Coaching legend

Evan Sawyer saw that the usually reserved Mitchell was emotional, and smiled and shook his head. Unlike Carl Part, Evan Sawyer has his own ideas. Evan Sawyer is not satisfied with being George's assistant coach, and he must fly solo in the future.

Evan Sawyer came to Burnley because he was too young and it was difficult for other clubs to take him seriously. That's why he chose to follow George to Burnley.

During this period of time, Evan has been learning how to be a head coach from George. Today, he learned another trick and sighed in his heart. They are both young people, but George is doing much better than himself.

"Blackburn has been ranked in the relegation zone of the Premier League recently. After this game, they will face Bolton, their biggest rival on the road to relegation in three days. But you see that they have sent all the main players. What does this show? It shows that Hodgson has no confidence in his heart, so he will send all the main players." George said very nicely. Those players nodded and felt that George was right. As a Premier League team, Blackburn is still in the important stage of relegation, but they sent out the main players, which is obviously a guilty performance.

But Evan and Carl next to them almost laughed out loud. Burnley was different and played with all its main players. Which side would not take this kind of derby very seriously? But from George's mouth, it seemed that only Hodgson took this game seriously.

However, at this time, no one in the players thought about these things, and they were all very excited.

"Players from both sides started to play. Robbie Keane, the top scorer of Burnley, did not appear in this game. Midfielder Matthew Holland replaced Robbie Keane. Right back Finnan did not play either, but Grant, who had been away from the game for a long time, played. It seems that George is going to stabilize the defense first. George's Burnley started with defense." Motson looked at Burnley's lineup and felt a little confused about Robbie Keane not appearing in the starting lineup.

"Yeah, I think Robbie Keane is much better than Klose. Robbie Keane has scored eight goals for Burnley and is currently Burnley's top scorer. Klose has played 14 games for Burnley and scored only two goals. I don't understand why George chose Klose instead of Robbie Keane." Alan Hansen was also very surprised.

"Have you ever met some Burnley fans? Their opinions are very interesting."

"Oh, what do Burnley fans say?"

"I have met several Burnley fans because of my work. They say Klose is George's illegitimate son. Hehe."

"Why is that?"

"They say George's vision in buying players is absolutely first-class. Since George became the head coach of Burnley, he has never made a mistake. Only Klose is not worthy of George's attention in the eyes of Burnley fans, but among the four forwards of Burnley now, Klose is the most valued by George. So many Burnley fans privately joke that Klose is George's illegitimate son."

"Hahaha, this metaphor is vivid. Klose has played so many times, but only scored two goals. There are indeed some problems with efficiency, but I think George trusts Klose very much. In such an important game, he would rather let Klose start than choose Robbie Keane."

The players on the field lined up to shake hands one by one, and then George walked out slowly.

Then he walked to the Blackburn coaching bench and shook hands with their coach. In fact, this should be what the home team's head coach Hodgson should do, but George stayed in the locker room for a long time before coming out, making Hodgson wait impatiently outside.

Hodgson didn't like George, a young man, who was arrogant and conceited, so he shook hands with George with a cold face and didn't say a word.

But when shaking hands with Hodgson, George had a friendly smile on his face. "Coach Hodgson, I'm really confused. Don't you want to play against Bolton in three days? I remember this is an important battle related to whether you can stay in the league?"

Looking at George's smiling face, Hodgson couldn't help but punch him a few times. But good self-restraint still made Hodgson hold back. "Coach Levy, you don't need to care too much about our club's affairs. After all, we are a Premier League team, and you still care about whether your team can be promoted."

"Yes, promotion is our goal this season. But I think once we beat Blackburn, we can have a happy mood and boost morale. This will definitely be a great help for the team's promotion."

Hodgson is not the kind of sharp-tongued coach. He can't compare with Ferguson and Mourinho later in terms of eloquence, so he didn't continue talking, but turned around and returned to his coaching seat.

George's smile has not disappeared since he shook hands with Hodgson. After letting go of his hand, George also turned around and left the original place and returned to his position.

The moment George and Hodgson shook hands, the broadcast camera has been following the two of them. Mortensen smiled and said: "Look at George's smile and Hodgson's cold face. It can be imagined that George must have said something to anger Hodgson. What an interesting scene."

"Hodgson is definitely not as good as George in talking." Alan Hansen also joined in.

"When Burnley is promoted to the Premier League, maybe George's target of verbal battles will become Ferguson. That will be interesting."

"Motson, after hearing what you said, I am also looking forward to it."

The two commentators talked a lot today and laughed happily.

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The game entered a high tempo just after it started, and both sides held nothing back. Hodgson wants to use this derby victory to clear away the haze for Blackburn. And George's goal is already aiming at the League Cup, so he must beat Blackburn.

George put five people in the midfield in this game, using Matthew Horan and Neil Lennon as defensive midfielders to protect Ballack. Then fully unleash Ballack's offensive strength.

With George's transformation of Burnley over the years, Burnley's midfield strength is no longer what it used to be. The last time he defeated Blackburn, George actually played a rogue game. After showing the enemy weakness, he defended with all his strength, and when Blackburn was relaxed, he used counterattacks to defeat Blackburn.

But this time it's different. George has to use his true strength to win the game. That's why George has to control the midfield.

In the battle for midfield, Burnley clearly has the upper hand. Sherwood, who used to dominate the Premier League, is now completely at a disadvantage in the competition with Ballack.

But there is one person at Blackburn who frequently attacks Burnley's defense, and that is the new star Damian Anthony Duff trained by Blackburn. Duff, who is only eighteen years old, has already shown very strong strength.

"Duff, he was very fast. He passed Grant in an instant and passed... Unfortunately, Sutton failed to catch the ball. I believe that all Blackburn fans will miss Shearer at this time. If Shearer exist……"

During the commentary, Burnley also had a fast break.

"Burnley counterattacked quickly... Ballack got the ball, left... Ljungberg, cut inside... Berg failed to mark Ljungberg and shot... hit Hendry's leg . It’s a corner kick!”

Normally during a corner kick, the two full-backs and the defensive midfielder will stay behind. But Daniel on Burnley's side also squeezed into Blackburn's penalty area because of his tallness, good body, and good jumping.

"It was Camoranesi who took the corner kick...Klose was very smart. He hit the ball...Daniel, oops. Daniel and Berg collided. It seems that nothing serious happened to either of them. Stand up. No, Daniel..."

In order to prevent Klose from hitting the ball behind him, Daniel started sprinting from near the penalty area. In order to save himself, Berg also jumped and hit Daniel right in the face.

Both of them stood up quickly, but Daniel's face was clearly covered in blood. And when he fell, Daniel's leg was scratched by Berg's heel. So his legs were bleeding, but it seemed that Daniel didn't feel it. He just held his head in frustration, then turned around and left the Blackburn penalty area.

It wasn't until Balak grabbed Daniel that Daniel realized his face was bleeding.

"How's it going?" George came to the team doctor nervously.

"Look, are there any ghost images?" The team doctor did not answer George immediately, but stretched out his finger to ask Daniel. Daniel shook his head and the team doctor nodded. "The brow bone is injured, it should be fine with a bandage. The leg injury is not serious either."

Daniel was bandaged up quickly and asked the referee for admission.

"Less than ten minutes into the game, Daniel was injured. But looking at him, he didn't even know he was injured." Mortensen sighed when he saw that Daniel didn't realize he was injured at first.

"Yes, Daniel is an English player." Alan Hansen, as a traditional English player, admires Daniel's behavior very much.

"In the few games that Mitchell was absent, Daniel has been wearing the Burnley captain's armband. It seems that Burnley has found its own banner for the future."