It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 293: The First Sword of the European War, Killing the Maasai First (I)

9 month 29 day.

Didier Deschamps brought Marseille to Stamford Bridge.

Pre-match press conference.

Ancelotti warmly welcomed his former disciple.

The media reporters who were waiting in the hall kept taking pictures of the two people.

"Deschamps, this is your second time back at Stamford Bridge, do you have any special thoughts?"

He played for Chelsea in the 1999-2000 season.

Deschamps smiled and moved the microphone closer. "Chelsea is a great club. After all these years, I can still recall my time at Chelsea."

"I have been surprised since I joined Juventus. The culture of the two clubs is very different."

“Looking back now, it’s very different to the Stamford Bridge I remember, but the things I experienced are still there.”

Ancelotti looked at Deschamps with a smile.

But the media off the field did not want to see such a warm scene.

"Deschamps, after you joined Chelsea, Chelsea successfully won the FA Cup and made history by reaching the Champions League for the first time, eventually reaching the quarterfinals."

"In today's Champions League match, are you confident that you can break Chelsea's winning streak?"

Deschamps said with a smile: "The stadiums in England are always full and the audience at Stamford Bridge is also very hot. This will be a huge challenge for us."

"Stamford Bridge is now not only the best club in England, but also the best club in Europe. With the current squad, they can win the Champions League."

Deschamps did not give a direct response, but it is not so easy to avoid the microphone of the media, especially the English media.

"You returned to Stamford Bridge for the first time after the 2003-2004 season. In that season, you led Monaco to eliminate Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals. At Stamford Bridge, you led the team to a 2-2 draw. So do you think this is an advantage?"

Deschamps is still practicing Tai Chi. "There is always pressure returning to Stamford Bridge, a lot of pressure. Chelsea won the league title last season and they played very well."

In any case, although there is little possibility for the former teacher to be careless, considering that Marseille has been eliminated in the Champions League group stage every time in the past two years, and was defeated at home by Spartak Moscow in the first round of the Champions League, he has to lower his posture.

And now Chelsea's lineup is so strong that he decided that in addition to learning Manchester City's style of play, he should also learn from Mourinho.

Charles is basically unstoppable. If his players had that ability, they would have joined other top clubs long ago.

Then he did the opposite, restricting Chelsea's midfield, customizing a cage and confining them within a certain range.

But the problem is just like in that game, relying on the players' strong breakthrough ability, they can still break through their defense.

His only hope now is that the 30-year-old Malouda's condition declines and he cannot keep up with Charles' condition, so that Marseille's defense will not be torn apart so quickly.

The only regret is that Ancelotti did not choose Kakuta in the original left winger position, otherwise Chelsea's forward combination today would be an all-French combination.

But Neymar is also good. After all, many newcomers like to show off their skills and play freely, and often ignore the team.

Hopefully this kid from Brazil can be like the other young players.

The interview ended quickly.

The two coaches left the press conference hall one after another.

You can also see a lot of match day posters in the passage.

It looks very much like the most classic poster of the most classic World Cup match day, except that Charles in the middle of the picture is not wearing the captain's armband.

"Carlo, how did you suddenly think of letting him play as center forward?"

Deschamps asked with a smile.

Ancelotti raised his eyebrows, "It just suddenly occurred to me, what's wrong, do you have a new idea?"

Deschamps smiled but said nothing.

……

In the home locker room, Terry was still telling the story of how he and the Marseille coach used to be teammates.

"...his English was the same as the Shire's at first."

Cole couldn't help laughing. "I hadn't remembered it before you mentioned it. Now that you mentioned it, I feel a little strange. It turns out that you are already so old."

The whole locker room burst into laughter.

Terry's eyes widened. "I'm only 12 years old now. I'm years younger than him. Although we were teammates together and he played under the coach, it seems that the coach is older."

Ancelotti pushed the door open and said, "Who said I'm old?"

Neymar quickly pointed at Terry with both hands, and Cole on the side did not forget to push Terry out and said, "It's him, it's him, it's him."

Charles couldn't help laughing as he watched from the side.

