coach legend

Chapter 375 Unexpected Start

Every time he collides with George, Ferguson can clearly feel George's growth.

When he first played against George, George could only use some crooked moves.There is also the opportunity to take advantage of the unfamiliarity of Blackburn players in English football to make a surprise attack.But with the training in the Premier League in the past few seasons, George's formation and substitutions have made great progress.

Outsiders cannot see this.

Outsiders just think that George is very powerful.Leading Blackburn to create good results one after another.

But they have played against George many times, and it is Ferguson as a competitor, their feelings are different.From a rookie coach with little experience, George has gradually become a famous coach who can wrestle with the world's famous coaches step by step.

A direct competitor like Ferguson is the one with the deepest feeling.

George has really grown up.

However, Ferguson was very surprised to see Blackburn's starting list.

Because what is Blackburn's strongest?Every manager who has played against Blackburn will say two.Blackburn's most powerful, one is the possession of the ball in the middle of the midfield, and the other is Blackburn's wing assault.

Needless to say, midfield possession.

Blackburn has ball-handling masters like Deco and Micoud.And they are all midfielders who can control, pass, and even shoot well.With them, Blackburn's midfield possession is unique in the entire Premier League.

Even facing Manchester United and Arsenal, Blackburn's possession of the ball is also dominant.

Under normal circumstances, Blackburn's possession time in the Premier League is more than 60.00%.

And Blackburn's wing assault is notable in the entire Premier League, even in the entire European football world.Players have their own characteristics.Pires can pass and pass, and even pull over and play the core of the midfield.It can be used as another offensive core besides Micoud.

Duff is a complete winger.Fast speed, good small skills, especially in-cut shots and breakthroughs from the outside to the penalty area are his forte.

Bellamy, the speed alone is already a headache for all opponents.

Hleb, although a substitute.But he is an out-and-out king of passing people, and passing people has completely become an art under his feet.

These four wide players make Blackburn's wide play varied.And it can meet various tactical needs.And Blackburn's wing attack is also the most important part of their offense.Many clubs were broken by Blackburn precisely because they failed to resist Blackburn's wing attack.

Even some clubs want to play iron barrel defense with Blackburn, but they failed because they failed to block the opponent on the wing.

So any club is quite afraid of Blackburn's wing.

This includes strong teams like Manchester United and Arsenal.Ferguson and George have played against each other many times.Have experienced the power of Blackburn's wing several times.

Especially Pires.Every time he played against Manchester United, Pires was in a particularly good state.Manchester United's right-back Gary Neville, when he said the player he was least willing to face, named Blackburn's Pires.

But after the starting lineup came out, Pires was not on it.Not even any other wide players appeared in the starting list, and Ferguson couldn't restrain his surprise at all.

In George's lineup, there is no wing?Weird starting lineup?
The goalkeeper and the back line are very conventional, and they are all within Ferguson's expectations.But the starting midfielder surprised everyone.None of the four big wide players in George's midfield are on the field.George's formation in the midfield is Hargreaves, Makelele, Deco, Micoud, and Kaka.

Among these five people, Makelele, Deco and Miku are the core players of Blackburn.

Needless to say, the Premier League opponents, there is no one in the European football team who does not know the three of them.But now there are no wings in the midfield, but Hargreaves and Kaka are piled up.Even the seasoned Ferguson didn't see the purpose of George's formation.

It wasn't just the formation of the midfield that surprised Ferguson.

George's choice of striker also surprised Ferguson.Blackburn's current forward line is very strong, it should be said that it is not bad even compared with the European giants.

Klose, the top scorer in the Premier League last season.In the league not long ago, he already scored 1 goal in his career.Of course, Klose has just returned, and his state has not fully recovered.

Anelka, apart from being the best rookie in the Premier League, has no personal honor to take out.But no one in European football will deny Anelka's strength.As long as Anelka is not brain-dead, he is definitely a world-class striker.

With these two strikers, there is no shortage of strikers for Blackburn.Any one of them playing is enough deterrent for Manchester United's defense.

But unfortunately, George left two world-class forwards instead of using Drogba.It is understandable that Klose has just come back, but isn't Anelka still there?Although they played a Premier League game a few days ago, they should be used to playing a game a few days ago.

Anelka will have no problem playing.

