Cooper's face was cool, and he simply touched his hand in the face of George.

Looking at Cooper's face, George shook his head. This is a good coach, a very strong coach. But if he was wrong, he shouldn't have been at the wrong club at the wrong time. At the peak of his coaching career, Cooper's decision to go to Inter was a complete failure.

But that's none of George's business.

In the arena, these well-known coaches are not one or two who have disappeared in front of everyone for various reasons.

Even Bosque, who is now leading Real Madrid, would have disappeared from the public eye if he hadn't coached the Spanish national team later. Not to mention Cooper?

Valencia is an alternative in Spanish football, and his style of play is heavily influenced by Italian coach Claudio Ranieri. Italian football's defensive counter-attacks had a huge impact on Valencia. And the same Blackburn Rovers are also an alternative to the Premier League, and Blackburn's style of play is completely the model of the European continent.

Therefore, after the start of the game, the scene became more dramatic.

So much so that the German commentator looked at the situation on the field and said with a smile: "Blackburn from the Premier League, use the La Liga way of playing to control the rhythm on the field." And Valencia, on the other hand, used Serie A's defense to counterattack. It's a strange thing. ”

Indeed, the game did not look like a Premier League or La Liga match at all.

However, George definitely didn't attack aggressively in this game. What is the best thing about Valencia? That's a counterattack.

Valencia's counter-attack was characteristic. Especially Killy on the left. Gonzalez, this is a wide player who is fast, has good technique and has great crosses. When you fight back, you can see Keeley. Gonzalez wind-like speed.

Of course, Valencia's midfield is also suitable for counter-attacking. Baraja in midfield is a very good defensive midfielder. And Mendieta is a talented midfielder in Spain and even the whole of European football at this time. He's got good technique, he's good passing, he's a free guy up front.

Needless to say, Aimar. It is characterized by being fast and flexible, diligent in running, good at rushing forward from the midfield, and breaking through is as concise and practical as possible in terms of speed, precise short passing, and good at cooperating. It's fair to say that Aimar has everything a midfielder can do.

However, it does not mean that Valencia's midfield is without shortcomings.

Mendieta and Aimar are excellent midfielders, talented midfielders. But both of them didn't contribute much defensively. Especially Mendieta, although Valencia is on the counter-attack. But Cooper was very conniving with Mendieta.

Defending is a dirty job that doesn't allow Mendieta to do it.

Not to mention Aimar. A thin body, even if it is put into defense, will not be of much use.

Therefore, at this time, Valencia's defensive counterattack relied more on the team's overall position. Compared to George's time at Burnley, he defended with a strong midfield.

So George must be attacking.

But because of Mendieta, Aimar, Keeley. Gonzalez, Juan. Alexis Sanchez is a strong counter-attacker. So George can't get out of the nest again.

The breakthrough points chosen by George were Valencia's two wings.

Carboni and Angeloma are both thirty-six years old. Speaking of which, their athletic lifespan is indeed incomparably long. At the age of thirty-six, it is indeed not easy to be the main player in a European powerhouse like Valencia.

George was both reluctant to come out of the nest and wanted to attack. So it is only possible to choose a few points of attack.

George's offensive input was limited, with only a few people up front involved in the attack. And the players in the midfield and back did not move, especially Sagnol on the right for Keeli. Gonzalez takes it very seriously. Don't dare to attack like any other game.

It's this kind of attack, but it works well.

Pire and Duff were a threat on the flanks with Bony and Angeloma.

The biggest strength of Carboni and Angeloma is their experience. Rich experience can make up for the decline in their physical fitness, and they have become a main force with accurate positioning and awareness.

But none of this can completely compensate for the fact that the two of them are already old.

Pire and Duff, on the other hand, are both in the best days of their careers. If Duff is still young, he is only twenty-two years old this year. Now Piret is completely at the peak of his career.

The 28-year-old Pire needs to be experienced, experienced, and strong, and 28 years old is just the peak age of a player.

Carboni was able to cope a little bit against Duff. But the situation on the other side is completely different.

Angeloma was completely at a disadvantage against Pire. Technology, Pire's technique is completely imaginative. speed, the thirty-six-year-old Angeloma has no power to fight at all. Technique and speed are not good, Angeloma can only use his consciousness to block Pire, and prevent Pire from easily breaking into the penalty area.

But once there is a mistake in judgment, then the right side of the defense will be completely empty.

