coach legend

Chapter 422 Continue to be strong
With his nostrils up in the air, George said frantically that "the Champions League knockout round is my back garden".In an instant, it became the headlines of all European media.

I don't know how many people secretly scolded George for his arrogance.But there is no way, George's performance in the past few seasons is so good.No matter what group they are assigned to, Blackburn can easily appear.

George is doing extremely well in Europe.

The first time it appeared in Europe was four years ago.As soon as he came to the European arena, George led Blackburn to the UEFA Cup.

And the second time and the first time to participate in the Champions League.Blackburn are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.And if it weren't for the misjudgment, I don't know what kind of results I could achieve.

The third year, that is, last season.George even led Blackburn to pass several times in a dark horse posture, and finally defeated the thriving Real Madrid in the final.Won the Champions League.

Now, Blackburn has easily broken through the death group and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

George has never missed a Champions League group stage.So although George was arrogant, not many people refuted him directly.

With the development of the Internet, many fans are also speaking on the Internet.

Of course Blackburn fans are cheering.They love a manager who has such confidence, such character.If it weren't for George, Blackburn would be a small fish in England.Many foreign Premier League fans don't know Blackburn.

But now Blackburn is very famous.Among the Premier League fans abroad, it is estimated that apart from Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool, Blackburn has the most fans.Even in Asia, Blackburn fans are estimated to be no less than Arsenal and Liverpool.

This is what George brought.

Fans at other clubs cursed George.

Anyway, the two sides spat at each other on the Internet, and the fight was exhilarating.

But George has refocused his attention on the league.Anyway, Blackburn is already the first in the group, even if they lose all the remaining two games, Blackburn is also the first in the group.Under such circumstances, George certainly no longer pays attention to the Champions League group stage.

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February is over, and March is coming soon.

On March 3, Blackburn faced Manchester City at home.Manchester City's manager is Kevin Keegan.

What does this guy say?

He is a legend in English football.When I was a player, I won the Footballer of the Year twice.He scored numerous goals for Liverpool.Led Liverpool to dominate during that time, winning the league title, UEFA Cup title and Champions League title.

And leaving Liverpool to Hamburg, Germany, also created a legend.

When he was a player, Kevin Keegan was hailed as the most outstanding star after Cruyff and Beckenbauer in the 70s.

Later, he became the head coach, and his coaching performance was not bad.In the few years at Newcastle, Newcastle has been built into a strong team in England.During that time, especially before Wenger took charge of Arsenal, Newcastle was Manchester United's most direct opponent.

Although the battle between Kevin Keegan and Ferguson left a laughing stock.But no one can deny Kevin Keegan's appeal in English football.

And because Kevin Keegan is very popular, many people in English football give him a lot of face.

But it is possible that Kevin Keegan was born as a striker and has achieved great honors.Therefore, the teams coached by Kevin Keegan have big problems.It means focusing on offense and light defense, whether it is in Newcastle or Manchester City.

If you are in a team like Blackburn, there may be room for development in playing heavy offense and light defense.

After all, Blackburn's defense is full of famous players.The combination of Campbell and Lucio is pretty good.

But what kind of defender combination is Manchester City.Distin and Howie, these two big fools, how can they compare with Campbell and Lucio.Especially Howie, the core of Manchester City's defense, is completely a big guy, turning around very slowly and chasing back even slower.

Such a player was actually placed in the middle by Kevin Keegan as the core of the defense.Can City's rear still be used?

Plus Kevin Keegan doesn't know the severity.Manchester City is a team that has just been promoted, and it still continues the three-back style of play in the League One.It's no wonder he didn't die.

George doesn't care that Manchester City is a weak team.You Manchester City like to attack, I will defend and counterattack.George was amused by Manchester City's weak three-back system.But you can't underestimate the attack power of Manchester City. Manchester City's current striker is Anelka.

Before the game, Anelka told the media that he must give George a good look.

It's a pity that Anelka has not shown his power yet. Blackburn scored two goals in two consecutive counterattacks.

Distin and Howie really aren't a good guard combo.

As long as there is an accurate pass when counterattacking, Defoe can counterattack very simply.Defoe is fast and very flexible.Coupled with the fact that there is a good passer like Micoud behind him, Defoe can receive a lot of good balls.

Defoe was lonely.But yes, Defoe is alone in the frontcourt, how could he not be alone.

But Defoe alone has made Distin and Howie embarrassed.

At the end of the first half, Blackburn was already leading Manchester City [-]-[-].

But Kevin Keegan is also an idealist, his team is to attack, attack, and attack.George didn't know whether he should admire Kevin Keegan or despise Kevin Keegan.Anyway, Kevin Keegan's team is a team that George likes to play against very much.

Blackburn made persistent efforts in the second half, and it was another chance to counterattack. Defoe completed a hat-trick.

