coach legend

Chapter 284
The draw for the first round group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the 00-01 season is over.Blackburn was very lucky to be drawn into Group B, which is full of champion teams.Serie A champion Lazio, Czech first division champion Sparta Prague, Ukrainian first division Shakhtar Donetsk.

If it was placed a few years ago, Sparta Prague would have been very strong.Because it happened to be the time when the Czech golden generation played for Sparta Prague.

If they met the Sparta Prague at that time, if they underestimated them, they might be upset and defeated.But the current Sparta Prague has already been robbed of good players by European teams.The strength has dropped a lot.

As for Shakhtar Donetsk, their reputation is far inferior to that of Dynamo Kiev.

Back then, Dynamo Kiev had the strength to be able to run amok in European football for a while, it was because Dynamo Kiev happened to have a large number of talented players.Including nuclear warheads Shevchenko and Ryblov.

But Shakhtar Donetsk... is just a club in the Ukrainian First Division.

As the last UEFA Cup champion and the current top team in the Premier League, Blackburn is still widely favored.But the biggest problem is that Blackburn is a newcomer to the Champions League.The head coach of Blackburn is even a rookie in the Champions League, and it is the first time to lead the team to the Champions League.In addition, George is only 31 years old, making him the youngest head coach of all teams participating in the Champions League.

Therefore, after the lottery ended, George still received a lot of questions from reporters.

George was in a good mood.The reporter's questions are almost always answered.

"My age?" George shook his head. "Young talented players abound. Why do the head coaches have to be in their [-]s and [-]s to do it?"

George is used to the media always asking about his age.

As for George's doubts about playing in the Champions League for the first time, George dismissed it even more. "It was also my first time playing in the UEFA Cup last season, and I also won the UEFA Cup. Everyone has to take this step. I have never been afraid of challenges. There is no first time, and there is no second time."

George is full of confidence in front of reporters.

Even many players who have returned from the national team are very satisfied with this grouping.

But George frowned after returning to England.Because the current Champions League schedule is such a fucking bastard.

Blackburn has five games in the Premier League in September.But damn the Champions League, there are also three games scheduled for September.And the first round of the group stage, all six games, basically have to be played within two months.That is to say, it will be finished by the beginning of November.

After finishing the first round of the group stage, before the end of this year, there are still two second round group matches to be played.

UEFA is just a big asshole.It is no wonder that the number of Champions League games has decreased a lot.Otherwise, which club can bear it if it continues like this.

Blackburn will play a total of eight games in September.Almost four days a game.This game is really hard to play.

But seeing the players who came back, George felt even more helpless.

With the rise of Blackburn's performance, there are more and more international players in the Blackburn team.And most of them have become the main force.

Needless to say, some football weak countries, including Sun Jihai, Bellamy, Duff, Riise are the main players of the national team.And it is the main force of the iron fight.Several of them are even the biggest star players in the national team.Every time the national team is called up, they are the vanguard generals.

After the German team failed to return in the European Cup, Ribeck dismissed get out of get out of class, and Völler became the new coach of the German tank.He began to carry out drastic reforms in the German team, and many young players began to enter the German team.

Also began to serve as the main player in the German team.

The two most dazzling players are Michael Ballack and Blackburn's Klose currently in Bayer Leverkusen.

Although Ballack became a member of the national team very early, he did not become a main player until this European Cup.This time with Wöller's entry, Ballack finally became the main midfielder of the German national team.

It was even established as the core of the midfield by Waller.Ballack finally became the core of the German national team at the age of 24.

And Klose is another rising star.

Klose, who is only 22 years old, has become one of the most well-known strikers in the Premier League.In Blackburn last season, scored more than 20 goals.Even the best player in the UEFA Cup final.Therefore, Klose has also become a striker who will be promoted after Völler enters the German national team.

Klose was very excited when he came back.

Klose was so envious when he watched Ballack being selected for the German national team.But two years later, Klose also became a striker for the German national team.And this time going to the German national team, Klose can feel the importance of Wöller.

George, however, grimaced.

Klose is the forward that George relies on most.Damn Wöller, it turned out that Klose played nine 10 minutes in the German national team.

There is also Ferdinand, who went to the England national team this time, and partnered with Campbell to become the main player of England's central defender.

In addition to these people, it is Blackburn's French gang.There are many French players in Blackburn, almost occupying half of the country.

