250 The Devil I
Blackburn reached the final of the UEFA Cup and became the focus of English media coverage after the game.
It's not because the English media look at Blackburn pleasing to the eye and look at George pleasing to the eye. It's just that in the European competition, only Blackburn is left.
When the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup and the League Cup came out, the Premier League media was excited. In the Champions Cup, there are Manchester United and Chelsea, and in the League Cup, there are Arsenal, Leeds United, Blackburn. Let the English media think that spring has finally arrived for Premier League teams.
Manchester United won the Champions League last season, which has already excited the English media.
Since the Heysel tragedy, English teams have been very weak in the Champions League. But Manchester United were the first to break this. And this season Premier League teams have been even more aggressive in Europe.
However, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, Manchester United were eliminated by Real Madrid and Chelsea by Barcelona.
Therefore, the eyes of the English media are on the League Cup. It's not as good as the Champions Cup, but at least it's a European competition.
It turns out that there are three Premier League teams in the last four of the UEFA Cup. Blackburn Rovers eliminated Arsenal, while the English media were expecting Leeds United to knock out Galatasaray. It's also a good idea to see an English civil war in the UEFA Cup final.
It was a pity that Leeds United were eliminated by Galatasaray.
And the match between Leeds United and Galatasaray also happened something that shocked the world of football. Before the game, Leeds United fan Christopher Brown. Loftus and Kevin. Spart was assassinated in Istanbul.
This is a football hooligan incident that shocked world football. In the past, as long as world football talked about football hooligans, it would definitely be English football hooligans.
Of course, the fame of English football hooligans is inseparable from Liverpool. In particular, the two major tragedies, the "Heysel tragedy" and the "Hillsborough tragedy", made the English football hooligans famous in world football.
In fact, these two tragedies cannot be completely said to be the responsibility of Liverpool fans. But the official reports at the time were all blaming Liverpool fans, many of whom did not know the real process in detail. Instead, it was taken out of context and then blamed Liverpool fans.
This is very unfair to Liverpool fans. But it is also because of these things that England fans are accused of being football hooligans.
In fact, in the current European football, England is very regulated in terms of managing fans. It is at the forefront of European football in terms of combating fan disturbances and racial discrimination. I don't know how much better than La Liga and Serie A.
But people are still used to thinking of English fans when they think of football hooligans.
This time was different, this time the incident showed everyone the football hooligans of Turkey. Istanbul turned out to be the famous devil's home stadium in European football, and this kind of thing is even more terrifying.
This incident also greatly affected Leeds United's form, which was eliminated by Galatasaray.
Leeds United this season has been a real disaster. Leeds were doing so well at the start of the season, but they didn't expect the scandals of Woodgate and Lee Bowyer to emerge in January. The scandal has had a huge impact on Leeds' form, with a four-game losing streak moving from top to third. Now it is overtaken by Arsenal and lost the Champions League place.
Last season, because of the loss of the League Cup place, he could only enter the League Cup through the International Toto Cup. He performed well in the League Cup and finally reached the semi-finals of the League Cup. And he also ran into Galatasaray, thinking that defeating Galatasaray was not a big problem.
But I didn't expect this to happen. Lost the chance to reach the final of the League Cup.
As a result, there is now only one team left in the Premier League, Blackburn. Of course, it will receive the attention of the English media.
By this time, the English media had finally picked up George's comments at the beginning of the season. George at the time shouted, "My goal is to win the League Cup!" This slogan was ridiculed and criticized by many football celebrities and football commentators at the time.
But towards the end of the season, George's rhetoric was about to come true. Blackburn Rovers are only one game away from the championship.
………… The final of the League Cup is played on May 17. There is almost a month to go, and it is after the end of the Premier League.
So the Premier League has to go on.
With only four games remaining, Blackburn Rovers lead Arsenal by double digits. Even if they lose the rest of their matches, Blackburn will still be able to hold on to their current second place. So George wasn't in a hurry at all.
In the 35th round of the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers defeated Leicester City 2-1 at home.
In the 36th round of the Premier League, Blackburn was defeated by Liverpool 0-2 away.
