It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 341: Blues and Miners (Part )
Although the Miners made it to the semi-finals, the gap in strength between the two sides was still too great.

Inter Milan did perform very well last season, but their head coach has left this season.

Coupled with the continuous decline of Serie A and the influence of the overall environment, Inter Milan's strength is naturally not as good as before.

But Chelsea is different.

It’s the same blue, but underneath Chelsea’s blue is oil.

The game starts soon.

Miners have the ball.

Right at the start of the game, Schalke wanted to give Chelsea a little shock.

After the kick-off, Raul passed the ball back to the defense line as usual, but after just a few passes, Schalke's midfielder passed the ball directly to Baumjohann before Charles came up to press.

Baumjohann took a long shot directly from outside the penalty area, and the ball passed through the gap between Terry and Ivanovic. Just as all Schalke fans were waiting for the good news that the ball would go into the net, Cech held the ball tightly in his arms.

"In the second leg of the quarter-finals, when Schalke played against Inter Milan at home, the Schalke club's team logo accidentally fell, but in the end Schalke still failed to let Inter Milan complete the reversal."

"After this incident, almost all Schalke fans believed that the falling of the team logo was not a curse or a bad omen, but a symbol of good luck."

"It doesn't mean that Schalke has finally fallen, but it means that Schalke's dream of qualifying for the Champions League has come true."

"So before the game started, Schalke 04 took down the team logo from the door of the club. They hope that the good luck from last time can come to them again."

"From the beginning, Schalke gave Chelsea a warning. Maybe the final result will be what they want."

Cech doesn't know whether the result will be what they want.

All he knew was that all he needed to do now was pass the ball.

Cech finally passed the ball to Terry, and Schalke players quickly followed up. It was as if Chelsea's defensive players had greased their feet, and in a short while, they successfully transferred the ball to Cole's feet.

At this time, Charles retreated to the midfield again, and only Torres was left in the frontcourt.

As Cole passed the ball horizontally, Essien immediately turned his back to the goal and stopped the ball steadily with the inside of his right foot.

Baumjohann turned around immediately, and Essien immediately opened his arms, trying to block the eager Baumjohann behind him.

Essien has Zhang Liangji and Baumjohann has ladders.

I saw him move sideways immediately, trying to go around from the side.

At this time, Charles also moved.

Seeing this, Essien quickly kicked the ball forward with his right foot. Charles immediately bent his knees and touched the ball with his left knee.

Papadopoulos, who had just been following Charles not far away, quickly caught up, but his movement did not interfere with Charles' next plan.

Baumjohann, who had just come around Essien and stretched out his foot to steal the ball a second ago, quickly lowered his head. Before he could see clearly, Charles had already run through the gap between him and Essien.

When he turned around, Charles was already half a body length ahead of him.

Baumjohann hurriedly chased after him, while Uchida Atsuto, who was not far ahead, was also very panicked.

Seeing that his teammates were unable to intercept Charles, Uchida Atsuto immediately stepped forward.

As Charles got closer, Uchida Atsuto didn't dare to think any more, but focused all his attention on the details of Charles' movements.

When the two were only half a meter apart, Charles' right foot was seen next to his left foot, instead of diagonally in front of it.

At the same time, his center of gravity changed. He stopped abruptly, and his left foot seemed to want to dribble inside.

Atsuto Uchida immediately knelt on the ground with his left knee, and his whole body formed a K shape, trying to block Charles out.

At the same time, Baumjohann, who had been chasing closely behind Charles, took advantage of the time to slow down and closed the gap between them.

At the moment when Atsuto Uchida blocked the ball, Baumjohann realized that this was a perfect opportunity and immediately stretched his foot to steal the ball from behind.

They are very fast.

But Ciel is faster!

In a flash, a fried meatball under Charles' feet, so fast that only an afterimage was left, directly avoided Baumjohann who was trying to grab it.

After completing the last move of the fried meatball, Atsuto Uchida looked at the ball that did not appear in the direction he blocked, and immediately realized that he had judged the wrong direction.

