat flash past him and disappear around the corner of the equipment management room.

The two looked at each other without saying anything, but they both squatted down in tacit understanding.

For food safety, we can only...

"Meow--"

Harvey squatted behind Charles and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

I didn’t expect that not only was Charles so good at playing football, but he could also imitate a cat’s meow so vividly.

Sure enough, within a second, feedback from the cat really came from the equipment management room.

"Meow~"

Charles was delighted.

"Meow--"

The two of them squatted on the ground holding their breath, and sure enough, a cat's meow was heard again from inside.

"Meow~"

After several rounds of communication, Charles felt that the time was ripe, so he took Harvey and walked into the equipment management room.

Unexpectedly, there was another "cat" who had the same idea as them - Busquets!
"why you?!"

The three of them looked at each other.

……

It is unknown when the rat in Barcelona will be caught. The only thing to be thankful for is that Barcelona will play away games for the next four games.

I believe that during this period, without the interference of the two "foreign cats" Charles and Busquets, the rats in Barcelona should disappear soon.

During this period, all meals for the team were prepared outside for hygiene reasons.

But Guardiola's anxiety will not be alleviated at all by the club's remedies.

He hesitated for a long time holding the pen over Charles' name, and finally looked at the pitifully small list and put down the pen helplessly.

"Station, stage, you are watching the seventh round of the 2009-2010 La Liga season, with Barcelona, ​​currently ranked first, visiting the Mestalla Stadium to play against Valencia, ranked fifth."

“巴萨和瓦伦西亚在西甲历史上一共交手148次，巴萨71胜37平40负占优，不过在客场29胜16平29负勉强打个平手。”

“虽然07-08赛季巴萨曾在客场3-0大胜瓦伦西亚，但却在国王杯中2-3败走梅斯塔利亚遭到淘汰。”

"Barcelona rotated four players, Pique, Abidal, Toure and Charles entered the starting lineup, Henry, Milito and Zielinski were absent."

"Fontas, Muniesa and Jonathan dos Santos were not included in the squad due to technical reasons." "Xavi and Ibrahimovic were allowed to play just before the game after recovering from injuries. It was a rare start for Charr, who was mentally and physically exhausted in the World Cup qualifiers."

"But at the same time, the situation of the Bat Corps is not optimistic."

"Villa's absence from the last round due to a thigh injury may be the biggest blessing for Barcelona."

"In addition, the main players such as Marchena, Joaquin and Zigic are all injured and have to miss this game."

"Barcelona have won six consecutive La Liga games without any danger. This game will be their biggest test in the league."

"La Liga is not just about Real Madrid and Barcelona."

"Although Valencia is playing with a weakened team now, just like Real Madrid, which gave their all in the last round but was defeated in Pizjuan, the Bats will not let last season's champions take away three points easily in their stadium."

"Back to the point, if Barcelona wins this game, Guardiola will create the best start in the club's La Liga history."

“曾经巴萨在29-30、90-91和97-98三个赛季都打出了六连胜的开局，但最终都没能取得七连胜。”

"At present, Real Madrid still holds the record for the most consecutive wins at the start of a game."

"Here are the match rosters for both teams:"

“瓦伦西亚(4-2-3-1)：1-塞萨尔/23-米盖尔、15-德·阿尔伯特、4-大卫·纳瓦罗、2-布鲁诺/24-巴内加、6-阿尔贝尔达/19-巴勃罗·埃尔南德斯、21-席尔瓦、22-马修/10-马塔。”

“巴塞罗那(4-3-3)：1-巴尔德斯/2-阿尔维斯、3-皮克、5-普约尔、22-阿比达尔/6-哈维、24-图雷、15-凯塔/7-夏尔、10-梅西、8-伊涅斯塔。”

After quickly flipping through the "European Sports Magazine Alliance" given to him by Guardiola, looking at the "European Best Team of September" highlighted by Guardiola and the 49 most influential people of the year selected by the authoritative American media askmen.com, Charles quietly walked out of the locker room.

Soon, that familiar voice echoed in his ears again.

"TADA~Congratulations to the host for acquiring the reverse Pampas Eagle - Olivier Giroud."

"The king of heaven and the tiger of earth, only I am Dajilu."

"The pagoda suppresses the river monster, and Giroud is the most coquettish."

“Although he is a member of the Gallic Rooster Legion, when he jumps, he flies higher than the Pampas Eagle.”