The current French national team can be said to be composed of the French gang of the three major clubs.Juventus in Serie A, Arsenal in the Premier League and Blackburn in the Premier League.Speaking of which, Blackburn has the most French players, but has the least influence in the French national team.

Zidane, Thuram and Trezeguet of Juventus are all famous French players.And Arsenal's Henry, Vieira, and Wiltord also have their own status in France.

Only Blackburn, in the French team is very embarrassing.

It should be Micoud and Pires who carry the banner of Blackburn's French gang, but they are not valued by the national team for various reasons.Micoud is justifiable, after all, Zidane, the celestial being, sits in charge.

But Pires is purely for character reasons.Pires did not get along with the head coach, so he was not valued by the national team.

These two players who should carry the flag are in an awkward position in the French team, so the entire Blackburn French gang is very embarrassed in the French national team.Sagnol has Thuram in front of him, Blanco has withdrawn from the national team, and Gallas is not strong enough.

Only Makelele began to replace Pettit and became the main force of the national team.

Therefore, the Blackburn French gang with a large number of people cannot find a few main players of the national team.

When Pires returned to the club, he was visibly devastated.Now Pires is at his peak, and he very much hopes to play for the national team.At present, Pires' performance at the club is getting better and better.I also want to play well for the national team, but his situation in the national team has always been very embarrassing.

This made Pires very frustrated.

George shook his head.Klose was too excited, and George was not satisfied.Because Klose will be the main player of the German national team in the future, the task of the national team will become heavier and heavier.And now that Pires is frustrated, George is still dissatisfied.Because George is afraid that Pires' emotions will affect his performance at the club.

As for the one who has no news about the national team so far, it is Deco.

Deco is a great tragedy.The current results of Blackburn can only be said to be okay, but not enough to attract the attention of the Brazilian team.Now Deco has not thought about using Portuguese nationality to join the Portuguese national team.

Deco is now wholeheartedly wanting to enter the Brazilian national team.

In a national team match, every player has a different idea.When Blackburn's grades were not good, there was no such trouble.But now more and more troubles.

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On September 9, Blackburn played away against Charlton.

Charlton is a club that was just promoted last season.The first three rounds were one win and two losses.He just defeated Manchester City, which was upgraded together, and was beaten [-]-[-] by Everton and [-]-[-] by Arsenal.Charlton's performance was extremely poor.

Charlton's biggest problem is their defense.

Their defense is like paper.However, affected by the national team competition, George still replaced most of the players.

The goalkeeper is still Cudicini. Cudicini is a tragedy because he is an Italian goalkeeper.Now there are a lot of good goalkeepers in Italy, and Cudicini has not been called by the national team.

George sent a group of veterans at the back line, with Panucci at right back, Gallas at left back, Blanco and Henning Berg at center back.

The midfield is Hargreaves, McAllister, Deco and Hleb.The forward line is Didier Drogba and Dave Suker.

乔治把受到国家队影响的球员基本上都是放在了替补席当中。而且阵容看起来是4-4-2，其实乔治这场比赛排出的阵容是4-2-3-1。哈格里夫斯和麦卡利斯特中场靠后，而德克、达沃.苏克、赫莱布靠前。而德罗巴是单前锋。

Dave Suker was a little to the left and Hleb was a little to the right.

Utilitarian football has gradually begun to infiltrate English football, and George doesn't know if he has his own influence.Anyway, Charlton faced Blackburn in this game and they all retreated, leaving only the front two forwards.

Even if the main lineup wants to break through the dense defense, it is very difficult.It is even more difficult to break through the dense defense with a substitute lineup.

However, although Blackburn hardly had a few main players in this game, they still played the football that George hoped for.

The two flanks of Dave Suker and Hleb were indeed unable to open up the opponent's defense.Davao Suker is old and not fast enough.Hleb is still young and a bit immature facing England defenders.But both of them have good skills and can create a lot of free kicks in the frontcourt.

And Blackburn took one of those opportunities.

In the 79th minute of the second half, Blackburn won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Gallas headed in from a Deco cross in the middle of the box to score his first league goal of the season.It was very difficult to get three points.

So much so that the media said after the game that Blackburn was lucky.

"Charlton, who has a poor defense, did a very good defense in this game. But it was a free kick that was seized by Blackburn. Blackburn rotated most of the players because of the national team game. "

"George should be secretly laughing. Under such circumstances, he can still get three points."

(End of this chapter)