On the other side of Europe, in Barcelona, Spain, two people were also watching the Champions League match between Leeds United and Fenerbahce.
One of the people with relatively short hair was explaining to the people next to him and said: "Mr. Chairman, I think Leeds United's high-position pressing method will be one of the mainstream styles of football games in the future. It is a relatively Advanced kicking.”
The people on the side nodded after hearing this.
Then the person who just spoke continued to express his opinion: "Their head coach George Lee is a head coach that I admire very much, even though he is 2 years younger than me."
"Indeed, it's hard to imagine that he is so young."
"He has tried the full-back playing as a central defender, and the full-back playing as a defensive midfielder. I also had some inspiration, but I just didn't have the opportunity to try it on the field."
"Jose, you have a chance soon."
"No, no, no, Mr. President, I think these things are not suitable for our current Barcelona. What we need now are serious full-backs, full-backs who can defend well and attack at the same time. What we need is A full-back who can hug the wing and make a fuss, only in this way can our frontcourt wide players have the opportunity to attack in the middle."
Barcelona's president Joan Laporta pondered for a moment and asked the bald man on the side: "So, do you have a candidate for Jose?"
"The Brazilian, the one from Sevilla." Bald Guardiola took out a document he had prepared and handed it to Laporta.
Laporta opened it and saw that it was the Brazilian full-back the team had wanted to introduce before, Dani Alves.
"So, Jose, do you think he has the potential to be a full-back like his Brazilian predecessors Carlos and Cafu?"
"Yes, Mr. Chairman."
"Brazil is not only rich in frontcourts, but also rich in full-backs." Laporta finally sighed.
^^^
"Brazil is not only rich in frontcourts, but also rich in full-backs." The same sigh was made by Mourinho, who was let go by Barcelona and is now in Italy.
He is now also lamenting Inter Milan's full-back Maicon.
After the failure of his self-recommendation to Barcelona, Mourinho received an invitation from Inter Milan. After going to Inter Milan, he visited Inter Milan's training base under the leadership of club president Moratti, and saw Mai training in the base. Kong, and then sighed like this.
"We not only have good full-backs here, but also good forwards." Moratti wanted to continue to show Mourinho his other players.
"Mr. Chairman, can we sit down and talk in an office with a TV?"
"Why?" Moratti didn't understand the thoughts of this so-called "madman" coach for a while, thinking that this coach had any special requirements.
"No, a friend of mine is leading the team to play in the Champions League. I think if we turn on the TV now, we can still catch up with the second half of their game."
Moratti understood who the friend Mourinho was talking about, because at this point there were only two Champions League games, one was Leeds United versus Fenerbahce, and the other was AC Milan and Kyle. Special person. Among the head coaches of these four teams, the only one who can be called a friend of the Portuguese is George Lee.
The two then came to an office, where employees had already prepared a TV, and what was playing on it was the Champions League match between Fenerbahce and Leeds United.
The second half of the game has begun, it is now 56 minutes, and the score between the two sides is still 1-1.
In the midfield, George Lee did not make any major adjustments. Instead, he asked Robben and Milner to continue to strengthen the attack on the right.
In the first half, Fenerbahce used the attack on the left to force Leeds United to focus on strengthening the defense on the right, which hindered Leeds United's offense in the second half of the first half. Now George Li is going to do the opposite. I will strengthen the attack on the right side, so that you can't attack from the left side, and finally free up his right back.
Once the right back is released, it will be the same as at the beginning, and the team can fully revitalize.
Robben received the ball from Smith in the middle and started to face Carlos one-on-one.
After two consecutive changes in the center of gravity, Robben still did not get rid of Carlos. After all, Carlos has a low territory and a low center of gravity, so he is not easily deceived.
After trying to no avail, Robben chose to force a cut inside. He took a small step with his left foot, picked up the ball, and then made another move to the middle.
However, Carlos would not let Robben succeed so easily. He knocked Robben to the ground with a tackle.
"Good goal!" Moratti shouted directly after seeing it. "Sure enough, Brazil's full-backs are relatively good."
Carlos also played for Inter Milan before. In 1995, Carlos moved to Inter Milan from Palmeiras. In the 1995-96 season, Carlos handed over a record of 5 goals in 30 games in his first season in the European League. However, the then Inter Milan coach Hodgson asked Carlos to play as a left winger this season, but Carlos was only willing to Playing left back, so Carlos decided to leave the team at the end of the season.
Therefore, Moratti also knows the strength of Brazil's left back.
However, this tackle was not a foul. Although the referee's whistle sounded late, it still sounded. Carlos's tackle was made with his dominant left foot, so the first hit hit Robben's leg instead of the ball.
This set kick was taken by Baines for Leeds United. Because Sneijder, Pedersen, and Sigurdsson are not on the court, the left back is the best at positioning the ball in Leeds United.
Everyone was paying attention to Baynes, who took the free throw, but Mourinho saw Charlotte Black, who stayed alone in the backcourt to defend.
Like other coaches in the Premier League, Mourinho has watched Black grow up step by step, but after Mills left this season, he has more opportunities to play.
Sure enough, in the subsequent games, Mourinho was gradually attracted to Blake, because he also discovered that the Welsh teenager appeared in a strange position in the team's offense. He has always appeared in the defensive midfielder position, leaving most of the time on the wing to Milner.
Although the commentary on the TV is in Italian, this does not affect Mourinho's observation and research.
Blake's appearance in this position is definitely not spontaneous, but arranged by the head coach.
Seeing the images of George Lee that appeared on the screen from time to time, Mourinho once again thought silently in his heart: "You boy is in trouble again."
The turning point of this game came in the 74th minute of the game. This time Blake deceived everyone when attacking. Blake, who had been in that position for the whole game, actually changed positions with Milner. He broke out from behind Milner, received a through ball from Barry, and passed Fenerbahce's left midfielder. Then he used his speed to get past Carlos, who was already a little unable to run. When he came to the wing, he used a move made by Carlos at the beginning of the game, dunking the ball back to deceive the opponent, and then used a precise cross to find the target. Smith was inserted into the penalty area.
The Leeds United captain jumped high and headed the ball into the opponent's goal.
2 to 1.
It was also with this goal that Leeds United finally took away the victory.
After the game, when asked by reporters about the performance of Carlos and Blake in this game, Lee George said, "Not only can Brazil produce excellent full-backs, but Wales also has them."
After saying that, he took everyone on the team straight to the barbecue restaurant in Istanbul, leaving only the English reporter who came with the team to interview.
To be honest, the English reporter was a little bit sour because he thought that there seemed to be a Welshman named Gareth Bale who could play left back in the Leeds United team.