"Perhaps many years later, Di Maria will look back fondly and remember the Pampas Eagle that flew over his head that day."

Charles didn't know what to say, this time it was another player he didn't know.

And judging from the information given by the system this time, Giroud should be French, but why is he also called "Pampas Eagle" which has obvious Argentine characteristics?
Moreover, the take-off here means real "flying", the kind that appears above the head, so it should not be used to describe a person running very fast.

Charles thought carefully for a while and recalled the technical characteristics of all positions on the field. Finally, when he saw Valdes, he suddenly realized it!
The one who can take off on the field and appear above others' heads should be the goalkeeper who often needs to make saves.

It turns out that taking-off goalkeepers will be popular in the future, and goal-line technology may not be as important as taking off. I don’t know whether Lori and Mandanda can adapt to the future goalkeeper trend.

But can a taking-off goalkeeper play as a striker?
"Charles, what's wrong with you? You keep looking at me."

Valdés always felt a chill on his back.

"Do you want to do shooting training with me?"

"Uh, no, it's just that your recent haircut looks pretty good," Ciel said awkwardly.

You can't tell Valdes that he wants to switch positions with him and play as goalkeeper in this game.

"Really?" Valdez was very excited. "If you like, I'll recommend the barber to you later."

……

"Okay, now the players are going to warm up. This is the first time Guardiola has let Charles start after the national match day. He was basically a substitute before."

"This also reflects that Barcelona is not fully prepared in the summer transfer window."

"Okay, Charles is now doing simple shooting training with Valdes. Oh, why did Charles go to find Messi?"

During the warm-up period, Charles discovered that the "Giroud" card he drew today was totally incompatible with Barcelona.

If Guardiola's passing and controlling style of play is followed, Giroud is not suitable at all.

As the saying goes, a tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live. Today, it is impossible to switch positions with Valdes, so I can only talk to my teammates about my ideas.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially started.

Mata made a straight pass in the midfield, and Pablo Hernandez took a long shot towards the goal the moment he received the ball.

Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, Valdes steadily took the ball.

The moment they saw that their plan to steal a shot at the beginning of the game had failed, Valencia immediately followed the original plan and put Barcelona into a positional battle.

In the tenth minute, after seeing Xavi making a run forward, Charles subconsciously ran to the top of the penalty area. He had a feeling that this place was more suitable for him.

Banega and Albelda's hearts skipped a beat when they saw Charles running up to them.

The most annoying thing is players with flexible movement.

Originally, it didn't matter who played against Charles, as long as it wasn't him.

But he didn't expect that he could not hide forever, and this guy really ran in front of them.

The moment Keita received the ball, Charles kept frowning.

It's not that it's inappropriate to pass the ball to Keita, but that Valencia's defense is in position too timely and the defensive space is compressed so much that Barcelona can't find any suitable offensive route in the positional battle.

At this time, Messi and Iniesta were not far behind him.

Now the most suitable passing route for Keita is to pass to Toure in the middle, but Toure's best choice for the next pass is to choose between Charles who is unobstructed in front of him or Messi who takes a little risk.

Toure's choice is basically certain to be Charles.

So, the moment he received the pass, he only had less than half a second to handle the ball perfectly, otherwise the five Valencia players around him would surround him instantly, leaving him no chance to handle it.

Banega and Albelda noticed that Charles kept watching the situation behind him, and they couldn't help but become more and more panicked.

The most helpless moment for a person is when he or she almost foresees something bad happening in the next second, but does not know how to change it.

Soon, Toure kicked the ball just as Charles had expected.

Valencia's players immediately retreated, but sometimes less is more, and simplicity is the best. Charles' left foot rubbed the ball almost imperceptibly, and before anyone could react, the ball drew an arc on the grass and penetrated Valencia's defense without warning and went straight to Iniesta.

Everyone turned around and stared at the trajectory of the ball in amazement.

Goalkeeper Cesar stood in front of the goal with an innocent look on his face, unable to understand why the positional defense line was instantly broken through just because Charles looked back a few times.

Iniesta was the first to wake up before the Valencia players.

As Ciel's teammate, he felt that he knew Ciel very well, but he did not expect this time, so his reaction was only half-hearted.

But as long as you are faster than your opponent, it is not slow!

Iniesta kicked the ball.

"call out--"

At such a short distance, Cesar had no time to react or adjust, and could only choose a direction based on his feeling and rush forward.

But this time the goddess of luck did not favor him. The ball flew directly over his head and into the goal!

(End of this chapter)