coach legend

Chapter 63 Absolutely Strong

"Those bastards in Burnley, we will definitely give them a look."

"George's arrogant kid, we will definitely let him know how powerful he is."

"Bastard, George. You're the most unpopular man in Birmingham."

"Burnley want promotion, dream it."

Before the first round of the first division league started, Birmingham fans clamored in the interview.

"It is actually an honor to be hated by others." George turned off the screen of the BBC reporter interviewing Birmingham fans, and spoke with a smile in the visiting team's locker room.This is the first round of the League One game, Burnley away to Birmingham.

"Why Birmingham hates us, you should know."

Except for the few people who just joined, everyone else smiled knowingly.Speaking of the fact that the two can have such a big conflict, it should start from last season.When George returned to work at the end of the season, Birmingham actually had a great chance to qualify for the play-offs.But Birmingham was given four goals by George at Birmingham's home court, which completely disqualified Birmingham from the play-offs.

From then on, Birmingham fans will gnash their teeth when they talk about Burnley and George.

"It seems that you all remember it. You should remember the process of the game." George just felt funny and naive about the reaction of the Birmingham fans. "Now that we've gotten the Birmingham fans to hate us so much, there's nothing we can do. So what's the best way?"

"Let them continue to hate us." Daniel, who was sitting in the corner, yelled, scratching his neck.It made all the players laugh out loud.

"Yes, Daniel got the answer right." George was very happy that Daniel knew how to cooperate with him. "Let's make Birmingham always remember us as Burnley and let them hate us forever."

"We and Birmingham are not at the same level, and our two goals are different. They are just a team that hangs out in the low-level league every day, thinking that one day they will be promoted if they are lucky." George scolded Birmingham, In fact, it is not the case for Burnley.When he was first promoted to the First Division, Kilby's original idea was how Burnley could gain a foothold in the First Division.If it weren't for George leading the team and creating a series of successes, how could Kilby think of the issue of promotion.

"Birmingham is such a half-dead team, what kind of team are we at Burnley, and what are our goals for this season!"

"Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!" Both new players and old players shouted in unison.

"Yeah, promotion. We Burnley shouldn't be in the first division, we're going to the damn Premier League. We're going to be a Premier League team and I'll be the manager of a Premier League team this time next year, And you're going to be players in the Premier League."

"Premier League, Premier League!"

George looked at the excited players and nodded. "This is the first game, the road to the Premier League is under our feet."

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"Listen to the cursing at St Andrews, they're cursing at Burnley's young manager George Levy. Just look at the atmosphere at St Andrews and you'd think it was a century-old game A city derby full of grievances. In fact, Burnley and Birmingham have not had any hatred at all in the past hundred years." BBC celebrity John Mortensen explained the game.He looked at the atmosphere of the stadium, smiled and shook his head.

"John, you can't blame other Birmingham fans. Birmingham fans are full of resentment towards Burnley. There was no grievance in the first 100 years, but one game is enough to make the two teams hate for many years." Liverpool famous, also now BBC presenter Alan Hansen is another presenter for the match.

"Yeah, last year Birmingham had a great chance to enter the top six. But they lost to Burnley by four goals at home and completely withdrew from the promotion play-off list. Alan, do you remember what Coach Levy said after the game What words?"

"Of course, George was a man of the League One at the time. He said that if he wanted to be promoted, he had to ask Burnley first."

"Hahahaha, this coach, who is much younger than many players, is indeed interesting. He simply announced this year that Burnley has already reserved an upgrade spot." Mortensen and Alan Hansen There was a lot of laughter.

"But judging from the game, Birmingham fans probably can only continue to hate Burnley." The game was too easy, or too one-sided.Alan Hansen pokes fun at both teams with ease.

"The current Burnley is becoming more and more like a strong team. It should be said that it is becoming more and more mature." Mortensen commented on the current Burnley team.

At the beginning of last season, Burnley's performance was already impressive.Especially the solid defense made all the League One teams sigh.With a little over a quarter into League One, many commentators agree that Burnley's promotion is a sure thing.

