Coaching legend

George was on the sidelines, looking at the situation on the field and shaking his head.

At this time, George could imagine Wenger's mood at the time. Blackburn's strength was far stronger than Porto, and Blackburn used this defense to deal with Arsenal at the time. Arsenal's offense was just like Blackburn's now, and it couldn't get into the danger zone at all.

George was very calm at the time.

But now George can imagine how depressed Wenger was at the time.

Yes, it was depressed.

George is depressed now.

Blackburn surrounded Porto and couldn't make any threats no matter how they played. Porto occasionally counterattacked, but because Blackburn was not the kind of team that came out in full force. Under George's reminder, Blackburn still left a lot of players behind.

Needless to say, Essien in the midfield, even Lucio, who liked to assist the most, was left behind by George.

Carlos Alberto's speed is still good. When counterattacking, he is considered a sharp knife for Porto. But Lucio followed him closely, and Lucio's speed is number one even in the world of football.

Carlos Alberto simply couldn't get rid of Lucio.

And Sun Jihai on the right was even more so. Even without George's instructions, he wouldn't blindly assist on the right. After all, he is not Sagnol. It is too precious for him to get a chance to start.

Even if he can't help in the offense. But Sun Jihai knows that there must be no mistakes in defense.

In this case, there will always be a lot of players behind Blackburn.

And Porto's counterattack has limited players. Therefore, Porto's current counterattack is not threatening.

The situation on the field is so stagnant.

Although George is not satisfied with the situation on the field, he is not in a hurry.

George definitely does not expect the players on the back line of Porto to take a nap for a while. Because such an opportunity is too hard to get. Mourinho's team is the most powerful aspect. It is that their players are all stimulated by Mourinho.

And they will concentrate throughout the game.

This is Mourinho's team.

Since we can't put the hope of winning on the illusory mistakes, we must think of other ways.

Adjust now?

It's not that time yet. Moreover, in such an important game, if we make adjustments in the first half, it will easily have a bad impact on the players. Although there have been substitutions in the first half before, George is unwilling to make adjustments too early if possible.

George looked at Mourinho on the other side.

He found that Mourinho put his hands in his trouser pockets and stood coolly.

Wearing a black suit, with such a cool expression and his handsome face, it's no wonder that he is loved by advertisers.

Looking at Mourinho's expression now, it seems that he is not anxious about the situation on the field. Although George can't guess Mourinho's thoughts, it should be his idea to drag the game to this extent. Or he wants to drag the game into the quagmire in both rounds, and maybe he wants to play a penalty in the end.

Anyway, no matter what Mourinho thinks, George can't follow his ideas now.

Changes must be made, must be made!

"John, go warm up."

When the first half was about to end, George called Miku. Now, in George's hands, Miku and Klose are the most capable of changing the situation on the field. Of course, facing such a dense defense, Arshavin and Hleb's skills are also very useful.

But George thought of Miku first.

If this game goes well, George originally wanted to let Miku rest for a game. But looking at the current situation, Miku has to be used.

Miku stood up and jogged immediately after hearing George's words.

Mourinho also saw Miku. He was talking to the assistant coach next to him, probably to deal with Miku who was about to play.

The game passed quickly.

The first half ended in this ink.

When George entered the locker room, his expression was very serious.

"Ricardo, you come down and rest in the second half. John, you play in the second half."

George announced the adjustments for the second half directly in the locker room.

George wanted to replace Kaka with Miku.

Kaka's face darkened when he heard George's words. Kaka knew that his performance in the first half was not good. Kaka never thought that there would be such a dense defense. Porto's players are like waves. When defending, you pass one person and then another one will appear.

And their players are not only active in running, but also in good position. You can't find any chance to pass forward.

Since Kaka gradually became the main force of Blackburn last season, this is the first time Kaka has seen such a defense. Even when playing against Juventus and Milan, Kaka has never been so powerless.

Now Kaka is very disappointed to hear George's words.

George did not replace Ribery in order to give Ribery a chance. Such an important game is a great exercise for Ribery. And Kaka has gradually matured, even if he does not perform well in a game, it will not affect him too much.

"Ricardo, take a good look at how John handles the ball down there."

After coming out of the locker room, George saw Kaka, who was a little frustrated, and patted him on the shoulder.

