Coaching legend

"The players have already started to play. The Champions League group match between Blackburn and Lazio is about to begin."

In the player tunnel, there was no communication between Lazio and Blackburn players. At present, except for Blanco and Panucci who know some Lazio players, the other players of Blackburn have no relationship with Lazio players.

In terms of the fame of the two teams, Lazio is of course far better than Blackburn.

In the current Blackburn main lineup, in addition to Blanco, the most famous are Miku and Pires. But because the two have not performed well in the national team, not many people know them in European football.

Ferdinand, who has the highest transfer fee in Blackburn's history, is quite famous in England. But it is only in England.

But Lazio is different. Among Lazio players, there are many players who have become famous in European football.

Starting from the forward line, Crespo is a well-known striker in Italian football. In Parma, Crespo grew into a world-class striker and scored 22 goals in Serie A last season. In Parma, Crespo won the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup. In the summer, he was transferred to Lazio for 35.5 million pounds.

George dared not even think about the price of more than 50 million euros.

In the midfield, Lazio also has a pile of world-class players. Let's talk about Lazio's midfielder Veron first. This wizard who transferred from Parma has a price of nearly 20 million euros. He is also a famous midfielder in Italian football.

There is also the Czech Iron Man Nedved. Nedved became famous very early. As early as the 1996 European Cup, Nedved was popular in Europe. That Czech national team was also hailed as the Czech Golden Generation. The most accomplished one among them is Nedved.

Although Eriksson was very prejudiced against Nedved when he just took over Lazio. But Nedved impressed Eriksson with his performance and became the main force that Lazio could not play. Nedved's value is also rising, and it has exceeded more than 30 million euros.

Of course, if Nedved is now 30 million euros, European football clubs must be crazy about it.

Lazio's main midfielder is Simeone. Simeone is widely known by Chinese fans because of the 1998 World Cup. He tricked Beckham and got the young Beckham a red card. Beckham's strong charm made many of his fans remember Simeone firmly.

But what kind of midfielder Simeone is, many of Beckham's fans don't know.

In fact, Simeone is not an ordinary person. Simeone was more famous than Beckham for professional fans during the 1998 World Cup. Simeone is a technically comprehensive midfielder who has won the La Liga championship and the UEFA Cup at Inter Milan. Last season, he won the Serie A championship with Lazio.

Simeone's role is the team's "generator". He has sufficient physical strength and often runs all over the field to try to steal. When needed, he can act as an attacking midfielder to make a fatal assist or shot.

The back line is needless to say.

In addition to Mihajlovic, Lazio's back line also has Nesta, who is known as the best central defender in Italy and the best central defender in world football. How strong Nesta is can be seen by looking at the clubs that have scandals with Nesta.

Juventus, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, and even Barcelona have rumors with Nesta. If you want to quote the 24-year-old Nesta, the base price is 30 million euros. That is to say, without 30 million euros, it's embarrassing to ask about Nesta's transfer.

Let's talk about Lazio's goalkeeper Peruzzi.

Although Peruzzi's position as the number one goalkeeper of the national team was given up because of Buffon's rise. But Peruzzi is still famous. Italy is a country that produces many world-class goalkeepers. Peruzzi's ability can be seen from his ability to become the number one goalkeeper of the Italian national team.

Compared with Peruzzi, Blackburn goalkeeper Cudicini has never even seen the goal of the Italian national team. The current older generation of Italian goalkeepers include Pagliuca, Peruzzi, and the younger generation of Toldo and Buffon.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for Cudicini to enter the Italian national team in his lifetime.

With such a comparison, it is easy to see the current reputation of Lazio in European football. These players of Lazio are all worth a lot. And the player with the highest transfer value in Blackburn is Ferdinand.

And even if Blackburn has performed well recently, it is impossible for Blackburn players to transfer out for such an outrageous transfer price of 50 million euros.

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“The 2000-01 Champions League group match between Blackburn and Lazio has officially kicked off. First, let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams. Everyone is familiar with Blackburn’s starting lineup.”

“I will focus on introducing Lazio’s lineup. The goalkeeper is Peruzzi, the back line from left to right is Giuseppe Favalli, Nesta, Mihajlovic, Paolo Negro, the midfield is Nedved, Simeone, Stankovic, Veron, and the forwards are Crespo and Salas.”

