coach legend

Chapter 19 The Fateful Meeting (for collection)
Three days after a dramatic passage through the second round of the Carabao Cup, Burnley welcome Crewe at home.

Speaking of the Crewe team, there is actually not much history with Burnley. It is a pity that George introduced two main midfielders from the Crewe team this year.The Crewe team, which ranked No.3 in the second division last season, unfortunately failed to pass in the play-offs, was also a popular team for promotion at the beginning of the season.

It's a pity that after losing Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon, they are only ranked No.9 in the second division.The gap with Burnley is as high as nine points.

In this game, George arranged the strongest lineup to face the Crewe team. After two midfielders were missing, the Crewe team's control in the midfield was greatly reduced.

Under the combination of Ballack, Danny Murphy and Neil Lennon, Burnley firmly controlled the initiative on the field.In the end, with the goals of Poborski and Darren Huckabee, they won the league's six consecutive victories 2:0.

After six rounds, Burnley topped the table with 2 points thanks to their six-game winning streak. No.13 is Swindon, who was defeated by Burnley in the first game, and scored [-] points with four wins and one tie.After just six games, Burnley are already far ahead of other teams.

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After the six rounds, the draw for the third round of the League Cup will soon be held.I don't know if luck should be said to be good or bad.But when Burnley's opponent was announced, George smiled and shook his head.

Because Burnley's opponent in the next game is Blackburn, Burnley's feud Blackburn.

Although George blatantly clamored in the media, hoping to compete with the Premier League champions.It was just to stir up the enthusiasm of the Burnley fans and the fire in the hearts of the Burnley players.It never occurred to me to actually play against Blackburn.

Blackburn won the Premier League title last year is definitely the real deal, Burnley is not in their eyes at all.

When George went to the training ground the next day, the atmosphere at the club was completely different.Especially those old players are very positive.

"Carl, it seems that Blackburn has stimulated many of us." George shook his head and smiled.

Carl snorted, his eyebrows raised. "George, it's not that you don't know the conflict between our two clubs. Have you forgotten how they humiliated us in 91?" Carl, who has always been informal and smiling, has an obvious expression.

"In 91, I hadn't been in the club for a long time. Of course I haven't forgotten that shameful thing." George was also very angry when he mentioned that incident.That incident happened in 91.

In 1991, Blackburn returned to the First Division under the leadership of Dalglish, while Burnley at that time could only hang out in the fourth tier of England.At the end of the season, Burnley, ranked sixth in the league, faced Torquay United in the first round of the promotion play-offs. Blackburn fans actually rented a helicopter to fly over Burnley's home court, Turnfall Stadium, which made Burnley fans even more upset. It was unacceptable that the large slogan hanging under the helicopter read: "You will stay in the fourth level forever!"

This incident can be said to have deeply stimulated all Burnley fans, but unfortunately Burnley did not have any confidence to refute at the time.Blackburn were promoted to the top flight, while Burnley struggled in the fourth tier.

After that, Blackburn has been strong all the way, and finally won the Premier League last season.But Burnley is full of disasters, ups and downs, and is still wandering in the second division this season.

Compared with George Levy, who was born and raised in Burnley, Karl Parter is not a Burnley fan.It's just that Karl couldn't find a job in the top league, so he found the Burnley club.But after so many years, Karl has also developed feelings for Burnley.

"George, although we decided to give up the cup competition and focus on the league. But this time we can't give up. Let the bastards in Blackburn know that Lancashire still has Burnley." , with a hideous expression on his face.

Looking at the way Carl was waving his fists, and watching the enthusiasm of the players on the training ground higher than usual, George understood that this was a game that could not be given up.

From an intellectual point of view, of course such a tasteless match needs to be given up.But George knew that he couldn't do this no matter what, it was related to the honor of a team, a neighborhood, a city, and even a class!

Why football is the number one sport in the world is because football has infinite passion.The derby is a game that concentrates all football elements.

Why did Manchester City beat the mighty Manchester United [-]-[-] at home the year they returned to the Premier League?Could it be that their strength is better than Manchester United?Obviously impossible!Is it just the word "Derby" that motivates them?It also includes the hatred that has been opposed to each other for countless years.

"Hmph, Karl. You're right. Since Blackburn is drawn with us, let them see our strength at Burnley." George also spoke murderously.

George has been in this world for ten years and has always grown up in Burnley.Under the influence of his parents, relatives and friends, he is also a fan of Burnley.Naturally, I am quite bored with Blackburn, and it is not bad to take this opportunity to fight against them.

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It may be that Blackburn stimulated the Burnley players, and Burnley won the next three games.Of course, the most amazing thing is that in these three games, Burnley scored eleven goals.

As the league has been going on for two months, the running-in of the Burnley team has become more and more mature, and the cooperation is getting better and better.

Although the Burnley team's offense relies too much on Poborski's right, but a right has already blown up all the second division teams.Poborski scored four goals and six assists in five games this month.

So far, Burnley has achieved nine consecutive victories in the English Second Division, leaving No.2 Swindon seven points away and taking the top spot.

In the selection in September, George won the English League Two Coach of the Month award for the second time.And Poboski is also the second consecutive second league player of the month.

(End of this chapter)