coach legend

Chapter 169 Applause

The Blackburn players celebrated wildly, not hiding anything from the media.Although no media appeared that day, the scene of the carnival was still photographed by some reporters.

This group of photos caused an uproar the next day, and many media ridiculed George.

Those who criticized George included fans who were unhappy with him, as well as the media, reporters, football commentators, and many football celebrities.

"A victory made Coach Levy dizzy with joy. But it is also understandable that Blackburn won for the first time this season. The eleven rounds finally won a victory, and the celebration is justified. But Coach Levy It seems to have forgotten that Blackburn is still the bottom team in the Premier League. At this time, what Coach Levy should do is not to celebrate, but to think about how to get out of the predicament."

This is quite polite.

Mark Lawrenson did not save face for George at all in the program hosted by the BBC. "It's obviously inappropriate. George is totally unqualified as a manager. Drinking alcohol is common in English football, but a manager turned out to celebrate with the players and then drink together. Where is the discipline in the team? What kind of fighting power can such a team have, and it is no wonder that Blackburn's current results are so poor!"

"Although many people are talking, I still want to remind Coach Levy. Your team is still the most popular team for relegation, and the ranking is still at the bottom of the Premier League. It seems that Levy is celebrating so much after winning a game. The coach doesn't want to relegation."

As soon as George arrived at the gate of the club the next day, he was blocked by a large group of reporters.George, who was originally in a good mood, pouted when he saw so many reporters.

Hearing the reporter's question, George smiled slightly. "The game is won, so what if I celebrate. Could it be that our team scored three points, and I still cry?" George sneered at the reporter's question.

"You reporters, if you have time to pay attention to the Winter Olympics. I understand that you also need news, but even our party is in charge, it's really nothing to do."

"But after hearing what you said, I may form a routine in the future. As long as the game is won, we will have a party to celebrate. I think this is good."

George's answer made many reporters dumbfounded.

Immediately after the reporter asked, George led the team to drink when there were only three days left in the next round.This is disrespect to Southampton.Blackburn will face Southampton at home in the No.12 round of the Premier League.

George, who was always smiling, looked at the reporter in surprise. "What, you said we don't respect our opponents. How could we disrespect our opponents? Although Southampton is a bit weaker than us, I have never underestimated any opponents."

As soon as George's words came out, Southampton was full of smoke.

The chairman of Southampton scolded George in the media.Then satirize George. "I think our strength may indeed be a little worse than Blackburn, but our points are higher than Blackburn. I think the biggest factor may be the reason of the coach. Coach Levy should reflect on himself."

George responded immediately: "I have only been the head coach for three years, and I already have the League Cup and the FA Cup. I wonder how many trophies there are in Southampton's century-old history?"

George is already slapping the Southampton club naked in the face, because Southampton has only one FA Cup champion in its century-old history.

In this way, the Southampton club and George spat at each other before the game started.The media was excited, and of course no one cared about George leading the team to celebrate together.

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On October 1998, 10, Blackburn played against Southampton at home.

Southampton is also a team with a century-old history, but the team's performance is almost lackluster.The only FA Cup champion was won nearly 30 years ago.

Southampton is currently ranked No.18 in the Premier League and is also in the relegation zone.It is only a few points higher than Blackburn and Nottingham Forest, and it is also the most popular team for relegation this season.Speaking of which, Southampton is one of the worst in the Premier League, both offensively and defensively.

From the beginning of the league to the present, Blackburn has played eleven rounds.Of these eleven league games, Blackburn have seven away games and four at home.However, the home results are very average, and there is even a [-]-[-] humiliation by Arsenal.

And Blackburn fans have never liked George. In George's first home game, he tasted what it means to be booed by the audience.

Although with the backing of Williams, the booing for George was not small.But there are still a lot of boos for George.Every time he plays at Ewood Park, George doesn't feel at home at all.

The No.12 round of the league is about to face Southampton.George was still a little nervous, not because he was afraid of Southampton's opponent.But it is very difficult for the fans of Ewood Park.

