coach legend

Chapter 436 Russia is the mainstream?

It can be said that in this season's Premier League, except for Chelsea, other strong teams are quiet.

Including Manchester United, who were poached of Beckham and Veron, and Blackburn, who lost Duff and Gallas, both teams have lost very important players.But in the transfer market, there are no big moves.

Manchester United at least have a move to acquire Portuguese rising star Cristiano Ronaldo.And Kleberson, who won the World Cup with the Brazilian national team.

But Blackburn didn't have any interesting transfers at all.The biggest move involved nothing more than buying a defender from League One club Wolves.Lescott turned out to be Blackburn's biggest move so far.

After buying Lescott and Baines, Blackburn has no news in the transfer market.

This disappointed many British media.Blackburn, as the team that won three consecutive Premier League titles, did not make any other moves.I can't figure it out.

But at this time, the new season is about to start.

On August 8th, it was the first game before the start of the new season.Community Shield.

This season's Community Shield is a match between last season's Premier League champions Blackburn and the FA Cup champions Arsenal.

Arsenal have been reckless in the past few seasons.

Since winning a Premier League championship in the 98-99 season, there has been no championship until now.It wasn't until last season that they won an FA Cup.But after several seasons of training, the current Arsenal lineup is getting more and more perfect.

Especially the offensive combination in the frontcourt, the cooperation between them has become more and more perfect.

Although it is a game that does not receive much attention.But both Blackburn and Arsenal are giving it their all.George is also doing his best here.

George didn't care without Duff.

The team shrank back.Then George activated Drogba, and the midfielder used a formation of Pires, Kaka, and Micoud.Although there are some problems in the breakthrough of the wing, these people are absolutely unique in the use of space.

On the striker George chose Drogba.

Arsenal's current defender combination is Mexes and Keown.George believes that Drogba's impact must be a very big threat to them.

The rhythm of the team is completely handed over to Alonso in the middle.

In the choice of defensive midfielder, George chose Hargreaves.Not Essien.

Essien is strong.But George appreciates the current Hargreaves more.Hargreaves really pleases George, especially once anyone gets his eye on it, then it's something to watch.Hargreaves is like a dog skin plaster, once it is stained, it will never be thrown off.

So George picked Hargreaves.

After the game started, Arsenal attacked violently.It's not that Wenger underestimated Blackburn, but that Arsenal is such a team.Let Arsenal defend, they cannot defend.Their characteristics determine that they can only be offensive.

Because of this, George happens to be able to play defensive counterattacks.

Blackburn is getting more and more proficient at playing defensive counterattacks.Although both teams played their best, the two teams played in a relatively gentle manner during the game.After all, this is just an appetizer before the league, and neither team is willing to suffer any injuries in such a game.

The game wasn't too intense.

But the game is still pretty good.Needless to say, Arsenal, they are not only the most beautiful team in England, but also in the entire European football.Although Blackburn played a defensive counterattack, the counterattack was not bad at all.

So there was no boring situation.It's a pity that there are not many goals at all.

Blackburn beat Arsenal 28-[-] with Didier Drogba's header in the [-]th minute of the second half.

Blackburn also won the first championship of the 03-04 season.

Wenger was not at all frustrated either.Still very satisfied with the team's performance.

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On August 8, the 16-03 season will officially start.

But before the game, Blackburn ushered in the No.3 player in the transfer market.

As soon as the name came out, the entire English football world was taken aback.Could it be that this year's British football has a relationship with Russia?
Abrahimovic, who has already set off a storm just after he came to English football, let the English football see the strength from Russia for the first time.It's just that this strength is Abrahimovic's money, a lot of rubles.

But Blackburn directly introduced a player from Russia.

Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin.

It is the same name as Shevchenko, the current striker boss of Milan.It's a pity that the name is the same, but the fate is different.

At Arshavin's age group, Shevchenko is already well-known in European football.Especially in the 97-98 season, Shevchenko led Dynamo Kiev to the semi-finals of the Champions League.There was even the feat of completing a hat-trick at the Nou Camp Stadium.

At that time, Shevchenko was the coveted target of all European football giants.

In the end he chose Milan, Italy.

