Coaching legend

No matter how tired Blackburn players are, the Premier League will start as scheduled.

On August 23, the 2004-2005 Premier League officially started.

Speaking of the opening stage of this season, the schedule is not very good for Blackburn. Although they played against two weak teams, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, in the first two rounds, they will play against Arsenal and Manchester United in the third and fourth rounds.

Arsenal was the best team in the Premier League last season.

Manchester United's performance last season was very poor. But this season Manchester United has increased its investment.

Ferguson has three key acquisitions this season. He dug Alan Smith from his arch-rival Leeds United.

Alan Smith, who used to say that he would be loyal to Leeds United, rejected the invitations of countless clubs and went to his arch-rival Manchester United. He also became the biggest traitor of Leeds United. For Alan Smith, Manchester United paid a transfer fee of 7 million pounds.

After that, Ferguson brought in Argentine defender Heinze from Paris Saint-Germain for 7 million pounds.

These two transfers are not big, but both players are powerful generals.

And Manchester United's biggest move this summer is to bring in Rooney.

The 18-year-old Rooney has become the best player in England. Especially in this European Cup, he scored four goals and became the best player in England. Everton even priced Rooney at 50 million pounds.

Of course, that's the case.

In the end, Manchester United spent 31 million pounds on the transfer fee to buy Rooney, the future of England. There are also some additional terms. If they can be met, Rooney's transfer fee will reach 39 million pounds.

With the purchase of Rooney, Ferguson's third generation of Red Devils began to take shape.

The schedule is really not good for Blackburn. Especially Blackburn's current pre-match preparation is very poor, and the opponents in the first two games are a little weak. But Manchester United and Arsenal are all strong opponents in the Premier League. Although George is not afraid of them, it is not a good schedule for George to meet strong teams so early and continuously.

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In the first round of the Premier League, Blackburn will face West Bromwich Albion at home.

West Bromwich Albion is a newly promoted team. Their strength is limited, and their goal this season is to stay in the Premier League after the end of this season.

Like all newly promoted teams, their style of play is very simple. Or in other words, they all have one feature, which is long passes and lobs. And the long passes and lobs of English teams rely on the physical fitness of their players.

These players have great physiques and can run and bump.

They play with speed.

The ball flies in the air.

However, Blackburn is not afraid of this kind of Premier League team. Although the Premier League has developed greatly in recent years, there are many different styles of play in the Premier League. However, the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League still retain the traditional style of play in the Premier League. In the Premier League over the years, Blackburn has encountered countless teams with this style of play.

Therefore, George is very calm when dealing with West Bromwich Albion.

Such a newly promoted team will have great ambitions when they just come to the Premier League. So even if they face a Premier League powerhouse like Blackburn, they are not afraid. They play with great vigor.

But after all, they are not strong enough.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Blackburn led West Bromwich Albion by one to zero with Drogba's goal. It was very easy.

The game was completely developed according to George's ideas.

George was also unwilling to force West Bromwich Albion too much. Because Blackburn players have a lot of physical problems, George hopes to solve the battle in the simplest and easiest way.

But things never go according to one's own ideas.

When the first half was about to end, an accident occurred.

Facing West Bromwich Albion's cross, Campbell stepped forward to head the ball, but he didn't expect to collide with the opponent's striker and fell to the ground. Then he stood up and ran two steps, touched his thigh, and then sat down. He made a substitution gesture to George.

Many players, because they played too many games, are also very experienced in injuries.

They can roughly estimate their own injuries. Even if it is not as accurate as those doctors, at least he knows what his injury will be like.

Therefore, before the team doctor came over, he indicated that he had made a substitution, indicating that the player himself had roughly understood his injury.

George waited anxiously.

Soon the team doctor took Campbell out. Campbell limped, and if you only looked from the outside, you couldn't tell how serious his injury was. Unlike Sagnol, he couldn't walk at the time. He needed a stretcher.

"What's wrong?"

George grabbed the team doctor.

Campbell has always been the mainstay of Blackburn's defense. Whether partnering with Ferdinand or Lucio, Campbell is very stable. Especially with Lucio, because Lucio is willing to move forward. So Campbell has always been protecting him from behind. And he did it perfectly.

Blackburn has been able to achieve good results in recent years, and Campbell has played a huge role.

"George, you have to be prepared. He has a groin injury, and it looks very serious at first glance."

George's heart skipped a beat.

Why do bad things always happen to me?

