It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 79 He is still a child
Everyone in the locker room was laughing, but Domenegue was still nervous.

The few minutes of waiting seemed like an eternity to him.

Now France has beaten Lithuania, but the key to qualifying still lies in the results of the matches against Romania and Serbia.

Before this game, Serbia had 4 points from 3 wins and 1 loss in 9 games, ranking first in the group with the advantage of goal difference.

罗马尼亚则是3战1胜1平1负积4分位居小组倒数第二位。

The best result is a draw between the two teams, which will help the French team to win first place in the group.

After all, only the 9 group winners can get direct tickets. The play-offs that the group runners-up will participate in are unknown, and no one knows what lottery they will draw.

One thing that works very well for France right now is that three of the four games they have played have been away from home.

Apart from the first game which capsized in Austria, Romania and Lithuania were both tough trips.

In the next six games, France will have four home games and one away game against the Faroe Islands, which is almost certain to win.

Finally, his cell phone vibrated.

"Romania scored an own goal and Serbia led Romania 2:0 at halftime."

"In the end, Romania lost to Serbia 2:3."

Seeing the message sent by his assistant who went to Romania to spy on military intelligence, Domenegue couldn't help but sigh.

In this way, Serbia tops the list with 12 points, still five points ahead of France.

Although Lithuania lost two games in a row, it still accumulated nine points and ranked second.

The French team now has 7 points, moving up from fourth to third in the group.

In three days, the French team will face Lithuania again at home.

Domenegue is not too worried about this.

Lithuania has not shown the ability to threaten France at home, let alone away from home.

A year and a half ago, when they visited France, Henry scored twice in three minutes to defeat them.

Plus, the French team now has Charles.

The significance of Charles is not just about conquering cities or organizing attacks in football.

His significance also lies in easing the confrontation between the national team and the fans, as well as the communication level he has now demonstrated, which allows him to get along harmoniously with all the players.

It's funny, the normal relationship between the French team and French fans should be that of supporters and the supported.

But the French team is the odd one out among all the national teams.

Now, the French public's patience with the national team is running low.

Moreover, the reason for this is not only related to the results, but also to the players.

For well-known reasons, the blackening phenomenon of the French national team is becoming more and more serious, and most of these stars grew up in the suburbs of France.

In France, suburb (quartier or banlieu) is not just an ordinary geographical concept, but also a social concept.

From 1953 to 1973, France was influenced by functionalist architectural ideas and built more than 300 high-rise residential buildings in the suburbs.

Many immigrants to France live here.

People of the same ethnic group continued to gather here and were gradually isolated.

In this way, the suburbs gradually evolved into a "country" that exists in France, but has its own language style, behavior patterns, social norms, in short, it has formed its own unique culture.

The star player who grew up in the suburbs wanders between mainstream French culture and suburban culture.

The French public finds it difficult to identify with them, and they find it difficult to integrate into the French mainstream. There is a background of discrimination.

In their eyes, basketball stars who grew up in the suburbs are "troublemakers in the suburbs" and the suburbs are synonymous with poverty, high unemployment and high crime rates.

In addition, the "suburban riots" that broke out in France in 2005 once again aroused public resistance.

Among them, in the public's eyes, "Scarface" Ribery is the most typical "trouble-making suburban youth."

After him, his new successor is Benzema, who was born in Bron, a small town in the suburbs of Lyon.

At the same time, the educational level of these stars is generally not high, and they are easily exposed when dealing with the media. In other words, their professional ability is worrying.

This is also the reason why Domenegge arranged Charles to start in the national team directly after discovering him, and even gave him the No. 10 jersey in the first official game of the national team.

Outstanding football skills are the first point.

The second point is that being born in Corsica eases the tensions between Corsica and France and strengthens the sense of identity.

The third point is that he is not a suburban youth, has a clean and good character and style, and can ease the antagonism between the national team and the fans.

The last point is that Charles’ ability to deal with the media is outstanding.

This not only refers to his words and expressions during interviews, but also includes his appearance.

France's only opponent on the field is themselves, and with a series of safeguards inside the Stade de France, it is basically unlikely that they will hear boos like they did in Marseille.

This is also good news for the French players who have regained their confidence.

Domenegue thought about this and continued to text his assistant, directing his next move.

As soon as the text message was sent, he looked around the locker room with satisfaction.

The players in the locker room were obviously in high spirits and were chatting and bragging.

But what about Charles?

Domenegue looked again, still unable to see Charles in the crowd, "Where's Charlie? Where did he go?"

"Boss, he hasn't come back yet."

"What, he hasn't come back yet?" Domenegue was immediately furious. He had originally wanted to push Charles to be interviewed and show his face more often. Two or three interview questions would be over quickly. When Charles came back, he would give the team a boost.

Unexpectedly, the results of the match between Serbia and Romania came out, but Charles had not returned yet.

You know, he only had someone send over a coat at that time, and the thermal pants had not been delivered yet.

"Kareem, go and urge those reporters... Forget it, just bring him back and tell those reporters that Xiali is still a child and needs to rest now."

Domenegue now feels that he underestimated Charles's popularity.

It seems that next time when Charles is brought out for an interview, Benzema should also be included.

As soon as he finished speaking, Benzema rushed out like a whirlwind.

Soon, in less than three minutes, Charles finally got rid of the interview area and was brought back by him.

Seeing that Charles was really stuck in the interview area for more than half an hour, the other players in the locker room burst into laughter.

Charles took the thermal pants and put them on in no time, "Titi, what are you laughing at?"

Before Henry could answer, Ribery slapped his thigh and laughed wildly, "The coach said that you are still a child and can't be picked up."

As soon as Ribery finished speaking, everyone in the locker room laughed so hard that they almost choked.

(End of this chapter)