Coaching legend

It was only the third round of the league, but because of the match between Blackburn and Burnley, it attracted more attention.

The police in Blackburn were on high alert this time. There were more than 15,000 Burnley fans who came to Heywood Park. However, Heywood Park could only provide 6,000 tickets to Burnley fans this time, and nearly 10,000 fans had no tickets.

However, these Burnley fans did not return to Burnley, but continued to stay in front of Heywood Park.

And the BBC also chose this game as the live broadcast of this round of League Cup.

Heywood Park, which can accommodate more than 31,000 people, was completely full today. When the Blackburn fans in the stands saw the Burnley players running out, suddenly the whole Heywood Park booed. The police who maintained order between the Blackburn fans and the Burnley fans increased their attention a hundred times. They were afraid that the fans of the two teams would fight.

From the reaction of the fans, it can be seen that this is definitely not an ordinary League Cup, but a life-and-death knockout match, and it is also a derby between the two teams with a century-old feud.

George walked out of the tunnel, and just as he showed his head, the boos at Heywood Park suddenly increased several times. The Blackburn fans who were very close to George cursed George with ferocious faces. George knew that some of his remarks had completely offended these Blackburn fans.

George took a long breath, kept a smile on his face, and ignored the boos of these fans. Instead, he waved his hand in front of the blue square with red in the middle. Those were the visiting fans who came to Heywood Park today. Seeing George's actions, Burnley fans suddenly burst into huge cheers.

Premier League champions, that's just your dog shit luck... George snorted in his heart, and then walked to the coaching seat.

In this game, George played all the main players, and Blackburn was not ready to give up this game. Including Blackburn captain Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood, Kevin Gallagher were all on the match list.

Of course, what made George a little relieved was that Shearer did not play, and even Shearer's name was not on the substitute list. This made George feel relieved. Shearer is now a terrifying shooting machine. Burnley's defense line can never stop Shearer.

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"Mr. Kilby, Burnley's performance this year is very good. I believe you should be in the English League One next season." Although the two families have been enemies for a hundred years, Jack Walker maintains his demeanor.

Facing Jack Walker, Kilby bowed slightly to greet him. Kilby is envious and jealous of Walker. Walker is not only a steel tycoon with a net worth of more than 300 million pounds, but also won the Premier League championship in just five years after taking over Blackburn.

Compared with Walker, Kilby is now incomparable in terms of assets and other influences.

"Mr. Walker, you just won the Premier League championship." Kilby said very humbly.

Jack Walker smiled and shook hands, then invited Barry Kilby to sit down and watch the game together.

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“Twenty minutes have passed, and we can already see the intentions of both teams in this game. Blackburn is attacking with all their strength, while Burnley is completely defensive. Richard Brodie, the main center forward in the league, was not included in the match list at all, but Richard was replaced by a defensive midfielder Ian Coyde.” The BBC commentator was making a staged summary. "Except for Huckabee near the midfield, all Burnley players defended in their own 30-meter area. Kevin Gallagher was already drowned in Burnley's tall defenders. Blackburn's four shots so far were all long shots without any threat. And Burnley didn't even have a single shot."

"Yes, Burnley is famous for its offensive power in the English League Two. But I can understand Coach George's idea, after all, Blackburn was the Premier League champion last season. Shaft chose the right road for the team's attack, because the left side of the Burnley team is the 17-year-old young player Daniel Morrison. Although Daniel was a little embarrassed, with the help of Neil Lennon, he didn't give Blackburn many opportunities."

Indeed, although George despised Blackburn in his heart, he didn't dare to ignore Blackburn's strength in the actual game. Blackburn's strength is definitely above Burnley to overwhelm Manchester United and win the Premier League title. So George chose the strategy of first stabilizing the defense and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

From the first 20 minutes, the game was always under George's control. The midfield of Ballack, Neil Lennon, Danny Murphy and Ian Coyde has a very strong defense.

