It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 221 Charles and Balotelli's halftime break
Barcelona restarted the game.

After receiving the ball, Xavi dribbled continuously in the middle and finally found a gap between the buses and passed the ball directly to Ibrahimovic.

But this through pass did not destroy the stability of Mourinho's bus.

Surrounded by three defenders, Ibrahimovic had no choice but to pass the ball back to Xavi.

However, as soon as Xavi received the ball, Zanetti, Samuel, Pandev and Sneijder naturally acted together, and before Xavi could control the ball steadily, the ball was forcibly kicked out of bounds by the four.

Xavi quickly walked out of bounds and threw the ball back to the backcourt organization.

Soon the ball was passed directly from Puyol's feet to Busquets.

Charles kept an eye on Busquets' movements while moving forward.

At the same time, Maicon, Lucio, Motta and Cambiasso wanted to form a cage to completely block Busquets' passing space.

But after seeing this scene, Busquets did not hesitate at all, and passed the ball directly to Iniesta with the outside of his foot.

At this time, Maicon and Motta turned around immediately, but it was too late.

Iniesta simply kicked the ball with his left foot, and the ball went straight through the bus window that Charles had broken before.

Maicon stayed where he was without moving, for he was worried that when he made his next move, he would most likely be passed by Charles.

Charles stopped the ball steadily with his left foot, and just as Lucio next to Maicon stepped forward, Charles quickly knocked the ball towards the baseline with his right foot and turned his back to Lucio.

Soon, just as Ciel was about to reach the bottom line, Lucio's heart began to sound alarm bells.

He knew too well how threatening Charles was when he was in this position.

Although no media has mentioned the term "Shire Area" or "Shire Corridor" yet, there is no doubt that when Shire approaches the bottom line, his threat will increase exponentially.

Thinking of this, Lucio didn't hesitate at all and stole the ball from behind.

Meanwhile, Cesar stood nervously in front of the door.

He now recalled the stunning goal of the century scored by Charles.

It's true that he wants to be remembered by everyone, but he doesn't want to be remembered as a famous background figure.

In his eyes, as Lucio made the tackle, Charles staggered to the side and the ball slipped out of his control.

At this time Lucio also stood up straight, and the moment he rushed towards the ball, the ball seemed to be cast under a magic spell and drew an arc on the ground.

Not only did he avoid Lucio, he also found Charles accurately.

Iniesta quickly inserted from behind, and Ibrahimovic not far away also quietly sneaked into Inter Milan's penalty area.

But Maicon and Motta focused all their attention on Charles.

Although Ibrahimovic and Iniesta are equally threatening, they are not the ones who can safely transfer the ball under the pressure of four people.

At this time, after receiving his pass, Charles stepped out with his right foot. Just as Lucio changed direction, Charles also turned around and pulled the ball back with his right foot.

Lucio looked at the ball that was so close to him and gritted his teeth and moved forward again.

"Snapped."

However, at this moment, Charles pushed the ball with the outside of his right foot, and Iniesta, who was not far away, drew his bow and shot.

"call out--"

Maicon and Motta had no time to make any interception. The ball seemed to come alive under Iniesta's feet, passing through the gap between the two of them and flying straight to Ibrahimovic in the penalty area.

Cesar moved quickly. Inter Milan's defense was originally solid, but after Charles's interference, it was like a dumpling skin with stuffing exposed everywhere.

Ibrahimovic jumped high and kicked the ball.

"boom!"

Cesar held his breath, quickly got down to the ground, and blocked the ball directly.

Yosi, who was not far away, wanted to make a follow-up shot, but Zanetti cleared the ball first.

Corner kick for Barcelona.

Xavi glanced at Charles and after making sure that he had no desire to take a corner kick, he walked straight to the corner area with the ball.

With a whistle, Xavi took the corner kick.

Charles stood in the middle of the small penalty area, but the corner kick taken by Xavi did not fly towards Charles, but went straight to the front point.

Yosi and Milito jumped at the same time to compete for the header.

