316 Conquer Hell
The game began with deafening cheers from Turkish fans.
Galatasaray is really crazy at home. Galatasaray's strength has declined a lot this season. First, their meritorious coach Trim left Turkey and went to Fiorentina in Serie A.
Trim has a great influence in Galatasaray. Now Galatasaray is a team built entirely by Trim. His departure is a great loss for Galatasaray.
It was not only Trim who left Galatasaray last summer, but also their top scorer Hakan. Sooke. Although Suke was rejected by George, he did not lack buyers. Inter Milan bought Hakan at a high price. Sooke.
Not only Suk left Galatasaray, but also Hassan. Sass also left Galatasaray.
In addition to them, there are also several players who have switched to other places.
Even so, Galatasaray launched round after round of offensive against the powerful Blackburn.
With the crazy support of 20,000 home fans and the frightening atmosphere of Hell's home, Galatasaray is bold. George knew that Galatasaray hoped to take a pre-emptive strike when Blackburn players were not used to the away game.
Once the game is in the lead, the game is easy to play.
But they are right. Although Blackburn players have seen the world, Galatasaray's Devil's home court is definitely not a joke. For a while, many players did not adapt to this atmosphere and always made various mistakes.
And Galatasaray is completely ignoring the defense. Galatasaray's play is very simple, that is, attack, attack, and attack again. Their attack was completely out of line, but it put a lot of pressure on Blackburn.
Blackburn is the representative team of ball control in the Premier League.
Blackburn's average possession time in the Premier League is 65%, which is currently the best team in the Premier League. But today, in the face of Galatasaray, in addition to losing the ball, he lost the ball.
George first sat on the bench. However, five minutes later, the Blackburn player was still beaten by Galatasaray, and George had already frowned. I didn't expect that after ten minutes, the situation still hasn't changed.
Galatasaray fans are very happy.
After losing to Blackburn in the last League Cup final, they were very sad. Later, after Trim came out and accused Blackburn of being despicable in winning, all Galatasaray fans believed that it would have been impossible for them to defeat Galatasaray if Blackburn had not used despicable means.
So when they saw Galatasaray firmly pressing Blackburn to play, they were very excited to cheer for their team.
George can't sit still anymore.
If you met Galatasaray last year, you can still forgive him. At that time, Galatasaray was really strong, and no one else noticed their strength. However, Galatasaray's strength has been greatly damaged this season, and there is no strength to compete with Blackburn at all.
George put Deko back on the field in this game. It's not because of physical strength, but after Deko went to Brazil, although he couldn't be the main force. But he was still a substitute in the second half, which made Deco very satisfied.
After returning to the club this time, George found out. Deke's self-confidence has soared, and his enthusiasm is much higher. It has also become very active in attack and defense.
George believes that with the stimulation of the national team, Deco's performance will get better and better. But now Blackburn's entire midfielder is frightened by Galatasaray's home terror atmosphere. It was firmly suppressed by Galatasaray.
George is very angry.
Blackburn is no longer a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. Even if it can't be compared with those European giants, it has gone through a lot of important games. What kind of stadium have you never been to?
But this group of people are scared! Or it was suppressed by the horrible home court!
George didn't care whether they could hear it or not, he stood on the sidelines and began to scold.
Some people even scold by name. Then roar!
Although the court is very noisy, George can't hear what the players are saying. But George stood there for so long and scolded so much that they still found out. They knew that George was very dissatisfied.
At this time, in fact, they have gradually become familiar with the atmosphere of the court.
Galatasaray's way of thinking is correct. It is to use the opening stage to catch Blackburn off guard. It's just that they didn't break through Blackburn's door in the first 20 minutes of the first half. They actually lost the most important opportunity.
Because 20 minutes after the first half, Blackburn began to adapt to the game.
In terms of the strength of the two teams, Galatasaray, who has lost many main players, is not Blackburn's opponent at all.
Soon, Deco, who joined the Brazilian national team for the first time, grabbed Emre's ball. Then he made a long pass in front, and Klose in front of him succeeded in offside. Galatasaray's attack was so fierce that he forgot to defend. The whole defensive line moved forward, and Klose left all Galatasaray's defenders behind with his explosive power.
