coach legend

Chapter 294 The Peak Showdown
After losing to Everton, Blackburn went to Italy.

Came to Rome again.Came to the Olympic Stadium again.

Because Serie A does not allow private ownership of football fields, many teams share a football field.Including the Milan duo, they share a stadium.It's just that they each give him a name, AC Milan is called the San Siro Stadium, and Inter Milan is called the San Siro Stadium.

It sounds nice.If you are a fan who has just watched the game, you will think that each has a stadium.

Lazio and Roma also share the same stadium.That is the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Arriving at Lazio's home court, what Lazio fans hope most is to beat Blackburn at home.

George put half of the bench on it.Instead, they rushed and fought, and finally tied Lazio one-to-one at Lazio's home court.After the end of the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Blackburn has accumulated [-] points and has determined a qualifying place.

Although many people think that the appearance of Lazio and Blackburn is a certainty when analyzing Group B.But no one expected that Blackburn could break through the group so easily.

After returning from Rome, Blackburn encountered Manchester City.

Manchester City is a newly promoted club.The results after the promotion are very poor, conceding only a little less than Bradford.Facing Manchester City at home, George is full of confidence.But I don't know if it's because of the recent instability, Blackburn was actually scored two goals by Manchester City, which has extremely poor attack power.

In this game, Blanco can be said to have suffered a lot of humiliation.First let the Manchester City striker pass Blanco with speed and score a goal.Once again, it was because the turning speed was slow, and it could only pull the opponent's forward.He gave the opponent's striker a penalty and he got a red card.

Among the scores after the game, Blanco only got four points.

Fortunately, Blackburn's attack power is very strong.Goals from Micoud and Pires ended the game [-]-[-].

It is extremely embarrassing to play against a team like Manchester City and only get a score of [-] to [-].In the past three games, Blackburn has two draws and one loss, which surprised the media.Is this still the Blackburn who killed the Quartet at the beginning of the season?

A draw with Lazio is understandable.After all, Blackburn no longer needs to fight Lazio away.

But it was too unexpected to be tied by Manchester City and lose to Everton.

At this time, Mark Lawrence, who had not been seen for a long time, reappeared in front of the media. "The opponents that Blackburn faced at the beginning of the season were all weak teams. So they were able to achieve an eight-game winning streak. But when the schedule was intensive and strong teams appeared, Blackburn showed its essence."

"This is the first time that George has played in both the Premier League and the Champions League. He cannot reasonably allocate the team's resources, or George has too little experience."

There are many media who agree with Mark Lawrenson's opinion.They all forgot that they had nastyly praised George as England's famous coach before.

But George was in no hurry.The recent instability is entirely due to being too aggressive at the beginning of the season.The results are so good that the Blackburn players are all in high spirits.By October, it was no longer possible to go up.So it can only lower their emotions.

Fortunately, there are not many games in October, and Blackburn doesn't have to be as busy as August and September.

Throughout October, Blackburn only played five games.In September, Blackburn played eight games.Therefore, for the tired Blackburn, it is completely a time to rest.

George also had more time to rest and think.

After playing Manchester City, Blackburn went to Prague, Czech Republic two days later.Go away to challenge Sparta Prague.In this game, George really rotated most of the lineup and played a complete substitute lineup.George even used two youth team players to play.

But even with a full bench lineup, Sparta Prague failed to beat Blackburn.Blackburn drew [-]-[-] with Sparta Prague.If it weren't for George being the head coach, George wouldn't even want to go to Prague, Czech Republic.

After five rounds of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn has 11 points.

George didn't care much about this game at all.Because after this game, there is a tough battle waiting for Blackburn.That is, Blackburn is going away to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United.

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On October 10, Blackburn had arrived in Manchester.

Away to Manchester United, this is a real highlight.

Because of Blackburn's downturn during this period, Arsenal are now only two points behind Blackburn and Manchester United are four points behind Blackburn.Almost made up the gap some time ago.

However, Blackburn, Manchester United and Arsenal are still the most powerful contenders for the Premier League title this season.

Therefore, the game between Blackburn and Manchester United was also hailed by the media as an important watershed game.

