Coaching legend

"George, relax."

Karl patted George on the shoulder.

George turned around, looked at Karl, and smiled. The team bus is now heading towards Turf Moor. Blackburn are set to play in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

For most of the current Blackburn players, Burnley is very unfamiliar. And I don’t even understand the grudge between Blackburn and Burnley. It's really because Burnley is too weak.

George is in his seventh year at Blackburn Rovers. In these seven seasons, Blackburn has always been a powerful team in the Premier League. Even in the Champions League, it is a powerful team that all the giants are unwilling to face. In the past few seasons, no team has performed better than Blackburn in the Champions League.

What about Burnley?

They were relegated from the Premier League in 2000 and again from the second tier of England in 2002.

The two clubs are not on the same level at all.

Perhaps fans from both sides still remember the confrontation between Blackburn and Burnley. But the current Blackburn players have basically forgotten that Burnley is still Blackburn's century-old rival. Even if they knew they were sworn enemies for centuries, they wouldn't take it to heart.

Even Blanco didn't pay much attention to it.

What about the derby?

Burnley is so weak. As long as Blackburn exerts a little force, he should be able to pass easily.

Only Karl was sitting next to him, knowing that George could not calm down at this time.

No matter why George left Burnley, why did he join Blackburn? No matter how rational George is and how calm he is at work. But Karl knows that Burnley must be a scar deep in George's heart.

"It's been almost seven years. Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with me."

Brendan Fluder called on Burnley fans to calm down, but the fans did not calm down so easily.

George not only jumped ship to his arch-rivals Blackburn Rovers, but he also personally relegated Burnley. It's absolutely impossible for them to forget this.

When the Blackburn bus arrived, thousands of fans surrounded the bus.

"George, get out of Burnley!"

"Judas, get out!"

"Shhhhhhh-"

The boos from thousands of fans shocked the players on the bus.

Many of the current Blackburn players came in later. Including Lucio, Lescott, Alonso, Ribery, Arshavin, Hleb, and Edwin van der Sar, they have never experienced the previous games between Blackburn and Burnley.

In their minds, since Blackburn and Burnley are rivals in the same city, they should receive a lot of boos.

As for the grievances between George and Burnley mentioned by the media before the game, they didn't take it seriously.

After all, it was all seven years ago.

And in world football, although there are not many coaches who coach rivals in the same city, they are not few either.

But they found out today.

These Burnley fans don't care about the Blackburn team at all, they are all targeting George alone. All the boos were meant for George.

All the players turned their heads unconsciously and looked at George behind them.

But after taking one look, everyone immediately turned their heads. Because they saw George with a gloomy face and very unkind eyes. No one wants to run into the muzzle of a gun.

Amid the boos of thousands of people, George got out of the car as if nothing had happened.

"Coach Levy, how does it feel to come to Burnley again?"

"Coach Levy, do you have anything to say in response to the kindness shown by Burnley Chairman Fludd?"

"Coach Levi..."

As soon as George got out of the car, dozens of reporters surrounded George.

But George just pushed the reporter away coldly and said only one sentence. "It's just an ordinary FA Cup game."

The more George ignored them, the more closely they followed him. Finally, with the help of the police who maintained order at the scene, George led the team into Turf Moor Stadium.

In fact, as George said, this is just an ordinary FA Cup game.

Burnley's strength is limited.

It should be said that this is a very simple game. But because the two teams were competing in the same city, and because of George, it turned out to be a highly anticipated game.

George doesn't expect the same from Blackburn players.

Therefore, George did not hide the main force this time. Instead, some old players were allowed to play, including Pires, Sabri Lamouchi, Drogba, and Alonso who were on loan from Inter Milan. The goalkeeper also went to Van der Sar.

George originally wanted Klose to play. But Klose was once a Burnley player after all. Therefore, George does not want Klose to receive such boos like himself. In the end George decided that Drogba would come on.

The young players may be more excited because this is a local derby. George didn't want that.

Therefore, more veteran players were sent to play.

"Blackburn, almost all the main players played. It's very surprising. Could it be that George has set his sights on the FA Cup this season? Also, George has not won the FA Cup at Blackburn." Martin Taylor was surprised that Blackburn Ben's formation.

