Coaching legend

"Coach Levy, I heard that Blackburn chairman Williams is going to resign. Is that true?"

"Coach Levy, why did Chairman Williams resign?"

"Coach Levy..."

On February 23, 2009, George led Blackburn to challenge the European giant Real Madrid in the Champions League.

As soon as he arrived in Madrid, countless reporters surrounded him. There are two strong dialogues in the Champions League quarter-finals. One is the match between Chelsea and Juventus. The other is this match, Real Madrid vs. Blackburn.

Although the performances of Real Madrid and Blackburn in recent years have not been very good.

Real Madrid has not entered the Champions League quarter-finals for many years. Since 2004, Real Madrid has never entered the Champions League quarter-finals. It is even nicknamed "Sixteen Lang" by Chinese fans.

Compared with Real Madrid, Blackburn's Champions League record is much better.

In 2004, it was still the Champions League champion. In the following four years, although it did not win the Champions League. But it also entered the Champions League quarter-finals and the Champions League semi-finals. But the best result was only the semi-finals.

But this game still attracted a lot of attention.

Because Real Madrid has a lot of players every year, but no one can ignore it. Real Madrid has the most stars. Although its performance has not been good in recent years, it is still one of the most watched clubs in the world football.

The same is true for Blackburn.

The performance is not as good as at the beginning of the new century. But there are many star players in Blackburn. There is Kaka, the new generation king of Brazil, Ribery, who is known as the successor of Zidane in France, and Yang Feng, the first Chinese international in England.

There are Maicon, who is known as the world's number one right back, and Klose and Drogba.

There are stars, there are highlights.

Therefore, when George arrived in Madrid, there were many reporters.

However, among these reporters, more are interested in the internal changes of Blackburn. Last summer, the Walker family, who ruled Blackburn for 20 years, left Blackburn. Now even Williams, who has a very high reputation in Blackburn, is leaving the club.

They are more interested in the contradictions and struggles within the club team.

What a good news.

However, when George heard them ask this question, his face immediately became serious.

"I'm here to play. I will only answer questions about the game. I won't answer any other questions."

Williams' departure from Blackburn was a huge blow to George. George was so angry now, how could he answer such a question.

Seeing George's look, all the reporters understood. George was unwilling to answer.

Having dealt with George for so long, many reporters have already felt George's character. When you know that George is unwilling to answer a certain question, it will be useless even if you ask it again. So they immediately changed the question.

"Coach Levy, what do you think of Coach Ramos?"

Real Madrid's coach at the beginning of the season was German coach Schuster. When Schuster was a player, he was a rare genius player in German football. Some people even say that he is the most "unique" "central nervous system" in world football so far. You can imagine how powerful and talented Schuster was at that time.

Unfortunately, after becoming the head coach, he actually didn't achieve much. Being able to become the head coach of Real Madrid is nothing more than completing a dark horse legend in Getafe.

Of course, this dark horse cannot compare to the Kaiserslautern miracle. It is just a slightly good result. He won the seventh place in the La Liga and entered the King's Cup final. It is such a coach who is a common coach in European football, who actually replaced Capello as the head coach of Real Madrid.

It was okay at the beginning. Because of the foundation left by Capello. And it encountered the weak period of Barcelona, ​​so he won a La Liga championship. But this season, Schuster's true colors were exposed.

After playing a few games, the results were too bad, so he was fired by Real Madrid.

In the middle of the season, the head coach who replaced Schuster in Real Madrid was Juan Ramos.

Juan Ramos had just lost to Tottenham and left Tottenham in disgrace. Unexpectedly, Real Madrid invited him.

"Ramos? Real Madrid's level has dropped to this point, and they actually found a head coach who failed miserably at Tottenham. Calderon is not worthy of being the president of Real Madrid. After he took over, Real Madrid's taste has been getting worse and worse." George just had a grudge in his heart, and he had no place to vent it. Juan Ramos hit George's gun.

In fact, George and Ramos have no grudges at all. They are not even familiar with each other. They just played one game in the Premier League.

But who made Ramos the head coach of Real Madrid now?

Not only did he criticize Ramos, he even ridiculed the current president of Real Madrid, Calderon.

If it was Florentino, George would have a little bit of scruples and control of the degree of criticism. Because Florentino's wrist is too strong, he has to be cautious. But George doesn't care about Calderon, this stupid pig.

"Coach Levy, Coach Ramos has won the world's best coach."

A Spanish reporter was very dissatisfied that George belittled Ramos so much.

Ramos reached the peak of his coaching career in Sevilla, winning the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons, a Copa del Rey, a European Super Cup and a Spanish Super Cup.

If Real Madrid, Barcelona and other teams achieved this result, it would not be a good result.

