Coaching legend

"At the beginning of this season, all analysts believed that the Premier League title this season had nothing to do with Blackburn. Even the player critics believed that Blackburn would collapse this season because Blackburn's performance was very poor at the beginning of the season."

"But at the end of half a season, Blackburn unexpectedly became the top team in the Premier League. Now Blackburn and Manchester United are about to have a face-to-face game. In the first league match of this season, Blackburn used defense to force Manchester United to a draw at home."

"After that game, Van Nistelrooy even scolded Blackburn. He said that Blackburn didn't want to play at all and was completely destroying the game."

"At that time, Blackburn's performance was very poor, while Manchester United was very powerful. But now Blackburn has won seven consecutive games and is in good shape. And Manchester United will not give up at home. The game is a real strong dialogue."

Motson explained this strong dialogue.

Old Trafford is the most famous stadium in Europe. And it is the stadium with the hottest atmosphere in Europe.

Today's Old Trafford is full again, or the average attendance of Manchester United Stadium in a season is definitely 99.9... Before the game started, Manchester United fans began to support the team with songs.

Manchester United fans have been quite frustrated in the past few seasons.

As the overlord of the Premier League, Manchester United has been firmly suppressed by Blackburn in the past few seasons, which makes them very dissatisfied.

When Manchester United was about to establish its dominance in the Premier League, Blackburn, an upstart, emerged and robbed a Premier League championship. Unexpectedly, after a few years, Blackburn, an upstart, came back again.

And robbed two consecutive Premier League championships.

So when the Blackburn players came out, there was a lot of booing. It was not until George came out that the booing reached a climax.

Although George has criticized many teams, he is still merciful to Manchester United. But Manchester United fans still hate George very much.

But George doesn't care.

George has never cared about the boos of away fans. Ordinary people who want to be booed by away fans have not received such treatment.

In this game, George did not use Kaka, but used a combination of Pires, Miku and Duff. And the one who was at the front was Drogba.

The two defensive midfielders were Alonso and Essien, and Hargreaves was sent to the left by George.

Every time he played against Manchester United, George couldn't help but use Drogba. Because Drogba didn't score many goals, but every time he played against Manchester United, he would have some magical strokes. Drogba seemed to be Manchester United's nemesis. As long as he played against Manchester United, he would often perform well.

Of course, if it was just because of this, George would certainly not send Drogba. George is not superstitious about these things.

George appreciates Drogba's impact more. Now Drogba is still very good in other aspects except that his shooting is a bit blind. Of course, if a striker doesn't score many goals, it means failure. But George doesn't care, Blackburn has many players who can score goals. And the current style of play also needs a bridgehead like Drogba.

After the game started, Manchester United had the advantage.

Manchester United is now playing with five midfielders and a single striker, and the single striker is undoubtedly the "king of the small penalty area" Van Nistelrooy. The five midfielders are Beckham, Giggs, Keane, Philip Neville and Scholes.

Scholes is just behind Van Nistelrooy.

Manchester United's attack relies more on the two wingers. Beckham's cross and Giggs' breakthrough, as for the attack in the middle, it serves the two wingers. In the past, Blackburn's style of play also attached great importance to the wing, but now Blackburn's wing is less played than before.

Now Blackburn's style of play is getting simpler and simpler.

Especially after handing the offensive rights to Alonso behind, Blackburn's style of play is no longer as cumbersome and delicate as before, but rather open and close. Directly look for the forward in front, or use a long pass to counterattack.

Blackburn now is completely different from before.

But even so, Ferguson still dare not ignore Blackburn. When George was in Burnley, those players were not as good as the current Blackburn players, but still defeated Chelsea and Arsenal to win the championship.

The current Blackburn players are N times stronger than the Burnley players at that time.

You can understand it just by looking at the value of the two teams.

When George was at Burnley, the biggest transfer was not more than 3 million pounds. But look at the transfer price of Blackburn players now.

Lucio and Alonso are both players worth more than 10 million euros. And Campbell, a free transfer, but the signing fee alone was nearly 10 million pounds. This group of players is much stronger than Burnley, so how can they not worry about playing defensive counterattacks.

Ferguson hates George very much.

Blackburn has such a strong lineup, and they still play this kind of defensive counterattack. Do you want other clubs to survive? Especially a team as evenly matched as Manchester United.

Blackburn can't play defensive counterattacks, and Manchester United can't also play defensive counterattacks. That's not Manchester United's style.

