After seeing Owen's danger, George directly replaced Sagnol with Hargreaves. Changed the lineup to a back three, all to restrain Irving. Now Liverpool in George's eyes, except for Owen, there are no players who can change the situation on the field.

In fact, among the future Liverpool, there is a superstar who has been in turmoil several times. He's Steven. Gerald, it's a pity that Gerald is too young and young at this time. And Houllier values Gerrard's physical strength and defense more than Gerrard's offensive ability.

It wasn't until Rafael Benitez arrived at Liverpool that Gerrard's attacking prowess was fully developed.

But now Gerrard simply doesn't have the ability to change the situation on the field. Or rather, it limits his ability in this regard. So when George stared at Owen, Liverpool's attack was cut in half.

George looked at Hargreaves and followed Owen like a dogskin plaster, and his hands and feet were not very clean. One hand even grabbed Owen's clothes, whether Owen had a ball or not. This made George like Hargreaves more and more.

George liked it a little, but Houllier frowned tightly. Because Blackburn's offense is getting more and more violent.

Houllier is not a man of great courage. Or that Houllier is a conservative coach. His team doesn't take risks, and he doesn't like them.

After seeing the fierce attack from Blackburn's side, Houllier immediately chose to be conservative.

Houllier replaced Fowler with Barmsby. Let Bambi play on the right and Gerrard back to the middle to help Hamann defend. Replacing a striker with an attacking midfielder is not a conservative move.

But the meaning of this substitution is clear.

Soon Liverpool's formation shrank back. Owen was left alone.

Mom, what is Hollier trying to do? Did he want to play penalty?

With nearly twenty minutes to go until the end of the game, Houllier was playing defense so quickly.

In fact, Hollier wants to continue to play offense with George, but George has a hard time. After all, Liverpool is a strong team, and more importantly, Liverpool's players have a kind of momentum. Or rather, it's not the momentum of the Liverpool players, it's the momentum that their club has.

This kind of spirit can make up for their lack of strength.

Just like Liverpool's shocking reversal in the Champions League, in fact, Milan was at its peak at that time. Although Benitez was called a master tactician, it was his change that allowed Liverpool to win.

But even Benitez can't make Liverpool more powerful than Milan's. After the equaliser, Milan still had plenty of chances.

Liverpool eventually held on, though. And in the end, it won. Why? It's because Liverpool has a spirit of not admitting defeat. This is not injected by Benitez, but the precipitation left over from the illustrious history of Liverpool FC.

Therefore, Hollier attacked, and George had to worry. But now that Houllier retracted himself, it couldn't have been better. This is his own momentum.

George originally wanted to attack, but now seeing Houllier's adjustment, he sneered in his heart. Holier, Holier, if you dare to retreat, I will dare to chase after you.

Seeing Liverpool's formation retreat, George first replaced Bellamy with Hleb.

George was very pleased with Bellamy's performance in this match. But now that Liverpool's formation is recycled, Bellamy's speed is fast, but his technique in a small space is flawed. So George replaced Bellamy with Hleb, the king of the best.

Houllier saw that it was just a counterpoint substitution. There is no indication that Hleb is much less famous than Bellamy.

But George didn't end there. Five minutes later, George replaced Makelele with Drogba. In this way, Blackburn's formation became 3-5-2, and the midfield became a combination of Hargreaves, Deco and Miku.

In fact, it is said that it is five midfielders, and Pire and Hleb are pressed higher.

George's series of substitutions was dazzling.

Houllier really didn't expect George's substitution to be so resolute. This kind of substitution made Houllier unable to deal with it for a while, but it was such a moment of hesitation that George's substitution effect came out.

Just five minutes after George replaced Drogba, at the end of the eighty-second minute of the game, Hleb on the right broke through with the ball. In the face of Carragher's defence, he easily changed direction.

At this time, because Liverpool has a lot of players in the backfield, but Hleb is like a little loach, weaving between several defenders. None of the Liverpool players were able to cut off Hleb's ball, and of course Hleb was not able to enter Liverpool's hinterland.

But it was this breakthrough that allowed Liverpool's defense to reveal the slightest hole.

Hleb did not continue to dribble the ball, but passed to Panucci, who came up. Panucci was directly a cross, and Drogba stepped forward and rubbed it. Unlike last season, Drogba's judgment of the team's landing position has improved a lot.