His English has improved a lot, so of course he understood what everyone was saying just now.

Ancelotti pretended to be angry and walked up to Terry. "If you can win by glaring at me, I will admit that I am old."

After saying that, Fat An raised his eyebrows and looked at Terry.

Terry originally wanted to explain himself, but seeing Ancelotti's comic eyebrows, he couldn't help laughing, "I was wrong, coach, I'm just older...hahaha..."

Ancelotti also laughed, "Okay, okay, I'm old."

After chatting for a while, Ancelotti suddenly felt the phone in his pocket vibrating. He quietly opened the text message and saw the text message from Abramovich.

Fat An scratched his head helplessly, then replied with an exclamation mark.

If you look closely, you will find that there are many text messages like this.

After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, the entire Chelsea team left the locker room together and lined up in the player tunnel.

Although Marseille is a French team, there are few familiar faces of Charles in the team except Heinze, Mandanda and Gignac.

Quite a few Marseille players took the initiative to talk to Charles.

The players from both teams had not yet lined up, and while looking for positions, Charles quickly saw Mandanda.

The Marseille goalkeeper looked gloomy.

"I have to face you again. I really don't want to be an opponent of you."

“You can bring the backup goalkeeper in and it will make it easier for us.”

Charles said maliciously.

What else could Mandanda say? He could only raise his hands in surrender: "Deschamps will kill me if I do this. The national team match day will be here soon. How about you let Lori practice shooting with you? I said this last time, but I didn't expect Lori to divert the topic. You must agree to me this time."

Charles thought about it and finally decided to tease Mandanda.

"No, but I can let Lori practice shooting with you." "Why should I practice shooting... Forget it, I'd better sacrifice my life to accompany you."

Mandanda's face was full of bitterness.

Damn it, why did he agree to this in the first place?

……

"Station, stage, you are watching the second round of the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League group stage, Chelsea will face Marseille at home."

"The two teams have met twice in history. In the second group stage of the 1999-00 Champions League, Chelsea beat Marseille 1-0 at home, and Marseille returned home to beat Chelsea with the same score."

"The last time Chelsea faced a French team at home was in the 2008-09 Champions League, when Chelsea beat Bordeaux 4-0."

"The Blues also drew twice at home against French teams, including a 2004-05 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the 0-0 Champions League group stage."

"In the previous season, in the Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea drew 2-2 with Monaco at home and were eliminated with a total score of 3-5 in the two rounds."

"Marseille lost both of their first two visits to England. In the 2003-04 season, Marseille drew 1-1 with Liverpool in their third visit to England in the European Cup. The goal for Marseille was scored by the current Chelsea striker Drogba."

"This match was also the first time in six away games against Liverpool that a French team did not lose."

"Marseille then played four away games against English teams, winning one, drawing two and losing one."

“So all in all, Marseille’s record in the English game is not good.”

"Except for the failure in the EFL Cup where they did not send out their main players, Chelsea under Ancelotti has won all other battles and their offensive firepower is extremely fierce."

"Here are the lineups for both teams:"

“切尔西(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、18-日尔科夫/15-马卢达、7-夏尔、14-内马尔。”

“马赛(4-3-3)：30-曼丹达/19-海因策、21-迪亚瓦拉、12-卡波雷、17-姆比亚/6-E·西塞、8-卢乔·冈萨雷斯、7-谢鲁/11-雷米、9-布兰达奥、10-吉尼亚克。”

"Heinze can finally breathe a sigh of relief this time. He and Charles have faced each other many times before, but each time he defended with great difficulty and awkwardness."

"When he was in Real Madrid, Charles was in Barcelona. Of course, Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in the end, and Heinze failed to defend against Charles;"

"Then in the national team, in the first friendly match against Charles, Heinze's defense was once again shattered by Charles."

"I didn't expect that he would move to Marseille and Charles would move to Chelsea, and they would meet again in the Champions League. I can only say that it was fate."

"And the goalkeeper of Marseille is Charles' teammate in the national team. He should be very familiar with Charles' shooting habits. Perhaps this can be the key to Marseille's victory today."

