Bean-sized sweat slid down Hazard's forehead, down his cheeks, down his chin and onto his shirt.

It's already soaking wet, and if you take it off and twist it, you'll definitely be able to wring out a handful of sweat.

But the Belgian still stubbornly raised his head in front of him, and he was observing the situation on the field.

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

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

But doesn't it mean that Galatasaray's defense is without holes?

I'm afraid no one will believe that!

Because there are no impermeable walls in this world, and there is no impenetrable line of defense!

In order to be able to break down Galatasaray's defence, Bielsa made a change at the 20th minute, allowing both Eden Hazard and Suarez to play as far as possible on the flanks of the two corners of the penalty area.

However, Mancini's response was also quick and immediately made adjustments, with Swedish centre-forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic having to choose to pull out of the penalty area to respond, as James Rodriguez missed this game and was replaced by Pogba.

Therefore, the Swedish centre-forward dropped back to effectively receive passes from midfield, while also creating space in the big penalty area, giving Hazard and Suarez the chance to cut through the ribs.

But Galatasaray clearly have a way to deal with it, as they have a total of six players in central midfield.

If Southampton's full-backs were to plug in, they could have as many as eight defenders, leaving two players in front of them waiting to counter-attack.

But can anyone blame Galatasaray for this?

I'm afraid not!

If Southampton can't beat each other on the road, all will be saying that Southampton are not attacking well and Galatasaray are successful defensively 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.

However, the double midfielder in the backfield clearly realized that the team was pressing too high, so he gestured and signaled the team to retreat as a whole.

Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Paul Pogba also dropped to near the halfway line, with Tony Kroos even returning to the centre circle of his own half, slowing the tempo.

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

Seeing Southampton retreat again, Galatasaray's players also seemed relieved.

Just kidding, they are facing top super players in Europe with individual ability, and other teams have one, which is all focused on defense, but Southampton has three in one go, can it not make people tremble?

Eden Hazard was a little annoyed because he knew it meant another futility in his team's attack.

"Fuck it!" The Belgian scolded indignantly, but there was nothing to be done.

He took another deep breath and muttered to himself: "Be patient, be calm, be calm, be calm, be calm!" ”

With a heavy breath, Hazard looked ahead.

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

Galatasaray's right centre-back is Sheju, who used to play for Lille in Ligue 1 and has been teammates with Hazard for many years, but the relationship between the two is relatively light, at best the kind of hug before the game and say hello after the game.

Sheju is a very strong player, not particularly tall, but very strong, quite physical, and not lacking in flexibility, typical of the perfect central defender of an African player.

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

That's lazy!

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 would at least be able to become a European-level central defender, and maybe even a top central defender.

He's still like that!

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

As long as he was still in Eboue's defense zone, he refused to move, and he fell far away, a little coldly watched.

Of course, he is fast and physically strong, as soon as he crosses Eboue's defense zone, he is sure to get stuck at the first time, and once he gets close, with Hazard's physical fitness, he can only be slaughtered.

But is it possible?

Sheju is still Sheju in Lille, but Hazard is no longer Hazard in 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 kept an eye on it, and it was, because he often looked away from Hazard, or looked into the stands, or looked elsewhere, and even occasionally turned back to say a few words to his African brother Sheju, and then hurriedly turned back to re-lock Hazard.

Here's the chance!

Hazard knew what to do, then turned around and gestured to his team-mate, signaling that he had found the weakness of the other party and wanted to give it a try.

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

After three minutes of waiting, Hazard finally got his chance!

Ibrahimovic dropped back to meet the midfielder, taking another centre-back with him, while Suarez was pulled down to the right.

Galatasaray's entire line of defense was stretched wide open.

But the ball remained firmly at the feet of Southampton's midfielders and backfielders.

At this point, Hazard slowly approached Eboue, turned his back to goal and looked at his team-mate in midfield.

