It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 80 Three More Bodyguards
The next day, the French team took a plane together and headed to France again.

Because their war with Lithuania is about to break out again on April 4st.

After returning to the hotel, according to the original schedule, the rest of the time is free and easy.

Charles had just put his things away and was ready to have a good rest.

Benzema next to him had already arranged his pillows and was full of energy.

"Do you want to sleep?"

Ciel adjusted the pillow, "What's wrong? I don't want to sleep."

"Oh, that's good, I want to watch some TV," Benzema said as he found the TV remote control. "I can't understand what the Lithuanian TV is saying."

Ciel leaned back against the pillows and nodded, "Indeed. Do you want to turn on the air conditioning?"

Benzema was still tuning the channel, "Are you cold?"

The temperature in France is higher than that in Lithuania. The highest temperature in March is 15 degrees and the lowest temperature is 6 degrees, which is much warmer than Lithuania.

"It's not cold," Charles finally straightened his back, "What do you want to see?"

Benzema threw the remote control directly over and said, "You choose. I can't find anything good right now."

Charles reached out and grabbed the remote control thrown by Benzema.

It was now channel 16. Charles pressed the up button and the TV quickly switched to channel 17.

"A stampede occurred today at a stadium in Abidjan, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, killing at least 22 people and injuring 132."

“The Ivory Coast men’s national football team will face Malawi today at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Abidjan.”

"This match is a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the Africa Cup of Nations."

"About 3.5 fans tried to fill a stadium that can only accommodate spectators in order to catch a glimpse of Ivorian stars playing in high-level leagues such as the English Premier League."

"Ivorian Interior Minister Assenini Desiré Tagro said large numbers of fans pushed and shoved each other before the match started, trying to squeeze into the stadium."

"After the chaos, the police fired tear gas into the crowd in an attempt to maintain order. Panic fans collapsed a wall in the stadium, and tragedy ensued."

"According to Ivorian media reports, the stadium can accommodate 35000 people, but more tickets were sold than that."

"At the same time, many fans without tickets tipped the security guards and ticket inspectors at the entrance and were able to sneak into the stadium, making the scene even more chaotic."

When Charles and Benzema saw the news, they immediately became serious.

The direct cause of this tragedy was the overcrowding of fans without tickets, which led to the collapse of the wall and the stadium was filled with too many fans.

The root cause is actually the outdated facilities of the stadium and the poor local conditions are the cause of this tragedy.

In fact, this is not the first time that such an incident has occurred in an African stadium.

Even if we narrow the time frame to the 2010 World Cup African qualifiers, this is not the first time this has happened.

As early as last year's World Cup qualifier between Liberia and Gambia, eight fans died tragically due to an overcrowded stadium.

The TV is still talking.

"World Cup Organizing Committee spokesman Danny Jordan held a press conference on Monday local time in South Africa."

"They explained in detail the cause of the accident and believed that the South African fans' lax 'watching attitude' was one of the reasons for the tragedy."

"Jordan said that a very important reason for this tragedy was that many fans did not arrive at the stadium in advance."

"Instead, they choose to buy tickets at the stadium, which results in a large number of fans crowding in before and after the game starts."

"This caused the stadium to be crowded, which led to the deaths of many fans..."

The news on TV was still going on, but neither of them was in the mood to watch any more.

Charles threw the remote control to Benzema again, "I don't want to watch it anymore, do you still want to watch it?"

Benzema took the remote control and turned off the TV directly.

"I'm wondering what will happen when we actually go to South Africa. Do you think the wall will suddenly fall down?"

"And then we can't stop playing, just like what happened in the news today, when someone was trampled to death in the stands, and we still have to play on the field."

"Or maybe our family is in the stands watching the game, and then all of a sudden the wall collapses..."

Charles didn't know what to say. Benzema's concerns were indeed justified.

South Africa can be said to be one of the richest countries in Africa.

However, since South Africa was confirmed as the host country of the World Cup, various football-related cases have emerged in South Africa like mushrooms after rain.

Just in January this year, the vice president of the South African Football Association was murdered at home.

Charles remembers it very clearly. On the second day after he transferred to Barcelona, ​​he was sent to the hospital after having breakfast in the restaurant of the training base. He saw the news in the hospital.

Nelspruit is the venue for the World Cup in South Africa.

The vice-president of the Football Association, Molala, was murdered in his home in Nelspruit.

Two masked attackers rushed into his home with guns and shot Morala without saying a word.

Before Charles could figure out how to relieve Benzema's anxiety, Benzema suddenly thought of something and could no longer sit still, so he ran to Charles.

"Do you remember the draw ceremony in 2007?"

"What?" Charles was stunned for a moment. "2007? I was still in the youth team."

Benzema excitedly sat directly on Charles' bed. "The guest selected by Beckenbauer for the World Cup draw was shot dead while playing golf on the golf course a few hours before the draw ceremony."

"Did you know that nearly 20000 people are killed and nearly 50000 are raped in South Africa every year, but only 30% of the criminals are caught."

Benzema said the shooting occurred on November 2007, 11.

At that time, at the invitation of Beckenbauer, Peter Burgstaler rushed to South Africa to attend the World Cup draw ceremony held there.

However, after checking into the hotel, Burgstaler, after receiving a promise from the hotel security that his safety would be ensured, rushed to a high-end golf course just a few kilometers away from the draw ceremony to play golf.

But just a few hours before the lottery ceremony was to take place, police found Burgstaler's body there.

According to police, the criminal shot the 43-year-old former player in the chest several times, and each shot was fatal.

Ciel's eyes widened, "Then what should we do?"

At this time, Charles could no longer sit still after hearing the news.

This is not only a matter of personal safety, the more terrifying thing is, what if they have heavy tastes like those in India?
You know, in India, male lizards also have to cover their buttocks when walking.

Charles couldn't help but feel crazy.

In the past, such things were just news to him.

But by now, it is very likely that an accident will turn him into a "story".

Benzema jumped off the bed and paced around the room. "Let's hire more bodyguards. I remember you had seven bodyguards. We'll hire three more when the time comes."

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