Because although Burnley is a mortal enemy in the same city, its strength is limited after all.

They almost qualified for the promotion play-offs last season because of the energy of their young players. In terms of strength, it is still far lower than Blackburn.

I didn't expect George to arrange so many main players to play.

"Yes. After this game, George will lead the team to play away against Bayern Munich. It seems that George attaches great importance to this game."

As if it had been discussed, when George came out, Turf Moor was booed again.

George looked at the familiar Turf Moor.

Although it has been seven seasons since he left Burnley, Turf Moor is still so familiar. But times have changed. He used to be the master here, but now he has become a traitor here.

Burnley's starting lineup is already very unfamiliar.

George is familiar with only one person in Burnley. That is his former disciple Ashley Chapman. After not seeing him for a few years, he has become the captain of Burnley.

As for the other players, George didn't know any of them.

But George has read the information. Among these people, in addition to Ashley Chapman, there are five Burnley youth training players.

Burnley's current style of play does not have much tactical content.

Their style of play is more about running. The frontcourt uses constant running to tear open the opponent's defense. Their midfielders and forwards were very young and full of energy, and they had no problem running throughout the game.

But their strength was still insufficient. Although their running was very distinctive, it was not enough to tear open Blackburn's defense.

On the other hand, their defense was the most traditional back line in England. They were very strong in frontal defense and high-altitude defense, but not in defense of the ball behind them. Because Burnley's central defenders were typical English central defenders. Their turning speed and chasing speed were very problematic.

Pires easily caught this weakness of Burnley.

Twenty-four minutes into the first half, Burnley's running stagnated a little, and Pires showed his power. A beautiful behind-the-back ball was given to Arshavin in front. Arshavin easily scored the first goal.

Positivity could not cover up the gap in strength.

Many reporters who followed this game shook their heads. Although there were many topics about the two teams, there was not much to watch in the game on the field.

The two sides were not at the same level at all.

Soon, just as the second half began, there was another raid. Alonso's long pass went directly to the back of Burnley's defense line. Drogba ran over like a tank to receive the ball and scored the second goal of the game.

2-0, it seems that Blackburn should have no problem entering the sixth round of the FA Cup.

Although Burnley's young players were two goals behind, they still did not give up.

Burnley's frontcourt players ran more actively than at the beginning of the game. The players trained in several youth training camps of Burnley, except Ashley Chapman, are mostly between 20 and 22-23 years old.

Their skills are relatively rough. It should be said that the players trained by England itself cannot compare with the players trained in Spain, France, Portugal and other countries in terms of technical ability. But they also have their own advantages.

These players are first of all very strong. They didn't look tired even when they ran to the end.

Then they are very strong and not afraid of any collision. They are all the most typical English players.

Of course, compared with ordinary English players, there is one more advantage, that is, these players have solid basic skills. They are quite good at stopping the ball and passing the ball. They may not be able to become top players, but their excellent basic skills will never make any low-level mistakes.

When they stop the ball, they will never stop the ball more than one meter away.

"George, this is your contribution."

Carl suddenly pushed George. "These players will have the ability to play in the Premier League in the future. Even if they come to our club, they will have no problem being substitutes in the future."

"Me?"

George was stunned and laughed.

George understood what Carl meant. Before George, Burnley's youth training camp was very simple. It was George who used the money he earned in the transfer market to set up Burnley's youth training camp. For two consecutive seasons, George invested more than four million pounds in Burnley's youth training camp.

At that time, Kilby was dissatisfied with these.

At that time, George paid the most attention to basic skills.

Burnley youth training camp players, even at the age of 18, must first undergo basic training before formal training.

Many of those English geniuses are still quite talented. Maybe they are good at heading, shooting, or technique. But why do so many people fall? It's because their basic skills are not solid.

Once they get older, this problem becomes more and more prominent.

Therefore, in the Burnley Youth Training Camp, George attached great importance to the basic skills training of young players. For simple stop and pass, George requires players to practice every day, and practice hard. It seems that this is the result.

"Karl..." George said halfway, but shook his head.

Looking at the game on the field, I was suddenly moved. I also contributed a lot here!