316 Conquer Hell
The match began with the deafening cheers of the Turkish fans.
Galatasaray is really crazy on their home turf. Speaking of which, Galatasaray's strength has dropped a lot this season. First, their decorated coach Trim left Turkey for Fiorentina in Serie A.
Trim's influence in Galatasaray is significant. Galatasaray is now a team built entirely by Trim. His departure is a big loss for Galatasaray.
It wasn't just Trim who left Galatasaray last summer, but also their top scorer Hakan. Sucre. Although Suker was rejected by George, he had no shortage of buyers. Inter Milan bought Hakan at a high price. Sucre.
It was not only Sukh who left Galatasaray, but also Hassan. Sass also left Galatasaray.
In addition to them, there are also a few players who have moved elsewhere.
Even so, Galatasaray launched round after round of attacks against the mighty Blackburn.
With the frenzied support of 20,000 home fans and the intimidating atmosphere of a hellish home stadium, Galatasaray are bold. George knows Galatasaray are hoping to get ahead of the curve when Blackburn Rovers are not yet comfortable on the road.
Once the game is ahead, then the game is ready to play.
But they were right. Although the Blackburn players have seen the big world, Galatasaray's devil's home stadium is definitely no joke. Suddenly, many players did not adapt to this atmosphere, and there were always various mistakes.
Galatasaray, on the other hand, had no regard for the defence at all. Galatasaray's style of play is simple, attacking, attacking, attacking. Their offense was completely undisciplined, but it put Blackburn under a lot of pressure.
Blackburn Rovers are the team in possession in the Premier League.
Blackburn's average time of possession in the Premier League is 62 per cent, making them the best team in the Premier League at the moment. But today against Galatasaray, nothing but conceding a goal is conceding a goal.
George was first on the bench. However, five minutes later, the Blackburn players were still pressed and beaten by Galatasaray, and George was already frowning. Unexpectedly, after ten minutes, the situation still did not change.
Galatasaray fans are delighted.
They were sad after losing to Blackburn Rovers in their last UEFA Cup final. Later, after Trim came out and accused Blackburn of being despicable in winning the game, all Galatasaray fans thought that if Blackburn hadn't used despicable means, they would not have been able to beat Galatasaray.
Therefore, seeing Galatasaray firmly pressing Blackburn to play, they were very excited to cheer for their team.
George couldn't sit still anymore.
If you run into Galatasaray last year, you can forgive for being passive. Galatasaray at that time was really strong, and no one else noticed their strength. However, Galatasaray's strength this season has been greatly reduced, and they simply do not have the strength to compete with Blackburn.
George re-played Deco for this game. It's not because of physical strength, but after Deco went to Brazil, although he couldn't be the main force. But in the second half, he still came off the bench, which made Deco very satisfied.
After returning to the club this time, George found out. Deco's self-confidence has soared, and his enthusiasm has increased a lot. He has also become very active in offense and defense.
George believes that with the stimulation of the national team, Deco's performance will get better and better. But now Blackburn's entire midfield is terrified by Galatasaray's home terror. Firmly suppressed by Galatasaray.
George was furious.
Blackburn is no longer a hillbilly who has never seen the world. Even if it can't be compared with those European giants, it has gone through a lot of important games. What kind of course haven't been.
But this group of people turned out to be scared! Or rather, it was suppressed by the terrifying home field!
George didn't care if they could hear it or not, and he stood on the sidelines and began to curse.
Some people are even scolded by name. And roar!
Although the stadium was noisy, George said that the players could not hear it at all. But George stood there for so long, scolded so much, and they still found out. They knew George was dissatisfied.
At this time, they were actually slowly getting acquainted with the atmosphere of the stadium.
Galatasaray was on the right track. It was to take advantage of the opening stage to catch Blackburn off guard. It's just that they didn't break through Blackburn's door for 20 minutes in the first half, and they actually lost the most important opportunity.
Because after twenty minutes of the first half, Blackburn Rovers began to settle into the game.
In terms of the strength of the two teams, Galatasaray, who have lost a number of main players, is no match for Blackburn at all.
