It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 179 177 Wenger: Give me the money quickly!
Before Perez could react, a leg wearing a sock with several holes suddenly appeared in front of him and miraculously intercepted the ball from in front of him.

"boom--"

Charles drifted and turned, then passed the ball to Busquets with a cool kick.

Busquets, who was originally standing in the middle and wanted to assist in defense, stopped the ball steadily.

At the same time, after passing the ball, like a rocket shot from a bow, Charles successfully ignited the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands.

Busquets delayed for a while, and when he saw Charles had rushed to Benítez, he kicked the ball again.

"call out--"

Although this Benítez has the same name as the tactical master, they are two different people.

Looking at the ball getting closer and closer, and Charles getting closer and closer, he just felt unwell.

That's right, the entire Estudiantes team is very eager to have a showdown with Barcelona, ​​a showdown with the best club.

Captain Veron is even more eager to compete with stars such as Charles and Messi on the field.

However, he just wanted to feel the atmosphere of the stadium, rather than simply being treated like a street in the early morning by Charles.

Now, he just hopes that he can delay a little time, just a little time, so that his teammates can quickly help defend.

Benítez stared at Charles' feet intently.

In addition to the tactics arranged by the coach before the game, after knowing that he would be facing Charles, he also read many newspapers reporting on Charles.

After all, the two clubs, one is in South America and the other in Europe. To talk about the degree of mutual understanding, it is better to read the tactical analysis of Charles in European newspapers.

After quickly reading several newspapers, Benítez came to a conclusion.

That is, Charles's passing is basically simple, and there are also many fake moves that look very real.

But at the same time, his teammates said in an interview that Charles would not be affected by the actions of the defensive players, and all his decisions were based on his current feelings.

Therefore, the best way to defend him is not to do any fancy moves, but to carefully observe his movements and then determine which one is a fake move.

In a flash, the two were getting closer and closer, and just when Benítez lowered his center of gravity, Charles raised his right foot high and unloaded the ball in the air.

The ball seemed to have suddenly turned into a solid ball, not bouncing at all, and completely obeyed the control of Charles' feet.

Benítez realized something was wrong, but Charles, who did what he wanted, did not give him any more chances.

Charles just took advantage of the situation with his right foot and completed a crotch pass to Benítez in the blink of an eye.

De Salvatore and Benítez, who was passed, immediately turned around and chased back.

At the moment when Benítez and De Salvato stretched out their feet to steal the ball, Charles did not make any unnecessary movements, but very "simply" kicked the ball with the outside of his right foot.

"Snapped--"

Flying pearls scatter light clouds, and flowing foam boils the rocks.

Alver, who was standing on the goal line, jumped up subconsciously and dived sideways.

But this time the ball was like the splashing water of a waterfall. You could see it, but in a very short time, you couldn't understand which one you really saw.

Alver fell to the ground, and when he looked back, he saw the ball lying quietly in the goal.

"Ciel——"

"Ciel——"

"Ciel——"

In an instant, the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands was like a volcano that had been suppressed for a long time, and it immediately erupted with fierce enthusiasm.

They came from different countries, from different continents, and spoke different languages, but today, they were all in the same place, enjoying Charles' performance.

Maybe the club they support has been eliminated before, maybe they are die-hard fans of Barcelona, ​​but no matter what, at this moment, they are all cheering for the same person.

Although they didn't see Charles' performance in the semi-finals, this one goal alone was enough to satisfy them.

So this is the strength that Europe's top football stars possess?

Wenger sat in front of the TV, watching Charles running on the field. For a moment, he felt that the picture in front of him was becoming more and more blurred.

How come this stop and this turn look so much like one of his disciples?
After discovering Charles, he always wanted to bring him back to Arsenal.

But I didn't expect to miss it in the end.

Like this, there are many more players he missed.

But for so long, he has always been thinking about Charles in his heart, although he knows that after the first missed opportunity, he will never be able to have Charles until the loan is repaid.

But when can the loan be repaid?
Damn the subprime mortgage crisis, their Highbury apartment can't be sold. If the British property market hadn't finally started to pick up, the money for building the house alone would have been a huge hole.

But now it seems that Charles really wants to come to Arsenal, right?
Look at his performance in scoring this goal, he is so similar to his disciple Bergkamp.

"The ball goes in, Charles breaks the deadlock at the start, Barcelona 1:0 Estudiantes!"

“Even before today’s game started, this game has attracted much attention.”

"Now, it seems that Charles, who just won the Golden Boy Award and had a rest, still played an extremely impressive performance."

"At the same time, the highlight of this game is the interview that Veron gave before the game. He said that he is as good as he was when he was 20 years old."

"But this goal really reminds us of Bergkamp's amazing goal in the 1998 World Cup when Veron was in his twenties."

"First, the ball was kicked out from the feet of a college player with a stunning kick from the sky;"

"When his teammate launched a long pass, Charles, who had been running for thousands of miles, was entangled by Benítez, but he managed to stop the ball gracefully."

