It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 164 Chapter 162 Loyalty, or damn loyalty! (Part )

While the Barcelona players were celebrating, the fans in the stands also went crazy.

Is this what the newspapers said at the time: "Not a pure striker player?"

Then who can tell them what a pure striker is?
It's not just the fans in the stands who are experiencing this situation; the situation in the [Charles Bar] is similar.

"Oh my god, [Barca Forum] is holding an event where you can draw a lottery to win jerseys of all Barcelona players. Do we have any in our forum?"

"The New Year is coming soon, shouldn't we organize some activities?"

"Yeah, it doesn't need to be as complete as the one next door, just a few more Ciel jerseys will be fine."

"Second, it doesn't need to be a signed version, as long as it's an authentic Shire jersey, it can be used for home or away games."

"whee."

"If someone draws Charles' jersey, can you give it to me? I want to give it to my boyfriend."

"Then why don't you send it now?"

"Because I don't have a boyfriend yet."

"Actually, it's not that hard to get Ciel's autographed jersey. If you bring the jersey and a pen and get close to him, you'll definitely get Ciel's autograph."

"If you can speak French, you can even ask him to sign a meaningful message for you."

"Really? Then I'm going to go find him to buy the goods."

"Hiss—Is there an event next door?"

"Oh, the moderator is here. Seeing that we are here, why don't we organize some activities? I have already figured out how to wash my hands and burn incense."

"We can't get anything. I just asked, and we don't have the funds to hold this lottery. Let alone home jerseys and away jerseys, we can't even get a few fan-edition jerseys for the lottery."

"what?"

"How about we go to the lottery next door and see if we can win the jerseys. I and other members of the bar management team will go to the next door to post a message to participate in the lottery, and then the bar friends will like our post and see if we can get a few jerseys back from next door."

"If you really get the jersey, the bar staff will take out all the jerseys for a lottery."

"Oh my god, can you play like this?"

"Master, this is really very proactive."

"Hurry up and post it, let's like it and try to win a jersey."

……

Charles had just jumped off Henry's back when Messi saw him and jumped directly on him.

He had discovered that as long as it was an important game, Charles would not get injured easily.

Besides, except for food allergies, gastroenteritis, and drunkenness, all other injuries of Charles were caused by his opponents.

Therefore, as long as we ignore these two points, Charles is a man of steel and there is no need to worry about injuries.

"Char, what were you thinking about that goal just now? I thought you were going to cross the ball."

"Just feel it. Didn't you score a goal from a negative angle during training?"

Charles, who has been strong all his life, pretended to be easy as he carried Messi, who weighed more than 140 pounds, and walked forward.

Henry watched the scene with a smile on his face.

My calves were trembling, but I pretended nothing happened.

"Charles, I remember there seemed to be a 70kg bench press in the gym."

Henry smiled and patted Ciel's shoulder.

But unexpectedly, this hit was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Charles' hands loosened and Messi slid directly off Charles' back.

"Then let's practice together then."

Messi said with a smile.

……

Real Madrid restarts.

After the kick-off, the ball was quickly passed back to the Real Madrid midfield. Just as Charles and others were running forward, Diarra passed the ball back to the defense line.

Alveol stopped the ball in a somewhat embarrassing manner, but Ibrahimovic would not be merciful because of his embarrassment.

Just as he took a step forward and prepared to slide to steal the ball from Alveol's feet, Real Madrid's No. 18 kicked the ball with a long kick.

"call out--"

The ball drew an ugly arc in the air, and after crossing nearly half the court, it flew directly out of bounds.

"Oh, that goal just now shouldn't have happened. Alveol made a very obvious mistake."

"But this is actually, uh, in a way, it makes sense."

"The first half isn't over yet. It just started and Charles has already scored two goals against Real Madrid. Although they weren't scored from his side, it's normal for a Real Madrid defender to feel a lot of psychological pressure."

"This is actually completely opposite to our pre-match predictions."

"Among Barcelona's three lines, the midfield has the golden combination of Xavi and Iniesta. The forwards, whether it's Charles and Messi, Charles and Henry, Messi and Henry, their offensive power is second to none."

