It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 186 Chapter 184 Coach Xia and Coach Gua (Daily Transition, Update 33)

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Barcelona 4:0 Sevilla, sweeping away hunger and being themselves again.

"Hurry up, I can't wait. I'll show you my skills then."

Harvey said with a smile.

Iniesta also picked up his bag and followed Xavi closely, "I'm ready to eat."

That's right, after chatting about medieval recipes in the locker room, Xavi and Iniesta expressed their desire to join them.

The four of them drove towards Messi's house, and Charles went home first to get his own ingredients.

"I'll grill the meat first. Are you ready to make your 'Chocolate Sea Duck' now, Charles?"

Messi took the beef out of the refrigerator and looked towards the kitchen.

“Yes, this dish has been around for a while. It’s my first time making it, so I don’t know if it’s going to be good.”

Ciel was in the kitchen taking ingredients out of bags.

On the other side, Harvey was cleaning the pots and pans slowly.

“How about paella?”

Iniesta, who was adding charcoal to the grill on the other side, nodded, "Okay."

For a moment, Charles had no idea what a meal with elements of Spanish, Argentinian, medieval French, and unknown English cuisine would taste like.

Iniesta quickly laid out the charcoal and walked to the kitchen to wash his hands. "Char, what do you need me to do?"

"How about you make the mixed kimchi? I'll teach you the steps."

Charles put all the vegetables aside, then opened the box, took out the duck and put it in a bowl.

"Okay, how to do it?"

Iniesta wiped his hands clean and asked curiously.

"First, wash all the parsley roots, carrots, radishes, and cabbages."

Ciel said, pointing at the vegetables on the counter.

"Row."

Iniesta understood and put all the vegetables into the sink.

Everyone is ready to show off their skills today, and he doesn't know how to cook anything other than paella.

Even though you're just eating and drinking for free, you can't just sit there and watch, right?
"Then you cut about 300 grams of parsley root, carrots and radishes respectively, cut them into slices, and remove the cabbage heart and cut into shreds."

As Charles spoke, Iniesta slowly operated the knife in his hand.

While Iniesta was chopping vegetables, Charles washed the duck.

Add half of the water into the pot, then put the duck in to blanch it.

"I've cut it, now what?"

Iniesta asked.

And outside the kitchen, an intriguing aroma of barbecue wafted in.

"Then just put all the vegetables in the pot, add water and boil it."

Charles instructs Iniesta while smelling the aroma of barbecue fat.

"At this point you can also peel, core and chop the pears and add them to the pot with the vegetables."

At this time, Messi also came in, "What's going on?"

"I'm still working on this seafood," Harvey said, kitchen shears in hand, still struggling with the fish scales.

Meanwhile, Charles' ducks were blanched.

"I'm going to start stewing the duck now. I think it will be delicious."

“Okay, move aside so I can grab my secret seasoning,” Macy said as she walked over to Ciel and opened the cupboard.

Charles made way and busied himself adding pepper, bay leaves, herbs and salt to the duck in the pot.

On this side, Messi had just walked out with the seasoning, and the water in Iniesta's pot began to boil.

"Charles, what next?"

"Once they're soft, you take them out of the pot, drain them and spread them out on a plate."

"Then sprinkle it with salt, ginger, saffron, and four tablespoons of vinegar."

Iniesta looked nervously at the tumbling vegetables in the pot, "I know."

As he spoke, Charles tore open a bag of chocolate and put several pieces of chocolate into the soup pot.

He brought this bag of chocolates from France specially when he returned to Spain.

However, Charles felt that it was not important whether authentic French chocolate was needed to make French medieval-style dishes.

Because this chocolate is supposed to replace the role of sugar.

The moment the chocolate was put into the soup pot, the whole pot of soup turned brown.

Seeing this, Charles simply covered the lid and waited for the duck to be stewed.

The next step is to prepare the sauce.

After chopping up a series of mushrooms including morels, black truffles, etc., Charles began to wash and chop the chicken liver.

Just as Charles was adding oil to the pan, Harvey came over with a large plate of processed seafood and poured oil into his pan.

"What are you doing now? Aren't you already stewing the duck?"

Harvey was a little confused.

"I'm making the sauce. I'll pour it over the duck later."

As Charles explained, he poured the chicken liver and all the mushrooms into the pot and stir-fried them slowly.

