150 Ewood Park's debut
Two rounds of one draw and one loss, George's journey to the Premier League is not very smooth. On the contrary, it can be said that George's start at Blackburn was very bad. When George coached Burnley for the first time, his grades were much better than this.
One draw and one loss, and the two teams encountered are not the Premier League strong teams.
Originally, the major media, which were very unoptimistic about George's entry into Blackburn, were pessimistic about Blackburn's results this season.
In the third round, Blackburn finally returned to Ewood Park to face Chelsea at home. This is a very big test. Unlike West Ham United and Nottingham Forest, I don't know how good Chelsea has achieved in recent years.
Chelsea also won the European Winners' Cup last season. Of course, if it hadn't been for George leading Burnley to beat Chelsea in the League Cup final, Chelsea would have won the double title last season. Although the new Viali lost in the League Cup final, he has completely conquered Chelsea players and fans with a Winner's Cup.
After the League Cup final, Chelsea's media accused George of stealing the League Cup championship.
Chelsea stole the championship in the most shameless way, when George even said something that made many footballers criticized.
"If ugly can win the championship, I believe that many teams in the world are also willing to be ugly. Between the ugly and the champion, if it were me, I would definitely choose the champion! Look, I'm hanging an ugly champion around my neck now, but I like it.
Because of this sentence, many English footballers criticized George for being conservative and utilitarian. In particular, the London media and fans reacted most strongly, who thought George was an insult to football. However, George said proudly to the London media, "I only like the championship."
Six months later, George has become the head coach of Blackburn. Chelsea was the champion team of the European Cup Winners' Cup last season.
Although it is very difficult, George is very prepared. After all, this is the first time that George led Blackburn in Ewood Park. Blackburn fans have not welcomed George's entry so far.
George knows that these fans have a clear understanding of love and hate, and now they don't like themselves so much. Similarly, once you lead Blackburn to get good results, these fans are the first to support and support themselves. So George also wants to perform well in Ewood Park.
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On August 29, Blackburn ushered in the third round of the Premier League.
It was drizzling in Blackburn this day, and it was not very heavy. It's different from usual. This rain is a drizzle. George has heard from other people that Ewood Park is full of fans today. Among the stadium of more than 30,000 people, today there is a sea of people, filling all the positions.
George is quite happy to hear the news. It seems that Blackburn fans are quite supportive of the team. The enthusiasm was also quite high, and Ewood Park was actually full.
"Today is our first home game of the season, and more than 30,000 fans came to the scene. In the first two rounds, our results were not good. But don't worry about it. The Premier League is 38 rounds. The outcome of one or two games is irrelevant. As long as we work hard from now on, we still have a lot to do this season.
"Robert, don't squeeze into the middle of today's game. You and Damien hit their sidelines, and their two full-backs are veterans.
"John, Anderson, your task in this game is to control the ball in the midfield. I won't ask you to move forward. You just need to protect the ball in the middle. Today's attacks are all in two side attacks.
No one is more familiar with Chelsea than George. Last season, in order to prepare for the League Cup final with Chelsea, George knew a lot about Chelsea. Chelsea is really strong now, but George believes that with the strength of Pires and Duff, there is no problem as long as it hits their sidelines.
Of course, if Miku and Deko can give full play to their strength, Blackburn will not fall behind in the midfield competition. Unfortunately, they have not yet integrated into the rhythm of the Premier League, so George retreats in this game, as long as they protect the ball in the midfield. Don't be stunned by Chelsea Middle Road.
After saying that, George looked at his watch. It's almost time for the game, so it's time for the players to play.
This is the first game in Ewood Park. George breathed a long sigh of relief and then followed the player's back and went out. Viali hasn't come out yet, but George, as the head coach at home, is also the owner. It's polite to go out early and wait for Viali.
But as he came out, George frowned. Because when the live commentator read the list of Blackburn players, the reaction of Blackburn fans was not enthusiastic at all. Even when reading Klose's name, there were even sporadic boos. It was only when it came to Hendry, Flors and Duff that Blackburn burst into cheers.
This made George a little dissatisfied, although the performance of several people in these games was really not good. But the players they introduced are already Blackburn players, and they still have this attitude, really...
George frowned and walked out of the player's channel.
"Hush-" When George just came out, suddenly there was a shocking boo from the whole Ewood Park.
"Hm, what happened?" As soon as Viali came out of the locker room, he heard the boos of the whole audience. So I asked the assistant coach next to me very doubtfully.
The assistant coach next to him shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Chelsea and Blackburn really have no deep hatred, and Chelsea and Blackburn have not been too bad in recent years.
And the Chelsea players have not had any conflicts when playing against Blackburn, which is the fault of Blackburn fans. It's normal for home fans to boo away teams, but it seems that none of Chelsea will make Blackburn fans hate so much.
But now the boos of the whole audience are real. Before Viali has completely walked out of the court, he can clearly hear the boos.
At the same time, the players who warmed up on the field looked at the sidelines to see what had happened.
"It's incredible that the boos of Blackburn fans were given to their new head coach George Levy. This is really something that no one expected before the game. The commentator was also stunned by this scene and shook his head repeatedly.
"Yes, this is a rare scene. I guess in world football, a new coach was booed by the home fans in his first game at home. George must be the first one.
George had just frowned deeply, and now he had turned into iron cyan. George really didn't expect that he would be treated like this when he conducted the Blackburn game in Ewood Park for the first time.
The boos of the whole audience will definitely become a joke in world football.
After George joined Blackburn, although he knew that Blackburn fans would not welcome him. But George is still looking forward to the debut of Ewood Park. I really didn't expect Blackburn fans to welcome themselves in this way.
George took a deep breath and was ready to return to his seat. But when he saw Viali coming out, he reluctantly pushed his smiling face and stretched out his hand. Coach Viali, I haven't seen you for a long time.
"Hello, Coach Levy."
Although he said with a smile, the surprise in Viali's eyes could not be concealed. Viali was indeed very surprised. When he went outside, he knew that the fans were not booing Chelsea players, but their new head coach George.
This situation is absolutely rare, or absolutely the first time. In the past, home fans booed their head coach when the head coach's performance was not good and he was on the verge of class. But although George didn't do well in the first two rounds, this is just the beginning. Today is the first home game, and I was so received by fans.
George was in a bad mood, and Viali also found out. So the two just shook hands according to etiquette, and then left the same place.
"George, are you all right?" Evan saw George with a blue face and came forward to ask.
Evan was also surprised. He didn't expect Blackburn fans to be so dislikable to George. Before the game, George laughed and said that he had always been the most annoying person for Blackburn fans. How should they react when they become the head coach of Blackburn today?
It was just a joke at that time, but there was a completely unexpected situation. But who can imagine that Blackburn fans are so unwelcome to George.
George shook his head. I just looked at the fans in Ewood Park and sat down indifferently.
"George, don't care." Carl, who was sitting next to George, patted George on the shoulder. They may be like this because you used to be the head coach of Burnley. When you lead Blackburn's grades, they will welcome you with applause.
George nodded, but then laughed.
I'm really walking on a one-way street now. Blackburn has become Burnley's sworn enemy. Now he is the head coach of Blackburn, but he is booed by Blackburn fans. Unless George can lead Blackburn to good results, he will become a joke in English football.
Now George can only continue to move forward and can't look back at all.
"They boo me now, but it won't be long before they will worship me." George snorted, and then gritted his teeth at Evan and Carl next to him.
Today's shame, George will always remember.