coach legend

Chapter 402 The Expected Start
When George was in full swing to buy players in the transfer market, someone in France accused George.

"Coach Levy is a complete liar. He lied to Nicholas. He said that Nicholas is doing well, then he will invite Nicholas to join. Nicholas scored [-] goals in half a season for Blackburn and won the league for Blackburn. Champions, Champions League winners have given a huge contribution."

"But when he turned around, Blackburn forgot about Nicholas at all. Coach Levy is a liar, a total liar."

Anelka's agent brother faced the media and denounced George loudly.

He's still waiting, waiting for Blackburn to make an offer.But he didn't expect that when they couldn't wait to contact George, George didn't even bother to respond to them.Then Defoe was introduced immediately, which made them understand that George was completely fooling them last season.

Anelka's agent brother was furious.

That's why he scolded George in front of the media.

Hakan Suker of Galatasaray in Turkey called George a liar.Now it was Anelka's turn to call George a liar.It can be said that there are three words shining on George's forehead now, which means "big liar".

But George is not ticklish when there are too many lice.

You scold you, I will do mine.

George's time is running out.Don't look at the World Cup just finished, the start of the Premier League this season is still very early. On August 8, the first round of the Premier League will begin.

Blackburn has less than 20 days of training.

If it was before, of course there is no problem.But now the problem is that important main players have left the team.

Especially Deco's departure made George very worried.

I managed to train Deco into a world-class midfielder, but let Scolari snatch it away.Now Alonso is here, but it will take some time for Alonso to adapt to the team.

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"This is Blackburn?"

After the end of the four rounds of the Premier League, the British media wrote such headlines.

Among the first four rounds, Blackburn faced Sunderland in the first round of the Premier League, Birmingham in the second round, Liverpool at home in the third round, and Middlesbrough in the fourth round.Blackburn, who has always started to work hard at the beginning of the season, was in a sluggish state at the beginning of the 02-03 season.

In the four rounds of the league, Blackburn only achieved a record of one win, two draws and one loss, accumulating five points.

A difficult [-]-[-] victory over Sunderland at home, a [-]-[-] draw away to Birmingham, a [-]-[-] home draw with Liverpool, and a [-]-[-] away loss to Middlesbrough.

Don't say that compared with last season, even compared with last season and previous seasons, the results are much worse.Only better than George's first season at Blackburn.Such results are not like the results that Blackburn should have.

It is also not in line with George's consistent claims.

But George couldn't help it.After all, this is not what George wants.

It's just that the prep time is too short.George isn't quite ready yet, and the Premier League starts.

Of the newly introduced players this season, only Alonso and Lucio have become the main players.None of the other players were able to become the main force.

It's not that George has any discrimination, but that the new players are too young and have problems integrating into the team.There are Hargreaves and Essien in front of Parker, Klose and Drogba in front of Defoe, and Ribery is now training with the first team and playing in the youth team.

Among them, Essien, who George placed high hopes on, is in good health, fast, and fierce in defense. He is indeed a good midfielder.But it was too impulsive, and the cooperation with Alonso was not very good.Instead, Hargreaves, in these four games, performed quite well.

So surprisingly, Essien was taken back by George as Makelele's substitute.

But Hargreaves came from behind, but instead pushed down Essien and became the main force of Blackburn.

The problem for Blackburn now is that Miroslav Klose has played too many World Cup games.After returning, I was a little tired.George is unwilling to let Klose take risks, because it is easy to be injured now.So let Klose take a proper rest and let Drogba play.

Drogba is already very good at using his body now.The only problem is that Drogba's shooting level is really bad.In other words, Drogba's biggest problem at present is that his scoring efficiency is too low.

In addition to the front line, another big problem is the back line.

Blackburn's central defender partner is actually very strong.It is a pretty good defender combination in world football.Campbell has a strong header, a strong frontal defense ability, and a good ability to fill in the defense.

Lucio is extremely physical fitness.In addition, his turning speed is fast and his recovery speed is also fast, which can form a very effective supplementary effect with Campbell.

But this is only theoretical and on paper.In reality, there are many more problems with cooperation.In the previous Blackburn, Campbell was on the robbed, allowing Ferdinand to delay the defense.But now it is Lucio who grabs up and Campbell fills in.

It's a completely different style of play.Campbell will also need to adapt.And Lucio likes to go forward too much, once he goes forward, he can't come back in time.In the game against Middlesbrough, Viduka scored twice, both because of the space Lucio exposed.

This troubled George.

