coach legend

Chapter 179 Owen is too active

Owen is the most famous star in England in recent years, although there have been many good players in England in recent years.Including Manchester United's Scholes and Beckham, but Owen, who is the youngest among this group of people, is the most famous.

It should be said that during the World Cup in France, Beckham and Owen also received everyone's attention.But the World Cup in France has instead become a watershed.

And it was the same game. In England's match against Argentina, Beckham became the public enemy of England fans because of his red card.Owen, on the other hand, became famous because of a beautiful goal that is enough to be recorded in football history.

If everyone thinks that Irving is just excellent in speed, then Irving is underestimated.Owen's most powerful ability is that the combination of man and ball during high-speed running is very good.Of course, there are also some extraordinary direction changes in a small range, and they are also the most forwards in the world today.

And Owen's explosive power is also very strong.These factors all add up to make Irving a world-class forward.

But George didn't pay enough attention to Irving before the game, always thinking that Irving's fame was a fluke.And dealing with speed forwards, George believes that as long as he holds his position, it should not be a big problem.George believes that facing a technical team like Liverpool, as long as the midfielder is firmly controlled, the problem will not be too big.

One wrong move and the whole game was lost. It was not paying enough attention to Irving before the game that caused the current difficult situation.

Now George is on the sidelines, lamenting Owen's strength.I lament that any famous player is not blown out.There are no worthless people under the famous name.

George's original idea was to use technology in the midfield to control the rhythm of the game.Then attack their flanks, especially the right flank guarded by Carragher.Although Carragher will be Liverpool's vice-captain in the future, there are still many gaps in guarding the right.But the game didn't go according to George's ideas. Houllier's Liverpool play was very simple.

It should be said that Houllier has studied Blackburn and knows that Blackburn has a strong midfield control ability.In this game, Liverpool's midfielder played Ince and Borg.It turns out that Liverpool's main midfielder is Redknapp Jr., but unfortunately he has been injured and has not played for a long time.

Both Ince and Borg are also midfielders, but Houllier thinks it will be difficult for them to compete with Blackburn in the midfield.Therefore, Liverpool's style of play in this game is to quickly pass through the midfield, through McManaman or directly to Owen.

McManaman and George can still limit him on the wing, but Irving is completely unstoppable in the center.

"Owen... he passed Makelele, past Hendry, shot... oh what a pity."

"It's still Irving, Hendry was thrown off by Irving again... the shot was caught by Cudicini!"

"Owen, cross...Fowler, push...It's Cudicini again! Cudicini has saved three threatening shots from Liverpool in a row!"

"George's vision of seeing people is really amazing! This Cudicini used to play in the Italian Serie B, and he was also a team that was relegated from the Italian Serie B. He is not the team's main goalkeeper, and I don't know who George is. How do you know such a player?"

"Look at Cudicini's performance today, this is not a player from the second division of Italy. It is completely the performance of a world-class goalkeeper. When Cudicini came to Blackburn, he was only worth a hundred thousand pounds. Maybe this After the season is over, the price will skyrocket dozens of times."

"If it wasn't for Cudicini's outstanding performance, Blackburn would have fallen behind."

It is true that Blackburn's current situation on the court is very unfavorable, and it is very difficult to face Owen's breakthrough.

After Irving takes the ball, he has explosive power, plus speed, and Irving is flexible enough.So the defense behind is very difficult, including Makelele, Hendry, Hyypia.It should be said that if Makelele is in good form, as long as he stands still, this is the best way.Can effectively protect the back line.

But Makelele is not yet in his peak form in the midfielder position, so he will always lose his position.

As for Hendry and Hyypia, neither of them is the kind of defender who can deal with dexterous forwards.Therefore, Irving can create a threat every time he takes the ball.

If you want to restrain Owen, there is actually another way.It is to shrink the defense line and not give Owen a gap to break through.But since Blackburn was formed, it has not played dense defense.Blackburn has always been an oppressive style of play, and for a while did not find a way to restrain Owen.

Because Owen is too active, Blackburn has been unable to calmly control the ball in the middle.Before they knew it, Blackburn's defense moved back.Even Deco's position is almost parallel to Makelele's, assisting Makelele to defend Irving.

