coach legend

Chapter 289 Strong
Just five days after playing Chelsea, Blackburn ushered in their opponent Shakhtar Donetsk in the second game of the Champions League group stage at home.

As long as it is an opponent, George will study it carefully.Including this Shakhtar Donetsk whose name he hadn't heard much before.

Shakhtar Donetsk is the best team in the Ukrainian league besides Dynamo Kiev.Of course, Shakhtar Donetsk cannot compare with Dynamo Kiev, which is famous in European football. After all, Dynamo Kiev was a Soviet powerhouse even in the Soviet era.

But in Ukraine, if Dynamo Kiev is the boss, then Shakhtar Donetsk can say that I am the second.

Compared with Sparta Prague and Rosicky, a young talent like Rosicky, Shakhtar Donetsk's players are basically composed of local Ukrainian players.Because there is not much money to sign in, they even have no money to introduce Eastern European players who are close at hand.

Moreover, the Ukrainian league is not ranked at all in Europe.Plus it's too cold in Ukraine.Those South American players and African players will not go to Ukraine.

To put it bluntly, today's football is a money game.

If the Ukrainian club has money, let alone Eastern European players, even talents from South America and Africa will come voluntarily.But there is no money now, so everything is an excuse.

Therefore, the strength of Shakhtar Donetsk is very weak.

They can only collect local players in Ukraine.Ukrainian football is average, not to mention Shakhtar Donetsk, which is dominated by Ukrainian players.

Shakhtar Donetsk's style of play is a very obvious Eastern European team's style of play.The players are in good shape and the pace of the game is fast.It's a pity that Shakhtar Donetsk forgot that the fastest game in the world is the Premier League.Blackburn, who is training in the Premier League, is most afraid of this rhythm.

So after the game started, Blackburn entered the state.It took only 7 minutes for Blackburn to lead 5-[-] with Pires' free kick.And Blackburn didn't have any reservations. After only [-] minutes, Drogba bumped and kicked the ball into the goal of Shakhtar Donetsk.

This is also Drogba's first goal in the European war.

It was Drogba's fifth goal for Blackburn.But this goal was really not scored by Drogba with his own ability.

It was Miku in the midfield who shot a long shot. After being saved by the goalkeeper, it hit Drogba who was rushing forward, and finally rolled into the goal.And it happened to hit Drogba in the face, and Drogba hit it with his face.

After the ball was scored, even Drogba himself was baffled.If luck comes, it can't be stopped, so you can score goals.After Drogba saw the goal, he stuck out his tongue in surprise.

However, with Drogba's goal, the commentator has begun to set the tone for this game.

"It seems that in Group B, the appearance of Lazio and Blackburn is already a certainty. Lazio is currently leading Sparta Prague [-]-[-] at home. After two rounds, Lazio and Blackburn will both score six points. And Sparta Prague Shakhtar and Shakhtar, against Lazio and Blackburn, they were helpless."

"The biggest suspense in this group now should be who can get No.1 in the group between Lazio and Blackburn."

The commentator was right. At the end of the game, Blackburn ended the game with a high score of [-] to [-].And Lazio also defeated Sparta Prague with a score of [-]-[-].

Both Lazio and Blackburn have six points, but Blackburn ranks first with an extra goal difference.

From the start of the season to the present, Blackburn has played a total of nine games.Blackburn has won nine games in a row, which is the first time in Blackburn's history.Even in the 94-95 Premier League season, Blackburn's results cannot be compared with this season.

All the media are speaking highly of the current Blackburn.

However, after the game ended, Williams talked with George about the contract extension on the sidelines.

George quickly understood.The news that Chelsea wanted to invite George reached Williams' ears.The football circle was not big in the first place, and news could spread out whenever there was any disturbance.In addition, Chelsea owner Bates turned out to be a famous big mouth among English football bosses.

Count on him to keep the secret, unless it's a sow climbing a tree.

Williams has been in English football for so many years, and he still has a very wide network of contacts.Chelsea just invited George, and Williams got the news.As for West Ham United, Williams automatically ignored it.

Although Blackburn is not considered a big club in English football, the current situation is far better than West Ham United.What strength does West Ham United have, dare to compete with the current Blackburn for the coach.Therefore, Williams did not put West Ham United in his eyes at all.

But Chelsea is different.

