Coaching legend

"Steve Dalma is a player that coach Arsene Wenger imported from the Ligue 1 for five million pounds this summer. However, he has only played two games so far, and once was in the League Cup and once as a substitute."

"Dalma's characteristic is his excellent breakthrough ability. As for other aspects, he is not very clear because of his limited number of appearances."

"But Dalma is well-known in France. Many people say that Dalma's playing style is similar to Zidane's and that he is Zidane's successor."

Mortensen saw Dalma coming on the stage and gave everyone a brief introduction to Dalma.

"This is the case in every country now. When a good player appears in Brazil, they say he is Pele's successor. If a genius appears in Argentina, they say he is the successor to the world's best player. Now when a genius appears in France, they say he is Zida. Internal successor."

Alan Hansen laughed beside him.

Mortensen and Alan Hansen are not surprised by this kind of thing. This kind of title of successor is heard by many young players when they first debut. But in the end, there were only a few people who could actually fight.

Especially Ligue 1, there are too many talents there. Anyone you pick out will be called a genius. Therefore, Mortensen and Alan Hansen don't care much.

After Dalma played, Arsenal's lineup became Dalma on the left, Vieira at the back, Bergkamp at the front, Parlor on the right, and Henry and Wiltord as forwards.

After the change of formation, Arsenal's offense began to become fierce. Especially Arsenal's left wing, with Dalma on the left and Henry on the left. Parlor's side instead retreated more defensively to assist Vieira.

At this time, George focused on observing this genius who was introduced from France by Wenger for five million pounds.

Only then did I realize that Dalma’s technology was very good. Especially his dribbling breakthrough, although not the fastest, is not slow at all. His breakthrough ability is different from Pires, more like Duff. It is a style of play similar to that of a winger, but while Duff uses more speed, Dalma uses more technology.

Dalma is not like a full midfielder who breaks through the outside line and crosses. But once he breaks through the full-back, he goes directly into the penalty area.

The twenty-one-year-old Dalma's strength is really not simple.

George shook his head. Although one of George's skills that is widely known in European football is his moves in the transfer market, George knows his own business. It's more because George has advanced memory that he grabs those talented players before others.

But Wenger is different. He is real strength. His vision is rare among coaches in the world. So much so that later in European football, as long as there is a scandal between a certain player and Wenger, his value will rise. Such is Wenger's influence.

George had already snatched Pires before Wenger, but he didn't expect that Wenger would still recruit a talented player like Dalma from Ligue 1.

In fact, what George didn't know was that Dalma was quite famous in history. This winter, he was bought by Inter Milan for 9 million euros. It's just that Inter Milan is known as a black hole for stars at this time. Not to mention players with nine million euros like Dalma, there are many players with tens of millions or tens of millions of euros who have not played.

Not to mention Dalma.

In the end, Dalma really couldn't get a chance to play at Inter Milan, and no coach appreciated him, so he was finally rented to Tottenham. After Tottenham played a few good games, they fell into a slump again. It was eventually returned by Tottenham.

Later, Dalma moved to Italy, Spain, and finally returned to the French First Division. He found a stable opportunity to play in the weak Sochaux team in Ligue 1. But his talent was wasted in this way.

When George was a fan, it was because Dalma was slightly famous in Ligue 1. Later, after arriving at Inter Milan, he was completely useless, so he had no impression of Dalma, who was known as Zidane's successor.

Although it was Dalma's first time playing in such a big game, he was not afraid at all. Facing the big brother Sagnol on the left, he is not afraid at all.

"Dalma...Henry came to receive the ball and passed the ball...Henry received the ball and made a beautiful one-two!"

After Dalma saw Sagnol coming over, he did not pass as before, but passed to Henry. Then Dalma ran forward, and Henry didn't hesitate. He pushed the ball lightly and passed it between Sagnol and Blanco.

Dalma and Henry used a beautiful one-two to completely pass Sagnol.

After Dalma got the ball, he went straight in. Blanco's speed was gone and he couldn't stop Dalma in time. Ferdinand quickly changed defense and dropped Wiltord to defend Dalma. Blanco used to defend Wiltord.

Seeing Ferdinand come and stand still, Dalma shook twice and saw that Ferdinand was not moving at all. So lead the ball with your left foot and prepare to go outside. When Ferdinand moved a little, he immediately pulled the ball over with his left foot.

