Coaching legend

When George appeared at Ewood Park, he always had a serious expression.

This is not to say that George is serious, but George was frightened by the boos of the fans at Ewood Park. If George's expression changed a little, then all the cameras in the stadium would not let George go.

So George simply kept a straight face at Ewood Park, so that even if his expression changed, nothing could be seen.

"Hello, Coach O'Leary." George was the host, so he extended his hand in front of him in advance.

"Hello, Coach Levy."

Looking at George's young face, O'Leary was jealous. At the age of only 30, he was already the head coach of a Premier League club.

But O'Leary didn't know that George also envied O'Leary. Don't think that David O'Leary succeeded Graham as the head coach of Leeds United because he was George Graham's assistant coach.

Like many coaches, David O'Leary was a coach who played football. He was very famous when he played football, and he played for Arsenal most of the time. Since he debuted in the Arsenal first team at the age of 17, he has played a total of 722 games for Arsenal.

722 games is the record holder for Arsenal appearances. Until more than ten years later, no Arsenal player could break this record. And it is estimated that no player will be able to break this record in the future.

O'Leary, hailed as Spider-Man by Arsenal fans, is a legendary player of Arsenal. He won two FA Cups, two League Cups and two league championships for Arsenal.

George envied O'Leary because his coaching career was so lucky. He just became the head coach and encountered the glorious moment of Leeds United. At this time, the Leeds United youth team was full of young talents, and the Leeds United boss was willing to invest money.

Although Peter Ridsdale's last adventure brought a huge disaster to Leeds United. But at this time, Ridsdale was a very generous chairman. It can be said that he gave whatever he wanted.

George started his coaching career at Burnley and spent all three years in low-level leagues. This was his first time coaching a Premier League team. It took him half a season to gradually gain a good reputation in the Premier League. Ridsdale had just become the head coach of Leeds United, and Leeds United's performance was very fierce. So far, Leeds United is still ranked fourth in the Premier League.

The two were not familiar with each other, so they just said hello.

It was just a courtesy. After saying hello, just when he was about to turn around, suddenly there was a huge applause in the Blackburn stand. Ewood Park has Darwin Stand, Riverside Stand, Blackburn Stand and Jack Walker Stand, which can accommodate 31,367 spectators.

The Riverside Stand is often prepared for away fans, while the Blackburn Stand is the stand where Blackburn's diehard fans are.

The applause came inexplicably and extremely suddenly. George and O'Leary both looked up at the Blackburn stand.

"George-Levi!" "George-Levi!"

Suddenly, George's name rang out on the Blackburn stand. They sounded like singing and shouting. But there was nothing else, just George's name on a certain melody.

They just kept shouting "George Levy!".

Their shouting made George stunned. He was as surprised as when he heard the boos from the fans. George didn't understand why their attitude suddenly changed.

O'Leary didn't expect that everyone in the English football world didn't know that George was unwelcome at Ewood Park. George and Blackburn fans even had a record of quarreling at Ewood Park. And in his first home game as coach, George was booed by the fans. He was absolutely unique. I didn't expect to see a different attitude from the fans today.

The Blackburn stands, those are Blackburn's most loyal fans. If they get their cheers and applause, then this coach has basically won the hearts of Blackburn fans.

George smiled for a moment, it was really unexpected.

The Blackburn players who were preparing to kick off on the field also turned their heads unexpectedly. Even many reporters at the scene turned their cameras to the Blackburn stands.

"Haha, what did we hear? Blackburn fans are shouting George's name!" Even the commentator was quite surprised. "This should be the first time George has received applause from the home fans at home. George has been waiting for this applause for half a season."

Is it because Blackburn's performance during this period made them so satisfied? George could only imagine this reason.

In fact, what George didn't know was that George led Blackburn to beat Burnley 5-0 at Turf Moor. After the game, Evan even humiliated Burnley with five fingers. This made Blackburn fans very relieved.

They watched the game in front of the TV and knew how George was booed. So after George returned to Blackburn, those Blackburn diehards gave George the highest cheers. You Burnley oppose and boo, we welcome it.

Sometimes, it is really difficult to understand the thinking of fans. When George won six consecutive games some time ago, he did not receive such cheers at home. But when they saw Burnley fans booing George, they defended George instead.

We Blackburn fans can boo our coach, but you Burnley fans? Humph!

