coach legend

Chapter 285 The first round of the group stage
The intensity of the game made George almost scold his mother.

Just finished the game with Charlton, Blackburn will soon play away against Leicester City.

9月9号，也就是打完查尔顿两天之后是和莱切斯特城的比赛。而到了9月13号，布莱克本要在主场打欧冠小组赛第一轮的比赛。9月16号，布莱克本还要在主场打切尔西。

Looking at this kind of schedule, it would be strange if George didn't go crazy.

This is simply a deadly race.

But George could only feel helpless in his heart.Not to mention Blackburn, even Manchester United and Arsenal's schedule is as difficult.Thinking of this, George felt a little balanced.The so-called not suffering from shortage but suffering from inequality, thinking that Manchester United and Arsenal have the same bad schedule as him, can soothe George's current angry mood.

On September 9, they flew away again.

Although the Champions League game is about to be played, George has no reservations in this game.The entire main lineup is on the field, and George is not as cautious as in previous games.Instead, the game had just started, and there was a fierce attack.

In the eyes of the media and Leicester City, George will stay for the next Champions League game.Although Sparta Prague is not a strong opponent, it was George's first Champions League game after all.No matter it is any coach, he is very cautious when facing himself for the first time.But no one thought that George would be unreserved in this game.

Moreover, George's onslaught at the beginning surprised Leicester City.

This is completely different from their pre-match thinking.Not only the media was surprised, even the head coach and players of Leicester City were also surprised.He was stunned by Blackburn for a moment.

The game had just started 10 minutes ago, and the score board already had big 0 and 2 written on it.The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.Blackburn took a 10-[-] lead over Leicester City with goals from Duff and Deco in the [-]th minute of the game.

George sat firmly on the Diaoyutai on the court.

George is definitely not not paying attention to the Champions League, but only for the Champions League.Completely seal the victory in the first half, and then you can slow down the pace of the game.This also allows players to get a good rest.

Sure enough, Blackburn's violent attack caught Leicester City by surprise.

They never thought that Blackburn would attack so aggressively.In 10 minutes, Blackburn poured two goals into Leicester City.

After two to zero, George had started to slow down the Blackburn players.After all, the Champions League will be played in four days.

Leicester City were just stunned at home.After turning around, he began to counterattack violently.George frowned, wishing he had hit another ball and recovered it.

But George didn't have much to worry about either.Blackburn's defense was already good, coupled with the strong control of the midfield, George is still very sure.

Therefore, Blackburn, who has a two-goal advantage, has already dealt with it calmly.Although Leicester City scored a goal at the end of the second half, it still couldn't change the result of the game.Because before they scored a goal, Blackburn scored another.Dave Suker, who came off the bench, scored his first goal of the season.In the end, Blackburn beat Leicester City [-]-[-] away.

So far Blackburn has achieved five consecutive victories in the league.

After five rounds, Blackburn are at the top of the Premier League table with [-] points.Four points ahead of Manchester United, five points ahead of Arsenal and seven points ahead of Leeds United.In the past three rounds of matches, Leeds United has one draw and two losses, and their record is very poor.

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After playing Leicester City, Blackburn returned home.Getting ready for the first game of the Champions League.

Group B is indeed the weakest group.But it doesn't mean that George can completely underestimate it.

George's favorite sentence is the one Taizu said, "Despise the enemy strategically, and value the enemy tactically."Strategic contempt will increase one's self-confidence.But if there is no tactical emphasis, it is arrogant and conceited.

Therefore, although George is usually arrogant, it seems that no one pays attention to him.In fact, when it comes to important games, George will attach great importance to his opponents.No one will ignore the opponent's information.

George has carefully analyzed this group, and Lazio is the strongest in this group.Of course, George doesn't think his team is weaker than Lazio.But for Lazio, George really has no absolute certainty that he can win.

Lazio is now in its heyday.

Serie A has begun to decline.But beginning to decline and already declining are two concepts.Serie A is still the league with the most stars, and Lazio also has a lot of stars.The self-confidence of the Serie A team is still very sufficient.

Although the Premier League has begun to rise, it is still a little timid when facing Serie A teams.

