coach legend

Chapter 74 Derby's Successor
Evan Sawyer saw that Mitchell, who had always been prudent, was emotional, and shook his head with a smile beside him.Unlike Karl Pater, Evan Sawyer has a mind of his own.Evan Sawyer is not satisfied with being George's assistant coach, and must fly solo in the future.

Evan Sawyer came to Burnley simply because he was too young to be taken seriously in other clubs.That's why I chose to follow George to Burnley.

During this period of time, Evan has been learning how George should be a head coach.Today, I learned another trick this time, and I am also sighing in my heart.They are also young people, but George is far better than himself.

"Blackburn has been in the relegation zone of the Premier League recently. After this game, they will face Bolton, their biggest opponent on the road to relegation, in three days. But you see they have sent all the main players. What does this mean? It means Hodgson I have no confidence in my heart, so I sent all the main force." George said very nicely.Those players nodded, thinking that George was right.As a Premier League team, Blackburn is still in an important stage of relegation, but they sent the main force, which is obviously a guilty conscience.

But Evan and Carl next to them almost laughed, and Burnley was different and also played their main force.Which side does not attach great importance to this kind of derby.But speaking from George's mouth, it seems that only Hodgson attaches importance to this game.

But no one of the players thought of this at this time, they were all excited.

"Both players started to come on. Robbie Keane, Burnley's top scorer, did not feature for this game, midfielder Matthew Holland came in for Robbie Keane. Also right-back Finnan was also absent, and It was Grant, who had been out of battle for a long time, on the field. It seems that George is going to stabilize the defense first, and George's Burnley started with defense." Mortensen looked at Burnley's lineup, and Robbie Keane did not appear. The starting lineup felt a little incomprehensible.

"Yeah, I think Robbie Keane is far better than Klose. Robbie Keane has scored eight goals for Burnley and is currently Burnley's top scorer. Burnley played [-] games and only scored two goals. I don't understand why George chose Klose instead of Robbie Keane." Alan Hansen was also very surprised.

"Have you seen some of the Burnley fans and what they said was very interesting."

"Oh, what did the Burnley fans say?"

"I met a few Burnley fans because of work, and they said Klose was George's illegitimate son. Hehehe."

"What's the reason for this?"

"They said that George's vision of buying people is absolutely first-class. Since George became the head coach of Burnley, he has never missed it. Only this Klose is not worthy of George's attention in the eyes of Burnley fans, but in Burnley Among Leigh's current four forwards, Klose is the most valued by George. So many Burnley fans privately joked that Klose is George's illegitimate son."

"Hahahaha, this is a metaphor. Klose has played so many times and only scored two goals. There are indeed some problems in efficiency, but I think George has a lot of trust in Klose. Such an important game would rather let Klose Ze started and Robbie Keane was not selected."

The players on the field lined up to shake hands one by one, and George walked out slowly at this time.

Then walked to Blackburn's dugout and shook hands with their manager.In fact, this should be what Hodgson, the head coach of the home team, should do. Unfortunately, George stayed in the locker room for a long time before coming out, which made Hodgson impatient waiting outside.

Hodgson disliked George, a young man, who was arrogant and arrogant, so he shook hands with George with a cold face, without saying a word.

But when shaking hands with Hodgson, George smiled kindly. "Coach Hodgson, I'm really confused. Don't you want to think about the match against Bolton three days later? I remember that this is an important battle that affects whether you can avoid relegation?"

Seeing George's smiling face, Hodgson couldn't help punching him a few times.However, good self-cultivation still made Hodgson hold back. "Coach Levy, you don't need to care about our club's affairs. How can we say that we are a Premier League team, you still care about whether your team can be promoted."

"Yeah, promotion is our goal this season. But I think once we beat Blackburn, then we can have a happy mood and boost our morale. This will definitely help the team's promotion. .”

Hodgson is not the kind of sharp-tongued coach, and his eloquence cannot be compared with Ferguson and later Mourinho, so he did not continue to speak, but turned around and returned to his coaching bench.

