It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 244 Guardiola: No plans to go to Arsenal for the time being
"call out--"

Muslera had already smelled the danger, but the densely packed defenders in the penalty area blocked most of his vision.

By the time he saw the trajectory of the ball, the arrow shot by Charles had hit him right between the eyebrows.

The net was covered with ripples, and the French fans who had already stood up and waited eagerly became excited.

"Goal, Goal, France 1:0 Uruguay."

"If it doesn't work once, try again."

"The Uruguayan players were still happy that they had stopped the first wave of French attack, but when they counterattacked, that was when death came."

"Now the French team has finally shown its sharp teeth."

"Yes, although Charles is not a striker now, his position is actually in the midfield, but he is proving his master qualities all the time."

"Sometimes, the most dangerous player is not the striker, and sometimes the danger is not necessarily in the most conspicuous place."

"Although the first and second attacks were unsuccessful, it doesn't matter. As long as Charles is still here, there will always be opportunities."

"Compared to Domeneg's tactics, which were nothing special, Uruguay's tactics were very clear."

"But whether it was three or four men marking, whether it was learning Mourinho's tactics or developing new tactics based on Uruguay's actual situation, in the end, in the face of absolute strength, it was like a paper tiger that fell down with a single poke."

"Domenegue didn't do anything right, but one thing, discovering Charles, can make up for his mistakes."

Bailey, who was in front of the TV, turned down the volume.

Brazil's game time had not yet arrived, so he watched France's game first.

To be honest, he didn't think the French team would be a match for Brazil, until a year ago.

The signs of infighting within the French team were clearly suppressed.

This is incredible.

Especially before the start of the World Cup, the French team showed more and more unity, while Brazil had three internal conflicts in one month.

If Charles were in Brazil, would Brazil become as united as France?

The game starts again.

Uruguay kicked off and passed the ball back to the backcourt for organization.

After passing the ball safely several times in the backcourt, Godin finally couldn't resist the temptation of scoring a goal.

After seeing the direction of Perez, Godin kicked the ball.

Charles hurried back, and at the same time, Perez received the ball without any hesitation and immediately passed it to Fran.

However, before Fran could sprint a few steps with the ball, Abidal in front of him did not retreat, but with great skill and courage, he fell to the ground and tackled directly at the ball.

Fran was brought to the ground, and at the same time, Abidal quickly got up and knocked the ball forward.

Charles, who was not far away, did not make any unnecessary movements, nor did he even look back.

Instead, he tilted his ankle, and the ball that was originally flying towards him hit the inside of his foot and found Ribery exactly as he expected.

Ribery did not rush forward after receiving the ball.

Now that the French team is leading, what they need to do is control the tempo rather than keep playing at a high intensity.

Sure enough, as if to verify his thoughts, Charles also pulled to the side at the same time.

And Sania, who was behind Charles, clearly saw Charles' hidden sliding gesture, and without any hesitation, he also began to move to the side.

The attracted Uruguayan players involuntarily began to move towards the wing.

Ribery slowly controlled the ball under his feet, and just before the Uruguayan player was about to steal the ball, he passed the ball to Charles.

The whole audience cheered.

But Charles was unusually calm inside.

Like Ribery, he did not choose to pass the ball forward, nor did he pass it directly to Sagna, but instead passed it diagonally to Abidal.

To tear open the defense line, the most important thing is to learn how to pull, rather than just pulling and tugging.

Retreat for a better attack.

Abidal, who was originally guarding the wing, instantly understood what Charles meant and began to rush forward recklessly.

Abidal did not advance quickly with the ball. Just as he was about to cross the center line, he kicked the ball above.

"call out--"

After Sagna attracted enough defense on the wing, he let the ball slip. Ribery behind him immediately increased his slow pace as soon as he received the ball, and ran along the sideline with the ball.

At the same time, Charles also left his original position and lurked quietly at the top of the penalty area.

Victorino gritted his teeth and rushed towards Ribery.

He didn't know whether Ribery had learned the skill of cutting inside from Robben, but he knew that all he had to do was stop him.