A match against Burnley actually changed their attitude.

But no matter what the reason, George was very happy. Not only George, but also the Blackburn players on the field were quite excited. To be honest, they haven't experienced any home feeling this season. Today's game had the atmosphere of a home field for the first time.

The atmosphere of a home field is very necessary.

Unlike before, as long as Blackburn players get the ball, the fans will applaud. As soon as Leeds United fans get the ball, the home fans will boo.

Ewood Park is not a big stadium, but the atmosphere of a stadium with a capacity of 30,000 people is no less than those big stadiums.

The players were very excited and their performance on the field improved.

"Deco... Bowyer's ball was intercepted again. Deco's passing organization has been vividly demonstrated in recent games. When many media evaluated the Premier League transfers this season, Deco was among the best. But in this game, it was discovered that Deco's defense is not weak either."

It is true that Deco made consecutive steals in the defensive midfielder position.

Deco's outstanding performance made Hargreaves next to him much easier. Hargreaves only had to defend Smith. Facing Smith, Hargreaves fully demonstrated his ability to pester. He stuck to Smith and didn't let Smith get the ball easily.

Smith, who was only 18 years old, had a very hard time playing this game.

Just as George thought, young players are easily inspired. But they are also prone to being irritable and impatient.

Smith is like this now, because he is really impatient to be pestered by Hargreaves. Including midfielder Bowyer, because he can't get the ball all the time, he is getting more and more impatient. In fact, at this time, what Leeds United needs is a veteran to stabilize the morale of the army.

After all, Leeds United doesn't need to be so anxious away from home. Blackburn, who should be anxious at home, should be. But Blackburn is not in a hurry, which makes Leeds United players impatient. This is a common problem for young people.

Unfortunately, Leeds United now has only two older players, goalkeeper Neil Martin and Lucas Radebe. One of them is a goalkeeper and the other is a central defender. There is no way to deal with the current loss of midfield.

Although Blackburn has a large number of young players, including Duff and Hargreaves, two young men under the age of 20. However, the core players of Blackburn are all experienced players.

Including Hyypia and Van Bronckhorst on the back line, Miku and Pires in the midfield, they have all been playing in their respective leagues for many years. Compared with the Leeds United players who have just entered the first team, they are much more experienced.

Therefore, according to George's words, they did not play fast with Leeds United. Instead, they used skilled techniques and cooperation to control the ball in the midfield. After wearing down Leeds United's spirit, they suddenly accelerated the attack. This fast and slow style of play made Leeds United very uncomfortable.

At the 27th minute of the first half, the ball kept passing between Deco and Miku, and Pires occasionally came to help. Bowyer and Ribeiro in the midfield were quite depressed, and it was really hard to grab the ball.

Miku got the ball from Deco again in the frontcourt, turned suddenly in front of Ribeiro, and passed it to the right. After exchanging positions with Duff, Pires, who came to the right, surpassed Ian Hart in an instant and got the ball very comfortably on the right side of the penalty area.

Miku, who passed back a lot in this game, suddenly accelerated and passed the ball, catching the Leeds United defense off guard.

Pires had more choices after entering the penalty area. Facing the young Woodgate, he shook a few times and made Woodgate lose his center of gravity. Then he gently passed the ball to the penalty spot, and Miku, who followed up, shot directly. Martin didn't have any chance to react at all.

"One to zero, John Miku! This is Miku's fourth goal in Blackburn. Miku, who has adapted to English football, is getting better and better."

The commentator on the scene was not so calm.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"John Miku!"

"One to zero, we are already ahead."

"Cheer, our hero Miku!!!"

If it was before, Ewood Park would only have sparse applause. But this time was different. With Miku's goal, the whole stadium erupted in thunderous cheers. The cheers of "John Miku!" came one after another.

Miku scored four goals this season, and this goal was the first time he received such cheers. So he raised his hands and turned around. Then he opened his arms and faced Pires who assisted. Pires also ran to Miku and hugged Miku.

The Blackburn players were excited, not only because they were excited about the lead. More importantly, it was because they felt their Blackburn players so clearly for the first time. In the past, when they went to Ewood Park, it was like someone else's home court. Today they finally felt that this was their home court.

George also waved his fist excitedly on the sidelines. Only in such a home court can you feel the excitement of scoring a goal.