Coaching legend

0-1 behind.

George was very angry. Losing to anyone but not to PSV Eindhoven. This was too embarrassing.

In this group, PSV Eindhoven was the weakest except for AEK Athens. George had never thought of losing to PSV Eindhoven.

Therefore, after the restart, Blackburn unconsciously began to attack. For Blackburn players, falling behind PSV Eindhoven was too unexpected. Although many main players left Blackburn in the past two years, the strength is still there.

The skeleton of the team is still there.

These players are all players who have won the Premier League and the Champions League. Now they are actually behind PSV Eindhoven, a team from the Eredivisie. Of course, they are not convinced. If it was the Eredivisie ten years ago, there would be nothing to say about falling behind.

But since the Bosman Act, the Eredivisie has completely declined.

Therefore, falling behind PSV Eindhoven is a very embarrassing thing for Blackburn players.

So they started to attack.

Unfortunately, George forgot who was in front of him? That was Hiddink. What are the characteristics of the national teams coached by Hiddink? The biggest feature is the ability to run.

Whether coaching the Korean national team, the Australian national team, the Russian national team, or even taking over Chelsea midway, Hiddink's team has shown terrible physical strength. This is strength, this is the characteristic.

Although PSV Eindhoven is now a Dutch team, it has already shown this trend under Hiddink's training.

Facing Blackburn's attack, all PSV Eindhoven players participated in defense. And their defense is not based on positioning, but on the running of all players. Each player runs a little more than Blackburn players, so the entire team runs much more than Blackburn.

With more running, PSV Eindhoven is like one more person invisibly.

Anyway, PSV Eindhoven completely uses their running to tell Blackburn that we are physically strong and we can run.

PSV Eindhoven's style of play surprised many people. Compared with Premier League teams in terms of physical strength, PSV Eindhoven is probably the first. But their running is still very useful.

Because unless Blackburn also increases running and adds more offensive players. Otherwise, it is difficult to gain an advantage in the front. Therefore, Hargreaves quickly stepped forward to support the attack in front. George always felt something was wrong when he watched Blackburn's attack.

Especially seeing Robben also participating in the defense, George was very confused.

Robben's physical strength is not very good. It is also the only counterattack point of Eindhoven at present. How could Hiddink be willing to let Robben defend.

But George soon understood.

Robben seemed to be participating in the defense, but he was just pretending. And his position was very interesting. He stood in front to interfere with Sagnol and prevent him from coming forward to support. Sagnol's cross was a very important part of Blackburn's attack.

Then there was Park Ji-sung.

Hiddink deserves to be Park Ji-sung's mentor. He brought him from East Asia to the Netherlands and knew Park Ji-sung's characteristics well. Hiddink asked Park Ji-sung to harass Alonso. In any other aspects, Park Ji-sung can't be compared with Alonso at all, except for one.

Park Ji-sung is really a fast runner.

No matter what Alonso does, Park Ji-sung can run at a constant speed. He keeps looking at Alonso.

It's not that Alonso has never seen defensive players. But because Alonso is a defensive midfielder who is behind, in general, when Alonso gets the ball, the opponent's midfielders come to interfere. But their interference is more symbolic, that is, to prevent Alonso from passing the ball quickly.

As long as Alonso is interfered and prevented from passing the ball quickly, Blackburn's counterattack will not be able to start.

But the Park Ji-sung we faced today is different.

Park Ji-sung is a real three-lung Park. After running for more than 30 minutes, there is not much time to rest. But he seems to not feel tired at all.

The pressure he put on Alonso is not ordinary. At the beginning, Alonso was able to easily pass Park Ji-sung several times and then pass the ball out. But after nearly 30 minutes of the game, Alonso needs to catch his breath.

Alonso hopes to control the rhythm of the game and allow the Blackburn players who have been attacking the opponent for 15 minutes to have a short rest time.

But I didn't expect that the kid in front of me was completely crazy.

He seemed to not know what tiredness was. Although his defensive skills were not good, he just followed him closely. This made Alonso feel uncomfortable all over.

Thirty minutes into the game, Blackburn's attack slowed down.

Pires' pass was intercepted by Bouma. He passed it directly to the front. Park Ji-sung, who had just harassed Alonso, received the ball and passed it to Robben next to him without hesitation. Park Ji-sung was self-aware and knew that it was useless for him to hold the ball.

Facing Blackburn's defense, Park Ji-sung's dribbling ability would definitely not be able to pass anyone.

