It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 335 Inertia and the Red Devil (I)

Everything is going in the right direction for Chelsea.

Time quickly came to April 4, and the Champions League quarter-finals finally ushered in the most anticipated red-blue derby.

Chelsea face Manchester United at home.

"Zhuangdianertai, Zhuangdianertai, you are now watching the first leg of the 2010-11 Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea vs. Manchester United at home."

"Although it is a life-and-death battle, Manchester United is not in good shape at the moment."

"Although Manchester United has made some signings in the winter window, the depth of their bench is still a concern."

"The most serious problem is the central defender position. Ferdinand has been absent for several months due to injury. Fortunately, he caught up with this Champions League game."

"Vidic has completed his suspension but is in mediocre form again."

"And midfielders like Fletcher and Rafael are also plagued by injuries, which means that Ferguson can only use a broken lineup now."

"Nani is still on the bench, while Rooney and Kante are leading the attack."

"On the other hand, although Chelsea did not sign many players in the winter window, all of them have played an important role now."

"David Luiz's arrival also makes Chelsea's defense more solid, but Luiz is not eligible for the Champions League, so Terry and Ivan continue to partner up."

"Alex, who returned from injury before the game, did not appear in the starting lineup."

“In midfield, Lampard returns from injury;”

"The forwards have always been a source of pride for Chelsea, with Charles, Drogba, Malouda and others all capable of being used."

"Here are the lineups for both teams:"

“切尔西(4-4-2)：1-切赫/3-阿科尔、26-特里、2-伊万诺维奇、17-博辛瓦/5-埃辛、8-兰帕德、18-日尔科夫、37-拉米雷斯/7-夏尔、9-托雷斯。”

“曼联(4-4-2)：1-范德萨/3-埃弗拉、5-费迪南德、15-维迪奇、21-拉斐尔/11-吉格斯、13-朴智星、16-卡里克、25-瓦伦西亚/10-鲁尼、14-埃尔南德斯。”

"In terms of form, Manchester United was almost defeated by West Ham United in the league last weekend. Fortunately, Rooney scored a hat trick in 14 minutes in the second half to help the team complete a 4:2 reversal;"

"Chelsea's performance has been very stable, while Charlton's form has been getting better and better as the season progresses. In other words, the two sides are evenly matched in this regard."

Ciel quietly changed his equipment in the locker room.

In front of him, two lines of light blue text were also quietly flashing their own light.

"Inertia: Every time you win 10 games in a row, your strength increases by 5%."

"Special status: Strength increased by 15%."

Charles quickly put on his socks, and the players in the locker room were still talking about the Champions League final.

It wasn't long before they quickly turned the topic to Charles.

"Charles, do you have the confidence to win the Big Ear Cup again?"

Big ear cup?

Looking at the familiar faces in the locker room, Charles smiled and said, "Of course."

……

In the players tunnel.

Carrick felt a little complicated for a moment.

"Would you like some chocolate?"

"what?"

"Chocolate with liquor filling, very delicious."

Ciel laughed out loud when he heard this, "Why, are you scared?"

"...Who would be afraid of a little brat? I just mean well."

"Really? I don't believe it."

Carrick's face flushed instantly.

"Believe it or not, just forget it if you don't want to eat it."

"Okay," Ciel said helplessly, "Then you can give it to me after the game."

"Then can you score one less goal on the field?"

"This is not allowed."

"Then don't eat it either."

Seeing the team start to move, Carrick hurried to catch up.

He was afraid that if he said anything more he would expose the fact that he didn't have any chocolate at all.

"Okay, the referee blew the whistle to start the game."

The game had just begun and both sides were very cautious.

Manchester United's two defensive generals are in mediocre condition. Coupled with their embarrassing performance against Chelsea in the previous league game, the Red Devils dare not waste time.

Six minutes passed quickly.

Carrick received a pass from behind and had just dribbled the ball through the midfield when Lampard in front of him suddenly slowed down.

He thought Lampard was trying to steal the ball, but in the next second he realized how wrong he was.