Kaka looked up at George and nodded.

"You are strong enough. But you lack experience, and you still need to learn from John in many aspects, to see how he handles the ball."

George sat next to Kaka and continued to talk to Kaka with a smile.

"Yeah. Got it, boss."

Kaka understood that George was using another method to explain to him the reason for the substitution. Kaka felt a little disappointed and dissatisfied with George's substitution, but not with George. Kaka was dissatisfied because of his performance.

Kaka had no dissatisfaction with George.

Last season, Blackburn was the defending champion of the Champions League. It was also the hottest team in Europe, and Pires, Miku and Duff were in their heyday in the midfield. During this process, George was able to give Kaka enough playing time, and even competed with the three of them for the main position.

All this was enough for Kaka to be grateful to George.

Mourinho also saw Miku's appearance.

Miku is different from Kaka. Kaka became famous in the Premier League in the past two seasons. But Miku is different.

Miku became famous very early, and has always been the core of the team in Blackburn. He is well-known in international football, and even Mourinho is no exception. Therefore, Mourinho also attaches great importance to Miku's appearance.

But Mourinho is also watching how George is going to play.

Soon, everyone noticed the changes in Blackburn in the second half.

In the 51st minute of the game, Miku got the ball in the frontcourt. Costinha came to defend Miku as soon as possible. Miku has excellent skills at foot and even better ball control. As he gets older, Miku is getting better and better in this regard.

Facing Costinha, he was not in a hurry and slowly advanced.

Seeing that Costinha had some difficulty defending Miku alone, Mendes also came up to assist. And just when Mendes just left his position, Miku passed. His pass was still so hidden and still so accurate.

"Miku, pass... Alonso, long shot!"

Because Porto retreated too deep. Their midfielders were all in the 30-meter area in front of Porto's goal. Therefore, after Alonso came up, as long as no one interfered, he would be within his shooting range.

Alonso's long shot was very threatening.

Fortunately, Baia was very focused. He saved the ball.

This was just the first step.

Starting from Alonso's shot, Blackburn's attack was very obvious. Alonso and Riise on the left took turns to threaten Porto with long shots. After Riise came up, Blackburn's defense line became a three-back change.

Essien's workload increased exponentially. Because the entire midfield relied on Essien to sweep. However, when Porto counterattacked, only Maniche and Mendes came up, so the threat to Essien was still limited.

After Miku came on the court, the biggest change was that he could control the ball and then pass the ball.

Miku was always able to cleverly mobilize Porto's midfielders and create long-range shooting opportunities for Riise and Alonso.

"...Risé, shoot! The ball hit Carvalho and bounced out. It's a corner kick!"

"Miku... Pires received the ball, shoot!"

"Alonso got the ball, Alonso ran... Shoot! A little bit higher."

The increase in long shots would not be a big deal for other teams. But Blackburn is different. Because Blackburn has too many long-range shooters in the midfield. Alonso and Risé are not to be mentioned, Pires and Miku are also good long-range shooters.

If Alonso and Risé can shoot at about 30 meters. Then Miku and Pires are at 23 or 24 meters, and their long shots are excellent.

Alonso and Risé frequently shoot long shots, causing Porto's midfield and backfield players to move out unconsciously.

In particular, in order to strengthen the defense against Alonso and Risé, in addition to Costinha protecting the back line, Mendes and Maniche came out to block. In this way, the seemingly solid Porto defense line began to have a crack.

It's just that the Porto players themselves haven't figured it out yet.

Mourinho did discover Blackburn's idea. Unfortunately, Mourinho was somewhat helpless about Blackburn's long-range shot. It's really that Porto's own strength is too different from Blackburn.

The experienced Miku has already seen the gaps from the slight change in Porto's formation.

In the 66th minute of the game, Miku got the ball again.

Costinha looked at Miku nervously. After Miku came on the court, Costinha learned what the best attacking midfielder in the world is. When Miku got the ball, Alonso once again stepped forward to meet Miku.

Mendes was in Miku's passing route early, just to cut off Miku's passing route.

Miku seemed to be cooperating with Alonso, but he pushed the ball lightly and pushed it to Drogba's feet. Then Miku ran forward, seemingly cooperating with Drogba.

But Drogba stopped the ball with his right foot, turned around and shot directly!