Coaching legend

Unlike the League Cup finals held at the end of February, the League Cup in the 1990s was held at the end of March. The schedule of the English League One is very problematic now. The league, League Cup and FA Cup games are all squeezed together. In the past three months, Burnley has played two games almost every week.

Fortunately, Burnley is an English League One club, there are no European games, and there are very few international players in the team.

Otherwise, if European games and national team games are added, Burnley's main players will not be able to last a season. George is very dissatisfied with the current schedule of the FA, and this is still the drag of Burnley not having national team games.

George has seen the schedule of the Premier League, and the national team games at this time are completely messed up. FIFA and UEFA completely ignore the current situation of major clubs, and do not take care of the league schedule, and arrange various national team games everywhere.

In this way, many clubs, especially those strong teams, are often affected by national team games. Now, the schedules of the Premier League, League One, and League Two are completely unscientific. Even Burnley is now in League One. George feels this pressure.

I believe that clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool will have a personal experience. No wonder the G14 Club Alliance appeared later. George fully understands them.

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This is Wembley Stadium in London on March 30, 1998. Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate 90,000 people, is full today. Unlike some heavyweight finals, the fans of this League Cup final between Chelsea and Burnley are mostly Chelsea and Burnley fans. There are very few neutral fans.

The largest number of them is Chelsea fans, almost twice as many as Burnley fans. Although Burnley fans are very fanatical, there are only 30,000 people.

Before the game, George also said that the tickets for the League Cup final were too expensive. Although Chelsea is a traditional labor club, Chelsea fans are very rich compared to Burnley fans. The ticket price for a League Cup final is still too expensive for Burnley fans.

However, this still failed to stop the enthusiasm of Burnley fans. A full 30,000 people came to Wembley Stadium. This was beyond George's imagination. Seeing the ticket price of the League Cup final, George thought that it would be good to have 10,000 or 20,000 people.

"Wembley Stadium, I didn't expect that I could come here so soon to see it." Looking at the crowded Wembley Stadium, Evan Sawyer couldn't help but exclaimed, looking at Wembley Stadium with a longing expression.

Evan Sawyer's expression was not strange at all, because including George, Carl Pat and all the players of Burnley were in this mood. For Wembley Stadium, everyone in Burnley had only seen it in their dreams.

Burnley, who has been in the lower-level league in England for 22 years, has no chance to go to Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium located in London, England. It is the home of the England national team and also hosts the finals of various domestic competitions in England. Wembley was first built in 1923 and is recognized as one of the greatest stadiums in the world. King George V personally cut the first inch of grass for the stadium. Of course, the name of the Wembley Twin Towers was not Wembley at the time. The official name was Empire Stadium, which was built for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. It was called Wembley Stadium because it was located in the Wembley district in northwest London.

Wembley Stadium not only hosted the League Cup and FA Cup finals, but also hosted the England World Cup and the European Cup. The opening match, semi-finals, finals of the just-concluded 1996 European Cup and all the games participated by the England team were held at Wembley Stadium.

George is also very excited now. He has only been coaching Burnley for three years and can come to Wembley Stadium to play. However, George is not as exaggerated as Evan Sawyer, because Burnley players are basically country bumpkins. After arriving at Wembley Stadium, they were too excited.

From their warm-up on the field, George can see how excited and nervous they are. Therefore, George, the head coach, can't get dizzy with them.

"The players from both teams have finished their warm-ups and have returned to their dressing rooms. There are still fifteen minutes before the game starts. The only sounds left on the field are the cheers of the fans from both teams. Although the number of fans is only half of that of Chelsea, the momentum of Burnley fans is no less than that of Chelsea fans."

"Since taking back Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's performance has improved significantly. Not only have they become a strong team in the Premier League, but they also won the FA Cup last year. Although Gullit left Chelsea at the beginning of the year due to contract issues, Chelsea still performed well under the leadership of Vialli. It was not affected by the change of head coach."

"And Burnley has also been leading the way in the English League One this season. Under George's leadership, there should be no problem in upgrading. Moreover, they have already reached the League Cup final and the FA Cup final, and this year's results are also very good."

"However, compared with Chelsea's big names such as Mark Hughes, Roberto Di Matteo, Gianfranco Zola, and Le Saux, most of Burnley's players are unknown. There is only one international player, Neil Lennon."

"And the styles of the two teams are opposite. From Glenn Hoddle to Gullit and Vialli, the three of them have played beautifully. Smooth cooperation, fast attack, Chelsea's exciting technical style of play is unique in English football. Chelsea has been the most beautiful team in English football in recent years. But Burnley is different. They are solid defense + fast counterattack. In the opponent's penalty area, Burnley rarely has dazzling short passes. Burnley pays more attention to the space and speed of the pass. When counterattacking, two or three kicks can complete a shot. Simplicity and high speed are the biggest summary of Burnley's style of play."

When the two teams were arranging tactics in the locker room, the commentator was introducing the current situation of the two teams. Chelsea is more familiar to the audience. Their beautiful style of play has attracted many neutral fans. But Burnley is different. Burnley is just a team in the English League One. The attention it receives is limited. In addition to Burnley fans, only the fans of the opponent will know a little. So the commentator's introduction to Burnley is more than Chelsea.

"Speaking of which, this match is between two young coaches. Vialli, who coaches Chelsea, is only 33 years old and will be 34 in July. Vialli is a player and head coach. He has performed very well as a player and coach in Chelsea this year. 33 years old is very young for a coach."

"But Burnley's head coach is even younger. He became the head coach of Burnley at the age of 27. In less than three years, he led Burnley from a League Two team to the League Cup and FA Cup finals. He will be 30 in October this year. He is currently the youngest among all levels of professional league clubs in England. Club head coach. "

"The ages of these two people are different in the field of coaching. But they each led their teams to the League Cup final. Vialli inherited Gullit's transformation of Chelsea, and Chelsea still continued the offensive style of play. George, the coach, is quite different. In the three years of coaching Burnley alone, it can be found that George is not the kind of coach who cares about the scene. According to inside information, George once said that even if you can't win a football game, you don't want to lose. "

"At present, the confrontation between the two very young coaches in the world football, I believe neither of them wants to lose. "

As the commentator said, Vialli and George are both young coaches. At this time, not to mention coaches in their early thirties, even coaches in their early forties are also young coaches. Therefore, the commentator specifically pointed out the ages of the two people.

"Historically, neither team is a regular in the League Cup final. Chelsea has only won the League Cup once in history, which was the League Cup championship in the 1964-65 season. Burnley has never entered the League Cup final. This is the first time Burnley has entered the League Cup final."

While the commentator was introducing the two teams to the audience, George had already started his pre-match mobilization in the locker room.