Motson introduced the main lineups of both teams. However, Blackburn was ignored, while Lazio was very detailed.

In fact, there was no professional winger in the lineup that Eriksson arranged for this game.

In the midfield, all four players are the kind of players who can run and steal. Even Veron, who has the best skills, is also a very strong defensive player. Of course, Veron's ball control and passing are even better.

Does Eriksen want to defend?

After the game started, George kept thinking about Lazio's style of play.

George soon understood. Lazio did not have the idea of ​​playing on the wing. Lazio put Simeone, Nedved, and Stankovic in the back. It's just that Simeone is the back, and Nedved and Stankovic start to insert the ball as soon as they grab the ball. And Veron is slightly forward, responsible for Lazio's attack.

The Italian team can be famous in European football, and the most powerful thing is their defense.

The Italian defenders rely on defensive skills to predict the landing point in advance and can always clear the ball before the forwards. The defensive skills of the Italian defenders are very good. Their best thing is to stand in position, especially their awareness is very good. Unlike Premier League defenders. The best thing about Premier League defenders is the defense of aerial balls, and the frontal defensive skills.

But the biggest problem of English defenders is that they turn slowly and chase slowly.

Nesta and Mihajlovic are already very powerful. The defense of the two of them is already quite difficult to break. Not to mention that Lazio now has strong defensive midfielders such as Simeone and Nedved in the midfield.

Blackburn's offense is too difficult to play.

Because Lazio's midfield has too strong running ability. Once Miku gets the ball, Simeone will catch up first. And Stankovic will come to double-team quickly. Nedved is even more tough, and Nedved can be seen everywhere in the midfield.

Deco is not comfortable either. After Veron loses the ball in the frontcourt, he will tightly entangle Deco. Deco is not allowed to pass a good ball easily, so Blackburn's offense is becoming more and more difficult.

Although the two wingers played well, once the ball entered the penalty area, Klose had no chance at all.

Klose had a hard time in this game.

Facing Nesta, Klose finally understood what an Italian defender is.

When the ball came in from the wing, Nesta always headed the ball out faster than Klose. After Klose got the ground ball, he could never get past Nesta. Nesta seemed to know what Klose would do next. Every time Klose made a move, Nesta was always one step faster than him.

There was no one else to support Klose in the frontcourt. Klose finally felt what it meant to fight alone.

"No wonder the boss said Nesta is the best central defender in the world. This white and thin bastard is really strong."

However, Lazio's counterattack was very effective.

Eriksson made full use of Blanco's slow turn to let Salas and Ferdinand entangle, while Crespo was fighting with Blanco on the offside line. Crespo is a player with a very good sense of smell, and with Veron's excellent pass, Blackburn's defense line was in a state of panic for a while.

George looked at the situation on the field and shook his head.

Crespo had just arrived at Lazio, and he had such a tacit understanding with Veron. Yes, they are all Argentines.

This won't work.

Now Blackburn's attack can't get in, Miku is facing the tightest defense. And Klose can't find a good way in front of Nesta. But Lazio's counterattack is accurate.

If this situation continues, Blackburn players will not know whether to defend or attack. So we must change this situation as soon as possible.

George has been watching the situation on the field for a while. He also has his own ideas about the situation on the field.

So he waited for the opportunity of a dead ball and pulled over Sagnol.

"Weili, let them speed up the pace. Play more on the wing and open up the defense."

George didn't say much. He just simply said what he meant in Sagnol's ear. George believed that Sagnol and his players would understand his ideas.

Sagnol nodded and immediately went over to hold Deco.

Miku is the offensive core of the frontcourt, so the core of the entire team is Deco. The rhythm of the team is controlled by Deco. So Sagnol naturally found Deco and returned to his position.

Deco heard what Sagnol said and looked to the sidelines. George didn't look at him, but kept his eyes on the situation on the field.

Deco shouted loudly in the midfield, and then made a gesture of tactical adjustment. A team must have many tactical changes. A team without changes is looking for death. Now Deco's gesture is a change.

Everyone can understand what Deco means when they see his gesture.

Then Blackburn suddenly accelerated the pace.