coach legend

Chapter 297 Attack on the Third Front?

"...Miku, Miku shoots!"

"Beautiful, Micoud's shot is sudden. Two-nil, Blackburn are two-nil away."

"Kean's absence has a great impact on Manchester United. If Keane is here, Micoud will never be allowed to shoot so easily in this area."

"Blackburn, the away game is already leading 20-[-]. If the game ends according to this score, then Blackburn will lead Manchester United by [-] points again. There are more than [-] minutes left in the game. How will Ferguson choose?"

Micoud's goal came in the 72nd minute of the game.

Ferguson chewed his gum and stood up slowly.Then began to replace Philip Neville with Sheringham.Although he didn't express it, the substitution alone showed Ferguson's attitude.He is trying his best.

Now Manchester United has three midfielders and three forwards.

Manchester United's style of play has completely changed.Beckham and Butt retreated to become the midfielder, while Scholes stepped forward.Then in front are Cole, Solskjaer and Sheringham.

At this time, George will certainly not fight against Manchester United.Manchester United is desperate, and the fighting power that broke out is not exaggerated.This is not something that can be expressed simply by strength.

So George immediately replaced Deco with McAllister, and Hargreaves replaced Pires.

You attack, I defend.In addition to George leaving Drogba in the frontcourt, Micoud and Hleb moved forward slightly, and then Makelele, McAllister, and Hargreaves all kept a short distance from the back line.

George is like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

I just want to defend and see if you can break through our team's goal.

Faced with George's substitution, Ferguson waved his hand, and Manchester United attacked across the board.Beckham, who was with Bart just now, immediately threw himself into the offense.But George's instructions to the players are simple.

The ball can be passed into the penalty area, but Manchester United must not be allowed to get any long-range shots.We must firmly hold on to the frontier generation of the restricted area.

Although Manchester United put three forwards, it is impossible for them all to enter the penalty area.Even if it goes in, Blackburn is not afraid of the high-altitude ball defense.Including Ferdinand and Panucci, both are good headers.

Although Blackburn did not specifically practice defense like Burnley, George never relaxed his defense during training.

Therefore, when the three lines are kept close, it is difficult for Manchester United's offense to penetrate.Even Barcelona, ​​known as the "cosmic team" in the future, will be difficult to break through the dense defense, let alone Manchester United, which is short of major generals.

In the end even Drogba came back to defend at center back.

"George, I really can't understand it. Blackburn is obviously very strong, and they can go head-to-head with Manchester United. But in order to keep the advantage of two goals, George even pulled the striker back into the penalty area. The defender is in charge."

"Look at Miku's defense again. Let a talented player like Miku do this kind of dirty work, hey..."

Martin Taylor explained with a wry smile when he saw George's actions.

"Martin, have you forgotten? When George was still the head coach of Burnley, he said that he would rather choose an ugly champion than lose. In order to win, George will definitely do whatever it takes." Andy Gray Looking at Martin Taylor, he smiled.

Seeing such a negative game from Blackburn, there was a huge booing from the Manchester United fans.

In their view, Blackburn is also a strong team in the Premier League.Now it's shameless to use such a shameless tactic.

But George didn't waver at all.As long as he can get three points, don't say that, even if he uses all players to block the goal, George is willing.

As the game passed minute by minute, Manchester United's offense became more and more fierce.It's a pity that facing the defending Blackburn, they failed to score the goal in the end.

"This year's league champion, I'm not welcome." When George and Ferguson shook hands, he smiled and winked.

Ferguson was not angry, but said lightly: "George, it's still too early for the season to end. It's too early to say that."

"No, no, coach Ferguson. I am bound to win the Premier League title."

Of course George was in a good mood.After winning Manchester United, Blackburn is already seven points ahead of Manchester United.It's just that Arsenal faced Manchester City in this round, and they defeated Manchester City [-]-[-].So the gap with Arsenal has not widened, it is still two points.

But George didn't care.

Arsenal, they must not be able to persist until the end.

In George's mind, the main competitor is Manchester United.

At Manchester United's home court, they beat Manchester United by two goals.Blackburn swept away the previous downturn and became the front page news of the newspaper media again.

The "Blackburn Evening News" even called the game a "landmark victory!"

"The victory over Manchester United is the most important victory for Blackburn this season. This victory makes Blackburn more clear about the goal of the league championship. We believe that after this game, Blackburn will no longer be afraid of any opponent."

Of course, the "Blackburn Evening News" may be exaggerating.

