coach legend

Chapter 21 Defensive Counterattack
It's only the third round of the league, but because of the Blackburn and Burnley games, there is more attention.

The police in Blackburn were on the alert this time, and there were more than 5000 Burnley fans who came to Heywood Park.But Heywood Park can only provide 1 tickets to Burnley fans this time, and nearly [-] fans have no tickets.

But these Burnley fans did not return to Burnley, but continued to stay in front of Heywood Park.

And the BBC also chose this game as the live broadcast of this round of the League Cup.

The Heywood Park Stadium, which accommodates more than 1000 people, is completely full today, with a sea of ​​people.The Blackburn fans in the stands saw the Burnley players run out and suddenly the whole of Heywood Park was booed.The police who maintained order among the Blackburn fans and Burnley fans increased their attention a hundredfold.I am afraid that the fans of the two teams will fight.

From the reaction of the fans, we can see that this is definitely not an ordinary League Cup, but a life-and-death knockout match, and it is also a derby with a century-old grievance between the two.

George came out of the tunnel, and the boos at Haywood Stadium suddenly increased several times when he just showed his head.The Blackburn fans who were very close to George cursed George with a hideous face.George knew that some of his speeches completely offended these Blackburn fans.

George let out a long sigh of relief, kept a smile on his face, and simply ignored the boos of these fans.Instead, he waved his hand facing a square team of red interspersed with blue.That was the visiting team fans who came to Heywood Park today. Seeing George's action, the Burnley fans suddenly burst into cheers.

The Premier League champions, that's just your shit luck... George hummed in his heart, and then walked to the coach's bench.

In this game, George can be said to be the main force, and Blackburn is not ready to give up this game.Including Blackburn's captain Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood and Kevin Gallagher all entered the match list.

Of course, what makes George a little relieved is that Shearer did not play, and even the substitute list does not have Shearer's name.This made George breathe a sigh of relief. Now Shearer is a terrifying shooting machine, and Burnley's defense will definitely not be able to stop Shearer.

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"Mr. Kilby, Burnley's performance this year is very good. I believe that you will be in League One next season." Although the two rivals have been entangled in grievances for a century, Jack Walker maintained his own demeanor.

Facing Jack Walker, Kilby bowed slightly in greeting.For Walker, Kilby is envious and jealous.Walker is not only a steel tycoon worth more than 3 million pounds, but also won the Premier League championship in just five years after taking control of Blackburn.

Compared with Walker, Kilby is now incomparable in terms of assets and other aspects of influence.

"Mr. Walker, you also just won the Premier League championship." Kilby said very humbly.

Jack Walker smiled and shook hands before inviting Barry Kilby to sit down and watch the game together.

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"Twenty and 10 minutes have passed, and we can already see the thinking of both sides of this game. Blackburn is attacking with all its strength, while Burnley has completely chosen a defensive posture. The main center in the league Richard Bro Dee didn't make the squad at all, and replaced Richard with a defensive midfielder Ian Coyd." The BBC commentator was doing a staged summary. "Except for Huckabee who is near the midfield, all Burnley players defend in their own 30-meter zone. Kevin Gallagher has been submerged among Burnley's tall defenders. So far Blackburn All four of his shots on goal were non-threatening shots from long range. And Burnley didn't even have a shot on goal."

"Yeah, Burnley are known for their offensive power in League Two. But I can understand Coach George's thoughts. After all, Blackburn was the Premier League champion last season. Shaft chose the direction of the team's attack. On the right, this is because the Burnley team’s left is the 17-year-old Daniel Morrison. But although Daniel was a bit embarrassed, with the help of Neil Lennon, Blackburn didn’t give Blackburn many opportunities.”

It is true that although George despised Blackburn in his heart, he did not dare to ignore Blackburn's strength in the actual game.Being able to overwhelm Manchester United to win the Premier League title, Blackburn's strength is definitely above Burnley.So George chose the strategy of solid defense first, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Judging from the first 10 minutes, the game has been under George's control.The midfield composed of Ballack, Neil Lennon, Danny Murphy and Ian Coyd has a great defensive thickness.

