Coaching legend

The game started.

Everyone who was just immersed in the pre-match program focused their minds on the game.

"Look at Blackburn's starting lineup. George really doesn't seem to take Monaco seriously. Everyone knows that Blackburn has been playing with five midfielders in the past two seasons, especially the double defensive midfielder formation. But in this game, George sent out two forwards and withdrew a defensive midfielder."

There was only one defensive midfielder in Blackburn's starting lineup, Alonso.

And Essien, who has always been the main force, sat on the bench.

George's midfield is a complete attacking lineup. In addition to Alonso, there are Pires, Miku, and Kaka, all of whom have amazing attacking power.

George rarely sends out this kind of lineup.

But in such an important game as the Champions League final, this adventurous lineup was sent out.

But George sent out this attacking lineup, of course, for his own reasons.

After the game started, it was discovered.

Blackburn was not conservative at all because this was a Champions League final. Instead, the game just started and Monaco was attacked fiercely. Blackburn's attack is truly a three-dimensional attack.

There is no problem with the aerial ball.

Not only the high ball directly from the backcourt, but also the cross from the wing is very threatening. Klose and Drogba are both masters of high balls.

And playing on the ground, Blackburn has no problem at all.

Needless to say, Alonso's long pass skills, Pires and Miku's passes are world-class. Even the world's top.

Even the two forwards Klose and Drogba have excellent footwork. Playing ground attack is also very threatening.

Of course, the most important thing is that Monaco is a dark horse. They have never played in the Champions League final, which is the highest European club competition. They are all nervous, how can they not be nervous. Nervousness will deform their technical movements.

Now Monaco is not only nervous. And their players are always holding their breath.

Because they are constantly ridiculed by George, they are a little impetuous.

They all want George to know that Monaco is a strong team. They are all very strong. This mentality did not disappear because of Deschamps' comfort. On the contrary, they all wanted to give George a good look at the beginning of the game.

Of course, if this anger is used well, it can stimulate their potential.

Unfortunately, this is the Champions League final.

In the Champions League final, George is most worried about the composure of the Monaco players. Once they are calm, they will be able to stabilize their position soon after the chaos in the opening stage. But now they are still far from being calm.

Nervousness, coupled with the unwillingness in their hearts, made them restless.

The mixture of two emotions, coupled with Blackburn's fierce attack after the start of the game, made Monaco immediately flustered.

George was even more keen to discover the chaos of Monaco.

Evra, who was the most arrogant before the game, had no tacit understanding with the team after the game started. He wanted to attack and wanted to show George and the proud Pires his strength. Evra didn't seem nervous at all, but he was a little out of touch with the overall rhythm of the team.

This made George very happy.

The other Monaco players were completely out of touch with Evra.

The other Monaco players were nervously defending. Unfortunately, Evra was distracted. He wanted to attack and defeat Blackburn. Therefore, as long as there was a chance to counterattack, Evra would go up.

Unfortunately, Monaco players are too cautious now.

Even if there is a chance to counterattack, the manpower invested is very limited. In particular, Giuly's injury has greatly reduced Monaco's counterattack strength.

This is the overall trend.

Unfortunately, Evra doesn't care about this. As long as there is a chance, he will rush forward.

George discovered Evra's abnormality, and of course Miku on the field also discovered it.

Seven minutes into the game, Monaco finally got another chance to counterattack. Squirachi passed the ball to Bernardi in the middle, and Bernardi was about to pass it to Rothen on the wing.

Unfortunately, Bernardi's ball had just been passed, and Rothen had not yet received the ball, and was intercepted by Alonso.

Monaco's midfield is really not as strong as Porto.

Although Porto is less Deco than in history. But Maniche and Mendes of Porto both have strong ability to insert from behind. Unfortunately, Monaco's midfielders are now more defensive, and even when counterattacking, they can't insert to create threats. Including Bernardi and Zicos, they just firmly defend their positions.

There is no midfielder who inserts from behind, so Alonso's pressure is quite small.

When Alonso steals the ball, Evra also assists.

As I just said, Evra has a strong sense of assists. Especially in this game, the whole Monaco team defended carefully, but Evra prefers to attack. It's just that Alonso had already intercepted the ball not long after he came forward.