But now it doesn't matter to George whether he wins or loses. The match against Liverpool is not that George deliberately waterproofed, but that Liverpool is now eager to get a good position. Facing Blackburn, who no longer has much motivation, he is playing with a tiger.
And look back at Manchester United, the top team of the season. They faced Wimbledon and Watford twice away and ended the game three to one in a row. Looking at Manchester United's performance, George was already numb. Manchester United have won nine in a row so far.
Of course, the English media has almost lost interest in the Premier League now. Because of the Premier League title, Manchester United has already won it. Blackburn Rovers are also firmly in second place in the Premier League. The Champions League places in the Premier League are already out.
Even the League Cup quota has been basically decided.
So now there is only one thing that the English media are concerned about. That's the relegation list for this season.
The current relegation situation is confusing. Watford have only 22 points and have already secured a relegation spot. Sheffield Wednesday's 26 points are already hopeless. Now the last relegation spot is what all the media is looking at.
Seventeenth in the Premier League is Bradford, who now has 33 points. Eighteenth place in the Premier League is Burnley with 28 points.
These two teams are currently in contention for the last place in the relegation zone. Burnley are five points behind Bradford and now have only two rounds left, looking hopeless. However, judging from the schedule, Burnley is not without the possibility of a comeback.
In the 37th round of the Premier League, Bradford will face Liverpool away from home. Of course, the best part is that Bradford and Burnley still have a do-or-die battle in the final round. Therefore, Burnley only need to win their last two games to secure a relegation place.
So all the media eyes are now on Burnley's round 37.
Unfortunately, Burnley's opponent in the 37th round was George's Blackburn.
George didn't know how to describe the schedule. Why would you let yourself face Burnley at such an important moment?
………… On 6 May, George led Blackburn to Burnley.
Burnley are now in a life-or-death situation, and once relegated, Burnley will definitely lose everything. Many of the players in the Burnley squad are in high demand. They definitely won't go to League One with the team.
Of course, Burnley after relegation will not have so much money to support these players.
In other words, once relegated, the current Burnley will definitely fall apart.
"Coach Levy, what do you think of Burnley's current relegation situation?"
Now it is Burnley's life-and-death battle, facing Burnley's meritorious coach and of course the biggest traitor in Burnley's history, Blackburn Rovers led by George. Such an interesting thing is very good news in the eyes of journalists.
So as soon as George got off the bus, countless reporters came to George's side.
"No comment."
George's position is now very awkward. George didn't know what to say well. So this is the only way to deal with these journalists.
"Coach Levy, will you let Burnley go?"
Seeing George's cold appearance, a reporter asked George.
George didn't know where this reporter came from, but his cold face just now instantly turned blue at this time.
"On the pitch I never knew what it meant to let someone go. We're still going to give it our all. ”
"Coach Levy, you mean you're going to do everything you can to win. Make Mr. Kilby regret it? As soon as George's words fell, a reporter asked a very sharp question.
George squinted at the reporter.
"How many years have you been a journalist?"
"Nine years." The journalist replied with great pride.
"Nine years?" George asked the reporter rhetorically, then shook his head. "I think your nine-year career as a journalist has been such a failure. You've lived to the belly of a dog for decades. Am I talking about that? ”
"Humph!"
Now faced with this kind of schedule, George didn't know who to resent in his heart. George, who was already very angry about the current situation, was annoyed and angry when he heard the reporter's nonsense. So with that, George left where he was.
Maybe I'm afraid of irritating George, anyway, there aren't so many fans coming over to boo George today.
George brushed the reporters away, and then entered the Tivmore Stadium with a blushing face. The players behind George also saw that George was not happy. So no one was interviewed by the media and silently followed behind George.
Morgan looked at George's back, and all kinds of thoughts welled up in his heart.
If George had remained at Burnley, it would have been Burnley who would have reached the final of the UEFA Cup now. Perhaps George will stay at Burnley, who have already shown their skills in the Champions Cup this season.
George, George.
This is a meritorious coach who has left a strong mark in the history of Burnley. Now he is at Burnley as a century-old rival manager, and it was at the most important moment.
What would George think at this time?
Morgan shook his head. Anger suddenly appeared in his heart, Kir is a bastard than you. If it weren't for you, Burnley would be a Premier League powerhouse right now.
(To be continued)