Coaching legend

Blackburn beat Roma away, making Blackburn the focus team in this round of the Champions League.

In fact, this game is not the most focused dialogue in this round of the Champions League. The game in the other death group is the real focus battle. Every game of theirs is a focus battle. Because the four teams in their group are all strong European teams.

This round is no exception.

Leverkusen beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 at home, and Arsenal beat Juventus 3-0 at home.

Such a game is the focus battle.

But after this round of games, Blackburn is still the most concerned. Why?

Because there are two death groups in the second round of the Champions League group stage. Now the qualifying situation of another death group is confusing. Don’t look at the victory of Leverkusen and Arsenal in this round. But in the first game before, Leverkusen and Arsenal were both losers.

In this way, in their group, Leverkusen, Deportivo La Coruna, Juventus, and Arsenal all have three points. Who can appear is completely unclear.

The group stage for Blackburn is completely different.

Facing the powerful Barcelona and Roma, Blackburn won two games in two games. It has accumulated six points, while Barcelona and Roma only tied with Galatasaray. Therefore, the two teams only accumulated one point, even one point less than Galatasaray.

In the next game, Blackburn will face Galatasaray on the same field.

Barcelona and Roma will fight each other. As long as Blackburn beats Galatasaray in the next game, it will basically get a qualifying spot in advance. In the death group, Blackburn's performance is so good, how could it not be paid attention by the media.

George even said "Blackburn + X" about the qualifying situation of this group stage after the game with Roma. It doesn't matter who X is. Although George is arrogant, the reporter can't say anything. After all, Blackburn's results are there now.

In addition, a talented star like Kaka appeared in this game.

Of course, it's not just Kaka, there is also Cassano. These two players are born in the 1980s, and they are young players who are not yet 20 years old. But their performance has surpassed many of their peers.

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However, after the game with Roma, George was relieved.

Because this year's Champions League is over. The Champions League will resume at the end of February next year. And George has already given up the useless League Cup early. Therefore, George only needs to focus on the Premier League now.

On December 9, Blackburn faced Leeds United in the Premier League.

Leeds United is very sad.

In theory, these seasons are the most glorious time for Leeds United. It is also the time when the owner of Leeds United invested the most crazily. Unfortunately, because of George, the variable, Leeds United has never been glorious and is now declining.

In fact, Leeds United is very strong.

However, I don’t know if it’s because of bad luck. Whenever there is a good performance, some off-field factors will appear.

Just like the 99-00 season, that was the best season for Leeds United to rise. At the beginning of the season, they have always led the standings, and once even led Manchester United by double digits. However, with the emergence of the injury scandals of Woodgate and Bowyer in the winter, the club's performance was quickly affected.

In the end, they didn't even get a Champions League spot.

But the owner of Leeds United didn't believe in evil. He insisted on letting the club enter the Champions League. The investment in the past two seasons has been increasing, but it has never been able to enter the Champions League. Without the rich Champions League income, Leeds United's finances are becoming more and more difficult.

Leeds United's financial situation has a big problem.

In history, Leeds United still has a good performance base, which delayed the emergence of financial problems.

But now Leeds United is on the verge of bankruptcy. So Leeds United sold Woodgate out of helplessness. And according to the news, Leeds United Supermarket has opened its doors.

They may sell players in large quantities this winter or next summer to make up for the club's financial deficiencies.

So this season Leeds United's performance is getting worse and worse. Now it is ranked seventh in the Premier League.

After watching Kaka's performance in the last game, many people thought that George would definitely start to reuse Kaka in this game. But when the starting lineup came out, everyone was very surprised. Because George still didn't put Kaka in the starting lineup.

George used veteran McAllister in the midfield.

McAllister played less this season. But once he played, he performed very well. George used McAllister and Hargreaves in the midfield, and Drogba and Davor Suker in the forward line.

Leeds United really doesn't have much fighting spirit now.

Maybe everyone doesn't know their future fate and is a little confused. At this time, the immaturity of a young team is shown. If there is a big guy who can calm the locker room, maybe Leeds United can still have some fighting power. But Leeds United now has no such players.

Facing Blackburn, which is almost a full substitute lineup, Leeds United failed to win.

Blackburn relied on Drogba and Bellamy's goals to beat Leeds United 2-0 at home.

