Coaching legend

The intensity of the games almost made George want to curse.

Just after the game with Charlton, Blackburn will soon play away against Leicester City.

On September 9, two days after the game with Charlton, there will be a game with Leicester City. And on September 13, Blackburn will play the first round of the Champions League group stage at home. On September 16, Blackburn will also play Chelsea at home.

Looking at this schedule, it would be strange if George didn't go crazy.

This is simply a deadly schedule.

But George can only feel helpless. Not to mention Blackburn, even Manchester United and Arsenal's schedules are so difficult. Thinking of this, George felt a little balanced. The so-called worry is not the lack of but the imbalance. Thinking that Manchester United and Arsenal have the same bad schedule as himself can soothe George's current anger.

On September 9, he flew to the away game again.

Although he was about to play the Champions League, George was unreserved in this game. All the main players came on the field, and George was not as cautious as in previous games. Instead, he launched a fierce attack as soon as the game started.

In the eyes of the media and Leicester City, George would save his strength for the next Champions League game. Although Sparta Prague is not a strong opponent, it was George's first Champions League game after all. No matter which coach it is, they are very cautious when facing their first time. But no one expected that George would be unreserved in this game.

And George's fierce attack at the beginning surprised Leicester City.

This was completely different from their pre-match ideas. Not only the media was surprised, but also the head coach and players of Leicester City were surprised. They were stunned by Blackburn in an instant.

The game had just started for 20 minutes, and the scoreboard had already written big 0 and 2. The home team was in front and the visiting team was behind. Twenty minutes into the game, Blackburn led Leicester City 2-0 with goals from Duff and Deco.

George sat firmly on the court.

George definitely did not take the Champions League game lightly, but he did so just for the Champions League game. Completely lock the victory in the first half, and then slow down the pace of the game. This will also allow the players to get a good rest.

Sure enough, Blackburn's fierce attack caught Leicester City off guard.

They never thought that Blackburn would attack so vigorously. In 20 minutes, Blackburn scored two goals against Leicester City.

After 2-0, George began to slow down the Blackburn players. After all, they will play in the Champions League in four days.

Leicester City was just stunned at home. After turning around, they began to counterattack fiercely. George frowned, knowing that he should have scored another goal and then taken it back.

But George was not too worried. Blackburn's defense was originally good, and with the strong control of the midfield, George was still very confident.

Therefore, Blackburn, who had a two-goal advantage, was already dealing with it calmly. Although Leicester City scored a goal at the end of the second half, it still could not change the result of the game. Because before they scored a goal, Blackburn scored another one. Davor Suker, who came off the bench, scored the first goal of the season. In the end, Blackburn defeated Leicester City 3-1 away.

So far, Blackburn has achieved five consecutive victories in the league.

After five rounds of games, Blackburn ranked first in the Premier League with 15 points. It is four points ahead of Manchester United, five points ahead of Arsenal, and seven points ahead of Leeds United. Leeds United has one draw and two losses in the past three rounds, and its record is very poor.

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After playing Leicester City, Blackburn returned to their home court. Prepare to face the first game of the Champions League.

Group B is indeed the weakest group. But it does not mean that George can completely despise it.

George's favorite sentence is what Taizu said, "Strategically despise the enemy, tactically pay attention to the enemy." Strategic contempt will increase one's self-confidence. But if there is no tactical attention, it is arrogant and conceited.

Therefore, although George is usually arrogant, it seems that he doesn't care about anyone. In fact, every time there is an important game, George will pay great attention to his opponent. The information about the opponent will not be ignored.

George has carefully analyzed this group. The strongest team in this group is Lazio. Of course, George does not think that his team is weaker than Lazio. But for Lazio, George is really not absolutely sure that he can defeat it.

Lazio is now in its heyday.

Serie A has begun to decline. But starting to decline and already declining are two concepts. Serie A is still the league with the most stars, and Lazio also has many stars. The self-confidence of Serie A teams is still very sufficient.

Although the Premier League has begun to rise, it is still a little scared when facing Serie A teams.

So George is not 100% sure of defeating Lazio. Therefore, George puts the goal of breaking through in the other two teams.

