coach legend

Chapter 180 England goalkeeper

Although they want to compress the defense, Deco and Micoud, including Pires and Duff, are not real defensive players.Their characteristics can only be brought into full play in the offense.

Looking at the defense of Deco and Micoud after they retreated, George shook his head.

These days just let them practice how to attack, if they cooperate, forget to let them practice how to defend.

If facing Manchester United and Arsenal now, George does not believe that he can completely suppress them in the midfield.They can also attack oppressively, after all, the midfield strength of both of their teams is outstanding.The last time at Old Trafford, it was only because of the sudden and physical problems of the Manchester United players that they were able to retreat unscathed.

Facing those strong teams again, it is not only necessary to find a way in the offense.Even in defense, there can be no problems.

Rebuild Blackburn and forget what you're doing.I am a coach with a background in defense and counterattack. I forgot everything, and I shouldn't forget defense.

Although the space is compressed, Owen's performance is still quite active.Seeing that Makelele had lost all confidence in front of Owen, George shook his head.

"Owen, come here." George waved to Hargreaves.

"Have you seen Owen, I think you should know him too." George held Hargreaves back.Owen is too active, and he must not let it go like this. "Once you're on the field, just follow Owen. If he gets in the box, leave him alone, but once he's outside the box, I'll mark him to death. Don't let him turn around, use your body to block him. If it doesn't work, use it. Foul, no matter what method is used, stopping Irving is a victory."

Hargreaves listened to George and nodded.I am also quite proud of myself.

Speaking of which, there is actually a midfielder among the bench.Even David Dunn, who was trained by the Blackburn Youth Academy, is still highly valued by George after he was promoted to the first team this season.The number of games played far exceeds that of Hargreaves. Hargreaves basically goes up to warm up in garbage time and the last few minutes.

Although David Dunn played more games than Hargreave, he also played in garbage time.It is only when the team gains a lead of more than two goals that they can earn playing time.

Now that the team is at a disadvantage, the first thing George thinks of is not David Dunn, but himself.That alone made Hargreaves very happy.Doesn't this just show that he has a higher status in George's heart than Dunn.

In the 36th minute of the first half, George replaced No. 13 Makelele with No. 24 Hargreaves.This is also the first time Makelele was replaced in the game, and it was even before the end of the first half.

"George replaced Makelele. Makelele's performance in this game was really bad. The Liverpool midfielders hardly put any pressure on him, but only one Owen made him embarrassed. He lost several times. Fortunately, Liverpool's midfielder put less pressure on this game, otherwise Blackburn's defense would have collapsed."

"The player that George replaced was Hargreaves, and there are still more than two months left. He was originally a player in the Bayern Munich youth team. This season George was dug from the Bayern Munich youth team. He played this season The total time is less than three and 10 minutes. I don't know what George means by replacing him?"

Hargreaves is really an unknown person, but he was originally in Bayern's youth team.When I arrived in Blackburn, I didn't go there a few times.They all played when the game was about to end.Therefore, even the senior commentators don't understand Hargreaves.Except for those few sets of cold information and data.

"Owen Hargreaves? A midfielder? 17 years old?" Houllier looked at Hargreaves' profile and said to himself.

Houllier knows a lot about Blackburn and has done specific research on many of their players.But this Hargreaves?Where did it come from?I don't know anything about his technical style and characteristics.

"Claude, sit here. Just sit here and watch the game carefully, think about your position and how you should defend." George nodded to Makelele.

Substituting a player in the first half is very uncomfortable for the player who was dismissed.But George did not comfort Makelele, because his performance was really bad.

"Claude, do you know why I asked you to hit the lower back?" George asked coldly, looking at Makelele with a frustrated face.Makelele raised his head and looked at George, which was also puzzled by Makelele. "Because the midfielder is not only about the body. I want you to play the midfielder so that you can play with your brain. The smartest defensive player will not run with the ball. Instead, he will stand still and prevent the ball from passing by. That's what people call consciousness."

"Look at the game below and think about where the midfielder should stand."

