It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 87 85 Guardiola can't afford to play (ask for the first order)

As April begins, Barcelona officially enters the "devil's schedule".

Charles just finished his national team match on April 2st and flew back to Barcelona on the nd, but Barcelona had a match on April th.

Just four days after the league game on the 1th, Barcelona will face Bayern in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Charles was fine, after all, he was still in Europe and the flight time was short.

But it is different for African and South American players. In addition to the fatigue from the game, they also have to face the fatigue of flying for more than ten hours, as well as the pressure of adjusting to jet lag and biological clocks.

If the national team loses a game, they need to quickly adjust their mentality and ignore the media's sarcasm...

After the previous international match days, Barcelona often failed to achieve good results and performed poorly in the middle of this season.

Not to mention the distant past, just after the international friendly match in February, Barcelona's performance was as if everyone was a traitor.

It was not until the 3rd that all Barcelona players gathered.

After a quick rest, after lunch on the 4th, all the Barcelona members got on the bus to the away game again.

"Station, stage, you are watching the 2008th round of the 09-29 La Liga season, Valladolid plays against Barcelona at home."

"Barcelona have remained unbeaten in their last six league matches, winning three and drawing three."

"The last time Valladolid beat Barcelona was seven years ago. This is the only defeat Barcelona has suffered in the last eight visits to Valladolid."

“双方联赛历史交锋77场，巴萨48胜16平13负占据上风。其中客场17胜10平11负。”

"In an interview before the game, Guardiola said, 'I won't save my energy for the Champions League' and 'I am focusing on the game against Valladolid right now.'"

"But for a club like Barcelona, ​​international matches are often a very busy time for the players."

"Especially for players from South America, flying for more than ten hours will naturally make the players tired."

"Messi just suffered a disastrous defeat in La Paz at an altitude of 3600 meters. He is exhausted both physically and mentally. Alves is in a slightly better situation."

"In addition to fatigue, players are also more susceptible to injuries. Hleb, who suffered a minor injury in training after returning from the Belarus campaign, also missed the game."

"Although Henry is a European player and played a national team game last weekend, Guardiola still let him sit on the bench considering his veteran status."

"Charles started both of the national team's games, although he was substituted off in the second half of the second game and got a valuable rest."

"But in the second game, Charles was fouled a lot and Guardiola decided to put him on the bench to prepare for the Champions League."

"The situation of several players from Africa is relatively better. Eto'o and Keita only played on the first leg match day. They both started this game."

"But Yaya Toure was already injured and will be absent from this game."

"The only good news for Barcelona is that Puyol and Iniesta, who missed the national team due to injury, were able to return before the game."

"However, compared to Barcelona's usual starting lineup, the starting lineup for this away trip is indeed a lot less star-studded and capable."

"Puyol should have played at left-back, but due to the lack of players in the defence, he became the main choice at right-back."

“In the midfield, Yaya Toure is not there, and although the partnership of Keita and Busquets has been used a lot, it cannot be called the main force.”

"In the previous match after the national match day, Keita's performance was a disaster, and people can't help but put a big question mark on how he will perform in this game."

"In terms of forward selection, Charles or Messi will definitely perform much better than young Pedro."

"Here are the lineups for both teams:"

“巴拉多利德出场阵容(4-2-3-1)：1-阿森霍；16-佩德罗·洛佩斯，17-普列托，24-比阿，3-马尔科斯；6-博尔哈，18-鲁比奥；20-卡诺比奥，19-塞斯马，22-阿吉雷；9-戈伊托姆。”

“巴塞罗那出场阵容(4-3-3)：1-巴尔德斯；5-普约尔，4-马科斯，3-皮克，16-希尔韦尼奥；6-哈维，28-布斯克茨，15-凯塔；8-伊涅斯塔，9-埃托奥，27-佩德罗。”

After arriving at the away stadium, the players began to change their equipment. Guardiola took a look and left the locker room to participate in the pre-match interview.

Charles quickly changed his equipment and started to warm up on the court.

"TADA~Congratulations to the host for obtaining the reverse Pedro Lopez - Pedro Gonzalez Lopez."

