coach legend

Chapter 408 In Japan

"What's the matter with the head? I think he has been smiling for several days."

Kaka has had a lot of smiles on her face recently.Especially this season, Kaka's playing time is almost the same as that of Micoud, even more than 100 minutes more than him.And Kaka's performance is very good.

It may be because Kaka appeared in the Premier League as a main force for the first time this season, so many teams are unfamiliar with Kaka.Many midfielders in the Premier League are even more unfamiliar with Kaka, so there are often scenes of Kaka dribbling long distances from the midfield during games.

Because of this, Kaka is in a good mood.

Kaka asked Sagnol sitting next to him.

There is only Sagnol, who has both sides in the team and has a very good relationship with all the players.

This is in the middle of the plane, George led Blackburn to Japan, ready to participate in the Toyota Cup.

"I'll tell you one."

Sagnor looked at Kaka mysteriously.

Kaka saw that Sagnol was so mysterious, so he got closer. "You know? Chief, his wife is pregnant."

"Wow, it's true." Kaka's eyes widened.

Sagnol nodded.

"I only told you one person." When Kaka heard what Sagnol said, a smile appeared on his face.I think Sagnol is quite a buddy.

Of course, if Kaka knew, Sagnol said this to almost every player, I don't know what expression he would have.

Anyway, the whole Blackburn team knows that George is in a good mood recently.

"Laurent, what do you think of the strength of the Olympia team?"

George didn't have time to chat with them.After all, the Toyota Cup is about to be played.And the opponent is very strange, a team from Paraguay.Paraguay, if you talk about Paraguay football George can only think of one person.That's Bayern Munich's Santa Cruz.

Apart from him, Jorge is completely new to Paraguayan football.

So not to mention clubs from Paraguay.Moreover, the Paraguayan Olympia team is not a European team, and there is limited information about them.In addition, the time is limited, so I usually don't pay attention to it at all.Therefore, these two days can only be a temporary video of them in the Copa Libertadores.

In the past two days, George and Blanco have been analyzing this opponent.

"The strength is average. The category is comparable to other American clubs. The style of play is more like a European club, but it is not a European team after all. There are still many flaws in tactical execution ability, and there are no outstanding talents. As long as we play steadily, there should be no problem. big."

Blanco analyzed it calmly.

Blanco is quick to get into character.This season also played a few games, but more energy is still on assisting George.Of course, this process is also a learning process for Blanco.

George is quite satisfied with Blanco.Although it is not as good as the tacit understanding between Evan and himself, Blanco's ability to analyze data is still very strong.

George nodded, agreeing with Blanco's analysis.

The Olympia team, a veritable small team.Don't look at the champion of the Copa Libertadores, but it is a veritable poor club.Even in League One, there are many clubs whose economic strength exceeds that of the Olympia team by a lot.

To give the simplest example, the annual salary of Benitez, the highest-paid player in the Olympia team, is only 20 euros. What is the concept of 20 euros? Even Blackburn's substitute, the salary is much higher than him.

Only Ribery, who was thrown into the youth team by George, was paid less than him.Others include Parker, Essien, and even Sun Jihai's salary is ridiculously higher than his.

This can also be seen from the side, what kind of club the Olympia team is.

They were able to win the Copa Libertadores from the strong Brazilian and Argentine clubs, relying on the ability to execute tactics different from South American clubs.But their tactical ability is completely different from that of European teams.

That's why Blanco felt that Blackburn had a better chance of winning.

This year's Toyota Cup will be held at Yokohama Stadium in Japan.Yokohama, Japan's second largest city.The temperature is much warmer than Blackburn.

When Blackburn arrived at Yokohama Airport in Japan and was just getting off the plane, George suddenly heard screaming.George was puzzled and looked forward, only to find that many Japanese fans were already there to welcome the team.

They held up pictorials of themselves supporting the stars, looked at one familiar face after another, and started screaming.

George did not expect that Blackburn's popularity in Japan is still good.

In fact, what George doesn't know is that Blackburn's two consecutive Premier League titles and last season's Champions League final victory over Real Madrid have allowed Blackburn to accumulate high popularity in Asia.If Blackburn were once a powerhouse, they are now even more popular.

Every player passed by and could hear a lot of cheers.

When Kaka passed by, the Japanese girl fans erupted into amazing screams.Blackburn has already attracted a lot of attention at the airport, and the screams of these girls have attracted the attention of everyone at the airport.