George's defensive strategy is very simple. Except for Huckabee in the front, pinning down some Blackburn defenders, all players are concentrated in the 30-meter area in front of their goal.Defense is not just the job of midfielders and defenders, it requires all players to devote themselves to defense.

Under such a strategy, it can be said that Blackburn didn't even get a chance.There were four shots in 10 minutes, but all of them were long-range shots from the outside.

Now Blackburn's offensive is fierce, but George doesn't have much to worry about.There is a saying in the art of war: one vigorous effort, then decline and three exhaustion.George believes that as long as he can withstand the current Blackburn offensive, Blackburn will definitely be discouraged.Then came Burnley's chance.

Daniel Morrison was tired, tired.More than half of Blackburn's attacks were launched from the right, not only Blackburn's right forward and right back took turns to attack from the right.Even Tim Sherwood moves to this side.

Daniel has always been known for his physical strength at Burnley, but in the face of Blackburn's successive attacks, although it only took 10 minutes, Daniel's physical strength has reached a critical point.

Daniel is a native of Burnley, and he is also a direct descendant of George who was promoted from the youth team.Without George's toughness, Daniel would not have been able to enter the first team.Teams in the second division have always had limited offensive power, and with the help of Neil Lennon, Daniel has not been threatened much.

But Daniel played in a bit of a mess in this game. Both Berg and Stewart Ripley were the main players of last year's Premier League championship.Fortunately, with the help of Neil Lennon and Ian Coyd, Daniel's side did not collapse.

But Daniel firmly remembered what George said, as long as he resisted, he won.

Tired, but Daniel was keeping his eyes on the ball.

There is almost no decent counterattack on Burnley's side, and the ball will be intercepted by Blackburn before it can pass three feet.This time was no exception, as Danny Murphy's pass missed Huckabee's feet and was intercepted by Hendry.

Huntley passed to Sherwood, who, seeing Neil Lennon watching him, played to Stuart Ripley on the right.Daniel was about to go up, when Blackburn's right-back Berger quickly inserted.Ripley passed to Berg straight away and once past they were able to open up a space on Burnley's left.

But at the moment when Ripley passed the ball, Daniel had quick eyesight and quick feet, and intercepted the ball in one go.

Daniel remembered what George said before the game. "Blackburn will definitely attack your side in this game, you have to hold it up, hold it up and win. But once the tackle is made, if they are all out, then don't hesitate to go straight into the opponent's hinterland. Use your speed advantage .”

Daniel saw the whole of Blackburn, except for the two central defenders near the center circle, everyone else was in their own half.Especially the entire right of Blackburn is completely empty, so put the ball forward and start running.

Daniel is fast, like a gust of wind.

Daniel hasn't galloped like this for a long time. After entering the first team, George's requirement for Daniel has always been defense.Therefore, Daniel has hardly been involved in offense in the second division. Burnley's offense has always been concentrated on the right Poborski's side.

The moment Daniel counterattacked, the Blackburn players didn't recover at all.It was Berg who reacted immediately as a defender, but in less than a second, Daniel had already fallen six meters away from Berg, and Berg gave up after a little chase.

The other Burnley players immediately counterattacked.Huckabee pressed down the frontcourt, Poborski attacked from the right, and Ballack followed Huckabee.

Hendry looked at the fast Daniel and the empty defense on the right, and knew that it was impossible for him to defend the center.So he jumped forward, Daniel didn't get entangled with Hendry, and passed it to Barack.

Ballack flicked lightly, and the ball passed Hendry and came to the feet of Daniel, who quickly jumped in.This time, there was a blank space in front of Daniel.

Blackburn's other young central defender Pierce gave up Huckabee, ready to defend Daniel.Huckabee's side was completely neutral, Huckabee, including Poborski, was undefended, and a three-on-one situation was formed in front of Blackburn's goal.

Flors saw Huckabee and Bobowski, so he turned his attention to the far corner.But as soon as he entered the vicinity of the big penalty area, Daniel shot directly, the ball was very fast, and quickly entered the goal against the right post.Although Flores tried his best to save, the speed far exceeded Flors' imagination.

(End of this chapter)