Coaching legend

Just ten minutes into the game, they were ahead by one goal.

It should be said that this was a very good result. Everyone wanted to see how Blackburn would choose, and even Lippi was curious. George is a person who publicly declared that he is a person who pursues results. And for the championship, he does not care about ugly coaches.

However, after the restart, everyone found out.

Blackburn had no intention of recovering at all, and still took the initiative to attack. And they pressed Juventus, passing, short passes, long shots, anyway, all the playing methods that can be used.

Blackburn's playing style is indeed rich and colorful.

Sometimes it depends on Pires, Miku, and Kaka in the middle to pass the ball one by one until it reaches the opponent's penalty area line. Then relying on cooperation and their personal skills, they can completely form a shooting opportunity.

Sometimes they directly kick the ball high and let Klose and Drogba control the ball.

Although Montero and Lerottale are also famous players in Serie A, they are no match for Drogba and Klose in controlling high-altitude balls. As long as Drogba and Klose control the high ball, they can create shooting opportunities.

Of course, when switching between offense and defense, Kaka's counterattack speed is a powerful weapon.

Under the offensive pressure of Blackburn, Juventus's offense can't be played at all.

Even the Italian commentator was very disappointed.

"This shouldn't be a game played by Juventus. Juventus doesn't feel like a strong team at all, and the offensive rhythm is completely led by Blackburn. There has been no threatening attack so far."

Yes, the Italian commentator was very disappointed.

Juventus fans were even more disappointed.

What they wanted to see was that Juventus defeated Blackburn, a country bumpkin team, with great ease. To teach George, the arrogant head coach, a lesson, but now they find that Juventus is firmly suppressed by Blackburn.

However, Lippi, the "Silver Fox", still had a blank expression while sitting on the bench. You can't tell from him whether he is nervous or indifferent.

After attacking for almost twenty minutes, Blackburn's attack has changed a lot again.

Blackburn no longer played the game of advancing from the midfield, but adopted a simpler and more direct approach. George pushed Miku directly up, and then kept kicking high balls in the backcourt. Of course, this would make Klose and Drogba a little tired.

However, Klose and Drogba have always been single strikers, and their physical strength is very good.

The entire first half ended with Blackburn attacking and Juventus defending.

George was quite dissatisfied that he could not expand the score in the first half. If the score was 2-0 in the first half, the subsequent games would be much easier. But George certainly could not show dissatisfaction, after all, Blackburn led Juventus 1-0 in the first half.

So during the halftime break, George praised the players.

And George asked Blackburn to continue attacking at the beginning of the second half.

George simply ignored it, and Juventus would also attack in the second half. Therefore, after the start of the second half, Juventus players were surprised to find that Blackburn was like crazy. In fact, in the locker room, Lippi had already asked Juventus to step up the attack in the second half.

Asked Piero to retreat and organize the attack. Then Nedved increased his running in the midfield.

Under normal circumstances, Blackburn was already leading in the first half, and should defend first at the beginning of the second half. Especially now that Juventus is behind, they must want to attack at the start of the second half.

But Blackburn attacked right away in the second half, which disrupted Juventus's ideas.

Juventus's attack was not able to start at all.

George looked at Juventus, who was in a hurry, and smiled in his heart. In a game with equal strength, of course, it can't be like playing against a weak team. Playing against a weak team, there is no problem in defeating the opponent with upright strength. But playing against a strong team, it is definitely very effective to catch you by surprise in the game.

This kind of surprise is not the right way, because winning head-on with a dignified team is the right way. Because you can't always use this sudden style of play in all games. Because that won't confuse the opponent, but will confuse yourself.

But this method is quite effective in cup games.

Blackburn's style of play after the start of the second half stunned Juventus.

Their offense couldn't be played at all.

"Does Blackburn want to completely solve Juventus at home? If the fans just turned on the TV now, they must think that Blackburn is the lagging side and Juventus is leading."

"The game has been going on for 60 minutes. From these 60 minutes of play, George has a deep understanding of Juventus. The style of play adopted in this game is also a very correct style of play. George was a little arrogant before the game, but he is indeed qualified to be arrogant."

"So far, Juventus has not created a truly threatening goal opportunity. On the contrary, if it weren't for Buffon's outstanding performance, Blackburn would definitely be leading the opponent by more than one to zero."

Martin Taylor looked at Blackburn, who was in an advantageous position, and was very proud.

