Blackburn's defeat to PSV Eindhoven was the only upset in the first game of the Champions League group stage.

Therefore, after the game, many media focused on this game.

Of course, these media are mainly looking at George's jokes. George's mouth stinks, and they are happy to see him lose. And then laugh at George, which has become a lot of media fun.

But at this time, George was no longer in charge of their business.

Because there are more important things waiting for George.

On September 20, Blackburn Rovers played the sixth round of the Premier League. The opponent is Portsmouth.

After losing to PSV Eindhoven, Blackburn took all their grievances out on Portsmouth. Miku scored a rare brace, Klose and Didier Drogba each scored a goal and Alonso added the icing on the cake with a long-range shot to make it a 5-0 win over Portsmouth.

After the game, George followed Williams to the outskirts of Blackburn.

"George, think about it. In the future, there will be one of the most luxurious courses in the world, and it will be our own course in Blackburn. He will be as famous as Old Trafford, the Bernabeu and the Camp Nou. It will also remain in the history of world football. What will it be like to be in that stadium in the future? Paul pointed to the vast wasteland in front of him and said in high spirits.

"Not only will there be a stadium, but this will also be the most prosperous part of the city of Black. And we are the founders who created this prosperous area. Blackburn's big development will also have our contribution. ”

Paul was excited.

It's like there's already a new stadium.

That's right, this is the site of Blackburn's new football stadium, which is about to begin.

Paul and Williams spent two years on the road, and finally got everything done with the little things. There is also a source of funding, and Williams is already guaranteed. Blackburn's new stadium is finally about to be built.

George was also a little stunned.

The ruins in front of us, in two or three years, will become Blackburn's new stadium?

A new stadium for 80,000 people. Although George was a little worried, he had a lot of hope. What would it be like to play in a stadium like Old Trafford, the Bernabeu and the Camp Nou?

Today is September 23, 2003.

The official start of construction of the new Blackburn Stadium.

All the top brass of the Blackburn Rovers club are here. Even the mayor of Blackburn City was here in person. Now I'm talking to Paul. Without the strong support of Blackburn City, the plans for the new stadium would not have been implemented so quickly.

For the municipal axe, being able to have a modern luxury stadium is definitely a great contribution to the development of the city.

Football has been called a "smoke-free industry", and it is definitely not untargeted. The economic value that football can drive is definitely not to be underestimated in a country like England, which is a developed football. A stadium can drive countless economic industries around it.

Blackburn, in particular, has only one football club. That's Blackburn Rovers.

All Blackburn citizens are Blackburn supporters. Therefore, Blackburn built a new football stadium, and the impact was not small at all.

And this new stadium, as well as the surrounding industries, can provide an unknown number of new jobs.

It can be said that the construction of the new stadium has a number of unclear benefits for Blackburn. Therefore, the municipal axe was completely supportive of Paul's plan.

If it were in China, Blackburn wouldn't have to worry about money at all. Because once the political axe department supports it, they can use the political axe's credit to lend you a large amount of money. It's a pity that this is England.

At best, the Municipal Axe can give the team the green light. As for the funding problem, we still need to solve it ourselves.

"John, how long does this stadium take to build?"

George looked at a tired Williams and asked. Williams was already full of gray hair. Speaking of which, although Williams is much older than George and Paul, he is not so old.

But there's been so much going on with Williams lately.

There were too many things pressing on him. And there was too much, too much pressure in his heart. This makes Williams look older and older.

Williams still had a proud smile on his lips when he heard George's words. "Our plan is two and a half years. However, there may be some problems in between. I've thought about all of these issues, and as long as there are no major problems, it's up to three years. ”

Williams looked tired, but confident.

Full of gray hair, but standing proudly on a high place, there is a smell of pointing out the country.

"George, you know what? We just have to wait another three years, and by '07 at the latest, we'll have a stadium comparable to Manchester United's Old Trafford. We don't have to envy Old Trafford because we have our own stadium. ”

Williams was tired, but he was still excited.

In the past two years, Williams has been going all over the place for this new stadium. I don't know how many whites I suffered. But Williams doesn't give up. Because Williams is for the sake of Blackburn in his heart, he will not give up.

Blackburn is a dream for Williams. A dream that I started more than ten years ago. For this, Williams is willing to give whatever it takes.

Although Paul's stall is a bit big. But Williams knows a thing.

Paul was ambitious. And it's a difficult road, but once Paul's idea is realized, then Blackburn really has the potential to become the new giants of European football. Despite the uncertainty and hardships along the way, Williams is willing to keep going.

George nodded.

"John, the plan for the new stadium, can you take your time. In particular, the messy plans next to the stadium can be planned slowly after the stadium is built. If you come together, although I don't know much about the financial aspects, I also know that the financial pressure of our club will be very high. ”

George finally tried to persuade Williams.

If it's just a stadium, although it is a luxurious stadium, George believes that it will not be able to crush Blackburn.

As long as Blackburn's results are as good as ever, then the money can still be repaid in ten or fifteen years. Because of good grades, you will have money to pay off your debts.

But once the other programs are launched, the amount of money needed will be too large. It's astonishingly huge.

At that time, Blackburn could only tremble.

Williams glanced at George, then sighed. How could Williams not know this. Williams, as an insider, knows better than anyone the risks. But Williams could only continue.

Because Paul was a man of ideas.

