Coaching legend

The boos from Blackburn fans not only surprised George, but also surprised his opponent Vialli. It also surprised Blackburn players. They couldn't imagine that a new head coach would be treated like this in their home stadium.

The players George personally introduced were quite confused. The players who just came to Blackburn this summer are all from the major leagues of France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Portugal. Except for Klose, none of them were poached by George from the English league.

Many of them have heard that George led a team in the English League Two in Burnley and was promoted to the Premier League three years later. And last season, he won the League Cup and the FA Cup in succession. And they also know that Burnley and Blackburn are a pair of mortal enemies.

But in their opinion, George's move from Burnley to Blackburn should be a bitter one for Burnley fans. George, the traitor, cannot be forgiven at all, and Blackburn fans should be gloating over Burnley's misfortune. This is in line with their thinking. After all, Blackburn finally poached Burnley's meritorious head coach.

Unexpectedly, George led the team to play at home for the first time, and was booed by the whole stadium at Ewood Park.

This booing also affected their state, especially Klose and Deco who were also booed. Fans are impulsive and irrational. They don't care whether George received black money or not. The newspapers wrote so ambiguously. In their opinion, George just made money by doing something dishonest.

The typical representatives who entered Blackburn with George's relationship are Klose and Deco. Two players who only have the level of low-level leagues have become the main force of the Premier League club. Therefore, when the players just came out, they were booed the most.

Klose is not afraid. Although he did not receive such boos when he was in Burnley. But there are many criticisms about Klose. If Klose did not have a big heart, he would not have been able to gain a foothold in Burnley.

George likes Klose, but he is definitely not blindly letting him play. Although Klose is somewhat lacking in strength, especially in holding the ball, protecting the ball, and making the ball, there are indeed many deficiencies. But he also has many advantages that others do not have.

In particular, he is excellent at heading and has a very accurate judgment of the path of high-altitude balls. This is definitely an amazing ability in English football. Even if George builds a team with Miku as the core, high-altitude balls cannot be ignored.

In addition, Klose has strong explosive power and is not slow. And with more than three years of playing under George, I don’t know how much his footwork has increased.

And more importantly, he is disciplined, not greedy for merit, and absolutely obeys the team’s tactics. This is very important in a team, especially for a single striker like Klose, who is even more precious when he has such characteristics.

So George has always reused Klose in the face of opposition from others. Klose doesn’t care about other people’s opinions and plays his own ball.

But Deco is different. Deco is a little sensitive. Deco just came to Portugal from Brazil and found that he was deceived. The experience in Portugal made Deco very sad. George started to contact him half a year ago, which made Deco have a deep affection for George.

This is definitely not fake. In despair, someone gave hope, which is a kind of gratitude that is difficult to explain. Unexpectedly, he was booed by the home fans at home, which made Deco feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, Deco's mood was greatly affected on the field. Not only Deco, but also the emotions of Pires, Miku and others were greatly affected. They had not adapted to English football before, and now they played more anxiously when their mentality was unbalanced.

Because Miku, Pires and others had not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, George asked them to protect the ball in the midfield in this game. This was completely accommodating to them. Unfortunately...

Chelsea is a strong team, and Vialli quickly saw the change in the mentality of Burnley players. Before that, Vialli had watched Blackburn's first two rounds of games carefully, unlike the head coaches of other Premier League clubs. Vialli lost to George last year. Although many media later denounced George's shameless tactics. But they also admitted that it was George's deployment that defeated Vialli.

Therefore, Vialli attached great importance to George. After watching the first two rounds, he had already discovered that several important players of Blackburn had not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League. So this time the requirement for Chelsea players is to be fast, pass the ball quickly, defend quickly, and kick quickly.

As a technical team in the Premier League, Chelsea plays relatively cleanly. But Vialli didn't care this time, and Vialli is a coach from Italy. So all the players are fast when they force it.

