Coaching legend

Miku's injury made George very angry.

From the beginning, the game went according to his own ideas. But this kind of emergency was beyond his control. George shook his head, thought about it and called Arshavin.

Without Miku's lubricant in the midfield, George chose to open a gap from the wing.

Milan still has a lot of problems on the wing.

Especially on the side of Pancaro.

George let Arshavin play, just to use his speed and technology to break through Pancaro.

Because Miku was missing, Pires had to come back. Pires came back from the wing, and Cafu, who had been relatively quiet, began to become active. Arshavin, who George had high hopes for, did not perform well after he came on the court.

Pancaro was not as weak as George imagined.

In defense, he occupied a very good position. Arshavin tried to break into the penalty area several times, but failed in the end. And Arshavin is not a very hardworking player.

All Blackburn players are very hardworking. Even players like Kaka, Miku, and Pires, under George's request, spared no effort when the team needed to defend. And they kept running in the frontcourt to create space.

Just like Miku, he ran frequently in the midfield. Linking the midfield and the frontcourt.

But Arshavin was a little lazy. Yes, lazy.

Although he is not as lazy as Ronaldo in Real Madrid now, he is also a relatively lazy player in Blackburn.

He kept waiting for the ball in the frontcourt. Instead of actively running to create space.

Therefore, after Pancaro took the position, Arshavin had no effect.

Since Miku left the field, Milan's attack suddenly came up. Although due to the efforts of Alonso, Essien, and Blackburn's back line, they have not been able to break through Blackburn's gate. But they created several good opportunities.

George was very distressed watching from the sidelines.

But as the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone.

Before the end of the first half, Blackburn had another injury. This time, the injury was completely puzzling.

Miku's injury just now was at least caused by a fight with Gattuso. Although Gattuso's action was not big, there was a collision after all. But this time, the injury was simply ridiculous.

Sagnol stopped the ball himself, and then somehow kicked the ball out of nowhere. Then he sat up and made a substitution gesture to George.

Even the commentator didn't know what happened to Sagnol.

After watching the slow motion, it was discovered that when Sagnol stopped the ball, he turned 180 degrees. Maybe he twisted his supporting foot in the middle.

George spread his hands helplessly.

Could there be such an injury? It's too fake. It's really a toothache when drinking cold water.

George could only pray that Sagnol's injury would not be serious. But looking at the serious look on the team doctor's face, George's heart skipped a beat.

"What's wrong?"

The team doctor shook his head. "An old injury."

"Old injury?"

George frowned. Sagnol's old injury was a muscle strain during the match against Manchester United a few years ago. He was in bed for three months. Although the recovery from the injury was ideal, Sagnol's injury was always in the same place.

Every season, although Sagnol did not have any major injuries, he would occasionally have some minor injuries.

So when he heard about the old injury, George frowned.

"Well, it's still the same place. But this time it looks more serious. It is very likely that he will not be able to play in the remaining games of this season."

"Season reimbursement?"

George sighed.

Sagnol is still very young now. He is only 27 years old this year, which should be the peak state of an athlete. But it is obvious that he has been suffering from various minor injuries in the past two seasons. George looked at the bench, and there was really no substitute for the right back on the bench.

In most cases, George used Sun Jihai in the league.

It rarely appears in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

So he was not on the bench today. George called Parker and asked Parker to replace Sagnol.

After Parker came on the pitch, George asked Essien to play right back and Parker to play in the middle. Anyway, Essien, like Hargreaves, is an all-around player in the midfield and backcourt. He can play both full-backs and even the center back position.

"The first half was a difficult time for Blackburn. First Miku was injured, and then Sagnol was injured. Although it was a one-to-zero lead, I believe if George had a choice, he would definitely choose Miku and Sagnol to be fine, rather than that goal."

At the end of the first half, Mortensen summarized the first half.

What Mortensen said was so right. If George had a choice, George would rather use an away goal in exchange for the health of Miku and Sagnol.

I don't know if the continuous injuries of the players affected Blackburn's morale.

After the start of the second half, although George had made arrangements. All kinds of plans against Milan were arranged. But morale can spread. In the second half, Blackburn played the game without the sharpness of the first half.

