329 with a blow

Just when the funeral was busy, the Champions League game continued.

In the first leg of the quarter of the Champions League, Blackburn and Manchester United played before Arsenal.

But in the second leg, Arsenal played one day earlier than Blackburn and Manchester United. Arsenal lost to A Coruna coma, but this did not affect Arsenal's qualifying situation at all. Arsenal still reached the Champions League semi-finals with a score of 4-1.

This is Arsenal's best Champions League result after Wenger's entry into Arsenal.

Arsenal this season is really not easy. The two groups of death actually broke through. And he was able to defeat A Coruña with such a big score, and George admired Wenger.

On April 18, Blackburn played against Valencia at Ewood Park.

Speaking of which, Blackburn defeated Valencia 2-1 in the first round. There is great hope for promotion. It should be a very happy time. But the atmosphere of Ewood Park is very solemn now. All Blackburn fans wear black cloth to commemorate the deceased Jack. Walker.

All kinds of songs on the court before the game also disappeared.

Many fans hold flowers in their hands and silently for the dead Jack. Walker bless.

George stood on the field and remembered the newspaper about Jack. Walker's evaluation.

Many owners of English clubs are fans, as has been the case in history. But as money has more and more influence on football, there are fewer and fewer pure fan presidents. Many of them can't stand the impact of money on football.

Now it looks like Jack. Walker is such a complete fan boss, and there are fewer and fewer in British football.

Jack. Blackburn, which Walker took over that year, was an English first-class club. Jack. Walker did a lot of things after he became Blackburn. Expand the stadium, buy big-name players, and invite Dalglish to become the head coach of the club.

Among them, he bought Shearer at a record price of 3.5 million pounds, and later Chris at a record-breaking transfer price of 5 million pounds. Sutton caused a sensation in British football. Jack. Walker spent a lot of money to make Blackburn a strong team in the Premier League.

And after George became the master, Jack. Walker is not stingy with money.

There has been a large transfer like Ferdinand for 12 million pounds.

Jack. Although Walker is a rich man, he is definitely not the kind of rich man who can throw tens of millions of pounds casually without blinking. Rich people like Abu, who have tens of billions of pounds of assets, throw hundreds of millions of pounds for fun.

But Jack. Walker can't.

In the early 1990s, he invested 10 million pounds per season, which was the club that invested the most in the Premier League. But since the Bosman Act, there have been many clubs in the Premier League that have invested more than 20 million pounds and 30 million pounds a season.

Jack. Walker had to step up his investment for the development of the club. After George became the master, the investment was not small every year. This is already Jack. Walker tried his best.

So the media is sure of Jack. What Walker has done for Blackburn.

And Blackburn fans thanked Jack. Everything Walker has done.

Now Jack. Walker passed away. All Blackburn fans are remembering the old man.

UEFA also agreed that Blackburn fans would observe a moment of silence for the beloved president before the game.

George doesn't know Paul. Walker's idea is how he will face the Blackburn left by his father. George is a little confused about the future. George did not regret renewing his contract with Blackburn, although he had known Jack for a long time. Walker is likely to survive this season. But George doesn't regret it at all.

First of all, George is reluctant to part with Blackburn. Blackburn is a team built by George, and all the players in it are carefully selected by George. Now after three years of running-in, they have begun to show their strength.

George really doesn't want to leave at this time.

Another point is that George is not a ruthless person. Jack. George knew very well what Walker did to himself. There is no Jack at the beginning. With Walker's support, George is likely to leave Blackburn deportunely.

Teaching a Premier League club for the first time has completely become a stain on my coaching career.

In George's situation at that time, if this happens, all the reputations he has just accumulated will completely disappear. George can only return to the League One to coach again. It's really uncertain when we will be able to return to the Premier League.

But it's because of Jack. With Walker's unreserved support, George can survive. The current achievements have also been made.

So George is for Jack. Walker's gratitude is definitely from the bottom of his heart. George doesn't want to because of Jack. When Walker left, he immediately moved to other clubs.

Even if you don't have a good relationship with Paul in the future, you can only leave in the end. But at least I have lived up to Jack this time. Walker's expectations.

............The referee's whistle also woke up George in meditation.

It turns out that the game is about to begin. George cheered up to watch the game and reached the top four of the Champions League for Jack. Walker's best comfort.

