Chapter 1007: Give Me the Ball!
"Want to win the Golden Globe?"
For some reason, a question that Gao Han had asked him suddenly came to Hazard's mind.
"Like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, stand on the podium of the Grand Theater in Zurich, Switzerland, in front of the eyes of fans all over the world, win that supreme glory and write your name in the history of football. ”
Hazard took a deep breath and tilted his head, sweat running down his cheeks.
In the stands of Block Stadium, the fans of Chinatown sang the team's anthem, always forward!
It was a song from the king of Chinese music, Jay Chou, it was gorgeous, but it was uplifting, rhythmic, catchy, and made all Chinatown fans quickly fall in love with the song, which is also said to be extremely popular in China.
There is another song, Jay Chou wrote a song to the king of heaven Chen Yixun, Don Quixote.
As soon as these two songs were released, they immediately became the favorites of all Chinatown fans, especially the song "Always Forward", which became a classic song that every home and Chinatown fan must sing.
At this moment, it is getting closer and closer to the end of the game, but the score is still 2-2, and the fans sang this song again, the kind of chorus of more than 10,000 fans, which makes people can't help but get goosebumps.
But Hazard couldn't help but think of what Gao Han had said to him.
It was in the summer, after last season's Copa del Rey final, Chinatown suffered a heavy defeat to Barcelona, and after the game, everyone was disappointed, but Gao Han encouraged everyone in the team, saying that the defeat would be the beginning of Chinatown's success, and then he had a private chat with Hazard and asked the question.
Hazard, like all professional players, nodded unquestioningly, "Yes, yes, yes. ”
He believes that every professional player will answer this way, and that is the most correct standard answer.
But Gao Han laughed, "Then you have to push yourself, make yourself work harder, and be a little more selfish." ”
Hazard understood what Gao Han meant.
He has always been a person who keeps to himself, never late, does not leave early, concentrates on training when it is time to train, and hurries home after training, he is like a good baby, never causes trouble, and never tosses.
The training was so hard that he would complain on social networks, when the news named him Messi II, he would smile and shake his head and say that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were too good to do it himself, and when everyone thought that he should answer more confidently, he would shake his head and say that he thought so.
Some people praise him as an optimist, and some people ridicule him for not being ambitious, but he doesn't care.
He's who he is, Eden Hazard, not Messi, not Cristiano Ronaldo!
But I don't know why, at this moment, the question of Gao Han suddenly appeared in his mind again.
"There's a player who is inherently dependable, who has extraordinary talent, who needs to work harder than anyone else, who needs to take on and carry more responsibility and disgrace than anyone else, and that's a superstar. ”
"You were born to be a superstar!"
"Top superstars like Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka!"
"Promise me, if one day, when your team is having a hard time, look at your teammates around you, think about the coach on the sidelines and the fans in the stands, and the me sitting in front of the TV, and think about what I said. ”
"Push yourself, try harder, be more selfish, you can. ”
Hazard suddenly remembered all the words that Gao Han had said to him that day, and it was very clear, word by word, as if ringing in his ears.
He looked around at his teammates, who were a bunch of struggle pens.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino's credo is that digging on the training pitch is always better than the transfer market.
His training is to trample every player like a dog, because he believes that training to the limit can enable players to grit their teeth and get through no matter what situation they face.
He saw Isco, the guy who had just equalised for the team, who had recently made a cut-off and looked hilarious, and now he was out of breath and almost too tired to stand up straight, and it was hard to imagine how he had just dribbled into the box.
Verratti, the 20-year-old Italian still looks immature, but at the moment he is determined.
Looking further back, David De Gea was standing in the box, still shouting out to his team-mates.
He used to be a shy teenager, but since becoming the captain of the team, he has begun to become more courageous and responsible, he will come to the training base first every day and leave the latest, and whenever anyone in the team has something, he is the first to stand up.
I still remember that when he first became the vice-captain of the team, he told Hazard that he had to work hard to learn to be a qualified captain.
watched him keep waving his hand in the penalty area, signaling his teammates to press it directly, patting his chest, and shouting loudly: "I am in the goal, you can rest assured, press it directly after kickoff." ”
Hazard couldn't believe it, was this still the shy and youthful De Gea he was familiar with?
Looking at his teammates around him and listening to the team song "Always Forward" in the stands, Hazard suddenly had a very strong feeling.
He doesn't want to disappoint, especially with his teammates and fans who have worked hard with him for so many years.
He loves Chinatown because it's the team that made him who he is today.
He also clearly felt that the blood of Chinatown was flowing in his body, and this team, the people here, had unconsciously and profoundly changed him, especially in the last two years.
"Brothers, no matter what the game is like at Arsenal, we're fighting AC Milan!" Isco roared.
