coach legend

Chapter 486 Sequelae

No matter how tired the Blackburn players are, the Premier League kicks off as scheduled.

On August 8, the 23-04 Premier League season officially started.

Speaking of the opening stage of this season, the schedule is not very good for Blackburn.Although the first two rounds were played against two weak teams, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, but in the third and fourth rounds, Arsenal and Manchester United will be played consecutively.

Arsenal were the best team in the Premier League last season.

Manchester United's performance last season was very poor.But this season United have stepped up their game.

Ferguson has three key acquisitions this season.Alan Smith was dug out from the rivalry Leeds.

Alan Smith, who used to keep saying that he would be loyal to Leeds United, rejected invitations from countless clubs, and turned out to go to his arch-enemy Manchester United.He also became Leeds United's biggest traitor.For Alan Smith, Manchester United paid a transfer fee of 700 million pounds.

After that, Ferguson brought in Argentine defender Heinze from Paris Saint-Germain at a price of 700 million pounds.

These two transfers are not very big, but these two players are powerful generals.

And Manchester United's biggest move this summer is the introduction of Wayne Rooney.

Rooney has become the best player in England.Especially in this European Cup, he scored four goals and became England's best player.Everton even set a price tag of £5000 million for Rooney.

Of course it is.

In the end, Manchester United spent a transfer fee of 100 million pounds to buy Rooney, the future of England.There are some additional clauses, if all can be met, then Rooney's transfer fee will reach 900 million pounds.

With the purchase of Rooney, Ferguson's third generation of Red Devils began to take shape.

The schedule is really not good for Blackburn.In particular, Blackburn's current pre-match preparations are poor, and their opponents in the first two games are weaker.But Manchester United and Arsenal, these are all strong enemies in the Premier League.Although George is not afraid of them, it is really not a good schedule for George to meet such strong teams so early.

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In the first round of the Premier League, Blackburn hosted West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion is a newly promoted.Their strength is limited, and staying in the Premier League after the end of this season is their goal for this season.

Like all newly promoted players, their style of play is simple.In other words, they all have one characteristic, that is, the long pass.Moreover, the long pass of the English team relies on the physical fitness of their players.

These players have great bodies, they can run and hit.

They play with speed.

The ball is flying around in the air.

But Blackburn can point not afraid of this Premier League team.Although the Premier League has developed a lot in recent years, there are many different styles of play in the Premier League.However, the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League still retain the traditional style of play in the Premier League.Over the years in the Premier League, Blackburn has encountered many teams who don't know this style of play.

Therefore, George is very calm about West Bromwich Albion.

Such newly promoted horses will have some ambitions when they first come to the Premier League.So even in the face of a Premier League team like Blackburn, they are not afraid.The fight was impressive.

But after all, the strength is insufficient.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Blackburn already led West Bromwich Albion [-]-[-] with Drogba's goal.Very easy.

The game developed completely according to George's ideas.

George is also unwilling to push West Brom too much.Because the physical strength of the Blackburn players is very problematic, George hopes to use the simplest and easiest way to solve the battle.

But things never go the way you want.

Towards the end of the first half, something unexpected happened.

Facing a cross from West Bromwich Albion, Campbell stepped forward to head the ball, but did not expect to collide with the opponent's striker and fell to the ground.After standing up and running for two steps, he touched his thighs and sat down.He made a substitution gesture to George.

Many players, because they played too many games.Also very experienced with injuries.

They can roughly estimate their own injuries.Even if it is not as accurate as those doctors, at least I know what my injury will look like.

Therefore, before the team doctor passed by, he indicated a substitution, indicating that the player himself had roughly understood his injury.

George waited anxiously.

Soon the team doctor took Campbell out.Campbell was limping, and if only from the outside, it wasn't obvious how serious the injury was.Unlike Sagnol, who couldn't walk at that time.Requires a stretcher to be lifted out.

"How's it going?"

George grabbed the team doctor at once.

Campbell has always been the pinnacle of Blackburn's defense.Whether it is partnering with Ferdinand or Lucio, Campbell is very stable.Especially with Lucio, because Lucio is willing to step up.So Campbell has always been protecting him.And it's done perfectly.

In the past few years, Blackburn has been able to achieve good results, and Campbell's role is quite huge.

"George, you have to be prepared. He has a groin injury, and it looks very serious at first glance."

George's heart skipped a beat.

Why do unlucky things always find themselves.