"Alonso... passed to Miku... Miku, pass... Pires, it's Pires. Evra has lost his position."

Yes, not only Miku found out that Evra was wrong, but Pires also found out.

Pires is very cunning on the court.

His observation ability on the court is even better than many people. This is why Pires, as a winger, can become the core of the team.

Miku and Pires did not communicate.

But the two of them found Evra's gap together in a tacit understanding.

When Pires got the ball, Evra didn't even return to his position. Because it can be said that there was no defensive player around Pires when he got the ball. Pires easily entered the right wing, and then made a calm cross.

Pires' crosses were originally very exquisite.

Now there is no player interference, and it is a calm cross, and the accuracy is even more imaginable.

"Pires, cross... Drogba, header! Roma didn't react at all, the ball went in. Got in! Drogba!"

"One to zero, Drogba beat Squillaci! Drogba opened the scoring, Blackburn led one to zero."

Squillaci is not short in height, but he is not tall as a central defender. At 1.85 meters tall, he is not at an advantage in the competition with Drogba. Drogba is 1.89 meters tall.

In addition, Drogba's body is abnormal and powerful. And his jumping ability is amazing. Compared with Squillaci and Drogba, he is just like a child. There is no way to compete.

Drogba easily overpowered Squillaci and headed for the goal.

Drogba's header was very powerful.

Monaco goalkeeper Roma only pretended to save the ball, and had no way to deal with the ball.

"Blackburn got a perfect start."

"It was only eight minutes into the game, but Blackburn was already leading Monaco by one to zero. Before the game, George said that the championship would belong to Blackburn. This is definitely not an exaggeration. Blackburn has such strength. Monaco's dark horse journey looks like it will end soon."

"Is this game the one with the biggest difference in strength in the recent Champions League finals? I think it should be. Since the start, Monaco has not had a single shot. Blackburn has already had four shots and scored a goal."

A goal was scored only eight minutes into the game, which is definitely rare in a game of this level in the Champions League final.

There were such comments before the game.

It is believed that the strength gap between the two sides in this Champions League final is too large. It is a game with the biggest difference in strength.

But unexpectedly, the game just started and proved this sentence.

Who could have imagined that Blackburn was already one goal ahead in just eight minutes.

And for Blackburn fans, this was really a big surprise. Although Blackburn fans believed that Blackburn could beat Monaco, they did not expect to be so easily one goal ahead.

Excited Blackburn fans immediately cheered loudly.

"Champion! Champion! We are the champions!"

"We want the champions!"

Listening to the fans' shouts, Drogba stuck out his tongue and ran all over the field. Drogba was excited, really excited.

Drogba has been in Blackburn for many years.

But Drogba has always lived under the shadow of Klose. Because after Drogba came, Klose has become the top striker of Blackburn. And he was one of the best strikers in the Premier League at the time.

Although Drogba worked hard, and George also gave Drogba many opportunities.

But Klose has always been on Drogba's mind.

How strong is Klose?

In almost every important match, Klose scored. Look at the UEFA Cup final in 2000, the Champions League final in 2002, and the Premier League in recent years, there are countless key goals. Therefore, whenever Blackburn striker line is mentioned, the first person people think of is always Klose.

Now Drogba also scored in the Champions League final, and it was the first goal to open the record.

Drogba was very excited.

He was no longer a substitute for Klose. He was a player who could compete with Klose for the main position.

Of course, Drogba and Klose had a good personal relationship. But this personal relationship did not affect the competition between the two of them.

"Drogba, this 26-year-old player, can be considered a late bloomer. He came to Blackburn for 100,000 pounds, and he was already 21 years old at the time. Although he was 21 years old, he was not as good as the forwards in the English League One. At that time, people's biggest impression of him was that he had a great body but rough skills."

"At that time, no one thought he could become a good forward. It was because he had nothing but a body at that time."

"But five years later, Drogba has become a world-class forward who can compete with Klose for the main position. At the age of 26, he is not young, but he is not too old. He still has a lot of time to prove himself."

Martin Taylor also admired Drogba very much.

It took five years for Drogba to become a real monster.

Drogba's celebration affected Blackburn fans. Soon the whole stadium was filled with shouts of "Drogba! Drogba!"