But Sevilla is a small club.

The investment in recent years is also limited. But it can achieve such results, so Ramos is of course highly respected.

In 2006, he was named "World's Best Coach" by the International Association of History and Statistics and "La Liga Coach of the Year" by Marca.

In fact, this Spanish reporter has another meaning. That is, you, George, have not won the World's Best Coach.

"World's Best Coach? This kind of rubbish selection can also be used. If anyone really thinks that Coach Ramos's World's Best Coach is more valuable than my Champions League title, then I have nothing to say."

George answered with a completely disdainful attitude.

George's words, of course, quickly reached Ramos' ears.

Ramos is now in a frustrated time. Because in Tottenham, he can be said to have suffered a miserable defeat. Now he wants to rebuild his prestige, so he was very angry when he heard George's words.

"Cruyff once said that George complained because he couldn't get the title of the best coach in the world. I think this statement is correct. Coach George is a bit sour grapes."

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The verbal battle between the two was the seasoning before the game.

On February 25, 2009, the Champions League quarter-finals were held at the Bernabeu Stadium.

When George entered the Bernabeu Stadium, he heard boos from the whole stadium.

George knew that this was because he criticized Ramos and Calderon, which made Real Madrid fans very dissatisfied. People are like this.

In fact, Real Madrid fans now don't like Ramos and Calderon very much. Especially Calderon boasted in Real Madrid, saying that he would introduce Ronaldinho and Villa. But in the end, none of them came.

Calderon has now become a complete big talker.

But even if they don't like it, they can scold it themselves. But they can't allow others to scold it.

So when they saw George, they immediately booed him.

George didn't care at all.

And when he first came to the Bernabeu, he still had a little yearning. Now, when I come to the Bernabeu, I don't feel anything at all.

Real Madrid?

It has a glorious history. Unfortunately, it is now the laughing stock of European football. "The Royal Circus" is a nickname for them.

"This is the Champions League quarter-final match. Real Madrid's starting lineup is Casillas, defenders are Heinze, Cannavaro, Pepe, Ramos, midfielders are Sneijder, Gago, Guti, Robben, and forwards are Raul and Van Nistelrooy."

"Blackburn's starting lineup goalkeeper is Van der Sar, defenders are Maicon, Lucio, Kompany, Baines, midfielders are Ribery, Kaka, Alonso, Essien, Yang Feng, and forward is Drogba."

"Before the game, George ridiculed Real Madrid's taste is getting lower and lower. He also looked down on coach Ramos's title of the world's best coach, and of course criticized Real Madrid President Calderon. Coach Ramos was very dissatisfied, but he could teach the arrogant George a lesson during the game."

Martin Taylor teased George and Ramos in a humorous tone.

George has been holding his breath these days. Therefore, in this game, he took the offensive against Real Madrid from the beginning.

When Schuster was still in Real Madrid, he once boasted. He said that Pepe, Heinze, Cannavaro, and Ramos, this defense is the best in Europe! I want to bring beautiful football to the Bernabeu fans! Sneijder will win the World Footballer of the Year within three years!

Schuster boasted too much. He also blew himself out of work.

Saying that Real Madrid's defense is the best in Europe? It makes people laugh.

Cannavaro is old, Ramos is too young, and Pepe is too reckless. Heinze has never been a world-class defender.

This defense line dares to be called the best in Europe.

George wants to let Real Madrid know what their current strength is.

Ramos uses Gago to defend in the midfield, but uses Sneijder to connect the front and back, Guti is responsible for offense, and Robben is responsible for assault. This makes George sneer at Ramos.

Gago, Real Madrid really thinks Gago is Redondo.

Apart from being handsome, Gago can't compare with Redondo in any way.

Real Madrid's defense is completely rubbish.

At the beginning of the game, Blackburn was completely unstoppable in the midfield. Kaka, Ribery, Yang Feng, Alonso and others passed the ball at will in the midfield, and Real Madrid's midfield had no defensive ability at all.

Although Gago tried very hard. But he was exhausted and couldn't stop Blackburn's attack.

As for Sneijder, although he also has certain defensive ability. But after all, he is not a full-time defensive midfielder. Guti and Robben have no defensive ability at all.

In this case, how could George let it go.

At the twelfth minute of the game, Alonso in the middle made a long pass and passed the ball to Ribery on the left. Ribery is no longer the rookie he was a few years ago. He is already a core player of the French national team. Facing Ramos, he easily passed. The main reason is that Ramos was too impulsive and rushed too hard. After dribbling past Ramos, Ribery rushed directly into the penalty area of ​​Real Madrid.

Facing former World Footballer of the Year and European Footballer of the Year Cannavaro, he dribbled past him easily and then made a low shot.

"Ribery, shoot!"