455 grind Juventus on
After Kaka scored, George quickly replaced Miku with Parker.
Now this substitution is definitely for defense. And it is to increase the thickness of defense in the midfield. Alonso, Essien and Parker are all good defenders. The three of them appeared and immediately formed a kind of oppression in the midfield.
Juventus wanted to attack, but they couldn't.
Now Juventus, walking on the sidelines is not very powerful. There is only one side road, Camoranesi, which is quite excellent. Unfortunately, this side road has been suppressed by Pires for a long time, and George also focused on taking care of this side road.
George knows a lot about Camoranesi. Because Camoranesi was brought to Europe by George.
He also coached for a season, and he knows his characteristics very well.
The side road of Apia is a complete waste road. Unless Piero came up this side road, there was basically no attack on the left side of Juventus.
The side road can't get through, so they can only take the middle road.
Unfortunately, in the middle, Blackburn's defense is even stronger.
George used Alonso, Essien and Parker to sweep the midfield. Or George began to grind with Juventus in the middle. If Juventus didn't rush, he would keep passing the ball in the midfield.
If Juventus is ahead of the midfielder and wants to steal, then they will fight back.
And Blackburn's defense is very characteristic. In a region, there are a lot of counterattack players. Blackburn used some local numerical advantage, and as long as Juventus took the ball, he would be forced to grab it.
The main battlefield of Blackburn and Juventus is in the midfield.
Several people kept grabbing around in the midfield.
George is satisfied with the result. Now the opponent is 1-0 ahead, and it's very good to have such a situation. And Lippi was not satisfied. Now they are two goals behind, but Juventus have nothing to do with Blackburn.
In this state of stalemate, the game ended.
At the end of the game, Lippi just came to shake hands with George and left the court directly. And those Juventus players passed past George with their heads down and in frustration.
"Blackburn defeated Juventus 2-0 in the first game of the eighth quarter-finals."
Congratulations to George! Congratulations to Blackburn!"
The advantage of two balls! As long as Blackburn performs normally at the Alpine Stadium, there will be no problem in entering the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Martin. Taylor was happy to explain.
Yes, although it is a 2-0 victory over the opponent at home. But in the Champions League knockout, the score of 2-0 is still a very big gap. With the advantage of two goals, Juventus did not score any away goals.
Therefore, it can be said that Blackburn's potential name for entering the top eight of the Champions League is still very big.
George is also quite satisfied with the result of the game. After Lippi left the court, a large number of reporters surrounded George. For them, Lippi is a world-famous handsome man. But in this world, they only recognize the result of the game.
This is the most incisive performance on the football field. No matter how brilliant your previous achievements are, as long as you lose the game, you will still be a cold bench.
Now Blackburn has won. For them, interviewing George is far more newsworthy than interviewing Lippi.
"Top eight, I have already touched the door of the top eight. No, I have already opened the door to the top eight. As long as I take a step, I can enter the top eight.
George is arrogant, everyone knows.
Therefore, those reporters didn't feel anything wrong with George's words. But Italian journalists are quite dissatisfied.
"Coach Levy, don't you think you are too confident? There is still one game in the eighth final, and you have to go away.
George looked at the young man in front of him with a smile. Yes, George is a young coach in the coaching industry. But I'm thirty-five years old this year. But he raised his head and asked George's Italian reporter. Obviously, he was in his early twenties.
For George, he is a young man.
"Aight away? Young man, I'm not bragging. But to tell the truth. In this world, to be honest, it is always uncomfortable. But you have to get used to it. Even Juventus won't have any chance.
After saying that, George shook his head sadly.
"Young man, the reality is always so cruel. You have to learn to face the reality.
The reporters present were all laughing. Look at George, it's like educating his students.
The Italian reporter who raised the question is obviously a novice. George's words turned red.
"Coach Levy, what do you think of your opponent Juventus?"
This is an English journalist.
George shrugged his shoulders.
