coach legend

Chapter 457
Just 10 minutes into the game, they were leading by one goal.

It should be said to be a very good result.Everyone wants to see how Blackburn chooses, even Lippi is more curious.George is an avowed man of results.And for the sake of the championship, don't care about ugly coaches.

But after the re-kick-off, everyone found out.

Blackburn has no intention of recovering at all, and is still actively attacking.And it is against Juventus, crosses, short passes, long shots, anyway, there are all available styles of play.

Blackburn's style of play is indeed colorful.

Sometimes relying on Pires, Micoud, and Kaka in the middle to make successive passes until they reach the opponent's penalty area line.Then relying on cooperation and relying on their personal skills, they can completely form a shooting opportunity.

Sometimes it is a direct high ball, allowing Klose and Drogba to control the ball.

Don't look at Montero and Lero Tallie can be regarded as famous players in Serie A, but in controlling high-altitude balls, they are not opponents of Drogba and Klose at all.As long as Drogba and Klose control the high-altitude ball, then they can create shooting opportunities.

Of course, Kaka's counterattack speed is a sharp weapon when switching from offense to defense.

Under the offensive pressure of Blackburn, Juventus's offense could not be played at all.

Even the Italian commentator was disappointed.

"This shouldn't be a game played by Juventus. Juventus doesn't feel like a strong team at all, and the offensive rhythm is completely led by Blackburn. So far there has been no threat to attack."

Yes, the Italian narrator was disappointed.

Juventus fans were even more disappointed.

What they want to see is that Juventus defeated Blackburn, a country bumpkin team.Give a lesson to the arrogant head coach George, but now he finds that Juventus is firmly suppressed by Blackburn.

But "Silver Fox" Lippi, sitting in the middle of the bench, was still expressionless.You can't see from him at all whether he is nervous or indifferent.

After attacking for almost 20 minutes, Blackburn's attack has changed a lot.

Blackburn no longer played from the midfield layer by layer, but adopted a simpler and more direct approach.George pushed Miku up directly, and then kept lobbing high balls in the backcourt.Of course, this will make both Klose and Drogba a little tired.

However, Klose and Drogba have always been single strikers, and their physical strength is extremely good.

Throughout the first half, the game ended with Blackburn attacking and Juventus defending.

The failure to expand the score in the first half made George quite dissatisfied.If there were two to zero in the first half, then the future games would be much easier to play.But of course George can't show dissatisfaction. After all, Blackburn led Juventus [-]-[-] in the first half.

So during the intermission, George praised the players.

And George asked Blackburn to continue attacking at the beginning of the second half.

George simply ignored it, and Juventus would attack in the second half.So after the start of the second half, the Juventus players were surprised to find that Blackburn was like crazy.In fact, in the locker room, Lippi had asked Juventus to step up their offense in the second half.

Ask Del Piero to step back and organize the attack.Then Nedved increased his movement in the midfield.

Under normal circumstances, Blackburn was already leading in the first half, and should defend first at the beginning of the second half.Especially now that Juventus is behind, they definitely want to attack at the kick-off of the second half.

But Blackburn attacked in the second half, disrupting Juventus's thinking.

It made Juventus' offense impossible to fight at all.

George looked at Juventus who was in a hurry and smiled in his heart.In a close game, of course it can't be like playing against a weak team.It is no problem to beat the weak team and use the strength of the upright to defeat the opponent.But playing against a strong team, hitting you unexpectedly during the game will definitely have a great effect.

This kind of surprise is not the right way, because it is the right way to win head-on with a dignified teacher.Because you can't always adopt this sudden style of play in all games.Because that would not confuse the opponent, but entangle himself in it.

But this method is quite effective in the cup game.

This is not Blackburn's style of play after the start of the second half, which stunned Juventus.

They can't attack at all.

"Does Blackburn want to completely solve Juventus at home? If the fans who have just turned on the TV now must think that Blackburn is the one behind and Juventus is ahead."

"The game has been going on for six 10 minutes. Judging from the six 10 minutes of the game, George has a deep understanding of Juventus. The style of play in this game is also very correct. George was a little arrogant before the game , but it does have the qualifications of arrogance.”

"Until now, Juventus have not created a truly threatening scoring opportunity. On the contrary, Blackburn, if it weren't for Buffon's outstanding performance, it must not be just a one-to-zero lead over the opponent."

Martin Taylor looked proudly at Blackburn, who had the upper hand.

After all, Juventus is an Italian giant, and even a European giant.How many clubs can there be in Europe to be able to overwhelm Juventus so much in the audience?

But when it reached about 65 minutes, George made the first substitution.

George replaced Klose with Essien.

Is George trying to defend?
After all, it is an obvious signal to replace a striker with a defensive midfielder.Everyone would think so.

Indeed, after Essien came on, Blackburn's formation did shrink back.Seeing Blackburn shrinking back, the Juventus players finally breathed a sigh of relief.From the beginning to the present, Blackburn's offense is too fierce.

It even made the experienced Juventus players feel tremendous pressure.

Now suddenly the pressure is relieved, and the Juventus players remember that they are still behind.So it suddenly occurred to me that we need to attack now.

It's a knee-jerk reaction, you pull back, of course I'm going to attack.There is no need for Lippi to remind, or Lippi needs to arrange.The Juventus players themselves started the attack.

Juventus' offense is not very delicate.

Including Nedved, who just won the European Footballer of the Year, is not a player with delicate feet.The delicate player in the frontcourt of Juventus is Del Piero alone, so their offense is of course impossible to cooperate delicately.

Juventus's offense, in addition to taking Camoranesi's wing, is at Piero's feet.Let Del Piero organize the attack.

Juventus, if it is a defensive counterattack, there are many threats.

But positional warfare?Juventus can't play Manchester United's open and close offense, nor can they play Real Madrid and Arsenal's delicate offense.There are still many problems.

Juventus just went into attack and they were fierce.In other words, they want to tie the score eagerly, especially when Blackburn finally retreated. In their view, this is an excellent opportunity.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Camoranesi ran wildly from the right, and then made a cross.

Pushed out by Lucio in the middle.

The moment Alonso got the ball, it was a long pass.

Facing the high ball, Drogba directly headed back to Kaka who followed behind.When Kaka saw the ball coming, he just went forward and waded the ball nearly ten meters away.Then there was an acceleration and ran forward.

At this time, the Juventus midfielders basically stepped forward.Around Drogba are Juventus defenders.

Therefore, when Kaka waded the ball, he was facing the Juventus defender.

In fact, when Kaka received Drogba's header, he was still three or four meters away from these Juventus defenders.But Kaka ran, and when he finally got the ball, he was already three or four meters away from the opponent's defender.

"Kaka, Kaka! Does this ball have technical content? No. This is completely unsolvable, just use speed!"

Yes, Kaka does not have any technical content in this ball.

It was just a waving ball, and then ran past the defender.Just use speed, you know that you can't do anything.

"Lerotalie, Montero, they have nothing to do. Kaka has completely broken through the Juventus defenders, and only Buffon is left in front of Kaka. Kaka, Buffon has already abandoned the goal Out."

Kaka faced Buffon, but he was not afraid at all because the opponent is the world's number one goalkeeper.

For a speed player, it is actually very easy to pass the goalkeeper when single-handed.

As long as the ball goes sideways and accelerates, the goalkeeper basically has nothing to do.The same is true for Kaka.Facing Buffon, he threw the ball to the right, and as soon as he accelerated, Buffon was already thrown away by Kaka.

Then facing the empty door, the next action is much simpler.

"Kaka, he passed Buffon... There is a big empty door in front of Kaka!"

Kaka just pushed lightly, and the ball slowly rolled into the goal.

"Two to zero, two to zero. We are already two goals ahead. Kaka, Kaka, a perfect long-distance attack!"

"Kaka, our prince!"

Seeing Kaka's goal, the on-site commentator shouted like crazy.

Really excited.Two to zero, Blackburn has entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League with one foot.

George smiled and looked at the cheering players on the field.Blackburn suppressed Juventus for six 10 minutes and just retreated slightly. Of course Juventus was impatient to attack.This is a very normal thinking.

Too bad Juventus forgot.

Blackburn's retreat is definitely not just for defense.What Blackburn has played in the past two years is defensive counterattack.These players are deeply rooted in defense and counterattack, and they play more beautifully than suppressing Juventus.

Defensive counterattack is not only defensive, but also counterattack.

Who says counterattack is not offense?
When it comes to defensive counterattacks, many people think that it is the defense of the iron barrel formation, plus one or two counterattack opportunities.In fact, this is a misunderstanding of defensive counterattack.Look at the team coached by Mourinho, regardless of the defensive counterattack, there are not many goals at all.

A counterattack is actually an offense.

(End of this chapter)