A large amount of sweat slipped from Hazard's forehead, down his cheeks, to his chin, and dripped on the jersey on his chest.
It's already soaked there.
If you take it off and twist it, you'll definitely be sweating.
But the Belgian still stubbornly raised his head and looked forward, observing the situation on the court.
Galatasaray's defense is indeed organized quite well, and Mancini's ability to build a defensive system is still very strong, especially in terms of restricting the Southampton Trident, which is quite targeted.
Therefore, in this game, both Hazard, Ibrahimovic and Suarez played very hard.
But that doesn’t mean Galatasaray’s defense has no loopholes.
I'm afraid no one will believe this.
Because there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and there is no impenetrable line of defense.
In order to be able to break through Galatasaray's defense, Bielsa made adjustments at the 20-minute mark, asking both Hazard and Suarez to move to the wings as much as possible and be active in the ribs at the two corners of the penalty area. area.
But Mancini responded quickly and immediately made adjustments.
Swedish center Ibrahimovic had no choice but to pull out of the penalty area to respond, because James Rodriguez did not play in this game and replaced him.
It's Pogba.
Therefore, the Swedish center's retreat can effectively receive 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 has a way to deal with it, because they have a total of six players sitting in the midfield and backcourt.
Even if Southampton's full-backs intervene, their defensive players can have as many as eight players, leaving only two players in front waiting for a counterattack.
Can anyone blame Galatasaray for this?
I'm afraid not If Southampton fails to defeat the opponent away from home, everyone will only say that Southampton's attack is weak and Galatasaray's defense is successful, because this is determined by the strength of both sides.
The game is still going on, and Southampton is still unwilling to give up and continues to fight and look for opportunities.
However, the two defensive midfielders sitting in the backcourt clearly realized that the team was pressing too close, so they made a gesture to signal the team to retreat as a whole.
Toni Kroos, Modric and Pogba also retreated to the midline.
Toni Kroos, who was at the back, even returned to the arc area of the center circle in his own half, and the rhythm also slowed down.
Everyone knows that this is a signal to look for fighters again Seeing Southampton retreat again, Galatasaray's players seemed to be relieved.
Just kidding, they are all facing super players who are at the top level in Europe in personal ability.
Other teams have one, and they are all focused on marking, but Southampton has three in one go.
How can they not be popular?
Are you frightened?
Hazard was a little annoyed because he knew that this meant that the team's offense had once again failed.
"Damn it," the Belgian cursed angrily, but there was nothing he could do.
He took another deep breath and murmured to himself: "Be patient, calm, calm, be sure to calm down."
After exhaling heavily, Azar looked forward.
Eboue, Galatasaray's right back and former Arsenal player, was grinning at this moment, with a pair of dazzling white teeth showing on his dark face, smiling at him.
Galatasaray's right center back is Xie Zhu.
He once played for Lille in Ligue 1 and has been teammates with Hazard for many years.
However, the relationship between the two is relatively weak.
At best, they only hug before the game and bump into each other during 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 has the perfect central defender figure of a typical African player.
But the player's strengths and weaknesses 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, and not be stingy with his physical strength.
As a central defender, he should be more aggressive and not be so lazy.
They even asserted that if it weren't for his lazy personality, Xie Zhu could at least become a European-level central defender, and possibly even a top central defender.
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He is still like this to this day Azar paid attention and found that Xie Zhu's character had not changed at all.
As long as he was still in Eboue's defense zone, he refused to move at all, staying far away and watching a little coldly.
Of course, he is fast and very strong.
As soon as he crosses Eboue's defense zone, he is sure to get stuck immediately.
But once he gets close, with Hazard's physical fitness, he can only be killed. share.
But is this possible?
Xie Zhu is still the Xie Zhu he was at Lille, but Hazard is no longer the Hazard he was at Lille.
Thinking of this, Azar had an idea in his mind.
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 observe it, and it was true, because his eyes often left Hazard, or looked towards the stands, or looked elsewhere, and even occasionally turned back to say a few words to his African brother Xie Zhu, and then Then he hurriedly turned around and locked Hazard again.
This is the opportunity After Azar knew it in his mind, he 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 Azar can only wait.
After waiting for three full minutes, Hazard finally had a chance.
Ibrahimovic retreated to support the midfielder and took away another central defender, while Suarez moved to the right.
Galatasaray's entire defense was stretched wide.
But the ball was 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 flipped back and forth and passed to Toni Kroos, there was a gap around him.
There was no one to defend him.
