442 There are gains and losses
After scoring two goals, Blackburn's morale was greatly boosted.
Two to one, surpassing the score. Many Blackburn players also breathed a sigh of relief.
Mom, I couldn't score a goal with more than 20 shots in the last game, which made many players bored. The game began with an inexplicable fall behind, which made Blackburn players even more disappointed.
This is an indescribable emotion. If this emotion spreads, not to mention this game, future games will also be affected. Fortunately, Blackburn equalized the score in time and overtook the score in time.
Now that the score has been overtakened, all the players are relieved.
The game started again, and Blackburn easily controlled the rhythm.
After taking the lead, Alonso also retreated. Control the rhythm in the backcourt. When Alonso controlled the rhythm, Monaco's attack was like a rootless duckweed. Because Monaco's midfielder could not control the ball, Jiuli and Rotten ran back and forth but got nothing.
And Blackburn retracted, but there was more room for passing and breaking through.
George was finally relieved on the sidelines.
It seems that this important game should be able to be taken down. George used to play in the group stage, one by one.
Even if he enters the group of death, Blackburn has always been at the top of the list in the group stage. It can appear easily. I didn't expect this season's Champions League group stage, but Blackburn was so disappointing.
It is absolutely impossible for George to say that there is no pressure.
Now is the time when Blackburn needs grades. If even the UEFA Champions League group stage cannot appear at this time, the team's financial problems will be serious. Fortunately, it seems that the game can be won now.
Blackburn still played slowly in the second half. Monaco wanted to attack, but was easily beaten back by Blackburn.
At 69 minutes of the game, Essien, the midfielder, grabbed Jiuli's ball and then handed it directly to Miku in front of him. This time, Miku did not pass the ball to the middle, but gave it to the side. Sanior on the right is plugged in at high speed, and then an accurate pass. Drogbali beat Squilaki and scored Blackburn's third goal in this game.
is also Drogba's second goal in this game.
"Dropba, it's Drogba!"
"Dropba scored twice and completely locked the victory!"
"Dropba is already in Blackburn's fifth season. From the famous rough guy in the Premier League to now a sharp knife in the Blackburn front line, Drogba's progress is really amazing. Now Drogba is proficient in headers and long-range shots. There is even a set of free kicks.
"If he can improve his scoring efficiency more, then he is a well-deserved world-class center. But now George has a headache.
"Clozes and Drogba, who will choose to be the main force? It's a sweet annoyance to have two such excellent strikers.
Martin. Taylor spoke highly of Drogba. In Martin. In Taylor's opinion, Drogba and Klose are completely the same level of strikers. Both of them are now world-class strikers.
George and Blanco next to him clapped their hands.
Three to one, defeating Monaco, Blackburn's qualifying situation in this group is still very good.
But before George was happy, he frowned again.
After losing the ball, Monaco has no burden. Anyway, they had lost two goals, so they began to attack fiercely.
Only four minutes before Drogba scored, Monaco's backcourt pass was handed over to Jiuli. At this time, Hargreaves in the midfield came forward and faced Jiuli as a sliding shovel. Very clean kicked the ball out of the sideline.
There is no foul action, and it is very clean and neat.
But before he got applause, Hargreaves lay on the ground and didn't get up.
"Hargreaves, it seems that he is injured. After the shovel, I haven't stood up yet.
"Let's take a look at the return visit. Hargreaves and Juri didn't have a physical collision. This is just that Hargreaves pulled himself while tackling the ball. I don't know where the injury is?"
This is a rainy day, and it is easy to strain. George saw that Hargreaves was injured by a shovel and thought it was a thigh strain. After all, this kind of slippery field, falling to the ground and tackling, it is easy to pull the thighs.
After the team doctor came forward for a check-up, he shook his head at George. Then he made a gesture of substitution.
When passing by George, he whispered to George. Owen injured his knee ligament. Very serious, very serious."
George was shocked.
The thigh strain is already a very difficult injury to treat. Now it is said that it is a knee injury.
The knee ligament is not an ordinary minor injury.
This is a very fragile place for the human body, or once this place is strained, it is not a small problem.