Before Charles could see clearly what was happening, Milito was knocked to the ground, rolling on the ground covering his mouth.

At this time, Inter Milan's players quickly surrounded them, and in the chaos, Charles vaguely understood what was happening.

It turned out that Yosi knocked Milito's teeth out with his elbow during the jump.

Yes, it was not an elbow injury, but Milito's front tooth was knocked out by the elbow.

Charles subconsciously touched his front teeth and felt a sharp pain.

It turns out that Yosi’s elbow is so powerful.

Inter Milan's team doctor rushed onto the field and after confirming Milito's injury, he quickly carried him off on a stretcher.

At this time, the referee took a look at the game time and finally blew the whistle for the half-time break.

Mourinho, who was already in a bad mood on the sidelines, was even more furious this time.

"Where are the cards? Where are the cards? Our players' teeth have been knocked out by elbows, why haven't you given them any cards yet?"

Kolenka did not make any explanation, but walked straight to the player tunnel without raising his head.

Mourinho was so angry that he wanted to grab Kolenka and give him a good beating.

He always felt that he was being targeted by the referee.

Although this referee is also Portuguese, some people say that this referee had once cooperated with him and opened a restaurant.

But so far, this referee has never enforced the law fairly.

In February of this year, Inter Milan drew 2-25 with Sampdoria in the 0th round of Serie A.

In the first half of the game, two Inter Milan players were sent off.

Then Mourinho made a gesture of having his hands handcuffed on the sidelines to show his dissatisfaction with the referee.

The Italian Football League Committee believed that Mourinho's behavior constituted a provocation and insult to the referee, and then banned Mourinho and fined him 40,000 euros.

Moreover, this is not the first time Mourinho has been punished this season.

In a Serie A match last September, Inter Milan defeated Cagliari 9:2 away from home.

However, during the game, Mourinho was dissatisfied with the referee's decision and had an argument with the referee, and was sent to the stands.

After the game, the league committee not only banned Mourinho, but also fined him 1.5 euros.

Last December, he was angry because reporter Ramazzotti kept running to his bus during three or four games and eavesdropped on his conversations with the players under the guise of interviews.

Mourinho felt he had to protect the team's privacy and tactical arrangements, so he reprimanded the reporter.

He was then fined 1.3 euros.

In the same month, Mourinho was banned again by the Italian Football Association for applauding the referee on the field.

In January, during the derby between Inter Milan and AC Milan, Mourinho was fined 1.8 euros for claiming after the game that someone was doing everything possible to make Inter Milan lose.

The assistant coach, who knew Mourinho's ability to get cards, quickly grabbed his clothes from behind and pulled him into the locker room.

"Jose, you already have a yellow card! You can't be suspended again."

Mourinho forced himself to calm down.

At this time, Inter Milan's players also returned to the locker room one after another.

"Mario, come here, I have something to tell you."

Mourinho waved and called Balotelli to his side.

"Berec, Quaresma, Korsin, Mariga and Arnautovic are all out of the squad, Toldo and Santon are injured." "Now Milito is also injured. I don't have any other good striker, only you, Mario."

"You will start in the second half and form a double striker with Eto'o."

"I can't replace you for the rest of the time because there's no one else."

“You don’t touch anybody, just play football.”

"Don't hit back if you lose the ball, and don't hit back if someone provokes you."

"If Charles and other Barcelona players talk to you, no... Charles probably won't talk to you. If Puyol and Maxwell talk to you and provoke you, just ignore them."

"If you feel uncomfortable, don't take it personally."

"Please, Mario, please stay calm. I don't have any other good strikers on my bench. Please, Mario."

"Don't be angry, don't think about life, after the game is over, I will take you to eat hamburgers..."

"Yes, you can also bring Ciel and let him eat burgers with you."

"Language? You don't have to worry about that. He speaks Italian."

"Yes, yes, that's right. It's the hamburger restaurant that our chairman invested in. No reservation is required. You can eat here without worrying about it this time. I won't let the trainer rush you..."

