Coaching legend

After the Champions League draw, George immediately returned to England.

In the fifth round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face Chelsea away.

If it was before, Chelsea would also be one of the Premier League's strong teams. In the 1990s, especially in the era of Gullit and Vialli, Chelsea was still very strong.

If anyone links the closed English football world with the European continent. Then everyone will say it is Wenger. Wenger introduced an alternative style of play to the English football world, and Wenger began to introduce foreign players on a large scale.

The great success of Arsenal also made English football coaches start to look outward. Many Premier League coaches also began to learn European football, and also began a trend of introducing foreign players on a large scale.

But in addition to Wenger, there is another person who must be mentioned.

That is Gullit. After Gullit took over Chelsea, he started a trend of introducing foreign players with his connections in European football. He is actually comparable to Wenger.

Gullit's connections are indeed not comparable to other coaches.

Gullit, who achieved great success in his playing career in Italy, introduced many outstanding players to Chelsea. Including Di Matteo, Vialli, Leboeuf, Zola and others. It was because of these people that Chelsea had the glory in the mid-to-late 1990s.

At the end of Vialli's tenure as head coach, Chelsea's performance was declining. There was only the name of a strong team, but no strong team results.

Although Ranieri was very strong. After several seasons of running-in, Chelsea became a strong team again. But in front of clubs such as Blackburn, Manchester United and Arsenal, Chelsea is not a dish.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Blackburn, and other clubs competing for the Premier League championship did not take Chelsea seriously at all.

But it's different now.

Abrahimovic's strong attack has made Chelsea's strength change dramatically.

Although many media are laughing at Chelsea. They asked "Can money buy a championship?" But any other Premier League club, even if Ferguson doesn't admit it, he already attaches great importance to Chelsea in his heart.

George is no exception.

It's impossible not to attach importance to it. Because Chelsea is crazy, or Abrahimovic is really crazy.

Chelsea's summer moves did not end with Crespo and Mutu. After the start of the Premier League, Chelsea has been making waves in the transfer market.

First, Abbiati, who has lost his starting position, was introduced from Milan.

Abbiati has always been Milan's main goalkeeper. But last season, with the joining of Dida, he became a substitute goalkeeper. Chelsea spent 7 million pounds to buy this goalkeeper who was frustrated in Milan.

Abbiati is only 26 years old. Of course, he is unwilling to continue to be a substitute in Milan, so he came to England.

After buying Abbiati, Chelsea reached out to Real Madrid. Chelsea's target this time is the Argentine teenager Cambiasso in the Real Madrid lineup. Although Cambiasso is not a main player of Real Madrid, he is very famous.

Real Madrid wants to keep Cambiasso. But Cambiasso is not very satisfied with the superstars around him. He feels that he is not valued, so he is willing to go to the Premier League. Chelsea spent 14 million pounds for Cambiasso.

By this time, Abrahimovic had spent more than 130 million pounds in the transfer market. According to the exchange rate at that time, Abrahimovic threw out nearly 200 million euros in one summer.

George always laughed at Ranieri in his heart, thinking that Ranieri did not have the appearance of a champion. But he also admitted Ranieri's ability, especially his ability to combine players. Although not as good as Mourinho, he is also a very good coach in the world.

Although Chelsea has not yet completely combined, it is quite strong.

Before the game, some media even said that this was a game between two upstarts in the Premier League.

George read the newspaper and could only smile and shake his head.

Blackburn became an upstart many years ago. In the past few seasons, Blackburn's spending is completely dwarfed by those Premier League powerhouses. Not to mention compared with Manchester United, even Liverpool. Newcastle and Chelsea spend more money on the transfer market every year than Blackburn.

And Blackburn has won three league titles and one Champions League title in recent years, but still cannot get rid of the reputation of upstarts.

George is a little indignant.

Rich families? Shit.

When those rich families rose to prominence, which one of them was not a nouveau riche?

Now that they have become rich families in Europe, they have forgotten how their ancestors made their fortunes.

Look at those families that have been passed down for hundreds of years in England, those so-called upper-class people. Many of them have ancestors who made money from slave trading, robbed Asian, African and Latin American countries, and opened black factories to accumulate original funds.

It can be said that their ancestors made their fortunes with the blood of countless people on their hands.

Now their descendants pretend to be upper-class people and criticize the poverty of Asian, African and Latin American countries. They say that they are backward and ignorant, but in fact they have forgotten that their ancestors were also one of the culprits of these poverty and backwardness.

The ancestors committed crimes, and after their descendants whitewashed themselves, they never mentioned the crimes committed by their ancestors.