Don't look at Chelsea's current results are not as good as West Ham United, and even history is not as brilliant as Blackburn.But Chelsea is a big club in London.No matter how you look at it, Chelsea has a better development prospect than Blackburn.

First of all, Chelsea is in the metropolis of London, and there are many fans.Fully equipped with all the conditions to become a strong team.

That's why Williams asked George about it.

George originally signed a three-year contract.This season is the last year.In fact, according to general practice, everyone will start negotiations when there is about half a year left in the contract.But now Chelsea's sudden addition makes Williams a little anxious.

Williams certainly does not want to let George go.That's why I talked to George about the contract renewal.

George smiled and told Williams that the contract renewal issue can now begin.Hearing George's assurance, Williams was very happy.

There is no need to be so anxious about the contract renewal negotiations between the two parties.But George just used this attitude to tell Williams that he had no intention of leaving Blackburn.

Williams thought again, George's grades are so good.Even if you can't give George an annual salary of 300 million pounds, it should be about the same.

But George shook his head.

All right, what's going on with Bates.Even Williams came to himself asking that question.It is estimated that the newspaper media will know about this matter soon.What a hassle.

It is true that the media reported this matter, but soon this matter subsided.Because Chelsea's official website announced that tinker Ranieri became the new Chelsea coach.George is really grateful to Ranieri, this time Bates shot very fast, did not give George too much trouble.

Ranieri, you have also come to the Premier League.

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On September 9, Blackburn finished the second game of the Champions League group stage against Shakhtar Donetsk.On September 21, Blackburn challenged Bradford away.

Bradford competed with Burnley for the last relegation spot last season.Although it was difficult to relegation in the end, his performance this season still did not improve.Only one game has been won so far, and that is against Chelsea, who are in a worse situation.

But apart from the victory over Chelsea, either a loss or a draw.It is still at the bottom of the Premier League.

Although the schedule is intensive, George is much calmer.

George is becoming more and more familiar with how to rotate the lineup. Facing Shakhtar Donetsk and Bradford, they are both very weak teams.George won't be as mechanically rigid in the rotation as he used to be.Either a full-scale main lineup, or a full-scale substitute lineup.

Now George knows how to deal with two-front combat.

When playing Shakhtar Donetsk, George used Drogba in the front line and let Klose rest.Moreover, McAllister was activated in midfield, and Deco was chosen to rest.Used Bellamy, let Duff rest.

McAllister is very satisfied to play in the Champions League.

At the beginning, McAllister gave up Liverpool and came to Blackburn, except for the two-year contract given by George.What attracted McAllister the most was the Champions League.McAllister is old, and his weekly salary is not high at 35 years old.

Neither Liverpool nor Blackburn will give McAllister a high weekly salary.

And McAllister himself doesn't have much requirement for weekly salary. McAllister cares more about being able to prove himself at the end of his career.Now George lets McAllister play in the Champions League, which makes McAllister very satisfied.

McAllister also performed very well.A perfect replacement for Deco's role.

Deco rested.This game can play.

George's rotation worked, and those who didn't play in the last game performed very well.

Klose, who is in excellent form this season, received a long pass from Deco in this game, and successfully scored his fifth goal in the league this season against offside.It was Klose's seventh goal for Blackburn this season.

Duff also counterattacked successfully in the second half and scored the second goal of the game.

In the end, with goals from Klose and Duff, Blackburn beat Bradford [-]-[-] away.So far, George's Blackburn has won seven consecutive league victories, and has achieved ten consecutive victories since the start of the season.

Blackburn's performance certainly shocked the English football world.

Because of the seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester United was tied at home by Chelsea, who had just changed coaches.Arsenal were also held to a [-]-[-] draw by Ipswich Town in the away game.The momentum of the recent three-game winning streak has been violent, and Liverpool have also been tied [-]-[-] by Sunderland.

In this way, after the end of the seven rounds of the league, Blackburn turned out to be behind the direct champions Manchester United by six points, Arsenal by seven points and Liverpool by eight points.

Everyone sighed that Blackburn this season is really unstoppable.

When Manchester United and Arsenal were relatively weak, Blackburn emerged suddenly.Although only seven rounds of the league have passed, many football commentators say that Blackburn is the league champion this season.

It is really that this season's Blackburn is too strong.It completely overturned everyone's pre-season predictions.

The "Daily Telegraph" even wrote a big headline "Who Can Stop Blackburn?"

(End of this chapter)