318 Cardiff Millennium Stadium

The closer to the final, the more interested the reporters are.

George was interviewed by the media before leaving for the final venue of the League Cup.

"Liverpool?" A reporter asked George who was the most dangerous player in Liverpool. George smiled and said, "Of course it's Owen. It seems that this is not a problem. Owen is in good shape this season and is also the most dangerous figure in Liverpool.

When he heard that George's answer was normal, the reporter was very dissatisfied. Now who doesn't know that the best and most dangerous player in Liverpool is Owen. If you just want to hear this answer, why ask Owen?

Just when the reporter was depressed, George continued: "But if I had to say, Liverpool's most promising player is not him. It's their midfielder Steven. Gerrard. This is the best young midfielder in England at present, but it's a pity that coach Hollier won't use him. If Gerrard is my player, it's a pity that he is now a world-class midfielder.

George's unbridled evaluation of Liverpool angered Hollior.

In an interview, Hollier told George to shut up. The final of the League Cup is coming soon. I think Coach Levy should be more concerned about the final than talking. I have been a coach for 20 years, and I know how to recognize the strength of players and how to use my own players. Steven was promoted from the youth team, and I have my own plan for his use. There is no need for others to come and point fingers.

"Twenty-year coach?" George curled his lips disdainfully. If you coach for a long time, you are stronger than a young coach. So what game are we going to play? The two head coaches have the most gray hair. If someone has more white hair, let whoever wins, isn't that good?

"If this is also troublesome, the two coaches will report their respective coaching hours. Then whoever teaches for a long time will let him win.

As a representative of young coaches, what George despises most is that some old coaches rely on the old. So I didn't give Hollior any face at all. Then he returned to his smiling face and said very seriously, "There is an old Chinese saying that there is no order in learning, and the master is the first. I'm just a very friendly suggestion. Gerrard is the best midfielder in England I've ever seen. I'm just thinking about his career and giving Coach Hollier a proposal. He is so excited."

George said everything, and all the good people and bad people did it all. George's attitude made Holier laugh and cry.

In the end, George became good, and Houllier became an old stubborn man who couldn't listen to advice.

When Houllier was coaching in France, he had never seen such a rogue coach. After arriving in England, Hollior, a famous French coach, understood the fangs of the English coach. Not only George, but also Ferguson and his French compatriot Wenger, none of them are good to each other.

Just say a few words, it may just wrap you in.

So Hollior never answered George's words again.

In the midst of the noise, it arrived on February 25, 2001.

February 25 is the day of the final of the 2001 English League Cup.

Unlike previous years, this season's League Cup final was held at the end of February. The previous League Cup finals were held at the end of March. George won the League Cup in Burnley at the end of March. However, the Football Federation may think that this kind of schedule is very bad. So it was decided to transfer the final time of the League Cup from the end of March to the end of February. This change started last season.

George is quite satisfied with this arrangement. If it is placed at the end of March, it will be the most important moment for all kinds of competitions. Like Blackburn, it is easy to conflict with the Champions League knockout and league sprint stages, so George is quite satisfied with this arrangement now.

For the League Cup final, George led Black to Cardiff.

Cardiff is the capital of Wales. Because the Wembley Stadium needs to be renovated, the League Cup final and the FA Cup final have been temporarily moved to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is the national stadium in Wales, which is mainly used for the national home stadium of the Rugby Federation and international rugby events. It was once the largest stadium in the UK, with a capacity of 74,500 spectators and an open and closed roof. The stadium has a large architectural style, and after the expansion, it has 82,000 seats. Cardiff Millennium Stadium is a five-star football stadium.

This is the first time that the League Cup final has been held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Blackburn and Liverpool are the first teams to compete for the Cup championship at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

It's really luxurious to come to the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. It is not much worse than the previous Wembley Stadium, and it can even be said to be better and more beautiful.

Although Blackburn can't be compared with a metropolis like London, it is much richer than Burnley, where George used to live. This time, there are more than 30,000 fans who came with Blackburn, and even compared with Liverpool fans, they are not weak at all.

When George led Black to the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, countless reporters gathered around Blackburn's bus.

The reporter who wants to interview George is far more than the Liverpool next to him.

