coach legend

Chapter 185 Sudden Applause
When George appeared at Ewood Park, he always had a serious expression.

This is not to say that George is serious, but that George was frightened by the boos of the Ewood Park fans.If George's expression changes a little bit, George will not be missed by so many shots in the audience.

So George just kept his face straight in Ewood Park, so that even if there was any change in his expression, nothing could be seen.

"Coach O'Reilly, hello." George was the owner, so he extended his hand in front of him early.

"Coach Levi, hello."

Looking at George's young face, O'Reilly felt jealous.At only 30 years old, he is already the head coach of a Premier League club.

But O'Reilly didn't know that George envied O'Reilly just as much.Don't think that David O'Reilly succeeded Graham as the head coach of Leeds United because he was an assistant coach to George Graham.

David O'Reilly, like many coaches, is a football coach.He was very famous when he was playing football, most of the time he played for Arsenal.Since debuting in the Arsenal first team at the age of 17, he has played a total of 722 games for Arsenal.

722 games, Arsenal's appearance record is maintained.Until more than ten years later, no Arsenal player can break this record.And it is estimated that it is unlikely that any player will be able to break this record in the future.

O'Reilly, known as Spider-Man by Arsenal fans, is a legendary Arsenal player.Won two FA Cups, two League Cups and two league titles for Arsenal.

George envied O'Reilly because he was so lucky in his coaching career.As soon as he became the head coach, he encountered a glorious moment for Leeds United.At this time, the Leeds United youth team has a large number of young talents, and the Leeds United boss is willing to invest money.

Although Peter Ridsdale's last risky action brought a huge disaster to Leeds United.But at this time, Ridsdale was a very generous chairman.It can be said to give what you want.

George started his coaching career at Burnley and spent all three years in the lower leagues.This is the first time to coach a Premier League team. After half a season, he gradually got his name in the Premier League.And Ridsdale has just become the head coach of Leeds United, and Leeds United's performance is very vigorous.So far, Leeds United is still ranked No.4 in the Premier League.

The two were not familiar with each other, so they just greeted each other briefly.

It's all just out of courtesy.After saying hello, the moment he was about to turn around, suddenly there was huge applause in the Blackburn stands.Ewood Park Stadium has Darwin Stand, Riverside Stand, Blackburn Stand and Jack Walker Stand, which can accommodate 31367 spectators.

The Riverside Stand is often reserved for away fans, while the Blackburn Stand is where the Blackburn fans live.

The applause came inexplicably, extremely suddenly.Both George and O'Reilly looked up at the Blackburn stands.

"George-Levy!" "George-Levy!"

Suddenly, above the Blackburn stands, George's name sounded.They seemed to be singing and shouting.But there is nothing else, just on top of a certain melody, just George's name.

They just kept shouting "George Levy!"

George was taken aback by their shouts.I was as surprised as I was when I heard the boos from all the fans.George didn't understand why they had suddenly changed their attitude.

O'Reilly also didn't expect that no one in English football now knows that George is an unwelcome person at Ewood Park.George and Blackburn fans even had records of exchanging words at Ewood Park.And in the first home game he coached, he was booed by the fans, George is absolutely unique.I didn't expect to see another attitude from the fans today.

Blackburn stand, that is Blackburn's most loyal fans.Get their cheers and applause, then this coach has basically won the hearts of Blackburn fans.

A smile appeared on George's face for a moment, which was so unexpected.

The Blackburn players who were about to kick off on the field also turned their heads unexpectedly.Even many reporters at the scene turned their cameras to the Blackburn stands.

"Haha, what did we hear. This is the Blackburn fans chanting George's name!" Even the commentator was quite surprised. "This should be the first time George has received applause from the home fans at home. George has been waiting for this applause for half a season."

Could it be that Blackburn's performance during this period made them so satisfied?That was the only reason George could imagine.

Unbeknownst to George, George led Blackburn to a [-]-[-] win over Burnley at Turf Moore.After the game, Evan humiliated Burnley with five fingers.This made the Blackburn fans greatly relieved.

They watched the game on TV and knew how George got booed.So after George returned to Blackburn, those Blackburn loyalists gave George the highest cheer.We welcome what Burnley opposes and boos.

Sometimes it is really difficult to understand the thinking of fans. When George won six consecutive victories some time ago, he did not receive such cheers at home.But when they saw Burnley fans booing George, they defended George instead.

