Coaching legend

Seeing the tired players, George recalled the situation when he played against Manchester United.

Manchester United was like this at that time. After the national team game, everyone was exhausted. The first time George led Blackburn to challenge Manchester United was just after the national team game day.

George took this opportunity to tie Manchester United at Old Trafford. In the end, George got rid of the slump at the beginning of the season with that game. George was so grateful for the national team game at that time.

If there was no interference from the national team game at that time, George would definitely not be sure to tie Manchester United. It can even be said that it is possible to be humiliated by Manchester United.

But when it comes to himself, George hates the national team game. The arrangement of the national team game is now much more reasonable. In the past few years, there was no regularity in the national team game. The national team game was casually inserted into the league.

However, the club was on the weak side at that time. Although they were full of complaints, they could not change that situation.

With the establishment of G14, the resistance of several giants became more and more fierce. UEFA has tried everything to suppress this giant league. But at the same time, in order not to force them, they will also appease them in other aspects.

The expansion of the Champions League and the formalization of national team matches are all FIFA and UEFA beginning to give in to these giant clubs.

However, there are still many unreasonable aspects in the arrangement of national team matches. But this kind of thing cannot be changed.

Just after returning, George faced Tottenham Hotspur from London.

There are also many international players in the Tottenham team, but they are not as good as Blackburn. Although many of Blackburn's international players are substitutes, what George did not expect is that the ideas of European coaches are indeed different from those of the Chinese national team coaches.

After Sun Jihai returned to the national team, he played two games as a main player.

However, in the two friendly matches of the European national team, it was the substitutes who played more. The original main players played, but only played half of the game. Instead, the substitutes played more time than the main players.

This made George want to cry without tears. At the beginning, George was complacent. Many of Blackburn's players were marginal internationals. He never thought that the final result would be like this.

George was very afraid that these players who had just returned from the national team might get injured if they continued to play. Therefore, he tried to arrange some players who had not played in the national team to play. Unfortunately, they failed to win against Tottenham.

Although Tottenham's performance this season is still very poor, it is much better than last season in offense and defense.

Blackburn failed to score a goal, but Tottenham scored a goal with the mistakes of Blackburn's defenders. In the end, Blackburn lost 0-1 at home.

After the 15th round of the Premier League, Leeds United has become the second in the Premier League. It is four points ahead of Blackburn and only one point less than Manchester United.

The strength of Leeds United made everyone in the English football world sigh. This is really a "youth storm".

Just five days after playing Tottenham, Blackburn challenged Watford away. Watford this season is currently ranked last in the Premier League. It is the most popular team to be relegated this season.

Watford is a team that has just been promoted this season. Watford is also a strong team in the English League One. But after entering the Premier League, Watford has become a team that everyone bullies.

Facing Watford, George will not hold back at all. Because Blackburn's performance has been up and down recently, although it is still ranked third in the Premier League. But George is not very satisfied. Facing a fish like Watford, there is no other way to go.

The main players of Blackburn rested well in the last game. After playing in this game, they played three goals away from Watford. In the end, they won with a score of 3 to 0.

At the same time, Manchester United had a bye in the 16th round of the Premier League, while Leeds United lost to Aston Villa 1 to 2 in this round.

In addition to these three teams, Arsenal's performance this season is getting worse and worse. It has already lost four games and tied three games. Therefore, the Premier League championship has become a matter for Manchester United, Leeds United and Blackburn.

Although George thought that his team was not weak, it still ranked third in the Premier League after the 16th round of the Premier League. Moreover, George never thought that he could surpass Arsenal and only have two points with Manchester United.

George sometimes laughed when he thought about the current results. What about Manchester United? What about Arsenal?

As for Leeds United, George didn't care about it at all.

It's not that George underestimated the strength of Leeds United. With the strength of Leeds United, as long as their young players mature. Even if they face any strong team in Europe, they will not be afraid. But being strong is one thing, and whether they can achieve good results is another.

Leeds United is now strong and looks fierce. In fact, George is not afraid at all, just like they collapsed in the last period of last season. With Leeds United's current ability to withstand pressure, they have no strength to compete for the championship.

