Coaching legend

However, George did not have much time to think about Juventus' Alpi Stadium, because the game had begun.

George's goal in this game was very simple. It was to maintain the two-goal advantage. You can fully understand it by looking at Blackburn's starting lineup.

The goalkeeper was of course Van der Sar.

There was no change in the defense line. The biggest change was in the midfield.

George withdrew Pires and Miku from the middle and used Alonso, Parker, and Essien's three midfielders. In front were Kaka, Klose, and Drogba.

After the game started, Drogba and Klose were involved in defense. They started to harass the opponent's pass in the midfield on the first line. And then came Alonso, Essien, and Parker's midfield, and their task was even simpler.

Just keep intercepting in the midfield.

Alonso, Essien, and Parker are all midfielders with a large defensive coverage area. Using their running ability, George almost covered everything in the 30-40-meter area of ​​Blackburn.

The game was very dull.

In the midfield, Blackburn and Juventus kept entangled. I tackle you, you tackle me.

Lippi has discovered it.

George is indeed a coach who only cares about the results. After the last game, Lippi thought it was made up by the media. In the last game, Blackburn played much better than Juventus. It made Lippi have an illusion.

Blackburn is obviously the representative of artistic football?

But this game completely overturned Lippi's idea. I feel deeply ridiculous for having such an idea.

Bullshit artistic football?

Look, Blackburn's Warcraft Drogba is not a striker at all. He is a complete defensive player, almost crazy in the frontcourt to grab the ball. If the Juventus defender is a little slow, Drogba will rush up like crazy.

Not only Drogba, but also Klose.

Klose is relatively gentle. Most of his defense is harassment, unlike Drogba. Drogba is no different from a defender. If he touches the ball slowly, he will not hesitate to tackle.

Imagine what it looks like when a striker tackles the ball in the front court.

Lippi has seen many teams play defensive counterattacks. But he has never seen George defend so hard that strikers have to fight for their lives. At this time, there is no striker like Drogba who defends without sparing his physical strength.

Lippi's eyes have been opened today.

In the whole Blackburn, there is only one person who is not so crazy in defense. That is Kaka.

George also has to save Kaka's physical strength to play counterattacks. Kaka's speed is unique. Kaka is a very important player in counterattacks.

Ugly game!

This is the idea of ​​all Juventus fans and the idea of ​​all the media who pay attention to this strong dialogue.

The game is too ugly.

Over the years, there have been many ugly games in the Champions League knockout rounds. But it is really rare to see such an ugly game as this one. They feel helpless about George's shamelessness.

If Blackburn plays against Juventus in an upright manner, there will be a great chance of winning.

In the last game, Blackburn defeated Juventus 2-0, and if Buffon hadn't performed well in that game, it would not be impossible for Blackburn to win 3-0 or 4-0.

Since Blackburn is so powerful, why do you have to play such shameless tactics?

This made them despise George more and more in their hearts.

But George didn't care about their thoughts. George had only one goal. That was to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

In order to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, George didn't care about playing some tricks at all.

The game was so deadlocked.

The game passed by minute by minute, and soon the first half was over.

In the second half, George didn't change his tactical ideas at all. I am willing to be a "turtle", what can you do to me?

Lippi was helpless. Even if a weak team plays dense defense, it is not so easy to break through. What's more, Juventus really has few ways to deal with such a shameless tactic for a European powerhouse like Blackburn.

The players of Juventus are getting more and more anxious.

Because they attacked for 60 minutes, but the score on the scoreboard still did not change. They began to despair, really desperate.

They fell behind by two goals and had been attacking for such a long time, but they still hadn't changed the score. On the contrary, Blackburn's counterattack frightened Juventus's defense. Kaka, who was named the best player in the first game, also frequently threatened Juventus's goal in this game.

Speed, absolute speed.

There is a saying that the world's martial arts can only be broken by speed.

Although this sentence is a bit absolute. But it is not without reason. Just like Owen, Bellamy, Henry, Carlos, and later Walcott, Bale, Lennon, these people all have amazing speed.

Once they run, few people in the back line can keep up with their speed.

With amazing speed, it would be very difficult to defend them.

And Kaka has that amazing speed. And more importantly, Kaka's technology and speed are combined, and the impact is amazing.

Because Juventus' midfield is attacking with all its strength. So once Kaka counterattacks, it is directly facing Juventus's defense. At this time, Kaka's speed is fatal.

As time went by, Juventus players became more and more impatient.