"My barbecue is ready, it's delicious," Messi smiled and walked in with a plate of barbecue.

Seeing that the three people in the kitchen were busy and had no hands to eat the barbecue, Messi simply used a fork to pass the barbecue to each person's mouth.

"Come and try it, isn't it delicious?"

Ciel turned around and took a bite, "It's really delicious."

Things like barbecue seem simple, but there is a lot of knowledge involved.

One of the skills lies in the ingredients.

Messi continued to feed the others barbecue.

While Harvey started to cook the seafood soup, Charles also added a bowl of water into the pot and started to simmer the sauce.

The aroma from the kitchen wafted everywhere.

Time passed quickly amid laughter and joy.

Charles took the duck out of the pot and put it on a plate, then poured the mushroom sauce from another pot over the duck.

In an instant, the aroma of chocolate stewed duck wafted in the air domineeringly.

“The chocolate sea duck is ready!”

Charles excitedly walked out of the kitchen carrying the medieval dish he had reproduced.

Iniesta had already set the table. "Wow, is this a medieval chocolate sea duck?"

After a while, Xavi also came out with his paella, "Hurry up, let's get ready to eat."

Charles took a bite of the paella and felt that the taste was different from what he had heard, as if something was missing.

After thinking about it, it must be because tomatoes and white wine were not added.

Macy put on gloves and tore a piece of meat from the chocolate sea duck. "Hmm, it's delicious. I've never eaten duck that tastes like this."

"It's really delicious. I was wondering what kind of dark cuisine it would be if I put chocolate in the dish, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious."

Iniesta also took a bite and couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

"Yes, he's right," Harvey took a bite and expressed his strong agreement.

Ciel smiled and shook his head.

Are you kidding? How could a kitchen genius like him create such a weird dish?

After a quick meal, all the food on the table went into the stomachs of the four people.

"Don't ever let Pep know we're having this tonight, I haven't lost all my Christmas weight yet."

……

While the four were relaxing at the dinner, other media newspapers were not lax at all.

The next day, Charles woke up and saw various news reports about yesterday's game. "Sevilla Daily": "...Sevilla coach announced his resignation."

Seeing this, Charles couldn't help but sigh that the position of coach is really risky and it is easy to be fired at any time.

He remembered that after the game yesterday, the Sevilla players were still talking and laughing.

Unexpectedly, the head coach resigned in just one night.

"The luxury house that Charles bought for himself has a fatal flaw. The self-disciplined genius went to his teammates' houses to work out."

"From 2008 to 2009, Charles received at least million euros in salary at Barcelona."

"So, after getting his salary, what choice will Charles make? Will he buy luxury goods or a supercar?"

"The answer is neither. Charles bought himself a luxury house near Barcelona's training base, just to be able to spend more time on training."

"But this mansion also has a fatal flaw that bothers Charles - there is no gym."

"So, the self-disciplined Charles went to his teammate Messi's home to work out before the gym was completed."

"From Charles' performance on the field and this small detail, it is not difficult to find a truth:"

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

"Cough cough cough-"

Charles almost couldn't catch his breath.

He remembered that he had not done anything good for the Catalan newspaper.

They actually wrote that his eating and drinking at Messi's house was exercising.

As for exercise, perhaps the only thing he exercised was his arms.

After all, making chocolate stewed duck is quite tiring.

Mundo Deportivo; "Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla, securing the half-time title."

"At yesterday's Camp Nou, Barcelona played against Sevilla at home. After the game, Barcelona led Real Madrid by 5 points and secured the half-time championship one round in advance."

Daily Star: "Cruyff believes that entering the winter transfer market is a sign of failure because it means you did a bad job the previous summer."

"In this winter window, Barcelona adhered to this principle and did not introduce any players."

"But existence is reasonable, and even many teams should be grateful for the existence of the winter transfer window - including Barcelona."

"Here are the best La Liga signings for you."

"10. Lassana Diarra"

"Real Madrid introduced Lassana Diarra in the winter window of 2009, successfully saving the little face left in Real Madrid: Huntelaar, who was introduced with a lot of money, could not participate in the Champions League, and Balfour, who came on loan, was even better at sleeping on the bench."

"The French midfielder conquered the Bernabeu at top speed and within a month people were comparing him to Claude Makelele."

"Just six months later he was given the number 6 shirt."

