coach legend

Chapter 154
Two consecutive draws, although not a great score.But George kept smiling.

Because although it was only two draws, George has already seen signs of the team's recovery.Compared with the teams that had no hope in the previous few games, Blackburn now looks more and more like a team.

Especially Micoud's outstanding performance, George saw it in his eyes.

What about four points in the six rounds, as long as Blackburn plays well in the following games, they can still get a good ranking.Therefore, not only in front of the media, even in front of the players, George has a good face.

When some reporters asked questions, George would answer them with a smile.Let those reporters think that George took the wrong medicine.

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It has been more than a month since the start of the Premier League, and the time has come to September 26.

On the previous day, on the 22nd, Blackburn faced the second round of the League Cup.It was against Millwall from League One.In this game, George carried out a thorough rotation, with Gallas, Hargreaves, Gudjohnsen and Romedal all playing.It's a pity that the effect was not good. In the second round of the League Cup, they lost to Millwall in a penalty shootout.

But George didn't pay much attention.League Cup, a cup without any weight.If you lose it, you lose it.Anyway, more important games are waiting for Blackburn.

Blackburn will face the seventh round of the Premier League on this day, which is also a real big test.In the seventh round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face Arsene Wenger's Arsenal at home.

Last year's Arsenal was coach Wenger's first full season in charge of Arsenal, and Arsenal won the league title.Of course without George's Burnley, Arsenal would have won the double.Arsenal's momentum this year has not diminished and is still at the top of the Premier League.

Especially in the last round, the Premier League had a big game.Of course, this highlight is only the beginning of their battle, that is, Arsenal face Manchester United at home.

In this strong dialogue, Arsenal actually defeated Ferguson's Manchester United [-]-[-], which surprised all the media and football commentators.Although Arsenal won the Premier League championship last year, Arsenal's state at the time was not particularly stable.They even lost to Liverpool [-]-[-] in the last round. This kind of ups and downs performance has still been criticized to a certain extent.

But this season, Arsenal's performance began to stabilize.The biggest contribution is none other than Vieira. Since the start of the new season six rounds, Vieira's performance has been getting better and better.

It is possible to follow the French team to win the World Cup, which greatly increased Vieira's confidence.Although Vieira is a substitute in the French team, the rising momentum of the French team may also have affected Vieira.Vieira, who returned to Arsenal, performed extremely well and began to show the level of a world's top midfielder.

Facing such an Arsenal at home, George is very careful.Arsenal this season is better than last season, especially Ljungberg, who Wenger bought from Burnley.It didn't take long to enter Arsenal, and Parlor was already squeezed to the bench.And in the last round against Manchester United, it was also a shot and a pass, which was one of the major contributors to the victory over Manchester United.

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"George's luck is really not very good. Recently, Blackburn has just shown a little sign of improvement. He even encountered Arsenal, which is in hot form recently." This is the third time Martin Taylor has commented on Blackburn's game this season. .

Of course, explaining the Blackburn game this time is not based on George's face.It's because this is a game between Arsenal and Blackburn, first of all Arsenal's weight is enough.Again, George snatched Arsenal's FA Cup last season, which is also a good selling point.

Therefore, this game can be regarded as a focus game, so Martin Taylor, the big name of Sky TV, came to explain in person.

"Yeah, the current state of Arsenal is very hot. It was a surprise that Manchester United had no power to fight back in the last game. I don't know how George will treat this game." Andy Gray last game between Arsenal and Manchester United The game is personally commented.

At that time, they were shocked by Arsenal's such a strong performance.After all, in the Premier League now, or even in Europe, there are several teams that can beat Manchester United [-]-[-].

"I think there must be more bad luck for Blackburn in this game. Blackburn is facing the Premier League champions Arsenal."

"Martin, I think George should pray for less losses now."

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If George heard the commentary of the two of them, he would definitely go up and scold them.Of course, if he was in front of him now, George couldn't help but shake his fist and give each of them a fist.How can you two damn crow mouths curse your own Blackburn like this.

Because less than 10 minutes into the first half, Blackburn had fallen behind zero to three at home.George had never thought of that.

Micoud, who had just recovered a bit in the first two games, was beaten by Vieira just at the beginning of this game.Vieira's strong body and sophisticated defense made Micoud frequently concede the ball in the frontcourt.

