It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 289 What blue are you talking about?

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai, you are now watching the sixth round of the 2010-11 Premier League, Manchester City vs. Chelsea at home."

"Last season, Manchester City beat Chelsea both home and away in the league. Before that, the two sides had played against each other 24 times in the league, and Manchester City only won twice."

“切尔西历史上在英超中13次做客曼城，10胜1平2负，是英超历史上唯一一支在曼城的主场取胜次数达到2位数的球队。”

"Manchester City have only won three of their last 10 league games against Chelsea, and in five of those games City didn't even score."

"In the first five rounds, Chelsea has defeated West Bromwich Albion, Wigan, West Ham United and Blackpool and currently occupies the top spot in the standings."

"But tonight, Chelsea will face their first serious rival, or obstacle, for the league title: Manchester City."

"Although Manchester City has only scored 5 goals in 6 games, they have conceded only 2 goals, second only to Chelsea in the Premier League."

"In the summer transfer window, Chelsea and Manchester City also spent a lot of money, spending more than 100 million euros on signings."

"So from this perspective, this game can also be said to be a battle of gold and silver."

"And for this match, both teams rotated their starting lineups in the recent League Cup."

"Ancelotti kept half of the starting line-up, including Charles, Malouda, Cole and Drogba, out of the game against Newcastle."

"The facts also prove that Ancelotti's ideas and arrangements are correct."

"Because in the League Cup, Chelsea injured three players in a row, Ancelotti used up all the substitutions and finally had to face Newcastle with 10 players."

"If Ancelotti chooses to start the main players, Chelsea is very likely to win the game in the end, but the injured players may become the main players."

"It's not worth the loss."

"In addition to Ancelotti, Manchester City coach Mancini also adopted this rotation tactic, and was eventually reversed by West Bromwich Albion away from home."

"The main forces of both sides have made full preparations for this strongest war between spear and shield."

"Here are the main lineups of both teams."

“曼城（4-5-1）：25-哈特/5-萨巴莱塔、28-科洛·图雷、4-孔帕尼、38-博亚塔/7-米尔纳、34-德容、18-巴里、42-亚亚·图雷、21-席尔瓦/32-特维斯。”

“切尔西首发（4-3-3）：1-切赫/2-伊万诺维奇、33-阿莱士、26-特里、3-阿什利·科尔/5-埃辛、12-米克尔、37-拉米雷斯/15-马卢达、11-德罗巴、7-夏尔。”

……

Manchester City dressing room.

Mancini tapped the whiteboard with the tactics board.

"I'll emphasize again, what we have to do this time is defensive counterattack. De Jong and Barry, the first line of defense you built in the midfield is very important."

"Kolo, Zabaleta, your main target besides Drogba is Charles."

"Once he's in the dangerous position we trained before, your attention should be on him."

Chloe scratched his head.

"Brother, can I really defend Ciel?"

Yaya Toure said nothing.

Because he didn't want to deceive his brother.

Balotelli turned around and looked at Kolo with clear eyes.

“I’ve been his opponent.”

Kolo immediately thought of last year's Champions League semi-final.

"Okay, Mario, how do you feel?"

Balotelli grinned, "The burgers were delicious that day."

Kolo looked at Yaya Toure with a question mark on his face.

Yaya Toure explained vaguely: "Nothing, just went to eat a burger after the game."

Chelsea dressing room.

The players were changing their equipment and chatting at the same time, and everyone was in a very relaxed state.

When Ancelotti walked into the locker room, he heard Cole ask: "If all the chickens in the world obeyed the command of one person, could this person dominate the world?"

Ancelotti listened with interest to the players discussing this issue which had nothing to do with the game.

Neymar adjusted his shin guards. "Unless the chickens are as big as elephants, they will be useless."

"No, think about it, if you control a chicken and get the world's secrets, it will be very useful."

Malouda was full of imagination and said, "There are so many chickens in the world, and we can probably steal a lot of secrets."

Cole felt that what Malouda said made sense, but it was not very realistic.

"Charles, what do you think?"

"I think it's unlikely because even if a chicken could sneak into an office, it's unlikely to bring anything out."

