Coaching legend

The news of Miku's departure has stirred up waves in the English football world like a whirlwind.

However, Blackburn has not responded positively.

Neither George nor Miku responded positively to this matter. But this matter has become a hot topic. Everyone knows about this matter.

Time has come to April 16th in a noisy atmosphere.

The semi-finals of the English FA Cup are about to begin.

Blackburn will play Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Among the current FA Cup semi-finals, basically all the strong teams remain. Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle, and Blackburn.

Blackburn drew Arsenal, and Manchester United played against Newcastle.

Among these three opponents, Arsenal is the strongest, Manchester United and Newcastle are slightly weaker. But if you can't play Newcastle, playing Arsenal is also a good choice.

It's not because the styles of the two teams are in conflict, but because Arsenal is now attacking on three fronts and lacks energy. Arsenal has already made it to the top four of the Champions League, so it is impossible for them to go all out in the FA Cup.

As for Manchester United, like Blackburn, they were eliminated early in the quarter-finals.

So playing Arsenal is much easier than playing Manchester United.

But before this semi-final, there was a secret battle.

The FA Cup semi-final is different from the previous FA Cup games. The FA Cup semi-final has no home and away games, but is held on a neutral field. This time the FA Cup semi-final was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

This made Manchester United fans very dissatisfied, and so was Ferguson.

Manchester United fans and Ferguson believe that the semi-final should be held at the nearby Leeds United's Elland Road Stadium. The "Independent Manchester United Supporters Association" called for a boycott of the semi-final: "We've had enough. No one has ever asked the fans where the game should be held. We have been exploited and our money is almost gone. We can't afford to go to the Millennium Stadium."

But the FA did not change its original intention and retorted: "The venue for the FA Cup semi-final was decided as early as September last year. Only the Millennium Stadium can accommodate more fans, and fans of both sides can share more than 30,000 tickets."

Ferguson even criticized that this was because the FA was under pressure from Arsenal.

But George pouted at the fight between the two sides.

Damn it.

Manchester United and Arsenal quarreled over a neutral venue. Who the hell came to ask Blackburn for their opinion. Both of your teams want to play in a stadium close to you, which is beautiful.

That is Manchester United, so they dare to criticize the FA so much.

Compared with the wealthy fans of Manchester United, the fans of Blackburn have even less income. But the FA has never asked Blackburn's opinion.

But George never complained. Because George knows that Blackburn's weight in the English football world cannot be compared with Manchester United and Arsenal. Even if Blackburn has performed well in the past few seasons, it can't compare with these old giants. Therefore, there is no shouting, and it is not bad to let Ferguson and Wenger quarrel.

Blackburn fans got 30,000 tickets.

If it were normal, it would be impossible for 30,000 fans to follow Blackburn to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Although Blackburn fans are very fanatical. But after all, Blackburn is not a very developed city in England, and Blackburn fans have limited income in a year. It is impossible for 30,000 fans to follow for a FA Cup semi-final.

But this time is different.

As the news of Miku's departure from Blackburn spread, all Blackburn fans wanted to get an accurate answer. It's just that no one came out to respond positively, so the fans still have a glimmer of hope.

In fact, many fans have already prepared themselves mentally.

After all, for such a big thing, the club did not come out to refute it, which is already an attitude. It's just that everyone has a fluke mentality and thinks this is not true.

Therefore, all 30,000 fans are present.

Even many fans did not get tickets. They are anxiously waiting, waiting for someone to sell tickets.

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"Miku! Miku! John Miku!"

The game has not started yet, and Blackburn fans have already started to shout Miku's name.

Since Miku resumed ball training, he has only played three games so far. Among them, two were substitute appearances. Another starter appearance was in an away game. Therefore, Blackburn fans don't know whether Miku will start in this game.

But they expect Miku to start.

Because they all came to watch Miku's game.

"It seems that the news that Miku is leaving has made Blackburn fans unable to sit still."

The FA Cup semi-final is broadcast live on the BBC. Mortensen listened to the fans' calls and smiled and began to explain.

"Yeah, even I was stunned when I heard it." Alan Hansen nodded.

The two's pre-match commentary was inseparable from Miku.

Because Miku is the biggest topic in English football during this period.

At this time, the players of both sides began to line up to enter the field.

"The starting lineups of both sides have been announced. Let's talk about Arsenal first: the goalkeeper is Lehmann, the defenders are Ashley Cole, Mex, Siga, and Toure, the midfielders are Reyes, Fabregas, Vieira, and Ljungberg, and the forwards are Henry and Van Persie."