When she came to Milan, Shevchenko was only 23 years old.And as soon as he came to Milan, he became the main striker of the Milan team.

Compared with Shevchenko, Arshavin is much more unknown.

Currently playing for Zenit St Petersburg.This is a team that is not well-known even in Russia.There is no reputation in European football.And since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, Russian football performance has plummeted.

In Europe, Russian football has been completely marginalized.

In the world for more than ten years, Russia has not had a star who can shock European football.

On the contrary, countries like Croatia, Turkey, the Czech Republic and even Ukraine have produced many international stars.In comparison, the decline of Russian football is well known.

Therefore, the mainstream European leagues have not paid attention to Russian football for a long time.Few clubs will poach Russian players.

But now there is the first club to eat crabs.

This is Blackburn, the club that has won three consecutive Premier League titles.George actually dug a Russian player from Russia, and the price is not low.

Yes, Arshavin is the player that George is preparing to replace Duff and Davor Suker in the midfield.

Arshavin, George is very fond of.

Because of Arshavin's omnipotence.Arshavin can play right winger, front midfielder, left winger, second forward, there is no position he cannot play.And Arshavin's dribbling is excellent, especially the dribbling in a small area is extremely good.

This should have something to do with Arshavin's low center of gravity.Even in some areas where the space is small, Arshavin's surmounting is calm and unhurried.

Of course not only extraordinary.What makes Arshavin even better is his passing. He is not greedy for credit at all in the frontcourt.He is willing to pass the ball for his teammates.

Of course, Arshavin has something to like.Because Arshavin is now 22 years old, but he has been playing in the Russian Premier League for almost three years.He is currently the most dazzling young player in the Russian league.

It's just because the attention of the Russian league is too low.In addition, the performance of the Russian national team is also poor, so no one discovered him.

The combination of these factors made George choose Arshavin.

But it was not all smooth sailing for George to buy Arshavin.Because the Russian league is different from the Premier League, they are not multi-year leagues.Therefore, the Russian league is still in progress, and Zenit St. Petersburg is currently in a good situation in the Russian league.

Now ranked No.2 in the Russian league.

Of course they are unwilling to let go of core players like Arshavin in the middle of the season.In the end, however, the will of the players prevailed.

Arshavin is unwilling to stay in Russia.

Although in Zenit St. Petersburg, he is a core player.But Arshavin's eyes are still in the top five European leagues.It's just that the attention of the Russian league is too low, and no clubs in the mainstream European leagues have taken a fancy to Arshavin.

Now it's hard to have a strong European team like Blackburn take a fancy to me.Arshavin was very afraid of losing this opportunity, that there would never be such a good opportunity again.

After all, the most indispensable thing in the football world is talented players.

So Arshavin decided to leave Russia.

It would be much better to have the player's statement.Players in the Russian League, even the top card of the Russian national team, are not worth a lot of money.George first offered £250 million, but Zenit thought it was too little.

So George raised it to £350m.

But Zenit still refused.

In fact, 350 million pounds is already a very good price for a young player who has only entered the Russian national team for one and a half years.It's a pity that the Zenit club has been tense and not so happy.

George didn't want to drag them out.

So the final offer was £500 million.This can be said to be a very sincere price.It is even twice the current worth of Arshavin.

Seeing the £500 million and Arshavin's firm attitude, Zenit finally agreed to Blackburn's offer.George also bought Arshavin, the future captain of the Russian national team, for £500 million.

In order to get Arshavin, George did not hesitate to use the "special genius clause".

However, Arshavin was bought for £500 million, but many people in the English football circle laughed at him.Maybe Arshavin has some talent, but after spending 500 million pounds, he still thinks it is too expensive.

But George scoffed at this notion.

mother's.It cost £400 million to buy a League One defender Lescott in England.George didn't think it was expensive at all to buy Arshavin for £500 million.

Regardless of whether it is expensive or a leak, Arshavin has already come to England.

In the summer of 03, two Russians came to English football.

One has caused an uproar in English football, and has begun to change the pattern of English football.Another person, who can be regarded as a genius, came to English football and entered the Premier League champion team Blackburn.

But what impact this will have in English football still needs to be tested by the game.

(End of this chapter)