After listening for a while, Ancelotti walked to the whiteboard and said, "Well, how about we, the brave warriors who can control all the chickens in the world, not discuss this topic for now?"

"If I lose this game, you won't see me after the game."

Everyone in the locker room looked at each other.

"why?"

Ancelotti said with a smile, "Because after the game, I will be so angry that I will have to let my twin brother be the coach."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Cole asked boldly, "So, Boss, what if we piss off your twin brother too?"

"Then the coach will be resurrected," Drogba said with a smile.

After a while, I heard the staff urging the players to come out.

Ancelotti waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go out."

By the time Chelsea's players filed out, Manchester City's players had already lined up in the player tunnel.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Yaya Toure said seriously.

No one understood his terror better than his former teammate.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Ciel said with a smile.

Balotelli, who was not far away, also turned around and said, "Hey, Charles!"

"Long time no see, Mario."

Ciel also said with a smile.

Balotelli showed his two rows of white teeth.

He heard that the hamburger restaurant near Inter Milan was going to open a branch in England, and planned to go there with Charles to eat burgers after the game.

Silva, who was standing in front, couldn't help but look back.

Mancini always felt weird when he saw this scene.

Perhaps it is because Manchester City’s investment in signings this summer is similar to Charlton’s transfer fee.

As the players walked onto the field one by one, Ancelotti and Mancini, who were at the back, slowly walked to the exit of the player tunnel.

"You are really lucky."

Mancini said sourly.

Ancelotti laughed out loud, "What's wrong, is Balotelli not useful?" "Actually, if you like, I don't mind exchanging with you," Mancini said seriously.

Ancelotti couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. "That won't do. Otherwise, you will be the lucky one, right?"

Mancini didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Forget it, he should think about how to make Balotelli grow his brain.

Oh no, considering the recent news, he should think about how to make everyone on the team open their brains.

Just a few days ago, Tevez's brother Juan Alberto Martinez and brother-in-law Carlos Ávalos Veron were sentenced to 16 years in prison for robbing a money transport truck.

What’s more crucial is that although both of them had made all kinds of preparations and the armored car was robbed, in the end, all their efforts were in vain because they couldn’t open the door of the armored car.

Mancini had to wonder whether Manchester City had the potential to attract such a player.

I heard that the chefs in Barcelona are very good at researching various dietary supplement recipes, but I wonder if he can poach one of them.

It is said that Ruth is pretty good.

……

VIP box.

Manchester City investor Mansour looked at Guardiola with a smile.

Although Mancini is good, he doesn't have the taste of the Champions League, and he can't handle the Manchester City locker room.

"How's it going, Pep, we're in pretty good shape, aren't we?"

In addition to Mansour and Guardiola, this box also includes Begiristain, who just joined the company not long ago, and other management members with whom Guardiola had worked before at Barcelona.

"It's really good."

Guardiola said.

Begiristain picked up his glass with a smile, "Pep, how was the game you watched in Lille before? Wasn't Hazard great?"

"I remember when I first arrived, I saw Hazard on the scout report. I fell in love with him at first sight. They look alike, right?"

The captains of both teams on the field were tossing a coin.

Charles was still chatting with his teammates.

Guardiola retracted his gaze towards the field. "He is very good and has great potential. Give him some time and he should grow to a higher level."

"There are indeed many similarities in terms of style, but she is who she is. He will be the new Hazard, not Charr."

Begiristan sighed inwardly.

Soriano immediately changed his words, "We plan to bring him to Manchester City in the winter or summer window, Pep, what do you think..."

On the field, the referee kept looking at the watch, and finally, when the pointer turned to , he immediately blew the whistle to start the game.

Manchester City possession.

At the beginning of the game, both sides were in a testing state and played cautiously without any threatening balls.

In the eighth minute, Cech passed the ball to Terry.

Manchester City players have not noticed any danger for the time being, and the ball is still passing back and forth between Chelsea defenders.

Alex took a look at Chelsea's defense and finally chose to pass the ball to Ashley Cole.

