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"We live in a league that encourages fake falls. This is wrong. I don't want to provoke an attack on an individual. But it was a penalty that shouldn't have been awarded. It was a completely unwarranted penalty. 'Arsene Wenger was angry after the game.
"The cost of a fake fall is too low. I think if we don't correct this mistake, then soon the Premier League and European football will be surrounded by fake falls. ”
Arsene Wenger was a critic of Drogba's penalty.
Fortunately, George didn't get cheap and behaved. Otherwise, the angry Wenger might have quarreled with George on the spot. The anger of an honest man is the most terrible. So George didn't irritate Wenger at all after the game.
People are always like that.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Arsenal's excellent performance this season has given Arsene Wenger great expectations for this team. Arsene Wenger will be hoping to win at home against Blackburn Rovers to get past the Premier League champions. Although English football is not as fond of Blackburn as Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
But they also admit that Blackburn are the best team in the Premier League since the turn of the century.
After all, the three Premier League titles in the new century were all won by Blackburn.
Arsene Wenger will therefore be hoping to win at home to build new confidence in his players. But unfortunately the game was lost, so Wenger's mood is very unhappy now.
Fortunately, at the press conference, the reporter was not only interested in Droz's fake fall. I'm more interested in Kaka's beautiful long-distance run.
Kaka's goal was just spectacular. It's impossible to score this kind of goal a few times in a season. Therefore, many reporters are more curious about this goal. It was also diluted a bit, Drogba's fake fall in this game.
Whether Wenger is angry or not, George simply doesn't care.
As long as the game is won, George is happy.
It was Arsenal's best season and a passionate unbeaten season. Unfortunately, the unbeaten season will never be repeated.
Goodbye, undefeated season!
………… After the win away at Arsenal, George had no time to rest.
Because five days later, Blake was going to play Monaco away. Don't look at this as just a Champions League group stage, but it's a very important game for Blackburn. This game is about whether Blake can come out of the group stage.
George never imagined that he would have such a moment in the Champions League group stage. It will be up to the final game to decide whether or not it will emerge from the group stage.
Monaco, there are a lot of good players. Patrice Evra, Giuli and Roten, who are still in the Monaco squad, are all world-class players. Not to mention Thierry Henry and Trezeguet, who are now in the Premier League and Serie A.
Even Blackburn, the current two full-backs, Sagnol and Reese, were all brought in by George from Monaco.
So Monaco fans don't care about the stadium at all.
Monaco was already early anyway. And also locked up the first place in the group stage. So the Monaco fans are already quite happy. It doesn't matter if you win or lose the last game.
Not only that, but Monaco fans don't hate Blackburn at all. Speaking of which, there are two clubs in England that are very popular with French fans.
One is Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger is a French coach in his own right. The relationship with French football is inextricably linked, and there are countless French players in Arsenal. Just talking about the main players of the French national team, there are Vieira, Henry, and Dalma.
If there are some substitutes, then Wiltord and Mexes are on the list.
Of course, Arsenal's former Petit, they are all very popular players in France.
In addition to Arsenal, the other club is Blackburn.
Blackburn's relationship with France is also deep.
When George restructured Blackburn, it was built with French players as a framework. Miku and Piret have not developed very well in the national team, but it does not mean that they are not well-known in France.
Especially Pire.
Piret is a player that French fans love very much. In addition to Zidane and Henry, Pire's popularity is quite high.
As a result, Blackburn Rovers is also quite popular in France. Monaco and France, there is hardly any difference. As a result, Blackburn Rovers are also quite popular in Monaco.
This time, Monaco fans came to watch the game. And not for the sake of winning or losing.
George came to Monaco with absolutely no expectation that so many fans would welcome Blackburn. Although it is not as good as the home stadium, it is rare for the away stadium to have so many fans. So George was still very happy.
But gladly not only this. When he saw the line-up sent by Didier Deschamps, George was even more excited. Because Deschamps has many main players sitting on the bench. Monaco's starting line-up consisted of only a handful of key players, while the rest were all Monaco substitutes.
The coping flavor is strong.
George also thought Deschamps was a very stubborn person.
Didier Deschamps is a tough guy on the pitch. Don't look small, but it is a rare iron waist in world football.