This action was small, but it made the audience cheer.

"It's a bull's-tail trick. It's really a bull's-tail trick."

Although it is not an obvious action, it is indeed Garrincha's ox tail. It's just that Dalma's movements were faster and smaller. However, it also passed Ferdinand. Fortunately, Ferdinand was passed by, but the man had not completely lost his center of gravity.

Therefore, Ferdinand's left foot remains in place and can interfere with Dalma.

After Dalma finished this series of actions, he lightly lifted the ball with his left foot, and the ball jumped over Ferdinand's left foot and reached the penalty spot.

"Henry, this is Henry! Henry, gently push the ball!"

Because Dalma completely messed up Blackburn's defense. In addition, Parlour on the right pressed forward, and Wiltord was at the front. There was also Bergkamp's back-up. So Blackburn's defense was not complete. In addition, Henry was too fast and reacted too quickly, and there was no defense to keep up.

In front of Henry, there were already several shooting angles.

But Henry has never been a person who uses brute force. According to Cudicini's position, he gently pushed the ball with his right foot. The ball rolled into the goal from the far post. Cudicini, who blocked the near post to defend Dalma's shot, had no way to deal with this ball.

"One to one, Arsenal equalized the score."

"I just saw some of Dalma's actions. This is a genius, a real genius. It seems that the professor has found another treasure."

Motson was very surprised by Dalma's performance.

"He broke through resolutely, was brave, and had a good vision. Most importantly, this young man is definitely very courageous. Look at his actions in the penalty area, he is very courageous. This player has a future."

Alan Hansen also likes this young man very much.

George shook his head beside him. Why was Dalma, such an outstanding player, unknown in the previous time and space? George couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought. George thought that his arrival had spawned some talented players that didn't exist before.

Dalma's calmness in the small penalty area just now facing Ferdinand is definitely a very mature player. At the age of 21, there is still a lot of room for development.

This young man is lucky, damn lucky. Because he met Wenger at such a young age, he will definitely shine under a head coach like Wenger.

Damn, it's 1-1 so soon.

George also started to make substitutions and chose Drogba again. He wanted to use Drogba to make a push, but unfortunately the final effect was average. In the end, they tied Arsenal 1-1 away from home. George was very dissatisfied. The originally good situation was actually tied by Arsenal.

This was mainly because he did not pay enough attention to the new Dalma. It made Sagnol suffer a big loss.

"Professor, we are both hurt."

The reason why George said this was because George just got news from another venue. Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0. In this way, Blackburn's lead over Manchester United became five points, while Arsenal was two points behind Manchester United.

The fight between George and Wenger made Ferguson take advantage.

And for one point, Blackburn and Arsenal went back and forth, with all the main lineups, and worked hard.

Arsenal and Blackburn will play a strong dialogue in the Champions League in four days. Why bother.

Hearing George's words, Wenger smiled but did not answer.

"Professor, congratulations. Dalma is good, you picked up another genius."

"Your Hleb is also good. And cheaper." Wenger added. "George, Bayern Munich is not easy to beat."

"I know."

George knew that Wenger was just talking casually and did not mean to laugh at George. Of course, Wenger was not qualified to laugh at George. Even if Blackburn lost to Bayern, they still had a chance to break through. But Wenger's group was difficult. It was full of strong teams.

"But if Bayern wants to treat me as a dish, then we have to see if he has sharp teeth."

Even if Bayern wants to eat me, I have to break a few of his teeth.

"You are still the same."

I have known George for several years. Wenger has long understood George's personality. So he shook his head.

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After the game with Arsenal, George entered a tense preparation.

Because George is going to usher in the first real giant in George's Champions League career. It is also George's first real strong team in the European war.

Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champion from Germany.

George said that he didn't care about Bayern's game, but it was definitely a lie that he didn't have a little bit of nervousness in his heart. In all the European wars that George led Blackburn to play, Real Madrid was the strongest. But that was in the European Super Cup, and Real Madrid didn't take it seriously.

Now in the Champions League, he really encountered European giants and European powerhouses.

George is very familiar with Bayern. He knows their lineup and the abilities of their players very well. But knowing them is knowing, George still needs to think carefully about how to beat them.

Especially playing against German clubs, it requires careful planning.