Coaching legend

Every time he clashed with George, Ferguson could clearly feel George's growth.

When he first played against George, George could only use some crooked tricks. He also took advantage of the fact that the English football world was not familiar with Blackburn players and launched a surprise attack. But with the training in the Premier League in the past few seasons, George's deployment and substitutions have made great progress.

This is not visible to outsiders.

Outsiders just think that George is very powerful. He led Blackburn to create one good result after another.

But Ferguson, who has played against George many times and is a competitor, has a different feeling. George has gradually become a famous coach who can compete with world-famous coaches step by step from an inexperienced rookie coach.

Ferguson, a direct competitor, is the one who feels the most deeply.

George has really grown up.

But Ferguson was still very surprised to see Blackburn's starting lineup.

Because what is Blackburn's strongest point? All the coaches who have played against Blackburn will say two. Blackburn's strongest points are the ball control in the middle of the midfield and the wing attack.

Needless to say, the midfield ball control.

Blackburn has ball control masters like Deco and Miku. And they are all midfield masters who can control, pass, and even shoot. With them, Blackburn's midfield ball control is unique in the entire Premier League.

Even when facing Manchester United and Arsenal, Blackburn's ball control is dominant.

Under normal circumstances, Blackburn's ball control time in the Premier League is more than 60%.

And Blackburn's wing attack is counted in the entire Premier League, even in the entire European football world. Each player has his own characteristics. Pires can pass and pass, and even pull over to play as the core of the midfield. He can be another offensive core besides Miku.

Duff is a complete winger. Fast speed, good small skills, especially inward shooting and breaking through from the outside to the penalty area are his forte.

Bellamy, his speed alone is a headache for all opponents.

Hleb, although a substitute, is an absolute dribbler, and dribbling has become an art under his feet.

These four wingers make Blackburn's wing play varied. And it can meet various tactical needs. And Blackburn's wing attack is also the most important part of their offense. Many clubs were broken by Blackburn because they could not resist Blackburn's wing attack.

Even some clubs wanted to play iron barrel defense with Blackburn, but they failed because they could not stop the opponent on the wing.

So any club is quite afraid of Blackburn's wing.

This includes strong teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal. Ferguson and George have played against each other many times. Several times, they have experienced the power of Blackburn's wing.

Especially Pires. Every time he plays against Manchester United, Pires will be in a particularly good state. Manchester United's right-back Gary Neville, when talking about the player he least wanted to face, the name he mentioned was Blackburn's Pires.

But when the starting lineup came out, Pires was not on it. Even any other wing player did not appear in the starting list, and Ferguson could no longer suppress his surprise.

There was no wing in George's lineup? A very strange starting lineup?

The goalkeeper and the back line were very regular, all within Ferguson's expectations. But the starting lineup in the midfield surprised everyone. None of the four wing players in George's midfield were on the field. George's midfield lineup was Hargreaves, Makelele, Deco, Miku, and Kaka.

Among these five people, Makelele, Deco, and Miku are all core players of Blackburn.

Needless to say, Premier League opponents, no one in the European football powerhouse does not know these three people. But now there are no wingers in the midfield, but Hargreaves and Kaka are piled up. Even the experienced Ferguson did not see the purpose of George's deployment.

Not only the deployment of the midfield surprised Ferguson.

The striker George chose also surprised Ferguson. Blackburn's current forward line is very strong, and it should be said that it is not inferior to the European giants.

Klose, the top scorer of the Premier League last season. In the league not long ago, he had already scored the 100th goal of his career. Of course, Klose has just returned to the game and his condition has not yet fully recovered.

Anelka, except for being the best newcomer in the Premier League, has no personal honors to show off. But no one in European football will deny Anelka's strength. As long as Anelka is not stupid, he is definitely a world-class striker.

With these two strikers, Blackburn's forward line is not short of people. Any one of them on the field is enough to deter Manchester United's defense.

But George left two world-class strikers unused and instead played Drogba. It is understandable that Klose has just returned, but isn't Anelka still there? Although they played a Premier League game a few days ago, they should be used to playing every few days.

Anelka would have no problem playing.

But George chose Drogba. This was also beyond Ferguson's expectations.

