coach legend

Chapter 85
Unlike the League Cup final held at the end of February in the future, the 90s League Cup was held at the end of March.Now the League One schedule is very problematic. The League, League Cup, and FA Cup matches are all crowded together. In the past three months, Burnley has played double matches almost every week.

But fortunately, Burnley is a League One club, there are no European games, and there are very few international players in the team.

Otherwise, if European competitions and national team competitions are added, it is impossible for Burnley's main players to persist for a season.George is very dissatisfied with the FA's current schedule, which is still dragged down by Burnley's lack of national team competitions.

George has seen the Premier League schedule, and the national team game at this time is completely messed up.FIFA and UEFA completely disregard the status quo of the major clubs, and do not take care of the league schedule, arranging various national team games everywhere.

In this way, many clubs, especially those strong teams, are often affected by the national team's competition.Now the schedules of the Premier League, League One, and League Two are completely unscientific. Even Burnley is now in League One, and George feels this pressure.

I believe that clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool will have personal experience.It is no wonder that the G14 club alliance appeared later, and George fully understood them.

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This is March 1998, 3, at Wembley Stadium in London.Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 30 people, is full of seats today.Unlike some heavyweight finals, most of the fans in this Chelsea-Burnley League Cup final were fans of Chelsea and Burnley.Few neutral fans.

Most of them are Chelsea fans, almost twice as many as Burnley fans.Although Burnley fans are very fanatical, there are only 3 people.

Before the game, George also said that tickets to the League Cup final were too expensive.Although Chelsea is a traditional labor club, Chelsea fans are much richer than Burnley fans.The ticket price for a League Cup final is still too expensive for Burnley fans.

However, this still failed to stop the enthusiasm of Burnley fans. A full 3 people came to Wembley Stadium.This is already beyond George's imagination. Seeing the ticket price of the League Cup final, George thought it would be good to have 2 or [-] people.

"Wembley Stadium, I didn't expect that I could come here so soon to experience it." Looking at the crowded Wembley Stadium, Evan Sawyer couldn't help but sighed in admiration, watching with a longing expression. Over Wembley Stadium.

Evan Sawyer's expression is not surprising at all, because all the players including George, Karl Pat and Burnley are in this mood.For Wembley Stadium, everyone at Burnley has only seen it in a dream.

Burnley, who has been in England's low-level league for 22 years, has no chance to go to Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium located in London, England. It is the home ground of the England national team and also hosts the finals of various domestic competitions in England.Wembley was first built in 1923 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest stadiums in the world.King George V himself cut the first inch of turf for the stadium.Of course, the Wembley twin towers were not called Wembley at that time. The official name was Empire Stadium (EmpireStadium), which was built for the British Empire Exposition in 1924. Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium has not only hosted the League Cup and FA Cup finals, but also hosted the World Cup in England and the European Cup.The opening game, semi-finals, finals and all matches played by the England team of the just-concluded 1996 European Cup were played at Wembley Stadium.

George is also quite excited now. He has only been able to come to Wembley to play at Wembley Stadium after only three years of coaching Burnley.But George did not exaggerate like Evan Sawyer, because Burnley players are basically country bumpkins.After coming to Wembley Stadium, my heart was too excited.

From their warm-up situation on the field, George can find out how excited and nervous they are.Therefore, George, the head coach, cannot faint along with him.

"The players on both sides have finished their warm-up and have returned to their locker rooms. There are still 15 minutes before the start of the game. Only the cheers and cheers of fans from both sides are left on the field. Although the number is only half of Chelsea fans, Burton Enley fans are no less loud than Chelsea fans."

"Since taking back Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's record has improved significantly. They have not only become a strong team in the Premier League, but also won the FA Cup last year. Although Gullit left at the beginning of the year due to contract issues Chelsea, but under the leadership of Vialli, Chelsea are still performing well. It has not been affected by the change of coach."

"And Burnley has also led the way in the League One this season. It should be said that there is no problem in upgrading under the leadership of George. And it has already reached the League Cup final and the FA Cup final. This year's results are also very good. .”

"But compared to Chelsea's Mark Hughes, Robert Di Matteo, Gianfranco Zola, Le Saux and other big names, Burnley players are mostly unknown. Only Neil Lennon is an international player."

"And the styles of the two teams are also opposite. Since Glenn Hoddle, Gullit and Vialli have all played beautifully. Smooth coordination, fast attack, and Chelsea's exciting technical style of play , is unique in English football. In recent years, Chelsea has played the most beautiful team in English football. But Burnley is different. They are solid defense + quick counterattack. Burnley rarely plays in the opponent's penalty area With dazzling short passes, Burnley pays more attention to the space and speed of the pass. When counterattacking, two or three kicks can complete a shot. Simplicity and high speed are the biggest summary of Burnley's style of play."

When the two teams were arranging tactics in the locker room, the commentator was introducing the current situation of the two teams.For the audience, Chelsea are more familiar, and their beautiful style of play has attracted many neutral fans.But Burnley is different. Burnley is just a League One team.The attention received is limited, except for Burnley fans, only the opponent's fans will know a little bit.Therefore, the commentator's introduction to Burnley is more than that of Chelsea.

"Speaking of which, this game is a game between two young coaches. Vialli, who coaches Chelsea, is only 33 years old and will be 34 in July. Vialli is both a player and a coach. Very good as a player and as a coach. 33 years old, very young for a coach."

"But Burnley's head coach is younger. He became the head coach of Burnley when he was 27 years old. In less than three years, he took Burnley from a League Two team to the League Cup and the FA. Cup final. In October this year, he will be 30 years old. He is currently the youngest club head coach among all professional league clubs in England."

"The age of these two men is different in the field of coaching. They each led their teams to the League Cup final. Vialli inherited Gullit's transformation of Chelsea, and Chelsea continued their offensive style of play. The coach George is quite different. In the past three years of coaching Burnley, it can be found that George is not the kind of coach who cares about the scene. According to internal sources, George once said that even if you can't win a football game, don't lose. "

"The current duel between two very young coaches in world football, I believe neither of them wants to lose."

As the commentator said, both Vialli and George belong to the young marshals.Let alone coaches in their early thirties at this time, even coaches in their early forties also belong to the category of young coaches.Therefore, the narrator deliberately pointed out the ages of the two people.

"Historically, neither team has been a frequent visitor to the League Cup final. Chelsea have only won the League Cup once in history, which was the League Cup in the 64-65 season. Burnley have never entered the League Cup. In the final, it was Burnley's first Carling Cup final."

When the commentator introduced the two teams to the audience, George had already started his pre-match mobilization in the locker room.

(End of this chapter)