coach legend

Chapter 151 The debut at Ewood Park

The booing of the Blackburn fans not only shocked George, but also surprised Vialli.It even surprised the Blackburn players. They couldn't imagine that a new head coach would receive such treatment at their home court.

Those players introduced by George himself are quite unclear.The players who just came to Blackburn this summer are all from the major leagues of France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Portugal. Except for Klose, there is no George who has been poached from the English league.

Many of them have heard that George led a League Two team at Burnley and was promoted to the Premier League three years later.And last season, they won the League Cup and the FA Cup one after another.And also know that Burnley and Blackburn are a pair of deadly rivals.

But in their view, Burnley fans should be gnashing their teeth when George jumped from Burnley to Blackburn.There is no excuse for the traitor George, but Blackburn fans should be gloating at Burnley instead.This is in line with their thinking. In any case, it was Blackburn who finally dug up Burnley's meritorious head coach.

Unexpectedly, when George led the team to play at home for the first time, he was booed by the audience at Ewood Park.

This booing also affected their state, especially Klose and Deco who were also booed.Fans are impulsive and irrational.They don't care whether George has accepted black money or not. The newspapers are so ambiguous. In their opinion, George has earned illicit money.

The typical representatives who entered Blackburn by relying on George's relationship are Klose and Deco.Two players who are only at the level of low-level leagues have become the main force of the Premier League club.So when the players came out, the two of them received the most boos.

Klose is not afraid, although he did not receive such boos when he was at Burnley.But there are many criticisms against Klose. If Klose had not had a big heart, he would have been unable to gain a foothold in Burnley.

George likes Klose, but he is definitely not blindly playing him.Although Klose is somewhat lacking in strength, there are indeed many deficiencies in holding, protecting and playing the ball.But he also has many advantages that others do not have.

In particular, he has an excellent header, and his judgment of the high-altitude ball is quite accurate.This is definitely a remarkable ability in English football. Even if George builds a team with Micoud as the core, the high-altitude ball cannot be ignored.

In addition, Klose is explosive and not slow.And after playing under George for more than three years, the skills at his feet have increased.

And more importantly, he is disciplined, not greedy for credit, and absolutely obeys the team's tactics.This is very important in a team, especially when a single arrow like Klose has such characteristics, it is even more precious.

So George has always reused Klose amidst the objections of others.Klose doesn't care about other people's opinions, and plays his own ball.

But Deco is different, Deco is a little sensitive.Deco had just arrived in Portugal from Brazil when he realized he had been lied to.The experience in Portugal made Deco very sad. George started to contact him half a year ago, which made Deco have deep feelings for George.

This is definitely not fake. In the midst of despair, someone gave hope. This is an indescribable gratitude.I didn't expect to be booed by the home fans at home, which made Deco feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, Deco's emotions on the court were greatly affected.Not only Deco, but also the emotions of Pires, Micoud and others were greatly affected.They didn't adapt to English football before, but now they play even more anxiously when their mentality is out of balance.

Because Micoud, Pires and others did not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, George let them protect the ball in midfield in this game.This is entirely to accommodate them.pity……

Chelsea are a strong team and Vialli was quick to see a change in the mentality of the Burnley players.Before that, Vialli had already watched the first two rounds of Blackburn, which was different from the head coaches of other Premier League clubs.Vialli lost to George last year, although many media later reprimanded George for his shameless tactics.But they also admitted that it was George's formation that defeated Vialli.

Therefore, Vialli attaches great importance to George. After watching the first two rounds, he has already found that several important players of Blackburn have not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League.So this time the requirements for Chelsea players are fast, fast passing, fast defense, and fast kicks.

As a team of the Premier League's technical genre, Chelsea play relatively cleanly.But this time Vialli doesn't care, and Vialli is a coach from Italy.So when all players insist, they are fast.

This made Micoud, Pires, and Deco not yet fully adapted to the Premier League, and the boos at the beginning disturbed their minds.They faced a midfield composed of Poyet, Di Matteo, Petrescu and others in the midfield, and they were completely powerless to resist.

