Coaching legend

Chapter 212: Breaking out of the cocoon (Part 1)

Two 3-0 scores put Blackburn in first place in the Premier League after two rounds of games.

This is the first time Blackburn has returned to the top of the Premier League since it won the Premier League title four years ago. Although the Premier League has just started two rounds, Blackburn fans are already excited.

Maybe because of the European Cup next year, the schedule of the Premier League this season is quite tight.

On August 11, the second round of the Premier League was just over. On August 15, Blackburn had the third round.

Although there are many Premier League games, there are rarely three or four days of one game unless there are interferences such as the League Cup, FA Cup, and European games. This kind of Premier League is very close, almost all because of the need to make up the game.

But this season has just started and the schedule is so dense.

However, George did not rotate, and the Premier League has just started. And the victory of Leeds United in the last game was too easy, and it had no effect on Blackburn's physical strength at all.

In the third round of the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers played against Newcastle United at home.

Blackburn Rovers' outstanding performance also boosted the atmosphere of Ewood Park. Now, Ewood Park has no empty seats except for the hundreds of seats that were specially vacated. Before the game started, Ewood Park was already full.

And before the game started, the whole stadium was already singing.

"Hello, Coach Levy." Robson looked at the young George and smiled and stretched out his hand.

After traveling abroad, Robson returned to the English football world. He found that the English football world has changed a lot now. Ferguson, who was in the wind and rain at Manchester United, has become the best coach in the Premier League. Wenger from France led Arsenal to win the Premier League championship for two consecutive years and was even hailed as a "professor" by the English football world.

Of course, what surprised Robson the most was that a young local coach appeared in the English football world. He has achieved dazzling results in the English football world in recent years.

Robson wanted to meet George a long time ago to see what ability George, the young coach, has to achieve such good results.

"Hello, Sir Robson." Although George was outspoken and had a bad temper, he still gave Robson enough respect.

Robson, this is a coach who is highly respected in England and even in the world of football.

Robson is an absolute world-class coach. His coaching career started with Fulham. But the start was not smooth. Ten months later, he left Fulham and became the head coach of Ipswich. He also began his brilliant coaching career. He led Ipswich, which was average at the time, not only to win the FA Cup, but also the League Cup.

The outstanding results caught the attention of the English Football Association, and Robson also became the head coach of the England national team. In the England national team, Robson's performance was not bad. In 1986, Robson's England team was eliminated by Maradona's "Hand of God" in the quarter-finals. But in the 1990 World Cup, the England national team only lost to West Germany in the semi-final penalty shootout.

But the top four ranking is the best result of the Three Lions since 1966, and Robson was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

Later, Robson coached major European football teams including PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona. Robson achieved good results in these teams.

Of course, Robson is even more powerful in that he has trained many good players. Even among coaches, there are many of his apprentices.

Mourinho, who became very popular in the 21st century, was Robson's translator when he coached Barcelona. Although he was a translator, Robson used him as an assistant coach. Mourinho later disliked Van Gaal, but he was very respectful of Robson.

This is Robson. Among the current English coaches, Robson is definitely the most respected coach.

George also respects such predecessors in his heart.

Last season, Newcastle United's performance was too poor, and Gullit's relationship with the Newcastle locker room was even worse. Therefore, after the end of the season, Gullit was fired by Newcastle. Now it is this coach Robson who has moved into Newcastle United.

However, after Robson took office, Newcastle United is in a worse state. In the first two rounds of games, Newcastle first lost 0-1 to Aston Villa at home, and then lost 1-3 to Tottenham Hotspur away.

Newcastle has changed coaches too frequently in recent years. From Dalglish to Gullit, and now Robson, their coaching styles are very different. This makes Newcastle's players at a loss.

Newcastle played a season of short pass attack last season, but after Robson took over, he gave up this overly delicate style of play. Instead, on the basis of some small cooperation, Newcastle's original open and close style of play was restored.

"Andy, do you think Sheffield will regret it now?" Looking at the players who came out, Martin Taylor asked his partner with a smile.

"Of course. Look at Blackburn's current results. If George had gone to Newcastle, then Newcastle would be at the top of the table now."

