Coaching legend

George said arrogantly, "The Champions League knockout stage is my backyard." It instantly became the front page headline of all European media.

I don't know how many people secretly scold George for his arrogance. But there is no way, George's performance in the past few seasons is so good. No matter what group he is assigned to, Blackburn can easily appear.

George's performance in Europe is extremely outstanding.

The first time he appeared in Europe was four years ago. Just after arriving in the European arena, George led Blackburn to win the League Cup.

The second time, which was also the first time to participate in the Champions League. Blackburn entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. And if it weren't for the misjudgment, I don't know what kind of results they could have achieved.

In the third year, which was last season. George led Blackburn to pass several levels as a dark horse, and finally defeated the Real Madrid in the final. Won the Champions League.

Now, Blackburn has easily broken through the death group and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

George has never failed in the Champions League group stage. So although George was arrogant, not many people directly refuted him.

With the development of the Internet, many fans also spoke on the Internet.

Of course, Blackburn fans were cheering. They like their head coach who is so confident and has such a personality. If it weren't for George, Blackburn would be a small fish in England. Many foreign Premier League fans don't know Blackburn.

But now Blackburn is very famous. Among foreign Premier League fans, Blackburn has the most fans except Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. Even in Asia, Blackburn fans are estimated to be no less than Arsenal and Liverpool.

This is all brought by George.

And fans of other clubs cursed George.

Anyway, the two sides spit at each other on the Internet and had a lot of fun.

But George has already focused his attention on the league. Anyway, Blackburn is already the first in the group. Even if they lose all the remaining two games, Blackburn is still the first in the group. Under such circumstances, George certainly no longer attaches importance to the Champions League group stage.

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February is over, and March is coming soon.

On March 1, Blackburn faced Manchester City at home. Manchester City's head coach is Kevin Keegan.

What can I say about him?

He is a legend in English football. When he was a player, he won the Footballer of the Year twice. He scored countless goals in Liverpool. He led Liverpool to dominate that period and won the league championship, the League Cup championship, and the Champions League championship.

And leaving Liverpool and going to Hamburg, Germany, he also created a legend.

When he was a player, Kevin Keegan was hailed as the best star after Cruyff and Beckenbauer in the 1970s.

Later, he became a head coach, and his coaching results were not bad. In the few years in Newcastle, he made Newcastle a strong team in England. During that time, especially before Wenger took over Arsenal, Newcastle was Manchester United's most direct opponent.

Although Kevin Keegan and Ferguson left a laughing stock in the fight. But no one can deny Kevin Keegan's appeal in English football.

And because Kevin Keegan is very popular, many people in the English football world give him a lot of face.

But maybe Kevin Keegan was born as a striker and has won great honors. So the teams coached by Kevin Keegan all have big problems. That is, they focus on attack and ignore defense, whether in Newcastle or Manchester City.

If you are in a team like Blackburn, there may be room for development in playing offense and defense.

After all, Blackburn's defense line is full of famous players. The combination of Campbell and Lucio is still good.

But what kind of defender combination is Manchester City. Distin and Howe, these two big fools, how can they compare with Campbell and Lucio. Especially Manchester City's defense core Howe, is a big guy, who turns very slowly and chases back even slower.

Such a player was actually placed in the middle by Kevin Keegan as the defense core. Can Manchester City's back still be used?

In addition, Kevin Keegan does not know the importance of the matter. Manchester City is a newly promoted team, but it still continues the three-center-back style in the English League One. It's strange that they don't die.

George doesn't care that Manchester City is a weak team. You Manchester City like to attack, I will defend and counterattack. George finds Manchester City's weak three-center-back system very funny. But you can't underestimate Manchester City's offensive power. Manchester City's current striker is Anelka.

Before this game, Anelka told the media that he must give George a good look.

Unfortunately, Anelka has not yet shown his power. Blackburn has scored two goals in two consecutive counterattacks.

Distin and Howie are really not a good defender combination.

As long as Defoe counterattacks with an accurate pass, Defoe can counterattack very easily. Defoe is very fast and very flexible. With a passer like Miku behind him, Defoe can receive many good balls.

Defoe is very independent. But it's also true that Defoe is the only one in the frontcourt, how can he not be independent.

But Defoe alone has made Distin and Howie embarrassed.

At the end of the first half, Blackburn was leading Manchester City 2-0.

However, Kevin Keegan is also an idealist. His team is all about attack, attack, and attack again. George didn't know whether he should admire Kevin Keegan or despise Kevin Keegan. Anyway, Kevin Keegan's team is the team that George likes to play against very much.

In the second half, Blackburn continued to work hard and had another chance to counterattack. Defoe completed a hat trick.