If Blackburn wins this game, Manchester United will be seven points behind Blackburn.It will also establish Blackburn's strong position in the Premier League.Of course, once Manchester United wins, it will completely narrow the gap with Blackburn.

More importantly, the recent state of Blackburn is relatively poor.If they lose to Manchester United again, then the last three league games will be one draw and two losses.It is possible that Blackburn will continue to slump.

So this game, from another perspective, will have an important impact on the Premier League champions this season.

So countless media poured into Manchester.

When Blackburn arrived at Old Trafford, many reporters blocked George and wanted to ask George questions.

"Coach Levy, Blackburn's performance in the last few games is not very good. Can you tell me what is the reason?"

George stopped, looked at the reporter shrugged, and said casually: "My team has done a good job. And you think, if we win all the games, it would be boring. We have to give There is hope for other teams, including Manchester United, isn't it?"

Hearing George's words, the reporters who surrounded him almost spat at George.

The state of the game is very poor, and he is so shameless. It is estimated that George is definitely the first.

The reporter at Manchester United quit.

"Coach Levy, at the beginning of the season you used the "Special Talent Clause" to buy Hleb. But why haven't we seen any performance of your special talent this season?"

This is the naked irony of the Manchester United reporter for George.

George was not angry, and smiled slightly: "Since he is a special genius, of course he has special abilities. If even you can see his ability, how can he be a special genius? In fact, you don't have to worry, you will soon Then you will understand Alexander's strength."

At this time, the reporter from the "Sun" finally squeezed in.

"Coach Levy, have you read the latest issue of The Sun?"

"The Sun, I haven't heard of it. What's the matter?" If George hated the most newspaper in England, then it must be the "Sun".This newspaper has no bottom line, as long as it can stimulate sales, they are willing to use any means.

Hearing George's words, some reporters beside him laughed.

But that "Sun" reporter is thick-skinned. If you don't have a bit of thick-skinned, how can you be a reporter.

"Internal sources said that Miku was very dissatisfied with Coach Levi's replacement of him during the game. I wonder if it is true?"

"Is this the content of your latest issue?"

"Yes."

"Are you confirming to me the authenticity of the news now?"

"Yes."

When George heard the sneer here, his face collapsed. "Since it's all published, what else do you want to prove to me? What do you want to hear from me? Do you want to hear it, or do you want to hear it? Anyway, looking at you, your newspaper is a newspaper that survives by fabricating news. Isn't it It’s really of no use, you just make up a story and write it up.”

After speaking, George Lee ignored the other reporters and went back directly.

"The Sun", Murdoch is really guilty.

You are a media tycoon, even if you have no public morals.But at least you can't be too obscene.But Murdoch has no bottom line at all.But Murdoch's family is a world-renowned media giant, and George, a little coach, can't do anything to him.

Seeing George's appearance, the "Sun" reporter was not angry at all.On the contrary, I am very happy.When George gets mad, they get good stuff to write.

Both teams had a lot of problems in this game.

First of all, the home team Manchester United, their tough midfielder Keane stepped on Ljungberg because of the game against Arsenal two rounds ago.Played live against Ljungberg on the field and was sent off with a red card.After the game, he was suspended by the Football Association for four games, so he could not play in this game.

And Ryan Giggs on the left was injured and could not play.This is a big plus for Blackburn.

Of course, there are also downsizing on Blackburn's side.

The first is Blanco in the defense. Because of the red card in the game against Manchester City, he will not be able to play in this game.

Another person suffered a minor injury during training.It is Blackburn's main striker Klose.In order to be conservative, George also removed Klose from the starting lineup.George is unwilling to let Klose take risks for a game.

It was a fine day.George loved it.

Although I am used to the rainy weather in England.But on such a sunny day George would be in a good mood.And Blackburn's style of play, if the field is wet and slippery, it will affect its performance.

I have been to Old Trafford many times, but every time I come to Old Trafford, George is very envious.If only Blackburn could have such a good pitch.

Just as the media attaches importance to this game, Manchester United fans also attach importance to this game.

The nearly 7 seats at Old Trafford have been completely filled by Manchester United fans.Even before the game started, the home team had already started cheering.Of course, there are also Blackburn fans who follow Blackburn. Although the number is small, the momentum is not low.

A peak duel is imminent.

(End of this chapter)