The German midfielder kept his head up and looked at Hazard from a distance.
He found that the Belgian had already bullied Hazard.
Bue, but Xie Zhu was a little far away from them.
Opportunity Toni Kroos lifted up his right foot and passed an overhead diagonal pass.
The ball crossed an elegant arc and quickly landed at the edge of Galatasaray's penalty area.
Hazard also understood it clearly.
The moment Toni Kroos raised his foot, he quickly turned around and sprinted forward.
Eboue's body is also quite flexible, but his back is to the goal.
And the moment Hazard turned around and sprinted, his attention fell on the midfield.
By the time he reacted, Hazard had already Turn around and start.
Although Eboue reacted immediately and followed quickly, he was already left behind by Hazard.
The Belgian's movement was very smart, keeping Eboueka behind him, anticipating the ball's landing point, and seizing the most powerful position.
However, the other central defender Xie Zhu was a little hesitant.
He wanted to get close as soon as possible.
However, he knew very well that Azar was short, lean, and very flexible.
If he stepped forward rashly, he would probably be thrown away.
Therefore, Xie Zhu's choice is to let Hazard catch the ball and move himself between Hazard and the goal, keeping a certain distance.
As long as Hazard stops the ball slightly, the ball will As soon as it lands, Xie Zhu can make a rescue immediately.
Toni Kroos's overhead long pass has a very wide arc, the speed is a bit slow, but the landing point is quite accurate.
After Hazard came to the Premier League, his physical fitness has improved a lot, and 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 uses his left foot to catch it.
This long pass came from the right, and with an exquisite move, the ball stopped directly to Xie Zhu's left side.
This Xie Zhu is right-footed.
If Hazard's ball stops to his left, which is Xie Zhu's right, then the ball will most likely be out of play.
But when he stops to the left side of Xie Zhu, the situation is completely different, because Xie Zhu's left foot is of no use at all, he can't even make a tackle, and he is in the penalty area, so he doesn't dare to foul.
The unlucky Xie Zhu could only watch all this happen, unable to do anything, and secretly regretted it in his heart.
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Hazard's stop of the ball was very subtle, and it stopped just right.
The ball bounced just after it landed on Xie Zhu's left side, and he himself caught up with a sprint, and hit the ball with his right foot.
The ball almost followed a straight line, grazed the left post of Galatasaray, and penetrated into the bottom of the goal net.
"goa" After the TV commentator made a long goal sound and the Turkish fans screamed at the scene, Hazard turned around excitedly and rushed out of Galatasaray's penalty area, rushing to the corner flagpole in excitement, while not Forgot to point at Toni Kroos.
The quality of this long pass from the German midfielder is too high, the landing point is very accurate, and it is very easy to stop.
If Hazard's goal is to be credited, Toni Kroos's pass must be credited for at least four points.
Southampton's players rushed forward and surrounded Hazard.
In an instant, the entire Telecom Stadium was boiling.
Countless fans stood up from their seats, roaring angrily, venting their anger.
It seems that in their eyes, being scored by Southampton is an unforgivable sin.
Hazard's goal is very simple and unpretentious, but it is a test of the player's ability and is worth thousands of dollars.
In the Champions League knockout rounds, 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 leave the initiative to decide the outcome of the game to Galatasaray.
If the Turks want to continue to defend, fine, you can continue to defend.
Anyway, I have an away goal.
But if you want to equalize or even reverse, then I will focus on your counterattack and see who among us has the stronger offensive ability.
Mancini covered his face in despair, shook his head, and walked back to the home team's coaching bench.
He should have been mentally prepared for this, but when reality came, he was still extremely disappointed.
However, in the chairman's stand, Yang Huan exhaled heavily, stood up from his seat excitedly, and applauded Hazard's goal.
Afterwards, he did not forget to turn around and look at Galatasaray's chairman, Unal Essar, grinning.
"Mr.
Essar, I'm looking forward to seeing you come out and fight.
Come on."
Unal Aissar was depressed, because he knew very well that facing Southampton with such excellent offensive power, Galatasaray might not be able to score goals if they pressed out, but his weak defense could always score goals anytime and anywhere.
You may be sieved by the other party.
But if you don’t press it out and fight, Look at the raging crowd of fans in the stands at Telecom Stadium.
They can accept the team giving up the game conservatively early.
Looking at Yang Huan's arrogant look, Unal Assar became even more depressed.
There is no way, who made me boast too early in Haikou just now?
It's all Mancini's fault.
Southampton could score at home.
It's so cowardly: