Coaching legend

After scoring two goals, Blackburn's morale was boosted.

2:1, overtaking the score. Many Blackburn players breathed a sigh of relief.

Damn, in the last game, more than 20 shots failed to score, which made many players feel depressed. This game started with an inexplicable lag, which made Blackburn players feel even more disappointed.

This is an inexplicable emotion. If this emotion spreads, not to mention this game, future games will also be affected. Fortunately, Blackburn equalized the score in time and overtook the score in time.

Now that the score has been overtaken, all the players are relieved.

The game resumed, and Blackburn easily controlled the rhythm.

After taking the lead, Alonso also retreated. Just control the rhythm in the backcourt. When Alonso controlled the rhythm, Monaco's attack was like rootless duckweed. Because Monaco's midfielder could not control the ball, Giuly and Rothen ran back and forth but got nothing.

Moreover, Blackburn retreated, which gave them more space for passing and breakthrough.

George finally felt relieved on the sidelines.

It seems that this important game should be able to be won. George played in the group stage before, and he was accurate in every match.

Even if they entered the death group, Blackburn has always been at the top of the list in the group stage. It is easy to appear. I didn't expect that Blackburn would be so disappointing in the Champions League group stage this season.

It is absolutely impossible for George to say that there is no pressure at all.

Now Blackburn needs results. If they can't even appear in the Champions League group stage at this time, then the team's financial problems will be serious. Fortunately, it seems that the game can be won now.

In the second half, Blackburn still played slowly. Monaco wanted to attack, but was easily beaten back by Blackburn.

In the 69th minute of the game, Essien in the midfield stole the ball from Giuly and passed it directly to Miku in front. This time Miku did not pass the ball to the middle, but to the wing. Sagnol on the right rushed in at high speed, and then made an accurate cross. Drogba overpowered Squillaci and scored Blackburn's third goal in this game with a header.

It was also Drogba's second goal in this game.

"Drogba, it's Drogba!"

"Drogba scored twice and completely locked the victory!"

"Drogba is in Blackburn's fifth season. From the famous rough guy in the Premier League at the beginning to the sharp knife of Blackburn's front line now, Drogba's progress is really amazing. Now Drogba is proficient in headers and long shots. He even has a set of free kicks."

"If he can improve his goal efficiency, he will be a well-deserved world-class center forward. But now George has a headache."

"Klose, Drogba, who should be chosen as the main force. Having two such outstanding forwards is a sweet trouble."

Martin Taylor highly praised Drogba. In Martin Taylor's view, Drogba and Klose are now completely forwards of the same level. Both of them are now world-class strikers.

George clapped his hands with Blanco next to him.

3-1, Blackburn defeated Monaco, and the situation of qualifying in this group is still very good.

But George frowned again before he was happy.

After losing the ball, Monaco had no burden. Anyway, they had already lost two goals, so they started to attack fiercely.

Just four minutes after Drogba scored, Monaco passed the ball to Giuly in the backcourt. At this time, Hargreaves in the midfield stepped forward and faced Giuly with a sliding tackle. Kicked the ball out of the sideline very cleanly.

There was no foul action, very clean and neat.

But before getting applause, Hargreaves lay on the ground and didn't get up.

"Hargreaves, it seems that he was injured. After the sliding tackle just now, he hasn't stood up yet."

"Let's take a look at the follow-up. Hargreaves and Giuly didn't collide physically. This is just Hargreaves who was injured when he tackled. I don't know where the injury is?"

It was rainy and it was easy to get injured. George saw that Hargreaves was injured in a tackle and thought it was a thigh strain. After all, in this slippery field, it is easy to strain the thigh when falling to the ground to tackle.

After the team doctor came forward to check, he shook his head at George. Then he made a substitution gesture.

When passing by George, he whispered to George. "Owen's knee ligament was injured. Very serious, very serious."

George was shocked.

Thigh strain is already a very difficult injury to treat. Now it is said to be a knee injury.

Knee ligament, that is not an ordinary minor injury.

This is a very fragile part of the human body, or once this part is strained, it is not a small problem.

