coach legend

Chapter 321 You Can't

After seeing the danger of Irving, George directly replaced Sagnol with Hargreaves.Changing the lineup into a three-guard is all to restrain Irving.In the eyes of George now, Liverpool has no players who can change the situation on the court except Owen.

In fact, among the future Liverpool, there will be a superstar who has collapsed several times.He is Steven Gerrard, but it is a pity that Gerrard is too young and immature at this time.And Houllier pays more attention to Gerrard's physical strength and defense than Gerrard's offensive ability.

It wasn't until Benitez came to Liverpool that Gerrard's offensive ability was fully developed.

But the current Gerrard simply doesn't have the ability to change the situation on the field.In other words, it limited his ability in this regard.Therefore, when George stared at Irving, Liverpool's offense was reduced by half.

George watched Hargreaves follow Owen like a dog skin plaster, and his hands and feet were not very clean.One hand even grabbed Irving's clothes, whether Irving had the ball or not.This made George more and more fond of Hargreaves.

George liked it a little, but Houllier frowned tightly.Because Blackburn's offense is getting stronger and stronger.

Houllier is not a man of great courage.Or Houllier is a conservative coach.His team took few risks, and he didn't like that.

After seeing Blackburn's fierce attack, Houllier immediately chose to be conservative.

Houllier replaced Fowler with Bambi.Let Bambi play on the right, and let Gerrard go back to the center to help Hamann defend.Although it is not a conservative move to replace a striker with an attacking midfielder.

But the meaning of this substitution is clear.

Soon Liverpool's formation shrank back.Only Owen was left in front of him.

Mom, what is Hollier trying to do?Does he want to play a penalty kick?
Now there are nearly 10 minutes before the end of the game, and Houllier played defense so quickly.

In fact, Houllier wanted to continue to play offense with George, but it was difficult for George.After all, Liverpool is a strong team, and more importantly, Liverpool's players have an aura.In other words, this is not the momentum of Liverpool players, but the momentum of their club.

This spirit can make up for their lack of strength.

Just like Liverpool's shocking reversal in the Champions League later, in fact, Milan was at its peak in terms of strength at the time.Although many people call Benitez a tactical master, his changes allowed Liverpool to win.

But even Benitez, it is impossible for Liverpool to surpass Milan's strength.After equalizing the score, Milan still has a lot of opportunities.

But Liverpool held on in the end.And finally won.Why?It is because Liverpool has a spirit of not admitting defeat.This is not injected by Benitez, but the precipitation left by the glorious history of Liverpool club.

So Houllier attacked, and George still had to worry.But now that Houllier retracted himself, it couldn't be better.This is his own momentum.

George originally wanted to attack, but now seeing Houllier's adjustment, he sneered even more.Houlier, Houlier, if you dare to retreat, I will chase after you.

Seeing Liverpool retreating, George first replaced Bellamy with Hleb.

George is very satisfied with Bellamy's performance in this game.But now that Liverpool's formation has been recycled, Bellamy is fast, but his skills in small spaces are flawed.So George replaced Bellamy with Hleb, the extraordinary king.

Houllier saw that this was just a counter-substitution.There is no indication that Hleb is much less famous than Bellamy.

But George didn't end up like that.After 5 minutes, George replaced Makelele with Drogba.In this way, Blackburn's formation has become 3-5-2, and the midfield has become a combination of Hargreaves, Deco and Micoud.

In fact, there are five midfielders, with Pires and Hleb pressing even higher.

George's series of substitutions was dizzying.

Houllier really did not expect George's substitution to be so resolute.This kind of substitution made Houllier unable to cope with it for a while, but the effect of George's substitution came out in such a moment of hesitation.

Just 5 minutes after George replaced Drogba, that is, when the game reached the 82nd minute of the game, Hleb on the right broke through with the ball.Facing Carragher's defense, he easily changed his direction.

At this time, because Liverpool had a lot of players in the backcourt, Hleb was like a little loach, walking around among several defensive players.No matter what the Liverpool players could not break Hleb's ball, of course Hleb also failed to enter Liverpool's hinterland.

But it was this kind of breakthrough that exposed slight loopholes in Liverpool's defense.

Hleb didn't continue to dribble, but passed it to Panucci who came up.Panucci directly made a cross, and Drogba stepped forward and rubbed it.Unlike last season, Drogba's judgment of the team's placement has improved a lot.