But it wasn't just the Blackburn Evening News that praised Blackburn's victory.More than half of the English football media praised Blackburn's victory.

But Manchester United was not happy.The newspapers in Manchester, in particular, were not convinced.

"Coach Levy may be from a small place and a small club. He is full of small family spirit. It is difficult to make a big deal."

What they criticized the most was that George let Blackburn stick to it in the final stage.And it gave up the offense and completely defended intensively.This makes them feel that Blackburn is too unpursued.They brought up the matter and kept bashing George.

George smiled slightly at the unconvinced Manchester newspaper.

"If you can't eat grapes, you say the grapes are sour. No matter how I fight, I win the game."

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On October 10, after finishing the main game with Manchester United, Blackburn immediately faced the third round of the League Cup.

Blackburn is now a Premier League team.But the team representing the Premier League to participate in the Champions League, so things like the first and second rounds of the League Cup have been completely insulated from Blackburn.Blackburn is going to play in the League Cup, and it will be the third round of the League Cup directly.

In the third round of the League Cup, Blackburn faced Tranmere away.

Tranmere is a team from League Two.Being able to make it to the third round of the League Cup is really a blessing.

George didn't think about achieving any results in the League Cup at all.He has already won the League Cup and the FA Cup at Burnley.The most important thing for Blackburn now is the Premier League and the Champions League.

So in this game, George rotated many players.

Three players were transferred from the youth team, plus the first-team substitutes.However, Blackburn's first-team substitutes were not bad either. Players like Henning Berg, Sun Jihai, David Dunn, Bellamy, and Kevin Gallagher played.

In fact, George just wanted to hit a dozen casually anyway.It's okay to pass, and it's okay to lose.

It's just that I didn't expect that Blackburn's substitute was also fierce.

He actually scored three goals in the away game, and David Dunn scored two goals.In the end, they defeated Tranmere [-]-[-] and entered the fourth round of the League Cup.

Immediately after that was the No.12 round of the Premier League, Blackburn faced Newcastle at home.Although Robson's strength has risen a lot after he took over Newcastle.But George is willing to play a pseudo-technical team like Newcastle.

Relying on the goals of Klose and Deco at home, they defeated Newcastle [-]-[-].It's a pity that Manchester United and Arsenal also won.

Then came the last game of the Champions League group stage.Blackburn traveled to Ukraine to face Shakhtar Donetsk.Blackburn has already broken through from the group stage. As for whether it is the No.1 breakthrough or the No.2 breakthrough, George doesn't care anymore.

If it is the future Champions League group stage, then George cares very much.After all, after breaking through, lots will be drawn according to the ranking, and the knockout round will be played.

But now, apart from the first round of the group stage, the Champions League also has a second round of the group stage.

Therefore, in this game, George still mainly used the substitute to let the main players rest.It's a pity that Shakhtar Donetsk is too weak, and Blackburn beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-[-].Finally in this group, with [-] points, won No.[-].

After that, Blackburn returned to England and prepared for the No.13 round of the Premier League.

Blackburn away to Sunderland.Blackburn, who has been popular in the league recently, did not give Sunderland any chance at all.With a score of three to two, they defeated Sunderland.

After the game, George also got the best news.

Arsenal were held to a 13-[-] draw by Derby County at home. After the No.[-] round, Blackburn led Arsenal by four points and Manchester United by seven points, and still topped the Premier League standings.

And as the fourth round of the League Cup approaches, the results of the draw for the fourth round of the League Cup have also come out.

Blackburn will meet Crystal Palace from League One in the fourth round of the League Cup.

Crystal Palace?This is a team that is not currently ranked high in the League One.Even if a substitute is allowed to play, there shouldn't be any problem.Once they pass the fourth round of the League Cup, they will enter the quarter-finals.

There are four games away from the League Cup title.

George was a little worried about gains and losses at this time.Although George cares more about the Premier League and Champions League games.But how to say the League Cup is also a trophy, isn't it?Now I have encountered a belly like Crystal Palace again.

Do you want to continue fighting at that time?
Fighting on the third front is easy to say.In fact, it is very difficult to fight.What to do then?
Blackburn has not won the League Cup so far. If they win the League Cup themselves, it can be regarded as creating a new history for Blackburn.

only……

Forget it, take one step at a time.Crystal Palace doesn't need to pay too much attention to it. It won't be too late to pay attention to the League Cup after Crystal Palace passes by then.

(End of this chapter)