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With the referee's whistle, the first round of the 98-99 Blackburn Premier League officially began. It is also the first Premier League game in George's coaching career.

George has high hopes for this game, and everyone is willing to make a good start in their first time. Now that George has just entered Blackburn, many people are holding a magnifying glass to pick George's mistake. Even Blackburn fans don't trust George. At this time, only the results can make them change.

George has carefully studied the current West Ham United, which is a very typical English club.

George hoarded five people in the midfield, definitely not because of conservatism. It is related to George's transformation of Blackburn. George put three highly skilled players, Deco, Miku and Pires, in the midfield. I just hope to use their excellent skills to control the ball and play an oppressive football.

The English team has always played quickly through the midfield and then solve the problem in the front. But George had to do the opposite and control the midfield. Only when the midfield is controlled, the team's victory will be captured.

English clubs have never set the position of forward midfielder, which is related to the characteristics of English football. Even if there are some excellent front-back players, they will be disgraced in the end when they arrive in England. Because they don't adapt to English football and can't adapt to the rhythm of English football.

But George doesn't think it's the fault of those front-line players, nor is it their poor adaptability. It is that after buying front-rise players, once they can't adapt to English football in a short period of time, those clubs will soon give up these front-rise players.

And they will not design a formation that can give full play to their strength for those excellent front-line players. They still have the habit of playing football, so that it is more difficult for those players to exert their strength.

Of course, as teams pay more and more attention to defense, front-waist players will have less and less place. But at least in the current world football, the design of the front waist is still very common.

However, the game did not develop according to George's idea. George's requirement for the team is to control the ball first. Don't rush to attack or retreat. It is to let Blackburn's midfielder control the rhythm of the game. Once the rhythm of the game is controlled, the following development will be natural.

But...

"Piray, oh... Pires lost the ball again. I don't know if he is not in a good state today or he is not used to English football." Martin Taylor shook his head. I've seen some Metz games before, and Pires shouldn't be like this.

"Not only Pire, but also Miku lost the ball several times. Neither of them is used to English football.

George also frowned on the sidelines and blamed himself for contempt for the Premier League too much. During the training session, George saw that although Blackburn's cooperation time was short, Pires and Miku were both quite high players. The cooperation between the two is very tacit.

Even in the warm-up match, the performance of the two is the best in the team. Pires, in particular, is no worse than Duff on the right. On the left side of Blackburn, it's like a fish in water. Whether it's passing, passing or even shooting, it's very good.

But George ignored one thing, that is, the difference between the warm-up match and the Premier League. At that time, when the warm-up match was arranged, it was just to test the tacit understanding of the team's cooperation. Forget the differences in the English League.

English football, especially the Premier League, is fast in one word, which is not just fast pace. In defense, English players are willing to use their bodies to bump, and they are also fierce and fast. They will not give the attacking side the opportunity to pass and control the ball. They often go to defend and grab the ball as soon as you get the ball.

Pyre, Miku, including Deko and MacLei have never played in England. In particular, Pires, Miku and Macclelai are all from the French league, and there are many skilled players in the French league. But their game rhythm and English football are two different styles of football.

Piraeus, Miku and Maclelele, they are suddenly very uncomfortable with the way of playing football in England.

Especially Pires and Miku, they both have a habit. Of course, this habit is developed in Ligue 1. After they take the ball, they will pause to see the situation on the court. Anyway, their movements are very unrestrained, but in such a fast-paced game as the Premier League, they can obviously feel half a beat slow.

They have just taken the ball, and as long as the opposing player pauses, they will push it up. And it's very fast. This kind of scene is rarely encountered in Ligue 1. If they just move a little slower, they will lose the ball. This is definitely not because their skills are not good, but because their skills are definitely the best in the Premier League.

As long as the two of them cheer up, few people can really grab their ball. They are just not used to the fast pace of the Premier League, which makes the two of them unable to adapt, so they are cut off the ball.

For a while, Pires and Miku became the players who lost the most goals, and Klose at the front did not lose as much as they did. Klose has been in England for three years and is no stranger to English football. So after taking the ball, it will be dealt with as soon as possible.

George is almost helpless off the court, because this situation can't be solved in a moment. They need time to adapt to the English style and adjust the way they have been playing for a long time.

Now there are also Romedar, Good Johnson and Hargreaves on the bench, and only Romedal can go to the side. And midfielder Hargreaves George is not going to start so soon.

Now what Miku and Pires need is time. They need time to adapt to the Premier League. George must give them this time, and he can't replace them because they are not performing well now.

"Stabilize, stabilize. Don't be led by them, do it in your own way. George quickly grabbed Sanior on the sidelines. You tell John and Robert not to worry. It's better to play as much as you want according to the usual training.

George originally wanted to find Hendley, but unfortunately Hendley couldn't speak French. Pires and Miku are not good at English now, so George asked Sanior to send a message.

But the effect is still the same, and it's hard to get past the first half. At halftime, George has been encouraging the players, especially for Pires and Miku, who often loses the ball.

But the effect is average. Less than 20 minutes into the second half, MacLei handled the ball uncleanly and was cut off by Lampard. Then he handed it to Steve Lomas, who inserted the back. Lomas inserted a low shot into the penalty area. Flores was caught off guard and the ball rolled into the gate.

Upton Park burst into loud cheers for a moment, and George could only sigh on the sidelines.

The most commendable thing about Macleley's future is his position and his decisiveness. He rarely loses the ball in his position, and he is still not used to the rhythm of the Premier League.

Later, although George made a personnel change, he was still unable to change. In the end, Blackburn lost zero to one away.

"Congratulations, Coach Redknapp." George rarely congratulates a winner so elegantly, especially when the loser is his own.

However, George is not to blame anyone for this failure. This is a process that a new team must go through.

"It's not like you." Redknap laughed, but there was absolutely no complacency after victory in this smile. Although he was laughing, it didn't make George feel that it was a humiliation.

"What do you think I should do?"

"You should look gloomy and turn around and leave. Then he didn't even attend the press conference.

"Haha, am I such a person?"

"Of course, you can ask a reporter outside. They will say that about you."

George and Red Knapp can't see that they are a pair of opponents who have just finished the game. Instead, they are like old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

But there is one thing that Red Knapp is really right. When talking to Red Knapp, George is very normal. Talking and laughing with Red Knapp, he didn't look unhappy at all. But after turning around, George was still very dissatisfied.

If a coach really doesn't care if he loses the game, he is not a coach. George is very angry, but he won't show him. Because today's failure is just because the team's formation time is too short.

So in the later press conference, as Red Knapp said, George said he was not feeling well and asked Evan Sawyer to go to the press conference instead of George.

Redknapp almost laughed when he heard Evan say that George could not attend the press conference because he was not feeling well. When we first met, George was still alive and suddenly said something about his physical discomfort.

Some reporters also asked this question, and Evan shrugged his shoulders. I'm not a doctor. You can ask the doctor.

The group of reporters below were stunned. In fact, they had a lot of questions to ask George. And I want to give George a good look at the reporter's face, but it's a pity that George didn't give them this opportunity.

The reporters below are secretly thinking about how to ridicule George, a defiant young coach, in tomorrow's newspaper.

Redknap saw that George didn't come and didn't have much interest. After answering some questions casually, he left the press conference.