Coaching legend

Copenhagen Park Stadium is really not very big. Although today's UEFA Cup final was full, there were only about 36,000 people.

This was George's first time to enter the final of the European Cup, and the first time he experienced the charm of European games.

Tickets for the UEFA Cup final are very tight, and ticket prices have been rising all the way. In the end, the price of ordinary tickets exceeded 300 pounds. Compared with English fans, Turkish fans are the most distressed.

The ticket price sold by Galatasaray reached 300 pounds. The price of this game ticket is even much more expensive than the price of their club's season ticket this season. Galatasaray's season ticket price this season is only 150 pounds, but the price of a UEFA Cup final is more than 300 pounds.

In fact, UEFA's official price for Galatasaray is 20 to 45 pounds, but it did not expect that it would rise to 300 pounds in the end. The current per capita monthly income in Istanbul is only 200 pounds.

But even so, it still can't stop the enthusiasm of fans.

In the end, tickets for the UEFA Cup final are still hard to come by. Many fans from both Blackburn and Galatasaray were unable to buy tickets.

George looked at the Copenhagen Park Stadium, and the supporters of the two teams were clearly divided. The fans of Blackburn were in blue, while the fans of Galatasaray were in red. Galatasaray's uniforms were red and yellow.

In between the fans of the two teams were neutral fans.

This was both a habit and for the sake of stadium safety. The emotions of English and Turkish fans were not right now, and if they were allowed to sit next to each other, no one knew what would happen.

Even so, the Copenhagen police were still worried.

Since 200 Turkish parliamentarians and dozens of ministers from various countries would be there to watch the game, the safety of the scene was particularly important. For this reason, the British and Turkish governments sent their own riot police to Copenhagen to assist the Danish police in maintaining stadium safety. The Dutch and Belgian police, the host countries of this year's European Championship, also sent police to the scene to assist the Danish side in maintaining order, and at the same time, they could get first-hand information on the safety measures to control the fans' unrest. The number of security forces maintaining order at the stadium will reach 2,000.

George looked at the densely packed reporters on the sidelines, and his heart suddenly became proud.

This is the first time George has stood on such a big stage. George is already well-known in England. But he is still a junior in European football and world football. But this game is different.

This game will be watched by 5 million viewers from 185 countries and regions around the world. There will be 300 reporters on the scene, including 140 photographers and reporters from 25 TV stations.

This is the big stage, and this is where you should stand.

George and Terim, who was already standing next to him, simply shook hands, and then returned to his seat.

Terim is almost fifty years old at this time. But his sharp eyes are still there. Terim is currently the best coach in Turkish football. When he was forty years old, he became the head coach of the Turkish national team. He led the team to the 1996 European Cup finals for the first time.

After that, he came to Galatasaray, which has won three consecutive domestic league titles. This season, Galatasaray has won both the domestic league and cup titles.

Terim is definitely a banner of Turkish football, but it has not reached that point yet. But Terim led Galatasaray to win the UEFA Cup and Super Cup in the past. Then, in the 2008 European Cup, he led Turkey to the semi-finals of the European Cup.

Terim was later called "Emperor" by Turkish fans, which also shows his influence among Turkish fans.

George was thinking about Terim, the coach, and Terim was also thinking about George as he looked at George's back.

George is very famous in the English football world, but unfortunately, not many people know him in the European football world. Terim is the same.

It's just that George shouted at the beginning of the season that I want the UEFA Cup championship, which surprised Terim. There has always been no shortage of unruly people in the football world, whether it is a coach or a player, there are many people with arrogant personalities. But it's rare for George to be so arrogant at the beginning of the season.

At that time, Trim looked at George's information and found that he was a young coach of only 31 years old. So he just laughed it off. Young people can understand.

But now Trim no longer thinks so.

This young man is not simple, indeed not simple.

Trim, who has been exhausted by the media and various scouts in recent times, is quite afraid of George. Saying that these are all coincidences, perhaps others believe it. But Trim does not believe it 100%.

You Blackburn started talking in February, and it has been mid-May now, and there is no result.