It's a pity that George's car accident happened later, and Burnley's performance plummeted.Let a lot of media feel sorry for Burnley.

However, Burnley at that time was not without shortcomings. The biggest shortcoming was walking on one leg.The attack from the right is obviously better than that from the left, and most of the attacks from the left are from left back Daniel Morrison.Therefore, as long as the opponent chooses to stick to it, especially if Ljungberg on the right is not in good condition and cannot open the side, then the center will not be easy to play.

But this year is different. With George introducing Camoranesi, Ljungberg went to the left to echo Daniel, and Burnley's wing suddenly opened.The sideways are opened, giving Ballack more choices in the middle.

In this game, George has some new changes in the starting lineup. The striker is a combination of Klose and Robbie Keane.The new Robbie Keane really made George's eyes shine. In fact, George's biggest impression of Robbie Keane was his performance in Liverpool.

Robbie Keane's performance in Liverpool was a truly disastrous performance, and it became one of the evidences that Benitez bought the wrong person in Liverpool.Therefore, although Robbie Keane is very famous, George has not seen much of Robbie Keane's peak performance.

But this time seeing the strength of Robbie Keane at the age of 17, George was greatly impressed. The 17-year-old Robbie Keane is already very top-notch.Not only is it beyond many of his peers, but he even has the strength to be the main force in some lower-level teams in the Premier League.This is an out-and-out genius, so George did not hesitate to choose Robbie Keane as the main force of the team.

In the midfield, apart from Camoranesi playing right midfielder and Ljungberg on the left, Neil Lennon in the center is a full-time defensive midfielder, and Ballack is the core of the midfield.

In the back line, apart from Finnan replacing Grant and Jass Kleining replacing Miller, nothing changed.

If we talk about changes, it means that Burnley has strengthened their attack power from the cautious defense in the past.

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It was Ljungberg who scored a goal for the team. After a season of training in League One, Ljungberg became more and more general.The breakthrough, passing and shooting are all done quite well, and the Burnley players also support Ljungberg very much.

When Ljungberg was on the right, more than half of Burnley's offense was concentrated on the right.Now that Ljungberg is on the left, Burnley's offense is more concentrated on the left.

Although this made Camoranesi's right, a little quiet.But George is not worried, because the current situation is just because everyone is familiar with Ljungberg and is used to handing the ball to Ljungberg.And George believes in Ballack, he will know how to let the ball go to the most dangerous place.

Birmingham is also very familiar with Ljungberg, so it also has dedicated defense.It's a pity that Ljungberg's way of playing has also changed after going to the left.It's not like when you're on the right, it's more about going to the baseline and passing the ball.And more of it was the shot after the inside cut, or the cooperation with Daniel, which made Birmingham's right back hard to defend.

In the No.203 minute, it was also because of the hesitation of Birmingham's right back that caused this goal.Freddie Ljungberg got the ball and Daniel on the left advanced at high speed, which made Birmingham's right-back worry about gains and losses.Not knowing how to defend, Ljungberg cut in with the ball in this gap, causing a loophole in Birmingham's defense.

Ljungberg was 25 meters away from the goal. Suddenly, he took a cold shot and the ball rolled into the goal.There was no reaction from the Birmingham keeper.

This is the routine that George has practiced in the summer. The offense on the right is more relying on Camoranesi and Finnan to make crosses, while Ljungberg on the left is more about cutting in and shooting with Daniel. Cooperate.

"Our coach Levy is very cool today, wearing an Armani coat." There was no suspense in the game, and Burnley firmly controlled the situation on the field.If it weren't for the excellent goalkeeper of Birmingham, Burnley would have scored two or three goals.So Mortensen focused on George's clothes.

George is wearing an Armani coat today, and he has been standing on the sidelines since the beginning of the game, with his hands in his pockets.

Of course it wasn't George's own attire, but at the behest of Sierra Amick.Amidst tens of thousands of people swearing at the St. Andrews Stadium, George stood like a hero against the sky, standing on the sidelines of the stadium, ignoring the fans' curses on him.

At the end of the first half, Burnley led Birmingham [-]-[-].

(I wish you all a Happy New Year.)
(End of this chapter)