George's defense strategy is very simple. Except for Huckabee who is in the front and pins down some Blackburn defenders, all the players are concentrated in the 30-meter area in front of their own goal. Defense is not just the job of the back midfielder and defenders. All players need to be involved in defense.

Under such a strategy, it can be said that Blackburn did not get even a little chance. There were four shots in 20 minutes, but all of them were long shots from the outside.

Blackburn's offensive is very fierce now, but George is not worried much. The art of war says: The first is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted. George believes that as long as he can withstand Blackburn's current offensive, Blackburn will inevitably lose heart. Then it will be Burnley's chance.

Daniel Morrison felt very tired. More than half of Blackburn's attacks were launched from the right, not only Blackburn's right winger and right back took turns to attack from the right. Even Tim Sherwood moved to this side.

Daniel has always been known for his physical strength in Burnley, but facing Blackburn's repeated attacks, although it was only 20 minutes, Daniel's physical strength had reached a critical point.

Daniel is a native of Burnley, and he was promoted from the youth team by George. If it weren't for George's toughness, Daniel would not be able to enter the first team. The attacking power of the second-tier teams has always been limited, and with the help of Neil Lennon, Daniel has not been threatened much.

But Daniel played a little embarrassed in this game. Berg and Stuart Ripley were both the main players of last year's Premier League champions. Fortunately, with the help of Neil Lennon and Ian Coyd, Daniel's side did not collapse.

But Daniel remembered what George said firmly, as long as he held on, he would win.

Too tired, but Daniel was staring at the ball closely.

Burnley had almost no decent counterattacks, and the ball would be intercepted by Blackburn before it could be passed three times. This time was no exception. Danny Murphy's pass did not reach Huckabee's feet and was intercepted by Hendry.

Huntley passed the ball to Sherwood, who saw Neil Lennon looking at him and passed it to Stuart Ripley on the right. Daniel was about to steal the ball, and Blackburn's right back Berg quickly inserted. Ripley immediately passed the ball to Berg, and once they passed, they would be able to open up a gap on Burnley's left.

But at the moment Ripley passed the ball, Daniel was quick-eyed and quick-footed, and intercepted the ball in one go.

Daniel remembered what George said before the game. "Blackburn will definitely attack your side in this game. You have to hold on. Holding on means victory. But once you steal the ball, if they come out in full force, don't hesitate to go straight into the opponent's territory. Use your speed advantage."

Daniel saw that except for the two central defenders near the center circle, all other people in Blackburn were in his own half. In particular, the entire right side of Blackburn was completely empty, so he pushed the ball forward and started running.

Daniel was very fast, like a gust of wind.

Daniel hadn't galloped like this for a long time. After entering the first team, George's requirement for Daniel has always been defense. Therefore, Daniel almost didn't invest too much in attacking in the second division. Burnley's attack has always been concentrated on the right side of Bobowski.

The moment Daniel counterattacked, Blackburn's players didn't come back to their senses at all. It was Berger, as a defender, who reacted first, but in less than a second, Daniel had fallen six meters behind Berger. Berger chased him a little and gave up.

The other Burnley players immediately launched a counterattack. Huckabee pressed forward, Popovsky attacked from the right, and Ballack followed Huckabee.

Hendry looked at the fast Daniel and the empty defense on the right, knowing that it was impossible for him to defend the middle. So he rushed forward, and Daniel did not entangle with Hendry and passed it to Ballack.

Ballack lightly flicked the ball, and it passed Hendry and came to Daniel's feet who quickly inserted. Now there was a blank in front of Daniel.

Blackburn's other young central defender Pearce gave up Huckabee and prepared to defend Daniel. Huckabee's side was completely empty, and Huckabee and Popovsky were not defended, and Blackburn formed a three-on-one situation in front of the goal.

Flowers saw Huckabee and Popovsky, so he paid attention to the far corner. But just after entering the penalty area, Daniel shot directly, and the ball was very fast, and it quickly entered the goal along the right goal post. Although Flowers tried his best to save the ball, the speed was far beyond Flowers' imagination.