Coaching legend

While George was busy buying players in the transfer market, someone in France accused George.

"Coach Levy is a complete liar. He lied to Nicholas. He said Nicholas performed well, so he would invite Nicholas to join. Nicholas scored ten goals in Blackburn in half a season and made great contributions to Blackburn's league and Champions League titles."

"But Blackburn has forgotten Nicholas. Coach Levy is a liar, a complete liar."

Anelka's agent brother faced the media and loudly denounced George.

He was still waiting, waiting for Blackburn to make an offer. But he didn't expect that when they couldn't wait to contact George, George didn't even bother to respond to them. Then he introduced Defoe, which made them realize that George had completely fooled them last season.

Anelka's agent brother was angry.

That's why he scolded George in front of the media.

Hakan Sukur of Galatasaray in Turkey called George a liar. Now it is Anelka's turn to call George a liar. It can be said that there are three words shining on George's forehead, which are "big liar".

But George is not afraid of lice.

You scold yours, I do mine.

George really doesn't have much time. Don't look at the fact that the World Cup has just ended. The Premier League will still start very early this season. On August 17, the first round of the Premier League will begin.

Blackburn has less than 20 days of training time.

If it was before, of course there would be no problem. But now the problem is that important players have left the team.

Especially Deco's departure makes George very worried.

He finally trained Deco into a world-class defensive midfielder, but he was snatched away by Scolari. Now Alonso is here, but it will take some time for Alonso to adapt to the team.

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"Is this Blackburn?"

After the four rounds of the Premier League, the British media wrote such a headline.

In the first four rounds of the Premier League, Blackburn faced Sunderland in the first round, Birmingham away in the second round, Liverpool at home in the third round, and Middlesbrough away in the fourth round. Blackburn, which always started to exert its strength at the beginning of the season, was in a slump at the beginning of the 2002-03 season.

In the four rounds of the league, Blackburn only achieved one win, two draws and one loss, accumulating five points.

They beat Sunderland with a difficult 1-0 at home, were tied with Birmingham 0-0 away, tied with Liverpool 1-1 at home, and lost to Middlesbrough 0-2 away.

Not to mention compared with last season, even compared with the season before and the season before, the results are much worse. It is only better than George's first season in Blackburn. Such results do not look like what Blackburn should have.

It does not conform to George's consistent proposition.

But George has no choice. After all, this is not what George wants.

It's all because the preparation time is too short. George is not fully prepared, and the Premier League has started.

Among the new players introduced this season, only Alonso and Lucio became the main players. The other players failed to become the main players.

It's not that George discriminates, but the new players are too young and have problems integrating into the team. Parker has Hargreaves and Essien in front, Defoe has Klose and Drogba in front, and Ribery is now training with the first team and playing in the youth team.

Among them, Essien, who George has high hopes for, is in good health, fast, and fierce in defense. He is indeed a good defensive midfielder. But he is too impulsive, and his cooperation with Alonso is not very good. On the contrary, Hargreaves performed very well in these four games.

Therefore, it is surprising that Essien was taken back by George as a substitute for Makelele.

But Hargreaves came from behind and replaced Essien and became the main player of Blackburn.

The problem of Blackburn now is that Klose played too many World Cup games. After returning, he was a little tired. George is unwilling to let Klose take risks because he is very easy to get injured now. So let Klose take a proper rest and let Drogba play.

Drogba is now very good at using his body. The only problem is that Drogba's shooting level is really too poor. In other words, Drogba's biggest problem at present is that his goal efficiency is too low.

In addition to the forward line, another big problem is the defense line.

Blackburn's central defender partner is actually very strong. It is a very good defender combination in the world football. Campbell is strong in headers, strong in frontal defense, and good in filling in the back line.

Lucio has excellent physical fitness. In addition, he has a fast turning speed and fast chasing speed, which can form a very effective supplement effect with Campbell.

But this is only theoretical and on paper. There are many problems in actual cooperation. In the past, Campbell rushed to the front of Blackburn and let Ferdinand defend behind. But now Lucio rushes to the front and Campbell fills in.

It is a completely different style of play. Campbell also needs to adapt. Moreover, Lucio likes to go forward too much. Once he goes forward, he can't come back in time. In the match against Middlesbrough, Viduka scored twice because of the gaps left by Lucio.

This is a headache for George.