It is estimated that in British football, there are not many people who can make reporters treat a generation of giant Liverpool so differently. And George is the best among them.

Holyer looked at George, who was talking there, but he was not jealous. Because Hollior is not the kind of coach who likes to stand out in front of the media, he prefers to silently study game tactics.

Therefore, I don't like those coaches who play psychological warfare very much, but I don't have a bad impression.

It's just that for George's impression, Hollior is not good.

It's not that the two have any grudges. It was because George used to be the preferred coach of Liverpool, and then Liverpool and George broke down. In fact, there are many such things in football.

If there is nothing else, this kind of thing will soon be forgotten.

But it's not so easy to put it on George and Holier. It has been the third season for Holler to play for Liverpool, but so far he has not won any championship title for Liverpool. But on the other side, George led Blackburn step by step, becoming a strong team in the Premier League that can compete with Manchester United and Arsenal.

And last season, he led Blackburn to the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, the media often bring out George's contact with Liverpool. They think that with the foundation of Liverpool, if George had gone at that time, Liverpool would have won many championships. And there are always media that ridicule Liverpool for missing a famous coach, which has led to a lack of revival.

Liverpool is the first giant in England. Also because of its strength, it dominated British football and swept the European football world. There are many people who have offended. Now that Liverpool is in a bad situation, I don't know how many media are gloating.

If it's okay once or twice, the media comes up with this problem every day, which makes Hollier very annoyed.

So as long as it is news about George, Holler hopes to avoid it. If the reporter asks in this regard, Holier cleverly leads the topic away.

I didn't expect that I didn't avoid George in the League Cup final.

At this time, the Cardiff Millennium Stadium was already full of fans of two teams.

The two teams first cheered for their own clubs, and then began to complain about each other. Blackburn and Liverpool, there is really no grudge in history. Even in these seasons, after George and Hollior took office, there was no grudge.

The two teams have played in the league. In six league games, Blackburn had three wins, two draws and one loss. There is no big grudge in the middle.

Blackburn did not grab Liverpool's championship, and Liverpool did not interfere with Blackburn's championship. Although they are all strong teams, it should be said that there is no hatred.

Unfortunately, I don't know what's going on. The relationship between the two teams is not close.

The Blackburn Evening News and the Liverpool Echo, the newspapers in the two places, will have a quarrel every few days. Therefore, the relationship between the fans of the two teams is not good.

Liverpool fans mocked Blackburn as a redneck and a country team. Blackburn also hit them back. The Premier League has not won a league championship in ten years.

Of course, Liverpool fans are not easy to bully. They took out the pound from their bodies and waved it in the air, and then said that Blackburn was a copper-smelling upstart. Leaning against Jack. Walker's investment only won a league championship.

Blackburn shouted that we are fucking rich.

No one thought of it at the beginning. The relationship between the fans of the two teams is so bad. Therefore, the police who maintain order at the scene are like facing a big enemy, and they are afraid that the fans of the two teams will be emotional and do something extreme.

The policemen with fans in the middle can clearly see the faces of the fans who are naked in February. They blushed and opened their mouths and began to curse. There were also some six or seven-year-old fans who raised their middle fingers and spit on each other through the police.

Those policemen looked nervously at the fans of the two teams. As long as they dared to cross the cordon, they would immediately intervene. It doesn't matter if they complain to each other across the cordon. Once the cordon is crossed, countless policemen will push away the fans.

The head of the police in charge of the on-site order looked at the chaotic scene and contacted the headquarters with the phone.

I scolded in my heart: The group of bastards above gave me such police power. Isn't it said that there is no hatred in the history of the two teams? This is just like a derby.

............"The game is about to start. We have already got the starting list of the two teams. Let's take a look at Holyer's lineup first. The goalkeeper will be Sandel. Westweed, the guard line from left to right is Carragher, Hendoz and Smy. Haipia, Marcus. Babel, the midfielder is Patrick. Berg, Harman, Vladmir. Mitchell and Gerrard, and the strikers are Owen and Robby. Fowler."

"Look at Blackburn's starting lineup. The goalkeeper Kudicini, the defender is Riese, Ferdinand, Panucci and Sanior from left to right, and the midfielder is Pires, Miku, Deko, Marklele, Bellamy from left to right, and the front line is Klose.

(To be continued)