Chapter 476: Arranging Tactics

The Schalke Stadium is really luxurious.

You can see it from the locker room. It is many times better than Blackburn's Ewood Park.

Fans from both sides have begun to cheer for their teams. The sound of cheering can be clearly felt by George in the locker room.

This stadium will create the highest decibel stadium in European football.

129 decibels!

It is the same decibel as the noise when a rocket is launched.

What kind of enthusiasm is this.

This is the enthusiasm of fans in the Ruhr area.

Although the scene has not reached this level yet, the cheers from Blackburn fans and Monaco fans are not low at all.

"You all heard the cheers outside."

Everyone nodded.

Looking at the players below, George suddenly thought of Sagnol. If Sagnol was here, he would definitely be able to help George liven up the atmosphere in the locker room. It can even make the morale of Blackburn players soar.

Among all Blackburn players, Sagnol is the best at cooperating with George.

In this regard, Sagnol is better than Klose, George's biggest player. Unfortunately, he is still injured. Although he came to Germany with Blackburn, he is now in the audience.

"Many of you won the Champions League with me two years ago. Who was the opponent at that time?"

That's right.

Although many people left in the past two seasons. Including Duff, Deco, Makelele, Ferdinand, but still many players stayed. Miku, Pires, Klose, Campbell, Van der Sar were all the main players at that time.

So when they heard George's words, many people answered in unison.

"Real Madrid!"

"Yes, it's Real Madrid. What kind of team was Real Madrid at that time? A club that won two Champions Leagues in three years. For two consecutive seasons, Figo and Zidane were introduced with a big investment. It was the strongest team in the world football at that time, and it was the best club in the world in the 20th century!"

"Real Madrid is such a rich club. But were we scared at that time?"

"No! How could we be scared!"

Pires sat in a corner, but he pouted and answered with disdain. Real Madrid? Maybe it is really the world's top club.

But in Pires' eyes, it is just a little better in history.

"Well, Robert is right. We were not afraid at all at that time. What about Real Madrid? In the end, they still became our defeated opponent!"

George had a faint smile on his lips.

"Now we have entered the Champions League final again, and our opponent is Monaco. Monaco eliminated Real Madrid and Arsenal and is the biggest dark horse this season. But after all, it is just a dark horse with limited strength. This is the best opportunity given to us by God. Can we let it go?"

"No."

All the players shook their heads.

Now all of Europe and even the world football world are optimistic about Blackburn. Or almost no one is optimistic about Monaco.

And Blackburn players think so too.

Monaco? Blackburn players look down on them from the bottom of their hearts.

This time they met Monaco in the final. Although all Blackburn players did not say anything on the surface, they already regarded the Champions League championship as something in their pockets.

"No, it sounds good. But do you know how many people are waiting to see us laugh? Once Monaco wins the Champions League, Monaco will be the hero who slays the dragon, and we will be the unlucky blind dragon."

"Are you willing to be the laughing stock of others?"

All the players shook their heads firmly.

Just as George said. After Blackburn defeated Real Madrid two years ago, Real Madrid was the object of ridicule. At that time, all of Europe was looking forward to Zidane's masterpiece, and even more so to the power of Real Madrid's Galaxy Battleship.

But Real Madrid was defeated by a small team from the countryside of England.

Of course, Blackburn became famous overnight. It became the hottest team in Europe, and Real Madrid, which lost, became the object of ridicule.

Now the situation has changed.

Blackburn is the strong one, and Monaco is the weak one. Although most people are optimistic about Blackburn, I don't know how many people secretly want to see Blackburn and George laugh.

"If you don't want to be a joke, then cheer up."

"Monaco is a dark horse, and the dark horse can make it through all the way with a breath. As long as you keep this breath, then the dark horse has nothing to worry about." Blackburn's rise is no different from Porto and Monaco this season.

The rise in the Premier League dominated by Manchester United and Arsenal, and the rise in European football, depends on a breath. A spirit of not admitting defeat can make Blackburn what it is now.

Therefore, George understands this point most clearly.

"Also, Monaco is entering the Champions League final for the first time. Except for Morientes, none of their players have played in the Champions League final. Therefore, they will definitely be a little nervous at the beginning of the game. It's at this time that I catch them off guard."

"Use the opening stage to completely knock out the breath they have always relied on. Then Monaco has nothing to worry about."

