coach legend

Chapter 351 Group of Death
"Congratulations to Blackburn, broke through the first round of the group stage."

On October 10, Blackburn played against Dortmund at home.

Dortmund, this strong team from Germany.However, in the sixth round, the qualifying quota for this group has already been determined.Therefore, George does not pay much attention to Dortmund.It has already appeared that there is no need to fight with others.

Dortmund don't look like a German team at all, though.

With no hope of qualifying, Dortmund was completely discouraged.George has tried his best to take care of Dortmund's face and sent most of the substitute players.It's a pity that Dortmund is really muddy and can't support the wall.

Was beaten four to zero by Blackburn's substitute.

Even George was surprised.Although the current Dortmund has just been rebuilt, its strength is still not to be underestimated.But he was beaten by Blackburn's substitute.Hleb completed a hat-trick of assists.

The nearly 37-year-old veteran McAllister also scored two goals in this game.

During the game, George frequently looked at Summer next to him.It was found that Summer had no expression throughout the game.

George really didn't know at this time, should he say that Summer was a wise choice, or should he laugh at others that Summer didn't pursue him.Anyway, George looked down on Dortmund very much.There was also some slighting towards Summer.

Sammer, so what if you are a famous free agent in German football?So what if you won the European Cup?
A team has no fighting spirit at all, it doesn't look like a team from Germany.What is the reason why the German team can sweep the world football?
Technology, in terms of technology, Spain and Portugal far surpass them.

In terms of tactics, who can compare with Italy.

The most powerful thing about the German team is of course their will, their whole body.Now that Sammer has even given up on this, it is no wonder that Dortmund has not developed much.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn appeared very smoothly.

In this group, everyone originally thought that Blackburn and Dortmund would appear.But at the end of the six rounds, Dortmund turned out to be the last in the group stage and was out of the bottom.Not even a UEFA Cup spot.

Joining Blackburn is Boavista from Portugal.

On November 11, Blackburn played an away game against Southampton.

George, who had just qualified in the Champions League group and was in a good mood, was strongly blocked by Southampton in this game.In the end, it was tied zero to zero by Southampton.

The increasingly powerful Liverpool, which was trained by Houllier, defeated Manchester United 11-[-] in a strong dialogue in this game.In the dialogue between the strong and the strong this season, Manchester United is completely at a disadvantage.In the second round of the Premier League, Blackburn was beaten [-] to [-], Newcastle was beaten [-] to [-] in the fifth round of the Premier League, and the No. [-] round of the Premier League was tied [-] to [-] by Leeds United at home.

Now it was beaten three to one by Liverpool.

Manchester United's situation is getting worse and worse.And Liverpool relied on this game. After the [-]th round of the Premier League, they were only one point behind Blackburn.

Arsenal also stumbled this round.At home, they were beaten four to two by Charlton, so they could only accept the defeat.

In this way, after the 26th round of the Premier League, Blackburn ranked first with 25 points, while Liverpool ranked No.2 with [-] points.Arsenal [-] points, Manchester United [-] points, Blackburn is already ahead of Arsenal by [-] points and Manchester United by [-] points.

This is something no one thought of before the start of the Premier League.

Although it was tied by Southampton, I felt a little unhappy.But after seeing the match between Manchester United and Arsenal, George felt relieved.

There are only two biggest opponents in George's heart.That is Ferguson's Manchester United and Wenger's Arsenal.As for Houllier's Liverpool, George ignored the league title.

Although Liverpool is strong now, George really doesn't take Liverpool seriously.It's not that Liverpool are not strong.Houllier has been trained for three seasons, and now Liverpool is very strong.This season is fully capable of hitting various championships.

The current Premier League rankings can be seen, Liverpool's strength this season.Without Blackburn, Liverpool would already be double digits ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United.But even so, George did not put Liverpool in his eyes.

Because something happened to Liverpool.And it is a big event that is enough to destroy all Liverpool's current achievements.

That was not long ago, that is, two games before, Liverpool's current coach, the French coach Houllier, had a heart attack and entered the hospital.Doctors are advising Houllier to leave football, because if Houllier continues to coach, there is a high possibility of death.