"Blackburn's starting lineup is goalkeeper Van der Sar, defenders are Riise, Lucio, Lescott, Maicon, midfielders are Pires, Alonso, Essien, Miku, Kaka, and forward is Drogba."

"Blackburn has a certain advantage in this game. Because two days ago on April 14, Arsenal played a Champions League quarter-final. Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Mex, Toure, Fabregas, Vieira, Ljungberg, Henry, they all participated in that game. And the opponent is Juventus, a giant from Italy."

"In two days, I believe Arsenal's physical strength will definitely be a big problem."

"As for Blackburn, Miku has just returned not long ago. Now there is a rumor that he will leave Blackburn after the end of the season. I don't know how he will perform in this starting lineup."

Motson briefly introduced the situation of both sides.

That's it.

Arsenal just finished the Champions League quarter-final with Juventus two days ago.

George would never believe it if he said that this game had no impact. And not only the game two days ago, the Champions League semi-finals are only ten days away. Arsenal's opponent is Chelsea, which has risen strongly in the Premier League this season.

For the FA Cup semi-finals and the Champions League semi-finals, George believes that Wenger will definitely choose the Champions League.

Don't talk about the gap between the Champions League and the FA Cup. Besides, Wenger won the FA Cup early, but the Champions League has not been won until now. So George believes that Arsenal will never fight Blackburn to death.

And George even gave up the previous Premier League for this game. It is to prepare for the FA Cup semi-finals with all his strength.

Therefore, George's strategy for this game is very simple.

Just increase running and then increase offense.

At the beginning of the game, Blackburn's midfielder ran very frequently.

And Arsenal's midfield was a little overwhelmed. Ljungberg, Vieira, and Fabregas all participated in the game two days ago. Even if they are iron men, they will definitely be tired.

Vieira's strength has declined a lot this season.

Frequent stop errors and pass errors. Vieira is only 29 years old now, but he is starting to go downhill. Of course, many people speculate that Vieira is mainly absent-minded now. Especially last summer, Real Madrid and Vieira had a scandal.

Actually, it is not a scandal.

At that time, Vieira and Real Madrid were almost about to reach an agreement. But in the end, Vieira stayed at Arsenal. But after staying, Vieira's performance this season was very poor.

As for Fabregas, he is a genius.

But even if he is a genius, he has just turned 18 years old. Now he is just helping Vieira.

Therefore, in the confrontation in the midfield, Blackburn obviously has the advantage.

George looked at Wenger next to him.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. The words of the ancestors are absolutely reasonable.

Arsenal is either the Champions League or the FA Cup. Facing the two strong teams of Blackburn and Chelsea, he definitely can't have both.

In Arsenal's midfield, only Reyes did not participate in the game two days ago.

In addition, Arsenal's right defense is a weak point, so Arsenal's attack is concentrated on Reyes' side.

"Fabregas...passed the ball accurately to Reyes, Reyes passed Maicon...passed the ball!"

"Reyes, very fast, cut inside and shot!"

Reyes went straight up and down, and his performance was very good. Maicon almost got up in a hurry, looking at the back of Reyes who was showing off his power, and spit. It turned out that Maicon didn't take the so-called genius seriously, but it seems that the boss was right.

Maicon remembered George's words: tackle, fierce tackle and collision!

Maicon was a little hesitant before. But seeing Reyes so fierce, he immediately made a decision.

"Reyes again...Maicon rushed up, he knocked Reyes down, foul! This is a foul!"

Yes, it is a foul.

Reyes, who was running, was hit by Maicon and was knocked out of the boundary and rolled several times.

But Maicon curled his lips and didn't care at all.

This was just the first time. As soon as Reyes got the ball, Maicon would run over viciously, either knocking him down or tackling him. He didn't give Reyes any chance at all.

Reyes was a little timid.

Really timid.

Wenger saw Maicon's defensive action and immediately denounced Maicon's foul to the fourth referee. Such a fierce foul was not given a yellow card, which was too much.

In fact, Maicon's action was very big. But it was not the kind of foul that hurt people. There are many physical confrontations in the Premier League, and Maicon used his body to commit fouls. For physical collisions, Premier League referees rarely give yellow cards.

Wenger spread his hands helplessly.

Ever since Gary Neville dealt with Reyes once, all Premier League teams began to use this tactic to deal with Reyes.

Thinking of this, Wenger rarely greeted Ferguson's female relatives in his heart. It's all this damn Scottish old man!