coach legend

Chapter 181 Young Gerald
George made no other changes in the second half.As long as Owen honestly returns to the penalty area, his strength will be greatly reduced.Irving is not the kind of forward who grabs points. What Irving is most afraid of is to give him a certain amount of space, let him take the ball, make a breakthrough, and finally shoot or pass the ball.

So George just gave Hargreaves some more instructions, as long as he promised not to let Owen do whatever he wanted.George is not afraid of the current Liverpool midfielder.

Because Houllier has just entered Liverpool, he has not yet completed the lineup in his mind.After this season, Houllier will undergo a major transformation of Liverpool.At that time, most of these players in Liverpool's midfield will be thrown into the transfer market by Houllier.

"After Hargreaves came on the court, he performed really well. He has speed, body, and defense. It doesn't look like a 17-year-old player at all. The future of this player must be extremely bright."

"The England youth team should act quickly. Hargreaves can represent England, Wales and Canada. Such a good seed should stay in England."

Although the show lasted only about [-] minutes, the narrator was very impressed with Hargreaves' performance.Owen, who is active in the middle, has not been active since Hargreaves came on the field.

Although Owen is young, there are really few people who can force Owen to change the direction of breakthrough in the Premier League.

And Hargreaves is young, it will take more than two months to become.So it seems that Hargreaves is a talented player with great strength.Such a good player really shouldn't give up.

Indeed, at the beginning of the second half, although Owen is still Liverpool's biggest threat.But compared to the first half, the threat was much less.Owen's threat dropped, allowing Blackburn's defense to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

That's the way things are in the world.Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

Liverpool's offense was no longer as sharp as in the first half, and the next thing was Blackburn's counterattack.When George formed Blackburn, he put more emphasis on attack than defense.Therefore, Blackburn is still a team that is stronger in offense than defense.

Blackburn's offense is very distinctive, and most of the offense is controlled by Micoud.Pires and Duff on the two wings will constantly switch their positions to put pressure on Liverpool's two wings.And Klose is definitely not the kind of standing center, his running range is very wide.

During positional battles, Klose sometimes presses up to suppress the opponent's back line.This will give Micoud and Deco enough space for long-range shots.Or keep running in the frontcourt to drive the opponent's central defender.

But when counterattacking, Klose rarely pressed forward.Instead, he retreated to take the ball, giving Pires and Duff more space to counterattack on the wing.

Although Klose's current strength is somewhat insufficient, it is precisely because of his tactical ability that he fits George's style of play very well.That's why George values ​​Klose so much.

And Blackburn's counterattack is very layered, wave after wave.After Qian Chang lost the ball, he counter-robbed directly in the frontcourt.For the second point of control, George attaches great importance to it.Only when the second point is controlled, the offense will be like waves, wave after wave.

This kind of offense is very possible because Blackburn has assisting full-backs like Van Bronckhorst and Sagnol, and a powerful midfielder like Deco.

"During this period, Liverpool has been under a lot of pressure from Blackburn. George replaced Makelele with Hargreaves, which is really correct."

Although the offense was fierce, George was very anxious on the sidelines.If you can't score the ball, no matter how much you control the ball and how many shots you shoot, it is of no use.

Blackburn's performance during this period is indeed very good, and George hopes to continue this performance.The best way is to be able to beat an English giant like Liverpool at Anfield.Of course, George also has a little selfishness, just wanting to beat Liverpool at Liverpool's home court.

After embarrassing David Morse, George turned around and regretted it.After all, Liverpool is on the opposite side, and that is Liverpool, the number one giant in England.So George felt a little lost, and wanted to show David Morse his strength at Anfield.Missing himself was one of the worst things David Morse ever did.

"Let Kevin warm up." Blackburn was on the bench, except for David Dunn and Kevin Gallagher on the offensive line.

At this time, George is more willing to trust a veteran like Kevin Gallagher.

However, George has not yet made a choice, and Houllier first made a change. No. 17 replaced No. 9.

A shy young man stood on the sidelines waiting to get on the field.

"No. 17, this is a young player trained by Liverpool itself. On May 1980, 5, it is a young player who just passed his birthday. This is his first time representing the first team. Coach Houllier played in such a difficult situation. During the game, it turned out to be a new player. A young player who has not played any games in the first team."

