It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 224 222 “I seem to remember that I said the same thing back then.”

"The ball went in-"

"Ciel——"

Amid his partner's horror, Amor was so excited that he jumped onto the table in the studio.

He held the microphone tightly in his hand, his whole body red, and he looked at the camera with a roar like a man-eating beast.

"This is a world-class goal from Charles. This is also Charles' fourth goal!"

"Two minutes after Inter Milan equalized the score, Charles scored two goals in a row to help Barcelona take the lead again."

"He scored four goals in the Champions League semi-final and Barcelona already had one foot in the Bernabeu."

"Inter Milan is very strong, Mourinho's tactics are superior, Barcelona's trident attack is unbalanced... but all systems can't stop Charles."

"Death gives life meaning, but the Shire gives it soul."

"I have always felt that time is very fair to everyone. As time goes by, everyone is equally moving towards the path of aging."

"I have always been proud of myself for having a successful career and a happy family."

“I never regret getting older.”

"But I don't think so now."

"Like Guardiola said before, he regretted not passing the ball to Charles."

"I now regret not being Charles' teammate. I can only stand in the studio and watch him play football across the screen."

"But I am lucky because I can still witness this moment with my own eyes."

"And people in the future can only regret because they were too young, because they missed too much of the Shire."

"Time is never fair. Those who were born a generation earlier than Charles are destined to be spectators;"

“People who are a generation later than him can’t even become audience members.”

"And those who were born in the same era as the Shire should feel fortunate that they have become a great witness and marker of this great Shire era."

"Thank God, thank my mom, thank you for everything. After all, I wore the same jersey as him."

As Amor shouted, his voice began to choke, and finally his eyes were filled with tears.

It's just because of how much he loves this team.

No matter how Mourinho pretended to be calm, his shaking hands betrayed him.

"José, what should we do?"

The teaching assistant asked in a panic.

Mourinho didn't say anything, but after a while, he decided to make a substitution, replacing Pandev with Stankovic.

On the other side, Guardiola did not get carried away and replaced Ibrahimovic with Abidal to strengthen the defense.

"Zlatan, you should take a good rest first. We need to strengthen our defense. You performed very well in this game."

Guardiola originally didn't want to explain anything, but in the end he spoke out what was in his heart.

Although Ibrahimovic did not listen to him, quarreled with him, and did not follow the tactics, he is a coach and should not bring his personal emotions into his work.

Ibrahimovic nodded, said nothing, and walked straight to the bench.

He doesn't have the Champions League yet.

For the sake of the final Big Ear Cup, he decided to let Guardiola go for the time being.

If he finally wins the championship, he can also reconcile with Guardiola.

God is so generous.

The game on the field continues.

Ibrahimovic also changed from being worried to concentrating on appreciating Charles's positioning and movements.

After that, the two sides interacted with each other, but Charles' presence in the game was too strong, and Barcelona had the upper hand most of the time.

In the 76th minute, Xavi made a straight pass and Charles successfully received the ball with his magical movement.

But Cesar, who had received many military trainings, performed bravely and flew to clear the ball.

But just two minutes later, Barcelona made a comeback. In order to prevent another goal from being scored, Motta brought down Charles.

However, the referee Benkolenka was still selectively blind and did not award a free kick.

Two minutes later, Charles passed the ball back from the left, Iniesta advanced to the left side of the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest and volleyed.

Being attacked.

Ibrahimovic watched and exclaimed in amazement.

Barcelona's attack is like a tide. Although he is now a member of Barcelona, ​​every time he watches a game with Charles, he has to admit from the bottom of his heart that this is the universe team.

However, as the extremely active frontcourt duo of the Universe team in this game, Charles was also fouled many times.

In the 81st minute, Charles was brought down again.

No cards given.

Alves then fell.

This time the referee gave a card, but it was to Alves, who was found guilty of diving.

Ibrahimovic could clearly feel that if anger really had heat, then the referee on the field would have been roasted by Guardiola.

Vilanova couldn't stop Guardiola at all and could only watch Guardiola rush to the fourth official to protest.

Mourinho pointed to his temple without comment.

Two minutes later, Yosi made a cross and Iniesta's long shot went wide of the goal.

Then Charles took a tactical corner kick.

Iniesta received the corner kick and headed the ball.

Pique dribbled past goalkeeper Cesar on the left side of the penalty area and shot into the empty goal at a small angle, but this time Lucio, who was not marking Charles, made a successful follow-up defense and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

As time passed, Inter Milan's players began to become impatient.

But there's no use in being anxious.

Charles made a cross from the left, Iniesta advanced to the middle of the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest, and was then pushed down by Lucio.

Fortunately, the referee was not in a hurry.

Kolenka refused to award a penalty and didn't even give a card.

Soon, the referee finally did something that both sides felt was okay - he blew the whistle to end the game.

Mourinho was not angry. He just unscrewed the cap of the water that Guardiola had kicked over and poured it towards the camera lens.

On the field, Barcelona players rushed towards Kolenka angrily.

Charles was also a little angry, but he had just taken two steps forward when he was blocked by other Barcelona players.

Puyol and Xavi were furious. Although they won the game, the referee's decisions in the second half were too many to be desired.

They will not give up without a reasonable explanation.

“Why, when Charles was brought down at the start of the second half, you didn’t award a free kick, but instead let them quickly counterattack?”