After receiving the pass, Cole seemed to be moving the ball forward slowly and finally passed the ball to Mikel steadily.

Charles analyzed the situation on the field and kept adjusting his position.

Mikel, who was not far away, passed the ball back to Cole again, but what all Manchester City players did not expect was that Cole would directly lob the ball to Charles the next second after receiving the ball.

Milner started at the first moment, but his reaction speed was still half a beat slower than Charles.

Just when Charles received the ball and sprinted forward, he just managed to rush to a position slightly behind Charles.

Charles took a quick glance and, after estimating Milner's speed, he kicked the ball with his left foot.

"Snapped--"

The ball was knocked several meters away in an instant, and the one following behind Charles was like a fish seeing the bait on a hook.

At the same time, Charles was quietly slowing down. Just when Milner rushed to the edge of the ball in ecstasy, Charles pushed the ground with his left foot, tapped the ball with the inside of his right foot, and pushed the ball back lightly with the heel of his left foot.

The moment his left foot landed on the ground, Charles turned around.

Milner, who just thought he was speeding up, realized that he had fallen into Charles's carefully laid trap. However, at this moment, he could only brake and slow down.

Zabaleta and Kolo Toure hurried back, Milner had lost control of his body and had no way to interfere with Charles for the time being.

At the same time, Zabaleta immediately changed direction and rushed over.

Behind Charles, De Jong also cooperated with Sabale and stretched out his feet at the same time.

As the two got closer, Zabaleta stretched out his foot to clear the ball which was temporarily out of Charles' control.

Seeing that the space was getting smaller and smaller, Charles stepped over the ball with his left foot, avoiding Zabaleta's feet. At the same time, he used the inner instep of his right foot to push the upper part of the ball hard.

"call out."

At the moment his left foot landed, the ball was like a dove in the magician's hat, Charles. It obediently listened to the command of Charles' left foot and disappeared in front of Zabaleta and De Jong.

Kolo Toure was standing not far from the front point, and at this moment he was very panicked.

Milner, who was knocked down, has not gotten up yet;

Drogba and Malouda were not far from him, ready to shoot;
Charles once again stepped to the top of the penalty area.

"boom--"

Without any hesitation, after stepping into the top of the penalty area, Charles kicked the ball hard with his left foot.

Kolo Toure still wanted to defend, but the next second, the ball was wrapped in violent air and passed by him, and he subconsciously closed his eyes.

Milner, who was knocked down, finally stood up and rushed forward at the same time with De Jong and Zabaleta, but he was one step too late, every step was too late.

Hart fell to the ground and dived sideways, but the ball showed him no mercy and flew into the goal past his futilely outstretched hands.

Mansour, who was originally tempting Guardiola, almost dropped his jaw in shock.

It's not like he hasn't watched football matches before, but Charles' performance was still too shocking.

He doesn't know much about football, but he can see that if Manchester City is the flourishing garden that he spent more than 100 million euros to build, then Charles is the hummingbird that comes and goes freely in this garden.

"Oh, who did you just say looked like Ciel?"

Mansoor asked with a dry mouth.

Begiristain straightened his suit with a smile, "Hazard from Lille."

"Buy, buy, buy! I want to see him become our Ciel!"

Mansoor said excitedly.

"The ball goes in, Chelsea 1:0 Manchester City. Although both sides spent more than million euros in this summer window, in the end Chelsea's million euros is more valuable!"

"After the transfer window closed, some media reported on the top ten transfers, and I also saw some media write about the top ten rising stars born in the 1990s."

"But no matter who is in there, they can't stand side by side with Ciel."

"Charles is Charles, the most unique one. They are all excellent, but in the future, when they are successful and look back on their lives, they may find that the moment they were closest to Charles, the goal they have always pursued, was when the newspapers listed them alongside Charles in these reports."

"Mancini did not make any exaggerated promises before the game, which is enough to prove that he is a wise coach."

"Although he and Ancelotti are both Italians, although they both spent more than 1.2 million on signings in the summer window, and although the color of the jerseys is blue, Charles' million still makes Chelsea more dazzling!"

(End of this chapter)