“It’s like Meng Jiangnu crying down the Great Wall. The tiny individual power shook the vast world, and a huge contrast of artistic sense was formed.”

"After that, there was another clever button-down, as natural and casual as opening an umbrella on a rainy day;"

"The final shot was met with the outside of the foot, giving the best ending to Charles's magnificent performance in front of the college players."

Michel Moretti, who was also watching the live broadcast on TV, pumped his fist excitedly.

Great, from here on out, Ciel is totally fine.

The Christmas holiday is coming soon, and the decoration and promotional activities of their stadium are almost completed. They are just waiting for the activities to start and prepare to make money.

He has also contacted all the players, all of whom are from Ajaccio and have played for Gazelec.

He has contacts with both active and retired players, and the number is quite large.

There is no way. A century-old club with such a rich heritage like his has trained quite a lot of players.

The college team kicked off again.

Guardiola frowned and watched everything on the field.

Charles' goal cannot cover up Barcelona's current problems.

Unlike other teams, Barcelona's performance and play rely more on the midfield.

In previous games, Xavi's performance was very stable, without many ups and downs.

Even if he occasionally encounters a particularly tough opponent and is followed closely by the entire court, he will not perform poorly.

But in today's game, Xavi was like an engine without oil and looked very tired.

He has too many games and has never gotten enough rest.

In the second half of the season, Barcelona will have a very busy schedule, and Yaya Toure and Keita's participation in the African Cup will make Xavi's burden even heavier.

Guardiola looked at the situation on the field with some headache.

The only way to alleviate this situation now, besides hiring new players, is to let Charles share more responsibilities.

On the field, Alves took the ball thrown by the caddy, wiped it carefully, and finally looked at the direction and threw the ball out.

The moment Xavi stopped the ball, he turned his back to protect the ball, and Rodriguez kept looking for opportunities behind Xavi.

If one place doesn't work, try another one, just as Rodriguez moved to Xavi's right side.

Then, Rodriguez fell to the ground and slid, and Xavi immediately poked the ball with the tip of his right foot.

"call out."

The moment Charles received the ball, he sprinted forward with big strides.

At the same time, the college team's defense was retreating frantically.

Benítez and Veron followed Charles one after the other.

Henry was not far in front of Charles. Although Ibrahimovic's position was better, the passing route between Charles and him had been blocked, and there were no other players in the midfield to make the transfer.

Well... the best solution is obvious.

Henry ran forward while observing Charles's actions. When he saw Charles waving his hand, Henry paused for a moment, understanding what he meant.

"Snapped--"

Sure enough, when Veron and Benítez wanted to get close to Charles, Charles kicked the ball under.

Only then did Benítez understand Charles' intention and immediately chased after the ball, but he was a step too late and could only watch the ball fly past him.

DeSalvato immediately blocked Henry’s way, and Henry immediately stopped his accelerated pace and made a slight fake move.

DeSalvato and Selle faced Henry side by side, but they didn't expect that Henry had no intention of killing them between them.

Ciel moved forward slowly, seemingly nonchalantly.

Most of Estudiantes' players were in the penalty area defending other Barca players.

"call out--"

Henry, who shook off DeSavato, did not choose to cut inside, but instead chose to kick the ball with the instep of his foot.

Charles, who seemed to be watching the show at first, suddenly accelerated and squeezed past the referee.

This time, the back and forth pass allowed Charles to break free from Benítez's entanglement and at the same time give him space to kick.

De Salvatore and Selle immediately abandoned Henry and rushed towards Charles.

Damn, when did he see there was a space leading to the goal?
Charles kicked the ball with his left foot, and Sele immediately realized something was wrong and fell to the ground, trying to block Charles' shooting path.

However, just as he was about to fall to the ground, Charles twisted his body, swung his arms, and kicked the ball hard with the outside of his right foot.

"Snapped--"

Saire only felt a white light flying before his eyes, and subconsciously covered his face with his hands.

Alver, standing in front of the goal, had no time to react. Only when the ball flew through the wall of players did he realize what had happened.

Alver, standing on the goal line, jumped up and kicked the ground, but it was too late. The ball flew straight to the inside of the goal post and bounced into the net again.

The ball went in!

Charles ran straight to the corner area with his arms open, put his hands in front of his chest, then slowly opened his hands, held his head high and looked at the fans on the field.

In an instant, the fans in the stadium could no longer restrain themselves. Some were still waving their scarves and dolls, but the organized fans had already started singing*.

"Hey Charles, don't hesitate
"Hey, Charles, don't hesitate.
"with the sea breeze, the answer echoes in the questioner's ear
"The answer echoes in the ears of the questioner along with the sea breeze
"hey Charles, through the brier
"Hey, Charles, through the thorns
"then you can glimpse the stars on the cedar
"You can see the stars on the cedars

"hey Charles, our dream-keeper
"Hey, Charles, our dream keeper
“Make Camp Nou better!
"Make Camp Nou better!"