Lucio's sudden insertion at the central defender position is actually very threatening.Especially in a stalemate, his sudden insertion will confuse the opponent's defense.When playing against Liverpool, it was his sudden jump that disrupted Liverpool's defense and allowed Pires to score an equalizer.

But Lucio is a defender after all.Playing defense is his job.

George has talked to Lucio many times during training.Let him do the defensive work first.

Of course, these are not big problems.The biggest problem now is instead from the middle.

Alonso is too small.

In the past, he could be the core of the midfield and the commander of the midfield in the Royal Society.But at Blackburn you have to get used to it.

Don't say anything else.Let alone his fame.Alonso's reputation is not even as good as Hargreaves, who has just become Blackburn's main center partner this season.

Royal Sociedad, what kind of team is this.But it is a team that can be relegated in La Liga.Hargreaves is an important substitute for Blackburn. He has made many important contributions to Blackburn becoming the Premier League champion and Champions League champion.

Not even Hargreaves.

Not to mention the few people in the frontcourt.Klose is the top scorer in the World Cup, Micoud is the best player in the Champions League last season, Pires is the best left midfielder in Europe last season, Duff is the best right midfielder in the Champions League, which one is not famous.

Alonso is a junior in front of them.

Even if George can use his authority to establish Alonso as the midfield commander, it will not be a matter of time if he wants to truly become the midfield commander.At least Alonso needs time for the players to recognize him and the team to adapt to him.

Therefore, Alonso is not only young and lacking in strength, but more importantly, he cannot control the scene.

In addition to this, there is another problem that Blackburn has always played in the control of the midfield for the first four years.The ability to control the ball in the midfield is very strong.

But Alonso's ability to control the ball is not as good as Deco.At least for now.Therefore, the rhythm of the game cannot slow down, and the game is played more in a fast pace.This is somewhat uncomfortable for Micoud and Pires, who are used to relatively slow-paced games in the Premier League.

Even Blackburn's defense is a little uncomfortable.

Thinking of Alonso, George couldn't help thinking of Deco.What a good player, so cheap for Real Madrid.

But Deco's situation should not be much better than Alonso's.Real Madrid has Zidane, Figo, Raul, Ronaldo in the frontcourt, all of them are world-class superstars.What is Deco in front of them?Even if Deco has won the Premier League, the Champions League, and the World Cup, he is still not as good as those in front of him.

There will definitely be problems like Alonso's now.How to calm the scene.

George was having a headache.

At this time, the media also came to join in the fun.

They have long been dissatisfied with the arrogant George.It's just that George led Blackburn so well in the past few seasons, so he hasn't been able to find a good opportunity.Now seeing Blackburn start so poorly, they finally found a chance.

"Coach Levy, as the Champions League champion team, do you think it is possible to find a midfielder from a downstream team in La Liga as the core?"

The media is questioning George's replacement of Deco with Alonso.

George responded angrily.

"Before Anderson came to Blackburn, he was only a player in the Portuguese second-tier league. In four years, the difference is that he won the Premier League championship, the Champions League championship, and the World Cup championship."

Hearing that George was still stubborn, the reporter next to him hurried up to ask.

"Coach Levy, don't you think Harvey Alonso is still young? Is the goal of the Blackburn team lowered, or is Blackburn's level lowered? Or Coach Levy, do you want to backfire?"

Seeing these reporters finding fault with every sentence, George was very angry.

"Pele won the World Cup for the first time at the age of 17, and Maradona also won the top scorer in the Argentine League at the age of 17. Some people are geniuses, which cannot be measured by age. Xavi is also a genius, although he is only 20 years old. But the best midfield conductor in the world."

"Just like the great journalist, if you play football, you will not achieve anything in your life. It doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 30 years old. But some geniuses are different, Xavi is. Even if he is 20 years old, it is the same Can be the core of a championship team."

"Break it out? I only push it out on geniuses, and talented players also need to push it out. Because they are geniuses, some mediocre people will never understand that there are geniuses in the world."

George, who was in a bad mood, didn't give him any face at all when facing the reporter.

Although his mouth is stiff, George is having a headache now.It is no wonder that after Liverpool sold Alonso in history, their performance has declined all the way, from the top four of the Premier League to the team competing for the UEFA Cup qualification.The commander of a team cannot be changed at will.

George heaved a long sigh.But fortunately, Arsenal and Manchester United's four rounds of the league are nothing more than two wins and two draws, not as many points as La Blackburn.

George shook his head.

When will Alonso be able to grow to Deco's level.

(End of this chapter)