Deco retreated to defend, which prevented the ball from being dispatched smoothly in the midfield.In desperation, Micoud could only retreat and organize an attack.This caused Blackburn's two wings to be unable to function normally.

"George, Claude's position..."

Hearing Evan’s words, George frowned.Of course George knew that Makelele's current state was very problematic.But this is not a matter of state. Just like Makelele, a player who needs poor physical fitness, average skills, and speed but no speed, what he needs is consciousness.

When Makelele was at his peak, he used his excellent consciousness to become a world-class midfielder in the midfielder position.

However, the current Makelele has not yet performed at his peak in terms of consciousness.Because of this, Makelele himself was tired, and he couldn't grab the ball.Every time Owen passed by Makelele, he flew past like a gust of wind.If Makelele does not rely on defensive awareness, there is nothing he can do about such a speed player.

"To give Claude time, he also needs to gain experience. After all, he played right back before."

Makelele has already performed very well. When facing many teams, his defense has been very good.It's just that facing a dexterous and speedy player like Irving today, I was stunned for a while.

"But we are too passive now."

George nodded. "Let Owen and William warm up."

The Irving that George is talking about is Owen Hargreaves whom George dug from Bayern Munich.Since Hargreaves came to Blackburn, he hasn't gotten many chances to play.George promised him more than [-] playing opportunities, so far there is not even a shadow.

But George definitely values ​​Hargreaves very much. After a short period of time, Hargreaves' performance is getting better and better.Hargreaves is good at fighting, playing very tough, with first-class defensive awareness and tackling ability; he is also a "bad hit" defensive midfielder: he is extremely energetic and always has a strong fighting spirit.

With such a tough and difficult defensive midfielder, George will never let him drink water next to the water dispenser every game.It's just that some time ago, George needed to adjust the main lineup to let him stay on the bench.

It is difficult to see the defense now, so George thought of Hargreaves.

And the other one is William Galla. After Gallas was sent to the youth team by George, he apologized to George not long after.It's not that Gala is a good-tempered person, but that George understands what it means to be kind and powerful after what happened to Ljungberg.

So after the grades gradually improved, Hendry was asked to talk to Galla.

Although I don't know how Hendry persuaded Gala, Gala apologized to George soon anyway.George also agreed with Gallas to return to the first team training.

Hendry is indeed old. Facing a striker like Irving on the court, he is full of loopholes.George thought of Gala, so he asked Gala to warm up.

This is only 26 minutes into the first half, and George has already started to warm up Hargreaves and Gallas.It also shows that George is dissatisfied with the current situation on the court.

However, the adjustment has not yet been made, and the score on the field has changed.

After McManaman received the ball, he saw that Sagnol was already in position.So it was passed to Fowler in the middle. Fowler didn't take the ball, but made a light pass to Irving in front.

"Owen... the speed overwhelmed Makelele again! Blackburn was almost helpless against Owen's speed. Owen entered and crossed... Fowler!"

Owen's speed is too dreadful, and Owen's threat makes everyone's eyes on Owen.This time after Irving broke in, he didn't shoot.Instead, it was passed to the middle, and Fowler made a light pick, fooling Cudicini, who performed well in this game.

"Fowler! It's Fowler, beautiful pass!"

The live commentator called out Fowler's name.If Irving is the golden boy who has just emerged, then Fowler is the God of Liverpool.

Before Owen turned out, Liverpool's striker relied on Fowler's outstanding performance.

Seeing Fowler's goal, the Anfield stadium was filled with cheers like a volcanic eruption.

"George's reaction was a bit late. Owen has been threatening Blackburn's defense from the beginning. But George didn't adjust quickly, which is why the goal was lost."

"Of course there is Makelele. His position today is always forced by Owen. In Blackburn today, Makelele's position is the most important part of protecting the back line. But today this position has been repeatedly breached. Putting Liverpool's forwards on Blackburn's backline is very dangerous."

"Besides, Hendry and Hyypia are quite timid about forwards like Irving."

"In the 31st minute of the first half, Liverpool led Blackburn [-]-[-] at home."

George saw Fowler's goal and shook his head.

This Owen is too active today, too active.After the game, you must check whether you have taken doping, George secretly slandered.

"Evan, let them retreat a little and control the ball in the backcourt. Don't widen the distance between the third line and compress Irving's room for movement."

(End of this chapter)