"Now, Lassana Diarra is an indispensable main force for Real Madrid and the biggest driving force for the Galacticos to surpass Barcelona."

9. Higuain

"..."

"1. Ciel..."

After seeing his name, Charles put down the newspaper in his hand.

When we saw that it was almost time, we drove to Camp Nou.

Although Guardiola gave the team a day off today and Charles did not have any endorsement commercials to shoot, he was not completely idle today.

When Charles arrived at the training base, the training ground that had been arranged in advance was already filled with props.

"Hey, Charles," Amor waved his arms excitedly.

Amor was an important member of Barcelona's Dream Team.
He came to La Masia in 1980 and was one of the best players in Barcelona's youth training system. When he was promoted to the first team, it was also the glorious beginning of the Dream Team.

Three years ago he was the head coach of Barcelona's youth team, but now he has switched careers to become a commentator.

"Hello, Mr. Amor."

Ciel said with a smile.

"Just call me Guillermo. If you had come to Barcelona earlier, maybe I would have been your coach."

"But today, you are our coach."

Almo said humorously.

That’s right, what Charles is going to do today is to shoot a short film, the main content of which is to teach people how to make long passes.

The original plan was to ask people to pass the ball, but this is more about awareness, so it was changed to skill-related.

At the same time, the cameraman on the field waved his hand, indicating that the recording should begin.

Amor walked to the camera with ease and said, "Today we are at Barcelona's training base. Barcelona's golden boy Charles will be the coach in today's training session."

Charles stood out with a smile and greeted the camera.

"Then today we invited five Barcelona fans to act as today's trainees, and Charles needs to teach them how to pass the ball in today's training session."

Almo turned to look at Charles, "How is it? Do you think it's difficult?"

Ciel picked up a ball from the ground with a smile, "It's a bit difficult indeed. Luckily I stole Pep's teaching notes before I came here."

"Oh - really? Then without further ado, let's get started."

After saying that, Almo stood aside, leaving space for Charles.

Coach Xia didn't waste any time and started demonstrating.

As Charles kicked hard, the ball flew directly into the air, and Almo, who was far away, easily stopped the ball without any movement.

After seeing that the five fans were all in the mood, Charles kicked another ball from the side.

"When making a long pass, you need to increase the distance between you and the ball, but in the game, you need to control this distance yourself to reduce the adjustment time."

Amor stood aside and listened attentively.

Of course he knows football, but seeing Charles teaching seriously reminds him of his time in the youth training camp.

"As for the technique of kicking the ball, my suggestion is to use the instep of the foot and then kick the bottom of the ball diagonally," said Charles as he stretched out his foot to demonstrate.

"why?"

At this time, a fan asked curiously.

"Because this can reduce the arc caused by the ball's left and right rotation, so that when you kick the ball, it will only rotate forward and backward."

As Charles spoke, he kicked the ball off the ground and began to demonstrate.

"The accuracy of long passes with left-right rotation will decrease, and forward and backward rotation can find teammates faster and more accurately."

As he said that, Charles threw the ball to the ground again.

"As for the movement of the upper body, you also need to lean back slightly and keep your center of gravity down to increase the accuracy of the ball's landing."

Charles finished speaking and Amor nodded.

As expected of Guardiola, he is a good candidate to be a coach.

Although passing the ball seems simple, each player's footwork is different.

Some players may pass the ball with great force, while others are better at passing with the outside of their foot...

But no matter which type of pass it is, it requires extremely high foundation and talent.

Of course, Charles can also do complicated footwork, but today he chose the most basic one that is most suitable for most people.

Soon, the fans began to put on the shoes thoughtfully to show what they had learned that day.

Soon, the first fan kicked the ball out, directly away from the passing point.

Ciel smiled and kicked another ball to him, "Press your body backwards when passing the ball."

The fan nodded thoughtfully, and soon passed the ball perfectly and accurately.

Amor clapped happily.

Then the second fan came forward, but each of his three kicks was extremely off target.

Ciel remained patient and slowly corrected himself.

"You strike the ball with the inside of your foot, not the top of your foot, so the ball spins and curves in the air, reducing power and speed."

As he spoke, Ciel demonstrated with his hands, "Make sure the ball rotates back and forth."

In the end, after Charles' demonstration and correction, all five fans completed the long pass teaching.

After completing the task, Charles chatted with Amor for a while and then went home to rest.

(End of this chapter)