It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 342: Blues and Miners (Part )
"Edu back-heeled the ball to Farfan in the penalty area... The Peruvian star got rid of Bosingwa and shot low, but unfortunately, it was just a little bit short and the ball went past the goal."

The game continues.

In the following minutes, the tempo of the game slowed down as Chelsea took their time controlling the ball.

At the beginning, Schalke players were still a little uncomfortable with the adaptation.

But just when they were almost getting used to the pace of the game, Chelsea suddenly sped up.

Just as Schalke took a corner kick, Cole used his speed advantage to directly surpass Schalke's entire defense line.

Schalke players reacted immediately, but the ball had already been hijacked by Cole.

Cole looked at the Chelsea players near the small penalty area, then kicked the ball above them.

Charles and Torres both rushed forward, but the one who was closest to the water got the moon first. Metzelder, who was standing between Charles and Cole, subconsciously stretched out his foot. The next second, the ball hit his calf and bounced towards the small penalty area.

Torres quickly changed direction and prepared to make a follow-up shot, but Neuer took the lead and held the ball steadily in his arms.

Rangnick was a little anxious and paced back and forth on the sidelines.

He raised his head again, looked at the time and the score, and finally sighed and returned to his chair on the bench.

He knew it would be difficult before the game, but he felt he could handle it easily since he didn't have much psychological baggage.

But it is really too difficult to wait for this day to come.

This is not on the same level of difficulty as against Inter Milan.

Two minutes later, Chelsea's attack once again threatened Schalke's goal.

Atsuto Uchida subconsciously felt flustered when he saw Charles appearing in front of him again. Matip, Metzelder and others all focused their eyes and attention on Charles.

Charles seemed to understand the worries in Atsuto Uchida's heart, and then he kicked the ball with his right foot and passed it back to Ramirez.

Ramirez didn't make any adjustments and lobbed the ball over the top the moment he received it.

Almost at the moment he passed the ball, Torres started simultaneously and sprinted forward. Salpe turned around and chased back, and saw Torres kick the ball.

"call out--"

Torres shot into the far corner, but Neuer's reaction was too quick. Just as the ball was about to cross the goal line, Neuer's foot just blocked the ball.

It seemed like they had made an agreement, and then both sides seemed to be conducting an attack and defense drill.

Chelsea attack, Schalke defend.

Torres got rid of Metzelder on the edge of the penalty area and shot with his left foot. The ball hit the side net and Chelsea had another chance to shoot one minute later.

After Charles intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, facing Schalke's defense, he did not choose to dribble past the opponent, but passed the ball to Torres at the edge of the penalty area.

The moment Charles passed the ball, Metzelder immediately changed his target and focused his attention on Torres.

After Torres changed the rhythm and broke through Metzelder, he looked at Neuer who was eager to try, and finally chose to pass the ball to Charr.

But before Charles could receive the pass, Matip, who had been prepared on the side, kicked the ball first and successfully kicked it out of bounds.

"Schalke is now putting all its focus on defense. Just like what I said at the beginning, Neuer can make it extremely difficult for Charles and Torres to score goals."

"From now on, Schalke has no chance to counterattack, so what Chelsea needs to consider now is whether they can break Schalke's goal later."

Time passed by minute by minute, Chelsea's attack was like a tide, and Schalke's defense was like the strongest dam.

But Charles believed that no matter how strong the dam was, it would be broken by the repeated attacks.

In the 25th minute, Cole made a lob pass, Torres received the ball and broke into the penalty area, leaning on Matip and shooting from a small angle. This time Neuer had no chance to play because the ball hit the post directly.

Not long after Schalke's goal kick was kicked out, it was successfully intercepted by Charles, but in the subsequent shot, it was also easily resolved by Neuer because the angle was too small.

Chelsea corner.

Charles walked to the corner area with the ball, stretched out his palm and made a two.

Torres, Ivanovic and others understood and began to stand according to the positions they had rehearsed.

There was a crowding situation in Schalke's penalty area. With the referee's whistle, the restlessness was not resolved, but became more obvious.

Charles kicked the ball above his head, and the ball drew an arc in the air, accurately passing over many Schalke players and finding Ivanovic.