This made Miku, Pires, Deco and others not fully adapt to the Premier League, and the boos at the beginning disturbed their minds. They faced the midfield composed of Poyet, Di Matteo, Petrescu and others in the midfield, and they had no power to resist.

"Poyet, pass the ball... This ball passed through the Blackburn defense line, Zola, cross the ball... It's Sutton! 1.9 meters Sutton!!!"

In the 27th minute of the first half, Chris Sutton, who transferred from Blackburn to Chelsea, received a cross from Zola and headed the first goal in the defense of Hendry and Hyypia. After Chris Sutton scored, there was not much celebration, but he clapped his hands with the players who came to celebrate.

It wasn't until he passed by George that Sutton waved his fist. Sutton is relatively angry. As Blackburn's main forward when they won the championship, although Blackburn's performance has been poor in recent years, he has never thought about leaving. But George had just taken over, and the first person to clean up was himself. This made Sutton angry no matter how much he thought about it.

But the reaction of the fans at Ewood Park made George dumbfounded. After Chris Sutton scored, Ewood Park erupted in cheers. When Sutton passed by George, the applause at Ewood Park turned into bursts of boos.

"Blackburn fans treat Sutton and George with completely different attitudes, and it can also be seen that they are not satisfied with George selling Sutton. Blackburn bought Sutton for a then British record transfer fee of 5 million pounds in the 1994-95 season. He and Shearer formed a strong front line, scoring a total of 49 league goals, helping the team win the Super League championship. After Shearer left, he supported Blackburn's front line."

"Last season Blackburn relied on Sutton's goals one after another to successfully avoid relegation. Sutton is a hero in the hearts of Blackburn fans, but George sold Sutton to Chelsea just after he moved in."

"Without Sutton, who is the current Blackburn forward? Klose, who is Klose? A striker who has played more than 50 games in the English League and only scored less than ten goals, he can also become a Premier League player. The team’s main striker?”

Seeing the situation on the field, even the commentator's explanation began to be biased. Because no matter how you look at this scene, it looks like George forced away players who he thought were loyal to the team and loved by the fans. Of course, the players are not wrong, and the fans are not wrong either. The most wrong person should be George, the biggest villain in the middle.

The director's camera only followed George, who had no expression on his face. It's like this matter has nothing to do with me.

No one knows the anger in George's heart now. George never thought he would be treated like this at his home court.

But that's not all. The game entered the 37th minute. Sutton once again received a pass from Di Matteo and broke through the gate guarded by Flowers. It was a huge blow to George on his debut at Ewood Park.

And it was Makelele who lost the ball this time. This is completely different from the Makelele in George's mind. Makelele now has a habit of taking a few steps or looking left and right after stealing the ball.

Makelele now still has the habits he had in Ligue 1, and of course his own habits at right back. He is not very used to the defensive midfielder position yet.

By halftime, George was very angry, but he didn't get angry.

"You were too anxious in the first half, don't be anxious." Maybe the boos made a few people a little anxious. They were not used to the rhythm of English football. Plus, when I'm worried about losing the ball, it's even more.

"Claude, let me tell you. Your task is to protect the back line, intercept the ball and pass it to Anderson or John. I put you in this position, not to pass the ball. So after you get the ball, don't hesitate, Handle the ball quickly.”

"Your position is very important. Once you lose the ball in this position, it will be a disaster for the team."

"Claude, you are the most important point in the team's offensive and defensive transition. You can't hesitate at all." Although it was Makelele's mistake that made Chelsea lose the second goal. But George didn't blame Makelele.

Makelele's position is definitely the most important, although Deco and Miku are the core of the midfield. But Makelele's position is definitely the most important point of the entire team.

After hearing what George said, Makelele nodded. Makelele was also full of doubts about George asking him to play the defensive midfielder position. But George vowed to Makelele that Makelele will definitely become the best defensive midfielder in the world.

Blackburn's performance was much better in the second half and they began to slowly control the ball. Vialli was not aggressive in the second half and recovered a bit. The game ended with a score of 2-0.

That was the end of George's debut at Ewood Park.