Coaching legend

George's sarcasm towards the reporter was seen as a show of stubbornness by the media.

"Since Deco left, Blackburn's midfield organization has been in disarray. Although they did not fall behind thanks to the performance of several players in the frontcourt, the chaos in the midfield was completely visible. But George still stubbornly believed that there was no problem with the young Xabi Alonso."

"Several important players left, and several young players were bought. George was too confident. Perhaps the brilliant record in the past blinded George. What is Xabi Alonso? He just played in La Liga for two seasons, and he was a player in Real Sociedad. He was actually regarded as a substitute for Deco by George, which is ridiculous!"

"The Champions League champion has fallen to the point of using the midfield of the relegation team as the core."

The media did not give George, the Champions League champion, any face at all.

George's biggest rival Mark Lawrenson even ridiculed George in his column. "George may have forgotten the score of 8-0 four years ago. It was because of George's fuss about the team that the team's fighting power declined. Blackburn had a century of shame."

"Champions League champion, has George lost his mind? Forgot the shame of 8-0?"

George has never been a good person.

There are too many media criticizing George, so George can't take care of them for a while. But Mark Lawrenson jumped out, and George caught a target. He immediately responded in front of the reporter.

"There is only one difference between successful people and unsuccessful people. Losers only know how to blame others and find faults with others. But successful people see the advantages of others. There is no general who always wins in the world, and the same is true for teams. The development of a team is like a wave, with peaks and valleys. This is a very normal thing, a very normal development."

"I don't know how someone who has been a player for a lifetime can't even understand this. I don't know how he got into the TV station as a commentator."

George now feels that he is a champion coach. So I didn't want to argue with Mark Lawrenson, but I didn't expect this guy to be like a scabby dog, biting and not letting go.

When the British media was ridiculing George, Blackburn was about to play in the European Super Cup.

Although Blackburn was the Champions League champion, many people were not optimistic about the prospects of the Super Cup.

Even the head coach of Feyenoord from the Dutch League, Van Marwijk, shouted in the media that they were the European champions.

George sneered.

These people are too funny.

Yes, the departure of Deco and Makelele caused Blackburn a lot of problems for a while. But it doesn't mean that Blackburn really fell. Most of Blackburn's main players stayed.

Blackburn is just unable to adapt to the days without Deco for a while. They are used to Deco's ball control, passing, and especially controlling the rhythm.

Now Alonso, who replaced Deco, has not been able to perfectly replace Deco. It doesn't mean that Blackburn's strength has dropped a level. I didn't expect that even a club like Feyenoord would dare to laugh at Blackburn.

Does Van Marwijk really think Blackburn is vulnerable now?

When they came to Monaco, Blackburn players were very low-key. It was because Blackburn had played too thrillingly in recent games. They were used to having a midfielder controlling the rhythm of the game behind them. Suddenly Alonso could not replace Deco, so Blackburn players were not very adaptable.

On the contrary, Feyenoord was very high-profile.

Not only Van Marwijk, but even Feyenoord players said that they would defeat Blackburn to show that they were the European champions.

George didn't understand why Feyenoord was so high-profile.

After the Bosman Act, the Eredivisie was completely in decline. Only Ajax, which had entered the Champions League final once, had not made it to the Champions League semi-finals. It can be said that the Eredivisie was the hardest hit by the Bosman Act.

The Eredivisie used to be relatively strong in European football.

But the current Eredivisie is completely uncompetitive. Feyenoord's performance in the past few seasons is okay, but it is not very strong. Even when facing ordinary strong teams in the four major European leagues, their strength is insufficient. I really don't understand why Van Marwijk is so arrogant when facing the Premier League champion and Champions League champion Blackburn.

For the current Feyenoord, there are only two people that George is most familiar with.

One is Shinji Ono, a Japanese player of Feyenoord. Shinji Ono is not very famous in European football, but he is definitely famous in Asian football. Especially in East Asia, there are no particularly famous players in South Korea at this time.

And Shinji Ono is another top Asian player from Japan after Hidetoshi Nakata.

This player, who is called "Japanese Beckham" in Japan, is a very famous player in Asia. He just came to Feyenoord last season and won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord.

As a Chinese fan in his previous life, George knew Shinji Ono better.

Another person is famous when he is mentioned.

Of course not in this time and space, even in this time and space, he is a very famous player. That is Van Persie, one of the four little kings of the Netherlands. There is no need to talk about Van Persie's future achievements, although he has not been able to perform stably due to injuries.

