coach legend

Chapter 310 The Toughest Schedule
It was a surprise to go to London this time.

Before going, George had already made an appointment with Campbell.But I met Daniel by accident, and then I knew that Daniel was going to become the chairman of Tottenham.

George really didn't expect it.It was 1985 when George woke up in England.At that time, Daniel was in charge of the London stock market. At that time, Daniel was only a young man in his 20s.

In his twenties, Daniel was already a very famous man in the London stock market.

Now after 15 years, Daniel is no longer a small broker in the London stock market.As long as it is an insider, mentioning Daniel is a myth.I don't know how many rich people are willing to hand over their money to Daniel to manage.

With his own head, Daniel squeezed into England's high society.

It's just that he didn't expect that he would soon become the chairman of the football club.

After meeting with Campbell, George returned to Blackburn with the team.Because the next schedule is even more abnormal.

I don't know if the FA's head is flooded.

打完了热刺之后，12月30日有一场英超、1月1日又有一场联赛、1月6日有一场足总杯第三轮的比赛、1月10日要打联赛杯半决赛、1月13日又是英超比赛。

Others are okay, after a few days of rest, the game will be played.

But the two Premier League games to be played soon are really problematic.Not only Blackburn has this kind of schedule, but also teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool.There is only one day of rest, and then the next game will be played.

At this time, it depends on the thickness of everyone's substitutes.

Playing Tottenham George has allowed the Blackburn players to retain a lot of physical strength.At this time George discovered the benefits of a strong bench lineup.

Because on December 12th it was playing Derby County, a weak team hovering in the relegation zone.And on January 30, it is to go to Anfield to play Liverpool.So George kept the main force to play Liverpool, and the substitute players played Derby County.

Even so, Blackburn's bench strength is not weak at all.

Behind Panucci, Sun Jihai, Gallas, and Henning Berg are all of extraordinary strength.Don't look at it as a substitute, the strength is stronger than Derby County's main force.

Midfielder George used four midfielders, veteran McChrystal and teenager Hargreaves, plus David Dunn and Hleb.Hleb was assigned the role of a free agent by George in this game, and he can do whatever he wants in the frontcourt.

In fact, the current Hleb is almost zero in terms of the overall situation.George let him be a free agent, not because Hleb has any advantages in passing and vision.

But Hleb's technique is good.Although many dribbles were useless, they were surrounded by several people and lost the ball in the end.But Hleb has such an advantage, that is, he is very good at dribbling.It is easy to create free kicks in the frontcourt.

As for the forward line, George arranged for Drogba and Dave Suker.

As for Blackburn's fourth striker, Kevin Gallagher, he is too old.Already 34 years old, has lost the sharpness of the past.Kevin Gallagher has also told George that he plans to retire after finishing this season.

Don't look at George as a complete substitute.But facing a team like Derby County, the strength is not weak at all.

But it may be that there are too many games these days, and it is too late to start the situation.In the end, it was a free kick created by Hleb, and McAllister scored the only goal of the game from a free kick.

The game was tough.

George saw it.There are too many games this season, and even the physical strength of these substitute players is a problem.Because there are too many games this season, even these substitute players have played a lot of games.

McAllister, a 36-year-old veteran, has made more than ten starts in Blackburn alone.

But for McAllister's transfer, George is very satisfied.

This veteran who came for free not only has a low salary, but also has no transfer fee.After coming to Blackburn, his performance was even better.The management of Blackburn's midfield is well-organized, and the young Hargreaves and David Dunne are very obedient to McAllister's arrangements.

After defeating Derby County, the point gap between Blackburn, Manchester United and Arsenal is getting wider and wider.

The bench thickness is not as thick as Blackburn's Manchester United and Arsenal, and they were dragged down by this high-density game.Manchester United were tied [-]-[-] by Newcastle away and Arsenal were tied [-]-[-] by Sunderland at home.

In this way, after the end of the No.20 round of the league, Blackburn leads Manchester United by eight points and leads Arsenal by ten points.

After just one day off, Blackburn went to Anfield to challenge Liverpool.

It's already a new year.

George himself sighed a little.Time flies so fast, and it is already 2001 in a flash.

This day is January 1. According to Chinese festivals, this day is New Year's Day.When I arrived at Anfield, it was already crowded with people.

Liverpool is the greatest team in England's history, and it is the number one club in England.But since the "Hillsborough tragedy", Liverpool's performance has gone from bad to worse.Since the establishment of the Premier League, Liverpool's performance is not in line with their status in England.

This is a very contradictory thing.

