"Burnley bastards, we're going to give them a look."

"George's megalomaniacal boy, we'll let him know he's awesome."

"Bastard, George. You are the least popular person in Birmingham. ”

"Burnley wants to upgrade, dream."

Before the first round of the First Division began, Birmingham fans were clamoring in interviews.

"It's actually an honor to be hated." George closed the BBC reporter interviewing Birmingham City fans and laughed and talked in the away dressing room. It was the first round of League One fixtures, with Burnley away at Birmingham.

"You should know why Birmingham hates us."

Except for a few people who had just joined, everyone else was smiling. Speaking of which, the two can have such a big contradiction, it should start from last season. By the time George returned to work at the end of the season, Birmingham had a good chance of qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, George poured four goals at Birmingham's home stadium, making Birmingham completely disqualified from the play-offs.

From then on, Birmingham fans would gnash their teeth when they talked about Burnley and George.

"Looks like you've all remembered, you should remember the game." George was just amused and childish about the reaction of the Birmingham fans. "Now that we've made the Birmingham fans so annoying, it's useless what we do. So what's the best thing to do? ”

"Let them continue to hate us." Daniel, who was sitting in the corner, shouted at his neck. It made all the players laugh out loud.

"Yes, Daniel got it right." George was very happy that Daniel knew how to cooperate with him so well. "We're going to make Birmingham remember us forever and make them hate us forever."

"We're not at the same level as Birmingham and we don't have the same goals. They're just teams that spend their days in the lower leagues, thinking that one day they'll be promoted with a bit of luck. George counted Birmingham down, but Burnley was not the same. When he was promoted to the First Division, Kilby's original thinking was just how Burnley could establish themselves in League One. If it weren't for George's leadership and a series of great results, how could Kilby think about promotion.

'Birmingham are such a half-dead team, what kind of team are we at Burnley and what are our goals for this season!'

"Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade! "Whether it's a new player or an old player, they all shout in unison.

"Yes, upgrade. We at Burnley shouldn't be in the first division, we're going to go to the damn Super League. We're going to be in the Premier League, I'm going to be the manager of the Premier League this time next year and you're going to be the players of the Premier League. ”

"Premier League, Premier League!"

George looked at the excited players and nodded. 'It's the first game and the road to the Premier League is at our feet.'

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"Listen to the cursing at St Andreus' stadium as they curse incessantly at Burnley's young coach George Levy. Just looking at the atmosphere at St Andurus Stadium, you would think it was a century-old town derby. In fact, Burnley and Birmingham have not had any hatred at all in the past 100 years. BBC celebrity John Mortensen commentates on the game. He looked at the atmosphere on the pitch and shook his head with a smile.

"John, you can't blame the Birmingham fans. Birmingham fans are angry with Burnley. There were no grudges in the first hundred years, but one game was enough for the two teams to hate for many years. Liverpool legend and current BBC presenter Alan Hansen was the other host of the game.

"yes, Birmingham had a good chance of finishing in the top six last year. However, they lost four goals at home to Burnley and were completely out of the promotion play-off list. Allan, do you remember what Coach Levy said after the game? ”

"Of course, George was a League One man of the day. He said that if he wanted to upgrade, he asked Burnley first. ”

"Hahahaha, this coach who is even much younger than a lot of players, is really interesting. He simply announced this year that Burnley had booked a promotion spot. Morteson and Alan Hansen were laughing there.

"But judging from the game, Birmingham fans can only continue to hate Burnley." The game was too easy, or rather too one-sided. Alan Hansen teased both teams with great ease.

"Now Burnley is getting more and more like a strong team, it should be said that they are becoming more and more mature." That's how Mortensen said about the current Burnley team.

Burnley started last season with an impressive performance. In particular, the solid defense has made all the League One teams look forward to it. A number of pundits have agreed that Burnley's promotion is a foregone conclusion after a little more than a quarter of the way through League One.

Unfortunately, George's car accident happened later, and Burnley's grades plummeted. It is a pity for many media outlets for Burnley.

