coach legend

Chapter 314 The Champions League Restart

George promised after the game that he would never leave Blackburn.But this kind of thing is what it says.

Many media still questioned that this was just George's attempt to stabilize the Blackburn locker room.At this time, Williams also stood up and said that the contract extension between the two parties will be signed in February.George will definitely not leave in the next few years.

Under the repeated assurances of George and Williams, the media did not catch this matter.But they are also waiting to see if there will be a new contract extension in February.

While George was flipping through the newspapers these days, someone knocked on the door of George's office.

"Come in."

"Head, you are looking for me."

Deco wiped his sweat, and came to George's office very puzzled.

George rarely calls players to the office, and usually everything is resolved on the court.So Deco was very puzzled, he had to go to the office for something.

"Anderson, I have good news for you."

Seeing Deco come in, George took out a fax from the table and handed it to Deco.

After taking a look at it, Deco jumped up from the chair.Then he looked at George in surprise, and then took a closer look at the fax.Finally, with a trembling tone, he said, "Head, is this true?"

"You still look like this after reading it. Congratulations, Anderson."

Deco swallowed his saliva, and finally said: "Head, I really entered the national team."

George nodded with a smile.

Yes, this fax was just received by George.The Brazilian national team sent it to the Blackburn club, and the content is very simple.It was to tell George that Deco was selected for the new Brazilian national team.With the strength of Blackburn in the past few seasons, Deco, a successful Brazilian player in England, has also entered the vision of the Brazilian coach.

There are very few Brazilian players in English football who have been able to succeed.

But Deco, a Brazilian player, is already one of the best midfielders in England.

And with the accumulation of experience, his strength is constantly improving. The 23-year-old Deco has become a representative figure of Brazilian players who have succeeded in the Premier League.

Luxenberg believes that Deco, a down-to-earth young midfielder, can gain a foothold in the Brazilian national team.So sent this fax to Blackburn.

In fact, not any player can receive a call from the head coach of the national team in person.Like Ronaldo might have that treatment.

As for Deco, it would be very nice to send you a fax.

In other words, being able to take a fancy to you and let you enter the national team should make you feel good.

Although with Deco's current strength and reputation, it is difficult to become the main force in the Brazilian national team.But I am very happy to be able to enter the Brazilian national team Deco.So very excited.

The changes that George has brought to the world football are getting bigger and bigger.

Deco, who should become the core player of the Portuguese national team in the future, is now selected for the Brazilian national team.FIFA stipulates that as long as you have played on behalf of the adult national team, you can no longer change your nationality.

In other words, Deco was selected for the Brazilian national team this time. As long as he plays the game, he will never have a chance to be selected for the Portuguese national team.

George doesn't know who Deco will replace in the future?Emerson?Gilbert Silva?Or it may not be able to become the main force of the national team in the future.

But George couldn't say anything to Deco.After all, being able to enter the Brazilian national team is the dream of all Brazilian players.

"Anderson, don't worry when you get to the national team. Even if you can't play the main force for a while, don't worry." George doesn't know if Luxenberg will reuse Deco.But Deco is his own player, so George reassures him.

"Head, I know."

Obviously, Deco, who was already very excited, didn't listen to George's words at all.

Seeing Deco's happy look when he went out, George shook his head.I don't know what will happen to Deco's future if he goes to the Brazilian national team instead of the Portuguese national team.

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Deco happily went to join the Brazilian national team.

But George is going to scold his mother.There's a fucking problem with these teams in South America.Can they abide by some regulations, there are no national teams playing in Europe yet.They put the game in February, isn't that killing George?

In February, Blackburn still has to deal with a lot of games.

There are three Premier League games, the League Cup semi-finals, the League Cup final, and the second round of the Champions League group stage that is about to begin.

What an important moment this is.

If it is later, George will categorically reject this kind of recruitment.But it doesn't work now. First of all, Blackburn doesn't have such tough strength yet.Another thing is that Deco received the call of the national team for the first time. He is now in a good mood, and George can't be a villain.

Deco is gone, the Blackburn game will continue.

On January 1, the second game of the League Cup semi-finals began.

