Coaching legend

After the game started, Ajax was not timid because the opponent was the defending champion.

Each of the Ajax players is a young talent with great pride. Not to mention facing Blackburn, even if they face Real Madrid and Milan, they will not shrink back and play defensive counterattacks. Ajax's tradition does not allow them to play that kind of ugly defense.

Therefore, after the kick-off, Ajax launched offensives again and again against Blackburn.

Especially the frontcourt players such as Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic and Van der Meyde are all extremely skilled players.

They are like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers.

In front of people like Hargreaves and Alonso, they wantonly play with their skills. Picking the ball over, passing the ball with the heel, long-distance raids, all kinds of things that only the audience can't imagine, nothing they can't do.

Anyway, even George was scared below.

These Ajax players now are really talented.

Look at the two-on-one and two-on-two between Van der Vaart and Van der Meyde, which is absolutely dazzling.

This is genius.

However, only a team like Ajax and a soil like the Eredivisie can cultivate these talented players.

Blackburn can be said to have experienced many ups and downs. Even Real Madrid has been defeated, and Ajax is not in their eyes. But in Ajax, these players are only in their early twenties, Van der Vaart is only 19 years old, Ibrahimovic is only 21 years old, and even Sneijder is only 18 years old.

Such a young lineup represents the invincibility of youth. It also represents that they have unlimited imagination. Their imagination even stunned the Blackburn players.

Under their attack, unexpected things happened soon.

Only eleven minutes into the game, Van der Meyde and Van der Vaart once again performed a two-on-one performance. This time their goal of breaking through was Riise.

Riise rushed too hard when Van der Vaart got the ball.

Therefore, when Van der Vaart made a beautiful heel pass, he wanted to stop suddenly, but he didn't expect to twist his right foot. Riise fell to the ground in pain and never stood up.

"...Riise, he's injured. Look at the replay. Riise used too much force. He wanted to stop and turn suddenly, and twisted his right foot. I don't know how serious the injury is this time?"

"Such an injury is very serious, more serious than those hard injuries."

Sure enough, after the Blackburn team doctor went in to check the injury, he gestured to George to change players.

George gnashed his teeth at Van der Vaart.

This kid is too... Van der Vaart is really spiritual now. Look at the stop, dribbling, and passing just now, it was done perfectly. No wonder he is the most famous of the four little kings of the Netherlands, and he became the captain of Ajax at such a young age.

But it was his juggling pass that injured Riise.

George looked at the bench. In fact, George still had a left back in his hand, that is, Gallas who could replace him. But George jumped over Gallas and called another person. "Michael, change clothes."

George's words surprised everyone on the bench.

Riise was injured, and it should be Gallas who went up. After all, although Gallas is not a genuine left back, he can also play the left back position. Essien, he is a midfielder, and he was not a left back when he played as a defender before.

But no one questioned it at this time, after all, it was in the game now. And even if it was not a game, they would not question it.

George has been in Blackburn for four seasons, and this is the fifth season. There are no old players in Blackburn now. Except for Henning Berg, everyone was introduced by George. Many players of Blackburn became famous in George's hands and won the championship under George.

Therefore, George is everything in the Blackburn team.

Essien was also stunned. The left back was injured and asked him to change his clothes. But he did not hesitate and changed his clothes quickly.

"Michael, after going up, let Owen play the left back position. You go to the defensive midfielder."

George told Essien to let Hargreaves go to the left. Essien nodded and was very satisfied. Although he was able to play, Essien still felt awkward to let himself play as a left back. Now Essien is very satisfied with letting himself play as a defensive midfielder.

And just behind, Gallas' face turned cold.

Campbell and Lucio occupied the position of the main central defender. Gallas was not convinced, but he could only accept his fate. Who made Campbell a native player of England and the main central defender of the national team. And Lucio is also the main central defender of the World Cup champion Brazil. George spent a lot of money to buy the player.

Therefore, Gallas did not think much about the position of central defender.

As for the right side, Gallas did not consider it at all. If you ask who George's favorite player is? All Blackburn players will tell you, Klose and Miku. But who is the player George trusts most, then Sagnol on the right side must be ranked at the top.

Sagnol has been the main right back since he came to Blackburn. He soon became the captain of Blackburn. This trust is not even comparable to George's favorite Miku and Klose. So Gallas would not think about it.

Only on the left side, Gallas was very unconvinced.

Why can Riise be the main player on the left side.

But now, Riise is injured. George would rather give a small guy like Essien a chance, but ignore him as a genuine defender. Gallas looked sullen, and became more and more dissatisfied with George.

