Coaching legend

"Look, it's coming out, it's coming out."

"Sun Jihai is not the first Asian player to participate in the quarter-finals."

"No, no. Ardaei won the Champions League at Bayern."

"Tch, Ardaei was an absolute substitute at that time. Did he ever have a chance to start in the Champions League? It seems that he only came on as a substitute in the group stage."

Among the reporters paying attention to this game, there is a group of people who are very eye-catching. They all have black hair and yellow skin and are journalists from China. And the number of people among the reporters is definitely not a small number.

Because of Sagnol's injury, George did not ask Essien to replace him. Instead, Sun Jihai was used as the main right back. This move can be said to have made fans across China ecstatic, and Chinese football reporters came to Blackburn in batches.

Asian players are almost insulated from the Champions League.

So far, the most successful Asian player, and the most famous in Europe is South Korea's Cha Bum-keun. Although Hidetoshi Nakata is worth a lot, it is a pity that he does not have any honors. Moreover, many of his net worth are sponsored by Japanese companies.

But Cha Bum-geun is different. That's a real achievement.

When Cha Bum-gen was 27 years old, he came to the Bundesliga. He achieved great success here and even became the Bundesliga's Most Valuable Player in the 1985-86 season. But even Cha Bum-gen has not left any footprints in the Champions League.

Cha Bum-geun won the UEFA Cup in Frankfurt and Leverkusen respectively, as the main forward.

Therefore, now that Sun Jihai starts in the Champions League quarter-finals, he has not only rewritten the history of Chinese players in the Champions League, but also rewritten the history of Asian players in the Champions League.

Alidai and Sun Jihai have both won the Champions League with the team. It's a pity that they are all soy sauce in it.

But this time it was a real first appearance. In the quarter-finals, starting in such an important game.

Therefore, among the reporters who came to the scene today, Chinese reporters accounted for a large proportion.

They are all looking forward to Sun Jihai's outstanding performance.

Likewise, fans across China are paying attention to this game. Don't look at the fact that Milan has many fans in China, but at this time, even some pseudo-fans are paying attention to this game. Of course the team they support is Blackburn Rovers.

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"beep--"

With the referee's whistle, the second game of the quarter-finals began.

"In the first game, Blackburn lost 1-2 away from home. But because of an away goal, Blackburn can win this knockout match as long as they win 1-0."

The game begins.

Although there were arrangements before the game, Ancelotti quickly adjusted the team's offensive direction after seeing Blackburn's starting lineup. Obviously, Blackburn's right wing seems to be a huge space for Ancelotti.

Sagnol was injured and was replaced by Sun Jihai.

The right midfielder is a young player.

Blackburn's right wing is completely different. So in Ancelotti's view, the right wing should be Blackburn's weakness.

The referee's whistle made Ribery nervous again.

While running, Ribery clearly felt that his legs were a little heavy. Ribery felt very thirsty and kept swallowing saliva.

Even for an easy pass, Ribery didn't stop. Pancaro easily intercepted the ball at his feet. Then he glanced at Ribery with contempt and didn't understand why Blackburn would send a player like Ribery.

"It seems that Ribery, a young player, is very nervous. This kind of stopping error should not occur among professional players. George's risk-taking may very well ruin a young player."

Mortensen shook his head.

To be honest, Mortensen didn't understand why George started Ribery.

Blackburn have a lot of good players. Even Hleb and Arshavin are more suitable than Ribery in Mortensen's opinion.

George saw Ribery nervous, so he stepped forward and grabbed Ribery.

"Frank, do you think Blackburn's stage is too big?" Seeing that Ribery didn't understand, George suddenly raised his voice. "I think the French third division is best for you. Do you still want to return to France and play in the third division?"

At this time, George's tone became a little unpleasant.

"Frank, let me tell you. I have players on my hands, and I don't have time to wait for you to grow up one by one. You go up now and tell me that you are qualified to play at Blackburn. Otherwise, you go back to France."

After speaking, George returned to his seat without looking back.

Franck Ribery, George has high expectations. Not just because of Ribery's achievements in history. It's because of Ribery's diligence.

It may be that the difficult environment since childhood gave Ribery a positive heart. He works very hard when training. George liked this the most. A player cannot succeed with just talent.

Without matching effort, their talent will go to waste.

So George likes players who work hard.

Ribery stared at George's back blankly, with unspeakable anger in his heart. There is also a fear of life in France. When he was in France's third division, Ribery was having a hard time eating one meal at a time.

After arriving at Blackburn, although the salary is now very low, only two thousand pounds. It is the lowest salary among Blackburn's first team.