He quickly stood up and saw Charles appear in front of him like a rabbit.

Matip and Metzelder retreated while watching Charles's movements.

Charles glanced at Neuer's position, then observed Schalke's defensive players, and immediately made up his mind to cut inside.

In the blink of an eye, Matip, who had just been intercepting Charles, was left behind by Charles.

Metzelder and Papadopoulos almost merged into one, standing in front of Charles.

The evening breeze blows gently in Gelsenkirchen.

Charles came to the top of the penalty area.

"Snapped--"

Neuer reacted immediately.

The 25-year-old goalkeeper has amazing reaction speed.

Charles's shot was blocked by Neuer and went out of the baseline.

"Chelsea's counterattack, the goalkeepers on both sides played very well today, and Neuer even blocked Charles' shot."

"Neuer's contract with Schalke will end this season. It is said that he has been spotted by Bayern. It is very likely that he will not renew his contract with Schalke and will join Bayern after the end of the season."

"Top goalkeepers are always scarce. If Neuer ends up joining Schalke's arch-rival Bayern, the relationship between the two sides will become even worse."

"Let's get back to the point. Just now, when Charles was dribbling and shooting, many players did try to intercept him, but all of them failed."

"As the saying goes, when the goalkeeper starts facing the opponent's shots alone, it means there is a loophole in the defense."

"Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida blocked the ball the moment Charles came over. This blocking action often happens to goalkeepers because it is very efficient."

"But as a defensive move, the most important thing is not whether the posture is standard, but to be able to accurately judge whether the opponent's action is real or fake. If you are fooled by a fake move, you basically have no chance."

"Just like pulling the trigger of a gun, Uchida Atsuto made a mistake in judging whether Ciel actually fired the gun."

"It is still too difficult for a defender who is defending Charles alone to determine his ultimate goal."

"Once Charles got past Atsuto Uchida, it was very easy for them to face Schalke's defense."

"It's just that Neuer's reaction speed is too fast. If it were an ordinary goalkeeper, he might not be able to block the ball."

Charles glanced at Neuer.

Torres also came over, "How does it feel? Is his reaction very fast?"

"It was really fast," Charles nodded.

Facing excellent players, Charles will not deny it.

He also found that Neuer's position was relatively forward compared to the goalkeepers he had faced before.

Thinking of this, Charles quickly covered his mouth and said, "I think I can try a long shot today if he is still standing relatively forward."

Torres nodded, "Okay, how do we take the corner kick later?"

"Just drive normally, his reaction is really too fast." "How can it not be fast, with the reaction speed of an 18-year-old," Ramirez said with a smile.

"What do you mean 18?"

Ciel was a little confused, "Isn't he already 25 years old?"

"No one is always 18," Ramirez continued, "but his girlfriend is always 18."

Charles walked to the corner area with the ball.

With the referee's whistle, Charles kicked the ball above his head, and the ball quickly rose into the air and found Torres at the top of the penalty area.

As soon as the Schalke players caught up, Torres made a lob pass, the ball passed over the densely packed Chelsea and Schalke players in the penalty area, and accurately found Essien standing in the small penalty area.

Essien jumped up the moment the ball came and headed the ball into the goal.

"boom--"

"Snapped!"

"It was Neuer again who saved Chelsea's shot and kept Schalke's hope alive."

"Essien's header was perfect, but Neuer was faster and held the ball firmly in his arms."

"Now Neuer has resolved Chelsea's two sure goals. It seems that today's situation will be somewhat unfavorable for Chelsea."

A good goalkeeper is worth half a team.

The lively Neuer did make many of Chelsea's shots evaporate for a while.

Two minutes later, Chelsea midfielder intercepted the ball and Lampard passed it to Cole.

After Cole received the ball, Ramirez quickly moved forward.

Ramirez's movements today seemed very conservative.

Because he already has two yellow cards, if he gets another one, he will be suspended.