When the ball fell back and forth to the feet of Toni Kroos, there was a gap around it, and the German midfielder kept his head up and looked at Hazard from afar, and saw that the Belgian had bullied Eboue, while Sheju was a little far away from them.

What a chance!

Toni Kroos lifted his right foot and slashed a long diagonal ball over the top of the top, and the ball crossed an elegant arc and quickly fell to the front of Galatasaray's penalty area.

Eden Hazard also understood it, and the moment Toni Kroos lifted his foot, he quickly turned and sprinted forward.

Eboue was also quite agile but with his back to goal, and his attention fell on the midfield the moment Hazard turned and sprinted, and by the time he could react, Hazard had already turned and started.

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

The Belgian was very clever in his play, keeping Eboueka behind him, anticipating where the ball would fall and seizing the most powerful position, while another centre-back, Sheju, was a little hesitant to get close as soon as possible, but he knew very well that Hazard was short and flexible and could have been thrown away if he had stepped forward.

Therefore, Xie Zhu's choice is to let Hazard catch the ball, move between Hazard and the goal, keep a certain distance, as long as Hazard stops the ball, it stops a little, and as soon as the ball lands, Xie Zhu can clear the siege as soon as possible.

Tony Kroos' long overhead ball arced wide, a bit slow, but the landing was quite accurate.

After Hazard came to the Premier League, his physical fitness has improved a lot, and there is no problem in carrying Eboue, besides, Galatasaray is also afraid of fouls at the front of the big penalty area, so as soon as the ball landed, he used his left foot to meet the long pass from the right side of the foot, and with a subtle unload, he stopped the ball directly to the left side of Shezhu.

This Xie Zhu is a right-footed player, if Hazard's ball is stopped on his left side, that is, Xie Zhu's right side, then this ball is ten * is no play.

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, and he couldn't even make a tackle, and he didn't dare to foul in the big penalty area.

The unlucky Xie Zhu could only watch all this happen, but he couldn't do anything, and secretly regretted it in his heart!

Hazard's stop was very subtle and well-grounded, the ball bounced off the left side of Sheju, and he himself caught up with a lunge and swung his right foot at the ball!

The ball grazed Galatasaray's left post almost in a straight line and into the bottom of the net!

“goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll！！！！！”

Amid the shouts of the Turkish fans at the scene, Hazard excitedly turned around and rushed out of Galatasaray's penalty area, rushing all the way to the corner flagpole, while not forgetting to point to Toni Kroos.

The German midfielder's long ball was of too high quality, very precise and quite easy to stop.

If Hazard's goal is to be credited, Tony Kroos's pass will give at least four points!

The Southampton players rushed forward and surrounded Hazard.

In an instant, the entire Telecom Stadium was boiling!

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

As if in their opinion, what an unforgivable sin to be scored by Southampton!

Eden Hazard's goal was simple and unpretentious, but it was a test of the player's ability and a great value.

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

What's more, it was a goal that changed the situation completely.

With a goal in hand, Southampton could have played more patiently and put the decision in Galatasaray's hands.

If the Turks are going to keep defending, okay, you can keep defending, I've got an away goal anyway!

But if you want an equalizer, or even a reversal, then I'll concentrate on your counterattack and see which of us has the stronger attacking ability!

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

He should have been mentally prepared for this, but at this moment of reality, he was still extremely disappointed!

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

After that, he didn't forget to look back at the president of Galatasaray, Unar Essar, and grinned.

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

Unal Isar was depressed, because he knew very well that in the face of Southampton, which had such a good attacking power, Galatasaray might not be able to score goals, but his weak defense could be beaten into a sieve by the opponent anytime and anywhere.

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

Look at the crowd of fans in the stands of the telecommunications stadium, can they accept the team's conservative abandonment of the game early?

Looking at Yang Huan's appearance again, Unar Isar was even more depressed.

There's no way, who let himself boast too early in Haikou just now?

It's all Mancini's fault, he was able to be scored by Southampton at home, it's too wretched, right?