Chapter 709 Is It Too Useless?

Bean-sized sweat slipped from Hazard's forehead, along his cheeks, to his chin, and dripped onto the jersey on his chest.

It's already soaked in there, if you take it off and twist it, you will definitely get a handful of sweat.

But the Belgian still stubbornly raised his head forward, and he was observing the situation on the court.

Galatasaray's defense is indeed quite well organized. Mancini's defense system is still very strong, especially in limiting the Southampton Trident, which is quite targeted.

Therefore, whether it was Hazard, Ibrahimovic and Suarez, they all played very hard in this game.

But it doesn't 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, nor is there an impenetrable line of defense!

In order to be able to break through Galatasaray's defense, Bielsa made adjustments at 20 minutes, so that both Hazard and Suarez were pulled to the side as much as possible, active in the ribs of the two corners of the penalty area area.

But Mancini's response was also very fast, and he immediately made adjustments. Swedish center Ibrahimovic had to choose to pull out of the penalty area to respond, because James Rodriguez did not play this game and replaced him. It's Pogba.

Therefore, the Swedish center back can effectively respond to the pass from the midfielder, and at the same time create space in the penalty area, giving Hazard and Suarez the opportunity to cut in from the ribs.

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

Even if Southampton's full-backs plug in, they can have as many as eight defensive players, leaving only 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 it is determined by the strength of both sides.

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

But the double defensive midfielder sitting in the backcourt obviously realized that the team was pressing too high, so he gestured,

Signal the team to retreat as a whole.

Toni Kroos, Modric and Pogba also retreated to the center line, and the last Toni Kroos even returned to the arc of the center circle in his own half, and the rhythm slowed down.

Everyone knows that this is a signal to look for fighter planes again!

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

Just kidding, they are all facing the top super fighters in Europe in terms of personal ability. Other teams have one, and they are all focused on marking, but Southampton has three in one breath, which is not popular. Trembling?

Hazard is a little annoyed, because he knows that this means that the team's offense has returned without success.

"Damn it!" the Belgian cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

Taking another deep breath, he muttered to himself: "Be patient, calm down, calm down, be sure to stay calm!"

Letting out a heavy breath again, Hazard looked forward.

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

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, they hug before the start of the game and meet in the game. The kind that says hello afterwards.

Xie Zhu is a very strong player. He is not particularly tall, but he is very strong. His physical fitness is quite good, and he is not lacking in flexibility. He is a perfect central defender of a typical African player.

But the player's strengths and weaknesses are equally serious.

That is laziness!

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

They even once asserted that if it weren't for his lazy personality, Xie Zhu could at least become a European-level central defender, and might even become a top central defender.

He is still like this!

Azar paid attention, and he found that Xie Zhu's personality hadn't changed at all.

As long as he was still in Eboue's defense zone, he would not move at all, and stayed far away, watching with a little cold eyes.

Of course, he is fast and has a strong body. As soon as he crosses Eboue's defense zone, he is sure to get stuck at the point immediately. Once he gets close to him, with Hazard's physical fitness, he can only be slaughtered. portion.

But is it possible?

Xie Zhu is still the Xie Zhu of 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 is that he is easily distracted during the game.

In fact, Hazard also paid attention to it, and it was true, because his eyes often left Hazard, or looked at the stands, or looked at other places, and even occasionally turned back to say a few words to the African brother Xie Zhu, and then Then hurriedly turned back and re-locked Hazard.

This is the opportunity!

After knowing it in his mind, Hazard turned around and gestured towards his teammates, 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 got a chance!

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

Galatasaray's entire defense was stretched wide.

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

At this time, Hazard slowly approached Eboue, turned his back to the goal, and looked at his teammates in the midfield.

When the ball was kicked back and forth and passed to Toni Kroos' feet, there was a space around, and it happened to be unguarded. The German midfielder kept his head up, watching Hazard from a distance, and found that the Belgian had already bullied him. Eboue was gone, but Xie Zhu was a little far away from them.

Chance!

Toni Kroos swung his right foot and made a long pass directly over the top. The ball crossed an elegant arc and quickly fell to the front of Galatasaray's big penalty area.

Hazard also understood. The moment Toni Kroos lifted his foot, he quickly turned around and sprinted forward.

Eboue's body is also quite flexible, but his back is facing the goal, and at the moment Hazard turned and sprinted, his attention fell on the midfielder. When he reacted, Hazard had already Turned around and started.

Although Eboue responded immediately and followed quickly, he was already left behind by Hazard.

The Belgian's running position is very smart. He keeps Eboueka behind him, predicts where the ball will fall, and seizes the most powerful position. However, another central defender Xie Zhu is a little hesitant. He wants to get close to him immediately He is not tall, but he knows very well that Hazard is short, lean and very flexible. If he steps forward rashly, he will probably be thrown away by him.

Therefore, Xie Zhu's choice is to let Hazard catch the ball, move himself between Hazard and the goal, and keep a certain distance. As soon as it landed, Xie Zhu would be able to save the siege immediately.

Toni Kroos's long pass over the top has a big arc, and the speed is a bit slow, but the landing point is quite precise.

After Hazard came to the Premier League, his physical fitness has improved a lot. He has 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 meets it with his left foot. The long pass from the right side of this kick was exquisitely unloaded, and the ball stopped directly to Xie Zhu's left side.

This Xie Zhu is a right-footed player. If Hazard's kick stops to his left side, that is, Xie Zhu's right side, then the ball will most likely be useless.

But when he stopped to Xie Zhu's left side, the situation was completely different, because Xie Zhu's left foot was useless at all, he couldn't even make a tackle, and he was in the penalty area, so he didn't dare to foul.

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

Hazard's stop of the ball was very subtle, and it was just right. The ball just bounced off the left side of Xie Zhu, and he himself caught up with a stride, and slammed his right foot against the ball!

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

"!!!!!!"

In the long sound of a goal from the TV commentator and the exclamation of the Turkish fans on the scene, Hazard turned around excitedly and rushed out of Galatasaray's penalty area, and rushed all the way to the corner flagpole excitedly. Forgot to point to Toni Kroos.

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

If it is said that Hazard's goal is to be credited, Toni Kroos's pass should be given at least four points!

Southampton's players rushed forward and surrounded Hazard.

In an instant, the entire telecommunications stadium was boiling!

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

It seems that in their opinion, what an unforgivable sin it is to be scored by Southampton!

Hazard's goal is very simple and unpretentious, but it is a test of the player's ability, and it is also worth a thousand dollars.

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

More importantly, this goal completely changed the situation.

With a ball in hand, Southampton can play more patiently and hand over the initiative to decide the outcome of the game to Galatasaray.

If the Turks want to continue to guard against death, fine, you can continue to defend, 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 stronger offensive ability!

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

He should have been prepared for this kind of mentality, but when the reality came, he was still extremely disappointed!

However, in the chairman's stand, Yang Huan exhaled heavily, stood up excitedly from his seat, and applauded Hazard's goal.

Afterwards, he did not forget to turn his head, looked at the chairman of Galatasaray, Unal Aisar, and grinned.

"Mr. Aisar, I'm looking forward to seeing you press out and fight, come on!"

Unal Aisar was depressed, because he knew very well that, facing Southampton with such excellent offensive power, Galatasaray may not be able to score goals if he presses out to play, but his weak defense line can be used anytime, anywhere. They may all be beaten into a sieve by the other party.

But if you don't press it out and fight?

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

Looking at Yang Huan's frightened look, Unal Aisar became even more depressed.

No way, who let me boast too early just now?

It's all to blame for Mancini, who can be scored by Southampton at home, isn't he too useless?