Just as Ramirez was about to approach the penalty area, Cole made a diagonal pass and accurately found Ramirez.

Charles then ran to a position not far between Matip and Metzelder, and Torres made a similar choice.

Atsuto Uchida once again faced a huge challenge.

If Charles comes, he can pass through me. If you come, you can pass through me too. So what's the point of me standing here?

He carefully observed Ramirez's movements, then immediately made his own defensive moves.

"Snapped!"

Ramirez didn't have the time to analyze his inner thoughts. He moved sideways and stepped right past Atsuto Uchida.

Baumjohann didn't have time to say anything and hurried after him, but Ramirez was repeating Charles's actions as if they were a replica, and Baumjohann got through them just as easily.

"Stop him!"

The Schalke 04 coach shouted anxiously on the sidelines.

The other Schalke players all made their choices at the first moment. Seeing that the shooting space was getting smaller and smaller, Ramirez then kicked the ball above the goal.

"call out--"

Charles and Torres rushed towards the goal from different directions, ready to take a follow-up shot at any time.

The ball flew across the night sky and quickly arrived in front of the goal. Neuer's reaction speed was still very fast. The moment he landed on the ground, the ball hit his glove.

Charles followed up with a shot and kicked the ball above the target.

Neuer didn't have time to make a second save as the ball went over his arm.

Just when all Schalke 04 players were desperate, the linesman immediately raised the flag, like a spring of fresh air that brought them back to life.

"Ramirez dribbled past Atsuto Uchida in the penalty area and his powerful shot was saved by Neuer who fell to the ground."

"Chelsea's attack from the left side is indeed very strong. Both Charles and Ramires can threaten Neuer's goal, and these balls are difficult for Schalke's defenders to deal with."

"Charles was ready to make up the goal but he was already offside at the time. From the replay, the offside position was his right knee."

"Chelsea's goal is invalid and the two sides are still tied at 0:0."

Ciel shook his head.

The offside rules are a bit complicated to explain, but to put it simply, an offensive player is offside once he crosses the offside line.

Moreover, the details of the offside rules are different in different periods.

The current offside rules are still that as long as a toe or a finger is offside, it is offside.

Referred to as the "body hair level offside rule".

So many goals that seem not to have been disallowed are created in this way.

Gradually, some people realized that such nitpicking and strictness destroyed the beauty of the game.

The offside rule that is now being implemented is the "Wenger offside law".

As long as the offensive player receiving the ball has a body part that can score on the same level as the last defensive player on the opposing team, he is not offside.

If we follow the current rules, the ball just now would be considered a goal.

It’s a pity that the sword of the later dynasty cannot kill the officials of this dynasty.

Schalke fans rejoiced.

The Chelsea fans who came with the team curled their lips in disdain.

The game is not over yet. Although the scores of both sides are exactly the same, everyone believes that after the whistle blows, the only winner on the scoreboard will be Chelsea.

When a person fights with a cat, as long as the cat is still alive, it wins, but as long as the person is injured, he loses.

Regardless of whether the cat ended up with a broken tail or the person was just scratched by the cat, everyone would think this way.

Now that Chelsea has not scored any goals, all Schalke fans are so happy, isn't it because they also think that Chelsea is a human being and they are a cat?
Ancelotti didn't take what happened just now to heart.

Charles' goal would come soon.

Instead, the teaching assistant felt a little uneasy.

Ancelotti raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong? Why are you so nervous?"

"I'm wondering what to eat later," the teaching assistant said in a distressed tone, "Sauerkraut pork elbow or sausage?"

Hearing this, Ancelotti was also in distress.

On the court, the game continues.

There is no such thing as a child being beaten every day, or a football team being surrounded and beaten without being able to fight back.

Soon, Schalke finally had a meal of dumplings.

Football is a developing sport. The big rules remain unchanged, but the small details may change.

Just like some technical moves, they were allowed before 2002, but became fouls after that.

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(End of this chapter)