"Now I will arrange the tactics for this game."

These days, Blackburn has been training. But the specific tactics, especially some tactics in the game, still need to be explained now.

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Players from both sides stood in the passage, waiting to play.

Evra looked at Pires next to him. Evra was quite dissatisfied with Pires' blunt criticism of him. You are just a little older than me, why are you pretending to be so powerful?

Unfortunately, what Evra didn't know was that Pires had long forgotten Evra.

Although he said a few words about Evra at that time, Pires' pride had long forgotten about this matter.

If George said a few words of "Evra, who is it?" with disdain, it was to stimulate the opponent. This is just a strategy.

But Pires, that is not a strategy.

Pires has this kind of personality. At that time, he just couldn't stand it and criticized Evra. After that, he had forgotten about him. What is Evra? For the proud Pires, Evra is not in his eyes at all.

So Evra gnashed his teeth while watching Pires from the side.

Unfortunately, Pires was traveling around the void. He didn't know that there was someone next to him who was quite dissatisfied with himself.

There are many activities before the Champions League final.

Don't think this activity is very exciting. But for many fans, they are more looking forward to the start of the game.

George looked at the players of Monaco.

For them, this is the first time to participate in the Champions League final. George will never believe that they are not nervous at all. Why do many people put experience first when predicting some important games before the game?

It is because the inexperienced teams will be nervous.

After all, the pre-match activities are just embellishments.

The real highlight is about to begin.

"Hello, fans. This is the Champions League final of the 2003-2004 season, between Blackburn Rovers and Monaco."

"Let me introduce the starting lineups of both teams. For Monaco, Giuly was injured, so Pulso replaced him. Goalkeeper Roma, defense line is Evra, Gael Give, Squirachi, Ibarra, midfield is Rothen, Cisse, Bernardi, Zicos, forward line is Morientes and Pulso."

"And Blackburn Rovers has goalkeeper Van der Sar, defense line is Riise, Lucio, Campbell, and our country's player Sun Jihai. Midfield is Pires, Alonso, Micoud, Kaka, forward line is Drogba, Klose."

"Our player Sun Jihai started the game. This is the first time that a Chinese player appeared in the Champions League final, and it is also the first time that an Asian player appeared in the Champions League final. Sun Jihai set a new record."

This is the Champions League final broadcast live on China Sports Channel.

Sun Jihai's starting lineup in China has an impact that is absolutely unimaginable in European football.

Because Blackburn and Monaco are not traditional European giants. Therefore, the ratings of this game are still relatively low.

From the perspective of the past few seasons, this season's Champions League final is the least interesting game.

The 98-99 season was a game between the Premier League overlord Manchester United and the Bundesliga giants Bayern. The 99-00 season was a game between the world's top giants Real Madrid and the La Liga powerhouse Valencia. The 00-01 season was a game between Bayern and Valencia.

The 01-02 season was between Real Madrid and the dark horse Blackburn.

The 02-03 season was a Serie A civil war. It was a game between two Serie A giants Milan and Juventus.

It can be said that they are all very interesting games. Even the 99-00 season Real Madrid and Valencia game, which had no suspense, was the first time that the Champions League played a civil war in the same league. Some of them were gimmicks.

And this year's game is really not very interesting.

If Blackburn hadn't performed well in the past few seasons, the ratings of this game would have been unbearable.

But this is in Europe.

In Asia, in China, there is no specific statistics on the number of fans for this game. But according to incomplete statistics, it should be said that people estimate that at least 200 million people in China will watch this final.

Why?

Because there are Chinese players.

Now this news has not spread to Europe. Because there will be a rough statistics after the game. If more than 200 million people really watch this game, it will definitely scare the European football world.

At this time in China, fans are not completely disappointed with Chinese football. Or the current fans still have great expectations for Chinese football.

And Sun Jihai is undoubtedly a representative figure of Chinese football.

Although he has not been a main player in these seasons, he has played more than 100 games for Blackburn. He has made great contributions to Blackburn's three consecutive Premier League titles.

Now he has been a main player for a long time, participating in the Champions League semi-finals and the Champions League final.

All Chinese sports newspapers and media have reported this Champions League final in great detail. George even believed that if Blackburn won this game, tomorrow's news broadcast might even include this news.

"Beep--"

The referee's whistle sounded, and the 2003-04 Champions League final was finally about to begin.