It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 55 Qin Shi Huang's Battle at Azkaban

Charles really didn't expect that he was still too young. Guardiola was serious this time!

Now he knew why he had picked Raul today.

It's not about wanting him to experience what it's like to be in Real Madrid, it's about wanting him to experience Raul in a different position and state.

In the first 25 minutes of the game, he was a nimble forward who could both break through and dribble.

After 25 minutes, while accumulating energy, he was a gravity striker, specializing in attracting defense.

Once the energy is accumulated, he is a tenacious and conscious forward who rests for five minutes and runs for thirty seconds.

But before his skill cooled down, Charles saw an opening and subconsciously moved, but just as he was about to move into position, Eto'o made a direct cross pass.

Ciel almost gritted his teeth and swung his legs tiredly.

But after barely breaking into the penalty area, his low shot hit the far corner.

The ball still hit the post, but this time it didn't bounce into the goal, but bounced out.

In the following time, neither side had many good opportunities.

With his skill cooldown getting longer and longer, Charles had few chances at all under Atletico's tight defense.

Time passed by minute by minute. Although the referee was a mole, the only thing to be thankful for was that this mole was quite sensitive to time.

After the first half stoppage time, Charles collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.

He no longer has the energy to even ask Guardiola for mercy.

In addition to physical fatigue, there is more mental fatigue.

It is too tiring to analyze the situation on the field all the time and make the best and most practical choices when your physical energy is exhausted.

And every rest is for the next sprint.

You know, running and stopping is not any easier than running continuously.

Henry and Eto'o came over together.

"Charles, how's it going?"

"I thought the boss was joking with me, but I didn't expect him to be serious," Charles took Henry's hand and stood up, "I'm so tired."

Eto'o put Charles's hand on his shoulder. "Ha, no wonder you dared to call him at three in the morning yesterday. You can't do that now, right?"

Ciel couldn't help but say, "He can't sleep before every game. I'm helping him relieve his nervousness."

Henry couldn't help but look at Guardiola, "What did you guys talk about? You're not really talking about the game, are you?"

Eto'o laughed out loud. "How is that possible? I've heard from Busquets that Charles couldn't sleep after reading a novel, so he called to harass the boss in the middle of the night."

Eto'o smiled and looked at Charles, "If you want to sleep, you should study mathematics."

Charles didn't want to walk anymore, so he jumped onto Henry's back without saying a word. "After the Champions League, I went to bed later and later. I didn't expect that I couldn't fall asleep after trying to read a novel yesterday."

Henry held Charles firmly on his back, "What novel?"

"Lin Daiyu killed Voldemort with a warm drink, and Qin Shihuang fought fiercely in Azkaban."

Eto'o was confused, "What is this?"

Ciel rested his chin on top of Henry's head, "My dad bought me this storybook when he went to China."

"You are going to take the college entrance examination? What subject? Did you choose Chinese as your foreign language?"

"Well, I chose liberal arts. As for foreign languages, I chose Italian and Chinese. It would be nice if there was no oral test for foreign languages."

Henry nodded, "It's a good thing you didn't choose English."

"Help me, I chose Chinese because I couldn't speak English. Several years ago, I was traveling in England and went to a bakery to buy food."

"I said to the clerk, 'I want a quassan.'"

"Then the clerk said, 'It's croissant.'" Henry seemed to remember something and said with emotion, "When I was at Arsenal, I also spoke with an accent. Well, sometimes it wasn't really an accent, I just spoke French subconsciously."

Soon, within a few words, the three of them walked to the player tunnel.

Guardiola stood at the entrance of the passage, waiting for the three people, "Charles, what's wrong with you?"

Charles rested his chin on Henry's head, squinting his eyes, looking like he was about to fall asleep at any moment, "Coach, I feel so tired."

Henry saw the opportunity to interject, "He didn't sleep last night."

Guardiola motioned Henry to put Charles down, "Stinky boy, didn't you say you slept too much and couldn't sleep?"

Charles accepted the criticism humbly.

Guardiola slapped Charles on the shoulder and said, "Rest well in the locker room. Don't do this again next time. Go and ask Charlie to check you out."

Amid the laughter of Henry and Eto'o, Charles ran towards the locker room.

"At the start of the second half, Atletico did not make any substitutions."

"Barca chose to replace Charles with Messi."

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"No, Charles lasted 45 minutes, deceived my 'hair-washing man', and in the second half, he hid in the locker room to watch the game?"

"When he left the field, his teammates carried him down. I think he was really injured by Atletico's players."

"I just want to know what will happen if Real Madrid's intention to buy Charles continues to ferment?"

“It’ll be soft and delicious.”

"By the way, is it possible for Real Madrid to buy Charles?"

"That's not possible."

"There will be a media interview in a few days. I don't think Ciel will leave."

In the 46th minute, Heitinga tackled Puyol and was given a yellow card.

In the 48th minute, Raul Garcia tackled Messi in front of the penalty area and Alves shot the free kick away.

In the 54th minute, Xavi made a cross pass from the right, Gudjohnson knocked the ball in front of the penalty area, and Eto'o shot the ball away from the right side of the penalty area.

In the 55th minute, Leo Franco kicked the ball out of the goal, Raul Garcia headed the ball, Aguero stole the ball before Max, and scored with a low shot from the right side of the penalty area.

2-3, Atletico Madrid pulled one back.

In the 56th minute, Alves was given a yellow card for blocking Simao. In the 60th minute, Fran broke through to the left side of the penalty area and shot low into the far corner with his left foot. Valdes fell to the ground and lifted the ball out of the bottom line with one hand.

Simao took a tactical corner kick outside the penalty area, and Raul Garcia's long shot was blocked by the defender.

In the 65th minute, Assuncao stepped on Eto'o during a header and was given a yellow card warning. Atletico replaced Maxi with Pongler.

In the 72nd minute, Heitinga made a cross from the right, and Fran headed the ball from the center of the small penalty area, but the ball slipped past the goal.

In the 72nd minute, Eto'o made a straight pass from the midfield, Gudjohnson attracted Rio Franco's attack and then pushed the ball to the far end, and Henry made a cross-court pass into the empty goal.

2 to 4, Barcelona widened the gap again.

In the 74th minute, Gudjohnson made a straight pass, Eto'o's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Leo Franco's legs, and Messi's follow-up shot from the center missed the empty goal.

One minute later, Simao made a cross from the left, and Aguero's header from the center was saved by Valdes.

In the 78th minute, Lopez made a 45-degree cross from the left, and Pongler fell to the ground after colliding with Henry at the back post.

At this time, the mole referee, Vazquez, was not short-sighted and awarded a penalty kick.

It's easy to imagine that the referee was trying to find a balance again, because he blew the whistle for Atletico Madrid in the first half.

(End of this chapter)