Coaching legend

After losing to Everton, Blackburn went to Italy.

Once again, they came to Rome. Once again, they came to the Olympic Stadium.

Because Serie A does not allow private ownership of football fields, many teams share a football field. Including the two Milan clubs, they share a stadium. They just give it a name, AC Milan is called San Siro Stadium, Inter Milan is called Meazza Stadium.

It sounds good. If you are a fan who just watched the game, you will think that each has a stadium.

Lazio and Roma also share a stadium. That is the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

When they arrived at Lazio's home court, Lazio fans hoped most to beat Blackburn at home.

George put half of the substitute lineup on. Instead, they rushed and hit hard, and finally tied Lazio 1-1 at Lazio's home court. After the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn had already scored ten points and secured a place in the knockout round.

Although many people think that Lazio and Blackburn are a foregone conclusion when analyzing Group B. But no one expected that Blackburn could break through the group so easily.

After returning from Rome, Blackburn met Manchester City.

Manchester City is a newly promoted club. The performance after the promotion is very poor, and the number of goals lost is only slightly less than Bradford. Facing Manchester City at home, George is full of confidence. But I don’t know if it’s because of the recent unstable state, Blackburn was scored two goals by Manchester City, whose attack power is extremely poor.

In this game, Blanco can be said to have suffered a great humiliation. First, the Manchester City striker used speed to pass Blanco and scored a goal. Once again, because of the slow turning speed, he could only pull the opponent’s striker. He gave the opponent’s striker a penalty kick and got a red card.

In the post-match rating, Blanco only got four points.

Fortunately, Blackburn’s attack power is very strong. The goals of Miku and Pires ended the game 2-2.

It is really embarrassing to only get a score of 2-2 against a team like Manchester City. In the past three games, Blackburn had two draws and one loss, which surprised the media. Is this still the Blackburn that was killing everyone at the beginning of the season?

It is understandable that they drew with Lazio. After all, Blackburn no longer needs to fight with Lazio away from home.

But being tied by Manchester City and losing to Everton was too unexpected.

At this time, Mark Lawrenson, who had not been seen for a long time, reappeared in front of the media. "Blackburn faced weak teams at the beginning of this season. So they were able to win eight consecutive games. But when the schedule was dense and strong teams appeared, Blackburn showed its true nature."

"This is the first time George has played in both the Premier League and the Champions League. He cannot reasonably allocate the team's resources, or George is too inexperienced."

Many media agreed with Mark Lawrenson's opinion. They all forgot that they had praised George as a famous English coach before.

But George was not in a hurry. The recent unstable state is entirely due to the fact that the team was too strong at the beginning of the season. The results were so good that the Blackburn players were in high spirits. By October, they could no longer go up. So they could only calm down.

Fortunately, there were not many games in October, so Blackburn did not have to be as busy as in August and September.

Blackburn had only five games in the whole month of October. In September, Blackburn played eight games. Therefore, for the tired Blackburn, it was a time to rest.

George also had more time to rest and think.

After playing Manchester City, Blackburn went to Prague, Czech Republic two days later. To challenge Sparta Prague away. In this game, George really rotated most of the lineup and played with a completely substitute lineup. George even used two players from the youth team.

However, even with a full substitute lineup, Sparta Prague was unable to beat Blackburn. Blackburn tied Sparta Prague 1-1 away. If George was not the head coach, George would not even want to go to Prague, Czech Republic.

After five rounds of the Champions League group stage, Blackburn had 11 points.

George didn't care about this game at all. Because after this game, there is a tough battle waiting for Blackburn. Blackburn will go away to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United.

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On October 28, Blackburn had already arrived in Manchester.

Challenging Manchester United away is a real highlight.

Because of Blackburn's slump during this period, Arsenal is now only two points behind Blackburn and Manchester United is four points behind Blackburn. The gap in the previous period has almost been made up.

However, Blackburn, Manchester United and Arsenal are still the strongest contenders for the Premier League championship this season.

Therefore, the match between Blackburn and Manchester United is also hailed by the media as an important watershed match.

If Blackburn wins this game, then Manchester United will be seven points behind Blackburn. It will also establish Blackburn's strong position in the Premier League. Of course, once Manchester United wins, the gap with Blackburn will be completely narrowed.