As the ball was falling, Ivanovic kicked it and Jurado quickly turned around, but the ball had already moved again.

Baumjohann was about to cooperate with Atsuto Uchida to block Lampard, but how could there not be such a situation in Chelsea's drills?

In this small area, besides Lampard, there were two other Chelsea players.

3 against 2!

Atsuto Uchida and Baumjohann had no way to defend Chelsea's three players at the same time. Lampard jumped high and headed the ball. Metzelder and Matip rushed towards the goal at the same time, but it was too late.

At this time, Neuer, who was standing on the goal line, stood up again and lifted the ball out with one hand.

Charles has returned to the field.

Today's Neuer seems to be the embodiment of the Wall of Sighs.

Then he has to work hard too.

In the 33rd minute, Charles retreated to receive the ball and then ran all the way down the middle with it.

Seeing that Charles had no intention of attacking from the wing and gave up torturing Atsuto Uchida, Matip could only cooperate with Metzelder to prepare for defense.

Before he could get close, Charles was extremely agile on his feet and left Matip behind with a flick of the ball.

Papadopoulos, who had been chasing after Charles, almost caught up with Charles, but it was still a long way off.

The isolated and helpless Metzelder had no choice but to look at the goal not far behind him and Charles who was about to step into the small penalty area. Finally, he reached out and grabbed Charles' shoulders tightly.

Charles tried to shake off, but Metzer's hands were like pliers, holding Charles' shoulders tightly.

At this time, Sarpe and others rushed over. Charles wanted to change his center of gravity and pass the ball, but he didn't expect that his center of gravity was unstable and he fell directly to the ground.

The referee quickly came over and took out a yellow sapphire war card for Metzelder.

Metzelder didn't say anything, but accepted the penalty honestly.

Chelsea's free kick was once again saved by Neuer.

The score between the two sides remained 0:0.

There has been no progress between the two sides since then.

It was not until the 35th minute that Essien's pass was intercepted by a Schalke player.

After Matip successfully intercepted the ball, he immediately passed the ball back to Metzelder.

But just like how he stole the ball from Essien, Schar stole the ball from Metzelder in almost the same way.

Instantly, the entire Schalke half fell into an inexplicable panic, and the fans in the stands kept shouting, cheering for their home team. All kinds of sounds became meaningless background noise in Charles' ears, and the whole world seemed to slow down.

Neuer is back on the goal line.

Charles glanced at Neuer's movements seemingly nonchalantly.

Then he shot the ball with his left foot.

Like a sharp sword breaking through the air, the barrier between Charles and the world that had just surrounded him was pierced at this moment.

The entire Veltins Arena became noisy and lively.

The ball flew to the upper left corner.

Neuer flew to the side, but this time, he failed to successfully block Chelsea's goal.

"Ciel!"

"It's Charles again. He scored again and broke his own Champions League goal record. Maybe it won't be long before he surpasses Raul's total number of goals."

"Chelsea 1:0 Schalke. Both teams put on a wonderful show for us in the first minutes. At this moment, it was Schalke that made the dream come true for the Chelsea fans who came from afar."

"He intercepted the ball again and again, and it was a thrilling goal full of twists and turns."

"Chelsea finally broke through Schalke's goal after many shots."

"It was said before that Neuer's presence would make it very difficult for Charles and Torres to score, but Charles finally put the ball into the goal."

"If Raul injected championship genes into Schalke, then at Chelsea, Charles is another Raul."

"He's been to two Champions League finals, won two, and now he's helped Chelsea break the deadlock again."

"Schalke is now behind at home and Chelsea have scored a valuable away goal. According to the current situation, Schalke's hope of advancing is even slimmer."

"In a duel like this, perhaps Charles will be the one who has the final say."

After falling behind by one goal, Schalke players finally lost their patience and became a little impatient.

Rangnick sat in his chair on the bench and didn't move at all.

His heart is as dead as water, and he can't even lift a finger.

If Chelsea didn’t score, he could still dream of scoring an away goal in the second leg and reaching the semi-finals.

But now, Chelsea scored.

