Football Giants

Douda's sweat slipped from Hazard's forehead, along his cheeks, to his chin, and dripped onto the shirt on his chest.

It's already soaking wet there, if you take it off and twist it, you will surely be able to twist out a sweat.

But the Belgian still raised his head stubbornly, observing the situation on the court.

Galatasaray's defense is indeed very well organized, and Mancini has a strong foundation in building a defensive system, especially when it comes to limiting the Southampton Trident, which is quite targeted.

Therefore, whether it is Hazard, Ibrahimovic and Suarez, this game played very hard.

But doesn’t it mean that Galatasaray’s defense has no loopholes?

I'm afraid no one will believe this!

Because there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and no impenetrable defense line!

In order to be able to break through Galatasaray’s line of defense, Bielsa made adjustments in the 20th minute, allowing Hazard and Suarez to pull to the side as much as possible and be active in the ribs of the two corners of the penalty area. area.

But Mancini's response was quick and he immediately made adjustments. Swedish center Ibrahimović had no choice but to choose to pull out of the penalty area to respond, because James Rodriguez did not make it this time and replaced him. It's Pogba.

Therefore, the Swedish center retreats, can effectively receive the pass from the midfielder, and also create space in the penalty area, giving Hazard and Suarez a chance to cut from the ribs.

But Galatasaray obviously has a way to deal with it, because they have a total of six players sitting in the backcourt.

Even if Southampton's full-backs are in, they can have as many as eight defensive players, with two players waiting to counterattack.

Can anyone blame Galatasaray for this?

I'm afraid not!

If Southampton can't beat the opponent away, everyone will only say that Southampton's attack is weak, and Galatasaray's defense is very successful, because this is determined by the strength of both sides.

The game is still going on, Southampton is still very unwilling, and continues to fight for and look for opportunities.

But the double midfielders in the backcourt obviously realized that the team was pressing too close, so they gestured to signal the team to withdraw as a whole.

Tony Cross, Modric and Pogba also retreated near the center line, and Tony Cross even returned to the arc of his own half, and the rhythm also slowed down.

Everyone knows that this is a signal to search for fighters again!

Seeing Southampton retreating again, Galatasaray's players seemed to be relieved.

Just kidding, they are all facing the top super fighters in Europe with their personal abilities. There is one other team, which is all focused on guarding, but Southampton has three in one breath, can it be unpopular Frightened?

Hazard is a bit annoyed, because he knows that this represents the team's offensive return without success.

"Damn it!" The Belgian scolded angrily, but he could do nothing.

He took another deep breath, and muttered to himself: "Keep patience, calm, calm, and be calm!"

After another heavy breath, Hazard looked forward.

Eboue, Galatasaray's right back and former Arsenal player, is grinning at this moment, with a dazzling white tooth on his dark face, smiling at him.

Galatasaray’s right center back is Xie Zhu. Lille, who used to play in Ligue 1, has been teammates with Hazard for many years, but the relationship between the two is relatively weak. At best, it is to hug before the game and meet in the game. The kind that says hello later.

Xie Zhu is a very strong player. The body is not particularly tall, but he is very strong. The physical quality is quite good and there is no lack of flexibility. The perfect central defender of a typical African player.

But the strengths and weaknesses of this player are equally serious.

That's laziness!

Lille’s coaching staff has criticized Xie Zhu more than once, asking him to be more proactive, run more, don’t be stingy, and as a central defender, he should be more aggressive, don’t be so lazy!

They even once asserted that if it were not for the lazy character, Xie Zhu could at least become a European-level central defender, and possibly even a top central defender.

He still does this now!

Hazard paid attention, he found that Xie Zhu's character had not changed at all.

As long as he was still in Eboue's defense zone, he wouldn't move, staying far, a little cold-eyed.

Of course, he is fast and physically strong. As long as he crosses Eboue’s defense zone, he is sure to get stuck in the first place, and once he gets close, with Hazard’s physical quality, he can only be slaughtered. Portion.

But is it possible?

Xie Zhu is still Xie Zhu in Lille, but Hazard is no longer the Hazard of Lille!

Thinking of this, Hazard had an idea in his heart.

The team’s pre-match report mentioned that Eboue’s problem was that he was easily distracted during the game.

In fact, Hazard also paid attention to it, and it was true, because he often left Hazard, or looked at the stands, or looked elsewhere, and even occasionally turned his head back and said something to his African brother Xie Zhu, and then Then hurriedly turned around to re-lock Hazard.

This is the opportunity!

After Hazard knew it, he turned around and gestured to his teammate, indicating that he had found the opponent's weakness and wanted to give it a try.

However, this kind of thing also requires luck, so Hazard can only wait.

After waiting for three full minutes, Hazard finally waited for a chance!

Ibrahimovic withdrew to meet the midfielder and took away another central defender, while Suarez pulled to the right.

Galatasaray's entire line of defense was stretched wide.