"Juventus is an Italian giant. However, the decline of Italian football is an indisputable fact. In this environment, even the European giant Juventus is no exception. Compared with the time when Deschamps, Zidane and Davis were there a few years ago, the current strength of Juventus has declined too much.
Listening to George's words, many people nodded.
How strong Juventus was back then. From 1995 to 1998, he reached the Champions League final for three consecutive seasons, although he only won a Champions League championship. But it can also show the strength of Juventus at that time.
Juventus was an opponent that all European clubs did not want to face.
Now? Juventus doesn't know how much he has fallen.
"Serie A is no longer the 'Little World Cup' of that year. If you don't mention the bravery in those years, Italian football should face up to its own problems. Instead of being immersed in the glory of the past. If Italian football still thinks so, then Serie A will decline more and more.
This is not the first time George has said this.
In fact, not only George, an outsider, but also some people in Italian football have put forward similar views. Unfortunately, the senior management who mastered the development direction of Italian football did not have any change.
After George finished speaking, he was ready to turn around and leave without waiting for the reporter to ask the next question.
At this time, a reporter asked George loudly. Coach Levy, do you have any goals for the Champions League?
Hearing this question, George turned around.
"All clubs that participate in the Champions League and come to the knockout stage should have the same goal."
"You mean..."
George nodded.
"As you think, as long as it enters the Champions League knockout stage, every club hopes to go further. And as long as it is a strong team, it will look forward to reaching the finals and winning the championship. Although it is impossible to achieve all of them, this is definitely the goal of all European giants.
"As for Blackburn, my goal is to go as far as possible."
George didn't shout for a Champions League champion or anything. But the meaning is similar.
Sure enough, after George said this, all the reporters were quite excited.
Some of the newspapers on the next day were written. George's sword refers to the Champions League champion!" What a good title.
............ Although the Football Federation is synonymous with conservatism, it does not mean that they are impersonal.
Look, this one-eighth final is only six days away from the two games. The Premier League did not arrange any games in the middle, that is to say, after the first game, Black could have taken a six-day break.
This is a very good schedule for the Premier League strong team.
Especially for the Premier League strong teams with good results in the first game of the knockout match, they are quite happy with the current schedule.
In addition to Blackburn's 2-0 victory over Juventus at home, the other two teams, Arsenal and Manchester United, also had good results.
Arsenal defeated Celta 3-1 in the away game. The situation is better than that of Blackburn.
Manchester United lost away from home. But just a one-two loss, everyone believes that Manchester United will be able to easily appear when they return to the home court. No one thinks there is anything great about Porto.
Or in European football, Manchester United is a huge thing compared with Porto.
It can be said that the situation of the top three in the Premier League is quite good in the Champions League.
However, George has no attention to Arsenal and Manchester United. Just took a look at the score of their first game and threw it aside. Although George is full of confidence, George will not really relax.
This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen in Jingzhou.
After all, the opponent is the veteran giant Juventus.
George dared not relax at all.
On April 8, George had led Blackburn to Turin, Italy.
The game starts on April 10th. George arrived in Turin early and wanted to adapt to the venue.
On April 10, 2004, Alp Stadium.
The atmosphere of the Juventus court is still good. Alpes is the first private stadium in Italy. Of course, it is not actually a private court, but it is no different from a private court. Because Juventus rented the stadium for 99 years.
The ninety-nine years of use right is almost equivalent to ownership.
Because a hundred years later, who knows whether Juventus still exists or not. Even if it exists, it is no longer alive for the current Juventus management and fans.
Juventus is the first club in Italian football to eat crabs.
But the effect is very good.
In the future, after Juventus builds a new stadium, their income will increase exponentially. The economic situation of the club has improved greatly.
Looking at the Alpine Stadium, George admires the management of Juventus. In the current situation of Italian football, it is too smart to find the law.
Owning its own stadium is a century-old plan for the club.
Juventus has far left other Serie A clubs in this regard.
But George thought of the new stadium in Blackburn. My own stadium has really been built, which is comparable to world-class stadiums such as Old Trafford and Bernabeu.
(To be continued)