Therefore, Liverpool fans are also a relatively contradictory group.They are proud, or rather proud.As fans of England's No. [-] club, they are certainly entitled to be proud.However, due to the poor performance in the past ten years, they felt a little unbalanced.

Although Houllier has led Liverpool to good results this season, he still cannot compete with Manchester United, Arsenal and Blackburn.

So whether it is Liverpool fans or the team, every time they face a strong team, they hope to beat them.In order to maintain the face of the veteran giants Liverpool.

Therefore, at this time, Liverpool is already strong when it is strong, and weak when it is weak.

When they face weak teams, they don't have many methods.But once facing a strong team, Liverpool is like taking drugs.In the Premier League No.18 round and the Premier League No.19 round, Liverpool encountered Manchester United and Arsenal one after another.

However, Liverpool's performance is not good, and they performed quite strongly against Manchester United and Arsenal.

First, they beat Manchester United [-]-[-] away, and then swept Arsenal [-]-[-] at home.

But just when everyone thought that Liverpool would continue to be strong, Middlesbrough was defeated 20-[-] in the No. [-] round of the league.

This kind of performance that is not afraid of strong teams but cannot score points in the face of weak teams is also the reason why Liverpool has never been able to win the league championship.

Now Blackburn is a bit strong, so Blackburn has arrived at Anfield, and many Liverpool fans hope that Liverpool can beat Blackburn.It also shows that Liverpool is still a giant in England.

Sure enough, just after the start of the game, Liverpool launched a fierce attack on Blackburn.

Seventeen minutes into the first half, Blackburn's goal was scored by Liverpool.It was England's golden boy Owen who broke the Liverpool goal.

Owen's performance this season is indeed very good. After getting the ball, he used his speed to pass Makelele and Blanco, and finally passed Ferdinand and scored this beautiful goal.

Seeing Owen, George thought of a sentence.UI.

Fast speed is not scary, but a player who can achieve the combination of man and ball, easily change directions during high-speed breakthroughs, and shoot with such high accuracy is very scary.Bellamy is not inferior to Irving in terms of speed, but his deterrence on the court cannot be compared with Irving.

Seeing Owen's goal, all Liverpool fans cheered.Anfield Stadium soon became a sea of ​​joy.

They all want to see Liverpool beat Blackburn at home.

But George was in no hurry.George is waiting, waiting for the second half.

Liverpool also just finished a league game, and Owen, Gerrard, and Heskey have all played.George didn't believe that they could survive until the second half during the rest of the day.Blackburn players, at least, have rested for more than three days.

Sure enough, after the second half, Liverpool's physical strength had a big problem.

Irving, who was active in the first half, couldn't run anymore.George waved his hand, and Blackburn, who was suppressed by Liverpool in the first half, started a counterattack.

But at this time Liverpool's tenacity came out.Liverpool, with poor physical strength, simply blocked Blackburn's attack with their bodies.Will, probably means this kind of thing.George admires Liverpool's tenacity.

Maybe this is the so-called rich background.Even if Liverpool changed one coach after another, this unyielding spirit continued to stay at Anfield.

After more than 40 minutes of onslaught, at the 89th minute of the game, Klose successfully reversed offside after receiving a pass from Micoud, and finally equalized the score.In fact, in the second half, Blackburn had [-] shots alone, but under the concerted efforts of Liverpool, they only scored one goal.

In the end, George could only return to Blackburn with a draw at Anfield.

Manchester United are the team that gets better the harder it is.In this game, they defeated West Ham United [-]-[-].The gap with Blackburn has shrunk to six points again.

And Arsenal is already on the verge of collapse.Following the previous draw, this one turned out to be a zero-to-one loss to Charlton.The gap with Blackburn has become eleven points, and the gap with Manchester United has also increased to five points.

By the end of the 22nd round of the Premier League, all the media lamented that the Champions League has completely dragged down Arsenal.Arsenal have already withdrawn from the competition for the league title.Now the Premier League title will be born between Manchester United and Blackburn.

Luck ran out in the middle of the cup.Blackburn faced Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup.

George, who has been dizzy by the intensive schedule, even played the youth team players in this game.For a team like Villa, it is wishful thinking to get a place in the Champions League, and it is not enough to want a place in the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, it attaches great importance to domestic cup competitions.

Facing the full bench lineup, Villa is not polite at all.Ping Pong gave Blackburn three balls.Blackburn had just played in the FA Cup and was eliminated by Aston Villa.But George had no regrets.Without the FA Cup, I feel a lot easier.

After being eliminated from the FA Cup, Blackburn will play the first game of the League Cup semi-final immediately after.

(End of this chapter)