"But in terms of the back line, apart from Alves who is in his prime and in stable form, the rest of the players can hardly be called world-class."

"Before the derby, Barcelona fans were most worried about this back line, but surprisingly, now they need to worry more about Real Madrid's back line."

"Pellegrini had a good idea. He used the speed of Higuain, Kaka and Ronaldo to launch a counterattack, gave up the midfield organization, and attacked behind the Barcelona defense line."

"But now Barcelona's defenders are holding up, while Real Madrid's defenders can't handle Charles' impact."

"This has made Real Madrid's defenders panic. Pellegrini must now find a way to change it."

"Otherwise, looking at Charr's momentum today, Real Madrid will have a hard time this time."

Pellegrini, standing on the sidelines, had no words to express his grievances.

He thought too.

But I can’t think of it.

Looking at Guardiola next to him, Pellegrini felt more and more headache.

He remembered that Guardiola used to have a lot of hair, but now it is getting less and less. Is it because this hateful bald guy has developed a way to get more inspiration at the cost of hair?
If not, how could he be so lucky?
Guardiola spent so many years training in other La Liga teams before becoming the head coach of Real Madrid. This guy Guardiola became the head coach of Barcelona as soon as he arrived.

Moreover, in the first King's Cup after taking office, he found Charles, a hidden gem.

Thinking of this, the Chilean engineer touched his thick hair and turned to look at the teaching assistant.

"Have you checked your mailbox? How is it?"

The teaching assistant shook his head. "All previous invitations have been deleted. And they are no longer in the recycling bin after more than a month."

Pellegrini felt his head starting to hurt again.

"However, Florentino has made preparations, so we don't have to worry too much."

The teaching assistant said caringly.

"What preparation?"

The Real Madrid coach almost subconsciously turned his head to look at Florentino and the sponsors around him.

"I don't know about that. I just heard it's very powerful and has been successfully implemented. I think it will take effect soon. It's just that the time has not come yet."

"OK then."

Pellegrini didn't want to bother about why he didn't know this information. The person who knew the most information was Real Madrid's team doctor.

As the head coach who may be fired at any time, there is no need to care so much about him.

Suddenly, Pellegrini seemed to have figured something out and quickly waved to the players on the field.

"Diarra, tell Alonso later that the focus of the game is not Charles, but Xavi and Iniesta."

"Let's not retreat and play full-court man-to-man defense. Let Alonso face Xavi head-on, and then let Kaka, Marcelo and others retreat from the front to double-team him at any time;"

"As for Iniesta, he has strong personal attacking ability. If you can't defend against his change of direction, you should immediately turn around and continue to put pressure on him, just like you treat your girlfriend and keep pestering her."

Diara nodded.

"I understand, coach, but are we really going to ignore Ciel?"

Pellegrini shook his head. "This is another tactical arrangement..."

On the field, Barcelona threw the ball out of bounds and Alves passed it back to the goalkeeper.

After receiving the pass from Valdes, Abidal dribbled forward without hesitation. Just as he was about to cross the center line, he kicked the ball directly to Xavi.

Alonso was ready.

Just as he lowered his center of gravity and was preparing to stop Xavi, he didn't expect Xavi to push the ball with his right foot.

The ball rolled quickly on the grass, and just when Alonso turned around, the ball had successfully landed at the feet of Henry who was retreating to the midfield.

Diarra rushed over diagonally, and just as he stretched out his foot to intercept the ball, Henry's feet were embroidered and he used the outside of his left foot to push the ball away again.

"Snapped--"

Messi, who was not far in front of Alberoa and Alveol, moved like a rabbit and rushed straight towards the ball.

Alveol quickly followed and grabbed Messi's arm while trying to clear the ball with his feet.

Just when the tip of his left foot was about to touch the ball, Messi was one step faster and pushed the ball out first.

Busquets receives the ball.

Seeing more and more people gathering in the midfield, Charles kept adjusting his position and joined in Barcelona's passing and controlling game.

