Coaching legend

Obviously, Blackburn had more players. And since the beginning of the first half, Blackburn had been suppressing Manchester United.

But when Drogba scored a long shot, Manchester United attacked like crazy. Manchester United is like a spring. The harder you press it, the stronger its rebound will be. Manchester United can't stand being bullied by others.

Don't look at this game. Manchester United is missing two generals, Keane and Giggs, but they can attack with a momentum.

The four midfielders, Butt, Philip Neville, Scholes, and Beckham, increased their running. There will be no exquisite cooperation between them. They will pass the ball into the penalty area after getting it. Solskjaer is like a loach, looking for loopholes in Blackburn's defense in the penalty area.

George went up and asked Deco to control the rhythm, not so fast.

In the last game against Lazio, George deliberately accelerated the rhythm and completely disrupted Lazio's playing rhythm. But George can't be fast in this game. Manchester United is far better than Blackburn in terms of speed. George hopes Deco will slow down the ball.

But just like Lazio wanted to slow down the pace but failed in the previous game, Deco wanted to control the ball but failed.

After the Manchester United players got motivated, they immediately suppressed Blackburn's attack.

Morale is very important in the game.

Fortunately, the first half ended quickly.

George saw Ferguson chewing gum, not in a hurry at all.

George did not make any other arrangements in the locker room. He just told the team not to let Manchester United lead the way in the second half. Try to control the ball, especially to slow down the pace.

Then he praised Drogba.

In the end, Drogba was embarrassed. Drogba showed the only white teeth on his face and smiled foolishly.

Drogba has been in Blackburn for more than a year. This is the first time he has received such praise in front of so many people. But he was very happy in his heart. It is a good thing to get praise from the head coach.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United's suppression became more and more fierce.

Scholes, who was almost invisible in the first half, was very active after the kick-off of the second half. He could be seen everywhere on the court. When Miku got the ball, there was Scholes' defensive figure. And just a short time later, Scholes was able to shoot from a distance in front.

Scholes' connection in the midfield made the entire Manchester United offense active.

"...Cole, pass back...Scholes, shoot! Blocked by Panucci."

"Scholes...divide...Beckham, cross, Cole's header! Cudicini saved it."

George watched Scholes have several chances to shoot in the frontcourt. He couldn't help but shout loudly. "Claude, are you sleeping? Don't you want to play as a starter? How can you let Scholes be so presumptuous in front of the penalty area."

In such a noisy stadium at Old Trafford, Makelele couldn't hear what George said at all.

But George was not far from Makelele, and Makelele heard George calling his name. He just turned his head to look at George, but didn't hear George's words clearly. But George was waving his hands around, and Makelele saw it.

Makelele could guess that George was not satisfied with Scholes being too active.

Especially the chance for Scholes to shoot from behind, which was definitely because Makelele lost his position. Therefore, Makelele could only focus his mind.

Although Makelele ran to his position quickly, he thought while running: Damn, it's easy to say that the head is on the sidelines. Scholes' position is erratic, and his movements are too fast. How can you defend him just by saying it?

Fortunately, after being scolded by George, Makelele's defense against Scholes was still successful. Scholes' shots and passes from behind were much less. But Manchester United still had the advantage.

"Alexander, come here." George waved his hand and asked Hleb, who was warming up, to come over.

In fact, just at the beginning of the second half, George had already asked all the people on the Blackburn bench to warm up. Of course, if there was a goalkeeper substitute, it would not be necessary. But George rarely brought a goalkeeper substitute, because the Premier League can only bring five substitutes at present, and there is no place for a goalkeeper substitute.

Hleb was stunned.

Although George asked them to warm up, Hleb didn't care much.

Playing Manchester United was Blackburn's key game. Hleb didn't think George would let him play.

"After you go up, play on the right. Have you seen Sylvester? He often loses his position, so use your skills to get past him. He is a bit reckless. If he has a chance, he will enter the penalty area. If he doesn't have a chance, he will induce him to commit a foul."

Sylvester has good speed and can often assist on the left.

But as a defender, Sylvester's position is a problem. His defensive awareness is also poor, and his defense is too fierce. In addition, after attacking, it is difficult to come back.

