coach legend

Chapter 500 Volcano
The news of Micoud's departure, like a whirlwind, set off waves of waves in English football.

However, Blackburn has not responded positively.

Neither George nor Miku responded positively to this matter.But this matter has already caused a lot of noise.Everyone knows about it.

The time came to April 4 amidst the noise.

The FA Cup semi-final is about to start.

Blackburn will play Arsenal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

Among the current FA Cup semi-finals, basically all the strong teams stay.Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle, and Blackburn.

Blackburn drew Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle.

Among these three opponents, Arsenal is the strongest, Manchester United and Newcastle are slightly weaker.But if you can't play Newcastle, playing Arsenal is also a good choice.

It's not because the styles of the two teams are incompatible, but because Arsenal is attacking on the third line and lacks energy.Arsenal have already reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, so it is impossible to play the FA Cup with all their strength.

As for Manchester United, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals as early as Blackburn.

So playing Arsenal is far easier than playing Manchester United.

But before the semi-finals, there was another secret battle.

The FA Cup semi-final is different from previous FA Cup games.There are no home and away games in the FA Cup semi-finals, but are played on neutral grounds.This time the FA Cup semi-final was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

This made Manchester United fans very dissatisfied, and so did Ferguson.

Manchester United fans and Ferguson believe that the semi-final should be held at the nearby Elland Road Stadium of Leeds United. Being ripped off all the time, running out of money, we couldn't afford to go to Millennium Stadium."

But the Football Association did not change its original intention and retorted: "The venue for the FA Cup semi-finals was decided as early as September last year. Only the Millennium Stadium can accommodate more fans. The fans of both sides can share more than [-] tickets." Tickets."

Ferguson even criticized it because the FA was under pressure from Arsenal.

But George pouted at the fight between the two sides.

His grandma's.

Manchester United and Arsenal are arguing over a neutral ground.Who the hell came over and asked Blackburn's opinion.Both of your teams want to play in a stadium close to you, and you both think beautifully.

That is Manchester United, so they dare to criticize the FA like this.

Compared with the rich fans of Manchester United, the fans of Blackburn earn even less.But the FA has never asked Blackburn's opinion.

But George never complained.Because George knows that Blackburn's weight in British football cannot be compared with Manchester United and Arsenal.Even if Blackburn has performed very well in recent seasons, it cannot compare with these veteran giants.So I didn't go up and yell, and it would be nice to let Ferguson and Wenger fight.

Blackburn fans got [-] tickets.

If it is normal, it is really impossible for [-] fans to follow Blackburn to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Although Blackburn fans are very fanatical.But after all, Blackburn is not a very developed city in England, and the annual income of Blackburn fans is also limited.It is impossible for [-] fans to follow for an FA Cup semi-final.

But this time is different.

With the news of Micoud leaving Blackburn, all Blackburn fans hope to get an accurate answer.It's just that no one came out to respond positively, so the fans still had a glimmer of hope.

In fact, many fans are already mentally prepared.

After all, it is already an attitude that the club has not come forward to refute such a big matter.It's just that everyone has a fluke mentality and thinks this is not true.

So all [-] fans were present.

There are even many fans who did not get tickets.They are all waiting anxiously, waiting for someone to sell tickets.

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"Miku! Miku! John Miku!"

The game has not yet started, and the Blackburn fans have already started chanting Micoud's name.

Miku has only played three games since he resumed training with the ball.Among them, two came off the bench.Another start was in an away game.Therefore, Blackburn fans do not know whether Micoud will start this game.

But they expect Micoud to start.

Because they all came to watch Miku's game.

"It seems that the news that Miku is leaving has made Blackburn fans unable to sit still."

The FA Cup semi-final is live on the BBC.Listening to the voices of the fans, Mortensen began to explain with a smile.

"Yeah, even when I heard it, I was taken aback for a moment." Alan Hansen also nodded.

The pre-match commentary of the two was also inseparable from Micoud.

Because Miku is the biggest topic in English football during this period.

At this time, players from both sides began to line up and enter the field.

"The starting lists of both sides are already out. Let's talk about Arsenal first: the goalkeeper is Lehmann, the defenders are Ashley Cole, Mexes, Sigam, Toure, the midfielder is Reyes, France. Bregas, Vieira, Ljungberg, Henry and Van Persie up front."