However, just as he was about to catch up with Ribery, Ribery did not pass the ball to Charles who was on the same level as him, but quickly passed the ball to Benzema who was not far between him and Charles.

Victorino could only turn around and rush towards Benzema.

But the distance was only a body length, and he couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried.

Perreira, Lugano and Godin rushed towards the small penalty area side by side.

Although all their eyes were on Benzema, the one they really wanted to defend was not Benzema who was about to rush to the end line with the ball, but Charles behind them!
In the blink of an eye, Victorino was completely thrown away.

Benzema, who rushed to the bottom line, did not look at Muslera who was sticking to the near post, but turned quickly, aimed at Charles, and kicked the ball above.

"boom--"

Pereira, Lugano and Godin did not choose to look back, not because real men never look back at the explosion, but because they wanted to stop the explosion.

Lugano rushed towards Charr, trying to limit the angle of his shot;

Pereira beside him quickly retreated, ready to cooperate with the goalkeeper to defend the goal.

But even though they made an emergency plan at the first moment, Charles' shooting speed was faster than they thought.

There was no need to blink. The moment the ball flew over, Charles turned around and shot it in one go.

The ball flew directly past Lugano, and just when he was disappointed, Pereira and Muslera fell to the ground at the same time, and it was unknown who blocked the ball.

The ball bounced back quickly, and Fran, who was following up to defend, wanted to pass the ball to his teammate to clear it, but he made a mistake in passing.

His teammates didn't have time to react before the ball slipped past his feet.

Anelka, who was waiting for the rabbit to come to him, never thought that one day the rabbit would really come to him.

"call out--"

The ball jumped high and passed directly over the head of the Uruguayan player. Muslera, who had blocked the near corner, quickly flew to the side.

"boom!"

The ball hit the goal post and flew out.

"Far corner - just a little bit, it slipped through the door."

"This time, the French team's attack was really explosive and everything was going well."

"And the control of the tempo was also very beautiful, from the very beginning using speed to contain Uruguay's rapid attack;"

"Then use slow, leisurely passing of the ball, slowly controlling the ball under your feet, paralyzing the Uruguayan players."

"Finally, Charles passed the ball back to Abidal, and the process of going from slow to fast started."

"Ribery and Benzema completed cooperation on the wing, and finally Charles, who was ambushing in the middle, was ready to give Uruguay a fatal blow."

"Unfortunately, the ball was blocked by the heads of Pereira and Muslera."

"But then Anelka's follow-up shot was powerful and almost went in."

“In fact, through the replay, we can see that although Muslera reacted, he couldn’t block it at all.”

"Just a little bit."

Uruguay goal kick. Muslera put the ball on the ground, and just as he was about to kick it, Benzema suddenly rushed up, and the goalkeeper who was about to kick the ball stopped immediately after he deflected the ball.

But Benzema was just feinting at him, running up to him and then quickly running past him.

Realizing that he had been deceived, Muslera had no choice but to kick the ball out again.

The ball flew quickly across the entire half and headed straight for Maxi and Diaby.

But in the end, Diaby won the header and passed the ball.

Before the Uruguayan players could touch the ball, it had already reached Gallas' feet.

Turan also walked out from the Uruguayan players. Gallas took a look at the situation on the field and gently pushed the ball.

"clatter."

Arevalo, who was originally defended by Turan, stared at the ball eagerly, ready to step forward and get involved.

But Turan had no intention of dribbling the ball alone, instead he knocked the ball back and passed it to Gallas.

On the other side, Charles also ran back from the frontcourt. Gallas saw the opportunity and sent the ball directly to Charles' feet.

Arevalo turned the gun around and rushed towards Charles.

The Uruguayan defensive players who were just about to press forward were all alarmed and began to retreat in unison like two walls.

In their eyes, they saw Charles turn around and run with the ball like a gust of wind.

After a while, he rushed from the midfield and penetrated directly into their defense.

There were clearly six people around Charles, but Muslera just felt like there were leaks everywhere.

The trident formed by Ribery and Benzema not far away and Anelka far away, and Charles as the handle, always made him feel like he was naked all day.

