Coaching legend

This trip to London was really unexpected.

George had already made an appointment with Campbell before going there. But he met Daniel unexpectedly and found out that Daniel was going to become the chairman of Tottenham.

George really didn't expect it. George woke up in England in 1985. At that time, Daniel was a big shot in the London Stock Exchange. At that time, Daniel was just a young man in his twenties.

Daniel in his twenties was already a very famous person in the London Stock Exchange.

Now, fifteen years later, Daniel is no longer the small broker in the London Stock Exchange. As long as you are an insider, Daniel is a myth. I don't know how many rich people are willing to give their money to Daniel to manage.

Daniel squeezed into the upper class of England with his own brain.

But I didn't expect that he would become the chairman of the football club soon.

After meeting Campbell, George returned to Blackburn with the team. Because the next schedule is even more abnormal.

I don't know if the FA has water in its head.

After playing against Tottenham, there will be a Premier League match on December 30, another league match on January 1, a third round of the FA Cup on January 6, the League Cup semi-final on January 10, and another Premier League match on January 13.

Others are OK, and they will play after a few days of rest.

But the two Premier League matches that are about to be played are really problematic. Not only Blackburn has this schedule, but also teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool have this schedule. There is only one day of rest, and then the next game will be played.

At this time, it depends on the depth of everyone's substitutes.

Playing against Tottenham, George has allowed Blackburn players to retain a lot of physical strength. At this time, George discovered the benefits of a strong substitute lineup.

Because on December 30, they will play against Derby County, a weak team hovering in the relegation zone. And on January 1, they will go to Anfield to play Liverpool. So George kept the main players to play Liverpool, and the substitutes played against Derby County.

Even so, Blackburn's substitute strength is not weak at all.

Panucci, Sun Jihai, Gallas, and Henning Berg behind them are all very strong. Don't look at them as substitutes, they are stronger than Derby County's main players.

In the midfield, George used four midfielders, the veteran McCrist and the young Hargreaves, plus David Dunn and Hleb. Hleb was arranged by George as a free man in this game, and he can do whatever he wants in the frontcourt.

In fact, Hleb's overall view is almost zero now. George let him be a free man, not because Hleb has any advantages in passing and vision.

But Hleb's skills are very good. Although many of his passes are useless, he was surrounded by several people and finally lost the ball. But Hleb has such an advantage, that is, he is very good at dribbling. It is easy to create free kicks in the frontcourt.

As for the forward line, George arranged Drogba and Davor Suker.

As for Blackburn's fourth striker Kevin Gallagher, he is too old. He is already 34 years old and no longer as sharp as before. Kevin Gallagher has also told George that he plans to retire after this season.

Don't think that George played completely as a substitute. But facing a team like Derby County, the strength is not weak at all.

But maybe there are too many games these days, and the situation has not been opened. In the end, it was a free kick opportunity created by Hleb, and McAllister scored the only goal of the game from a free kick.

The game was very difficult.

George saw it. There are too many games this season, and even the physical strength of these substitutes has become a problem. Because there are too many games this season, even these substitutes have played a lot of games.

McAllister, the 36-year-old veteran, has started more than ten times in Blackburn.

However, George is very satisfied with McAllister's transfer.

This veteran who came for free not only has a low salary, but also no transfer fee. After coming to Blackburn, his performance is even better. The management of Blackburn's midfield is well organized. The young Hargreaves and David Dunn are very obedient to McAllister's arrangements.

After defeating Derby County, the points gap between Blackburn and Manchester United and Arsenal is getting bigger and bigger.

Manchester United and Arsenal, whose bench depth is not as good as Blackburn, were dragged down by this high-density game. Manchester United was tied 1-1 by Newcastle away, and Arsenal was tied 2-2 by Sunderland at home.

In this way, Blackburn led Manchester United by eight points and Arsenal by ten points after the 21st round of the league.

After just one day of rest, Blackburn went to Anfield to challenge Liverpool.

It's already a new year.

George himself sighed. Time flies so fast, and it's already 2001 in a blink of an eye.

This day is January 1st, and according to Chinese festivals, this day is New Year's Day. When I came to Anfield, there were already crowds of people.

Liverpool is the greatest team in English history and the first giant in England. But since the Hillsborough disaster, Liverpool's performance has been getting worse and worse. Since the establishment of the Premier League, Liverpool's performance is even more inconsistent with their status in England.

This is a very contradictory thing.

