coach legend

Chapter 72 The Derby's War of Words
"Mitchell, how is it? How is the recovery?" George looked at Mitchell, very happy in his heart.

George had just met Professor Cook at Burnley University Hospital, and Professor Cook told George that Mitchell's injury was recovering very well.Mitchell is fully capable of training with the ball, which makes George overjoyed.

Facing Blackburn, George will not be careless at all.Derby Derby, Derby has always been an unpopular place.

Manchester City can beat Manchester United, Atletico Madrid can beat the powerful Real Madrid, and the Spaniard can beat Barcelona. These are not uncommon in the derby.

Besides, speaking of it now, Blackburn is a Premier League team, and Burnley is a League One team.Although from the situation of their respective leagues, Burnley has the upper hand.Burnley is currently sweeping the Quartet in League One, while Blackburn's performance in the Premier League is not satisfactory, but Burnley is still at a disadvantage.

Therefore, George is very cautious when facing Blackburn.

At this time, Burnley's old captain Mitchell returned from injury, which is definitely a tranquilizer for Burnley's defense.

Mitchell stomped hard and smiled happily. "George, look at me. My foot is almost healed and I can catch up with Blackburn in the fourth round of the League Cup."

Mitchell is a native of Burnley and has been hostile to Blackburn since he was a child.The last victory over Blackburn in the League Cup was a memorable event for Mitchell in his life.Meeting Blackburn again this time, Mitchell was only happy.

After all, Blackburn is in the Premier League and Burnley is in the League One. It is not easy to meet each other.

"Mitchell, don't worry. There are still half a month to go, you have to recover well."

"Yes." Mitchell nodded. "In the past, many clubs in England did not have a regular team doctor. Those players would become team doctors after they retired. It may be because of a long-term illness and become a doctor. You can see that I can almost know how my injury is."

George laughed, but he was very moved by Mitchell's words in his heart.

English clubs have always paid little attention to team doctors. As Mitchell said, after many players retire, they become the club's team doctors in a grand manner.These team doctors without medical qualifications will make many players lose the best moments of treatment.

And some big clubs, although the team doctor is very formal.But those coaches don't care about the opinions of the team doctors at all, and these will affect the careers of many players.

This kind of thing is known to everyone in English football, that is, there are still some team doctors of English clubs who are not qualified as doctors.

"Mitchell, we're all waiting for you."

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Fortunately, the fourth round of the League Cup will not start until after the No. 15 round of the League One.In other words, before the game against Blackburn, Burnley will play five league games.

Although George and Burnley fans are looking forward to the match against Blackburn, the league is fundamental.The biggest task of this season is still to upgrade, so George attaches great importance to these five games.

Continuing the strength of the first ten games, Burnley's performance in these five games is still extremely brave.Burnley have three wins and two draws in five games.

Especially when it came to the No. 15 round of the League One, Burnley almost let all the main players rest.Even the main goalkeeper Jass Kleinen sat on the bench and watched the game.In this game, George really carried forward his shamelessness. After Robbie Keane was left in the forward line, everyone on the field returned to half-court defense.

It fully carried forward George's phrase "Even if you can't win a football game, don't lose."Fortunately, in this game, George faced Reading, the weakest attacking team in League One, and was lucky to keep the draw.

But no one cared about this game, including Burnley fans and the media did not pay attention to this game.People's eyes are all gathered in the fourth round of the League Cup between Burnley and Blackburn three days later.

In the League Cup two years ago, Burnley and Blackburn were a big fight.Including the war of words before and after the game, many media enjoyed it. At that time, Burnley was just a League Two team.But now Burnley has become a favorite for promotion in the League One, and George's reputation is much louder than it was then.

Therefore, as soon as the lottery came out, many media have already paid attention to this game.

"Blackburn, I like this opponent. And I have also won Blackburn, I am familiar with Blackburn." George replied very relaxed in front of reporters.

George was just talking casually, and he really didn't think about having a war of words with Blackburn.But Blackburn is different, especially Blackburn head coach Roy Hodgson, who is under a lot of pressure now.

Less than a day after George spoke, Roy Hodgson was also interviewed.In the interview, Roy Hodgson criticized George very unceremoniously. "As a young coach, I think he needs to learn a lot. At this stage, what Coach Levi should do is not to play tricks there. Instead, he should learn with an open mind. Coaching is not so easy to do. Being a coach is not just playing tricks. You can just play tricks."

Roy Hodgson came to persuade George with an attitude as if he was standing in the air and looking down.But speaking of it, Hodgson really has such qualifications.

Hodgson has achieved great results in Sweden and Switzerland. From 1985 to 1990, Hogson coached the Swedish Malmo team, winning two league championships and two cup championships; then led the Swiss national team, which had never reached the final stage of a major competition since the 60s, to the 1994 U.S. World Cup quarter-finals and Euro 1996 quarter-finals.

Before coaching Blackburn, he also coached Serie A giants Inter Milan.Hodgson is also one of the candidates for the head coach of the England national team, including the German national team.Such a coach is certainly qualified to say that about George.

However, it seems that Hodgson is not so wise to coach Blackburn. Blackburn has obviously been in turmoil in the past two years.After Hodgson came to Blackburn, Blackburn's performance this season was also very poor.Has been hovering in the relegation zone.

But Hodgson is like this, George is very upset.Don't say you are Hodgson, even if you are Ferguson.So George immediately refuted Hodgson. "I am a coach with a coaching certificate. There is no need for someone to tell me how to coach. I think he should pray first that he will not lead the team to relegation this season."

The game has not yet started, and the verbal battle between George and Hodgson has already excited many media.

There are not many things that can be hyped about this game, it's just a derby.But because of George, the youngest coach among English professional clubs, and a coach with a distinct personality.So the game is particularly interesting.

"Blackburn is so far, apart from Manchester United, the only team that has won the Premier League title. But from the Premier League champions to now hovering in the relegation zone, Blackburn's decline is the most surprising. From the Premier League in 95 Champion, it has been less than three years now, Blackburn’s coaches have been changed one after another. First, Dalglish gave up the position of head coach, Ray Shaft coached for a short time, Dalglish took over temporarily, Ki Roy Hodgson has been in charge for a year, and now Roy Hodgson. The turbulent Blackburn, speaking of the current Burnley young coach George also has some credit. Ray Shaft's Blackburn just showed signs of getting out of the predicament , was poured three goals by Burnley at home. In the end, Ray Shaft resigned, which also caused Blackburn's turmoil in the past few years."

"Fifteen league rounds, Burnley has ten wins, four draws and one loss, accumulating 34 points, ranking first in League One. The road to promotion is smooth, and the young coach Levy is because he provoked the fans at Ewood Park last time. Behavior and become the most unpopular manager for Blackburn fans."

"Speaking of which, Blackburn and Burnley were originally a pair of deadly rivals. Their games are usually full of flames. This time, it is because of Coach Levy that they have attracted more attention. I believe that as long as George is still at Burnley, Every time Burnley and Blackburn meet, it's going to get the attention it's doing now."

(End of this chapter)