Even if Arsenal's performance is down now, their threat is much stronger than Leeds United.

So now in George's eyes, there is only Manchester United as an opponent.

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After playing Wimbledon, Blackburn will go on an expedition to Moscow in just five days.

The opponents of the UEFA Cup round of 32 have been announced. Blackburn's opponent is Spartak Moscow, which is also from Moscow.

Compared with the previous opponent, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow is a real Russian powerhouse. In the former Soviet Union, Spartak Moscow was the Soviet giant team second only to Dynamo Kyiv.

It was just because of the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and the decline of the Russian economy that the strength of this Soviet giant has greatly declined. However, even so, Spartak Moscow's performance in recent years is still good.

When George arrived in Moscow, it was December 2.

England was also relatively cold during this period, but it was indeed a small matter compared to Moscow. There was actually snow in Moscow. Although it was not very heavy, it snowed a little bit. George felt the cold as soon as he arrived in Moscow.

At this time, the temperature in Moscow during the day was several degrees, and at night the temperature was below zero. In the early morning, the temperature was around ten degrees below zero. This temperature made Blackburn players very uncomfortable.

George frowned.

George was not very afraid of this temperature. George grew up in the north in his previous life, and later went to school in Dalian. In the coldest winter, the temperature was minus 20 degrees Celsius. But in December, such a temperature still made George smack his mouth.

When the weather is cold, the game is very problematic.

No wonder many people are reluctant to play against Russian teams. In such cold weather, they can only play 50% of their skills. On the contrary, those Russian players played the game with great vigor.

Blackburn has always had a high ball possession rate when playing in England.

But today in Moscow, the ball possession rate is not as good as that of Spartak Moscow.

George was anxious off the court. This game was too bad. If Ferdinand hadn't blocked the defense line everywhere, Blackburn would have fallen behind long ago.

"... Duff, he got the ball... Duff, he was hit."

Russian players are very strong, and they play like typical Nordic players. The rhythm of football is not much different from that of English football. There are many fouls of this kind of collision, which I didn't feel before. But there are many problems in such a cold place.

Duff, a famous player in the Premier League, was hit by a Russian player and couldn't get up.

This made George stomped his feet hard off the court. Don't be in trouble, Duff is a very important attacking player in George's hands.

But George was disappointed. After the team doctor checked Duff, he made a substitution gesture to George.

"Damien, what's wrong?"

George was very anxious. The collision just now was not very serious. This kind of injury is more frightening.

"Twisted foot, at least one month of recovery time."

After listening to the team doctor's words, George frowned. It's a great tragedy to play in Russia in the winter. Now it's even more tragic. Duff, the sharp weapon in his hand, is injured.

This season is not very smooth. Since George became the head coach, although some players have been injured from time to time. But there has never been a consecutive injury of two important players like this season. Sagnol's injury has made George very angry, and now Duff is also injured.

George replaced Duff with Romedal.

George used Romedal because he was physically fit and resistant to collisions. He hoped that there would be some changes.

But unexpectedly, Blackburn was still at a disadvantage. Blackburn players were really not used to such cold weather.

"Control the ball, control the ball!"

Under the fierce attack of the Russian team, Blackburn's offense did not improve at all. In desperation, George stood on the sidelines and told the players. Don't rush to pass the ball, control the ball, control the ball is the best way.

Spartak Moscow's strength is average, George believes that as long as this game is defended, they will be able to turn the tables when they return to their home court.

George didn't care about face at this time. Let Blackburn players spread out a little, and then use excellent ball control and passing skills to control the game. Don't be scared by this kind of attack by Spartak Moscow.

Blackburn players are just not used to cold weather, and their passing ability is still good.

Keep passing the ball to wear down Moscow's fighting spirit. The game started well, but soon became a dull battle. In the end, Blackburn Rovers relied on good defense and ball control to tie with Spartak Moscow.

Although they tied with Spartak Moscow in such a difficult environment, George was not happy at all. In this broken place, he lost a great general, Duff.