Hargreaves, George is quite dependent. Since MacLei left Blackburn, George has always used Hargreaves very heavily. Even for Hargreaves, even Essien was firmly pressed in the bench.
Because of this, Alan has looked to George many times. But George has never let go.
Essien has performed well in Ligue 1, and now I don't know how many clubs are interested in him. Allen hopes to turn Essien into another cash cow of his own. But since returning to Blackburn, Essien has been nailed to the bench by George.
Therefore, Essien's salary is the bottom of Blackburn.
This made Alan quite dissatisfied.
But George was not embarrassed at all. After all, George is the head coach of the club. Whoever has strong strength and good performance should be the main force.
Hargreaves is only one year older than Essien, but he is far better than Essien.
Defense, attack and running are far better than the current Essien. George likes Hargreaves very much. Hargreaves is a tough guy, and the field is full of **. As long as Hargreaves is played, you can see him anywhere on the court.
In addition, Hargreaves is an English player, and his appeal among the fans is also very strong. George even wanted to completely correct Hargreaves. Let Hargreaves become the absolute core player of the team. And give Hargreaves a captain' position.
At such an important time, Hargreaves actually had a knee injury.
George can only replace Hargreaves with Essine.
The Monaco players are not happy at all because of the end of Hargreaves. Instead, they smiled bitterly. Because they saw Essien, the beast who once dominated the Ligue 1. They clearly remember Essien's strength.
Seeing Essien's substitute, Deschamps could only show a wry smile.
If Essien is in a Ligue 1 club, no matter which club it is, he will be the absolute main force. Essien's excellent midfielder is just a substitute in Blackburn. This makes those Ligue 1 clubs feel embarrassed.
This is the gap between the two teams. This is the strength of Blackburn's strong team.
The game is calm.
Blackburn finally defeated Monaco 3-1 at home. Although there have been some accidents in the game, there is no suspense on the whole.
Blackburn finally won his first victory in the Champions League group stage. Three to one, Blackburn swept away the haze and walked out of the shadow of the first two games. Blackburn scored four points at the end of three games, while Monaco scored six points.
"In another game that just ended, Eindhoven defeated Athens AEK 2-1 away. In this way, in this group, Monaco and Eindhoven have accumulated six points, Blackburn has accumulated four points, and Athens AEK has accumulated one point.
"After the draw, everyone thought that Blackburn had booked a place. The remaining place is Monaco or Eindhoven, but I didn't expect that the current situation of the group was a little confused.
After the game, Martin. Taylor summed up the game.
Although the situation in the group stage is very chaotic. But George was very satisfied. There are still three games left. As long as there are no mistakes in these three games, there will definitely be no problem.
And now Drogba's performance is getting better and better.
With Drogba, you can form a good competition with Klose. Moreover, Drogba's control in the front court also has a rich supplementary ability for Blackburn's playing style.
If the only dissatisfaction is that Hargreaves is injured.
"How's it going?"
In his previous life, Hargreaves was a glass man. Therefore, George pays great attention to Hargreaves' physique. In the past few seasons, what George pays most attention to in the club is Hargreaves. Blackburn's team doctor has to thoroughly check Hargreaves' body almost every once in a while.
This is what George asked for.
If there is something wrong with Hargreaves, George hopes to find Hargreaves' problem early.
However, Hargreaves hasn't found any problems in the past few seasons.
George thought he had a traveler's plug-in. Hargreaves is a gift from God. I didn't expect to be injured.
"The knee ligament is strained. According to the current situation, we should rest for three months at least.
Hargreaves has been sent to a nearby hospital. George was asking the attending doctor of Hargreaves.
"Is the knee ligament strained?"
George frowned. As a football coach, George certainly understands what a ligament strain means. In fact, some minor strains only take half a month and 20 days to recover. But there are some major injuries, and even a year's rest is not enough.
Now three months is already a blessing in misfortune.
"It won't be repeated, will it?" The most taboo thing about this kind of injury is repetition.
The attending doctor shook his head.
"Irving's physique is different from others. Knees are more vulnerable than others. That is to say, there is a higher chance of injury than others. A ligament strain is likely to become his habitual injury. But don't worry, we will try our best to keep his injury from repeating.
George nodded.
(To be continued)