It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 255 Italy & Spain: We support France
Ciel's message of justice spread throughout the world, even beyond the scope of sports.

This game was originally exciting enough.

France 13:0 South Korea.

But Charles' post-match speech directly pushed this game to a higher level.

L'Equipe: "The meaning of sports competition: not just the sport itself."

“It is hard to tell when people first held sports competitions, but the spirit of sports will be passed down forever.”

"Higher, faster, stronger, surpassing ourselves and pursuing limits and breakthroughs..."

"These sports spirits have crossed the long river of time, the barriers of mountains and seas, and finally spread to the whole world with the core of truth, goodness and beauty that all mankind pursues together."

“Sports is the limit of running faster that all athletes in track and field competitions pursue;”

“Sports is a football match, a teamwork exercise in the ultimate transition between attack and defense, and a modern peaceful war;”

"Sports is the speed and passion that whizzes past your ears on the F1 racetrack..."

"Any competitive sport is a display of strength and beauty, and carries the noblest and most beautiful qualities of human beings."

“It is a self-challenge that you will never give up despite all the difficulties and obstacles;”

“It’s about never giving up and being willing to start over again in the face of failure.”

“But the spirit of sports was born here, but it is not limited to this.”

"We will never forget the Paralympic Games, when a disabled athlete fell on the field, his competitors stopped, and finally all the disabled athletes held hands and rushed to the finish line together;"

"It was during a football match. The opponent was suddenly injured, but the player he had been defending gave up the attack after receiving the pass from his teammate and signaled the team doctor to come on the field to check..."

“The list goes on.”

“The glory of sports competition is never the first place, never the championship, but the noble character displayed by the athletes in the process of pursuing the championship.”

"But unfortunately, even now, 114 years after the first modern Olympic Games, there are still a large number of people who misunderstand the nature of sport."

"Their behavior is the greatest insult to modern sports."

"Just like what Charles said yesterday after the game, when he limped in front of the reporters and showed everyone his wounds: 'Sports need fairness, sports need morality, and we must eliminate all injustice!'"

“Although we have never stepped onto the playing field, we must do our best not to let those who carry firewood for the public freeze to death in the snow, those who work for the public welfare must not be left to fight alone, and those who pave the way for the future must not be trapped in thorns.”

"Not just Italy, all countries and teams that respect sportsmanship and recognize sports ethics should all cheer for what Charles said at this moment."

The Sun: "Investigation of all the facts and truth about France vs. South Korea."

"…Based on our investigation, we are certain that the Korean player Lee Chung-yong was upset after the game and provoked the French player Gallas in the player tunnel."

"Confused, Gala looked at Li Qinglong in confusion, but Li Qinglong seemed to have found an excuse and called all the Korean players to beat up Gala."

"Because the French team captain Charles was still on the court communicating with the head coach Domenegue about the game situation, most of the French players also stayed on the court to thank the captain Charles and wait for him."

"No matter how strong and powerful Gala was, he was still defeated when surrounded by his opponents."

"After Charles and Domenegue had spoken, he walked into the tunnel and discovered the atrocity."

"Charles, who was trying to stop the fight, tried desperately to push away Gallas, Sagna and the South Korean players, but the South Korean players were unwilling to stop and instead started beating the French captain."

"After Domenegue and Xu Dingmao arrived, with the help of the staff, the players of the two teams were separated."

"According to the team doctor's examination, Gallas, Benzema, Ribery and other French players had multiple contusions and bruises on their bodies."

"Among them, Charles, who scored five goals in this game, and the most prominent Lori were the most seriously injured."

"More details are still pending on further examination results."

"As for the Korean players, in order to shirk their responsibilities, they all started to fabricate evidence, trying to fish in troubled waters and confuse right and wrong."

Gazzetta dello Sport: "The French team sets a new record."

"Scores in football games are usually in the single digits, and double-digit scores are extremely rare."

"The biggest score difference: 149:0."

"The two teams from the African island nation of Madagascar created a terrifying score of 149:0."

"The coach of Olimpico Emine argued with the referee at the time, which led to the players launching crazy attacks on their own goal out of anger, and finally scored 149 own goals."

"It's a non-football score and nothing to brag about."

"The biggest official score difference so far is Australia's 2002-31 win over American Samoa in the 0 Oceania World Cup qualifiers."

"At that time, American Samoa ranked last in the world, and the average age was only 19 years old, and the youngest was only 15 years old."

"This match was extremely unequal and not worth boasting about."

"The biggest score difference in a World Cup finals, before this game, was Hungary 10:1 El Salvador."

"In 1982, in the group stage of the World Cup in Spain, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10-1. Hungarian player Kis came on as a substitute in the second half and scored a hat trick in 6 minutes."

"Hungary was the strongest team in the world at the time and had won numerous championships; El Salvador was in chaos at the time."

"The result of this game is never surprising."

"But now, this record has been broken by the French team with a 13-0 victory over South Korea."

"As of now, the French team is ranked 9th in the world, and the Korean team is ranked 48th in the world. Although there is a gap between the two teams, the gap is not particularly huge."

"But in the end, the South Korean team was defeated by the French team by 13 points."

"In addition to Charles' selfless spirit of sacrifice for justice, we cannot help but believe that this is a confirmation of the saying: For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."

"As it is said, mankind must make good use of God's gifts. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

"But there is a group of people like this who are arrogant and ignorant, and they will eventually be punished by justice."