Paul in an interview with Jack. Walker's assets previously had its own industry in the United States. And it's been quite successful. This success gave Paul a strong sense of self-confidence. But it also made him a little stubborn, and he had absolute confidence in his ideas.

Now that the club has such a huge plan, Paul has a lot of confidence. There will be a little financial pressure, but Paul believes in his plan. I believe that the club will be able to carry it.

Williams is not the strong type.

So Williams was more about perfecting Paul's plan than changing it.

"George, don't worry. I know what to do? ”

Williams patted George on the shoulder.

George smiled and didn't speak. George really didn't understand these aspects. George only knows about Arsenal, so he will be careful and careful. As for what the problem would be, George didn't know either.

Who said that only the leaders of China are willing to speak.

It's the same with England. Paul and the officials of the municipal axe didn't know what they were talking about, they were all laughing anyway.

Finally, there was a small ceremony, and then the construction of the new stadium was announced.

Watching the various machines rumble up, George looked up at the gloomy sky.

The new stadium, which has been entangled for some time, is finally going to start today. New stadium, who doesn't want their club to have a world-class stadium. But what the blessing of building this stadium is, George doesn't know.

George could only pray to heaven that things would go smoothly on the pitch. So that Paul's plan can be completed smoothly.

Bless Blackburn!

This was George's only prayer.

It is already the sixth year in Blackburn, and he already has a deep affection for Blackburn George.

George was willing to spend 10 or 20 years at Blackburn. I want to watch Blackburn Rovers gradually become a European powerhouse, and twenty years later become a European giant. But this is not wishful thinking. This requires the right time, place and people.

Pitch, pitch.

George let out a long sigh of relief. I can't help myself. I'm just a head coach, a coach who only knows how to lead the team. The only thing we can do is to lead the team to continue to achieve good results.

………… Blackburn's construction of a new stadium is a big deal in English football. Everywhere there is a rumor of seething.

Following Arsenal's construction of a new stadium, another powerhouse in the Premier League has begun to build a new stadium. And it's an amazing design, a stadium with a capacity of 80,000 people. If it is built, it will be the world's largest luxury course.

In fact, Arsenal also wanted to build a stadium with 80,000 people, but unfortunately it couldn't do so. Because that's London.

London is a very small amount of land, only 60,000 people of the stadium, Arsenal has asked grandpa to beg grandma, before it was approved. It's not just about money.

But it's different here in Blackburn.

Blackburn Rovers still have a place for you to build an 80,000-person stadium.

But no one laughed at Arsenal's stadium, but quite a few laughed at Blackburn. Some media even ridiculed Blackburn: Is Blackburn 80,000?

It's just a mocking tone. Blackburn is certainly more than 80,000 people, and Blackburn's population is 140,000.

The media just laughed at Blackburn in this way, and they didn't do anything about it.

Within the team, there is also talk about starting to build a new stadium.

For these players, they don't have a personal experience of the new stadium. They just felt that the club was ambitious to build such a luxurious stadium. Therefore, their morale is high.

On September 28, Blackburn Rovers played Fulham at home.

It could be a new stadium that made the players very excited. Compared to George, the head coach, who was worried, they were more excited. He did well in the game.

Pire's brace and a goal from Klose beat Fulham 3-0.

On October 1, Blackburn Rovers played the second game of the Champions League group stage.

Blackburn arrives in Athens and challenges Athens AEK.

This time, George didn't dare to be careless at all. The first game is already lost, and if there is a slight miss in the second game, then the next game will not be good.

But I don't know what happened, Blackburn's home stadium in Athens AEK was like a spell.

The whole game pressed Athens AEK, and even more than 20 shots on goal. There were 12 shots on goal and four of the posts on target, but they didn't even manage to score a single goal. Not to mention George and Blackburn Rovers, even the commentator who commented the game was baffled.

Blackburn's luck was also too bad.

Of course, Athens AEK's luck was overblown. Blackburn had more than 20 shots on goal, but he didn't even score a single goal.

In the end, even the Blackburn players themselves had no idea. I didn't win any of these games.

The game has reached this point, and you can't score a goal, so you can only blame God.

George was away from home and could only get a 0-0 draw. After two games in the group stage, Blackburn Rovers only accumulated one point. Monaco beat PSV Eindhoven 2-1 at the other venue.

In this group, Monaco have six points, PSV Eindhoven have three points, and AEK Athens and Blackburn Rovers have both accumulated one.

The two matches of the Champions League group stage have ended, stunned all the European football media. The rest of the group matches went smoothly. Only Blackburn, who thought that there was no problem before the game, instead drew one and lost one in two games.

A lot of the media is ridiculing Blackburn and George. A dark horse is a dark horse, and after retiring from the dark horse nature, Blackburn is just a small team. George too, when the myth is gone, only the ordinary remains.

At this time, the media forgot that not long ago, they all said that George was the best young coach in European football. He also compared George with those legendary coaches in history, and thought that those coaches were not as good as George when they were George's age.

Now that the Champions League group stage performance has fluctuated a little, they are starting to say that Blackburn are a small team. Saying that George is just a lucky coach.

However, although his performance in the group stage of the Champions League was not very good, and the media also ridiculed George.

But George didn't care at all. The first game was careless, and the second game was unlucky. Anyway, there are four games left, and the group stage can't appear, and George didn't even think about it. Because that's not going to happen to George.

This self-confidence George still has.

(To be continued)