It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 31 Rhapsody in Blue

The next day, many media reported on this game.

L'Equipe: "For the Argentine players who experienced this battle between France and Argentina, they felt as if they had two enemies, one was the French team and the other was Charles."

"It was a subtle feeling. The French team played very well, like a well-coordinated symphony orchestra."

“But in the midst of it all, everyone can clearly hear a solo, and that is Shire, who stands out from the crowd.”

"When Charles is on the court, he is present in all offensive and defensive actions."

"At this moment, everyone completely understood why Henry unreservedly nominated Charles as the best player in the world."

Kicker: "For every minute Charles is on the pitch, the Argentine players will have a headache for 60 seconds."

"He is everywhere. Everyone has to keep an eye on him, even if he is far away from the ball. No one can stop Charles. We can only try to limit him."

"It was a tragedy to play one-on-one with Charles. For example, the time when Demichelis tried to intercept Charles was horrible."

"Char is like a wisp of smoke, floating by easily."

"Double-teaming Ciel will only play into his hands."

"Wenger pointed out in his live commentary: 'The more defenders you have, the happier Charles is because he has more options.'"

'Either he breaks through or he passes it to a teammate who has a lot of space. '"

"Football 360": "Under the deep blue sky of the Shire, Argentina's blue and white also lost its vitality."

“Should we help defend Ciel? All the defenders were hesitating, and Ciel took full advantage of this fleeting hesitation.”

"Look at Argentina's second goal. Even if Charles didn't break through himself, he was able to pass the ball to his teammates who were ready to shoot."

"At this moment, defending against the deep blue Charles has become an unsolvable conjecture."

"How to defend against Charles?"

"Charles on the field won't tell you, and Domenegue on the sidelines just smiles knowingly."

Mundo Deportivo: "On that night in Marseille, the goalkeeper of the light blue Argentina fell to the ground, as if surrendering."

"In front of him, the young Charles was unstoppable. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of French people, he took over the scepter of the king of football from Domenegue, who was directing on the sidelines."

Daily Mail: "It was hard for anyone who watched France vs Argentina last night not to associate Barcelona's No. 17 with Napoleon."

"They both came from Corsica, but they conquered different peoples in their own ways."

“We only saw dark blue.”

“Domenegue and Charles are a match made in heaven.”

"Domenegue gave Charles full freedom, even the opportunity to choose his own attack."

"Charles disappeared several times during the game, but once he was out, it was as if he was walking on water."

Benedikt Evening News: "The rise of a superstar is naturally dazzling, but behind the brilliance there are twists and turns and hard work."

"Fate gave Charles an unparalleled talent for football and a love for football, but it also brought him more than ten years of hardships and torture before he awakened."

"But on the other hand, if it weren't for the hardships and torture, Charles would probably have taken a similar path as other French teenagers."

"Although Vieira and Henry were high-spirited on one path, it is obvious that Charles, who took a more thrilling path, achieved more brilliant results."

"And this is inseparable from Benedikt and an unknown name in the Benedikt Club..."

The next day after dinner, Charles, Henry and others flew back to Barcelona.

After receiving a physical examination from the team doctor and returning to the team, Charles always felt that the atmosphere within the team was weird.

After escaping morning training as usual, Charles finally found out the reason while eating in the restaurant at noon. It turned out that when Charles and others went to participate in a friendly match, Eto'o was interviewed by a French media.

In addition to revealing in the interview that he had gone to Paris Saint-Germain for a trial when he was a child.

But he was unable to take the test due to lack of necessary legal documents.

"If I had passed the test, I might be a French international now..."

That's nothing.

The point is that he said in an interview, "I don't like players who kiss their jerseys after scoring a goal."

He also expressed the hope that Barcelona could offer him a contract with an annual salary of 1000 million euros after tax.

A player's salary is not just a wage, it is also a symbol of the player's status in the club.

……

Time passed quickly and soon it was February 14th.

On the bus to the away game, Guardiola began to give a speech.

"During the international break this week we were down to half the players at the training ground.

“I know everyone is tired, but I’m not planning on doing a large-scale rotation.”

"Betis is ranked 14th now, but they have found their 'Charles' in the winter transfer window."

"... We can't give ourselves any excuses, whether we have enough rest time or not."

"In this game, everyone must go all out and cheer up. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

……

"Station, stage, you are watching the 2008rd round of the 09- La Liga season, Real Betis vs. Barcelona."

“两队联赛历史上共交锋91次，巴萨53胜18平20负，客场18胜11平16负。”

"Barcelona have only achieved one draw and one loss in their last two visits to Betis."

"In the last round of the league, Betis got the return of former Brazilian player Oliveira and immediately won the derby 2-1 against Sevilla."

"Many players in Betis' midfield and backcourt are suspended, including Nelson, Arzu and Damia."

"Plus Juanito and Vega are injured too."

"In contrast, only Barcelona captain Puyol is still recovering from injury."

"Another central defender, Marquez, will miss the game because he is returning to Mexico to participate in a friendly match with the United States."

"Therefore, Pique and Cáceres will become Barcelona's central defensive partnership. This combination is fast enough to deal with the Betis front line of Oliveira and Garcia."

"Charles, Henry and Messi, the three superstars, were all arranged to rest on the sidelines."

"Except Charles, all of Barcelona's six major signings this season got a chance to start in this game."

"Here are the lineups for both teams:"

“贝蒂斯出场阵容(4-3-2-1)：1-里卡多；6-伊利奇，2-梅利，4-华尼托，3-维加；27-胡安德，20-埃玛纳，21-奥雷里奥；9-塞尔吉奥.加西亚，11-马克.冈萨雷斯；17-奥利维拉。”

“巴塞罗那出场阵容(4-3-3)：1-巴尔德斯；20-阿尔维斯，2-卡塞雷斯，3-皮克，22-阿比达尔；6-哈维，28-布斯克茨，15-凯塔；8-伊涅斯塔，21-赫莱布，9-埃托奥。”

(End of this chapter)