The same is true for those giants. They forget that they became giants in the same way. But for a team like Blackburn who wants to rise, they obstruct and throw dirty water.

On September 13, 2003, Blackburn came to Stamford Bridge.

George is already very familiar with Stamford Bridge. This is the sixth season that George has led Blackburn. He has played against Chelsea more than ten times. This place is already familiar to him.

Chelsea fans are very fanatical.

It can be said that Abrahimovic's entry into Chelsea has made all Premier League clubs hostile to Chelsea. But it also boosted the enthusiasm of Chelsea fans. No matter who has a generous boss like Abrahimovic, they will be very happy.

"This is the fifth round of the Premier League. Blackburn Rovers will challenge Chelsea away."

"This was originally an ordinary Premier League match. But it has attracted much media attention because the development of their clubs is somewhat similar. Blackburn Rovers was able to rise and become a Premier League powerhouse thanks to the entry of steel tycoon Jack Walker. This allowed Blackburn Rovers to become Premier League champions from League One."

"And now Chelsea is going the same way as Blackburn Rovers. Abrahimovic has taken over Chelsea with great force, and he wants to replicate Blackburn Rovers' miracle. Of course, Abrahimovic is more ambitious, having spent hundreds of millions of pounds in just one summer. If Blackburn Rovers became Premier League champions after several seasons of training, then Abrahimovic obviously wants to achieve it all at once."

"Now the two clubs are meeting, so they are highly valued by the English football community."

Before the game, Mortensen had already begun to explain.

"Everyone is questioning Chelsea now, they ask 'Can money buy a championship?' But Chelsea has done well in recent games, with three wins and one draw in the first four games. Blackburn has three wins and one loss."

"Let me tell you about the starting lineup for this game."

"Blackburn's starting lineup is goalkeeper Van der Sar, the back line is Riise, Lucio, Campbell, Sagnol, the midfield is Pires, Alonso, Hargreaves, Kaka, Arshavin, and the forward is Klose."

"Chelsea's starting lineup is goalkeeper Abbi Atty, the defenders are Bridge, Gallas, Terry, Melchiot, the midfielders are Duff, Gronkjaer, Veron, Lampard, and the forwards are Mutu and Hasselbaink. "

"In Blackburn's starting lineup, only one person was very unexpected. Arshavin, who just joined this season, actually replaced Miku in the starting lineup. I heard that Miku had some minor injuries before the game. But Arshavin's appearance was still very unexpected. Because Arshavin has not played since the transfer. "

Chelsea is a traditional 4-4-2 formation.

As for Blackburn, Miku did have some injuries. Miku is 30 years old this year, and should still be in his prime. But the injuries have increased. The game list is about to be reported, but Miku was injured in training. George chose Arshavin among many candidates.

There are many reasons for choosing Arshavin.

Arshavin has strength. Compared with Hleb, he has an advantage. That is, his offensive power is stronger. And he is a strange face, which will have a sudden effect on Chelsea's defenders.

"Beep beep--"

With the referee's whistle, the fifth round of the Premier League finally began.

Chelsea's style of play is defensive counterattack. Ranieri is the same whether he is in Cagliari, Valencia, Atletico Madrid or Chelsea. He always plays defensive counterattack. Unfortunately, Ranieri cannot play defensive counterattack at home.

Ranieri is not Mourinho after all. He is not as strong as him.

So at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea took the initiative. George likes Chelsea to take the initiative. There are too many new players in Chelsea now, and they have not been fully integrated. As long as they attack, there will inevitably be flaws.

As long as there are flaws, Blackburn can score.

It seems that Ranieri has high hopes for Veron. After the game started, Chelsea's offense was completely controlled by Veron.

But George smiled.

Veron is really strong. Unfortunately, his rhythm is too slow. Mutu, Hasselbaink, Duff, and Gronkjaer are all players who adapt to the fast pace of the Premier League. Unfortunately, Veron has not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League in the few seasons he has been in the Premier League.

So seeing Veron's control, George laughed out loud.

George asked the team to start grabbing the ball near the center circle. Because Chelsea is a reorganized team, the cooperation is not yet tacit. As long as Blackburn presses the whole court, their cooperation will have problems.

Although Veron is very strong, he does not have enough tacit understanding with the players. Once Blackburn presses, there will be passing errors. It may not be Veron's passing error, but other players failed to understand Veron's ideas. So there will be errors in passing and receiving the ball.

As long as he seizes one of the opportunities, George believes that he can lead Chelsea.