Coaching legend

After Kaka scored, George quickly replaced Miku with Parker.

Now this substitution is definitely for defense. And it is to increase the defensive thickness in the midfield. Alonso, Essien, and Parker are all good at defense. When the three of them came on the field, they immediately formed a kind of pressure in the midfield.

Juventus wanted to attack, but they couldn't get in.

Now Juventus goes to the wing, which is not very strong. There is only one wing Camoranesi, who is relatively outstanding. Unfortunately, this wing has been suppressed by Pires for a long time, and George also pays special attention to this wing.

George knows Camoranesi very well. Because Camoranesi was brought to Europe by George.

And he has coached for a season, and he knows his characteristics very well.

Appia's wing is a complete waste road. Unless Piero comes up to this wing, Juventus basically has no attack on the left.

The wing is blocked, so they can only go to the middle.

Unfortunately, in the middle, Blackburn's defense is even more tyrannical.

George used Alonso, Essien and Parker to sweep the midfield. In other words, George started to grind with Juventus in the middle. If Juventus did not press, he would keep passing the ball in the midfield.

If Juventus' midfield was forward and wanted to steal the ball, they would counterattack.

And Blackburn's defense is very unique. In each area, there are many players who counterattack. Blackburn uses some local numerical advantages, and as long as Juventus gets the ball, they will press.

The main battlefield of Blackburn and Juventus is in the midfield.

Several people kept robbing in the midfield.

George is satisfied with this result. Now leading the opponent 2-0, it is very good to have such a situation. But Lippi is not satisfied. Now they are two goals behind, but Juventus has no way to deal with Blackburn.

In this stalemate, the game ended.

At the end of the game, Lippi just came over to shake hands with George, and then left the court directly. And those Juventus players all lowered their heads and passed by George in frustration.

"Blackburn beat Juventus 2-0 in the first match of the quarter-finals."

"Congratulations to George! Congratulations to Blackburn!"

"Two-goal advantage! As long as Blackburn performs normally at the Alpi Stadium, there will be no problem in entering the Champions League quarter-finals."

Martin Taylor explained happily.

Yes, although it was a 2-0 victory at home. But in the Champions League knockout stage, the score of 2-0 is still a very large score difference. The two-goal advantage, plus Juventus did not score any away goals.

Therefore, it can be said that Blackburn has a very high chance of entering the Champions League quarter-finals.

George was also very satisfied with the result of the game. After Lippi left the stadium, a large group of reporters surrounded George. For them, although Lippi is a world-famous coach. But in this world, they only recognize the result of the game.

Winners take all, this is most vividly demonstrated on the football field. No matter how brilliant your previous achievements were, as long as you lose the game, you will still be on the bench.

Now Blackburn has won. For them, interviewing George is far more newsworthy than interviewing Lippi.

"The quarterfinals, I have already touched the door of the quarterfinals. No, I have already opened the door of the quarterfinals. As long as I take one step, I can enter the quarterfinals."

Everyone knows that George is arrogant.

Therefore, those reporters did not feel anything wrong with George's words. But the Italian reporter was quite dissatisfied.

"Coach Levi, don't you think you are too confident? There is still one game in the quarterfinals, and you still have to go to the away game."

George smiled at the young man in front of him. Yes, George is a young coach in the coaching industry. But this year he is at least 35 years old. But the Italian reporter who looked up and asked George was obviously in his early twenties.

For George, he is just a young man.

"Away game? Young man, I am not bragging. I am telling the truth. In this world, telling the truth always makes people uncomfortable. But you have to adapt, even if it is away game, Juventus will not have any chance."

After saying that, George shook his head regretfully.

"Young man, reality is always so cruel. You have to learn to face reality."

The reporters present were all holding back their laughter. Looking at George, it was like educating his own students.

The Italian reporter who asked the question was obviously a novice. After George's words, his face turned red.

"Coach Levy, what do you think of your opponent Juventus?"

This is an English reporter.

George shrugged.