However, Burnley at that time was not without its shortcomings, and the biggest drawback was walking on one leg. The right side is clearly better than the left, with most of the attacks on the left side being attacked from behind by left-back Daniel Morrison. Therefore, as long as the opponent chooses to defend to the death, especially Ljungberg on the right side, once he is in a bad state and cannot open the wing, then the middle is not easy to play.

But this year was different, with George bringing in Camoranesi and Ljungberg moving to the left to echo Daniel, Burnley's wide field opened up all of a sudden. The wide open gave Ballack more options in the middle.

George had a few new changes to his starting line-up line-up, with a combination of Klose and Robbie Keane up front. The newcomer Robbie Keane really made George shine, in fact, George's biggest impression of Robbie Keane was his performance at Liverpool.

Robbie Keane's performance at Liverpool was a truly disastrous performance and one of the pieces of evidence that Benitez bought the wrong man at Liverpool. Therefore, although Robbie Keane is very famous, George has not seen much of Robbie Keane's performance at his peak.

But this time, seeing Robbie Keane at the age of seventeen, George was greatly impressed. Seventeen-year-old Robbie Keane is already very top-notch. Not only surpasses many of his peers, but even has the strength to be the main player in some of the lower reaches of the Premier League. It's a true talent, so George didn't hesitate to choose Robbie Keane as the team's main player.

In addition to Camoranesi playing right midfield, Ljungberg moved to the left, Nil Rennon in the middle was a full-time defensive midfielder, and Ballack was the core of the midfield.

There were few changes at the back other than Finnan for Grant and Jaskelainen for Miller.

If there is a change, it is that Burnley has strengthened their attacking power from the previous careful defense.

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It was Ljungberg who scored the goal for the team, and after a season in League One, Ljungberg became more and more of a big man. The breaks, the passes, the shots were all done pretty well, and the Burnley players were very supportive of Ljungberg.

When Ljungberg was on the right, more than half of Burnley's attack was concentrated on the right. Now Ljungberg is on the left, with Burnley's attack more concentrated on the left.

This makes Camoranesi's right side a little quiet. But George is not worried, because the situation is just because everyone is familiar with Ljungberg and is used to giving the ball to Ljungberg. And George believes in Ballack, he will definitely know how to get the ball to the most dangerous places.

Birmingham are also very familiar with Ljungberg, so they are also dedicated to defending. Unfortunately, after moving to the left, Ljungberg's approach to football changed. It's not like on the right side, it's more about going to the bottom line and then passing the ball. It's more about the shot after cutting inside, or teaming up with Daniel to make Birmingham's right-back unguardable.

In the 23rd minute, it was also the hesitation of the Birmingham right-back that caused the goal. Ljungberg got on the ball and Daniel on the left cut in at high speed, leaving Birmingham's right-back in trouble. Not knowing how to defend, Ljungberg cut inside with the ball in this gap, creating a hole in Birmingham's defence.

Ljungberg was twenty-five meters from the goal, and suddenly a cold shot sent the ball into the goal. The Birmingham goalkeeper didn't react at all.

This is what George has focused on in the summer, with Camoranesi and Finnan on the right being more on crosses, while Ljungberg on the left is more about cutting inside and Daniel.

"Our Levy coach was cool today, wearing an Armani coat." There was no suspense in the game, with Burnley firmly in control. If it weren't for the Birmingham goalkeeper's brilliance, Burnley would have scored two or three goals long ago. So Mortenson's eyes were fixed on George's dress.

George wore an Armani coat today and has been standing on the sidelines of the pitch since the opening kick-off, with his hands in his pockets.

It wasn't George's own attire, of course, but was put on at the behest of Saila Emic. In the midst of the invective of tens of thousands of people at the St. Andurus Stadium, George stood on the sidelines like a hero against the sky, ignoring the fans' curses at him.

At the end of the first half, Burnley were 1-0 ahead of Birmingham.

(Happy New Year to all.) ）