So for the victory over Lazio, George is not 100% sure.So George put the target of the breakout on the other two teams.

The other two teams are relatively weak.Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk are both clubs far from the mainstream league.When analyzed by the media, the two places in this group should be Lazio and Blackburn who can break through.

So George knew that there was absolutely nothing to lose in the game against the two clubs.In this way, Blackburn can appear regardless of the game against Lazio.Therefore, whether it can emerge from this group, the game against Lazio is secondary, and the game against their two clubs is more important.

The day before the game, George looked at the players and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is our first Champions League game. Some people in our team have played in the Champions League, and some people have not played in the Champions League. But me, this is me It's the first Champions League game since coaching. To be honest, I was a little nervous."

As soon as George's words fell, some players laughed.

George will be nervous?It was the funniest joke they had ever heard.

It may be that George's always strong performance makes the players think that George will not be nervous.

In fact, George was really nervous.Or not nervous, just a feeling of uneasiness.In other words, it's not about the nervousness of the game, but maybe the excitement and excitement of being able to participate in the Champions League.

Anyway, George's mood is pounding now.

"The Champions League, this is the game that I have been thinking about day and night since I coached. We all know this group. Lazio and us are the strongest, Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk are the weakest. So I want to Breakthrough from the group stage, Sparta Prague, Shakhtar Donetsk, we must win."

"As long as we win the game between these two clubs, we will definitely be able to break through this group."

"Are you nervous?"

Sagnol stood up first and shook his head.

"Head, we are not nervous at all. I am only excited now, and I want to play the Champions League soon."

"Yes, head. We won the UEFA Cup, and we will win the Champions Cup in the future!"

"Just wipe out Lazio together. Let them see our strength."

"That's right, we even wiped out Real Madrid, Lazio is nothing!"

Seeing the players talking more and more outrageously, George could only smile.These boys are getting more and more presumptuous.Just scored in the Champions League this season, basically they are all rookies in the Champions League.How dare someone still call out for the Champions League?
But George liked it.What's the best thing about a young player?It is their vitality.

If you shrink back because your opponent is strong, what do you want young people to do.Young people should be fearless.

"Yes, what is Lazio? Is Lazio better than Real Madrid?"

George echoed their views.In fact, beating Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup is a completely different point of view than beating Real Madrid in the Champions League.If Real Madrid is encountered in the knockout round of the Champions League, Del Bosque will definitely fight Blackburn with his life.

UEFA Super Cup, although Del Bosque also wants to take it.But not that intense.

"Abolish Lazio! Abolish Lazio!"

Blanco, who had played in Serie A, looked at Blackburn's young players and suddenly felt young.Lazio was the Serie A champion last year, and Blanco played against Lazio in Inter Milan.How powerful Lazio is, Blanco understands.

In Branco's mind, Blackburn may not be weaker than Lazio in terms of strength, but they still lack experience.Lazio have seen far more than Blackburn.

But Blanco at this time was also infected by the emotions of the Blackburn players.I don't think Lazio has anything.

George raised his hand to silence everyone.

"Tomorrow is my first Champions League game. You all have to remember what you said now. If anyone throws me off, hehehe." George's words came out, and several people shrank their necks.George smiled at the sight of them. "Well, no matter whether the opponent is Real Madrid or Milan, you have to be fearless. Well, go back and have a good rest. Let Sparta Prague know tomorrow that they have no chance to break through the group stage."

"Yes."

Looking at the players leaving, George let out a long sigh of relief.Although it is the first time to enter the Champions League, George still has great expectations.The first round of the group stage is definitely going to break through.But now the situation in the league is very good, and George doesn't want to give up the league.

But then George smiled and shook his head.

Why think about this so early.Take one step at a time, the league and the Champions League are the most important games.George didn't want to give up in both games.Anyway, the thickness of Blackburn's lineup is not too bad now.Should be able to handle two-line attack.

Now is the season has just started, not yet the time to make a choice.

Thinking of this, George felt relieved.In the future, even if they give up the Champions League, the death-saving league, and fail to break through the group stage, that would be a joke.So regardless of Ruhe, George must break through in the two group matches.

Sparta Prague?

Let's see your strength tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)