coach legend

Chapter 405 Already a Prince

"George, how many times have we been here?"

As soon as he got off the plane, Carl shook his head with a wry smile.

"Yes, yes. Head, why do we have such a relationship with Rome." Between George and Carl, a head suddenly appeared.It turned out to be Sagnol, who was following George. Since Sagnol came to Blackburn, except for the first season, he had to meet the Roma club every season.

All Blackburn players feel that Blackburn and the Roma City club are very destined.

"It's okay. It's better than we go to Milan and Juventus."

"Yes, head. There are always beautiful memories in Rome." Sagnol also nodded.It is true that every time Blackburn plays an away game against a club in Rome, whether it is Rome or Lazio, Blackburn plays with great experience.

George smiled when he heard Sagnol's words.

As soon as we got off the plane, there were already a lot of media gathered around.

Although Blackburn's performance this season is not very good, they are now ranked third in the Premier League.But Blackburn was, after all, the Champions League champions last season.There were also many media who came to join us.

George remembered Sagnol's words, so he smiled slightly at the media. "Rome, it gives me a good impression. I like the city of Rome."

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"Hello everyone, this is the second round of the UEFA Champions League Group B match in the 02-03 season. This is the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The two sides of the match are Blackburn Rovers from the Premier League and Roma from Serie A. These two teams can be regarded as nearly Blackburn is the most familiar opponent in European competitions in [-]. Almost every season, Blackburn will meet Roma."

"Whether it is Blackburn or Roma this season, their results have some problems. Blackburn is because of the loss of two midfielders Deco and Makelele, so the results fluctuate a bit. Roma's performance this season is poor. A lot. Now ranked No.7 in Serie A."

Martin Taylor briefly introduced the two teams.

Perhaps in recent years, Serie A has received less and less attention.Or it may be the reason why Serie A teams have performed worse and worse in Europe in recent seasons.Anyway, every time George goes to the Olympic Stadium in Rome, he will feel that the atmosphere here is getting worse every year.

The atmosphere in Serie A is really bad.

George has been to many stadiums leading Blackburn in the past few seasons.

Including those Eastern European clubs, as well as La Liga, Bundesliga including Ligue [-].But in terms of on-site attendance, it is more popular than Serie A.Even when George led Burnley to the League One, the atmosphere on the scene was much better than that of the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Looking at the on-site fans who continued to decline year after year, George shook his head.

The enthusiasm of fans continues to decline, and it is really unreasonable for Serie A not to decline.

After three months, Blackburn's tactics are becoming more and more mature.

George still has a double midfielder formation, with Alonso and Hargreaves partnering in the middle.George discovered this season that Hargreaves is definitely a world-class midfielder.It can even be said that Hargreaves is a midfielder who is not weaker than a butcher like Gattuso.

Hargreaves looks average physically, but when defending, he is absolutely tough.

Quick kicks, ruthless defense, not slow speed, and a large defensive area.Sweeping across the midfield, in George's view, is no worse than the later Mascherano.

The frontcourt is a combination of Pires, Kaka and Duff.The striker is on top of Klose alone.

George likes Kaka very much.

Not only because of Kaka's talent, but also because of Kaka's attitude towards career.Of course, Kaka can also integrate into the team very easily, and he can learn English very quickly.After joining Blackburn for half a year, I can easily communicate with players.

By this season, English is no problem for Kaka.

Even English is so good that Miku, who has come to Blackburn for four seasons, is better.Although Miku is also studying English hard, his language talent is really poor.Fortunately, although I can't speak fluently, there are no problems in general communication and listening.

At the beginning of the game, the Roma players could clearly feel the difference between Blackburn and the past.

In the previous Blackburn, the control of the midfield was unprecedentedly strong.Even at home in Rome.But today's Blackburn automatically retreated, giving up the center line to Rome.

Roma is a very special team in Serie A.

It is also a very special team among the teams coached by Capello.Capello is a well-known utilitarian football boss in Europe, so much so that Mourinho later publicly declared himself a follower of Capello.But Rome, coached by Capello, played a different kind of football.

Rome is still playing beautifully at this time.

Offensively played well too.

So after the game started, Rome relied on being at home and launched an attack.

But unlike other players, Emerson has been watching Kaka.Emerson has deep memories of his junior.In the UEFA Champions League group stage last season, Kaka became famous with one goal.At that time, Emerson was easily passed by Kaka, so Emerson was always ashamed of the game at that time.

He let Kaka, a junior who didn't even enter the national team's door, play tricks.shame.