Before he could see what was happening, Charles pushed the ball forward.

After receiving the ball, Benzema successfully made an offside move and accelerated into the Uruguay penalty area.

Muslera followed Benzema step by step, but when a striker wants to shoot, the goalkeeper is destined to not delay for much time.

Benzema kicked the ball over the bar.

"call out."

But Muslera, who was so close, felt that everything was in slow motion. This mysterious feeling always appeared when he was in excellent condition.

"boom--"

Muslera quickly got to the ground, and just as he reached the bottom, the ball hit his glove and bounced out.

But this time, the Uruguayan players failed to clear the ball in time.

Ribery stood outside the penalty area without adjusting, but instead lifted the ball into the small penalty area.

Charles, who was lying in ambush at the front point, jumped directly to compete for the header under the interference of Godin, but Muslera would not give Charles any chance.

At the moment when Charles headed the ball, Muslera also jumped high and stretched out his hand to dive for the ball headed up by Charles.

But Godin's presence not only disturbed Charles, but also disturbed him.

He didn't jump completely, and the ball was already headed up by Charles.

In a panic, Muslera flapped his hands in the air, like a drowning person struggling in the water.

But this time he didn't catch the ball. Instead, he slapped Charles' face and knocked him to the ground.

The ball eventually flew straight over the crossbar.

Charles rolled on the ground with his hands covering his face.

Benzema, Ribery and others immediately rushed to the referee.

Domenegue rushed straight from the bench and rushed towards the fourth official.

Guardiola and Wenger stood up at the same time in the family seats, but just after taking half a step, they realized that in this game, they were just spectators.

Guardiola returned to his seat indignantly.

Wenger also looked livid.

"Damn it, what is that Muslera doing? Is he treating people's faces like balls? I think he should go see an ophthalmologist."

Wenger said angrily.

Guardiola is not much better.

"And Domenegue, how could he use Charles like this? He is wasting a talent. He shouldn't put Charles in the midfield. Obviously, his offensive attributes have been fully developed this season..."

"If it were me, I would let Charles play as a center forward, or let him retreat as a front midfielder... No, no, there is no other Charles in the French team's midfield..."

Wenger glanced at Guardiola.

I really have to study his tactics wherever I go.

At this moment, Guardiola suddenly turned his head.

"Arsene, tell me, if you were the head coach of Charleroi, which position would you let him play?"

Hearing this, Wenger was no longer bored and immediately perked up.

"He can be in any position he wants, but compared to this, I have already asked people to go to Corsica to find a nutritionist and a chef."

“Perhaps, this is the most important thing, isn’t it?”

Guardiola sighed, "Perhaps this is the best option. Unlike me, I can't even change the chef. I will send you all the information about Charles' diet and so on."

"I also have some of my thoughts, which I will send to you for reference."

Wenger was somewhat moved.

"Thank you, Pep."

Guardiola continued: "It's nothing, Arsene, how is your money prepared?"

"Fia has already contacted the bank to prepare for a loan. The problem now is that we may not be able to pay you to be my assistant coach."

Wenger said with a smile.

Guardiola couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "Ha, I have no plans to be an assistant coach at Arsenal yet."

On the field.

Charles paused for a moment and stood up.

Benzema, who was originally surrounding the referee, also ran back.

"How's it going? Are you okay?"

"I am fine."

Charles shook his head, and after discussing with the linesman in the distance, the referee also gave his opinion.

"Muslera committed a foul and the referee awarded France a penalty."

"Originally his performance was still very good. Although Charles scored a goal before, he was not largely responsible for that goal."

"The main reason is that Ciel's performance is too outrageous."

"Now Muslera still wants to explain to the referee, but it is doomed to be fruitless."

"He was too eager just now, otherwise there would be no foul."

"Now, all of Uruguay's hopes rest on Muslera."

"If this goal goes in, Uruguay will be on the edge of the cliff."

"If it hadn't gone in, Uruguay would have had a chance to catch their breath."

"But judging by his past performances, he is very good at saving penalties, so maybe he can make up for it this time."

"Okay, Ciel steps up to the penalty spot."

(End of this chapter)