Valencia also tried to counter-attack, but Blackburn's defensive line simply wouldn't press out. All the attacks were carried out by Miku, Pire, Duff and Klose. Even Deco was cowering in his own half, only passing the ball slightly forward.

This kind of disjointed offensive and defensive style of play is actually very dangerous. Because the distance between the front court and the back court has increased, not only can you not help offensively, but you can't support you in defense. But playing Valencia is the most suitable.

Cooper frowned as he looked at Blackburn's unusual style of play.

Valencia is actually not bad at attacking tough problems. With Mendieta and Aymar, there is no shortage of creativity in midfield. But a team's style of play doesn't change easily, Valencia has always played defensive counter-attacks, so it will be a problem for them to play attacking all of a sudden.

So Cooper is thinking about how to adjust.

But Blackburn don't give you any chance to adjust.

Eighteen minutes into the game, Makelele stole Aimar's ball and handed it to Deco.

'Aimar wasn't in good shape this game. After returning from injury, he has not yet found his form. ”

When Deco got the ball, he didn't pass it, but stepped forward. Deco's forward insertion is a variation in Blackburn's offense. It's just that Deco's speed is a little slow, and if it is faster, it will definitely catch the other party off guard.

"Deco, step forward...... Passing, Miku...... Miku's pass, accurate to find Pire! ”

Deco's forward cut completely disrupted Valencia's midfield's defence, but Deco didn't continue to cut forward. Instead, it was passed to Miku in front, who did not stop the ball. Miku leaned on Baraja and passed the ball with the outside of his right foot, and the ball flew to Pire's feet with great precision.

This kind of accurate one-kick pass has amazed commentators from all over the world.

Pire, after getting the ball, faced Angeloma. Nearly twenty minutes of entanglement gave Pire enough knowledge about Angeloma. This is a very steady defender, and the general shaking is useless for him. But there is a downside, Angeloma is old after all.

Pire used the outside of his left foot to take the ball out, but it was pulled back instantly.

Angeloma didn't make any moves when Pire's break out. It seemed to him that it was a feint on Pire's part, and it wasn't until Pire's pulled the ball back that his body moved. But at the same time, I found myself fooled.

It turned out that Pire didn't pull the ball back, but just a physical movement. As soon as Angeloma's body moved, Pire broke through from the outside, and then before Angeloma could react, he had already bypassed the outside and burst into the box.

Pire's series of actions completely shook off Angeloma.

This series of actions is short, but beautiful. And suddenly, Valencia's two centre-backs didn't expect Angeloma to be broken through so easily. So when Pire entered the box, they weren't in a defensive position.

But Piret didn't give them that chance anymore.

“…… Pire, broke through the Angeloma ...... Pass, it's Klose! ”

Only Klose, who had a deep tacit understanding with Pire, was ready when Pire made the move. By the time Pire had passed Angeloma, Klose had already left Ayala and Perigrino behind. By the time Pire's pass into the box, Klose was already alone in front of goalkeeper Canizares.

Of course, Klose will not let go of this great opportunity. Faced with the passing ball, Klose made a quick move.

"Beautiful, Blackburn Rovers were 1-0 in the opening 20 minutes. It was an away goal, a valuable away goal. Valencia, their defence can't keep Blackburn. And their offense is not able to fight. ”

"Blackburn Rovers are one step closer to the last four of the Champions League."

At this time, all the England commentators, of course, were in favor of Blackburn. Martin. Taylor was highly rated by Blackburn's goal.

"La Liga is known as the best league in terms of technology. But being scored such a goal by Blackburn, how can you tell which one is a La Liga club and which one is a Premier League club? Well done! Blackburn, in too good shape. ”

In front of nearly 40,000 Valencia fans, the thousands of Blackburn Rovers fans who came with the team made no less noise than them.

George faced the Blackburn fans and clapped his hands. For the first time in George's coaching career, thousands of fans followed him to the away game. It's a great feeling to be able to hear thousands of fans cheering on the road.

Klose celebrated his standard front flip after his goal. Then facing Pire, who assisted, wanted to celebrate together. But Piret shook his head, and then made a gesture to shine Klose's shoes.

Klose was stunned, and it was already six years since Klose followed George to England. But this is the first time anyone has wanted such a celebratory gesture.

Klose was also quick to respond.

The celebration of Pire and Klose immediately caused the Blackburn fans in the stands to chant the name "Klose".

Proud as Pire, he already thinks that Klose is strong and deserves such a celebratory move.

(To be continued)