Coaching legend

Seeing Stam's goal, George could only wave his hands helplessly.

After the game started, Blackburn lost the advantage in the midfield. Facing Manchester United's tit-for-tat three midfielders Butt, Keane, and Scholes, George lacked flexibility. Or rather, Blackburn's lack of flexibility in the midfield led to the loss of the ball.

George blamed himself.

When Ferguson was deployed, when Blackburn lost the advantage at the beginning of the game, he should have made timely adjustments. It was precisely because George failed to make timely adjustments that the ball was lost.

George still observed the game on the field carefully. How should he break their three-man midfield.

Keane is really the best and most dominant midfielder in the world. With the help of Butt next to him, it became difficult for Miku and Deco to control the ball in the midfield. Without the control of the ball, Blackburn's offense lost half its power.

After losing a goal, Blackburn should have counterattacked immediately.

But now it is Blackburn who continues to be at a disadvantage.

This made George frown tightly on the sidelines. If the current situation is not changed, Blackburn may continue to lose the ball at any time.

But George still did not find a way to break through the midfield defense of Barton and Keane. Even their offense, Blackburn felt very difficult to deal with.

George has played against Manchester United many times. But this is the first time that Manchester United feels so difficult to play.

George looked at Keane carefully.

Keane is indeed very strong. But he is not invincible. Otherwise, how could Manchester United lose the game. But today's Keane is completely invincible in George's eyes. Defense and offense are all excellent.

Seeing Keane, George thought of Vieira.

Since Wenger took over, the English football world has been a battle between Arsenal and Manchester United. It was the era of Wenger and Ferguson's battle. Until now, the most talked about thing in the English football world is the battle between Keane and Vieira. The battle between these two world-class midfielders.

So how do Arsenal and Manchester United play the game?

That's right. Neither Manchester United nor Arsenal have a front midfielder position, and of course they don't have a front midfielder like Miku.

They have world-class defensive midfielders like Keane and Vieira.

So how do they attack?

In addition to the collision between Keane and Vieira in the middle, Arsenal played more on the wing when playing against Manchester United. Using the method of attacking from the wing.

Yes, George patted his forehead.

I really got into a misunderstanding. Because Blackburn has always played a midfield control style, so when blocked by Manchester United, George only thought about how to change in the middle. Thinking about how to break Butt and Keane's defense and regain control of the midfield.

But he didn't think about how to play to his own advantage.

I am really a fucking idiot. What's the use of focusing all attention on the middle. Where in the world is there a team that only attacks in the middle of the midfield? Without the attack from the wing, it is impossible to play any advantage in the strong midfield.

Not to mention Miku, if there is no support from the wing, even if you let Maradona play, it will not have any effect.

How could I be so stupid that I forgot to attack from the wing. I just wanted to break through the middle. Isn't this a mess?

In the past, if George couldn't open the middle, he would immediately use long passes to quickly pass through the midfield. Of course, he would also use the method of attacking from the wing. Why did he forget it today?

Damn, Manchester United put too much pressure on George. Or Ferguson put too much pressure on George, so George couldn't think divergently and fell into a huge misunderstanding.

In addition to midfield control, Blackburn's most powerful is the attack from the wing. But George stared at the middle and forgot his own advantages. He always wanted to find a way in the midfield, but forgot that the middle and the wing echoed each other.

Now the loss of the middle makes Blackburn unable to fight on the wing.

But he forgot. Once Blackburn's wing fights, the middle will naturally be able to play. Such a simple thing, George never thought of it. Instead, the middle has been fighting against Manchester United, losing the best opportunity. Manchester United actually scored a goal.

George immediately began to arrange, asking Miku's Deco not to continue to entangle with Manchester United's midfield in the middle. Make full use of the two wing lanes. As long as the two wing lanes are opened, the pressure in the middle will naturally be reduced a lot.

Pires and Duff played very depressed in this game.

Because of the loss of the midfield in the middle, Giggs and Beckham were particularly active. Even the two full-backs Gary Neville and Sylvester took turns to attack. This made Pires and Duff retreat frequently to assist in defense.

Now hearing what George said, the two of them were even more depressed.

You were beaten in the middle. Without the support of the middle, how can you play on the wing alone.