Soon, Deco, who was joining the Brazilian national team for the first time, stole Emre's ball. Then he stepped forward with a long pass, and Klose in front of him successfully countered offside. Galatasaray attacked so hard that they forgot to defend. The entire defensive line moved forward, and Klose used his explosiveness to leave Galatasaray's defenders behind.
Then he faced the goalkeeper and scored the first goal of the game with ease.
Klose put his finger to his mouth after scoring and spun around in front of the Galatasaray fans.
Seeing Klose's movements, the boos from the audience grew louder and louder.
"Klose, this is Blackburn's most consistent scoring point at the moment. With this goal, Klose has already equaled the tally of last season's goals, and this season Klose has scored twenty-four goals for Blackburn. Now that there is a third of the season remaining, how many goals will Klose score. It's really hard to say. ”
'There's no doubt that Klose has become a world-class striker. Klose is now one of the most versatile strikers in the world. Such an all-round striker who can bring, pass and shoot is definitely rare in the current world football. ”
After scoring a goal, Blackburn's side completely stabilized the situation.
After Blackburn Rovers stabilized, Galatasaray was completely incomparable to Blackburn.
Just six minutes after Klose's goal, Duff latched on to Miku's pass and scored the second goal of the game.
Blackburn used that performance to tell Galatasaray that winning the UEFA Cup last season was a sign of strength. Coach Trim said that Blackburn stole their championship and it was nonsense. Blackburn's quality is higher than Galatasaray's is obvious. ”
"Galatasaray lost the UEFA Cup, not looking for reasons for themselves, but from the outside. What development can a club like this have? ”
Mortenson looked at Duff's second ball and concluded about the media commentary of the past few days.
Mortensen is a man of love and hate among English football commentators. Although the commentary is also very professional, he has never been stingy in praising the team he supports. So it's a big deal for Blackburn.
And Duff's goal wasn't the last.
In the second half, Deco, who had done well in the game, cut in a back shot to make the game 3-0.
"3-0, Blackburn Rovers have taken the initiative in the Champions League group stage. In the other game, Bayern Munich claimed another victory, and they are the first favourites to emerge with nine points. Blackburn, on the other hand, has two wins and one loss in three games, accumulating six points, and the probability of occurrence has increased greatly. ”
"As long as they win at home to Galatasaray in their next game, then Blackburn Rovers will basically have a place in their hands."
Indeed, although the current Blackburn Rovers are not as good as Bayern, they have already grasped the initiative of emergence.
After the game, George faced the Turkish reporter and said very disdainfully: "'Hell', I don't think I can go to heaven after I die, I can only go to hell." Let's take a feel for it today, and find out that hell is nothing more than that. ”
When Blackburn returned to England, the Blackburn Evening News carried the headline "Conquer Hell!" ”
………… In February, the schedule was much easier again.
In February, Blackburn had just two Champions League games, three Premier League games and one Carabao Cup final. Had it not been for Blackburn's Carabao Cup final, there would have been only five games in February. Compared to December and January, it is much easier to have ** games in a month.
George had to scold the arranger.
In February, schedule one more game. It's good to have fewer games in December and January.
On 22 February, Galatasaray arrived in Blackburn.
This is already the fourth match of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League. George didn't have a little burden in this game, because there were very few games in the past half a month. Therefore, the players can take advantage of this opportunity to rest and rest.
It's a big game and it's about whether or not the Champions League can happen.
But George didn't field all of his main players because there was still an important game waiting for Blackburn.
That is on February 25, and the final of the English League Cup will begin.
has entered the finals, and it is all a pretext to say that it is not important. Once in the final, there is only one goal, and that is to win the championship. Therefore, George still made a lot of rotations in this game. It's not that George looks down on Galatasaray, but the current Galatasaray's strength has indeed dropped a lot.
At Blackburn's home stadium, Blackburn didn't give Galatasaray the slightest chance.
With the help of David. Dunn's header and Bellamy's goal gave Blackburn a 2-0 home win over Galatasaray.
So far, in the second round of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn has won three and lost one in four games and has nine points. Bayern are four wins from four games and have 12 points. The other two teams, they both got just one point. In this way, Blackburn has already secured a spot in advance.
"In the first Champions League appearance, George has already led the team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. George is the youngest manager of any team in the Champions League. However, he led Blackburn Rovers through two group stages to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Congratulations George! ”
(To be continued)