Coaching legend

"Congratulations to Blackburn for breaking through the first round of the group stage."

On October 31, Blackburn played against Dortmund at home.

Dortmund, a strong team from Germany. However, in the sixth round, the qualifying place of this group had been determined. Therefore, George did not take Dortmund very seriously. It has already appeared that there is no need to fight to the death with them.

But it seems that Dortmund does not look like a German team at all.

After losing the hope of qualifying, Dortmund was completely deflated. George has tried his best to take care of Dortmund's face and sent most of the substitutes. Unfortunately, Dortmund is really a hopeless case.

They were beaten 4-0 by Blackburn's substitutes.

Even George was surprised. Although Dortmund has just been rebuilt not long ago, its strength is still not to be underestimated. But it was beaten by Blackburn's substitutes. Hleb completed an assist hat trick.

McAllister, a veteran who is almost thirty-seven years old, also scored two goals in this game.

George frequently looked at Sammer next to him during the game. He found that Sammer had no expression throughout the game.

George really didn't know whether he should say that Sammer was a wise choice or laugh at Sammer for not pursuing anything. Anyway, George looked down on Dortmund. He also looked down on Sammer.

Sammer, you are a famous free man in German football, so what? You have won the European Cup, so what?

A team has no fighting spirit at all, how can it not be a team from Germany. What does the German team rely on to sweep the world football?

Technology, in terms of technology, Spain and Portugal are far better than them.

In terms of tactics, who can compare with Italy.

The most powerful thing about the German team is of course their will and their overall performance. Now Sammer has even given up this, no wonder Dortmund has not made much progress.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn appeared very smoothly.

In this group, everyone originally thought that Blackburn and Dortmund would appear. But after six rounds of matches, Dortmund was ranked last in the group stage and was eliminated. They didn't even get a place in the League Cup.

Appearing with Blackburn was Boavista from Portugal.

On November 3, Blackburn challenged Southampton away.

George, who had just qualified for the Champions League group and was in a good mood, was strongly blocked by Southampton in this game. In the end, Southampton tied 0-0.

Liverpool, which was becoming stronger and stronger under Houllier's training, defeated Manchester United 3-1 in this game. Manchester United was completely at a disadvantage in the strong dialogue this season. In the second round of the Premier League, they were beaten 5-1 by Blackburn, 4-3 by Newcastle in the fifth round of the Premier League, and 1-1 by Leeds United at home in the eleventh round of the Premier League.

Now they were beaten 3-1 by Liverpool again.

Manchester United's situation is getting worse and worse. Liverpool, with this game, is only one point behind Blackburn after the 12th round of the Premier League.

Arsenal also stumbled in this round. They were beaten 4-2 by Charlton at home and could only accept the defeat.

After the 12th round of the Premier League, Blackburn ranked first with 26 points, while Liverpool ranked second with 25 points. Arsenal has 19 points and Manchester United has 17 points. Blackburn is already 7 points ahead of Arsenal and 8 points ahead of Manchester United.

This was something no one expected before the start of the Premier League.

Although he was tied by Southampton, he was a little unhappy. But after watching the game between Manchester United and Arsenal, George felt relieved.

There are only two biggest opponents in George's mind. They are Ferguson's Manchester United and Wenger's Arsenal. As for Houllier's Liverpool, George ignored it in the league championship.

Although Liverpool is strong now, George really doesn't take Liverpool seriously. It's not that Liverpool is not strong. Houllier has been training for three seasons, and Liverpool is now very strong. This season, they have the strength to challenge various championships.

The current Premier League rankings show how strong Liverpool is this season. If it weren't for Blackburn, Liverpool would have been ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United by almost double digits. But even so, George still didn't take Liverpool seriously.

Because something big happened to Liverpool. And it was a big thing that could destroy all of Liverpool's current achievements.

Not long ago, two games ago, Liverpool's current head coach, French coach Houllier, was admitted to the hospital because of a heart attack. Doctors are all suggesting that Houllier leave football, because if Houllier continues to coach, there is a high possibility that his life will be in danger.

Unfortunately, Houllier still has to return to his coaching position.

