"George, how many times have we been here?"

As soon as he got off the plane, Carl shook his head with a wry smile.

"yes, yes. Head, how did we get so close to Rome? "In the middle of George and Carl, a head popped up. It turned out to be Sagnol, who followed George, and since Sagnol came to Blackburn, he has met with the club in Roma every season except for the first season.

All Blackburn Rovers players feel that Blackburn Rovers and the club in Rome are very close.

"It's fine. It's better than us going to play Milan and Juventus. ”

"Yes, head. When you get to Rome, there are always beautiful memories. Sagnol also nodded. Indeed, whenever Blackburn plays away from the club of Rome City, whether it is Roma or Lazio, Blackburn plays very experienced.

George smiled at Thaniol's words.

As soon as I got off the plane, there was already a lot of media around.

Although Blackburn Rovers have not had a very good season this season, they are now third in the Premier League. But Blackburn Rovers were last season's Champions League winners, after all. There were also a lot of media who came to cheer.

George remembered Sagnol's words, so he smiled at the media. "Rome, I was very impressed. I love the city of Rome. ”

............ "Hello everyone, this is the second round of the Champions League in Group B of the 02-03 season. This is the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and the match is between Blackburn Rovers from the Premier League and Roma from Serie A. These two teams are arguably the most familiar opponents in Europe in recent years. Almost every season, Blackburn meet Roma. ”

'Whether it's Blackburn Rovers or Roma this season, they've had some problems. Blackburn had some fluctuations in results because of the removal of two midfield greats, Deco and Claude Makelle. Roma, on the other hand, have had a much worse season this season. It is now seventh in Serie A. ”

Martin. Taylor gave a brief overview of the two teams.

It may be that in recent years, the attention of Serie A has become less and less. Or maybe it's because the Serie A teams have been getting worse and worse in Europe over the past few seasons. Anyway, every time George goes to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, he feels that the atmosphere here is not as good as it is every year.

The atmosphere in Serie A is really bad.

George has led Blackburn Rovers to many pitches in recent seasons.

Including those Eastern European clubs, but also La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1. But when it comes to on-site attendance, it is hotter than Serie A. Even when George led Burnley to League One, the atmosphere was much better than at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Looking at the fans on the scene who continued to decline year after year, George shook his head.

The enthusiasm of the fans continues to decrease, and it is really unreasonable for Serie A not to decline.

After three months, Blackburn's tactics are becoming more and more mature.

George is still in a two-man midfield formation, with Alonso and Hargreaves in the middle. This season George has discovered that Hargreaves is definitely a world-class midfielder. It can even be said that Hargreaves is completely a midfielder who is not weaker than a butcher like Gattuso.

Hargreaves looks average physically, but when it comes to defending, he is absolutely tough.

The kick is fast, the defense is ruthless, the speed is not slow, and the defensive area is large. Swept in midfield, in George's opinion, it was no worse than Mascherano later.

In the frontcourt, it is a combination of Pire, Kaka and Duff. Up front, Klose was on top alone.

George loved Kaka.

Not only because of Kaka's talent, but also Kaka's attitude towards the profession. Of course, Kaka is also very easy to integrate into the team and learns English very quickly. After joining Blackburn for half a year, I was able to communicate with the players easily.

By this season, there was no problem with English for Kaka.

Even good English, good to come to Blackburn for four seasons Miku. Although Miku also worked hard to learn English, his language talent was really poor. Fortunately, although I am not fluent in speaking, I have no problem communicating and listening in general.

At the start of the game, the Roma players could clearly feel that Blackburn Rovers were different from before.

In the past, Blackburn Rovers had unprecedented control in midfield. This is true even at the home of Roma. Today, however, Blackburn Rovers retreated automatically, giving up the area near the midline to Roma.

Roma is a very special team in Serie A.

It is also a very special team among the teams coached by Capello. Fabio Capello was a well-known utilitarian football boss in Europe, so much so that the later Mourinho publicly declared himself a believer in Capello. But Fabio Capello's Roma played a different kind of football.

At this time, Roma is still playing beautifully.

The offense is also very well played.

So after the game started, Roma relied on the home stadium and launched an attack.

But unlike the other players, Emerson kept looking at Kaka. Emerson has a deep memory of his junior. In the group stage of the Champions League last season, Kaka became famous with a goal. At that time, Emerson was easily passed by Kaka, so Emerson was always ashamed of the game at that time.

actually let a junior like Kaka who didn't even enter the gate of the national team play. Lose face.

