Coaching legend

“In Porto, it’s me except God!”

The person who said this was Mourinho, the most arrogant head coach in European football in the 21st century. Although he is only the head coach of the Portuguese League now, Mourinho's arrogance can still be seen.

Some people say that Mourinho is arrogant and narcissistic.

But when he arrived at the Dragon Stadium, George realized that what Mourinho said was not an exaggeration at all. Mourinho is indeed the most popular person here besides God.

When George entered the court, the entire Dragon Stadium was filled with boos. All the boos were directed at George. Immediately afterwards they began to sing praises for Mourinho, and everyone could see that the Porto fans were completely targeting George. It can be seen that they are dissatisfied with George.

This should be due to the war of words between George and Mourinho before the game, which caused Porto fans to be hostile to George.

Mourinho said it very arrogantly.

But it's true.

Mourinho has a prestige in Porto that others cannot imagine.

But it's no wonder that Mourinho is so loved by Porto fans. Mourinho took over the team in the middle of the 01-02 season. He led the team out of trouble and became third in the Portuguese Super League.

Last season was Mourinho's first full season.

But last season, Mourinho accomplished a miracle. He actually won the Portuguese Super League championship, the Portuguese Cup championship, and the UEFA Cup championship, completing a triple crown. And this season Mourinho's results are still outstanding.

Not only is it far ahead in the Portuguese Super League, but it also eliminated many players in the Champions League and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Such results are of course welcomed by fans.

Mourinho is now a popular head coach in European football. Even after last season, Florentino considered Mourinho. But in the end, Real Madrid thought Mourinho was too young, so they chose Queiroz.

So much so that Mourinho once said: "There will be regrets, but it will definitely not be me."

There are still many strong European teams that want to invite Mourinho.

Although there were boos everywhere at the Dragon Stadium, George can be regarded as experienced in many battles. In the Premier League, no matter which away game George plays, he is basically booed. George completely ignored the boos and walked to the front to shake Mourinho's hand. The two of them were not familiar with each other at all and had never even exchanged a word before.

It was only because of this collision that there was a verbal spat in the media.

So the two simply shook hands, completely out of courtesy.

After that, everyone went their separate ways.

"Hello everyone, this is the Champions League semi-finals, Blackburn versus Porto. Porto is a dark horse in the Champions League this season. They completed the first big upset of the season. That is in the Champions League quarter-finals, three games in two rounds Defeated Manchester United by two."

"After the quarter-finals, George issued his championship declaration. Coach Mourinho was also tit for tat against George's declaration of war."

Although George looked down on Porto in front of the media and looked down on Mourinho.

In fact, in my heart, I attach great importance to Mourinho and Porto. And it's not just ordinary attention.

As a latecomer, if you don’t know the famous Mourinho, you would be too ignorant.

Although many people criticized it, Mourinho's championship was built with money. But this is just an extreme statement. Mourinho's success in Porto did not cost much money at all. As for later, there is something wrong with not using it when you have money.

There are many clubs in world football that invest money, but very few succeed. Having money doesn't mean you can be successful. You can only be successful if you know how to spend money. And Mourinho is obviously the best among them.

And Mourinho can succeed wherever he goes. This is strength.

Therefore, George dare not be careless about Mourinho's Porto.

…………

Game start.

"Let me first introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides. Although the injured Miku has returned from injury, George did not put him in the starting lineup. Instead, he continued to use Ribery, who performed well in the last game. And the striker is Drogba replaced Klose."

"The goalkeeper for Porto is Baia, the defenders are Valente, Carvalho, Jorge Coste, and Paulo Ferreira, and the midfield four are Costinha, Mendes, and Alenich. Husband and Maniche, the two forwards are McCarthy and Carlos Alberto.”

As usual, Martin Taylor will first introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

George's idea was simple. Mourinho's Porto is absolutely incomparable to Blackburn in terms of team strength. Although Blackburn cannot compare with the European giants, there are still many star players and world-class players in the team.

Therefore, George believes that Mourinho, who has always believed in utilitarian football, will definitely choose defense.

Therefore, George's request for the team is to attack the opponent fiercely at the beginning of the game. Give Porto a surprise attack when they are still unfamiliar with Blackburn. Otherwise, when Porto becomes familiar with Blackburn, their defense will become more and more targeted.

