Coaching legend

"Sera, I'm suspended today and have to serve a football sentence. Not for a fashion show!"

George looked at Amyk with a wry smile. Today was the fifth round of the English League One. Burnley faced the aggressive Nottingham Forest at home. Unfortunately, George was suspended from the beginning of this round, so he could only watch the game in the stands.

But Sera paid more attention to George's clothes than ever before, picking and choosing for George one after another.

"George, haven't you read the newspaper? The effect of wearing an Armani coat in these few games is quite good. Mr. Armani said that you should be the spokesperson."

George shook his head. He really didn't like these things. But seeing Amyk's enthusiastic look, he let her fiddle with it.

Sitting in Amyk's Ferrari made George very happy at first. But after this car appeared too many times in Burnley, George felt that this car was too ostentatious.

George did not choose the VIP seat today, but was among a group of fans.

"George, here, here." Burns, a tall man, stood out among a group of fans. He waved to George, and George led Sera Aimik in.

Every Burnley fan would greet George when they saw him. Then they consciously made way for him, and George smiled and greeted them. Some of them looked familiar, and some were unfamiliar.

"Hey, George. Who is this beautiful girl?" Burns asked in surprise when he saw George leading a beautiful girl.

George did not answer immediately, but pulled Aimik to sit down first. Then he smiled at Burns, "She is a BBC reporter, named Sera Aimik. Sera, the classic football hooligan image is Burns, who used to play rugby."

"George, you slander me. How do I look like a football hooligan?" Burns smiled and hit George. "Hello, Miss Aimik."

"Hello." Sera Aimik said with a smile.

George was holding his chest beside him. Although Burns was already old, his hand strength was definitely very strong. George was not a professional athlete. Not as good as former rugby player Burns.

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In this game, Burnley faced Nottingham Forest from East Midlands. Nottingham Forest was once glorious in European football. It is the only team that has won more European Cup titles than its own league titles so far, but it is also the first former European Cup champion to be relegated to the third-tier league in its own country.

Nottingham Forest was just relegated to the First Division last season, and its performance has been quite good so far. Like Burnley, it is a hot favorite to be promoted this season.

The coach of Nottingham Forest this time is Dave Bassett, who is not simple. Whether as a player or as a coach, he has excellent results.

Dave Bassett was a player of Wimbledon at that time, and he was humorous. Later, he became the head coach of Wimbledon, leading Wimbledon from an unknown team to a strong team in the English First Division. Later, in 1988, the FA Cup defeated the powerful Liverpool and the dragon-slaying legend came. Although Dave Bassett was not the head coach, everyone believed that Wimbledon could stage the dragon-slaying legend because of the foundation laid by this meritorious coach. Therefore, Dave Bassett became the number one legend in the history of Wimbledon football.

This season is the first time that Dave Bassett has coached Nottingham Forest, but Nottingham Forest has performed very well.

In today's Burnley, Matthew Upson replaced Mitchell King, and Kevin Phillips replaced Klose. There is also Matthew Holland who replaced Ballack.

Mitchell was diagnosed with a minimum of 40 days of rest, which may be about two months. Ballack needs to rest for two weeks, while Klose's injury is the lightest and only needs about a week.

This year's Nottingham Forest is absolutely strong, and has inherited Dave Bassett's crazy gang spirit. Playing football with great vigor, it made Burnley's goalkeeper nervous for a while.

Without Ballack in the midfield, Burnley immediately had a big problem in controlling the rhythm. Matthew Holland and Neil Lennon were not the kind of players who could control the rhythm of the game, so Ljungberg and Camoranesi could not find very good opportunities. Instead, they were compressed in the half court and could not display their ability to walk lightly.

George was anxious watching from above, and quietly called Evan Sawyer. "Evan, even if you can't win a football game, you must not lose it."

This is George's football thinking. Of course, you can't lose the game that you should win. But if you can't win the game, you must not lose it. Evan Sawyer firmly implemented George's deployment and immediately turned into a defensive formation. Speaking of this season, Burnley gradually played an offensive-oriented style, and the offensive power was not bad.

But it doesn't mean that George gave up defense. Defense is George's starting point after all, and he still has a set of defense.

For a team as strong as Burnley, it is not so easy to break the defense if it deliberately plays defense. Therefore, the game began to enter a dull stage, and even Mortensen's commentary was drowsy. The camera was bored and started capturing some interesting things on the court.

"Oh, look at our suspended coach Levy, making out with the beautiful woman next to him." TV cameras captured the moment of George and Saira Amick among the fans. "Look at the woman next to George. Isn't this our beautiful BBC reporter Saira Amick? Judging from the appearance of the two of them, they are definitely not as simple as ordinary friends. Coach Levy has just been banned by the Football Association and got a love. It’s really enviable.”

Mortensen was really bored, so after seeing George and Saira Amick, he immediately became interested.

Mortensen may not be the only one who is interested, but the director is also very interested in this. Therefore, George was left for nearly a minute, and all the spectators at Turf Moor could clearly see it.

When George started, he hadn't discovered it yet. However, he discovered that everyone was looking at him, and then he discovered on the big screen that the director had been staring at them while filming.

This was just an episode during the game. No one knew that in a corner of the stadium, there was a little girl looking at the big screen and crying silently.

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In the end, Burnley failed to hold on. Without the midfielder behind Ballack, they had more defense than offense. The inability to deliver enough good balls to the wing made both Ljungberg and Camoranesi useless.

Although Matthew Upson is good, he should even surpass Mitchell King in terms of strength. But there is a serious lack of experience, and there is not much tacit understanding with Gary Breen. A mismatch allowed Nottingham Forest to score a goal.

Burnley could only accept a 0-1 defeat at home, while Nottingham Forest surpassed Burnley by one point with four wins and one draw, ranking first in the First Division.

After the game, George simply met with the players to comfort them. Then there was no press conference, just an interview outside the stadium.

"Nottingham Forest? It's just a win against a broken Burnley. We will let them know Burnley's strength in the away game."

The picture of George and Sierra Amick talking and laughing after the game was also reproduced by many media. It's just that these are all episodes of the long A-League season, and George's suspension period will continue.

In the fifth round of the English League One, Burnley faced Swindon away from home. Burnley relied on Robbie Keane's personal strength to achieve a difficult 1-1 away draw with Swindon.

In the sixth round of the English League One, Burnley faced the powerful English League One team Charlton on the road again. Relying on good defense, Burnley held on to a score of 0-0.