Therefore, after the start of this game, unlike other Roma players, Emerson was firmly watching Kaka and wanted to be embarrassed.

After three minutes of play, Roma came back in vain.

After five minutes of play, Roma still couldn't create any good chances.

Cassano, who was very good when they met last season, was also very depressed in this game. Because Hargreaves always followed Cassano. Hargreaves is a player who has frozen Owen in the Premier League, and George let him play with the pin in this game.

Rome's attacks were unsuccessful time and time again.

Their attack was in vain and a counter-attack from Blackburn's side began.

Blackburn's counter-attacks were all directed by Alonso. Capello stressed Alonso, so when Alonso got the ball, Tomasi was already coming to defend. But Alonso, who has experience in the Premier League, reacts much faster than Tomasi. It went straight to Pire's side on the left.

When Pire got the ball, he flicked his right foot and shook a small gap from Cafu. After that, he passed the ball to the middle.

By the time Alonso passed the ball, Blackburn's frontcourt players were already ready. So when Pire passed the ball, Kaka started to kick in and went over to get the ball.

Emerson saw Kaka activate and immediately posted it.

Emerson's idea is simple. It's just that this time you must not let Kaka pass. It is enough to have one time, there must not be a second time.

Kaka saw Emerson coming, turned sideways to Emerson, and flicked the ball with his right foot. Then he quickly turned around and ran past Emerson.

"Kaka...... The ball is divided, it's so exciting. It's not a high-speed run that crosses the ball, but a sideways breakaway. ”

Martin. Taylor was a little surprised.

Kaka has been able to play regularly at Blackburn. Therefore, these commentators also know a lot about his characteristics. But it's rare to see such a wonderful outfit in situ. So Martin. Taylor was surprised.

In fact, the goal is entirely Emerson's responsibility.

Emerson is strong. There should be no such missteps. Mainly because Emerson always thinks last season's game was a shame and wants to get it back in a hurry.

Against a player of Kaka's calibre, Emerson should have two options. Either you should keep a certain distance so that you can defend Kaka for further action, or you should prevent Kaka's passing route.

Another way to use is to get completely close to Kaka, use your body to resist Kaka, and don't let Kaka have the next move.

But Emerson was neither defending from a distance nor getting completely close to Kaka. On the contrary, it is very close to Kaka, and it rushes too hard. was turned around by Kaka and completely left behind.

By the time Emerson was gone, the entire Roma defender was in front of Kaka.

And Pire, Duff, and Klose fired three arrows together, pulling the entire Roma defender away. Kaka a horse Pingchuan.

Kaka's running with the ball is very characteristic, with a high cadence and a large stride. And Kaka's ability to grasp the ball is very strong, and the touch of the ball is very good, because Kaka's way of dribbling the ball is very easy to make the ball bigger, but Kaka does not, because Kaka has a good grasp of the power and direction of the ball every time he touches the ball.

Therefore, although Kaka's absolute speed is not among the top few in European football. But the speed of running with the ball, Kaka cannot be said to be the fastest in world football, and he is also a top three player.

Therefore, after Kaka ran, the rest of the Roma players simply couldn't keep up with him.

“…… Kaka...... It was Blackburn's counter-attack...... It's a four-on-four situation...... How will Kaka be chosen? ”

That's right, it's a four-on-four situation.

Piret on the left flanked Cafu, Duff on the right flanked Candela, and Klose pinned down Samuel in the back. Therefore, in order to defend Kaka's advance, Panucci stepped forward to prepare for a steal.

Seeing Panucci come out, Kaka changed lines and prepared to break through Panucci.

“…… Panucci ...... Kaka, break down the right flank...... No, it's a pass! ”

Kaka didn't slow down and made a breakthrough on the right. But all of a sudden, a straight plug in his right foot passed Panucci's side. As soon as Kaka passed the ball, Klose, who was still entangled with Samuel, appeared in Kaka's passing route like a ghost.

Kaka's stopper, and Klose's running, were completely seamless. The tacit understanding between the two is so strong that this wonderful cooperation is completed.

“…… Klose, shoot! ”

Klose's possession of the ball from this angle would be fatal for any opponent. The moment Klose got the ball, he shot directly with his right foot.

“gooooooal！！！！” Martin. Taylor shouted. "Wonderful, this goal is just amazing. From Alonso's pass, it took just eleven seconds for Blackburn to score. ”

"Kaka, the technique and speed shown in the counterattack, is completely the style of a superstar. Kaka, in a year's time, has become the prince of Blackburn. ”

(To be continued)