George thought so.

Unfortunately, the match was unexpected.

When George thought Mourinho would choose to defend, Mourinho surprisingly also launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game.

George did not expect Mourinho's move.

Blackburn players didn't expect it either.

Although George attaches great importance to Mourinho's Porto, the strength gap between the two sides is there. George believes Mourinho's best approach is to defend and counterattack.

But at the beginning of the game, Porto was more active.

Blackburn's original plan was immediately disrupted.

Blackburn also thought about attacking hard at the beginning of the game. But Porto's positivity completely disrupted Blackburn's rhythm.

Of course Blackburn is stronger than Porto. Blackburn's momentary confusion was just because they did not expect Porto to be so active. Porto's enthusiasm prevented Blackburn from attacking and could only retreat.

Fortunately, Blackburn is also used to defensive counterattacks.

Although he was a little panicked at first, he quickly calmed down.

About ten minutes later, Porto's attack ended.

Sure enough, Mourinho is a man who understands current affairs. Seeing that the attack at the beginning of the game failed to produce results, Porto's entire formation shrank back.

Mourinho's team has always been very good defensively.

Porto is no exception.

Regardless of Porto's defense and midfielders, they are not well-known in European football. But under Mourinho's organization, the defense is very good.

Moreover, Porto's defense is firmly stuck in the middle, advocating active pressing and regional defense to compress the opponent's offensive space as much as possible. Moreover, Porto retreated very deep, and they only protected the thirty-meter area in front of their own goal.

It's not like Blackburn haven't encountered intensive defense in the Premier League.

But there is no one who can make defense so watertight. Blackburn had little space in the frontcourt for players to operate.

Ribery has not matured yet.

In the last game against Milan, when there was enough space, he performed very well. But when Porto recycled and did not give space, it made Ribery very uncomfortable.

Kaka even more so.

Although Kaka's ability to handle the ball on the spot is much stronger now. But the biggest threat is still his powerful impact. He is still not able to do as well as Miku and Pires.

So in the frontcourt, Pires was the only one who connected back and forth.

But even so, once it enters the thirty-meter zone of Porto, Blackburn's offense will be blocked by Porto's strong resistance. Porto's goal is full of players, no matter where the ball is passed, there are people everywhere.

This made George despise Mourinho.

Mourinho, stop being a coward. Attack it for me. If you don't come out, how can I get in?

But Mourinho seems to be determined to cower. No matter how Blackburn attacks, he can't get out.

During the counterattack, Porto used forward McCarthy as the fulcrum, Carlos roamed on both sides, and the right wing of Alenichev and Ferreira was the focus of the attack. Maniche is behind the striker in the center, and Mendes comes in from behind.

But to be honest, Porto's current strength is really poor.

In other words, Porto's ability to reach this point is already a miracle among miracles.

The gap between Porto's main substitutes is very obvious. There are also very few options available to Mourinho. Porto currently has few useful players on its bench. If there is someone who is slightly stronger, it is Brazilian forward Delle.

But on Blackburn's side, even players of Miku and Klose's level are sitting on the bench. We can also see the strength gap between the two teams.

Although Mourinho used intensive defense to maintain the current tie, the threat of counterattacks was average.

But George still didn't come out in full force. Don't look at the current threat of Porto's counterattack being limited, but once Blackburn moves in full force, Porto's killer move will come. Therefore, although Porto retreated across the board, George was still cautious.

But being cautious now won't solve the problem.

Although the away game was zero to zero, it was not an unacceptable score. But George couldn't accept the score.

George must score a goal in this game.

It's just that Blackburn's offense can't get in now. When we reach the edge of Porto's penalty area, we can't pass forward and can only keep kicking from the outside. Because I really can’t find a good space.

"George, this can't go on like this. Frank is on the wing and there is almost no room for breakthrough."

Blanco came to George's side and spoke softly.

"kindness."

George nodded.

It is true that Ribery is not the player who can be the core of a team later. Now he plays more on the wing, and now the wing is blocked, so his role cannot be reflected at all.

George looked back at Miku on the bench.

Miku is the best against a densely defensive team like Porto. It's just that he has just recovered, so George didn't let him start for safety reasons.

But if the game continues to be like this, George can only use Miku.

Update today, I'm very sorry. Compensation will be updated tomorrow.