We Blackburn fans can boo our manager, you Burnley?hum!
A game against Burnley made them change their attitude.

But whatever the reason, George was very happy.Not only George, but the Blackburn players on the field are also quite excited.To be honest, they haven't experienced any home feeling this season. Today's game has the atmosphere of home for the first time.

Things like home atmosphere are very necessary.

Unlike before, as long as the Blackburn players get the ball, the fans will applaud.As soon as the Leeds United fans got the ball, the home fans would boo them.

Ewood Park is not a big stadium, but with a capacity of 3 people, the explosive atmosphere is no less than those big stadiums.

The players are very excited, and their performance on the court has improved.

"Deco... Bowyer's ball was cut off again. Deco's passing organization has been incisively and vividly performed in recent games. Many media commented that Deco was among the best when transferring to the Premier League this season. But this It took only one game to find out that Deco's defense is not weak."

I really didn't expect Deco to steal consecutively in the midfielder position.

Deco's excellent performance made it easier for Hargreaves next to him. Hargreaves only needs to defend Smith.Facing Smith, Hargreaves gave full play to his stalking skills.Stay close to Smith and don't let Smith get the ball easily.

Only Smith, this game played too uncomfortable.

As George thought, young players are easily inspired.But at the same time, they are also prone to irritability and can't hold their breath.

That's what Smith is doing now, because it's really impatient to be pestered by Hargreaves.Including Bowyer in midfield, because he couldn't get the ball all the time, he became more and more impatient.In fact, at this time, what Leeds United needs is a veteran to come out to stabilize the morale of the army.

After all, Leeds United does not need to be so anxious in the away game. It should be Blackburn who is playing at home.But Blackburn was not in a hurry, but it made the Leeds United players impetuous.This is a common problem among young people.

It's a pity that the only older players in Leeds United are goalkeeper Neil Martin and Lucas Radebe.One of them is a goalkeeper and the other is a central defender.There is nothing to be done about the current loss in midfield.

Although there are mostly young players on Blackburn's side, including Duff and Hargreaves, two young people under the age of 20.But the core of Blackburn's current various lines are experienced players.

Including Hyypia and Van Bronckhorst on the back line, Micoud and Pires in the midfield, they are all players who have worked hard in their respective leagues for many years.Compared with the Leeds United players who have just entered the first team, I don't know how much richer they are in experience.

Therefore, according to George's words, they did not blindly play fast with Leeds United.Instead, he used his skillful technique and coordination to control the ball in midfield.After killing Leeds United's energy, they suddenly accelerated their attack.This fast and slow style of play made Leeds United very uncomfortable.

At 27 minutes into the first half, the ball kept passing between Deco and Micoud, with Pires occasionally coming to help.Bowyer and Ribeiro in the midfield are quite depressed, and it is really difficult to grab the ball.

Miku got the ball from Deco again in the frontcourt, turned around suddenly facing Ribeiro, and then passed it to the right.Changing positions with Duff, Pires, who came to the right, passed Ian Hart in an instant, and got the ball very comfortably on the right side of the penalty area.

In this game, Micoud, who returned a lot of passes, suddenly accelerated and then passed the ball, which caught Leeds United's defense by surprise.

After entering the penalty area, Pires had more choices. Facing the young Woodgate with a few shakes, Woodgate lost his focus.Then it lightly passed to the penalty spot, and Micoud followed up with a volley.Martin was not given any chance to react at all.

"One to zero, John Micoud! This is Micoud's fourth goal in Blackburn. Micoud, who has adapted to English football, is getting better and better."

The on-site commentator was not so calm.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!"

"John - Miku!"

"One to zero, we are already ahead."

"Come on, our hero Miku!!!"

If it was before, there would be sparse applause at Ewood Park.But this time was different. Following Micoud's goal, the audience erupted into applause.Cheers of "John Miku!" came one after another.

Micoud has scored four goals this season, and this goal was the first to receive such cheers.So he raised his hands high and turned around.Then he opened his arms and faced the assisting Pires.Pires also ran towards Micoud, and picked him up.

The Blackburn players are excited, and not just excited about being ahead.More because of the Blackburn players who felt themselves so clearly for the first time.When I went to Ewood Park before, it was like someone else's home field.Today they finally feel that this is their home field.

George also waved his fist very excitedly on the sidelines.Only in such a home field can the excitement of scoring goals be felt.

(End of this chapter)