coach legend

Chapter 244 Premier League?UEFA Cup?

After George returned to England, all the Italian media were reporting on George.The content of their reports is the same, and even the meaning is the same.It's "The Crazy Brit".

George left Rome in style, but the Italian media went crazy.

For so many years, Italian football has been used to being the boss in Europe, and good players are all proud of being able to play in Serie A.Serie A has gathered the best players in the world and they deserve to be proud.

But George, a young coach from England, almost satirized Italian football before and after.How could this make the proud Italian media forget that it was full of accusations.Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that George didn't read Italian newspapers at all.

Although George knows Italian, George doesn't have that much time to read Italian newspapers.

In the BBC football program, the host smiled and said: "I believe that within a period of time, Italian football will never forget the arrogant young coach George."

At this time, the invited guest Lineker intervened.

"They will definitely not forget, with Blackburn's current results. George will definitely lead Blackburn to the Champions League next season, and they will definitely meet an Italian team by then."

"Yes." The host nodded. "Not only the Italian media, once George plays in the Champions League, the entire European football world will know George as an arrogant coach."

George returned to England without any time to rest.Up against Middlesbrough.

The momentum was still very strong last season, and Middlesbrough, who finally ranked No.9 in the Premier League, dropped a lot this season.Currently only ranked No.14 in the Premier League.This is a common problem of some upgraded teams. After they have just been promoted, they can often play very well with a burst of energy.

But by the second season, other teams will value you.So in the second season, the performance of these upgraded teams often determines the future fate of these teams.

Of course, not only the team, but many players as well.In the first season of landing in a certain league, some people often perform very well because others are not familiar with themselves.But in the second season, after other teams value him, his performance will be sluggish.

Now Middlesbrough has encountered such a problem.

Because the Premier League No. 20 eight rounds and the UEFA Cup match, there is only a difference of two days.In desperation, George could only replace some substitute players.I don't know if it was because of the victory over Rome that luck ran out.Against Middlesbrough at home, it turned out to be a boring battle, with a [-]-[-] draw.

Manchester United, who also returned from the European War, defeated Derby County [-]-[-] in excellent form.

Manchester United surpassed Blackburn by two points and returned to the top of the list.This is Manchester United's return to the top position after nearly ten rounds.

George turned off the TV when he saw Manchester United lead the score [-]-[-].George's face was ugly, although he knew that the Premier League championship was not easy to win.But I didn't expect how long it took, and I gave up the top position to Manchester United.

It is also playing in European games, and Manchester United has not been greatly affected.George watched Manchester United's games carefully, and Ferguson did have a lot of experience in the rotation.It's not like the main players in important games like George who swarm all the players, and then in the next game, they can only rotate most of the substitute players in desperation.

In this way, the main players can win the game, but the substitute players have a lot of problems.

And Ferguson, even in the Champions League group stage, not all the main players played.Instead, there are some all-purpose chess pieces on the field, so that some main players can still rest.There was a mixed feel to his rotation, and he took both games after the mix.

George knew this kind of multi-line combat, but he was inexperienced.I have to learn from old Jianghu like Ferguson.

After giving up the top spot, George knew that he was at a disadvantage in terms of the schedule.In the remaining games, Manchester United only played Chelsea at home and Villa away.And Blackburn is not only going to play West Ham at home, but also away from Chelsea and Liverpool.

Four days later, Blackburn hosted Roma.

In fact, Roma has fallen behind by two goals at home, and it has basically been sentenced to death.Indeed, Capello didn't think he could make a comeback, so the starting players didn't have so many main players.Just as George satirized Roma, Roma may not even have to play in the UEFA Cup next season.

Now Capello is a little anxious.The situation in Rome in the league is quite bad.Especially in the case of rival Lazio in the same city, Capello is even more anxious.

Although the young coach George is arrogant, Blackburn is good, which Capello agrees with.Since he could not win, Capello simply gave up.Although Capello didn't say it explicitly, everyone in the starting lineup could see it.

And George is the same this time, neither all the main players nor just the substitute players.George didn't want to expend energy for this game, nor did he want to capsize in the gutter.

The game was very flat, and Roma didn't think about making a comeback.And Blackburn also wanted to preserve his strength, and everyone had reservations.So there were no exaggerated scenes in the game, but for Blackburn, I am not in a hurry if you don't attack Roma.