But George chose Drogba.This is beyond Ferguson's expectations.

Ferguson didn't understand.

Martin Taylor and Andy Gray didn't understand either.

If possible, George is definitely a head coach willing to take risks.And George is also a very decisive coach, which can also be seen from the fact that George adjusted the lineup several times in the first half.But George is still a conservative person in his bones.

Ferguson understands this, and so do Martin Taylor and Andy Gray.

Therefore, they absolutely do not believe that George is a mysterious and unconventional head coach in the formation.So they are all thinking about the reason for George's arrangement.

It's just that the game hasn't started yet, and they can't see George's purpose.

Ferguson can only wait.When the game starts, you can see what George means.

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With the sound of the referee's whistle, the Champions League semi-final match finally began.

Manchester United and Blackburn are old rivals.

During George's four seasons in charge, he had many collisions with Manchester United.So it should be said that there are no secrets between the two teams.There is no need for any temptation to start the game.But George's strange lineup made Manchester United also have to be careful.

Looking at the cautious Manchester United, George couldn't help laughing.

Every time he played against Ferguson, George was able to find his own growth.Although George has a great advantage in choosing players because of the memory of his previous life.But George never considered himself a genius.

Therefore, George pays special attention to the summary after the game.Every time he played against a world-class coach, George would sum it up.What I have summed up is my own experience.

And after last season's Premier League championship, George's self-confidence has also increased.Of course, winning the Premier League championship this season has greatly increased George's pride.

Now George has really defeated himself and his fear of those famous coaches.The fear deep in the heart.George's previous arrogance was not to cover up the fear in his heart.

If it was before, George's first thought must be how Ferguson would arrange his troops.How should I deal with Ferguson.George must be racking his brains on how to restrain Manchester United.But George's thinking is completely different now.

Why should I have to think about how to restrain Manchester United, why not play according to my own ideas.

Although Ferguson didn't admit it before, he was indeed a big stone in George's heart.But since winning two Premier League titles in a row, George has really begun to have the psychological quality that a world famous coach should have.George's arrogance now is his self-confidence.
Therefore, George arranged the starting lineup completely according to his own ideas in this game.Give Ferguson a big surprise.

Manchester United played tentatively for a while before discovering that Blackburn's starting lineup was nothing special.

Ferguson found out.

Blackburn's style of play in this game is more defensive.Including Drogba in the front, several people in the middle and even Micoud participated in the defense.Blackburn was desperate in the middle.

However, Ferguson was still vaguely able to judge the position of the Blackburn midfielder.

Hargreaves, Makelele, and Deco are at the back, while Miku and Kaka are at the front.Kaka is somewhat to the left, while Micoud is to the right.

But when defending, Hargreaves will support the right, Makelele will support the left, and Deco will control the rhythm of the game in the middle.

Does George want to defend away and attack at home?
Even the experienced Ferguson didn't see what George was thinking at this time.If it was the first time he played against George, then Ferguson would really think so.But this is not the first time Ferguson has played against George.

Ferguson never believed that George would give up the chance to score away from home.

But the current scene made Ferguson very unclear.

Drogba?Will he score?Although Drogba once broke Manchester United's goal with a long shot, Ferguson still has a slight contempt for Drogba.Because Drogba is currently the player who wastes the most single-handedly among the Premier League forwards.

With Blackburn's style of play, especially with players like Pires and Micoud, Drogba's chances of single-handedness far exceed those of many other club's forwards.But Drogba has not scored a few single-handed goals.

Therefore, Drogba has always been ridiculed by the British media.

As for Miku, his strength is very strong.But now without the support of the two wingers, how can he perform in the midfield alone.He is not Maradona, he can pass five levels and kill six generals in the midfield.Cutting off the sidewalk is completely self-defeating.

Ferguson never thought that George would have such a lineup arrangement.

Makelele, Hargreaves and Deco in the midfield are all defensive.How to attack?

Unable to understand George's arrangement, Ferguson was not in a hurry.So what if you can't see it?Can't you see that you won't play the game, so Ferguson directly let Manchester United attack Blackburn's hinterland with a big wave.

Because Ferguson really can't see what offensive ability Blackburn has.

And Ferguson believes that even if George has any other purpose in hiding.As long as he pushes Blackburn into a hurry, George's purpose will definitely emerge.

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