Coaching legend

After arriving in Monaco, Blackburn Rovers will face Real Madrid after just one day of rest.

Stade Louis II is a small stadium. It can only accommodate more than 18,000 people, less than 20,000 people.

For the world's top club Real Madrid, a popular club, and English fans known for their enthusiasm, this stadium seems too small. Because Real Madrid and Blackburn Rovers, any club, can fill Stade Louis II if there are enough tickets.

But now the stadium with less than 20,000 people needs to be shared by fans of the two clubs.

This is too difficult.

Don't think that the European Super Cup is not a very important cup. But it is the real European champion anyway. That is, the king of the European Cup. And it is the first European champion after the new season.

So even Real Madrid fans will not ignore it.

Of course, in the eyes of Real Madrid fans, this game is a sure win. Blackburn? Where did this country team come from?

When George led Blackburn Rovers to Stade Louis II, the stadium was already crowded with people. The small stadium has been completely occupied by fans of both sides. And the fans of both sides are clearly divided.

Most of the Blackburn fans wear blue and white jerseys, while Real Madrid fans wear pure white jerseys. Therefore, the blue square and the white square are clearly distinguishable.

However, UEFA is fair. It did not give Real Madrid more tickets just because Real Madrid is more famous than Blackburn. The tickets obtained by the fans of the two teams are almost the same. Before the game started, the fans of both sides had already started to compete.

It’s just that Real Madrid fans have always claimed to be nobles, and many of their fans disdain to argue with rural fans like Blackburn. Therefore, in terms of momentum, Real Madrid fans can’t match Blackburn fans at all.

"Coach Bosque."

George came out earlier than Real Madrid this time. He waited for the Real Madrid coach at the side of the court, and shook hands with him after Bosque came out.

"Hello, Coach Levy."

Bosque was like a very kind old man. He smiled kindly at George.

The two just shook hands politely and returned to their seats. But George felt very sorry for Bosque, the great coach.

Bosque had two experiences of being a fire-fighting coach in Real Madrid before.

In 1994, Real Madrid fired head coach Sanz. At that time, Bosque coached 11 games as a fireman until Valdano took over. Two years later, the top management fired Iglesias again, and the fireman chosen was still Bosque. However, this time he only acted for one 5-0 victory and resigned again.

This time he came to put out the fire again, replacing Toshack who had poor performance. Everyone thought that this time he was just an agent. But what was unexpected was that Bosque miraculously led Real Madrid to win the Champions League. He also secured the position of Real Madrid head coach.

After Bosque became the head coach of Real Madrid, Real Madrid's performance has been very good.

But in 2003, Bosque was fired by Florentino. The reason was very ridiculous, saying that Bosque's appearance did not match the temperament of Real Madrid (I still don't know if this is true, anyway, the rumor is like this.). This is a naked insult. But after Bosque left Real Madrid, he never said anything bad about Real Madrid.

And although many clubs wanted to invite Bosque, Bosque did not agree. In the end, he unexpectedly coached a Turkish club and was dismissed after only half a year. If he had not become the head coach of Spain and led the Spanish team to win the World Cup, everyone would have almost forgotten this meritorious coach of Real Madrid.

Of course, Bosque's greatest ability is to balance the locker room of Real Madrid.

The historical tradition of Real Madrid is a great president plus great players. And Florentino's dream is to become a great Real Madrid president like the Bernabeu. Therefore, his biggest move after taking office is to introduce the best players in the world, so the Real Madrid locker room has become the most difficult place to control.

But Bosque can use his personal charm to perfectly control the Real Madrid locker room. All those Real Madrid stars will be convinced by Bosque. Including Raul, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, no one said bad things about Bosque.

Since Bosque left Real Madrid, it was not until Mourinho took over Real Madrid that a head coach who could control the Real Madrid locker room appeared again. Of course, Mourinho's ability to control the Real Madrid locker room is related to the full support of Florentino behind him. On the contrary, Bosque completely relies on his charm to control a group of players under him.

George shook his head. When Florentino fired Bosque, he certainly didn't think that Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship would also completely disintegrate. After Bosque, Real Madrid changed seven head coaches in succession, and finally won a league championship under Capello.

I don't know if Florentino, the crocodile, regretted firing Bosque later.

These are just George's flashing memories after seeing Bosque. But George didn't have time to think about these problems, because the game was about to start.