Lucio's sudden insertion in the center back position is actually very threatening. Especially in a stalemate, his sudden insertion will confuse the opponent's defense. In the game against Liverpool, it was his sudden insertion that disrupted Liverpool's defense and allowed Pires to score the equalizer.

But Lucio is a defender after all. Doing a good job of defense is his job.

George has talked to Lucio many times during training. Let him do a good job of defense first.

Of course, these are not big problems. The biggest problem now is from the center.

Alonso is too young.

He used to be the core of the midfield and the commander of the midfield in Real Sociedad. But he still needs to adapt in Blackburn.

Let's not talk about other things. Let's talk about his reputation. Alonso's reputation is not even as loud as Hargreaves, the center partner who just became the main force of Blackburn this season.

Real Sociedad, what kind of team is this. It's just a team that barely managed to stay in the La Liga. Hargreaves is an important substitute for Blackburn. He has made many important contributions to Blackburn's becoming the Premier League champion and the Champions League champion.

Even Hargreaves can't compare.

Not to mention the few people in the frontcourt. Klose is the top scorer in the World Cup, Miku is the best player in the Champions League last season, Pires is the best left midfielder in Europe last season, and Duff is the best right midfielder in the Champions League. Which one is not famous?

Alonso is just a junior in front of them.

Even if George can use his authority to establish Alonso as the midfield commander, it will not be a short time to really become the midfield commander. At least Alonso needs time for the players to recognize him and the team to adapt to him.

Therefore, Alonso is not only young and lacks strength, but more importantly, he can't control the situation.

In addition to this, there is another problem that Blackburn has always played a midfield control style in the first four years. The ability to control the ball in the midfield is very strong.

But Alonso's ability to control the ball is not as good as Deco. At least for now. Therefore, the pace of the game cannot be slowed down, and the game is more played at a fast pace. This is a little uncomfortable for Miku and Pires, who are used to the relatively slow pace of the Premier League.

Even Blackburn's defense line is a little uncomfortable.

Thinking of Alonso, George couldn't help but think of Deco. What a good player, Real Madrid just gave it away so cheaply.

But Deco's situation should not be much better than Alonso. Real Madrid has Zidane, Figo, Raul, Ronaldo in the frontcourt, all of whom are world-class superstars. What is Deco in front of them? Even if Deco has won the Premier League, Champions League, and World Cup, he is still not as good as those in front.

There will definitely be problems like Alonso now. How to calm the situation.

George is very troubled.

At this time, the media also came to join in the fun.

They have long been dissatisfied with the arrogant George. It's just that George led Blackburn to too good results in the past few seasons, so they couldn't find a good opportunity. Now seeing that Blackburn has such a bad start, they finally found an opportunity.

"Coach Levy, as a Champions League champion team, do you think it is possible to find a midfielder from a lower-tier La Liga team as the core?"

The media was questioning George's use of Alonso to replace Deco.

George responded unhappily.

"Before Anderson came to Blackburn, he was just a player in the Portuguese second-tier league. In four years, he won the Premier League, the Champions League, and the World Cup."

Hearing George still being stubborn, the reporter next to him hurriedly came up to ask.

"Coach Levy, don't you think Xabi Alonso is still young? Is Blackburn's goal lowered, or is Blackburn's level lowered? Or is it that Coach Levy wants to force things to happen?"

Seeing that these reporters were finding faults in every sentence, George was very angry.

"Pele won his first World Cup at the age of 17, and Maradona also won the Argentine League's top scorer at the age of 17. Some people are geniuses, and their age cannot be measured. Xavi is also a genius. Although he is only 20 years old, he is the best midfield conductor in the world."

"Just like the great reporter, if you play football, you will not achieve anything in your life. It doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 30 years old. But some geniuses are different, Xavi is one of them. Even if he is 20 years old, he can still be the core of a championship team."

"Pulling up the seedlings to help them grow? I will only help geniuses grow, and talented players also need to help them grow. Because they are geniuses, some mediocre people will never understand that there are geniuses in the world."

George, who was in a bad mood, did not give him a little face in front of the reporter.

Although he was tough, George was very troubled now. No wonder Liverpool's performance has been declining since it sold Alonso in history, from the top four in the Premier League to a team competing for the UEFA Cup. The commander of a team cannot be changed at will.

George sighed deeply. Fortunately, Arsenal and Manchester United only won two and drew two in four league games, and did not lead Blackburn by much.

George shook his head.

When will Alonso be able to grow to Deco's level?