coach legend

Chapter 274 The Game Begins

Came to Monaco, after only one day off, Blackburn will face Real Madrid.

The Stade Louis II is a small stadium.It can only accommodate more than 8000 people, which is less than 2 people.

For the world's most powerful Real Madrid, a popular club, and England's famously fanatical fans, this stadium is too small.Because Real Madrid and Blackburn, any club, if there are enough tickets, can fill the Louis II Stadium.

But now the stadium with less than 2 people needs to be shared by fans of the two clubs.

This is not easy.

Don't look at the European Super Cup as it is not a very important cup.But he is a true European champion by any measure.That is, the king of the European Cup.And it is the first European champion after the new season.

So even Real Madrid fans will not ignore it.

Of course, from the perspective of Real Madrid fans, this game is safe.Blackburn?Where did this country team come from?
When George led Blackburn to the Louis II Stadium, the stadium was already crowded with people.The small stadium has been completely occupied by fans from both sides.And the fans of both sides are very different.

Blackburn fans mostly wear blue and white jerseys, while Real Madrid fans are more pure white jerseys.Therefore, the blue square array and the white square array are clear at a glance.

But UEFA is fair, not because Real Madrid is more famous than Blackburn.Just give Real Madrid more tickets, fans of both teams get almost the same tickets.Before the game started, the fans of both sides had already started to compete.

It's just that Real Madrid fans have always regarded themselves as nobles, and many of them disdain to care about rural fans like Blackburn.Therefore, in the momentum, Real Madrid fans simply cannot match Blackburn fans.

"Coach Bosque."

George came out earlier than Real Madrid this time.Just waited for the Real Madrid coach by the side of the court, waited until Bosque came out, and shook hands with him.

"Coach Levi, hello."

Bosque is like a very kind old man.He smiled kindly at George.

The two just shook hands politely, and then returned to their seats.But George felt very sorry for the great coach Bosque.

Bosque had two previous experience as a firefighting coach at Real Madrid.

In 1994, Real Madrid fired coach Sanz.At that time, Bosque coached 11 games as a firefighter until Valdano took over.Two years later, the top management fired Iglesias again, and the firefighter who chose was Bosque.It's just that this time he only represented one 1-5 victory before winning the championship again.

This time, he came to fight the fire again, replacing Toshack, who had poor grades.Everyone thought it was just an agent this time.But what was unexpected was that Del Bosque miraculously led Real Madrid to the Champions League.In this way, he secured the position of Real Madrid's head coach.

After Bosque served as Real Madrid coach, Real Madrid's performance has been very good.

But in 03, Bosque will be fired by Florentino.The reason is very ridiculous, saying that Bosque's appearance does not match the temperament of Real Madrid (I still don't know if this is true, anyway, the rumors are like this.).This sounds like a blatant insult.However, after Bosque left Real Madrid, he never said anything bad about Real Madrid.

And although many clubs wanted to invite Bosque, Bosque did not agree.In the end, it turned out to be an unexpected coach to coach a Turkish club, and get out of class after only half a year.If he hadn't become the head coach of Spain later and led the Spanish team to the World Cup championship, everyone would have almost forgotten the meritorious coach of Real Madrid.

Of course, Bosque's greatest ability is to be able to balance the dressing room of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's historical tradition is a great chairman plus great players.And Florentino's dream is to become the great chairman of Real Madrid like the Bernabeu.Therefore, his biggest move after taking office is to introduce the best players in the world, so the Real Madrid locker room has become the most difficult place to control.

But Bosque was able to use his personal charm to perfectly control the Real Madrid dressing room.All those Real Madrid stars will be convinced by Bosque.Including Raul, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, no one said anything bad about Bosque.

Since Del Bosque left Real Madrid until Mourinho entered Real Madrid, there was once again a head coach who could control the dressing room of Real Madrid.Of course, Mourinho's ability to control the Real Madrid locker room has something to do with the full support of Florentino behind him.On the contrary, it was Bosque who completely relied on his own charm to control a group of players.

George shook his head.When Florentino fired Bosque, he certainly didn't think about it, and Real Madrid's Galacticos also completely disintegrated.After Bosque, Real Madrid changed seven head coaches, and finally won a league title in the hands of Fabio Capello.

I don't know if Florentino, the predator, later regretted firing Bosque.

These were just the flashbacks that George had after seeing Bosque.But George didn't have time to think about these questions, because the game was about to start soon.

