Soccer Dreams Set Sail

Chapter 15
After half a month of intense training, although there are still many problems, they cannot be solved in a short while, and it will take time.

On this day, Mejia started the first command game in his life, although it was a warm-up match.

The opponent this time is Blackburn, because Alan Shearer's deal made the two parties happy, so they agreed to a warm-up match.

Mejia sent his main lineup this season, 4-3-3.

Single striker: No. 10 Ronaldo

Both sides: No. 8 Henry, No. 7 Caniggia

Center: No. 6 Litmanen, No. 5 midfielder Seedorf, No. 4 midfielder Davis
The defense is: No. 3 Gallas - central defender, No. 11 Zambrotta - left back, No. 12 Willy Sagnol - right back, No. 2 Fabio Cannavaro - central back

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Buffon

blackburn lineup
Goalkeeper: Tim Flores (England national team goalkeeper, David Seaman's substitute, now the goalkeeper coach of Manchester City)
Left back: Graham Leshaw (later moved to Chelsea and Southampton, the main left back of the England national team for a long time)
Centre-back: Colin Hendry (Scotland national team captain, current head coach of Blackpool)
Centre-back: Ian Pearce (one of the youngest players at the time, still playing for Fulham)
Center back/Right back: Henning Berg (Norwegian national team's long-term main defender, and now he is the head coach of a Norwegian first-tier team, which seems to be the Lean team)
Right back: Jeff Kenner (Ireland national team defender, transferred to Birmingham City in 02, the last player to leave the championship team)
Left Midfield: Jason Wilcox (England National Team)
Attacking midfielder: Mark Atkins (currently retired)
Attacking midfielder/captain: Tim Sherwood (England national team, currently retired)
Defensive midfielder: David Batty (England national team's long-term midfield engineer, when he won the championship in 94/95 due to long-term injuries, he only participated in the last 6 games and refused to receive a medal. Now he has retired)
Defensive midfielder: Paul Warhurst (formerly a local rookie in England, I am not very clear about the current situation)
Right midfielder: Stuart Ripley (who was selected for the England national team and has now retired)
Midfielder: Robbie Slater (Australian player, now writing a column in the Australian media)
Forward: Mike Newell (local striker, the hero of the Premier League play-offs in 92, the current head coach of Luton City)
Forward: Kevin Gallagher (Scotland international, now serving as a commentary on Blackburn Club Radio)
Forward: Chris Sutton (England national team, now playing for Aston Villa)
Just look at this lineup, they are the champions of 96, and of course Alan Shearer must be added to it.

The reason why Messia arranged this game is to let them feel the gap. Although they have been training for half a month, they have not formed an effective attack power.

And Messia is still playing 433, attacking formation, without attacking power is tantamount to useless, so we have to give them some blows, let them see how far they are from the strong team.

Messia is not worried about crippling them, these are people with big hearts, setbacks will only make them better, and they will not be hit.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have won many trophies. Don't forget to tell me that there are several future Golden Globe and Footballer of the Year candidates in the team, so don't worry too much.

(End of this chapter)