Just as Mourinho kept instructing Balotelli, the Barcelona team also returned to the visiting team's locker room.

Charles quickly took off his sneakers.

Because today's game was very important, he tied his sneakers very tightly during the game.

It took quite some time to take it off.

Just when he was about to lean back and rest for a while, Pruna came up carrying his medical kit.

"Come here, Ciel, let me check your forehead."

After a thorough examination and confirming that there was nothing serious, Pruna left with his medical kit.

At this time, Guardiola and Vilanova, who were at the back, slowly walked into the locker room while talking about Charles' pace problem.

When the two of them came in, I always felt that there were fewer people in the locker room.

But when I looked around, I couldn't tell who was missing.

Guardiola touched his head and finally came up with a long list.

"Are we missing someone? I'll call the roll now, and those who are here please answer."

"Valdez?"

"arrive."

"Alvis?"

"Yes!"

"Maxwell?"

"it's here."

"..."

"Messi?"

"Hi!"

"Ibra?"

"Ah."

"Ciel?"

"Charles? Charles—"

Guardiola finally raised his head, but he didn't see Charles' shadow or hear Charles' voice.

"Sergio, where is Ciel?"

Busquets touched his French fry head.

"I don't know. He was here just now. Pruna was checking his wounds. Then I don't know."

Vilanova hurried to the bathroom, but after walking around inside, he didn't see any trace of Charles.

At this time Guardiola finally panicked.

"Look for it quickly, look for it quickly, is Charles lost?"

Yosi rubbed his elbow and rolled his eyes.

At this time, Charles walked in slowly from the locker room door.

"what happened?"

Guardiola quickly stepped forward and asked, "Where have you been? Is your wound okay?"

"I'm fine, I just went out for a while."

Charles returned to his seat carrying his sneakers.

At this moment, Busquets, who was not far away, suddenly stood up.

"Charles, why are one of your shoes high and the other low? And they're different styles, too?"

At this time, everyone's eyes were on the sneakers that Charles had placed on the ground.

Everyone could see that Charles' left shoe was higher than his right shoe.

"This? I just went to the equipment manager to change the spikes on my left shoe. I changed the spikes on the sole of my left shoe to a higher level, and I also changed the style of the right shoe."

The studs on sneakers can also be replaced, but only hard studs are allowed.

For hard nails, there is a special nail changer, which is a bit like the circle of a hexagonal nut wrench with two small wings next to it, which are specially provided for the fingers to exert force.

However, there is no need for this with soft spike shoes, you can just change your shoes directly.

Different sneakers come with different studs to suit different grass types.

And the studs have a great impact on the players' performance in the game.

Just like playing football on muddy, slippery grass, you need to use shoes with long spikes, otherwise it is easy to slip.

"Then why don't you change both of them? Or get one of the same height? Won't one leg feel shorter than the other when you walk like this?"

Busquets walked over directly, looking confused.

Garrincha's right leg is 6 cm shorter than his left leg, but Charles' legs are not short.

So after thinking about it, Charles found the equipment manager and asked him to change the spikes on his left shoe to be higher.

Ciel didn't say anything, but put his sneakers back on and said, "Kick a ball for me."

Guardiola stood in the distance without making any comment, but simply passed the ball under his feet.

After receiving the ball, Charles put on a show, proving that the length of his studs was no problem for him at all, and that this "shortcoming" even made his movements smoother.

Everyone in the locker room looked like they had seen a ghost.

Busquets kept touching his French fry head, "Does having studs of different lengths help control the ball?"

Ibrahimovic also found it strange, but before he asked, Busquets denied it himself.

"I think this is just like the last time you cut holes in your socks. You still have to wear the same sneakers in the end."

"It's just that you can control it if the lengths are different, but I think we should stop thinking about it and just wear the same thing."

In this game, Yosi did elbow out an Inter Milan player's tooth, but it was not Milito's, it was Maicon's, and he escaped punishment.

But I wanted to write about Balotelli, so I changed it to Milito.

Bashen, start!
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(End of this chapter)