Although Ancelotti is young, he is an old hand and a veteran.

I immediately caught the change in Blackburn's morale and began to make tit-for-tat arrangements. Milan is a European giant, and their players are all experienced. In particular, George looked down on Milan's nursing home.

However, the nursing home has many disadvantages, but also many advantages.

The biggest advantage of the nursing home is that they are experienced and experienced.

They can see the opponent's weaknesses in subtle changes. And they can judge the situation on the field and make changes without the coach's reminder.

This is the case with Milan now.

Don't look at Rui Costa and Seedorf's poor performance in the first half. But Blackburn has a little change, and they can immediately adjust their mentality and their tactical play.

At the 22nd minute of the second half, Milan finally equalized the score.

It was Rui Costa's performance who had no performance in the whole game.

Rui Costa received Pirlo's pass on the right. Facing Parker, Rui Costa, whose explosive power and speed have declined, did not break through. Instead, he flicked the ball with his right foot, and then made a diagonal pass into the penalty area.

This ball was very sudden.

And the most important thing is that Rui Costa's ball landed in an excellent position.

The ball seemed to be heading directly for Shevchenko. Shevchenko stepped forward and just shook his head lightly, and the ball went into the goal.

The distance was too close.

Van der Sar was unable to react at all.

George was very dissatisfied with the loss of the ball off the court. This time, George was very prepared to play against Milan. For Milan, George was determined to win. George even wanted to beat Milan away and make Milan completely lose the hope of promotion.

But I didn't expect too many unexpected things to happen.

George looked around. He called Klose, and then replaced Arshavin, who had just been replaced in the first half, with Klose.

Arshavin was really too passive.

George was very dissatisfied with Arshavin's performance.

George wanted to use this method to urge Blackburn players. I hope they can run actively.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes.

In the 84th minute of the game, Blackburn lost another goal.

This goal was an accident.

Seedorf's long shot hit Lucio's leg and deflected into the net.

In fact, Seedorf's long shot was not very powerful and the angle was not very tricky. Van der Sar was ready, but the ball hit Lucio's leg. Even God couldn't save this kind of thing.

George shook his head.

I guessed the start, but not the end.

It was obviously a very good start, but in the end they lost to Milan.

"One to two, Blackburn lost to Milan. The injuries of Miku and Sagnol greatly affected Blackburn. Otherwise, according to the opening stage of the game, Blackburn had an advantage. Therefore, Blackburn does not need to be discouraged. After all, there is still a home game. With an away goal, Blackburn still has great hope of advancing."

Motson comforted Blackburn.

Mortensen is an English commentator, so he is biased towards Blackburn. But the Italian reporters gathered around to laugh at George.

"Coach Levy, you have played against Milan three times and lost all three games. Do you have anything to say about Milan?"

George squinted his eyes and looked at these Italian reporters who were gloating.

"Victory and defeat are common in the military."

George didn't want to get entangled with these Italian reporters, so he wanted to leave.

But they didn't want to let George go at all.

"Coach Levy, since winning the Champions League in 2002, Milan has been blocked from the top four for two consecutive seasons. What do you think is the problem?"

"Are you a football reporter?"

"Yes." The Italian reporter answered inexplicably.

George snorted.

"I think you have no common sense at all. Is the quarter-finals over now? I remember that the Champions League knockout rounds are a double-round system, and it seems that there is still one game to be played? Has the Champions League knockout round been reformed and only one game is played?"

Hearing George's sarcastic tone, the Italian reporter also responded sharply.

"Even if there is still one game, Blackburn still can't beat Milan."

George suddenly smiled.

"It's a pity that you are a reporter. You should go to UEFA to compete for the presidency. Then you can make Milan the Champions League champion every day, and there is no need to quarrel with me here."

George shook his head and left the reporters.

When he returned to his bus, George's face immediately darkened.

Speaking of it, 1:2 away from home is not an unacceptable score. But a good game ended like this, which made George very dissatisfied.

What George is most worried about now is the injuries of Miku and Sagnol.

I hope there will be a good result.