Ferguson didn't understand.

Martin Taylor and Andy Gray didn't understand either.

If possible, George is definitely a coach who is willing to take risks. And George is also a very decisive coach, which can be seen from the fact that George adjusted the lineup several times in the first half. But George is still a conservative person in his bones.

Ferguson understands this, and Martin Taylor and Andy Gray are also clear.

Therefore, they absolutely do not believe that George is a mysterious and unconventional coach in the deployment of troops. So they are all considering the reason why George arranged it this way.

It's just that the game has not started yet, and they can't see George's purpose.

Ferguson can only wait. When the game starts, George's intentions can be seen.

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With the referee's whistle, the Champions League semi-finals finally began.

Manchester United and Blackburn are old rivals.

In the four seasons that George has been in charge, he has had many clashes with Manchester United. So it should be said that there are no secrets between the two teams. There is no need to test the start of the game. But the strange lineup arranged by George made Manchester United have to be careful.

Looking at Manchester United, who are somewhat cautious, George couldn't help but laugh.

After each match with Ferguson, George can find his own growth. Although George has a great advantage in choosing players because of his memories of his previous life. But George never thinks he is a genius.

Therefore, George pays special attention to the summary after the game. Every time he plays against a world-class coach, George will summarize. The summary is his own experience.

And after winning the Premier League championship last season, George's self-confidence has also risen. Of course, winning the Premier League championship again this season has made George more heroic.

Now George has truly defeated himself and his fear of those coaches. The fear deep in his heart. George's previous arrogance is not to cover up the fear in his heart.

If it was before, George would first think about how Ferguson would arrange his troops. How should he deal with Ferguson. George must have racked his brains to think about how to restrain Manchester United. But now George's ideas are completely different.

Why should I think about how to restrain Manchester United, why not play according to my own ideas.

Ferguson, although he didn't admit it before, was indeed a big stone in George's heart. But since winning two Premier League titles in a row, George has really begun to have the psychological quality that a world-famous coach should have. George's arrogance now is his self-confidence.

Therefore, George arranged the starting lineup completely according to his own ideas in this game. It was a big surprise for Ferguson.

Manchester United played tentatively for a while before finding that Blackburn's starting lineup was nothing great.

Ferguson found out.

Blackburn's style of play in this game was more defensive. Including Drogba in the front, several people in the middle and even Miku were involved in the defense. Blackburn was very desperate in the middle.

However, Ferguson could still vaguely judge the position of Blackburn's midfielders.

Hargreaves, Makelele and Deco were behind, while Miku and Kaka were in front. Kaka was a little to the left, while Miku was on the right.

However, when defending, Hargreaves will support the right, Makelele will support the left, and Deco will control the rhythm of the game in the middle.

Does George want to defend away from home and attack at home?

Even the experienced Ferguson did not see George's idea at this time. If it was the first time to play against George, then Ferguson would really think so. But this is not the first time Ferguson has played against George.

Ferguson never believes that George will give up the opportunity to score away.

But the current situation makes Ferguson very unclear.

Drogba? Will he score? Although Drogba once broke Manchester United's goal with a long shot, Ferguson still has a little contempt for Drogba. Because Drogba is the player who wastes the most singles among the current Premier League strikers.

Blackburn's style of play, especially with players like Pires and Miku, Drogba has far more singles than many other clubs' strikers. But Drogba has never scored a few singles.

Therefore, Drogba has always been ridiculed by the British media.

And Miku is very strong. But now without the support of two wingers, what can he do in the midfield alone? He is not Maradona, who can defeat all enemies in the midfield. Cutting off the wing is like cutting off one's own arm.

Ferguson never thought that George would have such a lineup arrangement.

Makelele, Hargreaves and Deco in the midfield are all defensive. How to attack?

Ferguson didn't understand George's arrangement, but he was not in a hurry. What if he couldn't see it? If he couldn't see it, he wouldn't play the game, so Ferguson waved his hand and directly let Manchester United launch a massive attack on Blackburn's hinterland.

Because Ferguson really couldn't see what Blackburn had any offensive ability.

And Ferguson believed that even if George had other purposes. As long as he pushed Blackburn to a corner, George's purpose would definitely emerge.

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