At this moment, he was like an enraged lion.
"Good!" the surrounding teammates responded in unison.
"Y'all press up, I'll grab the ball!" N'Golo Kante shouted through gritted teeth.
All of them were resolute.
As soon as AC Milan's Bojan got the ball out, Chinatown flooded into AC Milan's position, forcing the Rossoneri to quickly pass the ball back.
However, Chinatown took advantage of the situation to press through the half-time and go straight to the AC Milan defence.
N'Golo Kante was running very aggressively and he really got ahead of Kevin Boateng and stabbed the ball into Isco.
Everyone started to press towards the AC Milan goal.
Time is running out and Chinatown must win this game to secure top spot in the group.
Otherwise, with the strength of China City, it is difficult to have a chance to advance if you meet top teams such as Bayern Munich, Manchester United or Manchester City in the round of 16 knockout rounds, and only one more goal can be hopeful.
Eden Hazard felt the determination of all his team-mates to win and he began to follow his team-mates into the AC Milan defence.
However, the Serie A team's defense is not paper-based, and although Allegri's team is far less powerful than the Nesta and Maldini eras, or even Thiago Silva's time, the overall formation is still not far behind, especially after Isco's breakdown and equaliser, they have become more cautious.
Chinatown launched an offensive again and again, but again and again it was fruitless.
The fourth official on the sidelines had already played a sign for two minutes of stoppage time, which undoubtedly made the whole of Chinatown even more anxious.
Isco was also in a hurry, as soon as he got the ball, he rushed and was a little hot-headed.
But this is not the way to go!
Hazard suddenly calmed down, he knew that it was useless to be anxious.
It's like Zidane told him this summer, the more critical the moment, the more important it is to stay calm, and the most terrible thing in the game is to lose your mind.
"Push yourself, try harder, be more selfish. Gao Han's words resurfaced in Hazard's mind.
The Belgian looked at his team-mates around him, at the coaches on the sidelines and at the fans in the stands, and he suddenly gritted his teeth.
Give it a try, maybe it will work?
Hazard suddenly yelled, ran back from the front, raised his right hand, and shouted: "Give me the ball!"
Isco was diving the ball to this side, hearing Hazard's familiar voice and passing it almost without thinking.
The ball came to the feet of Hazard, and the defenders around him were pulled away by Isco, and the Belgian was unguarded, so that as soon as Hazard got the ball, he turned smoothly and faced the defense directly.
Eden Hazard dribbled forward, Flamini quickly stepped forward to defend and Mexes stayed behind him.
One-on-two, if it were in normal times, Hazard would not hesitate to pass the ball, but now......
The Belgian took the ball, kept approaching Flamini, staring at the French midfielder with both eyes, until the opponent was forced to retreat, he first made a gesture to cut to the middle, deceived Flamini and Mexes to pay more attention to the middle, but he suddenly buckled the ball, and suddenly deducted Flamini and Mex, and suddenly accelerated sharply, dribbling into the penalty area.
In such a deceptively simple but very practical move, Hazard broke through the AC Milan defence.
"Be more selfish!"
Hazard skillfully dribbled the ball, but his eyes were watching Abbiati's movements in front of goal, and the afterglow also swept to Pelle, who intentionally or unintentionally blocked Zapata with his body, so that the AC Milan centre-back could not get close to Hazard for the first time.
The Belgian made a quick decision, accelerated again, and at the same time made a feint to shoot low with his right foot, but suddenly switched to his left foot and fired directly at the ball.
All that was heard was a thud as the ball flew out from Hazard's feet at breakneck speed, past Zapata's side, and headed straight for goal.
Abbiati has been keeping a close eye on Hazard's movements, but was deceived by his low-shot feint at the beginning, and the whole person lowered his center of gravity and wanted to pounce on the ball at any time, but he didn't think so, but Hazard suddenly hit a high ball.
The ball grazed Zapata and flew over Abbiati's head, and despite the AC Milan goalkeeper's best efforts to stretch his arms, he couldn't reach Hazard's intricate shot.
The ball grazed the tip of Abbiati's fingers, almost grazed the crossbar, and slammed into the AC Milan goal.
In an instant, the whole Block Stadium went crazy!
Twelve thousand Chinatown fans rushed out of their seats and chanted Hazard in unison.
In the final minute of the game, Eden Hazard single-handedly broke through two AC Milan defenders and scored the crucial goal with a left-footed volley!
The Belgian's eyes widened, and when he saw the ball go into the net, he fell to his knees on the grass, raised his arms and roared to the sky, but was soon crushed on the grass by the frantically chased Chinatown players.
The referee blows the whistle!
The goal works!
Three to two!
(End of chapter)