So he gave it directly to Robben on the left.

Robben is only nineteen years old now. But some geniuses cannot be measured by age. Robben is such a genius.

Robben's dribbling ability, if put in the game, is full value.

Add Robben's speed and skills, who can defend it together. After Robben got the ball, he didn't care about the defense in front of him at all. Especially since Hargreaves was not beside Robben at this time, Robben was freer.

"... Robben... Sagnol came to defend."

The one in front of Robben now is Sagnol.

Sagnol is definitely one of the best right-backs in the world football today. In Blackburn, Sagnol has made great achievements. Although he was not able to get the main position in the national team because of Thuram in the national team.

But when it comes to right-backs in the world football today, Sagnol is definitely among the best.

As for Robben, what is he?

He is just a youngster who has just emerged in the Dutch league.

Although George emphasized Robben's strength before the game. But in Sagnol's eyes, Robben is still a little kid.

Unfortunately, some little kids are different.

Robben's running is very distinctive. Unlike traditional wingers, Robben's height of 1.81 meters is not short, but he is as flexible as all wingers. Because of his thin body, Robben's start and change of direction are very fast, which also allows him to often play with his opponents.

And Robben's passing is different from other wingers who use fake moves and continuous shaking. Robben's passing method is more direct. Robben's dribbling is done with speed, leaving you completely helpless.

Robben's speed is really too fast.

Facing a world-class right-back like Sagnol, Robben was not afraid at all. First, he made a fake move to break through the middle, then in an instant, he used his left foot to lead the ball outward, and then ran out.

Sagnol felt a shadow flash, and Robben rushed over from his right.

Sagnol had only one thought at the time. Too fast, damn fast.

Sagnol is definitely not someone who has never seen a fast player. He has played against players like Overmars and Owen in the Premier League. But he has never felt that a player can be as fast as lightning, and he is still such a tall player.

"Wow, Robben, it's Robben. He is so fast, like a gust of wind."

Everyone was shocked.

Fortunately, Sagnol has experienced many storms. Although he was startled by Robben, he was still very responsible. He started to return the visit immediately. Unfortunately, Robben was too fast and was almost approaching the penalty area.

Seeing Robben's counterattack so quickly, Lucio had no choice but to step forward to intercept.

Robben saw Lucio and continued to walk to the side.

Robben's movements were too fast. Lucio could only instinctively follow Robben and prevent Robben from entering the small penalty area.

Unfortunately, Robben did not continue in the penalty area, but shook his left foot and passed the ball to the middle.

"... Robben, pass the ball... Kezman, shoot!"

Although Kezman was in front of Robben when he counterattacked. But when Robben started to counterattack with the ball, he was unable to match Robben's speed. Robben's dribbling speed was faster than Kezman's running speed. Robben entered the Blackburn penalty area, and Kezman was near the large penalty area.

But it happened that Kezman could receive Robben's pass.

Kezman's shot was very light. Just a slight push, the ball rolled in from the other side of Van der Sar.

"2-0. Kezman scored twice. 60% of the credit for this goal should go to young Robben. It was so beautiful."

The Philips Stadium erupted in huge cheers.

The PSV fans were so excited. They had never thought that they could lead Blackburn 2-0 at home.

Hiddink even raised his hands to celebrate with a big belly.

George shook his fist fiercely on the sidelines. It was a bad start. PSV bullied him in the first game of the Champions League group stage.

I was careless. I was so careless.

I knew that the opponent was Hiddink, but I was still so careless. How could Hiddink, this old fox, be underestimated.

In the second half, George started a new deployment.

George replaced Hargreaves with Drogba. He used Klose and Drogba's double striker formation to attack PSV.

PSV didn't have any particularly outstanding central defenders.

So George used the two wingers to kick the ball frequently. Hope to use Klose and Drogba's headers to break a way. Although Drogba scored a header before the end of the game. But it was useless.

Blackburn finally lost to PSV Eindhoven 1-2 at Liverpool Stadium.

In the first Champions League group match, they could only get a defeat. In another game, Monaco defeated AEK Athens 1-0 away.

Except for this group, all the games in other groups were basically without any suspense. They were all strong teams defeating weak teams, and there were no abnormal games. Only Blackburn lost to PSV Eindhoven when everyone was optimistic about it.

So much so that after the game, the media only had a big greeting for this game. Then wrote two words: upset.