It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 77 A Lukewarm Competition

Lithuania can achieve its current results in the World Cup qualifiers, and its strength cannot be underestimated.

Not long after the start of the game, they were already one goal behind, which was clearly a major deviation from the head coach's plan before the game.

According to the rules, the 53 registered teams in the European zone are divided into nine groups. Each group will play a home and away double round-robin tournament. The top team in each group will directly qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The eight second-place teams with the best records in the nine groups will be divided into four teams to play home and away knockout matches to determine the other four qualifying teams.

The situation of qualifying from the group is still unclear.

But if the French team really catches up, Lithuania's chances of qualifying may be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, the Lithuanian team quickly changed its tepid attitude in the previous few minutes.

After the restart, Lithuania continued to pass the ball to the back line.

After Naglis received the ball, he was quickly pressed by Henry, but before Henry succeeded, he took a step back, leaned back, and gently rubbed the ball with the toe of his right foot.

Ulisos Mirkus quickly flicked the ball with his right foot while keeping his eyes fixed on the situation on the field.

Just as Evra broke out from the side, he made a long pass and found Savinas.

Facing the defense of Gallas and Sagna, although Savinas was at home, he did not have the confidence to directly break through the defense of these two people.

Before reaching the penalty area, Savinas shot directly with the instep.

But under pressure, Savinas' shot went straight out of the left post.

France goal kick.

Mandanda put the ball away and stepped back while observing the situation on the field.

At this time, Charles also retreated to the middle to prepare for support.

Now, there is almost a Lithuanian defender next to every French player.

Mandanda had no choice but to pass the ball directly to the front court instead of kicking it far.

The field conditions today are really too bad. If the players stand on such a field and make any big movements, they are likely to fall.

Not to mention the fighting.

"Snapped."

Sagna stopped the ball passed by Mandanda, and Diarra saw this and began to retreat.

It was too easy to make mistakes with long passes on the field today.

Facing the ball passed by Sagna, Diarra gently stepped on the ball with his right foot, and at the same time turned his body to the right with his left foot.

Limprex tried to press, Diarra slid his right foot off the ball, pushed it again with the inside of his foot, and the ball was passed to Sagna's feet again.

But the French team was leading by one goal and could leisurely pass the ball back to the backcourt, but it was different for the Lithuanian team.

Under the crazy pressure of the Lithuanian team, Gourcuff made another lob pass and passed the ball to the frontcourt again.

As soon as Charles received the ball, Vaznonis came up to him.

Not wanting to get entangled with him any further, Charles turned left and gently pushed the ball with the toe of his right foot.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw Vaznonis being lured over without hesitation, and Charles' right foot moved from the outside of the ball, from the top to the inside.

His right ankle trembled, and at the same time, he turned around again, facing Vaznonis.

Vaznonis quickly realized that he had been tricked. Charles was not trying to pass by him, but his real purpose was to trick him into pressing in the direction of the ball.

At this time, Charles chose a suitable distance and got rid of him with a push and a pull.

"A V-shaped pull."

"It was smooth and flowing. From receiving the ball to thinking about how to face the defense, how to get rid of the defense, and then to implementation, the whole process was completed in a very short time."

"The field had a big impact today. Players who rely on their skills, such as Ribery and Gourcuff, did not play very well."

"So in this game, the coordination and passing between the teams were mostly high-altitude and short passes." "However, facing such an environment and situation, Charles still maintained a very high level of technical performance."

"Many players can easily perform such a move, but when they are actually on the court and the field conditions are unfavorable, they can still perform at such a superb level, which is very rare."

Seeing that Charles quickly got rid of him and approached the penalty area again, Vaznonis reached out and grabbed Charles.

At this time, Limprex took advantage of the fact that Charles was pulled by Nozvanis and was passively slowed down, and made a direct sliding tackle.

Guardiola had just finished writing something at his desk. When he looked up and saw the pictures on TV, he felt his blood pressure soar.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Because it was not just the ball that was tackled by Limprex, but also Charles whose foot was hit.

Henry quickly rushed to the scene, "Charles, are you okay?"

Ciel took his hand and stood up, "I'm fine."

Domenegue also stopped shouting "titi" and signaled Henry to go to the middle.

He now wished he could just rush up and give the guy two slaps.

Baiser!

Only when they saw Charles stand up did the two coaches feel relieved.

Soon, the French team began to pass the ball back to waste time.

As long as it's a win, whether it's a small victory by one goal or a big score tragedy, the result is the same.

The ball would only be passed from the French team's backcourt when they found a scoring opportunity or a loophole in the Lithuanian defense.

Domenegue was not greedy either. Under his command, Charles began to retreat significantly, returning directly to the midfield and joining the time-killing passing strategy.

Now Henry is the only striker in the frontcourt, occasionally counterattacking.

It was not until the tenth minute that Lithuania finally found a scoring opportunity.

Lithuania free kick on the right side.

Seth Naskis stood in front of the ball, facing this rare opportunity, but unfortunately he did not seize it again.

After the ball was shot out again, it was directly hugged by goalkeeper Mandanda.

The following game entered a boring stage again, or it was the performance time for the goalkeepers of both sides.

Four minutes later, Charles saw the opportunity and suddenly passed the ball, and Evra suddenly shot from the left.

However, the ball was still caught by Casemaskas.

The two sides then fell into a tug-of-war, with few great opportunities.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

After a fifteen-minute halftime break, the game started again.

"Neither side of the match chose to make substitutions."

"At halftime, we were still wondering if Charles would be replaced by Domenegue."

“But I didn’t expect that this time, Charles would probably be able to play the entire game.”

The second half of the game quickly fell into a boring phase.

There would be a shot on goal every ten minutes or so during the match.

However, this rare shot was either saved by Mandanda or caught by Casemaskas.

It was not until the 67th minute that the Lithuanian players were also hit back by the poor conditions of the field.

(End of this chapter)