Blackburn defeated Leeds United, and Arsenal also defeated their opponents. Even Liverpool, which George thought was about to collapse, also defeated their opponents. Only Manchester United, which was in poor condition recently, was beaten 0-1 at home by West Ham United.

As this round of games ended, Manchester United was getting further and further away. The gap with Blackburn has reached an astonishing 15 points. Even Newcastle behind has caught up.

On December 15, Blackburn challenged Newcastle away.

Newcastle has performed well this season. Under the guidance of coach Robson, it has gradually become an important force in the Premier League. But George is not afraid. What George is least afraid of is a coach like Robson who has a continental style of coaching.

In this game, George did not let Kaka appear in the starting lineup.

The game went very smoothly. Before the end of the first half, Blackburn was already leading Newcastle 2-1. In the second half, George called Kaka to play in the midfield, but unfortunately Kaka did not appear in Miku's front midfielder position as others imagined.

George still put Kaka in Deco's organizing back midfielder position as before.

It was unexpected. Or they didn't understand why George was so stubborn. Although it was just one game, many people thought that Kaka's best position was in the front midfielder. But it seems that George didn't take their ideas to heart.

Kaka himself is very calm now.

Although George didn't explain it clearly, Kaka has already understood it. So Kaka has no resistance to George's arrangement. In the midfield and backfield position, Kaka can understand the situation on the field anytime and anywhere. He can see the opponent's loopholes.

During the game, Kaka made more sudden insertions.

This was definitely not arranged by George. Instead, Kaka found the opponent's gap himself and inserted it. And the effect was very good. Kaka's explosiveness and speed are his greatest talents. After he found some defensive loopholes, he suddenly inserted himself. Whether he inserted a shot or passed the ball, he could create a huge threat.

In the second half, it was Kaka's sudden insertion and pass that allowed Hleb to score the third goal of the game.

In the end, Blackburn defeated Newcastle 3-1 away.

At the end of the 17th round of the Premier League, George heard the best news. George had been waiting for Liverpool to collapse, but they lost this round. Chelsea beat them 4-0 away, and they almost lost their underwear.

Liverpool had no fighting spirit throughout the game.

The gap with Blackburn widened to six points.

And Arsenal, which George was most worried about, also encountered Waterloo in this game. They were tied 1-1 by West Ham United away, so the gap with Blackburn also reached eight points.

On December 19, Blackburn played a make-up game.

It was Blackburn facing Bolton.

This is the sixth round of the Premier League. Because of the Champions League mission at that time, the game was postponed.

For Kaka, who many people expected, George still put him on the bench. Many media are already immune. They all want to see how a young talent can become a superstar, but George is like against them, just not letting Kaka start.

This is definitely not George deliberately suppressing Kaka. It's that Kaka is different from any other player. For Kaka, George trains him according to the standards of the core of the team. Therefore, George believes that Kaka is not able to stand on his own now. He must slowly accumulate experience before he can really grow into a core of the team.

Bolton, a team that has just been promoted.

The style of play is that kind of rushing and hitting, facing Blackburn without any resistance. Blackburn easily defeated Bolton at home 2-0.

All the clubs participating in the European competition have postponed the sixth round of games. They were all replayed on the same day. The sequelae of Houllier's hospitalization have finally begun. Liverpool tied Fulham 0-0.

Arsenal lost to Newcastle 1-3 in the make-up match.

In this way, Blackburn's advantage has been further expanded.

At the end of the 17th round of the Premier League, Blackburn has accumulated 41 points. It is eight points ahead of Liverpool and more than double-digit ahead of Arsenal, reaching 11 points. Everyone was surprised at Blackburn's strength and believed that there was no suspense at all for the Premier League championship this season.

However, Kaka, who many people had high hopes for, did not make a splash.

Many people thought that after the game in Rome, Kaka would definitely become an important player under George. Just like Ballack, Ljungberg, and Deco of Blackburn at present. But they did not expect Kaka to become more and more mediocre, and there was no sign of any development at all.

Once famous, the world was shocked.

But Kaka did become famous overnight. Unfortunately, the shock of the world later was not because of his outstanding performance. It was because he did not do as expected by others, which was the most unexpected thing for everyone.

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