coach legend

Chapter 40
In the first game, they defeated Norwich [-]-[-], and then Burnley will play a League Cup first round match.

This time Burnley was quite lucky, and the team drawn turned out to be Mansfield from England's third division.This is an underdog team even in England's third division.

George won't go to such lengths for such a game.Basically, they came off the bench, but with a header from Klose, they defeated Mansfield [-]-[-] and entered the second round of the League Cup.

Then Burnley faced Oxford United, their opponent who was promoted with Burnley, at home. In the second division, Oxford United had to surrender when they met Burnley.At that time, Burnley had a towering frontcourt like Richard and a striker with outstanding personal ability like Darren Huckabee.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is a sharp knife on the right of Poboski. No defender at the level of the second division can stop Poboski.

Therefore, when Oxford United saw Burnley, they would not resist at all.

But after reaching the First Division, Oxford United seems to want to take a point.He hoarded heavy troops in the backcourt and set up an iron barrel formation.

Although because of Ballack and Neil Lennon guarding the middle, the ball has always been in the hands of Burnley.But the ball can only fly back and forth in the frontcourt, and it can't hit Oxford United's penalty area.

Lampard and Danny Murphy on the left and right are not orthodox wingers. Their speed and breakthrough ability are limited, and they cannot pose a threat on the wing at all.

Can't open the wing, so it can't open Oxford United's defense.

"George, although Ljungberg is very lonely, but at times like this, we need an assaulter like him." Karl Pat stood beside George, frowning. "You see, Frank and Danny Murphy don't have much breakthrough ability at all."

George certainly understands that Burnley now has four central midfielders.Ballack, Lampard, Neil Lennon, and Danny Murphy are all good players in the middle of the midfield, but they cannot become the kind of wing assaulters.

Burnley's offense has always been right-leaning, but with the rise of Daniel, the left-wing offense improved.But last year everyone cooperated with Poboski, so many people are used to attacking from the side.Now suddenly the wing is paralyzed, so they don't know how to attack.

Of course, what this kind of game needs most is Ljungberg. To break the surface is to say that Ljungberg is a good wing player.Although he is only an assaulter on the side, once the side is opened, then everything will be alive.That's what those wingers do, but Ljungberg was blocked by George himself.Unless Ljungberg comes to admit his mistake, George will never let Ljungberg enter the first team.

It is now 58 minutes into the second half, watching the ball flying around in the air, or falling in the backcourt, George is cruel.

"Steve, Miro, you two come here." George must win this match.At the beginning of the second half, George asked all the players to warm up.This time, Finnan and Klose were called immediately.

"Steve, you go up to replace Grant. My task for you is very simple, actively attack. Pass from the wing to the penalty area, I know your cross is very good." Grant was originally a defensive side Defender, in the second division George does not need excessive pressure from the full-back.But the participation of full-backs in offense is a major trend in the future, and George needs the support of full-backs in this game.

George pats Steve on the shoulder, then turns to look at Klose. "Milo, I don't need to mention your mission, you should understand it."

Klose nodded.

Soon George replaced Grant with Finnan and Danny Murphy with Klose.The formation also became a 4-3-3, with Ballack, Lampard and Neil Lennon controlling the midfield.The two full-backs, Daniel Morrison and Steve Finnan, took turns attacking from the wing.

George's dismissal became very simple, directly crossing from the wing, and then Richard and Klose competed for the header.At the same time, Kevin Phillips and Lampard both grabbed the second spot.George is almost at the bottom of the boat, and one side must lie down in this game.

As soon as the formation was changed, there was a sudden panic in front of Oxford United.In particular, both Richard and Klose are very good header players, and every cross can form an attack.Simplicity has its advantages. The previous style of play of the England team was simple and practical, although George came from later generations.But George has been educated in England since he was 17, and he is deeply influenced by English football.Playing this simple-answer style of play is also easy.

After Oxford United defended for a full 82 minutes, Kevin Phillips received a header from Miroslav Klose and scored a goal.In the end, Burnley defeated Oxford United [-]-[-] at home.

In the third game, Burnley welcomed Oldham at home, and Oldham's strength was far better than Oxford United.On the basis of defense, the counterattack is also quite sharp.Although George wanted to break the boat when he couldn't start the situation, he was afraid of Oldham's counterattack, so he didn't dare to go too far.In the end, it can only accept a zero-to-zero draw.

In the fourth game, Burnley met Crystal Palace away.Crystal Palace is a strong team in the English First Division with extraordinary strength.George asked the team to retreat a little and stabilize the situation first.But when preparing to counterattack, I realized that Burnley is very lacking in speed players.

In the end George chose the old way, playing England's most traditional high-altitude attack.But in the end, he still didn't score a goal, so he could only accept the zero-to-zero result helplessly.

In four games, Burnley has two wins and two draws, ranking No.3 in League One with eight points.This is a very good point for Burnley, who have just been promoted to League One.But George is very dissatisfied, because Burnley's offense in the second division is still relatively good.Now this style of play is not what George needs most.

At this time, George regretted letting Darren Huckabee go. The current Burnley frontcourt lacks such speed players.

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"Fierce clashes broke out at Burnley! "

"Frederick Ljungberg, the new star that Burnley brought in from the Swiss Super League this season, was outstanding in the first game. He scored a goal in his first appearance for the team, but was replaced by George in the second half. After coming down, according to internal sources, there was a fierce conflict with George."

"And George completely put Ljungberg into the cold palace. For nearly a month after that, Ljungberg has been training with the youth team."

"Ljungberg has a normal personality as a young player. I think Coach George is too sensitive. For such a talented player, the coach should protect him well."

"Of course, as a young coach who is less than 30 years old, Coach George's current performance is already very good. I think everyone should understand that he is not good at regulating players and controlling the atmosphere in the locker room."

George looked at the "Blackburn Evening News" and fell to the ground fiercely, what is meant by "everyone can understand".It seems to be understanding, but in fact it is just adding fuel to the flames.

George didn't even need to read the names of the reporters in this newspaper to know who wrote it.No one but George's greatest nemesis, Steven Yellen, would write about it.

George is also having a headache now, this Ljungberg personality is too strong.It's been a month, and this kid would rather stay in the youth team than come over to apologize.

However, the team that George wants to build is a team based on the whole, and no one is allowed to override the team.

In the fifth round, Burnley played away to challenge the fifth opponent of League One, a professional football team from Reading, Berkshire, southeast England.The history of Reading is completely blank. Although it has a history of more than 100 years, Reading can only be mixed in the low-level leagues during these 100 years.

In this game, George made a big change to the starting lineup, removing Lampard, Danny Murphy and Grant.Instead, David Ward, Steve Finnan and Solkamp were replaced.

In this game, George pushed Daniel up and became a left midfielder.With Steve Finnan at right back, Solkamp became right midfielder.David Ward replaced Daniel at left-back.

The change in Daniel's position caught the Reading team by surprise.Under Ballack's outstanding scheduling, Daniel scored two goals in this game.The forward line was also completely alive, Richard and Kevin Phillips also scored a goal each.

In the end, Burnley defeated Reading with a score of [-]-[-] in the away game.

(End of this chapter)