Coaching legend

"I don't know what to say, your performance in the first half was perfect."

In the second half of the first half, everyone was competing in the midfield. No one scored again, and Blackburn ended the first half with a one-to-zero lead.

In the locker room, George praised the Blackburn players without hesitation. This is probably the first time George has praised the players so unpretentiously this season.

Everyone likes to hear praise, so everyone was very happy to hear George's praise.

"In the second half, Manchester United will definitely counterattack. Don't rush to retreat in the second half, just keep passing the ball in the midfield. Robert, in the second half, you also help John and Anderson to firmly control the ball in the midfield. Use your skills and passes to constantly wear down Manchester United's counterattack."

Pires, Miku, and Deco are all good ball handlers, and George wants to use them to wear down Manchester United.

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In the second half, Manchester United did not make any personnel adjustments, nor did they attack Blackburn as soon as the game started as George thought. Instead, Scholes retreated, and the positions of Keane and Scholes in the midfield were even further back than in the first half.

Such a change made George a little confused, and even the players on the Blackburn field were confused by Manchester United's retreat.

However, in this way, Blackburn's control in the midfield is getting better and better.

Under this situation, Blackburn's players are getting bolder and bolder. Deco even ran to the opponent's penalty area.

George frowned as he looked at this situation. Manchester United's strength is not just that. They are so strong that they are a strong team even in Europe. Their midfield is the best midfield in the Premier League at present. How could they retreat after being hit by Blackburn a few times? This is not Ferguson's style.

There must be something fishy. George stepped forward to let the Blackburn players stabilize. Don't attack so aggressively.

However, just as George got up, Deco's pass was intercepted by Berg and then passed to Scholes. Scholes just touched it lightly and dribbled the ball past Miku. Then he passed it to Beckham next to him. Beckham didn't stop the ball, but made a long pass directly, which was accurately passed to Giggs on the left. At this time, Manchester United counterattacked Blackburn.

There were not many people in the backcourt of Blackburn, and even Van Bronckhorst ran to the front. Giggs was very fast. Giggs's strongest point was his speed and ability to control the ball while running at full speed.

Sagnol did not cross the half court throughout the game, and he was always keeping a close eye on Giggs. At the moment when Giggs got the ball, Sagnol did not move forward. Instead, he slowly retreated and did not dare to kick rashly. But Giggs' speed was very fast, and he did not give Sagnol any chance at all.

Seeing that Sagnol had broken through Sagnol, Hendry behind him assisted in defense. However, Giggs, who had already increased his speed, had broken through Hendry in a few disguises. Hendry had no choice but to hold Giggs.

"Beep--" The referee blew the whistle and gave Hendry a yellow card and a free kick.

Seeing the yellow card, George breathed a sigh of relief. Even if this ball was given a red card, George had nothing to say, because Giggs was facing the goalkeeper directly after he broke through. Hyypia next to him was defending York next to him.

"Beckham... He walked in front of the ball. Beckham's performance in this game was very average. Van Bronckhorst was very successful in marking Beckham."

Cudicini was arranging a human wall. Although Beckham's free kick was not as famous as it was later. But it was already famous in England, and Cudicini did not dare to be careless at all.

George also stared at Beckham closely. When Beckham's standard free kick action came out, George frowned. Because this action was too familiar.

"Beckham... Beautiful, beautiful. Beautiful Beckham arc!"

Seeing Beckham score, George couldn't help kicking the mineral water bottle under his feet. George understood why Manchester United took the initiative to recover. First of all, their players had played in the national team three days ago, including the main players and substitutes. And they are all the main players of the national team. Therefore, after the national team game, their physical strength could not keep up. Moreover, after this recovery, Beckham's precise long pass ability and Giggs' excellent speed advantage can be fully utilized.

The counterattack just now, from interception to counterattack, only a few kicks. Beckham's excellent long pass and Giggs' amazing breakthrough ability are all vividly demonstrated.

George patted his forehead, Ferguson, you old fox. He was born in defense and counterattack, but he asked Manchester United to counterattack.

This is only the twelfth minute of the second half, and there are more than 30 minutes left in the game.

George walked around, thinking about how to deal with it. Whether to defend or attack, George hesitated. But before he could deal with it, there was another huge cheer from Old Trafford.

Manchester United scored again just after the kick-off. Not long after the kick-off, the ball was intercepted by Keane. It was handed to Beckham on the right, and Beckham made a cross and accurately found the Manchester United striker. This time the goal was scored by Andy Cole, who headed Beckham's cross.