Turin Sports Daily: "All the Italian national team members called Turin Sports Daily after the game and asked to be interviewed."

"Cannavaro said that he always thought he was a very strong person, but he cried from time to time during this game."

"Italy has participated in 16 World Cups and has not missed any World Cup since 1962."

"He also said that Italy had won four championships, but even when they beat France in 2006 to win the World Cup, he was not more excited than he was at that moment." "He is the captain, but he will never forget that nightmare game in the summer of 2002."

"He could not forget the groan of Maldini who fell to the ground after being shot in the head;"

"He could not forget Zambrotta who lost his voice in pain after being kicked in the crotch;"

"He could not forget the sad look in Pierrot's eyes when he was elbowed;"

"He could not forget the tragic sight of Koko's head being broken and bleeding..."

"Italy was stronger that year than in 2006. If possible, they could have won the World Cup that year."

"No matter what, as the captain of Italy, he is very grateful for everything Charles has done."

"But as a person who has experienced this, seeing such a rare genius like him, he still has some words in his heart that he wants to say to Charles."

"That is, as a gift from God to football, Charles should cherish and protect himself. His value is not comparable to that of Koreans."

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

"He shouldn't have put himself in danger for a Korean. He did a great thing and all teams should be grateful for his efforts. However, compared to the South Korean team being slaughtered by a large score, we hope to see Charles safe and sound. We hope to see Charles continue to run happily on the green field and bring us one wonderful performance after another."

"Lippi also said that although they have been eliminated in this World Cup, they also want to do something for the righteous team that they have not been able to do themselves."

"After contacting the Italian Football Federation and the French Football Federation, Italy will send their team doctor and important logistical personnel such as chefs serving the national team to support France."

"They will arrive at the French national team's training base in South Africa soon to help the injured French players."

"There is a deep friendship between Italian football and French football."

"From now on, all French people who come to Italy to watch football matches will get 7% off on all tickets."

"The funds will be borne by the Italian Football Federation."

AS joined forces with other mainstream Spanish media including Marca, Mundo Deportivo and Diario Sport to publish a special issue.

"Hail to the heroes! My sincerest thanks to the brave French team."

"When it comes to the 2002 World Cup, everyone talks about Italy, but don't forget that Spain was also a victim."

"After the quarter-finals, Gandor took over Moreno's whistle and continued to escort the South Korean team."

"All the goals scored by South Korea are valid, and all the goals scored by Spain are invalid."

"After two consecutive goals were disallowed, Spain faced the heaviest pressure and made the Koreans scoreless."

"Finally, thanks to a penalty shootout, the Koreans advanced to the semi-finals."

"Italy's squad is not very strong in this World Cup, and Spain and Germany are in the lower half of the group."

"If the French team hadn't stopped it single-handedly, who else could have accomplished this task?"

"Everyone knows that when a crisis strikes, a hero will emerge."

"In 2002 it was Beckenbauer, in 2010 it was Charles."

“We don’t have to wait for heroes, we can be heroes.”

"The 20-year-old Charles stood up and became a hero. So, as old guys, shouldn't we have more courage and bravery to pay tribute to the hero and express our own position?"

The Great Cold Daily: "Cunning French, hateful British, damned Germans... Asiba!"

"The World Cup refereeing arrangements are extremely unreasonable."

"The German referee is as sinister and cunning as Beckenbauer..."

"The damned Charles, Domenegue and FIFA made a series of moves that were unfavorable to the Korean team... This is why Korea lost."

"If the South Korean team wears the red home jerseys this time, and can eat Korean kimchi in time, and appoints more scientific and reasonable referees, then this World Cup championship will definitely be South Korea, and it will not be blackmailed."

"Regarding the pre-match transfer of 'Charles is homesick and wants to transfer to FC Seoul', the transfer has been stopped."

"Any foreigner who interferes with or offends the Great Cold Nether Nation will be sanctioned."

"Even if you want to transfer to Seoul FC, the best team in the world, it will be impossible unless you get the understanding of all the people."

……

The entire French team returned to the training base after the interview.

The team doctor walked back and forth, going in and out of various places, pretending to be nervous.

An Italian plane filled with a variety of fresh Italian food, as well as logistics personnel to serve the entire national team, is on its way to South Africa.

The heat of this event shows no sign of dissipating, but instead is getting more and more intense.

Zidane publicly stated: "Everyone is paying attention to things other than the game, but 13:0 itself is a shocking record."

"As Cannavaro said, and as a French player, I definitely have the same thoughts as him."

"I don't want to talk about anything else because the players are still recovering from injuries and all these discussions will more or less become a burden for them."

"So I will talk about the wonderful goals in this game."

"Charles scored five great goals, but the one that impressed me most was the long shot from midfield."

"The goalkeeper made a mistake in his attack. Under the pressure of other Korean players, Charles stood in the midfield, 57 meters away from the goal, and without thinking, he scored in one fell swoop."

"It was the longest shot in World Cup history."

"The previous record belonged to Hahn of the Netherlands, who scored a 1978-meter shot in the 2 World Cup match in which the Netherlands beat Italy 1-40."

"I saw the qualities of Charles as a natural killer in this goal: calm, confident, and most importantly, powerful."

"I believe it won't be long before he surpasses me."

"The reason why I can comment on him now is because I started playing football earlier than him, not because I am necessarily better than him."

"If he had been born in my time, he would have been famous overseas today."

(End of this chapter)