"Poyet, the pass...the ball goes through the Blackburn defense, Zola, the cross...it's Sutton! 1.9m Sutton!!!"

In the 27th minute of the first half, Chris Sutton, who moved from Blackburn to Chelsea, received a cross from Zola and scored the first goal in the defense of Hendry and Hyypia.After Chris Sutton scored a goal, there was not much celebration, just clapping hands with the players who came to celebrate.

When passing by George, Sutton waved his fist.Sutton was rather angry. As the main striker when Blackburn won the championship, although Blackburn's performance has not been good in recent years, he has never thought about leaving.But George had just taken over, and he was the first to be cleaned.This made Sutton angry no matter what he thought.

But the reaction of the Ewood Park fans made George dumbfounded. After Chris Sutton scored, Ewood Park burst into cheers.But when Sutton passed by George, the applause at Ewood Park turned into bursts of boos instead.

"Blackburn fans treat Sutton and George with completely different attitudes, and it can also be seen that they are dissatisfied with George's sale of Sutton. In the 94-95 season, Blackburn used the British record transfer fee of 500 million pounds to transfer Sutton. Luo Zhi and formed a strong striker with Shearer, scoring a total of 49 league goals and helping the team win the Premier League championship. After Shearer left, he supported Blackburn's striker alone."

"Last season, Blackburn relied on Sutton's goals one after another to successfully avoid relegation. Sutton is a hero in the hearts of Blackburn fans, but George sold Sutton to Chelsea as soon as he moved in."

"Without Sutton, who is the current Blackburn striker? Klose, who is Klose? A striker who has played more than [-] games in the League One and has less than ten goals, he can also become a Premier League striker. The main striker of the team?"

Seeing the situation on the field, even the commentator's commentary began to be biased.Because no matter how you look at this scene, it looks like George forced away a player who thought he was loyal to the team and loved by the fans.Of course, there is nothing wrong with the players, and there is nothing wrong with the fans. The most wrong thing should be the number one villain in the middle, George.

The director's camera also just followed George, who had no expression on his face.It's like this matter has nothing to do with me.

No one knows the anger in George's heart now. George never thought that he would be treated like this in his home court.

But that's not all. In the 307th minute of the game, Sutton once again received a pass from Di Matteo and broke through the gate guarded by Flores.Give George a big blow in his debut at Ewood Park.

And this time it was Makelele who conceded the ball, which is completely different from Makelele in George's mind.Now Makelele has a habit, that is, after stealing the ball and taking the ball, he always takes a few steps or looks left and right.

The current Makelele still has the habits of Ligue [-], and of course his own habits at the right back position.He is not very used to the midfielder position.

When it was halftime, George was very angry, but he didn't get angry.

"You were too anxious in the first half, don't worry." Maybe the boos made some people a little anxious, because they didn't adapt to the rhythm of English football.In addition, if you lose the ball in a hurry, there will be more.

"Claude, I'm telling you. Your job is to protect the back line, steal the ball and give it to Anderson or John. I put you in this position, not to pass the ball. So after you get the ball, don't hesitate, Get the ball right now."

"Your position is very important. Once you lose the ball in this position, it will be a disaster for the team."

"Claude, you are the most important point in the team's offensive and defensive transition. You can't have the slightest hesitation." Although it was Makelele's mistake that caused Chelsea to lose the second goal.But Georges did not blame Makelele.

Makelele's position is definitely the most important, although Deco and Micoud are the core of the midfield.But Makelele's position is definitely the most important point of the entire team.

After hearing what George said, Makelele nodded.Makelele is also full of doubts about George letting him play the midfielder position.But George vowed to Makelele that Makelele will definitely become the best midfielder in the world.

Blackburn got a lot better in the second half as they slowly started to gain control of the ball.And Vialli was not aggressive in the second half and took it back.The game ended with a score of two to zero.

Thus ended George's debut at Ewood Park.

(End of this chapter)