"na, na, na, na-na, na, na, na-na~"

Soon the simple brainwashing melody echoed in the minds of every fan. Starting with the Barcelona fans, more and more fans began to sing "Hey Charles" in unison.

"The ball goes in, Barcelona 2:0 Estudiantes!"

"This is art, this is art, a perfect match that doesn't require any words. Although there is a big age gap between Henry and Charles, the match and understanding between geniuses like this will never be affected by time."

“This is the first time that the Club World Cup is being held in the UAE.”

"Although it is already December, the local temperature is still over 12 degrees, even at night."

“Because this is a tropical desert climate.”

"The people here are surrounded by the desert. Although they play football, their football is like a flower in the desert."

"Now, Charles has come here, to the United Arab Emirates, with his art of football."

"All the fans in the stadium were singing. Although some of what Veron said in the interview was not right, the rest made sense."

"That is, maybe their players cannot compare with Barcelona players in terms of salary and value, but they can compare with them in terms of hope and dreams. In this respect, the two teams are evenly matched."

"Now, this sentence is also for all those who love football, no matter where you are, whether it is a desert or a Gobi Desert -"

"Passion is football!"

【Charlotte Bar】

“One day, I went fishing and saw a man and a woman also fishing. The woman was leaning on the man’s arms as he accompanied her fishing.

“At the time I was thinking, I wish this was my girlfriend.

"Then I walked closer and saw, damn, it was really my girlfriend."

“Don’t be sad, bro, I went fishing one day and I walked over and saw other people fishing there, and I was wondering who was smart enough to know there was a nest here.

"Then I walked in and saw that it was our former bar owner. I asked him to hand over the jersey he brought back from the La Liga bar. He refused, so I beat him up."

"Hey bro, where are our jerseys now?"

"As long as everyone respects me as the new owner of the Ciel bar, I will take out Ciel's jerseys from last season and give them to everyone to draw."

"Hey, you are Lu Renjia's alias. Other brothers like fishing, but you are really fishing!"

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about football."

"Were you singing just now? I seemed to hear Ciel's name!"

"It's not like, it's real, I'm singing Charles' song."

"I don't know when I can go to watch his game live. I can sing this song too."

"What we lack is time to learn singing?"

"Stop talking, I want to go too."

Wenger, who had temporarily put down everything he was doing, sat quietly in front of the TV.

The Christmas holidays are coming.

But there is no such thing as winter holidays in the Premier League now, so he doesn't need to think about how to celebrate Christmas.

Just watching Charles' performance on TV, he couldn't help but feel his hands shaking.

Three years ago, Bergkamp officially retired at the newly built Emirates Stadium.

He originally thought that he would never see a performance like Bergkamp's on the football field again, but today, he never expected that he not only saw it, but saw it twice!
He had long been mentally prepared for Charles' various abilities.

Could it be that this was what Charles wanted him to see because of what he said in the newspaper?

To give him something back? Or was he really hinting at him?
Damn it, he knew that Charles had had enough of Guardiola, the hateful bald guy, and wanted him to take him away from the misery that was Barcelona.

That’s right, how can the chefs at Barcelona compare to the level of those at Arsenal.

If Charles can't get used to the food in Arsenal's cafeteria after he arrives, he can send their chef to Ajaccio for further training.

No, Arsenal simply can't afford to spend so much money to send the chef to France for further studies.

He couldn't afford the Shire either.

The professor suddenly became angry when he thought of this.

On the field, Veron waved his hand without looking at Charles, but gathered all the other players together.

"Barcelona's players are all big stars, Charles, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Henry, Xavi, their annual salary is over 10 million."

"But for the players of Mexico's Atlante team in the semi-finals, do you know what their minimum wage is?"

"Their lowest monthly salary is only $4000, and the highest is only $8. In other words, their lowest-paid player earns less than 3.3 euros a year, and the highest is only 65 euros."

"That is to say, the highest-paid players in Atalanta are the lowest of the lowest when they come to Barcelona. Their monthly income is more than the highest-paid players in Atalanta make in a year."

"But in the last game, Atalanta lost with honor and they also scored a goal."

"Also, in the 2006 Club World Cup final, Barcelona was also very strong at that time, but they still lost to Internacional from Brazil."

"Before the game, everyone was saying that we had no experience in international competitions. As long as Barcelona didn't fall asleep during the game, the tiger of Barcelona would tear us apart."

“We are champions too!”

"Now that we are here, we must do our best to win the championship for Argentina and Estudiantes de Plata!"

All the players of the university team held hands and formed a circle. Led by Veron, they roared in unison:

"For the championship!"

The lyrics are an imitation of the Beatles' "Hey Jude", with the rhyme "er". The first sentence should not rhyme.

As for why the lyrics are in English instead of Spanish, it is because English rhymes are simpler than Spanish.

A reader once asked me if I really understand Spanish. Emmmm, to be honest, I can understand some words, but I don’t understand Spanish at all.

Finally, I will add 1000 words today to wish you all peace and prosperity in the new year, all the best, and a happy New Year’s Day.

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(End of this chapter)