Just as he was about to avoid Lampard's attempt to steal the ball with the inside of his left foot, he suddenly noticed a dark blue color approaching quickly from behind in his peripheral vision.

Carrick was startled, but Charles, who had a plan in mind, did not hesitate at all because of his pause. The moment he got close, he immediately stretched out his foot.

He turned around quickly, trying to protect the ball, and Charles, who was just behind him, turned around at the same time.

Just as Carrick was about to receive the ball with his right foot, Charles hooked it with his left foot.

"Snapped."

Carrick quickly lowered his head and saw the ball disappear under his feet.

He quickly reached out and grabbed Charles's clothes. Seeing this, Charles quickly pushed the ball to the right with his left foot. The moment his left foot landed, he took over with the outside of his right foot and continued to push the ball to the right.

Carrick still held Charles' hand tightly, and then the two of them rushed towards the ball together.

After two or three steps, the two arrived in front of the ball almost at the same time, and Charles hit the ball with his right heel at lightning speed.

"Snapped--"

Carrick kicked in vain and turned around quickly. Charles took this opportunity to push him out.

After breaking free from his restraints, Charles rushed towards Manchester United's goal.

Lampard, who was originally staying behind, stopped the ball steadily, and then stayed there for a while.

Just as the Manchester United players were unconsciously moving towards him, Lampard suddenly kicked the ball.

Carrick looked at the ball flying towards him, turned around and rushed forward.

Manchester United's other defensive players quickly retreated, but Charles was faster than them.

Charles successfully made an offside move!
The football flew quickly over Vidic's head.

Vidic quickly jumped up and tried to clear the ball, but he couldn't reach the ball at all.

The ball fell. Charles and Van der Sar rushed towards the ball at the same time.

Charles didn't look into Van der Sar's eyes, but instead focused all his attention on the ball.

"Swish——" Charles volleyed the ball, which flew sharply straight towards the far post.

In an instant, the Stamford Bridge stadium, which was originally filled with various sounds, seemed to have pressed the pause button.

This half second seemed as long as a century, but it was not enough for Van der Sar to dive sideways and stop the ball.

"Charles dropped back into midfield and joined Lampard in defending Carrick...Charles stole the ball, Carrick made a mistake, and both men rushed for the ball at the same time...Charles reconnected with his own pass, passed it with his heel, and Lampard stopped the ball steadily."

"Carrick was helpless this time. In the previous confrontation, Charles' lower body was too stable, and Carrick had no way to deal with it. In addition, Lampard's assisting defense distracted his attention. The most important thing was that Charles' interception was too clean."

"Lampard passed the ball...oh - how to say it...Charles succeeded in getting offside, Van der Sar attacked, but Charles was one step faster and the ball flew directly into the far corner of the goal."

"The ball goes in! The referee blew the goal whistle and Chelsea once again leads Manchester United at home."

"At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea is still the eternal overlord here. Manchester United has not escaped from the nightmare when they faced Chelsea last time, and the shadow of the Blues Bridge has come to them again."

"Incredible goal, wonderful cooperation, amazing skills!"

"Looking back now, no one would have thought that a midfield interception would be the clarion call for Chelsea to launch an attack on Manchester United's goal."

"Any team should be very careful when facing Chelsea, especially when facing Charles, because you never know when Chelsea will start their attack."

Charles opened his arms and rushed to the sidelines with the wind.

The Blues fans in the stands all stretched out their hands towards him, and everyone was muttering something.

The wind brought their songs to Charles' ears.

Torres and the others followed Charles' example and opened their arms, some even hugged each other excitedly.

Ancelotti suddenly felt a little empty in his mouth, so he touched his pocket and sure enough, he felt a small bottle of mints.

He opened the bottle carelessly, but nothing came out.

Ancelotti: o_0?

The teaching assistant hurried over and handed over his cigarette box.

Ancelotti shook his head, "I don't smoke anymore."

"When?" The teaching assistant took back his cigarette box. "How come I didn't know?"

Ancelotti smiled without saying anything, turned around and walked towards the stands, "Hey, buddy, do you have any chewing gum?"