Then he faced the goalkeeper and easily scored the first goal of the game.
After scoring the goal, Klose put his finger on his mouth and turned around to the Galatasaray fans.
Seeing Klose's movements, the boos of the whole audience became louder and louder.
"Cloz, this is Blackburn's most stable scoring point at present. With this goal, Klose has tied the number of goals scored last season, and Klose has scored 24 goals for Blackburn this season. Now there is only one-third of the season left. How many goals will Klose score? It's really not good."
"Klose has become a world-class striker, which is beyond doubt. Klose has now become one of the most comprehensive strikers in the world. With the ability to pass and shoot, such an all-round striker is absolutely rare in the current world football.
After scoring a goal, Blackburn's situation was completely stabilized.
After Blackburn stabilized, Galatasaray could not be compared with Blackburn at all.
Just six minutes after Klose scored, Duff received a pass from Miku and scored the second goal of the game.
Blackburn used this performance to tell Galatasaray that winning the League Cup last season is a manifestation of strength. Coach Trim said that Blackburn stole their championship, which was nonsense. It is obvious that Blackburn's strength is higher than Galatasaray.
Galatasaray lost the League Cup championship and did not look for the reason from himself, but from the outside. What kind of development can such a club have?
Morterson looked at Duff's second ball and made a conclusion about the media comments in the past few days.
Among the English football commentators, Morterson is a person with a clear understanding of love and hate. Although the commentary is also very professional, I have never hesitate to praise the team I support. Therefore, Blackburn is very much praised.
And Duff's goal is not the last.
In the second half, a goal was inserted by Deko, who performed well in this game, making the game 3 to 0.
3 to 0, Blackburn has taken the initiative in the group stage of the Champions League. In another game, Bayern won another victory. They scored nine points and were the first favorite team to appear. And Blackburn has two wins and one loss in three games, with six points, and the probability of appearing has greatly increased.
"As long as he defeats Galatasaray at home in the next game, Blackburn basically has a qualifying place."
Indeed, although Blackburn's points are not as good as Bayern's, he has already taken the initiative.
After the game, George faced the Turkish reporter and said with great disdain, "'Hell', I guess I can't go to heaven after I die, and I can only go to hell. Come and feel it today, and find that hell is nothing more than that.
When Blackburn returned to England, the big headline of Blackburn Evening News wrote "Conquer Hell!"
............In February, the schedule was much easier.
In February, Blackburn only had two Champions League matches, three Premier League matches and one League Cup final. If Blackburn hadn't reached the League Cup final, there would have been only five games in February. Compared with December and January, there are eight or nine games a month, which is much easier.
George had to scold the person who arranged the schedule.
Arrange one more game in February. It's better to play less in December and January.
On February 22, Galatasaray came to Blackburn.
This is the fourth game of the second round of the UEFA Champions League. George has no burden in this game, because there have been few games in the past half month. Therefore, players can take advantage of this opportunity to have a good rest.
This game is very important, which is related to the question of whether the Champions League can occur.
But George did not send all the main players, because there was still an important game waiting for Blackburn.
That is, on February 25, the English League Cup final is about to start.
has entered the finals, and if you don't pay attention to it, it's all a pretext. In the finals, there is only one goal, that is, the championship. Therefore, George still made a lot of rotations in this game. It's not that George looks down on Galatasaray, but that the strength of Galatasaray has indeed declined a lot.
At Blackburn's home court, Blackburn didn't give Galatasaray a little chance.
With David. Dunn's header and Bellamy's goal, Blackburn defeated Galatasaray 2-0 at home.
So far, in the second round of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, Blackburn scored nine points with three wins and one loss in four games. Bayern won four games and scored 12 points. The other two teams only scored one point. In this way, Blackburn has obtained a place in advance.
"The first time he participated in the Champions League, George already led the team to the top eight of the Champions League. George is the youngest head coach among all the teams in the Champions League. But he led Blackburn through two group matches and entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Congratulations, George!"
(To be continued)