When Sheffield and George quarreled in the media, both sides were shameless. It was just like a fight between shrews, so almost everyone in the English football world knew about the feud between the two.

However, after the end of last season, all the media believed that it was a big mistake for Sheffield to give up George and choose Gullit.

"If George writes his memoirs in the future, I believe Sheffield will definitely be one of the targets of his ridicule."

"Yes, George will never say anything good about Sheffield."

The two commentators laughed as they talked.

However, it was not only the two commentators who remembered the feud between George and Sheffield, but even Blackburn fans did not forget the feud between the two.

Ewood Park first remembered the cheers of "George Levy", and then they wrote and directed the song themselves.

"George, I was wrong. Come to our Newcastle, save me!... Wow, who are you?... I am Sheffield! Wow!"

English fans are absolutely the best in the world of football in these aspects, and they ridiculed Sheffield in the song. It is estimated that this is the first time in English football that fans have made up a story about a club chairman who has nothing to do with him.

Listening to the songs of Ewood Park, Sheffield's face turned pale as the team came to the away game. Williams, who was next to him, seemed to have not seen Sheffield, smiling and clapping his hands, watching the players enter the field.

In fact, Williams certainly knew that Sheffield was angry at this time, but he was gloating in his heart. After Blackburn won the Premier League championship, its performance plummeted. At the same time, Newcastle's performance was rising steadily.

At that time, neither Williams nor Sheffield was the chairman of the club, but because Jack Walker and John Hall were old, many of the club's daily affairs were not taken care of. At that time, Sheffield would always make sarcastic remarks every time he saw Williams.

During that time, Williams laughed at Sheffield's ridicule, but in fact he remembered it firmly in his heart. How could he let go of the opportunity for revenge now?

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These are all highlights of the game, and the real result depends on the result of the game.

Robson is much more stable than O'Reilly, and he has rich experience in leading the team. Unlike O'Leary, who accelerated the tempo at Blackburn's home ground, they adopted the tactic of retreating the back midfielder and attacking from the wing. However, their retreat of the back midfielder was not completely passive.

Instead, they retreated to the area 40 meters away from the goal and started defending there. Moreover, once the ball was grabbed, not only the two wingers attacked, but the midfielders would not be fixed in the back midfielder position.

Newcastle seemed to be defending and counterattacking, but they played very actively.

Blackburn was at home and faced the team that they lost to twice last season. Therefore, they pressed higher. However, because Newcastle's players fought fiercely, they were unable to score. But there were still several good chances to score, but they just didn't seize them.

When everyone was looking forward to when Blackburn would score, Newcastle, who was playing away, scored first.

In the 26th minute of the game, Miku's pass was blocked by the defender. After Speed ​​got the ball, he suddenly moved forward and passed it to Solano in front. Solano made a 45-degree pass before Makelele and Deco could defend him.

Shearer stopped with his left foot in the penalty area, and then shot with his right foot. Shearer's movements in the penalty area were lightning fast, without any delay. Hyypia and Ferdinand, who were defending Shearer, both stood in position, but Shearer just shot the ball out in the narrow gap between them.

"Shearer! Beautiful, Shearer's shot fully showed his characteristics. There was no fancy move, just stop the ball and shoot, but no defender could defend it. Look at the stunned Cudicini."

"Hypia was close to Shearer in this ball, but he couldn't stop the goal. Shearer is worthy of being the best center forward of this era."

After Shearer scored, he ran to Solano. The two greeted other players while celebrating the goal.

George waved his hand, Shearer was really a strong player. Under the double-teaming of Ferdinand and Hyypia, he was able to score so easily. Not simple, not simple!

Shearer's movements are very simple, but very practical. Many center forwards cannot reach Shearer's level because they are a beat slower than the defenders in the penalty area. And Shearer has no extra movements in the penalty area, just stopping the ball and shooting.

George shook his head, if he had a center forward like Shearer. What tactics would he play? He would just keep kicking the ball from the two sides. Let Shearer score the goal.

"In the 27th minute of the game, Blackburn trailed Newcastle 0-1 at home. The scorer is Alan Shearer!"

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