Blackburn away to Birmingham.In fact, this game is completely tasteless.The [-]-[-] score in the first game completely killed the suspense of the League Cup semi-final.Blackburn understands this, Birmingham understands it and all the media understands it.George will not waste energy for this kind of game.

So George put on players who rarely played.A few people were also transferred from the youth team. Anyway, Birmingham didn't pay much attention to this game.

Both teams don't take this game seriously, but the substitute players still cherish this opportunity.Maybe a blockbuster in this kind of game will make George fancy.So it's pretty nice to call you and me.

In the end, the two sides played out two to two.

Blackburn beat Birmingham [-]-[-] on aggregate in two games to reach the League Cup final.

The results of another venue also came out.Liverpool, which lost [-]-[-] in the first game, this time it was a killing spree at home.Facing Ipswich Town, they defeated Ipswich Town with a score of [-]-[-].

With an aggregate score of six to three, Ipswich Town was eliminated.

In this way, Blackburn's opponent in the League Cup final has become Liverpool.

The League Cup final will be played on February 2.

Deco went there on January 1nd and will not be able to return until February 22th.George was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

On February 2st, Blackburn ushered in the Premier League No.1 five rounds.

Blackburn's main rest time is also enough.From January 1 to now, there is a ten-day rest period.However, because Deco did not come back, George replaced Deco with veteran McAllister in this game.

Facing Leicester City, Blackburn's performance is very good.

McAllister has started [-] times for Blackburn this season and has made eight substitute appearances.It can be said that Blackburn is currently a very important player.

Although he is 36 years old, his physical strength has not diminished at all.

Facing Leicester City, the midfield management is in order.In the first half, it was Duff who received a pass from McAllister and inserted a shot into Leicester City's penalty area to break the deadlock on the field.

After leading by one goal, the game was much easier.

Facing Leicester City, which was in full swing, midfielder Micoud's direct pass made Klose succeed in countering offside and scored the second goal of the game.

In the end, Blackburn beat Leicester City [-]-[-] thanks to goals from Duff and Klose.

The fiery state of Blackburn has not disappeared.

Ten days later, on February 2, Blackburn played Bradford at home.

In the 25 rounds of the Premier League, Bradford has only won two games and lost [-] games.It is still at the bottom of the Premier League.

Blackburn was not polite, facing Bradford, scored three goals with head kicks.It was another [-]-[-] game, a clean victory over Bradford.The Bradford players didn't feel much when they lost.

They appear to be completely numb.

George believes that their players have been abandoned.In this state, their ability to relegation this season is definitely a joke.

A team can lose everything, but once it loses its spirit, the team has no future.Bradford is in that state right now.George looked at them, sighed and shook his head.

The victory of the two games made George finally heave a sigh of relief.

Because in the Premier League's No.20 six rounds, Manchester United, which was biting Blackburn, finally lost points.In this round, Manchester United drew Chelsea 26-[-] away.In this way, after [-] rounds, Blackburn's lead over Manchester United has reached eight points.

Arsenal, which was in a downturn some time ago, performed well.The victory of two consecutive games allowed them to consolidate their No.3 position in the Premier League.

After the six rounds of Premier League No.2 on February 10, Blackburn will not have any Premier League tasks for nearly half a month.Because Blackburn will join Manchester United and Arsenal to represent the Premier League in the Champions League.

The Champions League, which has been suspended for three months, is about to resume.

There are still four games left in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

Blackburn had one draw and one loss in the group stage, ranking No.2.

The next two games happened to be home and away against Galatasaray, the old enemy of last season.

George led Blackburn to a victory over Galatasaray in last season's UEFA Cup final.The two teams are now placed in the same group stage.And besides Bayern, the two teams most likely to appear.

Therefore, it can be said that whether Blackburn can break through this group, these two games are the most critical.

Once these two games are won, Blackburn is basically locked in the qualifying places in the group stage.Of course, once it fails, Blackburn can only accept the fate of being eliminated.

After playing against Bradford, just one day later, George led Blackburn to Istanbul, which is known as the home of the devil.

　There is one more tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)