After the last quarrel with Blackburn fans, George was even investigated by the FA.In the end, George didn't make any drastic moves and didn't suspend George.But George was still warned by the Football Association, and they hoped that George would not make excessive moves.

If you quarrel with your home fans, you will be suspended.George is going down in history.

When the players were warming up before the game, George entered Ewood Park nervously.Although the results of the last two games were good, George still heard some sporadic boos when he stepped into Ewood Park.This made George sigh helplessly.

"It seems that it will take some time for George to conquer the Blackburn fans." Even the commentator heard some sporadic boos on the field.

But George got used to it.Compared with the boos of the audience at the beginning, George didn't care about this little booing.

"Did you hear the boos just now?" After the warm-up was over, everyone entered the locker room.George pointed outside the locker room and asked with a serious expression.

All the players below nodded silently. How could they be booed by the home fans?

Many of these people are no longer youngsters who have just started their careers. They are all players with four or five years, or six or seven years.It is very common to be booed and provoked by other fans in away games.But being booed at home is indeed rare.

"I want to say that most of their boos were for me." George didn't hide it at all, and many of the former Blackburn players and Klose knew it clearly.The grievances between George and Blackburn back then could not be finished for three days and three nights.

The newly transferred players also know that George was once the head coach of Blackburn's rival team Burnley.You can also guess one or two.

"But their boos also include those for you. Your poor performance in the first eleven rounds of the league is also a major reason." George changed his tone. "But the fans, it's easy to handle. If you have a bad grade, they will boo you. If you get a good grade, they will naturally support you and support you."

"So don't worry about the boos from the fans, as long as our results are good. The boos will soon turn into applause."

"Do you want to hear applause or boos from the home fans?"

"Of course it's applause!"

George clapped his hands. "By the way, I also like applause. But applause can't be given to you for no reason. My request to you is very simple. I only want to win this game. Only when you win can you hear the applause. Do you have the confidence to win? applause?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

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Since it is at home, George certainly cannot be conservative.

And after entering Blackburn, George's style of play has become a tactic of holding the ball in the midfield and oppressing opponents.Coupled with the temptation of the first victory at home, Blackburn launched a fierce attack on Southampton from the start of the game.

Soon Southampton, under the pressure of Blackburn, could only retreat back.

But Blackburn is not a team that is helpless in the face of dense defense, although it is dense defense.But in terms of defense, the English team is still inferior to the Italian team.And Southampton turned out to be weak.

In the 23rd minute, Pires on the left made consecutive breakthroughs with technology, and finally the Southampton defender had no choice but to pull down Pires.Free kick awarded on the left for Blackburn.

"Pirres performance is really good. Although the speed is not as fast as Overmars of Arsenal, but the technique is better than Overmars." Seeing Pires' performance, even the live commentator was full of admiration. "George's £550 million is a bargain."

"It's Micoud's free kick... Blackburn's high points have already reached Southampton's penalty area... Pass the ball, Hyypia!"

Micoud's free kick was passed to the back point, and Hyypia jumped high at the back point and shook his head vigorously to attack the goal.The ball was too close to the goal and the goalkeeper just made a move and couldn't stop the ball from rolling into the goal.

"One to zero, the time is less than 25 minutes now. Blackburn leads Southampton one to zero at home." The commentator of Sky TV is just a simple explanation.

But the live commentator at Ewood Park was less composed.Because of the Premier League so far, Blackburn has not scored at home.It was Blackburn's first goal at home this season.

The on-site commentator held back for a long time at Ewood Park and commented on several games, but he didn't see a single ball.So seeing Hyypia's goal, the on-site commentator was very excited.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!" His cheers echoed throughout the stadium. "Sami Hyypia, the Finnish player from the Eredivisie, was already a pillar of Blackburn's defense. But he not only defended, but also scored goals."

If it is another home game, it must be cheering along with the goal and the commentary of the on-site commentator.But the Ewood Park fans did not respond enthusiastically to the on-site commentator, just like booing before the start of the game, there was only a little bit of applause.

George stepped forward and clapped his hands, then made a pressing gesture.A ball, George will not be satisfied at all.George wanted more balls to offset the humiliation of zero to eight.

(End of this chapter)