Coaching legend

George was in a good mood facing the players in the locker room. "We Blackburn have won three top league titles and six FA Cup titles. At the beginning of the English League, we Blackburn was also a strong team in England. Back then..."

The players below were curiously watching George introduce Blackburn's history.

Blackburn's history is really not too bad, or it is very shabby. But these histories are all from 70 or 80 years ago. Even Blackburn's players themselves would not know unless they look up the information.

In fact, as a club that has won three top league titles and six FA Cup titles, it is not impossible to brag about the glory of their ancestors when they rise again.

But now it is the League Cup final. The opponent is Liverpool, the top giant in England. Liverpool is now reminiscing about the past in the locker room, missing their glorious history of sweeping across European football, and inspiring their soldiers.

Now facing Liverpool, whose history is extremely glorious, George is talking about Blackburn's history there, which seems a bit out of place no matter how you look at it.

George saw that his players had no interest, so he stopped bragging at this time. George was not embarrassed at all to brag about Blackburn's little history, which had already passed away. "We at Blackburn have such a glorious history, but in the half-century history of the League Cup, we have not won even one League Cup championship. We have not even entered the League Cup final."

The players knew that George had entered the main topic.

"You are really lucky. Because you are the first player in Blackburn's history to enter the League Cup final. When Blackburn fans recall the honor decades later, you will be the meritorious players who won the League Cup for Blackburn."

"Don't underestimate the low gold content of the League Cup championship. But when you recall history in the future, this game will be the turning point in Blackburn's history."

"Many years later, fans asked how Blackburn became a giant? The media will comment that it started with defeating England's top giant Liverpool and winning the League Cup. That was a baton of a giant. Blackburn defeated Liverpool and took over the temperament of England's giants from Liverpool."

"And you are the first batch of meritorious players for Blackburn to become a giant."

Although George himself knew that this statement was false. Blackburn became a giant? Even George himself didn't believe it.

But in this atmosphere, after saying this, the entire Blackburn players were inexplicably excited. To be honest, the players are not very cultured. If you think their IQ is the same as yours, then you can't manage the locker room.

Sometimes you have to treat your players like your own children. Parental management is still necessary in English football.

You have to let them know that there can only be one voice in the locker room. You just need to listen to this voice, and that's it. This is how George manages the locker room.

"Kill Liverpool! If you want to become a giant, you should kill Liverpool, the first giant!" As soon as George finished speaking, Saniol stood up and shouted.

Saniol was excited. He is the captain and will definitely leave a strong mark in Blackburn's history. Of course, Liverpool must be defeated first.

"Kill Liverpool!"

All the players shouted with Saniol.

George looked at the excited players and waved his hand. "Go out and kill Liverpool! Tell Liverpool that they are just a downtrodden giant!"

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This is the League Cup final, but there is no caution in the final.

Blackburn and Liverpool know each other well. The two teams have met twice in each of the three seasons. So neither team has any temptation. After the game started, it entered a real hand-to-hand fight.

The league results in the past few seasons have not been good, but Liverpool players have no inferiority complex.

Because although the results in the past few seasons have not been good, Liverpool has performed extremely well when facing strong teams. For example, this season, there are both away games to Manchester United and home games to Arsenal 4-0.

Therefore, facing Blackburn, Liverpool players don't care at all. Or to say, they are not timid at all because of Blackburn's strong strength now. They are completely open to play.

Of course, Liverpool's style of play is different from Blackburn.

Blackburn suppresses the opponent in the midfield and then uses two wingers to tear apart the defense. The wing is very important. At the same time, once the wing pulls the opponent's defense apart, Miku and Deco in the middle can pass a fatal straight pass.

Therefore, Blackburn's style of play requires a certain distance between the backcourt, midfield, and frontcourt, and the entire team needs to press forward.

But the current Liverpool style of play is a counterattack style. There is a striker like Owen in the frontcourt who can perfectly combine technology and speed, so once a counterattack is launched, basically no team can defend it. Under this style of play, Owen's strength was fully exerted.

Blackburn attacked the two flanks. Liverpool's deployment this time was interesting, with Carragher on the left and Marcus Babel on the right. Neither of them was a professional full-back. Therefore, George attacked the two flanks, hoping to open a breakthrough.

