coach legend

Chapter 104 Before the Game

Time goes by very quickly when you are focused on one thing.Since the end of the league on May [-]rd, ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past ten days, Burnley has been training intensely. At this time, George can't care about other things.Except for opening two, three and 10 minutes every day, the training ground is completely closed at other times.It is also commonly known as closed training, which has attracted many reporters to slander.

But now George has no time to care about those things. During the ten days, all of George's energy has been focused on how to deal with Arsenal.Of course, in the end, George also began to appear in front of the media.

"Everyone says that our Burnley football is not good-looking. It is a defensive counterattack. Victory is ugly." George talked to reporters with eloquence. "In fact, Arsenal's game is also a typical defensive counterattack. They just rely on the speed of Overmars and Parlor to counterattack. But I am surprised that Arsenal's Premier League champions appreciate so much."

Arsenal's style of play is very simple, without the smooth style of play that followed.After Wenger entered Arsenal, he first used the tenacious fighting spirit and team spirit unique to the bulky British defender to the extreme. On the back line, he continued to use the "five veterans" to guard in turn.Seaman guarded the goal, Winterburn on the left, Dixon on the right, while Keown and Adams were the main central defenders, and Boulder became the main substitute.

This is a well-coordinated defensive line. Since Wenger took charge of Arsenal for two years, all the midfielders have changed.However, the defense has not been changed. They are all the players who won the League One championship with Graham.It is one of the best defensive combination in the Premier League.

Wenger trusts this defense very much, and his style of play is also a quick counterattack on the basis of ensuring defense.The midfielder is the most powerful position Wenger has transformed. To be on the safe side, Wenger used Vieira and Petit to form a double midfielder lineup, while Overmars was placed on the left, and Parlor was on the right. .This is a conservative and opportunistic midfielder, but the team's defensive counterattacks are extremely smooth and resolute.

Arsenal's counterattacks are much better than Burnley's. Most of their counterattacks are left-leaning.Overmars is now in his prime, and Bergkamp's performance in front of him is even more superb.

That's why George said the same defensive counterattack, why Burnley was criticized, and Arsenal was praised.

It was seen that one side provoked a war of words before the heavyweight match.All the media were excited. George, a young coach, turned out to be out of his wits and dared to say anything.In the three years since his debut, he has sprayed countless things.

But Wenger is different. After Wenger came to England, he was personable and wore suits and leather shoes when playing games.If one compares George is an out-and-out country bumpkin, and Wenger is like a learned professor.

Everyone wants to hear how Arsene Wenger, who has just won the Premier League title, responds to George.

As one might imagine, Wenger just smiled slightly at George's words.Accept the interview in a very relaxed tone. "I think Coach Levi doesn't need to complain. There are all kinds of styles of play in world football, and there is no distinction between good and bad. But just like everyone's taste is different, some people like this style of play, some people like it. That way of playing. Maybe the fans think our counter-attack is better than Burnley's counter-attack."

Wenger didn't take George's words seriously at all.With a single word, George was answered.

Of course, although Wenger didn't take it seriously, George didn't think it would end like this.That night George said something again.

"Did Arsenal score more goals than us in the league, or did they shoot more times than us? Even in the FA Cup, we are also the team with the most goals." George continued to provoke Arsenal. This is not George I have nothing to do.

Although the current Arsenal is not as mature as it was later, it is still an extremely powerful team for Burnley.It was more difficult to deal with than against Chelsea in the League Cup. At that time, Chelsea had just changed coaches, and because Burnley was a League One team, they were very contemptuous.These are all good news, and Burnley took advantage of this opportunity of contempt to give Chelsea a blow to the head.

But with Burnley's win over Chelsea to win the League Cup, no team will look down on Burnley as much.So once Arsenal is cautious, George is really not sure of defeating Arsenal in a positional battle.And with Arsenal's current defensive strength, Burnley is very difficult to break through.

George can only hope that Arsenal will attack, although Arsenal's defense is strong.But they are all old, and facing speed players such as Ljungberg, Camoranesi, and Robbie Keane are definitely at a disadvantage.This is Burnley's chance.

Anyway, there is still some time before the World Cup, and all the media are happy.

Many media began to identify what George said.As George said, Burnley not only ranks first in home attack power but also away attack power in League One.And in the League Cup and the FA Cup, Burnley has maintained a record.That is, Burnley's goals in both cups topped the list.

After such an analysis, they discovered that although George's Burnley played a defensive counterattack in the cup match, they scored a lot of goals.

"Too many goals?" Wenger smiled slightly, speaking to the camera in a leisurely manner. "Too many goals can only show that Burnley's opponents are too weak."

Wenger doesn't talk much, often just a few simple words.Make George's words feel like hitting cotton, but George doesn't care.George has long known that Wenger is knowledgeable, and he always takes his time when answering other people's provocations.

In his previous life, George liked Wenger very much.In 2002, when Wenger and Ferguson fought most fiercely, there was such a war of words between them.During the Arsenal double in 02, Ferguson saw that it was difficult to catch up with the points.Just said, "They are just a group of players who rely on luck to win, and we are the best team.".

And Wenger answered pretty nicely. "Every man thinks his wife is the most beautiful."

This is a very classic time between Ferguson and Wenger, two pairs of rivals who cherish each other.

What George said to Arsenal now is not to Wenger.I want the Arsenal players to listen. There are a lot of grumpy people in the Arsenal lineup.As long as one of them is in a bad mood and shows it during the game, George will make money.

Recently, the media has been really happy.Although the World Cup is about to start, the topic of the World Cup has gradually become the most important aspect of the media.The attention of all the media is gradually shifting from the club to the national team.

But the war of words provoked by George, in the newspaper, can be on the front page of the newspaper just like the World Cup topic.

Of course, speaking of it, George took advantage of Arsenal, even if Burnley and George are now more influential.That's not as good as Wenger and Arsenal. George likes opponents like Arsenal.If today's opponents in the FA Cup final were an average team, it would be impossible to have such attention.

Time passed slowly amidst the war of words, and soon came May [-]th.

(End of this chapter)