Therefore, Liverpool fans are also a relatively contradictory group. They are very proud, or very proud. As fans of England's top giants, they are certainly qualified to be proud. However, because of the poor performance in the past ten years, they are somewhat unbalanced.

Although Houllier led Liverpool to good results this season, it is still unable to compete with Manchester United, Arsenal and Blackburn.

So whether it is Liverpool fans or the team, every time they face a strong team, they hope to defeat them. In order to maintain the face of the old giant Liverpool.

Therefore, Liverpool has the problem of being strong when facing strong teams and weak when facing weak teams.

When they face weak teams, they don't have many methods. But once facing strong teams, Liverpool is like taking drugs. In the 18th and 19th rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool met Manchester United and Arsenal in succession.

But Liverpool, whose performance is not good, performed quite strongly against Manchester United and Arsenal.

First, they defeated Manchester United 1-0 away, and then swept Arsenal 4-0 at home.

However, just when everyone thought Liverpool would continue to be strong, they were defeated by Middlesbrough 1-0 in the 20th round of the league.

This performance of not being afraid of strong teams, but not being able to score against weak teams, is also the reason why Liverpool has never been able to win the league championship.

Now Blackburn is somewhat strong, so when Blackburn arrived at Anfield, many Liverpool fans hoped that Liverpool would defeat Blackburn. This also shows that Liverpool is still an English giant.

Sure enough, Liverpool launched a fierce attack on Blackburn at the beginning of the game.

In the 17th minute of the first half, Blackburn's goal was broken by Liverpool. The one who broke Liverpool's goal was England's golden boy Owen.

Owen's performance this season is indeed very good. After getting the ball, he used his speed to pass Makelele and Blanco, and finally passed Ferdinand to score this beautiful goal.

Seeing Owen, George remembered a sentence. The world's martial arts, only speed can not be broken.

Speed ​​is not terrible, but players who can combine people and balls, easily change direction during high-speed breakthroughs, and have such high shooting accuracy are very terrible. Bellamy is no worse than Owen in terms of speed, but his deterrence on the field is completely incomparable to Owen.

Seeing Owen score, all Liverpool fans cheered. Anfield soon became a sea of ​​joy.

They all wanted to see Liverpool beat Blackburn at home.

But George was not in a hurry. George was waiting for the second half.

Liverpool had just finished a league game, and Owen, Gerrard, Heskey and others had played. George didn't believe that they could make it to the second half with a day's rest. Blackburn players had rested for at least three days.

Sure enough, after the second half, Liverpool's physical strength had a big problem.

Owen, who was active in the first half, was also a little unable to run. George waved his hand, and Blackburn, who was suppressed by Liverpool in the first half, began to counterattack.

But at this time, Liverpool's tenacity came out. Liverpool, who had poor physical strength, simply blocked Blackburn's attack with their bodies. Willpower, may be this kind of thing. George admired Liverpool's tenacity.

Maybe this is the so-called foundation of a wealthy club. Even if Liverpool has changed coaches one after another, this spirit of not admitting defeat continues to remain at Anfield.

After attacking for more than 40 minutes, in the 89th minute of the game, Klose received a pass from Miku and successfully countered the offside, finally equalizing the score. In fact, Blackburn had 15 shots in the second half, but with Liverpool's united efforts, they only scored one goal.

In the end, George could only return to Blackburn with a draw at Anfield.

Manchester United is the kind of team that performs better the more difficult it is. In this game, they defeated West Ham United 3-1. The gap with Blackburn has been reduced to six points again.

And Arsenal has already shown a trend of collapse. Following the draw in the last game, this game was a 0-1 loss to Charlton. The gap with Blackburn has become 11 points, and the gap with Manchester United has also increased by five points.

When the 22nd round of the Premier League was over, all the media lamented that the Champions League game had completely dragged down Arsenal. Arsenal has withdrawn from the competition for the league title. Now the Premier League champion will be born between Manchester United and Blackburn.

The luck in the cup competition has run out. Blackburn met Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup.

George, who was already dizzy with the dense schedule, even sent out the youth team players in this game. For a team like Villa, it is wishful thinking to get a place in the Champions League, and it is difficult to get a place in the League Cup now.

So they attach great importance to domestic cup competitions.

Facing a full substitute lineup, Villa was not polite at all. Ping-pong gave Blackburn three goals. Blackburn just played in the FA Cup and was eliminated by Villa. But George did not regret it at all. Without the FA Cup, he felt much more relaxed.

After being eliminated in the FA Cup, Blackburn will play the first game of the League Cup semi-finals.