George shook his head, and Beckham was silent for nearly 50 minutes. He was almost completely out of temper due to Van Bronckhorst's defense, but he only appeared in front of the camera twice and allowed Manchester United to overtake the score.

Blackburn players were very disappointed. Five minutes ago, they were leading 1-0. But in such a short time, Blackburn fell behind 1-2. This contrast made them very disappointed.

Is it really impossible for Blackburn to win? Will they be relegated this season as the media said?

Looking at this group of players without ambition, George was furious. You can't lose your ambition even if you lose the game, so he walked forward and shouted angrily.

"Do you want to lose another game, a bunch of cowards."

"I told you to have confidence in yourself. Confidence, you idiots."

In fact, Old Trafford was so noisy that the players couldn't hear George's words at all. But they felt George's anger on the sidelines.

They even saw George patting his chest there, which was George's statement to tell them to have confidence. What George emphasized most before the game was that they should have a strong heart. Seeing George's action, they all understood what George meant.

"Tell them to run. Run, run more." George grabbed Sagnol on the sidelines and asked him to tell the players on the field. If they run more, Manchester United will definitely have problems with their physical strength in the remaining time.

Blackburn players are all young. Except for Hendry, the oldest of the other players is only 25 years old.

At this time, the effect of Blackburn's two weeks of training came out. Blackburn did not fall behind in the competition in the midfield. Pires, Duff and Klose in the frontcourt kept switching positions.

Even Miku and Deco in the midfield increased their running. Pires also returned to the middle. The three of them kept running to increase the gaps for passing.

The running of the frontcourt players also made Manchester United's defense very uncomfortable. Man-to-man defense is definitely not possible. Their physical strength is obviously not as good as Blackburn players. Once they run around man-to-man defense, they will be exhausted. And once they run man-to-man defense, the defense system will easily have gaps.

But just standing and holding the position is not easy. Because they have different characteristics, it is not so easy to defend different types of players. Just like Pires and Duff have completely different characteristics, defending Pires and Duff is a completely different defense.

"Pires... rushed in and shot! What a pity, Schmeichel saved it."

"Miku passed the ball, Klose got the ball... Klose fell in the penalty area, the referee indicated that it was not a foul. Looking at the replay, it was indeed not a foul, Stam shoveled the ball first. Klose's action was slow, if it was York, the ball would have gone in."

"Pires, pass... Miku, long shot, what a pity."

"Pires is a different person in this game. Look at Pires passing Neville again. I believe that Neville has never been in such a stressful game since his debut. If Pires can play such a strong game every time. Not to mention 5.5 million pounds, even 10 million pounds is not expensive."

For a while, the pressure on Manchester United's defense increased greatly, and the ball kept flying around Manchester United's half.

"If Blackburn had performed so well in the previous games, Blackburn's current results would not be so bad."

"But Blackburn's players performed very well in this game. Especially the players who just transferred here, they all performed well in this game. Pires is not to be mentioned, and Deco's dispatch in the midfield is also very comfortable. Who can believe that Deco was still playing in the Portuguese second division last season."

The game was lively, but George was worried because there was no goal.

In the 72nd minute, Pires, who had been performing well in this game, got the ball again. Neville gasped for air. Before this game, Neville had no idea about Pires. He had not studied Pires, but this game was too embarrassing.

This is not Neville's fault. Pires' performance in the Premier League was a scumbag. I didn't expect that he would suddenly exert force in this game, and I didn't understand many of Pires' characteristics. That's why he was so embarrassed.

Neville saw Pires looking at him with the ball, so he aimed at the opportunity to make a tackle.

"Pires... He picked up Neville, it was beautiful." Pires's movements were very chic. "He dribbled past Neville, Stam came to fill in. Pires made a cross!"

Klose saw that Berg was only staring at him, so he jumped up and did not shoot with his head, but headed the ball out. Headed it to Miku's feet who had already inserted.

Although Keane did not control the second landing point in the first time, he had already stood in position and stepped forward to steal the ball. Miku had been entangled with Keane throughout the game, and knew that it would be difficult to pass the ball once Keane was staring at him.

So Miku stepped on the ball and gently pushed it to the left with his right heel.

It was just a very gentle movement, but it had already shaken all the Manchester United defenders.

"Miku passed the ball to the left with his heel... It was Deco, Deco's back row inserted... Deco!!!"

Deco, who rushed up from behind, did not hesitate at all, and kicked the ball with a furious kick.

The ball whizzed past and was in front of Schmeichel in the blink of an eye. Although Schmeichel tried his best to save it, the ball still rolled in from Schmeichel's fingers.