It's a pity that Houllier still has to return to the coaching position.

According to the doctor's diagnosis, Houllier must rest for at least half a year.Half a year, that is, Houllier couldn't catch up for most of the season.

George was not gloating.

Because he is also the head coach of a football club, George knows that this job is a job with a high incidence of heart attacks.Many club head coaches have different degrees of heart disease.Even a head coach like George who is only in his 30s has a heart disease.It's just that George is young now, so he won't have an outburst on the court like Houllier.

After Houllier entered the hospital, Liverpool's assistant coach Thompson acted as the interim head coach.

Thompson kept Liverpool's performance at a high level by relying on his breath.But George knows that Liverpool's current state will definitely not last long.Liverpool's performance will soon decline due to the departure of the head coach Houllier.

This team was completely built by Houllier.

Hollier is now lying in the hospital.As long as Liverpool have a rout in a game, their results will immediately drop.George was sure of that.

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Because it was tied by Southampton.With an unhappy mood, George flew to participate in the draw for the second round of the Champions League group stage.

After the lottery came out, George's upset mood became even worse.Although his face was not livid, it wasn't very pretty either.

We were lucky last season.It's a pity that all the good luck has been used up this season.When the lottery came out, George himself couldn't help taking a breath.

When Arsenal's draw came out just now, George secretly joked about Arsenal.

Because Arsenal once again drew the group of death.

This kind of bad luck made George in the back couldn't help laughing in his heart.Arsenal drew the absolute group of death this time.Even a tougher group than last season.In addition to Arsenal, their group also includes Juventus, Deportivo, and Leverkusen.

This is the absolute group of death.

Juventus, Deportivo, and Arsenal met in the group stage last season.Even with only these three teams, this is a group of death.Not to mention the addition of Leverkusen, a strong Bundesliga team.

Among the current Leverkusen are Ballack, Lucio, Snyder, Neuville and other fierce players to help out.

Wenger's face was green at that time.

It is estimated that Wenger is also sighing in his heart.Why are you so unlucky?Entered the death group for two consecutive seasons.

But it wasn't long before George laughed at Wenger, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

Because Blackburn also entered another group of death.Among the Blackburn group, there are La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​Serie A defending champion Roma, and George's old rival Galatasaray.

Although this group is completely insignificant compared with Arsenal.But it is still a group of death for Blackburn.

Needless to say Barcelona.

Although George did not play against Barcelona, ​​Barcelona is also the second largest club in La Liga after Real Madrid.Although their performance in recent years has been somewhat poor, there are still big names such as Rivaldo, Kluivert, Saviola, Cocu, and Overmars in the formation.

Such a powerful Barcelona George certainly dare not ignore.

Roma did play in the UEFA Cup.

But the Rome of today is not the Rome of the past.Roma were the Serie A champions last season.Roma are much stronger now than they were in the UEFA Cup.Mainly Capello has left his mark in Rome.

Rome is now the most powerful time in history.Compared with the first time playing against Rome, the current lineup of Rome is even more skilled.Emerson, a player bought by Roma for 800 million euros last season.There is also a generation of God of War Batty who also came to Rome last season.

Of course, Rome's biggest move this summer was buying Cassano for $2800 million.It was a transfer record for a player under the age of 21.

Rome is already truly strong.

Even the weakest is Galatasaray.

Galatasaray has lost too many important players in the past two years.In this group, it should be the role of the cash machine.But Galatasaray is definitely not a bone to chew.People's devil's home court, even Real Madrid and Milan have fallen into it.

Such a group match made George very dissatisfied.

But there is no way.Now we should think about how to break out of this group, this is the most important thing.

After the draw, George returned to England.

Anyway, the lottery is over, and it cannot be changed. On November 11, there is another important game for Blackburn.It is the home game against the mighty Liverpool.

George underestimated Liverpool, but Liverpool is biting Blackburn now.This made George very dissatisfied.George wants a fight to let Liverpool know that the higher you climb, the harder you fall.Houllier is already hospitalized, do you still fantasize about winning the Premier League?
And George wants to let Thompson know.Head coaches and assistant coaches are completely different things. Don't think that you can really be a head coach after winning a few games.

(End of this chapter)