"The starting lineup for Blackburn is Van der Sar in goal, Riise, Lucio, Lescott, Maicon at the back, Pires, Alonso, Essien, Micoud, Kaka in midfield. , the striker is Drogba."

"Blackburn has a certain advantage in this game. Because on April 4 two days ago, Arsenal played a quarter-final of the Champions League. Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Mex, Tu Ray, Cesc Fabregas, Vieira, Ljungberg, Henry all participated in that game. And the opponent was Juventus, a giant from Italy."

"In two days, I believe Arsenal's physical strength will definitely have a big problem."

"As for Blackburn, it hasn't been long since Miku came back. Now it is said that he will leave Blackburn after the end of the season. I don't know how he will play this time."

Mortensen briefly introduced the situation of the two sides.

That's it.

Arsenal just finished their Champions League quarter-final against Juventus two days ago.

If it is said that this game has no impact, George will never believe it.And not only the game two days ago, the Champions League semi-finals are only ten days away.Arsenal's opponent is Chelsea, who have risen strongly in the Premier League this season.

The FA Cup semi-finals and the Champions League semi-finals, George believes that Wenger will definitely choose the Champions League.

Don't talk about the gap between the Champions League and the FA Cup.Besides, Wenger won the FA Cup early, but he has not won the Champions League until now.So George believes that Arsenal will never fight Blackburn.

For this game, George even gave up the previous Premier League.Just to prepare for the FA Cup semi-final.

Therefore, George's strategy for this game is very simple.

It is to increase running and then increase offense.

The game has just started, Blackburn's midfield running is very frequent.

And Arsenal's midfield is a little bit powerless.Ljungberg, Vieira, and Fabregas all participated in the game two days ago.Even their iron man must be tired.

Vieira's strength has dropped a lot this season.

Stoppage errors and pass errors are frequent.Vieira is only 29 years old now, but he has begun to decline.Of course, many people speculate that Vieira is mainly absent-minded now.Especially last summer, there were scandals between Real Madrid and Vieira.

It's not really a gossip.

At that time, Vieira and Real Madrid were almost about to reach an agreement.But in the end Vieira stayed at Arsenal.But after staying, Vieira's performance this season has been poor.

As for Fabregas, this is a genius.

But even a genius is only just full.Now it's just for Vieira.

Therefore, in the midfield confrontation, Blackburn obviously has the advantage.

George looked at Wenger next to him.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.The words of the ancestors are absolutely reasonable.

Arsenal are either in the Champions League or the FA Cup.Facing the two strong teams of Blackburn and Chelsea, it is absolutely impossible for him to have both.

In Arsenal's midfield, only Reyes did not play two days ago.

In addition, Arsenal's right-sided defense is a weakness, so Arsenal's offense is concentrated on Reyes' side.

"Cesc Fabregas... passed the right pass to Reyes, and Reyes passed Maicon... the cross!"

"Reyes, fast, cut inside!"

Reyes went straight up and down and played really well.Maicon almost got up in a hurry, looked at the back of Reyes who was showing off his might, and spit.It turned out that Maicon didn't take the so-called genius very seriously, but it seemed that he was right.

Maicon remembered George's words: Tackle, vicious tackle and bump!
Before that, Maicon was a little scrupulous.But seeing Reyes so fierce, he immediately made a decision.

"It's Reyes again... Maicon comes up and he knocks Reyes down, foul! It's a foul!"

Yes, it is a foul.

Reyes, who was running, was knocked out of the boundary by Maicon and rolled several times.

But Maicon pouted, not caring at all.

This is just the first time.As soon as Reyes gets the ball, Maicon will run over viciously, either knocking down or tackling.Didn't give Reyes a chance at all.

Reyes was a little timid.

Really timid.

Wenger saw Maicon's defensive action, and immediately denounced Maicon's foul with the fourth referee.Such a vicious foul was not even given a yellow card, which is too much.

In fact, Maicon's action is very big.But it's not the kind of hurtful foul.There are many physical confrontations in the Premier League, and Maicon just uses his body to commit fouls.For collisions between bodies, referees in the Premier League rarely give yellow cards.

Wenger spread his hands helplessly.

Since Gary Neville dealt with Reyes once, all teams in the Premier League have started to use this tactic against Reyes.

Thinking of this, Wenger gave a rare greeting to Ferguson's female relatives in his heart.It's all this damn old Scotchman!

(End of this chapter)