If they were only one goal behind, they might still be able to pull back. But now they are two goals behind, and there is no chance no matter how you think about it. Under this gap, even Juventus players began to despair. It was real despair.

This can be seen from their performance on the field.

They have lost the momentum of the last-ditch effort in the opening stage. Now their offense is becoming more and more blind, their passes are becoming weaker, and their running is becoming less and less.

George saw this and understood it.

Blackburn is in the Champions League quarterfinals.

The game entered the last ten minutes, and soon all kinds of dramatic scenes appeared. Drogba, Essien and other players who were lively in the first eighty minutes suddenly became weak. If they were touched by Juventus players, they would fall to the ground and roll in pain.

Or they would have all kinds of cramps.

Even George off the field couldn't stand it.

If you let Pires and Miku cramp or be knocked to the ground in more than eighty minutes, it would be excusable. If it was Hleb and Arshavin, there would be no problem.

But look at the players on the field of Blackburn now.

They are all big guys. Alonso, Parker, Essien, Drogba, Lucio, Riise, Sagnol, Campbell, which of these people is not a player with excellent physical fitness in the Premier League, a player with super physical strength.

Especially Drogba, he is already famous in European football.

Drogba's name of Warcraft has also spread like wildfire. European football knows that Blackburn has a Warcraft with a perverted body. Who would believe that such a player would fall to the ground after being hit by a Juventus player.

The fans at the Alpi Stadium booed.

They were very dissatisfied with the blatant delay of Blackburn players. You should at least have some style of a strong team. It's already two goals ahead, even if you don't play this kind of trick, there should be no problem in showing up.

But you actually played this low-level and dirty method.

However, the boos of Juventus fans were not enough to shake the determination of Blackburn players to perform. They kept falling and cramping. Anyway, they tried every possible way to delay the game.

At first, the Juventus players complained to the referee.

But in the end, the Juventus players were numb. If you like to perform, just continue to perform. We don't care anymore.

Although there were many performances, the referee only added three minutes of extra time after seeing the situation on the field. This was a fairly standard extra time. In fact, it would not be a problem even if it was five or six minutes.

But the referee looked at the situation on the field, and whether it was Blackburn or Juventus, they all wanted the game to end quickly.

So the referee was very humane and only added three minutes.

"Beep beep beep--"

When the time was up, the referee's whistle sounded.

"Congratulations to George, congratulations to Blackburn. They beat Juventus 2-0 in two rounds and have entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League. This is the fourth consecutive season that Blackburn has entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League."

"There was no highlight in this game. Blackburn defeated Juventus in Juventus's way, and the whole game was extremely dull. However, Blackburn used such a dull game to tie Juventus 0-0 away and also entered the quarterfinals."

"Just as George commented on Juventus, Juventus' strength has declined too much now. If they want to become a strong team in Europe again, then it is necessary to make up for it. At the same time, they must abandon their sense of superiority and start from scratch."

Martin Taylor congratulated Blackburn on entering the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

At the same time, Martin Taylor also warned Juventus. However, although it was a warning, there was still a hint of sarcasm in it.

Don't look at Martin Taylor as a famous European football commentator. He has a very important position in the entire European football world, but he himself is an English football commentator. Therefore, it must be to protect the English club.

At this time, Blackburn players were also celebrating. They didn't care whether this was Juventus' home court or not, and celebrated to their heart's content.

George didn't care about Lippi's feelings next to him.

He rushed into the field and celebrated with the players.

Juventus fans who had not left the field saw Blackburn celebrating so recklessly, so they booed Blackburn.

"Coach Levi..."

"Coach Levi, do you have any thoughts on the quarterfinal opponents?"

"Coach Levi, do you have anything to say about entering the quarterfinals?"

A group of reporters surrounded George regardless of whether this was Juventus' home court or not. As for Lippi, who cares? Since you have already failed, you are not qualified to be praised by everyone.

At this time, only a few Italian reporters asked Lippi some questions.

And most of the Italian reporters are now next to George.

"The quarterfinals are just the first step. It's nothing." George was in a good mood, so he answered with a smile. "As for the quarterfinal opponents, I don't care. Of course, if they were weaker teams, I would be happier. But in the quarterfinals, there are no weak teams. They are all strong teams, so it doesn't matter who we draw."

George's words afterwards, however, have no meaning.

But in the eyes of the reporters, George completely ignores those strong teams in Europe.

George's image in the eyes of these reporters is too bad.

Even if George didn’t mean that, they would think otherwise. If George knew, he would definitely shout innocently, “I’m not Gray Wolf!”