And the confidentiality of both parties has always been very good. How come this news broke out when the final is approaching? It's as if someone directed it. Trim doesn't believe this coincidence at all.

Looking at the coach who is younger than his players, Trim can only shake his head secretly.

"The game is about to start. Blackburn is very familiar to everyone, but Galatasaray is in Turkey, and everyone may not be familiar with it. Let me give you a brief introduction to Galatasaray." This League Cup final was also commented by Mortensen.

"Galatasaray is a giant in Turkey. So far this season, it has won the Turkish League Championship and the Turkish Cup Championship for 14 times. It is the undisputed dominant team in Turkey."

"Many people in Galatasaray are unfamiliar to everyone. Only Haji in the midfield should be quite familiar to everyone."

"However, the recent situation of Galatasaray is not very good. Their club has fallen into a serious economic crisis and has not paid salaries for seven months."

"Galatasaray's head coach Terim has extraordinary skills. Even under such difficult circumstances, Galatasaray can still win the league championship and cup championship in the country."

Motsen briefly introduced the current situation of Galatasaray.

As Mortensen introduced, Galatasaray's situation is indeed very bad. The harassment of reporters, the attention of scouts, and the private contact between the club and the players are all serious. But what is more serious than this is Galatasaray's economic situation.

Galatasaray's economic situation is very poor, and it has not paid salaries for nearly a season.

Under such circumstances, Trim relied on his prestige and skills to lead the team to win the league championship. Of course, there was nothing that Trim could handle normally. But when the major clubs began to target Galatasaray players, the impact on the team was very obvious.

After not receiving salary for a season, the players' mood can be imagined. After all, they play football to make money. Now that major clubs are contacting them and are willing to give them high salaries, they are of course distracted.

Although they are now suppressed by Trim's prestige, the gaps that have already been created are not so easy to sew.

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"Beep--"

With the whistle of the referee, the game began.

"The first UEFA Cup final of the new millennium has begun at the Copenhagen Park Stadium. The two teams in the final are Blackburn from England and Galatasaray from Turkey. After ninety minutes or perhaps one hundred and twenty minutes, who will win? Let us wait and see."

Motson's passionate commentary began to sound.

George sent out his usual main lineup for this game. The three midfielders are Makelele, Deco and Miku. Galatasaray's style of play is somewhat similar to Blackburn. They also sent out three midfielders, namely Hagi, Emre and Okan Brook.

Each of the three has its own characteristics.

Okan is a technically delicate midfield organizer. The short Okan has very good skills. Hagi's passing is even more unpredictable. Emre plays more of an assault role in the midfield. Compared with others, Emre's ability to attack forward is very strong.

In the game, Emre can often unexpectedly dribble and attack, tearing the opponent's defense from the middle.

The combination of the three is very good. If you want to control, you have control, and if you want to attack, you have an attack.

If you play against other teams, Galatasaray's midfield may have strong control now. But compared with Blackburn, which has a similar style, they are completely behind.

Hagi is strong, but unfortunately he is old, 35 years old. Emre has strong impact, but unfortunately he is too young and lacks experience. On the other hand, Makelele was the defensive midfielder who marked Totti and made him helpless.

Miku was a mature player before he came to Blackburn. It's just that George gave him more stage in Blackburn.

After two seasons of training in the Premier League, Deco has become one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League in terms of game control ability. This trio completely overwhelmed Galatasaray's midfield after the start of the game.

Galatasaray is also known as a team with strong control in the League Cup. But when they met Blackburn, with the same style, it depends on who has stronger control.

George didn't have any tentative attacks at all, and he had already attacked at the beginning of the game.

George sneered at those coaches who said they didn't know the opponent. If you, as a head coach, don't even know the opponent, it's your dereliction of duty. If you meet some amateur teams in the FA Cup, you can say that you don't know the opponent.

But like the League Cup final, if you say you are not familiar with the opponent, it's a complete joke.

Therefore, George didn't have any tentative attacks at all, and Blackburn players didn't have to adapt. Because they are very familiar with every player of Galatasaray.

George's training these days is completely aimed at Galatasaray.

This game is difficult to write. I don't know much about Galatasaray, so I really can't write about their biggest characteristics.