coach legend

Chapter 83 Rising to Fame (continued)

Although both are League Cup semi-finals, the match between Burnley and Middlesbrough is a match between two League One clubs.On the other side is a highlight, Arsenal vs. Chelsea.In the end, Arsenal beat Chelsea [-]-[-] at home.

Even so, the match between Burnley and Middlesbrough still attracted a lot of attention after the game.Especially George, who already had a certain reputation in English football before.

And with the five-to-one victory over Middlesbrough, everyone knows that Burnley has entered the League Cup final.If it is said that a lot of George's fame before was caused by speculation, such as Jack Walker's invitation to George to be Blackburn's head coach, and George's car accident.

So now George is using his own results to impress English football.Burnley is now 2 points ahead of No. [-] Nottingham Forest, and the road to promotion is bright.Now they are about to enter the League Cup final.

With the victory, George gained not only the victory, but also a higher prestige in English football.Anyone who was not familiar with George before now knows that there is a talented coach under the age of 30 in League One.He is young, but he brought out the top team in League One.His team now has great hopes of becoming a Premier League team, and then there will be a 30-year-old coach in the Premier League.

After the semi-finals of the League Cup, it was not the main event between Arsenal and Chelsea that received the most attention, but the match between Burnley and Middlesbrough.

With George's fame, Burnley has also attracted the attention of English football.In particular, Burnley now not only has a young coach like George, but the main lineup is full of young players in their 20s.

Many people are already eyeing Burnley's young players. After the League Cup semi-finals, the club has received offers from many clubs for them.

George's attitude was very firm, not for sale.Now these Burnley players can stand firm even in the Premier League. As long as some necessary supplements are made on the current basis, George is confident that Burnley will become a strong team in the Premier League.

Even if they can't immediately become a champion to compete with Arsenal and Manchester United, at least it should not be a problem to enter the top eight in the Premier League.And after two or three seasons of training in the Premier League, George believes that Burnley will have the strength to win the championship.

And now these Burnley players are very important players in George's future territory.

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Of course, these post-match things are small things now, and Burnley still has to continue their league journey after all.The second round of the League Cup semi-finals will be held on February 19th. Before that, Burnley still has three League One games.

Four days after the first round of the semi-final against Middlesbrough, George took the high morale of Burnley to challenge Stoke City in the relegation zone.Although he had just finished playing Middlesbrough four days ago, George still sent most of the main players.

Because of physical problems, George asked the team to seal the victory in the first half.Burnley was very competitive and scored three goals in the first half.In the second half, George wanted to replace everyone. In the second half, Burnley was not playing football at all, but pouring the ball slowly.Anyway, what George wants is three-pointers, whether it is good-looking or ugly, George only needs three-pointers.

In the end, Stoke City scored a face-saving goal, but Burnley still scored three points [-]-[-].

Four days later, Burnley played the fifth round of the FA Cup, this time against a team in the third division.The team from Cardiff, Wales, currently in the fourth tier of England.George has rotated some players, but the main frame has not changed.

In this game, everyone's physical strength was a problem. In the end, relying on a sneak attack by Ljungberg, they defeated Cardiff [-]-[-] with difficulty.Also entered the sixth round of the FA Cup.

A week later, in the No.30 round of the League One, Burnley sat at home and defeated their opponents [-]-[-] cleanly, without being affected by a week of double matches at all.Of course, the happiest thing is not this, but Nottingham Forest's [-]-[-] defeat at home, the opponent is Nottingham Forest's direct upgrade opponent Missandran.

Not only that, George almost came off the bench in this game, but Burnley's substitute was also very competitive.A very important victory thanks to two goals from Kevin Phillips.

In this way, after the end of the [-]th round of League One, Burnley is already [-] points ahead of Nottingham Forest, which is almost a gap of six games.Now there are [-] rounds left in League One, and Burnley's advantage is already too obvious.

With the winning streak, Burnley's momentum has increased greatly.Self-confidence is bursting, and the more I kick, the more I feel.

In the No.30 round of League One, Burnley faced Tranmere, and it turned out to be a [-]-[-] score.In the end, George was very afraid of Tranmere's black feet, so he kept the excited players steady.All George wants now is three points. One to zero and seven to zero have the same effect on Burnley.

After the 31st round, there was another thing that made Burnley very happy.Middlesbrough, who are only one point behind Nottingham Forest, lost to Stockport in this round.In this way, after 31 rounds, Middlesbrough trailed Nottingham Forest by four points.More than twenty points behind Burnley, reaching 21 points.That's a gap of seven games.

There are two places for direct promotion in the League One, and the top two in the League One can be promoted directly.Now Burnley is 3 points higher than No.21 and 2 points higher than No.[-].

After the No.30 round of League One, Burnley ushered in the sixth round of the FA Cup.George is very dissatisfied with the schedule of the Football Association of England. Burnley has almost played double games a week for more than a month.

Burnley met Crystal Palace in the sixth round of the FA Cup, the first Premier League team that Burnley met along the way in the FA Cup.It's a pity that Crystal Palace is now at the bottom of the Premier League and is currently working hard for relegation.In this game, all the substitutes were on the bench, but George was on most of the main players.At Selhurst Park, they defeated Crystal Palace [-]-[-] and entered the semi-finals.

This year's FA Cup is very abnormal, and it may have a lot to do with the Premier League's lack of attention to the FA Cup.Three teams that entered the FA Cup semi-finals turned out to be from League One, including Burnley, Wolves and Sheffield United.Wolves and Sheffield United are currently ranked No.7 and No.8 in League One, and they are both working hard for promotion.Among the semi-finals, there is only one strong team from the Premier League, and that is Arsenal, which has a very good record in the Premier League this year.

After the sixth round of the FA Cup, it is the second round of the League Cup semi-finals.This time George even kept many of the main players at Burnley, and then brought a group of substitutes.George's requirements for them are simple, defend and counterattack.As long as they don't lose by four goals, Burnley can reach the League Cup final.

However, George sent a lot of substitutes, and Robson at Middlesbrough also sent a full range of substitutes.Robson understands that it is almost impossible to remake this game.Anyway, it's all like this, it's better to focus on the league, and the promotion is the most important thing.

Substitute to substitute, Middlesbrough's substitute lineup is indeed thicker than that of Burnley.Burnley lost [-]-[-], but it was George's happiest loss.

When the game was over, the Riverside Stadium became a carnival ground for Burnley players.Although it is the opponent's stadium, the Burnley players don't care about that.They celebrated reaching the League Cup final with all their might.The League Cup is a tasteless game in the eyes of the Premier League teams. They have the European Cup, the League Championship, and the FA Cup. They are more important than the League Cup.

But it is different for Burnley. Since Burnley won the top league championship more than 30 years ago, it has not tasted the taste of the championship for many years.

"The Burnley players who were ecstatic at the Riverside Stadium, they have reason to be happy. Because they entered the League Cup final, this is the first time in Burnley's history that they have entered the League Cup final. Burnley has not won in more than 30 years. There have been titles that matter. After more than 30 years, Burnley finally have another chance to win the title. The result of another game is also in. Chelsea beat Arsenal [-]-[-] at home to reach the Carabao Cup final."

"March NO.30, Wembley Stadium, let us wait and see the League Cup final between Burnley and Chelsea."

(End of this chapter)