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Sagnol was the captain of Blackburn, and he stepped forward to toss the coin to decide to kick off first.

However, both sides had consciously taken a half-court, which was just a formality. After tossing the coin, Sagnol shook hands with several referees and Real Madrid captain Hierro.

As captains, Sagnol can only look at Hierro with admiration.

Not to mention Sagnol, even Blanco has brilliant achievements in the national team. But who can compare with Hierro in the club? Hierro is too good. From the initial center forward to the defensive midfielder, and then to the defender, Hierro has demonstrated his comprehensiveness.

In the defensive midfielder position, Hierro became the commander of the team's offense and defense, and in this position he actually scored 21 goals in the 91/92 season, becoming the second scorer in La Liga that year. After Valdano entered Real Madrid, with the maturity of newcomers such as Raul and Guti, Hierro officially retreated to the back line. In the central defender position, he is still the most difficult iron gate in the entire La Liga. Such a comprehensive player is extremely rare in the entire history of football.

Seeing Sagnol looking at him, Hierro nodded to Sagnol very friendly.

But if it weren't for this European Super Cup, Hierro didn't know the person in front of him. It was because of the European Super Cup that Bosque's explanation before the game made them know some players of the Blackburn team.

"Beep--"

With the referee's whistle, the 2000 European Super Cup officially kicked off.

"Hello everyone, this is the 2000 European Super Cup. I am broadcasting live to you at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. The two teams competing for the European Super Cup are Real Madrid from Spain and Blackburn from England. I am Martin Taylor. Next to me is my old partner Andy Gray."

Martin Taylor's familiar voice appeared in the ears of the fans.

Real Madrid fans attach some importance to this European Super Cup, but Real Madrid and the Spanish media do not attach much importance to this European Super Cup. Because the European Super Cup is more like a friendly match, and Blackburn's strength is too poor in their opinion.

But on the other hand, the English media attaches more importance to it.

Blackburn is the most watched team in the Premier League in the past few seasons. And George is the most watched local coach in England. In addition, the opponent is Real Madrid, the world's giants Real Madrid. So the game is more watched.

Many English fans, including non-Blackburn fans, are also paying attention to this game.

"Now let me introduce the starting lineups of the two teams."

"Bosque did not underestimate Blackburn because of the opponent. The goalkeeper is the young genius Casillas, the defenders from left to right are Roberto Carlos, Karanka, Hierro, Salgado, the left midfielder is McManaman, the right is Figo who just transferred this season, the defensive midfielder is Elguera, the attacking midfielder is Guti, and the two forwards are Raul and Morientes."

"Let's take a look at Blackburn. George's lineup is also standard. The goalkeeper is Cudicini, and the defenders from left to right are John Reese, Blanco, Ferdinand, Sagnol, Pires, Deco, Micoud, Makelele, Duff from left to right in the midfield, and Klose as the lone striker. "

"In terms of strength, Real Madrid certainly has the advantage. And Real Madrid is in good form recently, winning consecutive games in the warm-up matches. Figo, the new player, has quickly integrated into the team. His form is also very good."

"And Blackburn is also in very good form. In the two Premier League games, they won all of them. Blackburn currently tops the Premier League standings."

Martin Taylor will introduce the latest situation of Real Madrid and Blackburn.

Real Madrid was very aggressive at the beginning of the game. There were only two players in the middle of the midfield, but they were extremely fierce. They did not take Blackburn seriously at all.

All of Real Madrid's attacks revolve around Guti in the midfield.

Guti is a genius. As long as he performs normally, you will never know how Guti will pass the ball. Guti has good dribbling skills, and he is 1.85 meters tall and also has header skills. But Guti's most powerful thing is his unpredictable pass.

Guti's threatening pass is even better than Zidane and Miku's attacking midfielders.

Guti's pass is always in places that others can't imagine. He is a real genius.

However, Guti's eccentric personality has prevented him from being trusted by successive Real Madrid coaches. Valdano, Capello, Heynckes, Hiddink, they all did not include Guti in the main lineup, but they were reluctant to sell a genius like Guti.

It was not until Bosque became the head coach of Real Madrid that he began to reuse Guti.

Guti also repaid Bosque, and his performance in Real Madrid became better and better, and his role became more and more outstanding. Deco is also a veteran in the Premier League, and has seen all kinds of offensive players. But today, facing Guti, he was confused.

Because Guti's passing and passing really have no routines. It is completely improvisation.