Hargreaves, George relies on it very much. Since Makelele left Blackburn, George has always used Hargreaves very much. Even for Hargreaves, even Essien was firmly pressed on the bench.

Because of this matter, Allen has approached George many times. But George has never let go.

Essien has performed well in the French Ligue 1. Now it is unknown how many clubs are interested in him. Allen hopes to turn Essien into another cash cow. But since returning to Blackburn, Essien has been nailed to the bench by George.

Therefore, Essien's salary is the lowest salary in Blackburn.

This makes Allen quite dissatisfied.

But George is not embarrassed at all. George is the head coach of the club after all. Whoever is strong and performs well should be the main force.

Hargreaves is only one year older than Essien, but he is much better than Essien.

Defense, offense, and running are far better than Essien now. George likes Hargreaves very much. Hargreaves is a tough guy and full of passion on the court. As long as Hargreaves plays, you can see him anywhere on the court.

In addition, Hargreaves is an English player and has a strong appeal among fans. George even thought about completely correcting Hargreaves. Let Hargreaves become the absolute core player of the team. And give Hargreaves a captain's position.

At such an important moment, Hargreaves was injured in the knee.

George can only replace Hargreaves with Essien.

Monaco players were not excited at all because of Hargreaves's departure. Instead, they smiled bitterly. Because they saw Essien, the beastly midfielder who once dominated the French Ligue 1. They remembered Essien's strength clearly.

Seeing Essien come on as a substitute, Deschamps could only smile bitterly.

If Essien was in a French Ligue 1 club, no matter which club, he would be an absolute main force. Essien, such an outstanding midfielder, was just a substitute in Blackburn. How embarrassing for those French Ligue 1 clubs.

This is the gap between the two teams. This is the strength of Blackburn.

The game was calm.

Blackburn finally defeated Monaco 3-1 at home. Although there were some surprises in the game, there was no suspense overall.

"Blackburn finally won its first victory in the Champions League group stage. 3-1, Blackburn swept away the haze and walked out of the shadow of the first two games. After three games, Blackburn has four points, while Monaco has six points."

"In another game that just ended, PSV Eindhoven defeated AEK Athens 2-1 away. So in this group, Monaco and PSV Eindhoven have six points, Blackburn has four points, and AEK Athens has one point."

"After the draw, everyone thought Blackburn had reserved a spot. The remaining spot is Monaco or PSV Eindhoven, but I didn't expect that the situation in this group is a bit confusing now."

After the game, Martin Taylor summarized the game.

Although the situation in the group stage was very chaotic. But George was very satisfied. There are still three games left. As long as there are no mistakes in these three games, there will be no problem.

And Drogba is performing better and better now.

With Drogba, he can form a good competition with Klose. Moreover, Drogba's control in the frontcourt is also a rich complement to Blackburn's style of play.

If there is only one thing that he is dissatisfied with, it is Hargreaves' injury.

"How is it?"

In his previous life, Hargreaves was a glass man. Therefore, George paid close attention to Hargreaves' physique. In the past few seasons, George paid the most attention to Hargreaves in the club. Blackburn's team doctor almost had to thoroughly check Hargreaves' body every once in a while.

This is George's request.

If Hargreaves has any problems, George hopes to find out Hargreaves' problems early.

However, Hargreaves has not found any problems in the past few seasons.

George thought he had a time traveler's plug-in. Hargreaves was a gift from God. Unexpectedly, he was still injured.

"Knee ligament strain. According to the current situation, it will take at least three months to rest."

Hargreaves has been sent to a nearby hospital. George was asking Hargreaves' attending doctor.

"Knee ligament strain?"

George frowned. As a football coach, George certainly understands what ligament strain means? In fact, some minor strains only need half a month or twenty days to recover. But for some major injuries, even a year of rest is not enough.

Now it is said that three months is already a blessing in disguise.

"Will it not recur?" The most taboo thing about this kind of injury is recurrence.

The attending doctor shook his head.

"Irving's physique is different from others. His knees are more fragile than others. In other words, he is more likely to be injured than others. Ligament strain is likely to become his habitual injury. But don't worry, we will do our best to prevent his injury from recurring."

George nodded.