All his plans seemed insignificant in the face of Chelsea's absolute strength, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

After the crazy celebration, Chelsea players finally returned to the center circle and waited for the kick-off.

Raul put his hands on his hips, looking at Charles who was full of confidence in front of him, helpless, and finally passed the ball back to the midfield.

But not long after, the ball was once again transferred to Chelsea.

In the 37th minute, Cole shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar, Essien and Baumjohann rushed towards the landing point of the ball at the same time, and in the scramble between the two sides, the ball finally turned into an anti-aircraft cannon.

Lampard made a cross from the flank, and Papadopoulos headed the ball out of the baseline before Essien. Not long after, Charles gave Lampard a one-on-one opportunity, but the genie's shot was still blocked by Neuer.

As the extra time ended, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea took the complete initiative, and Schalke relied on Neuer's heroic performance to maintain the score of 0-1.

If a goalkeeper was changed, the score might not be this.

The half-time break was uneventful and the 15 minutes passed quickly.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the 46th minute, Lampard made a free kick from the left, and Zhirkov's header was saved by Neuer. One minute later, Charles and Essien played a 1-on-2 match on the wing, and Schalke's defense could not stop them at all.

After receiving the ball again, Essien made a slight adjustment and immediately passed the ball. In an instant, Schalke's entire defense line disappeared.

Lampard dribbled past the defender near the far post and shot hard, but he was too focused on the angle and the ball slipped past the goal.

There was no time to sigh for the wasted opportunity, Chelsea launched an attack again.

In the 50th minute, Charles retreated to the midfield to receive the ball, took a look at Schalke's somewhat empty penalty area, and immediately launched a long pass attack.

Torres, who stayed in the front, moved forward quickly, chested the ball in the penalty area, ignored the Schalke defenders, and then shot a powerful shot.

Neuer had already reacted, but Torres still managed to score.

Before Torres could be happy, the linesman raised the flag again.

Torres was offside and the goal was invalid.

Schalke immediately seized this rare opportunity and launched a counterattack.

After Farfan drove straight into the wing and made a cross, Jurado volleyed the ball from the corner of the penalty area. Cech took a look at the state of the ball and stood still.

Sure enough, the ball eventually turned into an anti-aircraft gun.

No more losing the ball.

Rangnick thought to himself, and then replaced Baumjohann with Kruger, preparing to strengthen the defensive ability of the midfield.

Perhaps the substitution really brought good luck, and Schalke launched an attack again.

Jurado was cycling on the wing, trying to get past the defense.

How could Cole possibly spoil him? He was tripped by Cole the next second.

Perhaps realizing that they could no longer sit there and wait for death, Schalke began to attack fiercely, forcing Chelsea to focus on defense.

Jurado launched an attack in the midfield, Farfan dribbled the ball from the middle to the edge of the penalty area and passed it to Atsuto Uchida on the wing. Uchida's cross was headed out of the baseline by Ivanovic.

Just one minute later, Edu's powerful long-range shot was once again blocked by Cech.

After you finish your performance, I take the stage and it is Chelsea's turn to perform again.

In the 66th minute, Charl's precise through ball from the edge of the penalty area tore through Schalke's defense. Facing the attacking Neuer, Lampard chose to shoot through the crotch, and the ball went into the net from Neuer's small door, 2:0, Chelsea once again expanded the score.

Just three minutes later, Essien made a lob pass to the middle, Torres passed the ball to Charles, who calmly sent the ball into the lower left corner of the goal, 3:3, Chelsea quickly expanded their lead.

"Charles and Torres' first two shots were very lethal. If it weren't for Neuer's heroic performance, Chelsea might have been able to change the score to 20:3 in the first 0 minutes."

"And now they have expanded the lead in just three minutes, causing Schalke's defense to collapse."

"This only proves that it's not that Chelsea didn't perform well enough before, but that Schalke has been tortured by the previous shots and has consumed too much energy."

"No one can be tense all the time. When they relax, that's when they are most dangerous."

"Charles, who scored twice, and Lampard, who scored one goal, proved it once again. Chelsea dominated this game once again!"

(End of this chapter)