In this game, Wenger was uncharacteristically, letting Vieira defend Micoud and let Petit defend Deco.This alternative method completely stunned George.Logically speaking, Pettit, as a defensive midfielder, should keep his own defense zone firmly.And Vieira is the metronome in Arsenal's offensive and defensive system.

But Wenger boldly let Petit press out to defend Deco, a deep midfielder.This is a more risky approach, because once Blackburn counterattacks, the position of Arsenal's midfielder will be empty.So George did not expect Wenger to play such a risky style of play.

Because he didn't expect it, George didn't adjust for a while, but in a short period of time, Arsenal directly beat Blackburn [-]-[-] with three consecutive shots.

These three balls completely stunned George.Not only George was stunned, but even the Blackburn players on the field were stunned.

George didn't know what to do. There is absolutely no such a disastrous start in George's coaching career.But before George changed, before the end of the first half, Anelka received a pass from Overmars and made another victory.This is the second time Blackburn has scored in this game.

During the intermission, George didn't know what to say.It can be said that George has been completely defeated by Arsenal.He could only barely muster up his morale, and George himself didn't believe that he could move back in the second half.So George just hoped not to keep conceding the ball in the second half.

But the Blackburn players who had lost their minds could no longer raise their spirits. In the second half, they were ping-pong-pong and poured four more balls.Anelka, a young player, scored his first career hat-trick at Ewood Park.

Overmars scored twice, Bergkamp scored twice, Keown scored a goal, Ljungberg assisted a hat-trick.It can be said that Blackburn just gave Arsenal players a lot of statistics in this game.

George didn't know what he should do on the sidelines, walking around.The boos of the audience can no longer affect George, boos!Now George himself can't help hissing.

"George, you bastard from Burnley, go back to Burnley."

"You are the worst manager Blackburn ever had, shit. We don't want to watch you, go back to Burnley."

Just as George was walking aimlessly on the sidelines, a big bald man shouted at George from the seat behind the Blackburn bench.Then began to insult George loudly.

George, who had been suffocating too much in this game, suddenly exploded when he heard the words of the big bald man.Point to that big bald head. "If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. Blackburn doesn't need you as a fan. Just get out and stop watching the game."

George's sudden outburst stunned the bald man for a moment.But then the bald head and the fans beside him began to berate George loudly.

"Burnley bastard, go back to Burnley."

"Blackburn is not your team, get out!"

"You are not welcome at Blackburn!"

George, who has endured for a long time since entering Blackburn, also lost his mind at this time. "You guys don't need to come to watch the game. But without you guys, Blackburn has plenty of fans."

George's words angered these fans, and even a few fans rushed into the field.

At this time, Carl and Evan on the bench hurried over to hold George.George returned to the bench and shook his fist at the fans.

Of course, such a wonderful picture did not escape the eyes of the director, and almost all the conflicts were recorded.

"George is too calm. He and Blackburn fans have a tense relationship. This time, I believe his life in Blackburn is even more difficult." Martin Taylor did not approve of George being so impulsive.

"Maybe in recent days, the pressure on George has been too much. This game has played like this again. Zero to eight, this is the biggest loss in Blackburn's history. The last such a huge loss, but also Dating back to 1933 in League One, the opponent was Arsenal. Blackburn also conceded eight goals in that game, and finally lost 10-[-]. Now there are less than [-] minutes left in the game. If Arsenal scores another goal , then George will rewrite the record for the biggest defeat in Blackburn's history."

But fortunately, in the end Arsenal did not break through the Blackburn gate again.Otherwise, zero to nine is a new record for Blackburn, a new record for Blackburn's shame.But even if it wasn't zero to nine, George still created a shame, and zero to eight is still the biggest defeat in Blackburn's history.

George's face was ashen. The self-confidence he had built up in the first two games was completely lost because of this game.George didn't go to the press conference, although those reporters were slandering him.But I also know that George is such a person.It's not once or twice that George doesn't appear at the press conference.

And because George did not appear at the press conference, he was punished by the FA.But George still went his own way and didn't take the FA's warning seriously.However, at the press conference after the game, after all, Wenger, the winner of the game, was present, and it didn't matter whether George was there or not.

George looked at a group of listless players with a newfound confidence.This game made all my hard work in the previous month come to naught.What a damn return to the pre-liberation overnight.

(End of this chapter)