coach legend

Chapter 441 Unpopular
Zero to one behind.

George was very angry.Losing to no one can lose to Eindhoven.This is too embarrassing.

In this group, apart from Athens AEK, Eindhoven is weak.Losing to Eindhoven, George never thought about it.

Therefore, after the re-kick-off, Blackburn unconsciously started the onslaught.For the Blackburn players, it was too unexpected to fall behind PSV.Although many of Blackburn's main players have left in the past two years, their strength is still there.

The skeleton of the team is still there.

These players are all players who have won the Premier League and the Champions League.Now they are behind a team from Eredivisie like Eindhoven, of course they are not convinced.If it was the Eredivisie ten years ago, there would be nothing to say about falling behind.

But since the Bosman Act, the Eredivisie has completely declined.

Therefore, falling behind PSV is a shameful thing for the Blackburn players.

So the onslaught began.

It's a pity that George forgot who was in front of him?That's Hiddink.What are the characteristics of the national team coached by Hiddink.The biggest feature is that it can run.

Whether it is coaching the South Korean national team, the Australian national team, the Russian national team, or even taking over Chelsea halfway through, Hiddink's team has shown terrifying physical fitness.This is the strength, this is the characteristic.

Although Eindhoven is now an Eredivisie team, it has already shown signs of this under Hiddink's training.

In the face of Blackburn's attack, all PSV players participated in the defense.And their defense is not based on positioning, but on the running of all players.Every player runs a little more than the Blackburn players, so the whole team runs more than Blackburn.

Running more, Eindhoven seemed to have an extra person invisibly.

Anyway, Eindhoven used their own running to tell Blackburn that we are physically strong and we can run.

Eindhoven's style of play surprised many people.Comparing physical strength with Premier League teams, Eindhoven is estimated to be the first.But their running still has a lot of use.

Because unless Blackburn also increases running, there is also an increase in offensive players.Otherwise, it is difficult to take advantage of the front.So soon Hargreaves stepped forward to support the front attack.George watched Blackburn's offense and always felt that something was wrong.

Especially seeing that Robben is also involved in the defense, this makes George very puzzled.

Robben's physical strength is not very good.It is also currently the only counterattack point for Eindhoven. How could Hiddink be willing to defend Robben.

But soon George understood.

Robben seems to be participating in the defense, but in fact it is just a show.And his position is very interesting, he stands in front, interferes with Sagnol, prevents him from coming forward to support.Sagnol's cross is a very important part of Blackburn's attack.

Then there is Park Ji-sung.

Hiddink is worthy of being Park Ji-sung's mentor.He brought him from East Asia to the Netherlands, and he knows the characteristics of Park Ji-sung well.Hiddink asked Park Ji-sung to harass Alonso.Park Ji-sung is simply not comparable to Alonso in any other respect, except one.

Park Ji-sung is really good at running.

No matter what Alonso is doing, Park Ji-sung can run at a constant speed.Keep looking at Alonso.

It's not like Alonso hasn't seen defenders before.However, because Alonso is a late organizational midfielder, under normal circumstances, when Alonso takes the ball, it is the opponent's midfielder who comes to interfere.It's just that their interference is more symbolic, that is, to prevent Alonso from passing the ball quickly.

As long as he interferes with Alonso and prevents him from passing the ball quickly, Blackburn will not be able to counterattack.

But Park Ji-sung is different today.

Park Ji-sung is a real three-lung Park.After running for more than 30 minutes, there was not much rest time at all.But he didn't seem to feel tired at all.

The pressure he put on Alonso was not ordinary.At the beginning, Alonso was able to easily pass Park Ji-sung several times, and then passed the ball.But after nearly three and 10 minutes of the game, Alonso needed to catch his breath.

Alonso hoped to control the pace of the game and allow the Blackburn players who stormed each other for 15 minutes to have a short break.

But I didn't expect that the kid in front of me was completely crazy.

It's like he doesn't know what it is to be tired.Although the defensive skills are not good, they just follow him firmly.This made Alonso feel uncomfortable all over.

At the third and 10th minute of the game, Blackburn's offense also slowed down.

A pass from Pires was blocked by Bouma.Passed directly to the front.Park Ji-sung, who was harassing Alonso just now, received the ball and handed it to Robben next to him without hesitation.Park Ji-sung is self-aware, knowing that it is useless for him to hold the ball.

Facing Blackburn's defense, with Park Ji-sung's dribbling ability, he must be unable to pass.

So it was directly given to Robben on the left.