But George is very stable.

Manchester United is actually not in a good state now. Or in other words, Manchester United has been in a bad state in recent years, and that's why some people say whether Ferguson is old, such a problem. Manchester United's decline in performance in the past few seasons has many problems.

But in George's view, the biggest problem of Manchester United's decline in performance is their unstable defense.

Since Schmeichel retired and Stam was sold by Manchester United, Manchester United's defense has not been able to completely replace their players. So Manchester United conceded more goals than other strong teams. Just like last season, Blackburn and Arsenal conceded only about 30 goals. But Manchester United conceded 48 goals.

Although they added Ferdinand this season, Manchester United's defense is still unstable.

In the 28th minute of the game, Scholes' pass was intercepted by Campbell. Then it was passed to Alonso in front. After Alonso got the ball, he quickly passed it to Pires in front.

Gary Neville is quite familiar with Pires.

The two have played against each other many times and can be regarded as knowing each other well. Therefore, Neville did not rush to kick, because Pires's skills are definitely the best in the Premier League. So Neville defended and retreated, not letting Pires have a chance to break through easily.

But Pires is not easy to defend.

After reaching the opponent's penalty area, Pires suddenly cut inside. Fortunately, Neville had been prepared for Pires's cut inside, so he quickly kicked out to try to intercept the ball. However, Pires was faster and had already touched the ball first, so Neville's foot hooked Pires.

"Beep--"

The referee's whistle sounded.

This angle is not bad. It is not far from the goal and there is a certain angle. This ball is a very good shooting angle for Pires and Alonso. Even for Miku, it is a good position. They have good free kick skills.

Barthes directed the players to form a wall.

Barthes's whole spirit was actually placed on Pires. Because among the three free kickers of Blackburn, Pires' free kick is the best. As a teammate of the French national team, Barthes is quite familiar with Pires.

Therefore, Barthes did not pay attention to other players. He stared at Pires closely.

In fact, at this time, there were three players in front of the ball. Drogba was in the front, Pires was in the middle, and Alonso had the longest run-up distance. But Barthes had already ignored Drogba and Alonso.

Drogba is not in Barthes' eyes.

As for Alonso, he often takes free kicks. Unfortunately, Alonso's free kicks are usually from a long distance. For free kicks at this distance, Blackburn usually has Pires take the free kick.

Besides Pires, there is Miku.

So Barthes believes that this ball is definitely taken by Pires. As for Drogba and Alonso, they are covering.

So when Drogba ran forward, Barthes didn't care. Not only Barthes, but even the Manchester United wall thought so.

But Drogba didn't come forward to cover, but he went forward and used the inside of his foot to pull it up with a half-push and half-pull foot method. It was unexpected, really unexpected.

"... Drogba, run... shoot, Drogba is not a fake move, but a real shot!"

Mortensen was quite surprised.

Because Drogba now has a lot of playing time. Although not as good as Klose, he is already a very important chess piece in George's hands. Otherwise, he would not have been able to start in such an important game. But in so many games, they had never seen Drogba take a free kick.

So no one believed that Drogba would shoot this ball.

But Drogba shot it.

The ball was kicked with the inside of his foot, floating left and right in the air with a perfect arc. When it reached the top of the air, it suddenly fell. This ball caught Barthes off guard.

Not only did he not expect Drogba to shoot, but he also did not expect Drogba's free kick to be so weird.

Although Barthes tried his best to save the ball, he failed to save it.

"GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!" Mortensen shouted. "Drogba, this is Drogba's free kick! It's so wonderful, it's a standard falling leaf ball."

"Drogba, who has always been a rough guy, actually has such a skill. This free kick is so beautiful. Who would have thought that Drogba has such a skill. One to zero, although Drogba doesn't score many goals, he can score frequently at Old Trafford."

"Drogba is getting more and more mature now. Is George going to train the second Klose? Klose also started to explode after four seasons. If he has passed this season, then Drogba has been in George's hands for four seasons."

Motson was really surprised.

Drogba's free kick was a falling leaf ball, a real falling leaf ball.

Drogba was very excited when he saw the goal. Old Trafford is like Drogba's blessed land. Every time he comes here, Drogba can score.

And George also raised his hands to celebrate on the sidelines.

Warcraft, Warcraft. Drogba gradually began to show his Warcraft-like strength. Free kicks are also one of Drogba's special skills.

End of the second update.