But when he is no longer injured, he is called "General Van" by Arsenal fans.

Van Persie is only 18 years old this year, but his talent is absolutely rare in European football. Last season, Van Persie, who was only 17 years old, began to emerge in Feyenoord.

He was also the best young player in the Netherlands last season.

Van Persie is really strong. Unfortunately, his personality is also very strong. He has a bad relationship with Van Marwijk and was pressed on the bench by Van Marwijk in this game.

George is most reluctant to face a talented attacking player like Van Persie. Especially young talents, because they can often make some unexpected moves in the game. But fortunately, Van Persie was pressed up by Van Marwijk.

And although he is unwilling to face a talented player like Van Persie, he is not afraid even if he faces George.

George is low-key and his tactical arrangements on the field are also very conservative.

Xabi Alonso and Hargreaves are at the back, and then there is the midfield composed of Pires, Kaka and Miku. Pires and Miku are at the back, and Kaka is almost in the position of the second center forward.

Only Drogba is left in the front.

Not only that, Blackburn's entire formation moved back.

This arrangement made the commentator say that George lacked confidence. Facing Feyenoord, he used this counterattack formation.

George did use a counterattack tactic, but it was not because he lacked confidence. Instead, after these games, George found that Blackburn was not suitable for the original midfield control style. Because Alonso was still too immature, and his technical ability was really not as good as Deco.

Although Deco was a somewhat European Brazilian player, his footwork was definitely excellent. But Alonso was much worse than Deco in this regard.

So George simply cancelled the original style of play.

Although Van Marwijk was very high-profile before the game, as a coach, he was absolutely not careless. But the game was a bit unexpected, because Blackburn, the Champions League champion, moved back.

Van Marwijk felt that Blackburn really lacked confidence.

But after the game started, Van Marwijk discovered it. The Champions League champion is the Champions League champion. Even though heavyweight players like Deco and Makelele have left, it is far beyond what Feyenoord can deal with.

If Alonso is better than Deco now, it must be his defensive ability.

Deco's defense was completely forced out by George. And it was practiced in the Premier League. But Alonso himself is a defensive midfielder, and defense is his job. And the two people's defense is also very different.

In the past, Blackburn's defense was that Makelele stood in position and Deco connected. But now Blackburn's defense is that Alonso stands in position and dispatches the team. Hargreaves sweeps in the midfield.

Therefore, after the game started, Feyenoord attacked for a while. But it was impossible to break through Blackburn's defense. Especially the defense in the middle, it couldn't get in at all.

But Blackburn's counterattack was accurate.

At the end of the first half, Van Marwijk could only wave his hand helplessly. The big 3-0 stimulated Van Marwijk's eyes.

He really didn't expect it.

In this game, Blackburn counterattacked very accurately. George deliberately increased Alonso's prestige, so as long as Hargreaves got the ball, he would give it to Alonso. And Alonso himself is also very strong in defense and steals the ball a lot.

After Alonso got the ball, George gave the rhythm of the whole game to Alonso. George knew that this was indeed a bit of a rush and it was easy to overwhelm the players.

But George believed in Alonso. Because Alonso is not an ordinary person, he has a big heart. At the age of 19, he served as the captain of Real Sociedad and helped the team successfully avoid relegation. With such an experience, George believed that Alonso could fully withstand it.

In terms of endurance, Alonso is better than anyone in Blackburn now.

After Alonso got the ball, most of it was given to Miku. In the attack, Miku would decide the direction of attack.

Because Blackburn shrank back, there was a lot of space in the frontcourt. It was most suitable for Kaka to play. Kaka used speed to show Feyenoord what strength is. Why Blackburn is the Champions League champion, and you are the UEFA Cup champion.

In the first half, Kaka passed and scored, Pires scored, and Drogba scored, leading 3-0.

It has been a long time since Blackburn played such a satisfying game. In the second half, Blackburn continued to make progress, Duff scored a goal and Drogba scored another goal. In the European Super Cup, they defeated Feyenoord with a score of 5-0.

"Five-0. They forgot that Blackburn is the Champions League champion. Before the game, most media said that Blackburn was in a very difficult situation. There is really no reason. No matter how bad Blackburn was at the beginning of this season, it was still the Champions League champion team."

"Five-0, such a huge score difference. Blackburn told everyone that their strength remains the same."