"It is worth noting that today Charles played the role of center forward. I wonder what kind of performance Charles will bring us under Ancelotti's leadership."

As the time got closer, the referee looked at his watch frequently.

Finally, at 7:45, the whistle to start the game was blown on time.

Chelsea had the ball, and after Charles kicked off, he chose to pass the ball back to the backcourt for organization.

Everything seemed normal, but for some reason, Deschamps always felt under a lot of pressure, as if a terrifying sea monster was hidden under the calm surface.

He received a bragging email from Blanco after the last national match day.

He was almost crying because of his greed.

I really want to coat the blanco in flour and fry it in a pan.

Looking at Charles's positioning choices, I don't know when he will be able to coach him.

After he became the head coach of the national team, he let Charles play as an inside forward.

The center looks good, but it is a waste to let such a talent play a fulcrum role.

Then give him an inverted winger to feed him the ball...

Deschamps was lost in thought when his assistant suddenly woke him up, "Didier, look!"

Deschamps came to his senses and saw that the situation on the field had changed drastically.

On the field, Malouda failed to cut inside and passed the ball back to Mikel.

After receiving the ball, Mikel observed the situation again and finally passed the ball to Zhirkov.

The Marseille formation on the field was compressed to the extreme, including the forwards who appeared about 10 meters in front of the penalty area.

Chelsea players are trying to mobilize Marseille's defense through passing the ball again and again, and finally get the ball to Charles and others.

Marseille's players have been following Deschamps' requirements, and Charles was directly marked by five defensive players.

Zhirkov finally chose to pass the ball to Cole who was making a forward run.

Zhirkov took a look and passed the ball to Neymar. At the same time, most of the Marseille defensive players were attracted out. Charles also retreated, but still could not get rid of the dense players around him.

The moment Neymar received the ball, Heinze immediately came up to him. Neymar, who was a little nervous, finally chose to pass the ball back with his heel.

The ball was passed between Cole and Zhirkov again.

Two or three kicks later, Neymar unexpectedly received the ball and turned, seizing the gap in Marseille's defense and quickly passed the ball through.

"call out--"

Diawara and Carepo turned around quickly, but Charles, as the center forward, had no intention of confronting the Marseille bus head-on. Instead, he unexpectedly met the ball with the tip of his right foot.

The ball changed direction like a dragonfly skimming the water, slid between the gaps between nine defensive players, and finally found Malouda lurking in the penalty area.

"not good!"

Deschamps shouted anxiously outside the court, and Xie Rou fell to the ground and shot at the first opportunity, and finally he and Malouda collided with the ball at the same time.

In the end, the ball was successfully cleared by Xielu under the power of the two.

"Charles just stretched out his foot subconsciously, but he didn't expect that he would not only dribble past the defender, but Malouda was also halfway there. He was not fully prepared."

Cech stepped forward, there was no Marseille player in Chelsea's half, and the ball was stopped by Cech without a doubt and finally passed to Alex.

As Marseille's lineup stretched out again, Cole immediately dribbled across half court the moment he received the ball. Just as the Marseille players rushed over, Cole pushed the ball with the outside of his foot.

"Charles retreats to the midfield to organize the team... Essien receives the ball and makes a beautiful through pass. Essien starts to speed up and Charles makes a quick run forward. Mbia cannot keep up with Essien's speed... Essien makes a cross and Charles is in position!"

Mandanda knew that Marseille's defense was almost nothing in front of Charles, so he rushed out to attack. Charles' body tilted slightly, and then he knocked the ball to the left with the inside of his right foot.

Mandanda lowered his center of gravity, but Charles did not give him any face at all. In an instant, he exerted force with his left leg and kicked the ball.

The horse drinks water and crosses the autumn water, the water is cold and the wind is as sharp as a knife.

Mandanda hurried to the ground as soon as possible, but he felt nothing except the familiar leather ball wrapped in the sharp cold wind like a knife.

He quickly turned around and looked at the net. Apart from Diawara who was rushing towards the goal, the most eye-catching thing was still the ball bouncing around the goal.

(End of this chapter)