"I don't agree with a rookie playing in a game like this. Let's see what he has that makes Houllier so important. The name of this player is Steven Gerrard. "

Yes, the owner of such an ordinary number as No. 17 was the future Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.

Gerrard came to the first team this season, and Irving, who is one year older than Gerrard, has become popular in England and the world.But Gerrard is currently only a substitute player in Liverpool and has never played for the first team so far.

This is the first time Gerrard has played in an official game, and it is Liverpool God Fowler who is replaced.

"Gerrard?? It's the first time representing the first team." Evan looked for Gerrard's information and handed George Gerrard's information.

George shook his head and pushed away the documents.For a player like Gerrard who has not made an appearance in the first team, even if there is information, it is just ordinary information.It's hard for others to say, the famous Gerald George doesn't need information yet.

Gerrard, how does Houllier want to fight?At this time, Gerrard didn't have the majestic ability that he later had, but he was just a fledgling defensive midfielder.

"I don't need those materials, I know Gerrard. It would be great if I could bring it to our club." Although it is a luxury, no club would want a player like Gerrard.

George now needs to observe Gerrard's position, but it seems that he is only standing in the position of the midfielder.

George nodded. It turned out that Houllier's idea was to strengthen the defense.Leaving Owen in front to counterattack alone, while Gerrard used abundant physical strength and amazing speed to sweep through the midfield.

Gerrard's body is good, harassing Micoud and Deco in the midfield.It made both of them very impatient.It is really because of Gerrard's fast speed and good health that it makes people feel very uncomfortable when he rushes forward.

George despises Houllier, which is really a shame for the rich.On his own home court, he didn't even think about how to attack to win. Instead, he replaced a striker and replaced a midfielder.Cut, despise you.There are now more than 20 minutes left in the game.

If other people hear this sentence, they must be mad at George. When you play shameless defense, why do you take it for granted?

But George really hopes that Liverpool's defense will move forward a little bit, which is very good for Blackburn's current style of play.pity!
George looked at the situation on the field and found that Micoud did not perform well under the pressure of the Liverpool midfielder.Moreover, it is difficult for Liverpool to pass in because of the accumulation of manpower in the middle.So Micoud was replaced by Kevin Gallagher.

George simply gave up the attack in the middle and let Deco organize the attack.Instead of letting Deco break through the defense from the middle, let him send the ball to Pires and Duff on both sides.Or should a gap be opened from both sides.

After that, Blackburn's style of play was much simpler, which was to hand over to the two wingers.Let Pires and Duff use their personal abilities to create opportunities for crosses.Then let Klose and Gallagher seize the opportunity in the penalty area.

"Duff, the cross...Klose header...James! World-class save, James made up for a first-half error with this save."

"Kevin Gallagher! The follow-up shot...it's James again...beautiful!"

"I heard that Houllier is not very satisfied with the current Liverpool midfielder. Indeed, the Liverpool midfielder is completely at a disadvantage in this game."

Looking at the great situation on the court, George is not willing to only take three points.Therefore, he made a pressing gesture, hoping to win the game.But he never broke through Liverpool's gate. George sat there, a little anxious.

Unable to attack for a long time, George frowned tightly.There have been several occasions when Blackburn came within a hair's breadth of the goal.

James, the nerve knife, made a low-level mistake in the first half.In the second half, it seemed like he was on doping again, with all kinds of saves.George patted his head, really unable to understand an England goalkeeper like James.

As the game draws to a close, Blackburn is still besieging Liverpool.

Another cross and James picks up the ball.Then it was quickly handed over to Borg in the middle, and Borg passed it to Irving in front.

Owen didn't delay because Hargreaves posted up later.This person is like a dog skin plaster, preventing Owen from doing any actions.So Irving was handed over to McManaman next to him.

McManaman, who was suppressed throughout the game, did not rush against Sagnol, but walked along the sideline.Sagnol didn't stop him, but just defended his position, because there is only a striker like Irving in the penalty area.Sagnol is not afraid of McManaman's cross, as long as he is not allowed to break into the penalty area, there will be no problem.

McManaman didn't have any intention of entering the penalty area, but after shaking an angle, he passed in.

"McManaman's cross... who is this? Number 17, it's Steven Gerrard!"

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