Hargreaves cherished this opportunity very much.He spent a year and a half in Bayern's youth team, and the coach of the Bayern Munich youth team still thinks highly of Hargreaves.Had it not been for playing in the first team, Hargreaves certainly would not have left the already familiar Bayern youth team.

Hargreaves had George's promise.But since I came to Blackburn for half a year, I haven't had a few chances to play.Although there is some resentment in his heart, Hargreaves has always been meticulous in training. He is waiting, waiting for the moment when he becomes a blockbuster.

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"It seems that Hargreaves came up specifically to defend Irving."

Hargreaves was excited to see Irving pull outside the box and catch the ball again.After going up, he knocked people over directly.Hargreaves is not very strong physically, but he is already very strong compared to Irving.

The referee immediately blew his whistle, indicating that Hargreaves had fouled.

But Hargreaves shrugged, didn't care about Owen lying on the ground at all, and ran back directly.

"Beautiful, this is it." George looked at Hargreaves' foul and patted his thigh off the court.

Compared with Makelele, Hargreaves is much better physically.Fast, strong, and ruthless.Therefore, when defending Irving, it sticks like a dog's skin plaster.Once Irving shows signs of being superior, he will directly foul.

"It seems that Hargreaves played with George's mission. In less than 10 minutes on the court, he has fouled Irving three times. Fouls are measured at a young age, and the referee is not good at playing cards."

Hargreaves' stalking style of play made Owen very uncomfortable.Owen, who had originally broken through the middle, had no choice but to avoid Hargreaves and came to the left.Wanted to work with McManaman, but Hargreaves got orders from George.Unless Irving enters the penalty area, as long as he is outside the penalty area, it is within the care of Hargreaves.

Hargreaves went to take care of Owen, and Deco came to make up for the defensive midfielder.Although Deco's personal defensive ability is not as powerful as those defensive midfielders.But one-on-one defense is still very good.

Seeing his golden boy being bullied like this by Hargreaves at Anfield, the audience booed everywhere.

Owen's misfire reduced Liverpool's attack power by half.It also gave Blackburn a chance to fight back.

However, the first half was coming to an end, and because of Deco's retreat, Micoud could only retreat to organize the attack.This is very problematic on offense.

Blackburn's offensive power is concentrated on Liverpool's right, Carragher's right.Pires and Duff switched positions and took turns attacking this point.

"Pirres, he passed Carragher...the cross...the ball was too deep, it went straight to James."

Towards the end of the first half, Pires made another pass to the center.But the ball was floating and went directly to James.

Klose, who was about to grab a point, and Micoud, who got in behind, shook their heads.

"Hey, what is this?"

This is a ball that couldn't be easier, and James did pick it up with a jump.But an accident happened at this time. James may have taken the ball to make a quick serve, but he didn't expect to hit his knees with both hands.

A mistake, a huge mistake.James used his knee to head the ball out of his hand.

Miku, who was still sighing just now, was surprised to see the ball come to his feet.And there was no one beside him.All the Liverpool defenders were forward, ready to attack.

Miku looked at Nuo Da's empty goal, and unceremoniously pushed and shot.

"This is such an amateur mistake, James! Such an amateur mistake actually happened to James. It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't be." The commentator was surprised, the players on the field were surprised, and even George looked at him in surprise. .

Miku accepted James' gift with a smile.James' gift allowed Blackburn to even the score before halftime.

Houllier shook the mineral water in his hand angrily on the sidelines. Seeing James' low-level mistakes, Houllier's determination to sell James became firmer.Houllier originally disliked several Liverpool players, including Redknapp and James.

"This is the future England gate? Hehehe!"

George shook his head. After Seaman, England will usher in a ten-year goalkeeper drought.Whether it is James in front of him or Carson and Green later, they just added a lot of jokes to the world football.It wasn't until the appearance of Joe Hart that England's national team stabilized.

This is the first time George has encountered such a low-level mistake by the goalkeeper since he became the head coach.

Although George is now an Englishman, he does not have any sense of belonging to England.There is no concern about the performance of the England national team or the performance of the England national team.It is best that the goalkeepers of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool are all such colanders.

If it weren't for James' low-level mistakes, how could Blackburn tie the score before the end of the first half.

(End of this chapter)