After all, Juventus is a giant in Italy and Europe. How many clubs in Europe can suppress Juventus like this throughout the game?

However, around the 65th minute, George made the first substitution.

George replaced Klose with Essien.

Is George going to defend?

After all, using a defensive midfielder to replace a striker is a very obvious signal. Everyone will think so.

Indeed, after Essien came on, Blackburn's formation did shrink back. Seeing Blackburn shrink back, the Juventus players finally breathed a sigh of relief. From the beginning to now, Blackburn's attack was too fierce.

It even made the battle-hardened Juventus players feel huge pressure.

Now suddenly the pressure is relieved, and Juventus players remember that they are still behind. So suddenly they remember that they need to attack now.

This is a subconscious reaction. If you shrink back, I will of course attack. There is no need for Lippi to remind or arrange. Juventus players started the attack themselves.

Juventus's attack is not very delicate.

Including Nedved, who just won the European Footballer of the Year, they are not delicate players. The only player with delicate feet in Juventus's frontcourt is Piero, so their attack is certainly impossible to be delicately coordinated.

Juventus's attack, in addition to going through Camoranesi's wing, is to go through Piero's feet. Let Piero organize the attack.

Juventus, if it is a defensive counterattack, then there are many threats.

But positional warfare? Juventus can't play the big and open attack of Manchester United, nor can it play the delicate attack of Real Madrid and Arsenal. There are still many problems.

Juventus just started the attack, they are very fierce. Or they want to equalize the score eagerly, especially Blackburn finally retreated, in their view, this is a great opportunity.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Camoranesi ran wildly on the right, and then made a cross.

It was headed out by Lucio in the middle.

The moment Alonso got the ball, it was a long pass.

Drogba faced the high ball and headed it back to Kaka who followed behind. Kaka saw the ball coming and went forward directly, dribbling the ball nearly ten meters away. Then he accelerated and ran forward.

At this time, Juventus' midfielders basically all came forward. Drogba was surrounded by Juventus' defenders.

Therefore, when Kaka dribbled the ball, he faced Juventus' defenders.

In fact, when Kaka received Drogba's header, he was still three or four meters away from these Juventus defenders. But when Kaka ran and finally got the ball, he had already left the opponent's defenders three or four meters away.

"Kaka, Kaka! Is there any technical content in this ball? No. This is completely unsolvable, just use speed!"

Yes, Kaka's ball did not have any technical content.

It was just a dribble, and then ran past the defender. Just use speed, you know you have no way.

"Lerottale, Montero, they have no way. Kaka has completely broken through Juventus' defenders, and only Buffon is left in front of Kaka. Kaka, Buffon has already abandoned the goal."

Kaka faced Buffon, but he was not afraid at all because the opponent was the world's number one goalkeeper.

For speed players, it is actually very easy to pass the goalkeeper when they are alone.

As long as you move the ball to the side and then accelerate, the goalkeeper basically has no way to stop it. The same is true for Kaka. Facing Buffon, he moved the ball to the right, and Buffon was already thrown away by Kaka as soon as he accelerated.

Then facing the empty goal, the next move is much simpler.

"Kaka, he passed Buffon... There is a big empty goal in front of Kaka!"

Kaka just pushed the ball lightly, and the ball slowly rolled into the goal.

"Two to zero, two to zero. We are already two goals ahead. Kaka, Kaka, a perfect long-distance attack!"

"Kaka, our prince!"

Seeing Kaka's goal, the commentator on the scene shouted like crazy.

It was indeed too exciting. Two to zero, Blackburn has one foot in the Champions League quarterfinals.

George looked at the cheering players on the field with a smile. Blackburn suppressed Juventus for 60 minutes, and just retreated slightly. Juventus was of course eager to attack. This is a very normal way of thinking.

Unfortunately, Juventus forgot.

Blackburn's retreat is definitely not just for defense. Blackburn has played defensive counterattacks in the past two years. These players are deeply versed in defensive counterattacks, and it is more beautiful to play than suppressing Juventus.

Defensive counterattacks are not just defense, but also come with counterattacks.

Who says counterattacks are not offense?

When it comes to defensive counterattacks, many people think it is a solid defense with one or two counterattack opportunities. In fact, this is a misunderstanding of defensive counterattacks. Look at the team coached by Mourinho. Although it is a defensive counterattack, there are no fewer goals.

Counterattacks are actually a kind of offense.