But compared to France, it was already heavenly treatment.

Ribery was absolutely not allowed to return to France.

He wanted to succeed here. He wanted to make more money and never worry about money again.

Ribery took a long breath and tried to relax himself.

Although it was impossible not to be nervous at all, Ribery was much better. When receiving the ball, he no longer made those inexplicable low-level mistakes.

As Ribery became normal, Ancelotti discovered.

Blackburn's right side was not as weak as he thought. The combination of Sun Jihai and Ribery was very effective in both defense and offense on this side. And looking at the cooperation between the two, it didn't look like a new combination at all.

In fact, what Ancelotti didn't know was that Ribery had been playing as a substitute for one side after returning to Blackburn.

Therefore, as substitute right backs, Sun Jihai and Ribery had actually cooperated on the right many times. During training, the two of them were often assigned together. Therefore, the two had a tacit understanding. Because this was not the first time they had partnered up.

After nearly ten minutes of the game, Blackburn was not in a hurry. They continued to attack calmly.

George would not let Blackburn attack wildly.

George had arranged the time period for the wild attack. But it was not after the game just started.

Ten minutes was enough for Ribery to fully adapt to the game.

Alonso had been passing the ball to Pires before, and when he saw that the defense on Ribery's side was slack, he passed the ball to Ribery.

This time Ribery easily stopped the ball at his feet. Then he dribbled forward, not very fast, but very cautious.

Pancaro saw Ribery coming and was not careless at all.

Pancaro's talent was average. He was able to get to this position now because he was down-to-earth. Therefore, even if Ribery was a nobody, he had an inexplicable mistake in stopping the ball after the start of the game, and he despised him in his heart. But Pancaro still would not ignore Ribery.

This is Pancaro's characteristic.

But sometimes you can't just pay attention to it.

Ribery looked at Pancaro who was staring at him and walked forward slowly. Suddenly, he cut inside, and Pancaro, who was highly focused, reacted immediately. He wanted to cut off Ribery's cut-in route, but as soon as he moved, Ribery's body returned again.

Then he kicked the ball with his right foot and flew past Pancaro.

This action was just a blink of an eye.

Ribery had easily broken through Pancaro, and then made a cross.

Klose was competing with Nesta for a header, and finally under Nesta's interference, Klose's header was off. But Ribery's wonderful breakthrough still received applause.

"Ribery, Ribery. The breakthrough just now was so wonderful. It was so beautiful."

Mortensen also praised Ribery.

But Ribery did not end with this breakthrough. After breaking through once, Ribery was completely confident. After getting the ball, he would challenge Pancaro alone.

As said, Pancaro is a very down-to-earth player. But his talent is limited, and he was embarrassed by Ribery's breakthrough. Ribery had an absolute advantage in speed, technology, and explosiveness in the face of Pancaro.

So he succeeded in breaking through again and again, almost turning Milan's left side into a sieve.

Although he failed to score because of some problems in the handling of the last kick. But it still posed a huge threat to Milan's goal.

Ribery's performance surprised Ancelotti.

How could such an outstanding player stay in Blackburn's youth team for two years?

Ancelotti certainly didn't know. Ribery kept adapting to English football in the past two years, especially the three months of loan in the English League One, where he accumulated enough experience. That's why he was called back by George.

"Ribery, it's Ribery again! He passed Pancaro and made a low pass. Maldini cleared the ball. If it wasn't for Maldini, Klose would have grabbed the ball."

"Ribery, pass the ball... Sun Jihai, cross the ball! Nesta headed it out."

For a moment, Milan's left side was in a state of panic.

Even Seedorf had to come back to help.

That's what a genius player is like. When he's nervous, he can't even stop the ball. But once he's in a good mood, he's not afraid of any player. Ribery didn't have any fear when facing the double-team of Seedorf and Pancaro.

Dare to control the ball, dare to dribble the ball. More importantly, be able to break through.

Now Ribery has only one idea in his mind. That is to break through, break through, break through.

George saw Ribery's look and clapped his hands gently. That's it. After recalling Ribery, George didn't use Ribery because he was not satisfied with his strength. It was because it was the end of the season and all the games were very important.

George actually wanted to put him on the bench in important games. Then catch others off guard.

I just didn't expect that Miku's injury would allow George to use Ribery in advance.

Ribery's side was lively, while Pires' side was a little quiet. But quiet doesn't mean there is no killing intent. Alonso has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity to create an absolute killing intent.

There will be another update later. I was too busy last month and the update was a bit slow. I will definitely work hard this month.