But the ball is still firmly controlled at the feet of Southampton's double midfielder and backcourt players.

At this time, Hazard slowly approached Eboue, turned his back to the goal, and looked at his midfielder teammate.

When the ball fell back and forth and passed to Tony Cross's feet, there was a gap around it, which happened to be unguarded. The German midfielder always looked up and looked at Hazard from a distance and found that the Belgian had bullied him close. Eboue is gone, but Xie Zhu is a little far away from them.

Chance!

Tony Cross lifted his right foot and passed a long diagonal pass directly over the top. The ball crossed an elegant arc and quickly fell to the front of Galatasaray's large penalty area.

Hazard also understood it, and the moment Tony Cross raised his foot, he quickly turned and sprinted forward.

Eboue’s body is also very flexible, but his back is facing the goal, and when Hazard turned and sprinted, his attention fell on the midfield. When he reacted, Hazard was already Turned around and started.

Although Eboue reacted in the first place and quickly followed, he was already left behind by Hazard.

The Belgian’s running position is very clever. The deadly Ebueka is behind him, predicting where the ball will fall, and grabbing the most powerful position, while the other central defender, Xie Zhu, is a little hesitant. He wants to be close. But he knows very well that Hazard is short, capable and very flexible. If he rashly stepped forward, he might be thrown away.

Therefore, Xie Zhu’s choice is to allow Hazard to catch the ball, move himself between Hazard and the goal, and maintain a certain distance. As long as Hazard stops the ball, he stops slightly, and the ball is Landing, Xie Zhu will be able to make a relief immediately.

Tony Cross's over-the-top long pass has a big arc, a bit slow, but the landing is quite precise.

After Hazard came to the Premier League, his physical fitness has improved a lot. There is no problem holding Eboue. Besides, Galatasaray is also afraid of fouls at the front of the penalty area, so when the ball hits the ground, he will face it with his left foot. The long pass from the right side of this foot, with a subtle drop, stopped the ball directly to Xie Zhu's left side.

This Xie Zhu is a right-footed player. If Hazard’s ball stops to his left side, which is Xie Zhu’s right side, then this ball will be out of play.

But if you stop to Xie Zhu's left side, the situation is completely different, because Xie Zhu's left foot is of no use at all, and he can't even make tackles, and he is in the penalty area and dare not foul.

The hapless Xie Zhu could only watch all this happen, but was powerless and regretted secretly in his heart!

Hazard’s stop of the ball was very subtle, and it stopped just right. The ball bounced right after Xie Zhu’s left side landed, and he caught up with it with a stride, and his right foot twitched against the ball!

The ball was almost in a straight line, rubbing Galatasaray's left post, and got into the bottom of the goal net!

"!!!"

With a long scoring sound from the TV commentator and the exclamation of Turkish fans on the spot, Hazard turned around excitedly and rushed out of Galatasaray’s penalty area, rushing to the corner flagpole with excitement all the way. Forgot to point to Tony Cross.

The quality of this long pass of the German midfielder is too high, the landing is very precise, and it is quite easy to stop.

If Hazard’s goal is to be considered credit, Tony Cross’s pass must give at least four points!

The players from Southampton rushed up, and surrounded Hazard.

In an instant, the entire telecom stadium was boiling!

Countless fans stood up from their positions, roaring angrily, venting their anger.

It seems to them that it is an unforgivable sin to be scored by Southampton!

Hazard’s goal was simple and unpretentious, but it tested the player’s ability and was also worth a thousand dollars.

In the Champions League knockout matches, the importance of an away goal is already self-evident.

More importantly, this goal completely changed the situation.

Southampton has a goal in hand, so he can play more patiently and put the initiative in determining the outcome of the game into Galatasaray's hands.

If the Turks want to keep guarding, okay, you just keep guarding, anyway, I have an away goal!

But if you want to equalize or even reverse, then I will concentrate on your counterattack and see who of us has the better offensive ability!

Mancini covered his face in despair, shook his head, and walked back to the coach's bench.

He should have this kind of psychological preparation, but at this moment when reality arrives, he is still extremely disappointed!

However, in the chairman's stand, Yang Huan exhaled heavily~www.wuxiaspot.com~ stood up from his seat excitedly, applauded and cheered for Hazard's goal.

After that, he didn't forget to turn around and looked at the chairman of Galatasaray, Unal Isar, grinning, hehe.

"Mr. Isar, I am looking forward to seeing you press out and fight, come on!"

Unal Isar was depressed, because he knew very well that Galatasaray might not be able to score a goal in the face of Southampton, who had such excellent attacking power. They may be screened by the opponent.

But what if you don't press it out?

Look at the turbulent look of the fans in the stands of the Telecom Stadium. Can they accept the team's conservative abandonment of the game?

Looking at Yang Huan's desperate appearance again, Unal Azsar was even more depressed.

No way, who made him boast too early in Haikou?

It’s all because of Mancini, who was able to score a goal by Southampton at home.