According to the doctor's diagnosis, Houllier needs to rest for at least half a year. Half a year means that Houllier can't catch up for most of the season.

George didn't gloat over the misfortune.

Because as the head coach of a football club, George knows that this job is a position with a high incidence of heart disease. Many club head coaches have heart disease to varying degrees. Even a head coach like George, who is only in his thirties, has heart disease. It's just that George is young now, so he won't have an attack on the field like Houllier did.

After Houllier entered the hospital, Liverpool's assistant coach Thompson temporarily served as the head coach.

Thompson relied on his energy to keep Liverpool's performance at a high level. But George knew that Liverpool's current state would never last long. Liverpool's performance would soon decline due to the departure of the head coach Houllier.

This team was completely built by Houllier.

Now Houllier is lying in the hospital. As long as Liverpool loses a game, their performance will immediately decline. George is sure of this.

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Because they were tied by Southampton. George flew to participate in the draw for the second round of the Champions League group stage with an unhappy mood.

After the draw, George's unhappy mood became even worse. Although his face was not as blue, it was not very good-looking.

Last season, he had good luck. Unfortunately, this season, all the good luck has been used up. When the draw came out, George couldn't help but take a breath.

When Arsenal's draw came out just now, George secretly laughed at Arsenal.

Because Arsenal was drawn into the death group again.

This bad luck made George behind him laugh in his heart. Arsenal was drawn into an absolute group of death this time. It was even tougher than last season. In addition to Arsenal, there were also Juventus, Deportivo La Coruna, and Leverkusen in their group.

This is an absolute group of death.

Juventus and Deportivo La Coruna were all encountered by Arsenal in the group stage last season. Even if there were only these three teams, it would be a group of death. Not to mention the Bundesliga powerhouse Leverkusen.

Leverkusen now has strong players such as Ballack, Lucio, Snyder, and Neuville to help.

Wenger's face turned green at that time.

I guess Wenger was sighing in his heart. Why was he so unlucky? He entered the group of death for two consecutive seasons.

But George had just laughed at Wenger for a while, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

Because Blackburn also entered another group of death. In Blackburn's group, there are La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​Serie A defending champion Roma, and George's old rival Galatasaray.

Although this group is completely dwarfed by Arsenal, it is still a death group for Blackburn.

Barcelona is needless to say.

Although George did not play against Barcelona, ​​Barcelona is still the second largest club in La Liga after Real Madrid. Although their performance in recent years is not good, they still have big names such as Rivaldo, Kluivert, Saviola, Cocu, and Overmars.

George certainly dare not ignore such a powerful Barcelona.

Roma has played in the UEFA Cup.

But the current Roma is not the original Roma. Roma was the Serie A champion last season. Compared with the UEFA Cup, the current Roma is much stronger. The main reason is that Capello has left his mark in Roma.

The current Roma is the strongest in history. Compared with the first time playing Roma, the current Roma lineup is even more talented. Emerson, a player bought by Roma for 18 million euros last season. Batistuta, a generation of war god, also came to Roma last season.

Of course, Roma's biggest move this summer was to buy Cassano for 28 million US dollars. This is a transfer fee that set a record for the transfer of players under 21 years old.

Roma is already truly strong.

The weakest is Galatasaray.

Galatasaray has lost too many important players in the past two years. In this group, it should be a cash machine. But Galatasaray is definitely not an easy bone to chew. Even Real Madrid and Milan have fallen into their devilish home.

Such a group match made George very dissatisfied.

But there is no way. Now we should think about how to break out of this group, which is the most important thing.

After the draw, George returned to England.

Anyway, the draw is over and it can't be changed. On November 17, Blackburn has another important game. It is to face the powerful Liverpool at home.

George underestimated Liverpool, but Liverpool is now biting Blackburn tightly. This makes George very dissatisfied. George wants to let Liverpool know in one battle that the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Houllier is already in the hospital, and you Liverpool still dream of winning the Premier League?

And George also wants to let Thompson know that the head coach and the assistant coach are two completely different things. Don't think that you can really be the head coach just by winning a few games.