"When Balotelli was running forward, he collided with me. I didn't stop him and it was a foul. Why didn't you give me a yellow card at first, and then give me a yellow card when they surrounded me?" "And Iniesta, he clearly stopped the ball with his chest in the penalty area, but was brought down by Lucio. Why didn't you award a penalty?"

"Yes, this is definitely a penalty. I controlled the ball with my chest, and then Lucio knocked me down with an elbow!"

Noticing that his teammates were becoming more and more irritable, Charles realized something was wrong and quickly asked the staff to separate the referee and the Barcelona players.

At this time, Inter Milan staff also came forward to help, but Iniesta, who was knocked down by an elbow, and Puyol, who received a yellow card for no reason, still had an argument with them.

After some chaos, the angry Barcelona players finally walked into the player tunnel.

Mourinho did not stay in the locker room for long, but went directly to the post-match press conference.

Guardiola didn't look particularly good either.

Because of Puyol's inexplicable yellow card, if it cannot be cancelled, he doesn't even dare to let him start in the next game.

Also, Charles was knocked down too many times on the court just now.

He had to worry about it all.

As soon as the two men walked into the hall of the post-match press conference, the media below began to crane their necks again.

"Jose, can you tell me why Xavi and the Inter staff had an argument just now?"

Mourinho had a cold expression and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"Xavi told our staff that we should be thankful for the Portuguese referee because otherwise we would have conceded more goals."

"Then our staff said: 'Do you want Henning to referee this game?'"

"I don't want to judge Xavi, I know what kind of player he is."

"But in this game, this referee is almost the same as Hening to us."

"In the 9th minute of the first half, Eto'o made a lob pass from midfield and Milito made a solo run."

"It was clearly a good goal, but the referee misjudged it as offside."

"Everyone could see that at the moment Eto'o passed the ball, Pique and Milito were on the same parallel line."

"Maybe the referee's eyes are not looking at straight lines, but curves."

"And in the 11th minute, Eto'o successfully intercepted the ball, but the referee actually penalized Eto'o for a foul."

"And then there was the elbow to Milito, but the culprit escaped punishment."

"So I don't want to say anything, the game is over and it doesn't mean anything anymore."

As soon as Mourinho finished speaking, the reporters off the field looked at their notes and immediately turned their guns on him.

"Pep, when you protested to the fourth official in the second half, Mourinho pointed to his temple. Did you take that as a hint that you were mentally ill?"

Guardiola sneered, "It was a tense game and Mourinho's move was nothing."

"I've known him for many years and he's a great coach."

"We have a great group and we are great role models for all the kids, so I won't focus on that."

"Pep, at the beginning, did you think Mourinho had the potential to be a great coach?"

Another new reporter stood up and asked.

Guardiola didn't hesitate, "No."

"If I had realised that, I would have done everything I could to keep him at Barcelona."

At this time, the reporters sitting in the back row heard Guardiola's words and began to quote them out of context.

But there are still journalists with professional ethics who are still asking Mourinho questions.

"Jose, do you have the confidence to reverse this game away from home? Or, how do you view today's game?"

Mourinho was not affected by Guardiola's words.

For him, the game is not over yet.

"When faced with the referee's misjudgment at the beginning, our players did not control their temper."

"After Barcelona took the lead, we were a bit confused and didn't adjust quickly enough."

"After the score was tied, we were a little overwhelmed and didn't find any chances to score the third goal. We also didn't counterattack enough."

"The game is never decided by words, we still have 90 minutes to fight for victory."

"At the same time, we don't need any help from any referee. We just need a fair and impartial referee who doesn't miss any decisions next time we are at the Camp Nou."

After saying that, Mourinho left his seat and walked out.

On the other side, Guardiola was in no mood to stay here any longer and left towards the other door.

But the passage behind the door is the same.

Mourinho looked at Guardiola's back and shouted: "Barcelona betrayed you twice, and you didn't mind at all. I made a few sarcastic remarks at the press conference and you wanted to break up with me."

Guardiola didn't look back and kept moving forward.

Mourinho shouted to himself: "I need enemies, I need bad words, I need people who hate me, I need people who curse me, these are all my motivation to move forward."

"The result of the game is the result, I don't want to say anything more."

"Work is work, and I don't want to explain anything."

"But Pep, keep going, you'll regret it, Barca has never been..."

Guardiola finally stopped and said, "What betrayal twice? What nonsense are you talking about? This is my home."

Mourinho sneered, "You are a No. 4, but if you find Xavi, you will have to leave Barcelona and play somewhere else."

"Now you, the captain of Camp Nou, have returned to Barcelona once again and become the king of Camp Nou."

"Maybe this time you can become Barcelona's permanent coach, but is it really possible? But now, Charr is still going to be sold?"

"You admire him, but not everyone will understand your wishes."

Guardiola's face turned livid.

"Charles will always be at Barca, as long as I am here, he will be here."

"I don't know where you heard this rumor."

"No matter what, yesterday, today and tomorrow, Barcelona will always be in my heart."

Mourinho was in a trance when he heard this.

Back then, Guardiola was the player leader of Barcelona, ​​and he was the translator of coach Robson.

In 1996, during Barcelona's away game against Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao coach Luis Fernandez clashed with him.

He was grabbed by the neck by Fernandez, known as the "French madman".

Just as Fernandez was about to punch him, Guardiola, who was still the team captain, rushed out from the field and pulled Fernandez away.

Then on the way to the locker room, Guardiola, like a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger, pulled Fernandez's collar and kept admonishing him: "Respect your opponent!"

"I seem to remember that I said the same thing back then."

Mourinho muttered.

(End of this chapter)