Groin injury, this injury can be big or small.In the original history, after Kaka's groin injury, he was never able to return to his peak state.And the time for comeback has been delayed again and again.

But because the game was going to continue, George couldn't ask in detail.

Lescott replaced Campbell.

The game was not a big problem. In the second half, with Pires' goal, Blackburn pulled the score to [-]-[-].

Got it in the first round of the Premier League.

But George wasn't happy at all.Because of the post-match inspection, Campbell's injury was more serious than George expected.The doctor gave two options of conservative treatment and surgery.

Conservative treatment, able to continue to participate in the game.Just take a short break.

Once the operation is performed, at least half a year of rest is required.

But conservative treatment is tantamount to giving up the best chance of treatment.It is very likely that Campbell's professional life will be completely over.Campbell is only 30 years old now, and as a guard, he can still play for four or five years.

So Campbell is leaning toward surgery.In this way, at least he can recover, and he can have a few years of professional life.

George didn't force it.

Now the Premier League has just started.There is no very important game at this time, and Campbell cannot be prevented from undergoing surgery for some Premier League games.

But when he thought that Campbell would have to rest for more than half a year, George almost cried.

Mom, half a year?

Sagnol was injured for more than five months and has not been able to return yet.Now Campbell is seriously injured again, what a fucking bad time.

George suddenly regretted it at this moment.Why Kompany was re-loaned to Anderlecht.Now that Campbell is injured, there are only Lucio, Lescott and his own youth academy player Micheverli in the central defender position of Blackburn.

Except for Lucio, neither Lescott nor Mechevelli could reassure George.

George touched his forehead.

However, after hearing that Campbell was going to undergo surgery, many people in English football were happy.

Mark Lawrenson, who hadn't shown up for a long time, finally jumped out this time.

"Blackburn has gone mad. Paul Walker has gone mad, John Williams has gone mad, George Levy has gone mad. They are embarking on the greatest adventure of all, to build the number one building in England, and in Europe. luxurious stadium."

"For this stadium, they are crazy. They don't give up any chance to make money. In order to earn tens of millions of pounds, they went to Asia for a circle. Five games in half a month, even the Iron Man can't stand it. And they don't Few players have even played in the European Cup."

"Look, there was an accident in the first game. Campbell was injured. And it was a serious injury."

"If Blackburn doesn't pay attention, this kind of thing will continue."

This time George didn't have much energy to argue with Mark Lawrenson.

Now the core of the defense, Campbell is down.George can only be the partner of Lescott and Lucio, but the two's partner George is not strong no matter what.Although Lucio has changed a lot, he is still a bit rash.

Not to mention Lescott.

It can't be compared with Campbell at all.George's headache now is this, so there is no time to refute Mark Lawrenson.

And what Mark Lawrenson said, George mostly agrees.Campbell played almost [-] games for the club and nearly [-] for the national team last season.In addition, this time he went to Asia with Blackburn, his injury is very likely to have this reason.

Mark Lawrenson is not alone in criticizing Blackburn.Many media hold the same point of view.

They all believed that because of a trip to Asia, Blackburn had not been able to prepare for the new season at all.

Soon, Blackburn ushered in the second round of the Premier League.

Blackburn away to Southampton.

The game is also very easy.Blackburn beat Southampton [-]-[-] away.

But the problem of Campbell's absence came up.Southampton's strength is limited, but they scored a goal for Blackburn.The problem is that Lucio and Lescott's coordination error.

George shook his head.

In every respect, Lescott is much worse than Campbell.

For Sagnol's position, George chose Maicon.Maicon did not go to Asia with the team, and his physical strength is not bad.At least rest for more than 20 days.Maicon, however, always loses his position.The current Maicon is not the later Maicon.

George can only thank his opponent.Southampton is too weak, otherwise how could Blackburn's temporary defense be able to stop it.

But the good luck ends here.

In the third round, Blackburn played an away game against the stunning Arsenal.

Arsenal are the team in the best form this season.In the first round, they swept Everton [-]-[-] away, and in the second round they defeated Middlesbrough [-]-[-] at home, continuing the excellent form of last season.

It was a tragedy that Blackburn ran into them.

The right flank guarded by Maicon and the center flanked by Lescote's Lucio were sieved by Arsenal.

At the end of the game, George was sullen.

Because the score above is four to one.Arsenal four, Blackburn one.Henry, who was in amazing form, repeatedly broke through the right flank guarded by Maicon and Lescott, completing a hat-trick.

(End of this chapter)