Defoe is very satisfied now.

Although he is not a main player, he is very comfortable playing in Blackburn. Because there are pass masters like Pires and Miku behind him, even his partners Klose and Drogba are not forwards who eat alone.

All these made Defoe score a lot of goals in Blackburn.

However, in another venue, Manchester United also easily defeated Leeds United 2-1.

At the end of the 29th round of the Premier League, Blackburn is still six points ahead of Manchester United.

In the 30th round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face Arsenal at home.

Arsenal is now ten points behind Blackburn. Arsenal is also quite tragic. At the beginning of the season, the results were very good, almost leaving Manchester United and Blackburn by double digits. There was even a time when Wenger claimed that the current Arsenal was the most perfect Arsenal.

Unfortunately, Wenger was defeated by a fateful opponent before he finished speaking.

That person is the most popular talent in England who just emerged this year and has become the most watched player in the English football world. He is Wayne Rooney.

On October 19, 2002, the team that Wenger had just highly praised finally lost. They actually lost to Everton. In the last minute, a teenager who had just come on as a substitute defeated Seaman with a stunning arc ball. On this day, Rooney was only 16 years and 360 days old, and a new record for the youngest scorer in the Premier League was born. The TV commentator shouted: Remember his name, Wayne Rooney!

Yes, it's Rooney.

This talented young man who ended Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten streak in history became famous by stepping on Arsenal when he just debuted.

What is a goal to become famous? This is the real one-goal fame.

Rooney became popular. Just like the British football world expected Owen, all the British football stars believed that Rooney would become the new leader of England's front line.

Behind Rooney's popularity is the lonely Arsenal. Arsenal has become the back to set off Rooney.

After that, Arsenal, which had excellent results, began to fluctuate. Soon in January, Arsenal's lead began to disappear. By March, Arsenal's state was getting worse and worse.

It has completely lost the qualification to compete for the championship.

If it were just like this, Arsenal would certainly not be considered tragic. What's more tragic is that the four groups in the second round of the Champions League group stage this time are all death groups. Arsenal is unlucky because it was divided into a group that is more tragic than Blackburn.

Arsenal is in Group C, which has only one underdog team, Lokomotiv Moscow. Apart from it, the other three teams are all well-known teams in European football. Needless to say, Arsenal has performed very well in the Champions League in the past few seasons.

Apart from Arsenal, the other two teams are the two clubs with the best performance in the history of the Champions League. One is Real Madrid, which has won the Champions League eight times, and the other is Milan, which has won the Champions League five times.

Arsenal, Milan, and Real Madrid were put in the same group. Isn't it sad?

After four rounds of games, Milan scored ten points, Real Madrid scored eight points, Arsenal only scored four points, and Lokomotiv Moscow scored one point. It is difficult for Arsenal to appear in this group. Unless there is a miracle.

Therefore, it can be said that Arsenal is now empty-handed. Arsenal was not a club with strong willpower. Now it has become this situation, and its willpower has certainly decreased a lot.

In addition, midfielder Vieira withdrew from the game due to injury before the game. So this time when facing Blackburn away, Arsenal played weakly.

Unlike Blackburn, who was full of vigor, Arsenal played in a muddle. Facing such an opponent, even George felt that it was meaningless.

Vieira did not play, so Arsenal's midfielders were Edu and Gilbert Silva.

Miku was not afraid of Vieira, let alone Edu and Gilbert.

Without Vieira, the midfield ruler, Arsenal's midfield really couldn't stand up. And although a lot of defenders have been added, the current Arsenal central defenders are either too young or too old. Only Mex can take the lead.

Therefore, the current Arsenal central defenders are Mex and Keown.

Drogba completely released his Warcraft nature against the two of them. He rushed around, and although his shooting accuracy was not high, he still scored a goal and assisted a goal. In the end, he defeated Arsenal 2-0.

Manchester United, which has been plagued by the conflict between Ferguson and Beckham recently, beat Aston Villa 1-0 in an away game. If it weren't for Van Nistelrooy's shot before the end of the game, Manchester United could only accept a draw.

Although it was a difficult win, they still got three points. They still put continuous pressure on Blackburn, who are at the top of the list.

George could feel that Manchester United behind him had opened their mouths wide. As long as George dared to show a little loophole, he would pounce on him. This is the pressure of the top.

Of course, Ferguson and Manchester United are under greater pressure.

The problem between Ferguson and Beckham is still going on. It has been a month, but there is no sign of it calming down. Manchester United is waiting for Blackburn to make a mistake, and Ferguson cannot make any mistakes.

Once Manchester United makes the slightest mistake, then Manchester United will completely lose the possibility of catching up.