More importantly, Blackburn has been in poor form recently. If they lose to Manchester United again, then the last three league games will be one draw and two losses. It is possible that Blackburn will continue to be in a slump.

So this game, from another perspective, will have an important impact on the Premier League champion this season.

As a result, countless media poured into Manchester.

When Blackburn arrived at Old Trafford, many reporters blocked George and wanted to ask him questions.

"Coach Levi, Blackburn's performance in recent games has not been very good. Can you tell me what the reason is?"

George stopped, looked at the reporter and shrugged, and said casually: "My team has done a good job. And think about it, it would be boring if we won all the games. We have to give Other teams, including Manchester United, have a little hope, don’t they?”

Hearing George's words, the reporters who gathered around almost spat at George.

The state of the game is very poor, and he is so shameless. I guess George is definitely the first.

The reporter from Manchester United quit.

"Coach Levi, you used the "Special Genius Clause" to buy Hleb at the beginning of the season. But why haven't we seen any performance from your special genius this season?"

This is the naked satire of George by the Manchester United reporter.

George was not angry and smiled slightly: "Since he is a special genius, of course he has special abilities. If even you can see what he is capable of, how can he be a special genius? In fact, you don't have to worry, you will soon be You will understand Alexander’s strength.”

At this time, the reporter from "The Sun" finally squeezed in.

"Coach Levi, have you seen the latest issue of The Sun?"

"The Sun, I haven't heard of it. What's it for?" If George hated the newspaper he hated the most in England, it was the Sun. This newspaper has no bottom line. As long as it can stimulate sales, they are willing to use any means.

Hearing George's words, some reporters nearby laughed.

But that "Sun" reporter is quite shameless. How can you be a reporter if you don't have a little shamelessness?

"Internal sources say that Miku was dissatisfied with Coach Levy replacing him during the game. I wonder if that's true?"

"Is this what your latest issue is about?"

"yes."

"Will you confirm the authenticity of the news to me now?"

"yes."

George sneered when he heard this, and his face suddenly fell. "Now that it's all published, what else do you want to confirm to me? What do you want to hear from me? Do you want to hear yes or do you want to hear no? Anyway, judging from your appearance, your newspaper is a newspaper that survives by fabricating news. Isn't it? What’s the use really? Just make up a story and write it down.”

After finishing speaking, George ignored the other reporters and went back directly.

"The Sun", Murdoch is really evil.

Even if you are a media tycoon, you have no public morals. But at least you can't be too nasty as a person. But Murdoch has no bottom line at all. However, Murdoch is a world-famous media giant, and George, a little coach, can't do anything to him.

Looking at George's appearance, the "Sun" reporter was not angry at all. On the contrary, he was very happy. When George gets angry, they have something good to write about.

Both teams had many problems in this game.

First of all, the home team Manchester United, their tough midfielder Keane stepped on Ljungberg because of the game against Arsenal two rounds ago. He had a real fight with Ljungberg on the field and was sent off with a red card. After the game, he was suspended for four games by the FA, so he cannot play in this game.

Giggs on the left is injured and cannot play. This is a big plus for Blackburn.

Of course, there are also attrition at Blackburn.

The first is Blanco in the defense. Due to the red card in the game against Manchester City, he cannot play in this game.

Another person suffered a minor injury during training. It's Blackburn's main striker Klose. For the sake of conservatism, George also removed Klose from the starting lineup. George was unwilling to let Klose take risks just for a game.

The weather was great on this day. George loved it.

Although I am used to the rainy weather in England. But when it comes to sunny days like this, George's mood will be greatly improved. Moreover, Blackburn's style of play will affect performance if the venue is slippery.

I have been to Old Trafford many times, but every time I come to Old Trafford, George is very envious. It would be great if Blackburn could have such a good stadium.

Just as the media attaches great importance to this game, so do Manchester United fans.

The nearly 70,000 seats at Old Trafford have been completely filled by Manchester United fans. Even before the game started, cheers for the home team started. Of course, there were also Blackburn fans who came with Blackburn. Although the number was small, the momentum was not low.

A peak showdown is about to begin.