Coupled with Drogba's perverted body, he stepped forward to grab the ball, and Henchoz couldn't hold him at all.

Klose leaned on Hyypia and received the ball, but because of Hyypia, he couldn't turn around at all.Klose is not a simple shooter, his comprehensiveness can be counted even in world football.

Before Klose got the ball, he already knew that it was impossible to turn around and shoot with Hyypia.

So the moment he took the ball, he passed the ball to Miku who followed behind.

"... Klose, pass back... Micoud, now the penalty area is full of Liverpool players, how will Micoud deal with it..."

It is true that when Micoud got the ball, there was a Liverpool defender in front, Haman next to him, and Gerrard behind him forcing him.It can be said that there are players in all directions, and everyone is guarding against Micoud's long-range shots.

However, although Miku raised his thigh, he didn't shoot.Instead, when landing, gently push to the left.The ball passed from the encirclement and came to the gap.

Miku's performance is getting better and better, and he is getting more and more stable.Even in the face of such an environment, he remained calm and composed.Moreover, although this pass is a very simple right-sided push, it has the effect of lifting weights like light.

With this push, the Liverpool players surrounding Micoud were thrown away immediately.

It was Deco who followed up to catch the ball. When Deco stepped forward, there were very few people around Deco.

"...The ball was beautiful, it disrupted Liverpool's defense at once. Deco, shoot...not a shot, but a pass!"

When Deco came up, everyone thought it was a shot by Deco.But Deco still didn't shoot. It seemed that he was trying to increase his strength to shoot, but it was a light pass.Passed to Pires who came in from the left.

All eyes were on Deco's shot, no one looked at Pires.

So when Pires received the ball, there was no one around him.Pires was all about Westweed.

"...Pirres, shoot!"

Pires' shot was easy.It was just a light push with his right foot, and the ball rolled into the goal before Westweed reacted.

"Let's count, from Hargreaves in midfield to Deco, Deco to Hleb, Hleb to Panucci, Drogba's header back, Klose's The back pass, Micoud's cross, Deco's pick, Pires' shot."

"None of the Liverpool players touched the ball in that series of passes. It's beautiful. The ball is completely Blackburn."

"Three to two, Blackburn once again overtook the score at the end of the game."

"George's series of adjustments paid off. Coach Houllier was slow to respond."

The moment Pires scored a goal, George jumped up on the sidelines.The ball was so timely.George is not willing to play overtime, so the physical strength of the players will be greatly affected.It is not conducive to Blackburn's performance in the league and the Champions League.

Now that the goal has been scored, George is finally relieved.

hum!Coach Houllier, don't look at you as a coach for 20 years, but you can't!

It is good to know that it is good to be cautious, but it is not good to be overly cautious and conservative.Especially in this important game, sometimes you just need a breath.Although morale is difficult to explain, important games require this kind of morale.

If you withdraw yourself, you will cut off your limbs.There is no reason not to lose!
One goal behind, Houllier was in a hurry again.Replaced Harman with Husky and wanted to attack.

George is not the kind of person who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and immediately sent Hargreaves back to the right.Back to back four.Even Miku is pulled back, and Deco is in the same position.

Now Liverpool is going all out.

There is no trick, just all kinds of long passes.

George was on the sidelines in fear, watching the ball fly around in his penalty area.But Blackburn didn't just get beaten. After grabbing the ball, they immediately launched a counterattack.Another long pass from Deco even gave Drogba a one-handed goal.

Drogba's speed was not slow either, he threw off those defenders at once and took the ball forward.

It's a pity that Drogba's shooting was so poor.It turned out to be a kick on West Wade.George was actually ready to celebrate, but when he saw Drogba's shot, he immediately cursed with a wry smile. "Evan, ask Didier to practice shooting when he goes back. Practice hard for me. I'm so mad."

But this is just a joke.

"Dududu-"

With the whistle of the referee, the whole game is over.

"The 2001 League Cup final is finally over. Blackburn beat Liverpool [-]-[-] and won the first League Cup in Blackburn's history. Congratulations Blackburn!"

"George, this is already his second League Cup championship. Congratulations to George, who is only 32 years old. This is the fifth cup championship in George's coaching career. Maybe George is a head coach who is good at cup games."

"Finally we congratulate Blackburn once again!"

(End of this chapter)