So George thinks Deschamps will never do that kind of rotation. Even if the group stage has already appeared, it will fight hard with Blackburn. Tell Blackburn that Monaco is not a soft persimmon.
Especially after losing to Blackburn Rovers in the first game, Deschamps is probably unconvinced.
But seeing the starting line-up, George understood that Deschamps was a smart man.
Deschamps is definitely not the kind of person who doesn't care about anything. Deschamps is a person who understands, otherwise Deschamps would be a coach.
The last game, for Blackburn, is important. It's important for PSV Eindhoven, but it's a chicken game for Monaco. Locked up the first place in the group, and still had a hard time with Blackburn, that's a stupid thing to do.
Although Deschamps swore before the game that he would never release water even in the last game. PSV Eindhoven also demanded that Monaco finish the last game in earnest. But Deschamp isn't that stupid.
Even if you play hard, you may not be able to win. Even if it was a victory, it would not do Monaco any good. Of course, Deschamps is unwilling to do this kind of thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself.
Didier Deschamps also wants to win Ligue 1.
Monaco is now second in Ligue 1. Monaco has not won the Ligue 1 title for several seasons. Didier Deschamps is not willing to give up the Ligue 1 title this season.
This kind of chicken rib competition, it is not cost-effective to waste energy. Therefore, Deschamps has obviously replaced a lot of key players.
George was pleased.
In my heart, I kept thanking Deschamps. Although George is fully prepared for this game, he is of course very willing to win at a small price.
But you can't underestimate them just because they're substitutes. After all, substitute players are sometimes more engaged in performance.
This fear was completely dissipated after the start of the game.
Monaco's substitutes are too weak. I can't control the ball at all.
In the first five minutes of the game, Kaka, who has been in hot form recently, assisted Pire to score the first goal.
With the first ball, the game is very good.
Just ten minutes before the first goal, Blackburn's second came to pass. Reeser's long-range free-kick netted Blackburn's second goal of the game.
After the second goal, George let the excited players steady.
It's already 2 to 0 anyway.
There is no need to beat the opponent into a sieve. People Deshang give himself face, and he can't help but give him face. And after this game, it will be England's Christmas schedule. That's the real rush.
Save a little bit now and play in the Premier League when the time comes.
Blackburn is retaining, and so is Monaco. Both sides are very tacit in passing and controlling the ball, and there are not many threatening attacks anyway. If you watch the game, many people will think that this game is a tacit game. Truth be told, though, the Monaco substitutes may have had other ideas before the 1-0 draw.
But after 1-0 and 2-0, it was clear that Monaco and Blackburn were playing together.
The tacit ball is a good result for both sides. This kind of thing can only be understood but not spoken. Although many people criticize tacit ball for violating sportsmanship, this kind of thing is different from buying balls and referees, and you can't find any evidence.
So you can criticize the tacit ball, but you can't find evidence of the tacit ball.
And playing tacit ball, it is obvious that it is just a tacit understanding between the two sides. If you love me, what can others do to me?
The race went surprisingly well. Blackburn Rovers comfortably beat Monaco 2-0 away from home. Got the second qualifying spot in the group.
George's side was very happy.
But Eindhoven was furious. Especially Hiddink.
Eindhoven, for their part, thought Monaco had released the water. There was no way Eindhoven could not be angry. They still have hope of qualifying until the final round. But in the end, there was nothing. Of course it was quite disappointing.
George doesn't care, and neither does Deschamps. Although the criticism from Eindhoven's side is getting louder, Deschamps has not even reacted at all.
However, with December 11, the Champions League group stage is over. After the Champions League became a group stage, it was no longer a cross-year one. It will end in half a year, and then start again to be a knockout round.
The list of Champions League last-16 has also appeared.
The top teams in the group stage are Lyon, Arsenal, Monaco, Juventus, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Sparta Prague and AC Milan. Among these teams are Blackburn's opponents.
Arsenal and Manchester United are teams in the same league and it is impossible for Blackburn to meet both teams due to the principle of avoidance. Monaco are opponents in the same group stage and will not meet.
In other words, Arsenal's opponents in the round of 16 will meet from Lyon, Juventus, Real Madrid, Sparta Prague and AC Milan. George wants to meet Sparta Prague, the weakest team.
(To be continued)