Damn, George couldn't help but swear in the back.

Damn, the handsome guy is so fucking nice.There are advantages no matter where you are.

For the past few seasons, Kaka has never been Blackburn's most dazzling star.Micoud, Pires, Klose, and Duff are the most dazzling stars.In British football and European football, they have received the highest praise.

Kaka is just a new star of Blackburn at present.

But handsome, that's all.Look, there are so many big-name players in Blackburn.It turned out that Kaka received the loudest cheers.

Sagnol looked at so many Kaka fans and stabbed Klose next to him. "Milo, you're not doing well. You see, you are the top scorer in the World Cup, yet you are not as popular as Ricardo. Tsk tsk tsk, you really should reflect on yourself."

Klose shook his head.

"Ricciardo, he looks more handsome than me." Klose's low profile is not only reflected in his lack of news outside the field.It's more that he himself doesn't care much about these things.

Sagnol's words were sour, and it was indeed a bit of a taste in his heart.If it was any one of Miku, Pires, or Klose, he would not have such an idea.But Kaka is just a little furry boy.

Blackburn's world was won by them.

Kaka is just a junior.Of course, Sagnol is just a little sour in his heart, and he is also a little bit upset about Micoud and Klose.

When George and Blanco finally passed by, there was someone calling George's name.George was surprised. He looked at the top and found that someone had held up a big photo of himself.George is still very happy in his heart. It turns out that he also has fans overseas. Although they are Japanese fans, they are also his own fans.

George and the players were all cheered by the fans and happily got on the bus.

But Paul who followed was very happy. "John, look at our Blackburn fans. There are still quite a few fans. When I come here to play football, I am not afraid that there will be no fans."

Williams nodded.

Not only that, Kaka received cheers, both of them saw it.Kaka, but it was only this season that he gradually got a stable chance to play.There is such popularity, even the two of them are very surprised.

The two glanced at each other and both had the same idea.It is absolutely impossible to let Kaka go, this is a treasure, a huge treasure.

Paul and Williams are the top executives of the club, and they look at things from a different perspective than George, the head coach.

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On December 2002, 12, a Toyota Cup match was played at Yokohama Stadium in Japan.

The full name of the Toyota Cup is "European South American Club Toyota Cup Football Match", also known as the "Intercontinental Cup Football Match". .

Approved by FIFA, the Japan Football Association is responsible for the specific organization and is held in Japan every December.The two schools of football in the world are the confrontation between the European power style and the South American technology style. They have their own characteristics and each has a complete set of training and game theory. It is difficult to distinguish the two schools.The annual Intercontinental Cup (that is, the "Toyota Cup" after 12) has become a duel between the two schools for the supremacy of world football clubs, which is particularly eye-catching.

The gold content of the Toyota Cup is still acceptable.

Even compared to the European Super Cup, it is only high but not low.

Japanese fans are also very face-saving.There will not be a hundred fans of the two teams in total. It is too far away in East Asia.Blackburn didn't even have a few fans to follow this time, only some reporters followed.

But if you are here, you must be in a particularly good mood.

As a Chinese in his previous life, George had an absolutely average impression of Japan.In other words, as a northerner, I still hate the Japanese.But now I am in the Yokohama Stadium, but I feel very happy.

why?
Because of all Japanese fans, more than 90.00% are Blackburn fans.

Tens of thousands of fans turned out to be overwhelmingly supporting Blackburn.

George had thought about this before coming here.After all, the influence of the Premier League is definitely more than that of South American teams, but I didn't expect it to be so popular.Not only George was surprised, but the players, including Paul and Williams, were quite surprised.

Influence, this is influence.

"Hello everyone, this is the No.20 three-time Toyota Cup competition. The two sides of the competition are the Champions League champion Blackburn in the 01-02 season and the Uruguayan Olympia team, the champion of the South American Libertadores Cup. This is also the first time that the Toyota Cup will be held in Tokyo outside the stadium."

"Speaking of which, these two teams are not traditional strong teams. Blackburn entered the Champions League final last season as a dark horse, and defeated Real Madrid in the final to win the Champions League. The Olympia team also broke through among many strong teams. In the end Won the Copa Libertadores."

"The game is about to start. Let's look forward to a good game."

(End of this chapter)