The other two teams are relatively weak. Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk are both clubs far away from the mainstream league. When the media analyzed, the two places in this group should be Lazio and Blackburn who can break through.

So George knew that the matches with the two clubs must not be missed. In this way, Blackburn will be able to appear no matter how the match with Lazio goes. Therefore, whether or not they can appear from this group, the match with Lazio is secondary, and the matches with the two clubs are more important.

The day before the game, George looked at the players and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is our first Champions League game. Some people in our team have played in the Champions League, and some have not played in the Champions League. But for me, this is my first Champions League game since I coached. To be honest, I am a little nervous."

George's words just fell, and the players below laughed.

George will be nervous? This is the funniest joke they have ever heard.

Maybe it was George's always strong performance that made the players think that George would not be nervous.

In fact, George was really a little nervous. Or it was not nervous, but just a kind of uneasy mood. In other words, it was not nervous about the game, but it was excited and excited about being able to participate in the Champions League.

Anyway, George's mood is pounding now.

"Champions League, this is the game I've been thinking about day and night since I took over as coach. Everyone knows our group. Lazio and we are the strongest, while Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk are the weakest. Therefore, if we want to break out of the group stage, we must win the games against Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk."

"As long as we win the game between these two clubs, we will definitely be able to break out of this group."

"Are you nervous?"

Sagnol was the first to stand up and shook his head.

"Boss, we are not nervous at all. I am just excited now and want to play the Champions League as soon as possible."

"Yes, boss. We won the UEFA Cup, so let's win the Champions League in the future!"

"Let's just destroy Lazio together. Let them see our strength."

"Yes, boss, we even destroyed Real Madrid, Lazio is nothing!"

Looking at the players who were talking more and more outrageously, George could only smile. These guys are getting more and more presumptuous. They just made it to the Champions League this season, and they are basically rookies in the Champions League. There are still people who dare to shout for the Champions League?

But George likes it. What is the best side of young players? It is their vigor.

If they shrink back because of the strength of the opponent, what should young people do? Young people should be fearless.

"Yes, Lazio is nothing. Is Lazio stronger than Real Madrid?"

George also agreed with their views. In fact, defeating Real Madrid in the European Super Cup and defeating Real Madrid in the Champions League are completely different views. If they met Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout round, Bosque would definitely fight Blackburn to death.

Although Bosque also wants to win the European Super Cup. But it is not so intense.

"Waste Lazio! Waste Lazio!"

Blanco, who played in Serie A, looked at the young players of Blackburn and suddenly felt that he was young. Lazio was the Serie A champion last year, and Blanco played against Lazio when he was in Inter Milan. Blanco knows how strong Lazio is.

In Blanco's mind, Blackburn may not be weaker than Lazio in strength, but the experience is still insufficient. Lazio has seen much more than Blackburn.

But at this time, Blanco was also infected by the emotions of Blackburn players. He felt that Lazio was nothing.

George raised his hand and asked everyone to calm down.

"Tomorrow is my first Champions League game. You all have to remember what you said now. Whoever lets me down, hehe." George's words came out, and several people shrank their necks. George smiled when he saw their appearance. "Okay, no matter whether the opponent is Real Madrid or Milan, you must be fearless. Okay, go back and have a good rest. Let Sparta Prague know tomorrow that they have no chance to break through the group stage."

"Yes."

Looking at the players leaving, George breathed a long sigh of relief. Although it was the first time to enter the Champions League, George still had great hopes. The first round of the group stage must be broken through. And now the situation of the league is very good, George does not want to give up the league.

But then George smiled and shook his head.

Why consider this so early? Take one step at a time, the league and the Champions League are the most important games. George does not want to give up both games. Anyway, the thickness of Blackburn's lineup is not too bad now. It should be able to cope with the two-front attack.

Now is the beginning of the season, it is not the time to make a choice.

Thinking of this, George felt relieved. In the future, even if he gave up the Champions League and defended the league, it would be a joke if he could not break through the group stage. So no matter what, George must break through the two group stages.

Sparta Prague?

Let's see your strength tomorrow.