During a period of cooperation, Real Madrid players chased the ball but couldn't touch it.

Just as Ramos rushed towards Messi, Messi's ankle shook.

"call out."

Like a tired bird flying back to the forest, the ball lay quietly at Charles' feet.

Kaka ran close to Charles with a serious expression, blocking in front of Charles to prevent him from cutting inside.

Not much time had passed, and he still remembered the previous goal, how Charles teased Ramos and then scored the goal near the baseline.

Iniesta quickly moved forward from behind Charles, and Ramos did not wait to watch the show, but ran past Messi dutifully.

Charles thought about the situation on the field in his mind.

Henry has now reached the top of the penalty area. According to Barcelona's pre-match cooperation, at this time, Iniesta has appeared somewhere on his left hand side that he cannot see.

Just as Ramos was about to approach Kaka, Charles kicked the ball again with the inside of his right foot without hesitation.

The ball drew a wonderful curve on the grass and accurately found Iniesta who was making a forward run.

Iniesta accelerated again and rushed towards the ball. Just as he was about to replicate Charles's move in the previous goal, Ramos gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

Just as the two were about to reach the end line, Iniesta kicked the ball with his left foot.

This time, Ramos didn't think about Sergio. He immediately slid down and tackled the ball.

Seeing that Iniesta was one step faster than him, the ball flew out from under his left foot. Ramos once again turned left and pressed down, aiming at the ball with his right foot.

"Snapped."

He successfully cleared the ball.

Barcelona took a corner kick, and just after Iniesta kicked the ball out, Ronaldo overpowered everyone and cleared the ball directly.

"Crossing the ball from the wing and outflanking the middle are the Red and Blue Army's least adept offensive methods. From this, we can see that the goal Charles just scored was entirely due to his own personal strength."

"In addition to the fact that Ramos had experience in dealing with this situation, the most important reason for the failure this time was that Barcelona was not good at this tactic."

Guardiola touched his head.

Basically, all famous coaches in the coaching world have these skills.

Either they are good at tactics, or they are good at patching up problems, or they are good at training players...

As long as they are not good at taking the lead in the pre-match press conference and completing a reversal in the post-match press conference, they are all famous coaches.

Pellegrini's tactical arrangement this time was very good.

"Pep, our midfield was limited and Alonso found a way to limit Xavi."

Vilanova said, pulling out his notebook.

Guardiola nodded, stopped touching his head, and waved to the field.

"Charles—Charles—"

"What's wrong, coach?"

Charles ran over, somewhat puzzled.

You can't be asking him to come over for a hamburger, right?
Guardiola put his left hand around Charles' shoulders and pointed to the field with his right hand. "Pellegrini used two defensive midfielders to target our midfield. How do you think we should respond at this time?"

"Uh..." Charles was confused for a moment, "The center forward retreats to strengthen the control of the midfield?"

Guardiola nodded with relief.

"Wait a minute, you and Henry will switch positions and then retreat to the midfield. In addition to strengthening the control of the midfield, there is another point, which is also very important, and that is creativity."

Ciel nodded.

Guardiola patted Charles on the shoulder and said, "Go back."

At the same time, Real Madrid command area.

The assistant coach ran to Pellegrini excitedly.

"Manuel, they really changed their formation! Charles and Henry switched positions and played as center forward."

Pellegrini glanced at Guardiola and almost laughed.

Ha, you bald melon, there is a saying that the melon is the best when it is old...bah, the ginger is the best when it is old, although you fooled me before the game, but now you have fallen into my trap, haven't you?

Thinking of this, Pellegrini did not hide the smile on his face.

"Pepe, Pepe—"

The monk heard the engineer's call and immediately ran over.

"Charles is now being moved to the middle. When he breaks through the middle, at least three of you, Alveol, Diarra, and Alonso must be in his path.

"After the conventional tactics fail, commit a tactical foul on Charles immediately, complete the defensive task at the lowest cost, and be careful not to get a card."

Pepe nodded seriously.

foul?

Isn't it just a foul? He understands.

Valencia VS Barcelona, ​​what do you think?
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