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Sagnol, captain of Blackburn Rovers, stepped forward to toss a coin and decided to kick off first.

However, both sides have consciously won a half, which is just a formality.After tossing the coin, Sagnol shook hands with several referees and Real Madrid captain Hierro.

Also the captain, Sagnol could only look at him with admiration in front of Hierro.

Not to mention Sagnol, even Blanco's achievements in the national team are brilliant.But in the club's achievements, who can compare with Hierro.Hierro was great.From the initial center to the defensive midfielder, and then to the defender, Hierro released his comprehensiveness.

Hierro became the offensive and defensive commander of the team in the midfielder position, and in this position he actually scored 91 goals in the 92/21 season, becoming the second shooter in La Liga that year.After Valdano entered Real Madrid, with the maturity of newcomers such as Raul and Guti, Hierro officially retreated to the back line.In the central defender position, he is still the most insurmountable iron gate in La Liga. Such a comprehensive player is extremely rare in the entire history of football.
Seeing Sagnol looking at him, Hierro nodded very friendly to Sagnol.

But if it weren't for this European Super Cup, Hierro wouldn't even know the man in front of him.It is precisely because of the European Super Cup that Bosque's explanation before the game let them know some players of the Blackburn team.

"beep--"

With the whistle of the referee, the 2000 European Super Cup officially kicked off.

"Hi everyone, this is the 2000 UEFA Super Cup. I'm at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, and I'm showing you live. The two teams competing for the UEFA Super Cup are Real Madrid from Spain and Blackburn Rovers from England. .I'm Martin Taylor. Next to me is my old partner Andy Gray."

Martin Taylor's familiar voice appeared in the ears of the fans.

Real Madrid fans pay some attention to this European Super Cup, but Real Madrid and the Spanish media don't pay much attention to this European Super Cup.Because the European Super Cup feels more like a friendly match, and Blackburn's strength is too poor in their opinion.

But looking back at the English media, they paid more attention to it.

Blackburn is the most watched team in the Premier League in recent seasons.And George is the most watched local coach in England.In addition, the opponent is Real Madrid, the world's giants Real Madrid.So the game gets more attention.

Many England fans, including non-Blackburn fans, also paid attention to this game.

"Now let me introduce to you the starting lineups of the two teams."

"Bosque didn't take it lightly just because the opponent was Blackburn. The goalkeeper is the young talent Iker Casillas, the defenders from left to right are Roberto Carlos, Karanka, Hierro, Salgado, the midfielder On the left is McManaman, on the right is Figo, who just transferred this season, on the midfielder is El Guerra, on the midfielder is Guti, and the two forwards are Raúl and Morientes."

"Look at Blackburn again. George's formation is quite satisfactory. The goalkeeper is Cudicini, the back line from left to right is John Riise, Blanco, Ferdinand, Sagnol, the midfielder From left to right are Pires, Deco, Micoud, Makelele, Duff, and the lone striker is Klose."

"In terms of strength, Real Madrid certainly has the advantage. And the recent Real Madrid is in a good state, winning consecutive games in the warm-up match. I newly bought Figo and integrated into the team quickly. The state is also very good."

"And Blackburn is also in very good condition. In the two Premier League games, they all won. Blackburn is currently at the top of the Premier League standings."

Martin Taylor would like to introduce the latest situation of Real Madrid and Blackburn.

At the beginning of the game, Real Madrid was imposing.There are only two players in the middle of the midfield, but they are extremely fierce.Didn't put Blackburn in his eyes at all.

All of Real Madrid's offense revolves around Guti in midfield.

Guti is a genius, as long as he behaves normally, then you will never know how Guti will pass the ball.Guti has good dribbling skills, and at 1.85 meters tall, he also has header skills.But Guti's most powerful is his unpredictable pass.

Guti's threatening passing is even better than those of Zidane and Micoud.

Guti's pass is always in a place that others can't imagine.He is a true genius.

However, Gutti's eccentric personality has kept him from being trusted by previous Real Madrid coaches.Valdano, Capello, Heynckes, and Hiddink did not include Guti in their main lineup, but they were reluctant to sell a genius like Guti.

Until Bosque became the head coach of Real Madrid, he began to reuse Guti.

Guti also reciprocated Bosque, and his performance in Real Madrid is getting better and better, and his role is getting better and better.Deco has experienced many battles in the Premier League and has seen all kinds of offensive players.But facing Guti today, he was dizzy.

Because Guti's extraordinary and passing, there is really no routine.Totally improvised.

(End of this chapter)