"Michael Essien is a Ghanaian player. He has just turned 20 years old. This is Blackburn's own youth training player, and he was later loaned to Metz in Ligue 1. Since he was seventeen, Essien has been Metz. The main defensive midfielder. With the departure of Deco and Makelele this season, George took back this player."

"Essien performed very well in Metz. In Ligue 1, he is the defensive midfielder with the most steals. The Ligue 1 media even said that Essien is one of the best defensive midfielders in Ligue 1."

"But George seems to prefer Hargreaves. Essien has played less than seven games since arriving at Blackburn. Only three of them started, and they were all insignificant games."

Speaking of which, many people are very unfamiliar with Michael Essien. Including those British football coaches and fans.

Therefore, Martin Taylor tried his best to introduce Essien's information in detail.

"There is another story here. I don't know if it is true. I heard that after George's contract extension talks with Burnley collapsed, he finally went to Turf Moor Stadium to say goodbye. It was there that he saw Essien on trial. Essien, who was only fifteen, asked for an apprenticeship with a salary of £110 a week, but Burnley refused."

"But George fell in love with him. So he persuaded him to stay. When he took over Blackburn, he brought Essien to Blackburn with him. Of course, this is just a hearsay and may not be true."

Martin Taylor did not even let go of such gossip.

But most of what he said is correct.

After Essien came up, his eyes were red. If someone sees Essien now, there is only one word to describe it, it is a beast.

Yes, Essien is a beast now.

Essien was hurt. Although Metz is not a big team, it is only a mid-to-lower team even in Ligue 1. But in Metz, Essien is the boss. Despite his young age, Essien received the greatest respect in Metz.

Essien is not even a defensive midfielder in Metz, but the core player of the team's offense.

He returns to Blackburn this season with high hopes. But what is waiting for him is the bench, an endless bench career. George is Essien's mentor, and Essien is very grateful to George. Because without George, how could Essien have received the highest salary in the youth team that year.

And this time back, Blackburn signed a new contract with Essien. Essien's weekly salary has reached 9,000 pounds. These were given by George.

But over the past half season, Essien has become increasingly dissatisfied. Because George obviously valued Hargreaves more, Essien believed that he was no worse than that kid.

What does he have? He's just a British guy, just a bit more handsome.

Now that he finally plays so early, Essien wants to use his performance to tell George that he is no worse than that pretty boy.

Yes, in Essien's eyes, Hargreaves is just a pretty boy, just a little more handsome than him.

Essien is fierce.

When a person has been suppressed for a long time, the power to explode is the greatest at that time.

Essien is in this state now.

Van der Vaart plays very smartly in the midfield. Van der Vaart was very disdainful of Blackburn. The Champions League champion is nothing more than that.

This time he got the ball again, and Van der Vaart was about to turn around. He was blocked by someone behind him. Not only was he blocked, but the collision force from behind when the person behind him was running made Van der Vaart almost out of breath.

Because the power coming from behind is really too great.

Van der Vaart failed to handle the ball in time, and Essien stretched his legs to sweep it over. It touched the ball, but it also hooked Van der Vaart's foot.

"beep--"

The referee blew the whistle, indicating that it was a foul. But Essien didn't care, shrugged and went back. But Van der Vaart gently touched his ankle. The kick from Essien just now made Van der Vaart feel terrible pain. Looking at Essien's back, Van der Vaart spat helplessly.

Pain, this is the only feeling.

But this isn't the first time.

Soon Ibrahimovic, who likes juggling, also learned about Essien's strength.

Van der Meyde was entangled by Hargreaves on the right and could only pass the ball hastily. The ball passed in front of Ibrahimovic but failed to reach his feet. Therefore, Ibrahimovic was trying to get the ball when he found Essien coming in front of him in a menacing manner.

And Essien just started. Ibrahimovic had already raised his foot and had no time to retract it. Of course Ibrahimovic knows that he cannot retreat at this time, because if he retreats and is kicked by Essien, he may be injured. At this time, you can only grit your teeth.

Only by fighting head-on can you avoid getting hurt.

"Bang——"

The two sides faced each other, making a loud sound. After the confrontation, Ibrahimovic immediately fell to the ground. He bared his teeth and kept moving his ankles. However, Yu Jiao saw that Essien was completely fine and dribbling the ball past him. This made Ibrahimovic forget about his pain and looked at Essien's back with his mouth wide open.

Is this, this, this still a human being?

Essien told Ajax's genius in the most brutal and simple way. Good technology? snort!

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives!