coach legend

Chapter 470 The First Collision

"In Porto, there is nothing but God!"

The one who said this is Mourinho, the most arrogant head coach in European football in the 21st century.Although he is only the head coach of the Portuguese League now, Mourinho's arrogance can still be seen.

Some people say that Mourinho is arrogant and narcissistic.

But when he arrived at the Dragon Stadium, George realized that what Mourinho said was not an exaggeration at all.Here Mourinho is indeed the most popular person besides God.

When George entered the court, the entire dragon stadium was full of boos.All the boos were directed at George.Immediately afterwards they began to sing praises for Mourinho, and everyone could see that the Porto fans were completely targeting George.It can be seen that they are dissatisfied with George.

This should be because of the war of words between George and Mourinho before the game, which caused Porto fans to be hostile to George.

What Mourinho said was arrogant.

But it is a fact.

Mourinho has a prestige in Porto that others can't imagine.

But it's no wonder that Mourinho is so loved by Porto fans.Mourinho took over the team in the middle of the 01-02 season.Lead the team out of the predicament and become No.3 in the Portuguese Super League.

And last season was Mourinho's first full season.

But in the last season, Mourinho accomplished a miracle.It turned out to be the Portuguese Super League champion, the Portuguese Cup champion, the UEFA Cup champion, and completed a triple crown.And this season Mourinho's performance is still outstanding.

Not only is it far ahead in the Portuguese Super League, but also eliminated many good players in the Champions League and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Such a result, of course, is highly praised by the fans.

Mourinho is now the most popular head coach in European football.Even after the end of last season, Florentino considered Mourinho.It's just that in the end Real Madrid thought Mourinho was too young, so they chose Queiroz.

So much so that Mourinho said: "There are regrets, but it will definitely not be me."

At present, there are still many strong European teams who want to invite Mourinho.

Although there were boos everywhere at the Dragon Stadium, George can be regarded as experienced in many battles.In the Premier League, no matter which away game George played, basically there was no booing treatment.George completely ignored these boos and went to the front to shake hands with Mourinho.The two are not familiar with each other at all, and they haven't even spoken a word before.

It was only because of this collision that there was a war of words in the media.

So the two simply shook hands, out of politeness.

Then they went their separate ways.

"Hello everyone, this is the semi-final of the Champions League, Blackburn vs Porto. Porto is a dark horse in the Champions League this season, they completed the first big upset of the season. Beat Manchester United two-to-two."

"After the quarter-finals, George released his championship declaration. Coach Mourinho's declaration of war against George is also tit for tat."

Although George looked down on Porto in front of the media, he underestimated Mourinho.

In fact, in my heart, I attach great importance to Mourinho and Porto.And it's not a general emphasis.

As a latecomer, if you don't know the famous Mourinho, you will be too ignorant.

Although many people criticized it, Mourinho's championship was piled up with money.But this is just an extreme statement. Mourinho's success in Porto did not cost much at all.As for later, there is something wrong with having money and not using it.

There are many clubs investing money in world football, but very few are successful.Having money does not mean that you can be successful, you can only be successful if you can spend money.And Mourinho is clearly one of the best.

And Mourinho can succeed everywhere he goes.This is strength.

So for Mourinho's Porto, George dare not be careless at all.

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Game start.

"First, let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides. Although the injured Micoud has returned from injury, George did not arrange him in the starting lineup. Instead, he continued to use Ribery, who performed well in the last game. The striker is Drogba replaced Klose."

"As for Porto, the goalkeeper is Baia, the defenders are Valente, Carvalho, Jorge Coste, Paulo Ferreira, and the midfielders are Costinha, Mendes, Aleniche. Jeff, Maniche, the two forwards are McCarthy and Carlos Alberto."

According to the usual practice, Martin Taylor will first introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

George's idea was simple.Mourinho's Porto is definitely not comparable to Blackburn in terms of team strength.Although Blackburn cannot be compared with European giants, there are still many star players and world-class players in the team.

Therefore, George believes that Mourinho, who has always believed in utilitarian football, will definitely choose to defend.

So George's requirement for the team is to attack the opponent at the beginning of the game.Give them a surprise attack when Porto are not yet familiar with Blackburn.Otherwise, when Porto is familiar with Blackburn, their defense will become more and more targeted.

George thought so.