Because he defeated Valencia 2-1 away from home, George did not play with the same adventurous style as the last game. Instead, take a slight retreat and let Valencia hit it out.

Valencia must be very anxious about this game.

Two goals can ensure that they can enter the Champions League semi-finals. And the premise is that Blackburn doesn't want to score goals.

Such a requirement is indeed very difficult for Valencia.

But Cooper doesn't look at people's conservative way of playing, but he is a tough man. Although it is a one-two defeat at home, and it is usually a defensive counterattack, it is not conservative at all here.

He made a fierce attack against Blackburn.

For good, Blackburn's defense is very stable and there is no problem. Valencia attacked for about ten minutes, and Blackburn didn't move. And every time an attack is organized, Valencia's defense line has to turn on a red light.

Blackburn's counterattack is just one word, fast.

Deke and Miku are good at passing the ball. After getting the ball, they don't talk to you at all. The three feet are passed to the front, especially to the two sides, and then the two sides to attack. This kind of counterattack is no worse than Valencia's counterattack, or even better than them.

Because Valencia's two full-backs are too old. The explosive power is seriously insufficient, and it is very difficult to face Pires and Duff.

If the defense does not move forward, it will be out of touch with the midfield. But the defense moved forward and was attacked by two side players, which could not be defended at all.

Cooper is also considering it now. Should we attack recklessly, regardless of Blackburn's counterattack? Or go back to the old way and play defensive counterattack. But looking at Blackburn, if Valencia doesn't attack, they can definitely play a game.

George sat steadily in the bench.

George is sure to win this game. Valencia, don't see that you made it to the Champions League semi-finals last season. We Blackburn are not afraid of you at all. George squinted at Cooper, who was walking around anxiously on the sidelines.

You really think Blackburn can only play the midfield to suppress the surname, and the players who fight back against Blackburn are also good at it. Deco, in particular, has been much more active than before since he went to Brazil. Especially in defense.

Although the previous Deke also assisted in defense, his defensive skills were too poor and he was reluctant to defend, which limited his help to Maclele.

But since he went to Brazil, Deco has been more active. He also learned how to defend from Maclele.

George was very aggrieved at that time.

This must be what Lusenberg said to Deco. Maybe it is to tell him that the Brazilian national team does not lack offensive players. If you want to enter the main lineup, you must learn to defend. This is what George thought. Anyway, Deko's defense is much more active now.

George can only sigh. I've told Deko so many times before that it's not as good as what Lusenberg said.

Is your influence only a little bit?

But anyway, George likes this change of Deko very much. With active Deko, Blackburn's defense is more stable. And Deko has good physical strength. Even if it is a defensive attack, there is no problem at all.

Valencia's Mendieta and Aimar took turns to attack Blackburn, but they were not able to open Blackburn's defense.

Fifteen minutes of the game passed in this state.

George is satisfied with the current situation.

Blackburn's side pass was pushed out by Ayala, and Balahar immediately passed it to the doorita in front of him. Mendieta was very depressed, but he was not depressed at all. He believes that Blackburn will make a mistake.

At this time, Aimar suddenly plugged in, and Mendieta passed the ball very cleverly and passed it to Aimar.

Aimar's speed is very fast. After taking the ball, he can only go a little to the right because of Deko's defense. But he still passed Deko with speed, and Blanco immediately came to assist in the defense.

Aimar saw that Blanco's position was very stable, so he went to the right again. After all, Blanco's speed was not good, so he didn't keep up. Instead, he retreated in a straight line and did not allow Aimar to enter the penalty area. In fact, when Aimar passed Blanco, it was already a little big.

Seeing that Aimar had gone out, Cudicini immediately came forward to take the ball.

But Aimar is faster. Before Kudichni hit the ball, he took the ball and faced Kudichni alone.

At this time, what I saw was that Kudichini rushed over and Aimar fell to the ground.

"Du--"

The referee's whistle sounded. Then the referee pointed to the penalty point and told him that it was a penalty.

Kudichini immediately stood up and said that he had not fouled, but the referee did not listen to Kudichini's explanation. Instead, he raised a red card high from his pocket and pointed to the sidelines to let Kudichni go down.

George was also stunned on the sidelines.

This moment is too fast. George couldn't tell whether Kudichini fouled or not.

However, when he saw the red card picked up by the referee, he couldn't help kicking the field hard.

(To be continued)