"Juventus is an Italian giant. However, the decline of Italian football is an indisputable fact. In this environment, even the European giant Juventus is no exception. Compared with a few years ago when Deschamps, Zidane, and Davis were there, Juventus's strength has declined too much."

Listening to George's words, many people nodded.

How powerful was Juventus back then. From 1995 to 1998, they reached the Champions League final for three consecutive seasons, although they only won one Champions League title. But it also shows how powerful Juventus was at that time.

Juventus was an opponent that all European clubs were unwilling to face.

Now? Juventus has fallen into depravity.

"Serie A is no longer the 'small World Cup' of the past. A hero does not mention his past achievements. Italian football should face up to its own problems. Instead of immersing itself in the glory of the past. If Italian football still thinks this way, Serie A will become more and more decadent."

This is not the first time George has said this.

In fact, not only George, an outsider, but also some people in the Italian football world have put forward similar views. Unfortunately, the senior management who control the direction of Italian football development have no idea of ​​changing.

After George finished speaking, he was ready to turn around and leave without waiting for the reporter to ask the next question.

At this time, a reporter asked George loudly. "Coach Levy, what is your goal for the Champions League?"

Hearing this question, George turned around.

"All clubs participating in the Champions League and coming to the knockout stage should have the same goal."

"You mean..."

George nodded.

"As you can imagine, every club hopes to go further once they enter the knockout stage of the Champions League. And every strong team will dream of entering the final and winning the championship. Although it is impossible to achieve all of them, this is definitely the goal of all European giants."

"As for Blackburn, my goal is to try to go further."

George did not shout out that he wanted to win the Champions League or something. But the meaning was almost the same.

Sure enough, after George said this, all the reporters were very excited.

There was something to write about in the newspapers the next day. "George aims at the Champions League!", what a good headline.

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Although the English Football Association is synonymous with conservatism, it does not mean that they are inhumane.

Look, in this quarter-final, there are only six days between the two games. The Premier League did not arrange any games in the middle, which means that after the first game, Blackburn can rest for six days.

For the Premier League teams, this is a very good schedule.

Especially for the Premier League teams that have good results in the first game of the knockout stage, they are very happy with the current schedule.

In addition to Blackburn's 2-0 victory over Juventus at home, the other two participating teams, Arsenal and Manchester United, also performed well.

Arsenal defeated Celta 3-2 away from home. The situation is better than Blackburn.

Manchester United lost away. But it was only a 1-2 defeat. Everyone believes that Manchester United will be able to easily return to their home court. No one thinks Porto is anything great yet.

Or in European football, Manchester United is a behemoth compared to Porto.

It can be said that the top three Premier League teams are in a very good situation in the Champions League.

However, George did not pay any attention to Arsenal and Manchester United. He just took a look at the score of their first game and then threw it aside. Although George is full of confidence, George will not really relax.

George will never allow such a thing to happen.

After all, the opponent is the old giant Juventus.

George dare not relax at all.

On April 8, George had already led Blackburn to Turin, Italy.

The game started on April 10. George arrived in Turin in advance to get used to the venue.

April 10, 2004, Alpi Stadium.

The atmosphere of Juventus' stadium is still good. Alpi Stadium is the first private stadium in Italy. Of course, it is not actually a private stadium, but it is no different from a private stadium. Because Juventus has leased the stadium for 99 years.

The right to use for 99 years is almost equivalent to ownership.

Because after a hundred years, who knows whether Juventus will still exist. Even if it exists, for the current Juventus management and fans, it is no longer alive.

Juventus is the first club in Italian football to take the lead.

But the effect is very good.

In the future, after Juventus builds a new stadium, their income will increase exponentially. The club's economic situation has improved greatly.

Looking at the Alpi Stadium, George admires the management of Juventus very much. Under the current situation of Italian football, it is really smart to find a loophole in the law.

Owning their own stadium is a long-term plan for a club.

Juventus has already left other Serie A clubs far behind in this regard.

But George thought of Blackburn's new stadium. If their own stadium is really built, it will be comparable to world-class stadiums such as Old Trafford and Bernabeu.