Unfortunately, the game was unexpected.

When George thought Mourinho would choose to defend, Mourinho unexpectedly also attacked in the opening stage.

George did not expect Mourinho's move.

Neither did the Blackburn players.

Although George attaches great importance to Mourinho's Porto, the strength gap between the two sides is there.George believes that the best way for Mourinho is to defend and counterattack.

But Porto was more active at the beginning of the game.

Blackburn's original plan was disrupted at once.

Blackburn also thought about attacking in the opening stage.But Porto's positive, completely disrupted the rhythm of Blackburn.

Of course Blackburn is stronger than Porto.Blackburn's momentary confusion was simply because it didn't expect Porto to be so active.Porto's activeness prevented Blackburn from attacking, and could only shrink back.

Fortunately, Blackburn is also used to playing defensive counterattack.

Although he was a little flustered at first, he quickly calmed down.

After about 10 minutes, Porto's attack also ended.

Sure enough, Mourinho is a man of current affairs.Seeing that the attack in the opening stage failed to produce any effect, Porto's entire formation shrank back.

Mourinho's team has always been very good defensively.

Porto is no exception.

Porto doesn't look at the defense and midfielders, and they are not well-known in European football.But under Mourinho's organization, the defense is very good.

Moreover, Porto's defense is firmly stuck in the middle fortress, advocating active pressing and area defense, and compressing the opponent's offensive space as much as possible.Moreover, Porto retreated very deep, they only protected the 30-meter area in front of their goal.

It is not that Blackburn has not encountered dense defense in the Premier League.

But none of them have made the defense so watertight.Blackburn didn't have much space for players to develop in the frontcourt.

Ribery has not matured yet.

In the last game against Milan, when there was enough space, he played very well.But when Porto reclaimed and did not give space, it made Ribery very uncomfortable.

Kaka is even more so.

Although Kaka is now much better at handling the ball on the spot.But the biggest threat is still his powerful impact.He still can't do what Micoud and Pires can do with ease.

So in the frontcourt, only Pires played back and forth in series.

But even so, once entering the 30-meter area of ​​Porto, Blackburn's attack will be strongly blocked by Porto.Porto's goal is full of players, no matter where the ball is passed, there are people everywhere.

This made George look down on Mourinho severely.

Mourinho, stop being a coward.Come out for me.If you don't come out, how can I get in.

But Mourinho seems to be a coward.No matter how Blackburn attacked, he couldn't get out.

When counterattacking, Porto used striker McCarthy as the fulcrum, Carlos was cruising on both sides, and the right flank of Alenichev and Ferreira was the center of gravity of the attack.In the middle, Maniche is behind the striker, and Mendes is in the middle.

But to be honest, Porto's current strength is really bad.

In other words, it is already a miracle among miracles that Porto can come to the present.

The gap between Porto's main substitutes is very obvious.The options available to Mourinho are also small.Among Porto's current benches, there are not many useful players.If there is a slightly stronger player, it is the Brazilian striker Dellei.

But for Blackburn, even players of the level of Micoud and Klose are sitting on the bench.It can also be seen the strength gap between the two teams.

Although Mourinho used intensive defense to keep the current tie, but the threat of counterattack is also average.

But George still didn't come out in full force.Don't look at the limited threat of Porto's counterattack now, but once Blackburn makes a move, Porto's ultimate move will come.Therefore, although Porto retreated across the board, George was still very cautious.

It's just that being cautious now won't solve the problem.

Although the away game is zero to zero, it is not an unacceptable score.But George couldn't accept this score.

George must score a goal in this game.

It's just that Blackburn's offense can't get in now.When you get to the front of Porto's penalty area, you can't pass forward, you can only keep falling on the periphery.Because I really can't find a good space.

"George, it won't work like this. Frank is on the wing, and there is almost no room for breakthrough."

Blanco came to George's side and spoke softly.

"kindness."

George nodded.

It is true that the current Ribery is not the player who can be the core of a team later.Now he is more on the sideways, and now the sideways are blocked, so his role cannot be fully reflected.

George looked back at Miku on the bench.

Micoud is the best when playing against a dense defensive team like Porto.It's just that he has just recovered, so George didn't let him start the game just to be on the safe side.

But if the game continues to be so deadlocked, George can only use Micoud.

　Sorry for the update today.Tomorrow four more compensation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)