Now Defoe is very satisfied.

Although not a main player, but playing in Blackburn is very comfortable.Because there are passing masters like Pires and Micoud behind him, even his partners Klose and Drogba are forwards who don't eat alone.

These have allowed Defoe to score a lot at Blackburn.

However, in another venue, Manchester United also easily defeated Leeds United [-]-[-].

In this way, the Premier League No.20 nine rounds are over, and Blackburn is still six points ahead of Manchester United.

In the No.30 round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face Arsenal at home.

Arsenal are now ten points behind Blackburn.Speaking of it, Arsenal is also quite sad, with good results at the beginning of the season, almost leaving Manchester United and Blackburn behind by double digits.There was even a period of time when Wenger claimed that the current Arsenal is the most perfect Arsenal.

It's a pity that Wenger was defeated by a fateful opponent before he finished speaking.

That person is that England has just emerged this year, but has become the most watched talent in all English football.He is Wayne Rooney.

On October 2002, 10, the team that had just been highly praised by Wenger himself finally lost.They turned out to be defeated by Everton.In the last minute, a teenager who had just come off the bench beat Seaman with a stunning curve ball and scored.On this day, Rooney was only 19 years and 1 days old, and a new record for the youngest scorer in the Premier League was born.The TV commentator yelled: Remember his name, Wayne Rooney!

Yes, Rooney.

This talented young man who ended Arsenal's 49 unbeaten games in history, stepped on Arsenal to become famous when he just debuted.

What is fame by one goal, this is real fame by one goal.

Rooney is on fire.Just as the English football world expected Irving at the beginning, all the famous English football players believe that Rooney will become the new leader of the England striker.

Behind Rooney's fire is the lonely Arsenal.Asen grew up to set off Rooney's back.

After that, Arsenal, with excellent results, began to have ups and downs.Fast forward to January and Arsenal's lead was starting to fade.By March, Arsenal's state was getting worse and worse.

Already completely lost the qualifications for the championship.

If it's just this, Arsenal is certainly not a sad reminder.What is even more tragic is that the four groups in the second round of the UEFA Champions League this time are all groups of death.Arsenal are unlucky because they are in a more miserable group than Blackburn.

Arsenal are in Group C, and this group has only one big player, Lokomotiv Moscow.Apart from him, the other three teams are all well-known teams in European football.Needless to say, Arsenal have performed very well in the Champions League in recent seasons.

In addition to Arsenal, the other two teams are the two clubs with the best results in the history of the Champions League.One is Real Madrid, which has won eight Champions League titles, and the other is Milan, which has won five Champions League titles.

Arsenal, Milan, and Real Madrid were put in a group, sad or not.

At the end of the four rounds, Milan scored [-] points, Real Madrid scored [-] points, Arsenal only scored [-] points, and Lokomotiv Moscow scored [-] point.It is already difficult for Arsenal to appear in this group.Unless there is a miracle.

Therefore, it can be said that the current Arsenal is empty-headed.Arsenal was not a club with strong willpower in the past, but now that it has become this situation, of course the willpower has dropped a lot.

In addition to midfielder Vieira, he withdrew from the game before the game due to injury.So this time against Blackburn in the away game, Arsenal played weakly.

Unlike Blackburn's imposing manner, Arsenal's side played in a muddle.Facing such an opponent, even George felt that it was meaningless.

Vieira didn't play, so the Arsenal midfield was Edu and Gilbert Silva.

Miku is not even afraid of Vieira, let alone Edu and Gilbert.

Without Vieira, the midfield ruler, Arsenal's midfield really can't stand up.And although many defenders have been added, the current Arsenal central defenders are either too young or too old.Only Mex can take the lead.

Therefore, the current main central defenders of Arsenal are Mex and Keown.

Facing the two of them, Drogba completely released his true qualities of a monster.Rampage, although the shooting accuracy is not high, but still scored a goal and assisted a goal.In the end, they defeated Arsenal [-]-[-].

Manchester United, which has recently been plagued by conflicts between Ferguson and Beckham, defeated Aston Villa [-]-[-] in an away game. If it weren't for Ruud van Nistelrooy's shot before the end of the game, Manchester United could only accept a draw.

Although it was difficult to win, we still got three points.Still put continuous pressure on Blackburn, who is at the top of the list.

George can feel that Manchester United behind him has opened his mouth wide. As long as George dares to reveal the slightest loophole, he will pounce on him.That's the pressure to be at the top.

Of course Ferguson and Manchester United are under more pressure.

Now the problem between Ferguson and Beckham is still noisy.It's been a month and it shows no sign of subsiding.And Manchester United is waiting for Blackburn to make mistakes, and Ferguson can't make any mistakes.

Once Manchester United makes a slight mistake, then Manchester United will completely lose the possibility of catching up.

(End of this chapter)