George had high hopes for Duff in this game.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Duff didn't play well in this game. There were not many decent breakthroughs. The right side has always been a very important offensive side for Blackburn, but this game was too quiet.

So George thought of Hleb.

Duff was very angry when he saw the sign that he was replaced. When he came down, he didn't even look at George. After simply clapping hands with Heleb, he put on his clothes and went into the locker room.

George frowned. But he didn't blame Duff.

In such an important game, Duff was substituted, and George could understand that he was emotional.

After Hleb came on the court, he followed George's arrangement and was very sticky to the ball after getting the ball. He faced Sylvester when he got the ball. Hleb was not fast, but the ball under his feet seemed to be stuck to his feet.

Now the situation on the field is that Manchester United has the advantage. It is not easy for Blackburn to get a chance to counterattack, so when they counterattack, they need speed. But once the ball is passed to Hleb's feet, the whole attack is over.

Because after Hleb gets the ball, he rarely passes it to others. He just dribbles the ball himself.

Facing Sylvester, shaking left and right.

But George is already very satisfied. Because George let Hleb play for this purpose.

In the game, there are often players who will take the ball out of bounds when they are passive. In fact, in addition to delaying the game, this move is more to disrupt the opponent's rhythm and give the team some breathing space.

Manchester United is now in the lead on the field.

Therefore, Hleb's sticky ball just disrupts Manchester United's rhythm. The ball at Hleb's feet cannot be snatched by one or two people.

"Hleb's skills are really good. Look, Sylvester can't snatch the ball alone. Young players are not nervous at all in such a big scene. There is a future." Martin Taylor looked at Hleb who was having fun there and said with a smile.

"Yes, this skill alone is really good. Unfortunately, the ability to grasp the passing opportunity is average. Miku has just gone to meet him, but he didn't pass the ball." Andy Gray praised Hleb, but also blamed him for his mistakes.

"It's understandable for a 19-year-old young player. Such a big scene will definitely be very helpful for his growth."

In this way, Hleb used his ball control to completely disrupt the rhythm that Manchester United had just raised.

What they didn't know was that facing Hleb, Sylvester's lungs were about to explode. Although Hleb's threat was not as direct as Duff's, Sylvester, as one of the parties involved, felt deeply humiliated.

Although Silvester is not a famous defender, when he transferred to Inter Milan the year before last, the transfer price was 7 million euros. Last year, he transferred from Inter Milan to Manchester United, and his value reached 4 million euros.

Facing Hleb, a 19-year-old kid, he was fooled by him.

If he just passed me, it would be nothing. After all, which defender has not been fooled by others? Even Maldini has been fooled by countless people, let alone me. But the most annoying thing is that Hleb is just for the sake of passing.

After you pass me, there is no problem passing the ball or shooting. The problem is that Hleb sways left and right, passing again and again. This makes Silvester's anger rise.

Hleb got the ball again, he first dribbled and dribbled Silvester. If it was a player like Duff, he would move forward after passing. But Hleb is not like that. After passing, he waited for Silvester to react, and then dribbled again.

How could Sylvester swallow this?

So Sylvester, this time, directly made a tackle, trying to tackle Hleb with the ball.

But Hleb, who was dribbling the ball, seemed to have eyes. He lightly lifted the ball and then jumped past Sylvester. Manchester United's left side was completely empty. Sylvester fell to the ground and didn't get up at all.

"Hleb, this young player's skills are too good. Sylvester, poor Sylvester..."

George couldn't help but applaud when he saw Hleb's series of actions on the court. Hleb is really worthy of being called the "King of Passing". This passing is really an art.

"Hleb, he broke in. What will he choose? Hleb, he has already shaken out an angle, but he hasn't shot yet?"

After Hleb entered the penalty area, he faced Brown and made another very simple shake, but shook out a very good angle. He could have shot, but he actually dunked it back again. George kept stamping his feet. Why is this kid not decisive at all? What a good chance just now.

While hesitating, Stam next to him did not hesitate. Stam did not waste any time, and tackled Hleb in the penalty area, and tackled the ball very accurately. He directly kicked the ball out.

"... He hesitated, hesitated. Hleb hesitated, such a good chance. Stam cleared the ball... No, the ball fell to Miku's feet, Miku... Shoot!"