Robben is only 19 now.But some geniuses cannot be measured by age.Robben is such a genius.

Robben's dribbling ability, if placed in the game, is full value.

Coupled with Robben's speed and technology, who can prevent it together.After Robben got the ball, he didn't care about the defense in front of him at all.Especially when Hargreaves is not by Robben's side at this time, Robben is even more free.

"... Robben... Sagnol came to defend."

Now in front of Robben is Sagnol.

Sagnol is definitely one of the best right backs in the current world football.At Blackburn, Sagnol achieved great results.Although Thuram was still in the national team, he was not able to get the main position of the national team.

But when it comes to right backs in today's world football, Sagnol is definitely among the best.

As for Robben, what is he?
It's just a junior who has just emerged in the Dutch league.

Although George emphasized Robben's power before the game.But in Sagnol's eyes, Robben is still a little kid.

It's a pity that some little hairy kids are different.

Robben's running is very characteristic.Unlike traditional wingers, Robben's height of 1 meters is not short, but he is as flexible as all wingers.Due to his thin stature, Robben's start and change of direction are very quick, which also allows him to often play with his opponents between applause.

Moreover, Robben's dribble is not like other wingers who use fake moves to shake continuously. Robben's dribble is more direct.Robben's extraordinary is to use speed, so you are completely puzzled.

Robben's speed is really too fast.

Facing a world-class right back like Sagnol, Robben is not afraid at all.First, he made a fake move to break through the middle, then in an instant he took the ball out with his left foot, and then ran out.

Sagnol felt a shadow flash, and Robben rushed past from his right.

Sagnol had only one thought at the time.Too fast, so fucking fast.

Sagnol is by no means the kind of guy who hasn't seen a speed player.In the Premier League, players such as Overmars and Owen have played against each other.But it never felt like a player could be lightning fast and be this tall.

"Wow, Robben, it's Robben. He's so fast, it's like a gust of wind."

Everyone was shocked.

Fortunately, Sagnol is a seasoned man.Although Robben was taken aback, he was still very responsible.Going to start a return visit right away.It's a pity that Robben's speed is too fast, and he is already approaching the penalty area.

Seeing Robben's counterattack so quickly, Lucio stepped forward in desperation to intercept it.

Robben saw Lucio and continued to walk to the side.

Robben moved too fast.Lucio can only follow Robben instinctively and prevent Robben from entering the small penalty area.

It's a pity that Robben didn't continue in the penalty area, but with a flick of his left foot, he passed the ball to the middle.

"... Robben, pass the ball... Kežman, shoot!"

Although Kezman was in front of Robben when he counterattacked.But when Robben dribbled the ball and started to counterattack, he couldn't match Robben's speed.Robben's dribbling speed is faster than Kezhiman's running speed. Robben entered the Blackburn penalty area, and Kezhiman arrived near the big penalty area.
But it happened that Kezhiman could receive Robben's pass.

Kezhiman's shot is very light.With just a slight push, the ball rolled in from the other side of Van der Sar.

"Two to zero. Kežman scored twice, and 60.00% of the credit for this goal should go to the young Robben. It's so beautiful."

Huge cheers erupted at the Philips Stadium.

PSV fans are so excited.Being able to lead Blackburn [-]-[-] at home is really unthinkable.

Hiddink even had a big belly and raised his hands in celebration.

George shook his fist hard on the sidelines.What a fucking bad start, the first game of the Champions League group stage was called Eindhoven to bully like this.

Careless.It's really careless.

Knowing that the opponent is Hiddink, he is still so careless.How can Hiddink, an old fox, be underestimated.

George started a new deployment in the second half.

George replaced Hargreaves and replaced Drogba.Attack Eindhoven with Klose and Drogba's double striker formation.

Eindhoven doesn't have any particularly good centre-backs.

Therefore, George used two wings and frequently pilled the ball.Hope to open the way with headers from Klose and Drogba.Although before the end of the game, Drogba scored a header.But it was useless.

Blackburn ended up losing [-]-[-] to PSV Eindhoven at the Liverpool Stadium.

In the first Champions League group match, there was only one defeat.In another match, Monaco beat AEK Athens [-]-[-] away.

Apart from this group, all matches in other groups were basically without any suspense.It's all strong teams defeating weak teams, without any unusual games.Only Blackburn actually lost to Eindhoven under the circumstances that everyone was optimistic about.

So much so that after the game, the media only had a big hello to this game.Then wrote two words: unpopular.

(End of this chapter)