The fans widened their eyes in disbelief. Before he could take it out of his pocket, a box of mints was passed from one pair of hands to another and landed in front of Ancelotti.

Ancelotti was still happily eating mints, while on the other side, Ferguson's nose looked even redder.

Looking at the Chelsea players celebrating wildly, he just felt that the chewing gum in his mouth tasted like coriander.

Is it really true that they will not be able to escape Stamford Bridge today?
Ciel ended the celebration.

It's easy to get tired if you keep your hands raised for too long.

But the fans in the stands who were shouting Charles' name didn't seem to feel the slightest bit of tiredness, and wave after wave seemed to drown all the Manchester United fans.

When Charles and his teammates returned to the center circle, they saw Carrick's eyes were as wide as bells.

Carrick seemed to be condemning him for shamelessly tackling a midfielder.

Charles pretended not to see his gaze and turned his head to look at the scenery.

It's a pity that Smalling is not here.

It is estimated that no one will come to chat with him during this game.

Manchester United restarts.

After falling behind by one goal, the Red Devils always had a feeling that the game was going to repeat the previous script.

As a mature Red Devils, they have long learned to learn from their lessons and did not choose to be conservative, but to attack actively.

As the saying goes, offense is the best defense, but attacking all the time without scoring a goal is the best way to drain your morale.

Using the same 4-4-2 formation, Manchester United's Rooney and Hernandez were no match for Charles and Torres.

Plus, their defense is more or less not in good shape.

To this extent, they can be said to be balanced in offense and defense.

After the shot was saved by Cech, Manchester United took a corner kick from the left and was cleared again. Park Ji-sung took a long shot from outside the penalty area and the ball hit Charles and bounced out of the baseline.

Just one minute after the first attack, Chelsea launched a counterattack.

Seeing that the 1.2 million euro man ran to the midfield to intercept the ball, Torres, the 5000 million euro man, was naturally jealous.

This time, he decided to follow Charles's lead and head to the midfield to see if there was a suitable opportunity to steal the ball.

Seeing that Torres had gone to the midfield to search for treasures, Charles decided to stay in the frontcourt and observe carefully.

Park Ji-sung had just gotten rid of Chelsea's enthusiastic midfielder and was about to pass the ball to Carrick. Zhirkov looked at Torres who came over to steal the ball and immediately blocked Carrick's position.

Carrick wanted to receive the ball, but Park Ji-sung gave him too much lead, and he was stuck in position. By the time he got rid of Zhirkov, Torres steadily intercepted the ball.

In an instant, the players in Manchester United's penalty area were in panic.

Carrick even had a sense of déjà vu and chased after Torres madly.

After Torres intercepted the ball, he accelerated madly along the right side.

He's very fast.

No one could stop him.

Almost in an instant, he broke through into the penalty area.

Seeing this, Charles distanced himself from him interestingly to attract the defensive attention of other players.

Torres observed the movements of all the players, and just as Evra turned his head slightly to look at Charles, Torres kicked the ball.

"call out--"

Evra came to his senses, but the ball had already passed through the gap between him and Ferdinand.

Vidic rushed towards the goal, and at the same time, Charles also quickened his pace.

Although the defenders were a little panicked, Van der Sar was still strong and kept a cool head even at the most critical moment.

He fell to the ground the moment Torres shot.

"boom--"

Soon, he felt a familiar feeling coming from his glove, and saw the ball hit his glove.

Charles, who was already accelerating towards Manchester United's small penalty area, wanted to rush to the first point to prepare for a supplementary shot and expand the score, but Evra, who had come to his senses, took the lead and cleared the ball with one kick.

Watching the ball roll out of the baseline, Evra finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A sigh soon came to his ear.

I turned around and saw that it was Charles.

As Charles' back gradually disappeared, a cold wind blew.

He suddenly realized that he was sweating coldly.

"Chelsea's attack was exactly the same as the last goal in the first half, but it was completely different in the second half."

"Manchester United escaped death, but similar attacks may happen countless times in the remaining game time."

"If Manchester United doesn't cheer up, maybe next time, the ball will follow the previous trajectory and appear in Manchester United's goal!"

(End of this chapter)