Therefore, after the start of the game, unlike other Roma players, Emerson watched Kaka firmly, wanting to avenge his shame.

In 3 minutes of the game, Rome returned without success.

After 5 minutes of the game, Roma still failed to create any good opportunities.

When they met last season, Cassano, who performed very well, was also very depressed in this game.Because Hargreaves always followed Cassano.Hargreaves is a player who has frozen Irving in the Premier League. In this game, George let him play the mangy plaster.

Rome's offensives were unsuccessful again and again.

Their attack came back in vain, and Blackburn's counterattack began.

Blackburn's counterattack all went through Alonso.Capello emphasized Alonso, so when Alonso got the ball, Tomasi had already come to defend.But Alonso, who has experienced in the Premier League, reacted much faster than Tomasi.It passed directly to the side of Pires on the left.

After Pires got the ball, he flicked his right foot lightly, and swayed a small gap from Cafu.Then pass the ball to the center.

When Alonso passed the ball, Blackburn's frontcourt players were already prepared.So when Pires passed the ball, Kaka started to start and went to get the ball.

Emerson saw Kaka activated and posted it right away.

Emerson's idea was simple.Just this time, Kaka must not be allowed to pass.It is enough to have had it once, and there must be no second time.

Kaka saw Emerson approaching, turned sideways to Emerson, and flicked the ball with his right foot.Then he turned around quickly and ran past Emerson.

"Kaka... the ball was scored, it was wonderful. This is not a high-speed running ball, but a sideways breakthrough."

Martin Taylor was a little surprised.

Kaka has been able to play frequently at Blackburn.Therefore, these commentators also know a lot about his characteristics.But this kind of in-situ so wonderful excellence is rare.That's why Martin Taylor was surprised.

In fact, this ball is entirely Emerson's responsibility.

Emerson is strong.There should be no such mistakes.The main reason is that Emerson always believes that last season's game is a shame and wants to get it back eagerly.

Facing a player like Kaka, Emerson should have two options.Either it should be to keep a certain distance, which is conducive to defending Kaka for further actions, or to prevent Kaka's passing route.

Another method is to get close to Kaka completely, and use the body to withstand Kaka, so as not to let Kaka take the next move.

But Emerson neither defended from a certain distance, nor was he completely close to Kaka.On the contrary, it was very close to Kaka, and the charge was too fierce.Kaka turned around and was completely left behind.

When Emerson was thrown off, the entire Roman defender was in front of Kaka.

And Pires, Duff, and Klose fired three arrows at once, pulling away the entire Roman defender.Kaka Yimapingchuan.

Kaka's running with the ball is very characteristic, with high stride frequency and large stride.Moreover, Kaka has a strong ability to grasp the ball and has a good touch on the ball, because Kaka's way of dribbling is very easy to pass the ball, but Kaka does not, because Kaka touches the ball every time. The strength and direction Mastered all very well.

Therefore, although Kaka's absolute speed is not among the top few in European football.But the speed of running with the ball, Kaka cannot be said to be the fastest in world football, and he is also a top three player.

Therefore, after Kaka ran, other Roma players could not keep up with him.

"... Kaka... This is Blackburn's counterattack... It's a four-on-four situation... How will Kaka choose?"

Yes, it's a four-on-four situation.

Pires on the left pinned down Cafu, Duff on the right pinned down Candela, and Klose pinned down Samuel behind.Therefore, in order to defend Kaka's advance, Panucci stepped forward and prepared to steal.

Seeing Panucci coming out, Kaka changed the line and prepared to break through Panucci.

"...Panucci...Kaka, break through from the right... No, it's a pass!"

Kaka didn't slow down, and made a breakthrough on the right.But suddenly there was a through ball with his right foot, and he passed Panucci's side.The moment Kaka passed the ball, Klose, who was still entangled with Samuel, appeared in Kaka's passing route like a ghost.

Kaka's plug and Klose's running are completely seamless.The strong tacit understanding between the two has completed this wonderful cooperation.

"... Klose, shoot!"

Klose's possession of the ball at this angle is fatal to any opponent.The moment Klose took the ball, he shot directly with his right foot.

"GOOOOOOAL!!!!" Martin Taylor yelled. "Brilliant, it was a fantastic goal. It took just 11 seconds from Alonso's pass and Blackburn scored."

"Kaka, the skill and speed shown in the counterattack are completely the demeanor of a superstar. Kaka, in one year, has become the prince of Blackburn."

　Today is the college entrance examination. I wish all the students who take the exam can achieve their wishes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)