Groin injuries can be serious or minor. In the past, Kaka never recovered from his groin injury. And his return was delayed again and again.

However, because he had to continue the game, George was unable to ask in detail.

Lescott replaced Campbell.

The game was not a big problem. In the second half, thanks to Pires' goal, Blackburn widened the score to 2-0.

The first round of the Premier League was won.

But George was not happy at all. Because after the game, Campbell's injury was more serious than George expected. The doctor gave two options: conservative treatment and surgery.

Conservative treatment can continue to participate in the game. Just rest for a short period of time.

Once the operation is performed, it will take at least half a year to rest.

But conservative treatment is equivalent to giving up the best treatment opportunity. It is very likely that Campbell's career life will end completely. Campbell is only 30 years old now. As a defender, he can still play for four or five years.

Therefore, Campbell is inclined to surgery. This way, at least he can recover and have a few years of professional life.

George did not force it.

Now is the beginning of the Premier League. There are no very important games at this time. It is impossible to prevent Campbell from having surgery for some Premier League games.

But George almost cried when he thought Campbell would have to rest for more than half a year.

Damn, half a year?

Sagnol was injured for more than five months and has not been able to come back yet. Now Campbell is seriously injured again, damn bad luck.

George suddenly regretted it at this time. Why did he loan Kompany back to Anderlecht? Now Campbell is injured, Blackburn only has Lucio, Lescott and his own youth training camp player McEvely in the central defender position.

Except for Lucio, Lescott and McEvely can't make George feel at ease.

George touched his forehead.

But after hearing that Campbell was going to have surgery, I don't know how many people in the English football world were happy.

Mark Lawrenson, who had not appeared for a long time, finally jumped out this time.

"Blackburn is crazy. Paul Walker is crazy, John Williams is crazy, George Levy is crazy too. They are taking the biggest risk, building a luxurious stadium that ranks among the best in England and even Europe."

"For this stadium, they are crazy. They will not give up any opportunity to make money. In order to earn tens of millions of pounds, they went to Asia. Five games in half a month, even an iron man can't stand it. And many of their players have played in the European Cup."

"Look, something happened in the first game. Campbell was injured. And it was a serious injury."

"If Blackburn doesn't pay attention, this kind of thing will continue."

This time George didn't have the energy to argue with Mark Lawrenson.

Now Campbell, the core of the defense, fell. George can only use Lescott and Lucio's partnership, but the partnership between the two is not solid no matter how George thinks. Although Lucio has changed a lot, he is still a little rash.

Not to mention Lescott.

It's completely incomparable with Campbell. George's headache now is this, where is the time to refute Mark Lawrenson.

George agreed with most of what Mark Lawrenson said. Campbell played nearly 50 games for the club last season and nearly 10 games for the national team. In addition, he went to Asia with Blackburn this time, so his injury is likely to be caused by this.

Mark Lawrenson is not the only one who criticizes Blackburn. Many media hold the same view.

They all believe that because of a trip to Asia, Blackburn has not been able to prepare for the new season properly.

Soon, Blackburn ushered in the second round of the Premier League.

Blackburn challenged Southampton away.

The game was also very easy. Blackburn defeated Southampton 2-1 away.

However, the problem of Campbell's absence came up. Southampton's strength is limited, but it scored a goal against Blackburn. The problem lies in the coordination errors between Lucio and Lescott.

George shook his head.

Lescott is much worse than Campbell in every aspect.

For Sagnol's position, George chose Maicon. Maicon did not go to Asia with the team, and his physical strength is still good. At least he rested for more than 20 days. But Maicon always loses his position. The current Maicon is not the Maicon of the future.

George can only thank the opponent. Southampton is too weak, otherwise how could Blackburn's temporary defense line stop it.

But the good luck ends here.

In the third round, Blackburn challenged Arsenal, who was in amazing form, away.

Arsenal is the best team this season. In the first round, they swept Everton 4-1 away, and in the second round, they defeated Middlesbrough 5-3 at home, continuing the excellent form of last season.

It was really a tragedy for Blackburn to meet them.

The right side guarded by Maicon and the middle side of Lescott and Lucio were beaten into a sieve by Arsenal.

At the end of the game, George had a gloomy face.

Because the score above was 4-1. Arsenal 4, Blackburn 1. Henry, who was in amazing form, repeatedly broke through the right side guarded by Maicon and Lescott and completed a hat trick.