Fortunately, George also took other actions afterwards. George asked Miku to retreat a little bit, and don't hesitate to get the ball in the midfield. Immediately pass to the wing, let Pires and Duff open the wing.

Neville and Sylvester are not the best full-backs.

Neville is really not the world's top right back. But Neville has one biggest characteristic, which is his stability. Neville has been able to maintain his status for more than ten years, which is absolutely rare in the world of football. And Neville will never make low-level mistakes in the right back position.

Or in other words, there will never be inexplicable mistakes.

But he is not the top defender at the right back position.

Of course, the other full-back Sylvester is even more so. He is very reckless and often loses his position at the left back position.

George is very confident in Pires and Duff. They will definitely help Blackburn open up the wing.

George's idea is not wrong. When the ball is always passed to Pires and Duff, the first thing is that Neville and Sylvester can't press forward. And it is difficult for them to defend Pires and Duff alone, so Bart often needs to go to the wing to help defend.

In this way, the hardness of the center immediately becomes lower. Let Miku and Deco both have less pressure.

In this way, Blackburn got rid of the passivity at the beginning of the game.

The two teams began to be evenly matched in the game, with both offense and defense.

George finally defeated himself. Although George always thought that he was not inferior to Ferguson and Wenger, George felt that he should be not inferior to those European coaches. George has always thought so.

But in today's game, George found that he still had fear and burden in his heart.

Facing the pressure from Manchester United and Ferguson, George was always afraid. Or he was always afraid of them. But George himself never admitted it, so George thought he was not afraid.

But this game made George know. George has always been concerned. In such a heavyweight game, George has always been concerned about Ferguson's ideas. At the beginning of the game, George was thinking about Ferguson's meaning of putting three midfielders, always thinking about this thing. Therefore, he has been wandering in the pressure he created for himself and has not been able to come out.

But when George came out, George was very happy. Because he defeated himself again.

No wonder it is said that being a coach requires experience and accumulation of experience. It turns out that it is because of this.

Every time he played against Ferguson, especially in such an important game, George could learn something. Every time this experience is of great benefit to George's future.

George finally put his mind at ease.

But he failed to equalize the score, and George's heart was still hanging.

The game went by minute by minute, but Blackburn still failed to equalize the score. Until the end of the first half, the score was still Manchester United leading Blackburn 1-0.

George did not blame the players during the halftime break. George was not in a position to blame them. Because the first half was behind, it was all because George lost to Ferguson in the first half. Therefore, George continued to encourage them in the midfield and arranged the tactics for the second half.

Although he was behind, George did not take risks.

In the League Cup final with Liverpool, George could take advantage of Houllier's retreat and attack wildly. He completely destroyed Houllier's fantasy. But George would not do that with Manchester United.

Who is Ferguson? Playing like that in front of him can only make you die faster.

Unless it is the last, when you have to fight desperately, George will go all out. Now there are 45 minutes left, and George can't be anxious.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United's style of play has become a little more stable. Keane in the midfield is no longer as fierce as in the first half. But Keane's retreat gave George not good news, but more pressure.

If Keane attacks, there will be space for Blackburn to take advantage of. When counterattacking, Blackburn's midfield can pass more smoothly.

But now the retreat makes Blackburn's attack more and more difficult. Of course, George can't attack recklessly. After all, there are winger players like Giggs in the frontcourt, and players with long passes like Beckham are still sharp. Blackburn relaxes a little, and Manchester United will make a counterattack.

The game passed by minute by minute, but Blackburn has not been able to equalize the score.

Blackburn fans did not lose confidence in the game because of falling behind. They have been cheering for the team.

Manchester United fans laughed at Blackburn. They shouted "You are just a nouveau riche! If you want the championship, wait for the next life!" Although this game is a victory, the initiative to win the championship is still in Blackburn.

But Manchester United fans believe that if they lose this game, Blackburn will definitely collapse.

The second half of the game also passed quickly, but George did not make any adjustments. Because George was waiting, waiting for an opportunity to change the situation on the court in one fell swoop.

But he could not find such an opportunity. Ferguson was very experienced and did not give such an opportunity at all.

Time passed quickly, and the situation became more and more serious.