In the end it was a [-]-[-] draw at home.

However, Blackburn still defeated Roma with a total score of [-]-[-] and entered the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup.

The UEFA Cup quarter-finals list is also out.Blackburn, Arsenal, Leeds United, Werder Bremen, Celta Vigo, Lens, Slavia Prague, Galatasaray.

A total of three Premier League teams have entered the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.Blackburn is No.4 in the Premier League and directly won the UEFA Cup place, Arsenal was eliminated in the UEFA Champions League group stage and entered the UEFA Cup, and Leeds United entered the UEFA Cup through the Intertoto Cup.

In the Champions League, although the second round of the current Champions League group stage has not yet ended.But the situation of Manchester United and Chelsea is very good, and it is not a big problem to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

There are two Premier League teams among the quarter-finals of the Champions League and three Premier League teams among the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. This already shows the rise of the Premier League from the side.

Blackburn is lucky, and the opponents of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals have already come out.It's Slavia Prague from the Czech First Division.

George was overjoyed, this was the best ending.

After the implementation of the Bosman Act, the hardest hit are those second-tier European leagues.Of course, the first to be hit is the Eredivisie. The traditional giants of the Eredivisie, Ajax, Eindhoven, and Feyenoord, are the hardest hit.

The leading stars of these three teams were all divided up by the teams of the five major European leagues.Of course, they also have their way of survival. Since the five major European leagues poach them, they poach the small clubs in the Eredivisie.Of course, there are leagues worse than the Eredivisie.

The Czech league is obviously worse than the Eredivisie.

But the reputation of the Czech League is not low.This is all because the Czech Republic has given birth to a golden generation in recent years, especially a large number of good players headed by Nedved and Poborski in the 96 Euro Cup.They raised the profile of the Czech League and at the same time put the Czech League in people's sights.

Therefore, after the Bosman Act, the players with a little strength in the Czech League were snatched up by the major leagues.Needless to say, the Eredivisie, Bundesliga, and Serie A all go there to poach people.Only the Premier League cannot import players from the Czech Republic because of labor certification.

The Czech League is gone.The strength of Slavia Prague from the Czech First Division can be imagined.

So after finishing the game in Rome, there will be 29 rounds of the Premier League.After losing the top position, Blackburn lost the psychological burden instead.Blackburn players performed well in an away game against Derby County.With a big score of four to zero, the game was won.

Because of the No.20 nine-round match and Manchester United's Champions League conflict, Manchester United postponed the game.In this way, Blackburn once again climbed to the top of the Premier League standings with a one-point advantage.

The Premier League has reached the final stage, and Blackburn can still compete with Manchester United for the Premier League title.When all the newspapers commented on Blackburn, they expressed it as a strong team.

The dense schedule made George breathless.Having just finished the 29th round of the Premier League, Blackburn will immediately face their opponents in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup at home.

On March 3, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup began.

In this game, George began to learn from Ferguson, although this game is very important.But George did not send all the main force.Because Slavia Prague's strength lies there, it is just a waste to play all the main players.

After all, two days after this game, it will be the No. 30 round of the Premier League.

However, even if Blackburn's main force came off the bench and mixed, facing Slavia Prague from the Czech First Division, they still had the advantage.Dave Suker scored twice in the game, taking his tally to seven for Blackburn this season.

Romedal, who came off the bench for Pires, scored a goal, and Didier Drogba also scored a goal in the forward line.Of course this ball is Drogba's first goal for Blackburn this season.

In the end, Blackburn beat Slavia Prague [-]-[-] at home.

At this time, no one doubts whether Blackburn will enter the UEFA Cup semi-finals.Everyone firmly believes that there is no problem for Blackburn to enter the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

In the No.30 round of the Premier League two days later, Blackburn faced Villa at home and performed well.Especially Klose, who did not play in the UEFA Cup, helped Blackburn beat Villa [-]-[-] with one pass and one shot.

But Manchester United are in better shape.Manchester United, who returned from the Champions League, beat Leicester City [-]-[-] away.

Blackburn is still one more game, one point ahead of Manchester United.

Even the media praised Blackburn's strength.

"George's Blackburn has already entered the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup with half of his body, and is currently at the top of the league table. George's goal is the UEFA Cup champion? The Premier League champion? Or both?"

(End of this chapter)