Bellamy replaced Duff in this game, not because of George's targeted arrangement. It was because Duff had a cold before the game and was replaced by George.

Bellamy has definitely been outstanding this season. Especially after increasing the cooperation with the team, Bellamy's strength came out. Although he has not been able to replace Pires and Duff as the main force, he has started more than fifteen times so far. Including substitute appearances, there are only a few fewer games than the main players.

Under such circumstances, Bellamy has scored seven goals and six assists for Blackburn. It can be said to be a weapon among Blackburn's wingers.

Liverpool will also play two wings once they get the ball. But the two wingers rarely attack like Blackburn, and then cross the ball or go straight into the penalty area. Instead, they go to the center to Owen or Fowler. There is very little procrastination, just to create an opportunity for Irving to counterattack.

At the beginning of the game, Blackburn was very aggressive.

A fierce attack was carried out against the hinterland of Liverpool. Liverpool faced the challenge calmly, but counterattacked very resolutely.

But it was Blackburn who broke through Liverpool's goal first.

Bellamy, who replaced Duff in this game, surpassed Carragher with his speed. Bellamy, like Irving, is a player with abnormal speed, even faster than Irving. Carragher, playing at left back, couldn't stop Bellamy at all.

"... Bellamy, pass the ball, this is a return pass... Miku!"

Miku stepped in to receive the ball, and Henchoz stepped forward to defend. Miku used his back heel to lead the ball to the right, then tilted his upper body to the left. Henchoz followed Miku, thinking that Miku was going to break through to the left. When Henchoz passed by, Miku immediately returned to the right.

"Miku... he used the swing of his upper body to pass Henchoz... Miku, shoot!"

When Henchoz was passed by, only the goalkeeper was left in front of Miku. This flickering movement was just a flash. Miku's passing is getting easier and easier now, but the effect is getting better and better.

Miku's shot came from a very awkward angle and rolled straight into the other side of Westerwerder's position.

"Westwerde... this ball is a blind spot. Westerwerder can't do anything about it. One to zero, Blackburn is already leading one to zero in the League Cup final."

George sat on the bench and just clapped his hands gently when facing the goal. Miku is becoming more and more like a general. Miku's series of actions near the penalty area are cumbersome to say but can be done in the blink of an eye.

Miku didn't make any unnecessary moves. In the blink of an eye, after slipping through a slight angle, he shot the goal very decisively.

Blackburn fans instantly burst into loud cheers. Of course, along with the cheers, there were also songs mocking Liverpool. The songs were clearly made up on the fly. "Wow! Liverpool, you are the richest club in England. Whoa, when was the last time you won the championship?"

Liverpool fans could only use boos to counter the cheers of Blackburn fans.

And Blackburn's strong performance has just begun.

Blackburn are still playing against Liverpool.

"...Fowler, facing Panucci...was intercepted by Panucci! Fowler was slow, Panucci moved very quickly!"

Panucci did really well. Although he is on loan, Blanco is old after all. In the high-intensity competition, Blanco's physical strength could not keep up. Therefore, Panucci has more opportunities to play. Panucci is indeed a world-class defender. After adapting to the Premier League, his performance on the defensive line is very stable.

Sometimes George wanted to buy Panucci.

Thirty-nine minutes into the first half, it was Miku who got the ball again. Haman did not dare to neglect this time and pressed closely against Miku. Miku lowered his head to control the ball and seemed to be forced by Hamann to be unable to turn around. At this time, Smicer also came over, ready to grab the ball at Miku's feet.

At this time, Miku suddenly made a back-heel pass, and the ball passed between Hamann and Smicer.

Deco got the ball after running in from behind, and Gerrard flew over from the right, preparing to defend Deco. But Deco did not struggle with Gerrard, but passed to Pires on the left. After Pires got the ball, facing Marcus Babel, he suddenly cut inside and prepared to shoot.

The moment Hyypia saw Pires cutting inside, he came out to defend.

As a former teammate, Hyypia clearly knows Pires' shooting power in this position.

"...Hyypia...Pires didn't shoot, pass the ball...Klose!"

Pires made a move to shoot, but missed. Instead, it was a very light through ball, and Klose received the ball.

"Klose, shoot!"

After Klose got the ball, he did nothing else. After just a turn, he immediately shot with his left foot.

A series of moves too fast. Westerwerder just made one move and failed to prevent the goal at all.