coach legend

Chapter 76 Derby's Counterattack

George clapped his hands on the sidelines, making some frustrated players look at him. "Just one ball, there's still time. No big deal, cheer me up."

But the stadium was too noisy, except for Camoranesi, who was very close to George, the others couldn't hear George's words clearly.But George's hand gestures were clearly understood.

"Steve, go up and replace Grant. Your main task when you go up is to mark Duff, and ask Neil to help defend Duff too. You have seen Duff's characteristics, keep an eye on him, don't shoot casually, and It is to keep an eye on him. Don’t worry about anything else, just watch Duff. And tell Mitchell, it’s still the same as I arranged before the game.”

No.30 two minutes, Steve Finnan on, Grant off.

"Grant, I'm sorry." This kind of substitution of players in the first half is very rare except for unexpected factors such as injuries and red cards.Grant is an old courtier of Burnley again, and George doesn't want Grant to have any other ideas.

Although replacing Grant now, it does make Grant feel very embarrassed.

Grant's complexion is indeed very bad now, but he shook his head when he heard George's words. "I'm sorry, George. It seems that I am really old. Did I disrupt your plan?" Grant smiled bitterly apologetically.

Hearing what Grant said, George breathed a sigh of relief.George patted Grant on the shoulder. "Thank you, Grant."

Burnley, who re-kicked off, were not in a hurry, and their morale was not affected.

Although a goal was scored, Hodgson kept making pressure gestures from the sidelines.George squinted at Hodgson's action, and knew in his heart that Hodgson was really in a hurry.Blackburn's current performance is very poor, and the pressure on Hodgson is indeed very great.

Before coaching Blackburn, Hodgson's coaching resume was very brilliant.He is also one of the candidates for the head coach of the England national team, but after arriving at Blackburn, Hodgson was like encountering Waterloo.Blackburn have only two wins in the Premier League so far.

Therefore, Hodgson very much hopes to beat Burnley and improve Blackburn's morale.

However, Blackburn's center is still firmly suppressed by Burnley, and they can only continue to walk on the side.But Ripley, who is on the right, has never been able to restore the demeanor when he won the Premier League in front of Daniel. Daniel is an extraordinary left-back in terms of body, speed, and technology.

After Finnan went up, he was nominally a right back, but he hardly cared about his defensive position.Instead, sticking close to Duff, although Duff is a genius.But Finnan has been training in the low-level league for a long time, and various small moves and defenses continue to make Duff very uncomfortable.

However, Blackburn's offense still focused on Duff, but this time Duff did not complete a dragon.Under Finnan's constant interference, Duff staggered a little.Neil Lennon, who was trapped, was intercepted, and Neil Lennon passed to Ballack very quickly.

The moment Ballack took the ball, Ljungberg and Camoranesi on the left and right flanks immediately spread out along the flanks.Withdrew Blackburn's defense.For Blackburn, Ljungberg and Camoranesi are the opponents that Burnley need to pay attention to most at present.

The three people Hodgson pointed out before the game that Burnley needs to pay attention to are Ljungberg, Camoranesi and Ballack.In fact, among the people Hodgson pointed out before the game was Robbie Keane. Unfortunately, George did not let Robbie Keane play.As for Klose, in their opinion, there is nothing but a header.

After Ballack got the ball, he didn't pass it to the wing as before.Suddenly a pick pass was passed to the front.

In this game, except for a few headers, Klose, who didn't show much, suddenly turned offside and crossed diagonally.No one thought, including many Burnley fans, that Klose's speed would be so fast.

Seeing Klose rush through the defense, Hodgson stood up.Then I cursed Burnley in my heart, Burnley, you big liars, there is absolutely something wrong with the player data they provided.It says that Klose's 11-meter data is [-] seconds.

In fact, Hodgson wronged Burnley, and Klose's 30-meter speed was definitely not fast.Compared with many forwards, the data is definitely not very good-looking, but this is just paper data.But when it comes to starting speed and [-]-meter sprint speed, Klose can be described as lightning fast in this respect.

Klose's instant explosive power was astonishing, and Blackburn's old captain Hendry reacted quickly and immediately returned to defense.It's a pity that Hendry is not only old, but his explosive power is no longer what he used to be.

Ballack's pass penetrated Blackburn's defense at once.After Klose got the ball, he was already facing Blackburn's goalkeeper.

Flors saw that Klose was single-handedly, so he abandoned the goal very decisively.

"Miro, I will not introduce a player casually. I introduced you because you have enough training value. As long as you work hard, you can become a world-class striker. Miro, do you believe me?"

"Miro, I never speak big words. Especially for my players, are you willing to trust me and listen to me?"

Klose remembers every word George said clearly. If I can become a world-class striker, then let's start from this moment.Klose was very determined in his heart. Instead of passing the goalkeeper or lobbing shots like other forwards, he shot angrily.

"Barack passed... Klose. Wow, Klose was so explosive, he dropped all the Blackburn defenders in one fell swoop."

"This is Burnley's best chance, Klose single-handedly! He has entered the penalty area, and Flores has rushed out!"

"Shoot! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!! Beautiful, it's a classic offside."

Flores has actually judged correctly, but Klose's shot was fast and tricky, and it was still a grounder.Let Flors not be able to tragedy.

Klose was so excited when he scored the goal that he performed another front flip, his signature celebratory move.In fact, George warned Klose very early that unless it was an important goal in an important game, he was not allowed to use such a celebration.

Burnley fans at Ewood Park were elated as Klose performed a front flip.The atmosphere of the red goal was completely ignited by this goal, while the Blackburn fans next to the blue goal were much calmer.

George, who has been standing on the sidelines watching the game, raised his hands and ran for more than ten meters at the moment Klose scored, and then waved his hands fiercely.At this time, Blackburn's assistant coach came to George and pushed George.

Because George came to the Blackburn bench and raised his hands in celebration, which made Hodgson next to him frown tightly.This young coach is so uneducated.

Evan Sawyer saw the Blackburn assistant coach pushing George, and hurried up to push the Blackburn manager away.

Seeing the situation here, the fourth referee hurried over to pull them away.

"Coach Levy, you have to celebrate that you can be there." For George, all referees are now a headache.

George is very happy, but he will not quarrel with the referee.So I quickly said sorry to the fourth referee. "I'm sorry, I was just too excited. Just ran in the wrong direction."

"It's better that way, Coach Levy."

Under the advice of the fourth referee, George came to his bench.

"Hahaha, Coach Levy can be the focus of any game." Mortensen laughed when he saw the scene where George and Blackburn's assistant coach clashed.

"Klose started this game, which is really a stroke of genius. The Blackburn defender obviously didn't pay attention to Klose. He didn't expect Klose to be so explosive. Klose's feet are a bit rough, but he has a good header and fast speed. Very promising." Alan Hansen still appreciates Klose.

Mortensen nodded too. "Alan, everyone says that Klose is the worst player among the players chosen by George. But who knows, maybe there is something about Klose that George values ​​the most."

(End of this chapter)