"Pedro González Lopez, these three Spanish words are extremely common and common."

"Balanced left and right feet, sudden bursts of inspiration, and a sophisticated way of playing."

"But the combination of the three makes him the most unique Barcelona golden boy."

The player with this name combination is also the golden boy of Barcelona, ​​and Charles has never heard of it.

But after warming up on the field for a while, Charles had a general understanding of the experience card he drew today.

After the press conference, Guardiola finally announced the starting lineup for the game.

The head coach of Valladolid breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the list. The starting lineup that Barcelona would send out was similar to what he predicted.

Messi and other South American players will definitely not start, but the most worrying thing for him is whether this guy Charles will start?
Although Barcelona's starting players today are not there to do nothing, there are still more than all the starters.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at the assistant coach, "Has the court been watered?"

The assistant coach nodded and said, "I've already told the turf manager. The grass has been watered."

"That's good……"

It's easy to make mistakes when passing the ball on a slippery field.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

To Charles' left sat Hleb and to his right sat Gudjohnsen.

"Carls brought me some melon seeds. Today's ones are green tea flavored. They're pretty good."

Charles took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and distributed them to his teammates on the bench one by one.

Heleb took the melon seeds from Charles and said, "Green tea flavor? I remember the sea salt flavored melon seeds were delicious last time. Do you want some cheese sticks?"

"I want it, I want it," Alves said, sitting on Hleb's left, "When did you buy it?"

Heleb also quickly took out the thermos from under the seat and said, "I asked my family to send it to me."

Before, Barcelona players did not have the habit of eating melon seeds while watching the game, but Real Madrid has this fine tradition.

As for Barcelona's habit of cracking melon seeds, Charles couldn't remember when this trend started, but everyone in Barcelona also started cracking melon seeds.

In the 3rd minute, Xavi passed the ball to Keita, but Pedro Lopez got the ball out of the baseline.

Corner kick for Barcelona.

Xavi took a corner kick, but the ball was quickly cleared after flying into the field and posed no threat.

In the following time, Barcelona continued to besiege Valladolid's goal.

Pedro, who started for the second time in the league today, was very active, and Keita seemed to have come out of the nightmare of his poor performance last time.

Soon, Barcelona found another opportunity.

Xavi's pass went straight through Valladolid's defense, Pedro broke into the penalty area on the right side, received the ball and shot at a small angle.

But unfortunately, the ball was saved by Asenjo. Valladolid, who was full of confidence in this game, also tried to attack the strong opponent on the wing, and Sesma's cross almost went directly into the goal.

The two sides fought back and forth. Canobbio of Valladolid made a cross from a free kick and Borja headed the ball but it went wide of the left post.

Barcelona immediately responded, Keita passed the ball to Iniesta, who shot directly from the edge of the penalty area, but failed to control the ball and it went over the crossbar.

20 minutes have passed since the game started and both sides are still making a lot of noise but little results, and there has been still no substantial progress on the field.

Barcelona can still remain calm, but Vilardolid is not so patient.

Not long after, Aguirre tackled Silveño who was dribbling the ball and received the first yellow card of the game.

Immediately afterwards, Pedro Lopez fouled Xavi and made a long diagonal pass from the right. Sesma, who was unguarded, received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, but did not stop the ball and chose to shoot at the first moment.

Danger!

The alarm bells of the Barcelona players were sounded, and Puyol made a flying tackle to block the shot.

"Snapped."

The ball hit Puyol's calf and quickly bounced out.

Borja took another long shot from behind, but this time the ball went wide.

Pedro Lopez also received a yellow card for his foul on Xavi.

In the following period, both sides further increased their defensive strength and the physical confrontation became more and more intense.

In the 31st minute, Iniesta was fouled and Barcelona got a free kick.

Xavi made a curved pass before shooting, but unfortunately it was cleared by Bea's header again.

Before anyone could regret, Barcelona's attack came again as expected.

Eto'o made a strong breakthrough and passed the ball back, and Xavi's shot from the edge of the penalty area again went over the crossbar.

"So far, Busquets has been performing well, while his partner Keita has been very positive."