From the moment George shook hands with Hodgson, the smile on his face never disappeared.After letting go of his hand, George also turned around and left the spot, returning to his own position.

The moment George and Hodgson shook hands, the rebroadcast camera followed the two of them all the time.Mortensen said with a smile: "Looking at the smile on George's face and Hodgson's cold face, one can imagine that George must have said something to anger Hodgson. It was an interesting scene."

"Just kidding, Hodgson must be inferior to George." Alan Hansen also interjected.

"After Burnley is promoted to the Premier League, maybe the target of George's war of words will become Ferguson. That would be interesting."

"Mortensen is looking forward to hearing what you said."

The two commentators talked a lot today and laughed happily.

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The game entered a high-tempo right from the start, and neither side had any reservations.Hodgson wants to use this derby victory to sweep away the haze from Blackburn.And George's goal is already aimed at the League Cup, so he must beat Blackburn.

George put five people in the midfield in this game, using Matthew Horan and Neil Lennon as defensive midfielders to protect Ballack.Then release Barack's offensive strength with all his strength.

With George's transformation of Burnley over the years, Burnley's midfield strength is no longer what it used to be.In the last victory over Blackburn, George actually played a real rogue.After showing weakness to the enemy, he defended with all his strength, and when Blackburn was relaxing, he was able to defeat Blackburn by counterattacking.

But this time is different, George will use real strength to win the game.That's why George has to control the midfield.

In the battle for midfield, Burnley clearly has the upper hand.Sherwood, who used to dominate the Premier League, is now completely at a disadvantage in the battle with Ballack.

But there is one person in Blackburn who frequently hits Burnley's defense, and that is the rising star Damien Anthony Duff trained by Blackburn.The young Duff has already shown a very strong strength.

"Duff, his speed is very fast, he passed Grant in an instant, crossed... Unfortunately, Sutton failed to catch the ball. I believe that all Blackburn fans will miss Shearer at this time. If Shearer exist……"

At the time of the commentary, Burnley also made a fast break.

"Burnley were quick on the counter-attack... Ballack got the ball, on the left... Ljungberg, cut inside... Berger couldn't spot Ljungberg and the shot... hit Hendry's leg .It's a corner kick!"

In general corner kicks, the two full-backs and the defensive midfielder will stay behind.But on Burnley's side, Daniel squeezed into Blackburn's penalty area because of his height, good body and good jumping.

"Camoranesi came to take the corner...Klose was very smart, he went forward...Daniel, oops. Daniel and Berger collided. It seemed that neither of them had a big problem. Stand up. No, Daniel..."

In order to win the ball from Klose's head to the back, Daniel started sprinting from near the penalty area.And Berg also jumped in order to break the siege, and it happened to hit Daniel's face.

Both of them stood up quickly, but Daniel's face was clearly covered with blood.And when he fell, Daniel's leg was scratched by Berg's heel.So there was blood on his legs, but Daniel didn't seem to feel it. He just hugged his head in annoyance, then turned and left the Blackburn penalty area.

It wasn't until Balaclava held Daniel that Daniel realized that his face was bleeding.

"How?" George nervously came to the team doctor.

"Look, is there any double image?" The team doctor did not answer George immediately, but asked Daniel with his finger.Daniel shook his head, and the team doctor nodded. "The brow bone is injured, it should be no problem to bandage it. The leg injury is not serious."

Daniel quickly bandaged up and applied to the referee for admission.

"Daniel was injured less than 10 minutes into the game. But he didn't know he was injured at all." Mortensen sighed when he saw that Daniel didn't realize that he was injured at first.

"Yes, Daniel is an English player." As a traditional English player, Alan Hansen admired Daniel's appearance very much.

"In the few games that Mitchell was absent, Daniel has been wearing the Burnley captain's armband. It seems that Burnley has found the banner of its future."

(End of this chapter)