"Keita was successful in his old duties of passing and intercepting in the midfield. His many attempts to get in and shoot from behind were eye-catching."

"Although the effect is average, it makes up for the single receiving point in the center of Barcelona's penalty area to a certain extent."

"Barcelona's defense is still the most unstable link."

Before the commentator's voice had even finished falling, Barcelona launched an attack again.

Xavi and Eto'o cooperated with each other through continuous wall passes, and finally Xavi made a lob pass. Eto'o used his speed to successfully make an offside at the moment Xavi kicked the ball.

Valladolid goalkeeper Asenho attacked without hesitation when he saw this, but Eto'o was calm and just lobbed the ball passed by Xavi.

"call out--"

"brush."

The whole audience soon became excited.

"Valladolid 0:1 Barcelona, ​​Barcelona, ​​playing away, leads 1:0, getting rid of the curse brought by the FIFA virus."

After the celebration, the game continued.

Following the principle of making a strong start and then weakening, Barcelona's attack is still fierce.

Soon, Xavi passed the ball again, and Iniesta, like an artist, danced ballet in Valladolid's half.

After dribbling past Pedro Lopez and Borja, Iniesta shot directly from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area.

But this time Asenho turned into the Wall of Sighs and flew to save the ball.

……

The first half stoppage time ended quickly and the referee blew the half-time whistle.

Charles collected all the melon seed shells and put them in a bag. After his teammates left the field and were ready to return to the locker room, he threw them into the trash can.

When Guardiola came back, he saw a bag of rubbish in the locker room trash can and knew it was thrown by Charles.

Although there are trash cans in the locker room, the players are so exhausted after playing football that they sit on their seats as if glued to them and don't want to move at all.

If there is any garbage, it will be thrown directly on the ground. Anyway, someone will clean the locker room every day.

Guardiola turned around and quickly looked at Charles. "Charles, what did you eat on the bench just now?"

Before Charles could explain, Henry reported him without hesitation, "Melon seeds, and green tea flavor."

He doesn't want to eat melon seeds anymore, but Charr has become obsessed with this thing recently. The key is that Puyol can still provide Charr with a variety of melon seeds to eat.

"Pumpkin seeds are high in fat, so you should eat less." Seeing Charles' face fall instantly, Guardiola's voice softened. "Forget it, forget it. Didn't you buy the pumpkin seeds for the away game?"

Ciel nodded, "It wasn't bought away from home."

Hleb watched Guardiola educate Charles with a smile on his face.

Guardiola nodded. “That’s good.”

The halftime break after taking the lead is often beautiful and short. Soon, fifteen minutes pass like flowing water.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Valladolid's main winger Sesma was substituted due to a thigh strain.

After Sesma left the field, it seemed that Valladolid's "tragic" buff was instantly aroused.
Goitom flashed past Busquets and dribbled the ball directly into Barcelona's penalty area, but Barcelona did not have the saying "don't chase a defeated enemy".

At this critical moment, Pique kept calm, slid and tackled the ball cleanly.

In the 55th minute, Valladolid continued to exert its strength. Canobio passed the ball and Aguirre's shot once again threatened the safety of Barcelona's goal.

Valdes did not get into a fight with Barcelona because of the unsuccessful progress in the salary increase negotiations. Feeling the sense of security from the red ribbon on his arm, he dived forward with all his might.

"boom."

He saved the ball again and Barcelona's crisis was resolved again.

Charles and his teammates were still watching the game quietly when Vilanova came over and said, "Charles, Leo, go warm up."

The two men took off their substitute vests, stood on the sidelines and began to warm up.

Valladolid seems to want to stage the "David and Goliath" plot again, and each of these players is more powerful than the other.

Escudero turned into a strong man sent from the sky and passed Puyol and three others.

If it weren't for Valdes' stable performance, using his hands and feet to confiscate his shot in the penalty area, Barcelona might have really capsized in the ditch.

The Valladolid coach was standing on the sidelines with some regret, but he no longer felt regretful in an instant -

No? Guardiola, you can't afford it, right?
The fourth official on the sidelines raised the substitution card: Iniesta off, Charles on; Pedro off, Messi on.

(End of this chapter)