Coupled with Drogba's perverted body, he stepped forward to grab the ball, and Henchoz couldn't pull him at all.

Klose leaned on Hyypia and received the ball, but couldn't turn around at all because of Hyypia. Klose is not a simple goalscorer, and his all-round surname is even one of the best in world football.

Klose knew before he had the ball that it would be impossible to turn and shoot with Hyypia.

So the moment he got the ball, he passed the ball to Miku, who was following behind.

“…… Klose, the return ...... Miku, now that the box is full of Liverpool players, what will Miku do......

Indeed, when Miku got the ball, the former Liverpool defender, Hamann next to him, and Gerrard behind him pressed him. It can be said that there are players on all sides, and everyone is guarding against Miku's long-range shot.

However, Miku picked up his thighs, but he didn't shoot. Instead, when you land, gently push to the left. The ball came out of the encirclement and came to the point of the gap.

Miku's performance is getting better and better, and people are becoming more and more stable. Even in the face of this environment, he is still calm. And although this pass is a simple push on the right side, it has the effect of lifting weight.

This push immediately threw off the Liverpool players around Miku.

It was Deco who came up to catch the ball, and when Deco stepped forward, there were very few people around Deco.

“…… It was a beautiful goal, and it disrupted Liverpool's defense in one fell swoop. Deco, Shooting ...... It's not a shot, it's a pass! ”

When Deco came up, everyone thought Deco was a shot on goal. But Deco still didn't have a shot on goal, and it looked like he was going to shoot harder, but it was a soft pick-and-roll pass. It was passed to Pire, who cut in on the left.

All eyes were on Deco's shot, and no one was looking at Pire.

So when Pire received the ball, there was no one around him. Pire was completely confronted with Westerved.

“…… Pire, shoot! ”

Pire's shot was simple. It was just a gentle push with his right foot, and the ball rolled into the net before Westerveld could react.

'Let's count, Hargreaves in midfield to Deco, Deco to Hleb, Hleb to Panucci, Drogba's header back, Klose's return pass, Miku's cross, Deco's lob, Pire's shot.

"None of the Liverpool players touched the ball in this series of passes. It's so beautiful. This ball thoroughly shows the characteristics of Blackburn. ”

"It's three to two, Blackburn Rovers took the lead again in the final moments of the game."

"George's series of tweaks have paid off. Coach Houllier was slow to respond. ”

The moment he saw Pire's goal, George jumped on the sidelines. The ball was too timely. George didn't want to play overtime, which would affect the player's physical strength a lot. It is not good for Blackburn in the league and the Champions League.

Now that the goal has been scored, George has finally put his mind at ease.

Hum! Coach Houllier, don't look at you as a coach for 20 years, but you can't!

It's good to know that it's prudent, but it's not okay to be overly cautious and conservative. Especially in an important game like this, sometimes it just takes a breath. It's hard to talk about morale, but it's the kind of morale that you need for important games.

If you retract yourself, you will cut off your hands and feet. There is no reason not to lose!

With a goal behind, Houllier was in a hurry again. Replaced Harman with Husky and wanted to attack.

George wasn't the kind of guy who didn't know anything about the sky, and he immediately put Hargreaves back on the right. Reverted to a back four. Even Miku pulled back, and Deco was in a position.

Now Liverpool is also out of the way.

There is no rule, just a variety of long passes.

George watched the ball fly around his penalty area on the sidelines. However, Blackburn's side was not just beaten, and after grabbing the ball, he immediately went on a counterattack. Another long pass from Deco even caused a one-on-one goal for Drogba.

Drogba's speed was not slow, and he threw off those defenders and went forward with the ball.

It's a pity that Drogba's shot was too bad. It turned out to be a kick to Westerved. George was actually ready to celebrate, but when he saw Drogba's shot, he immediately scolded with a wry smile. "Evan, go back and let this kid Didier practice shooting. Give me a hard time. I'm. ”

But this is just a joke.

"Doodoo-"

With the referee's whistle, the whole game was over.

"The 2001 League Cup final is finally over. Blackburn Rovers won 3-2 against Liverpool to claim their first ever Carabao Cup title. Congratulations Blackburn! ”

'George, this is his second League Cup title. Congratulations to George, who is only thirty-two years old. This is the fifth cup title of George's managerial career, and perhaps George is a manager who excels in cup competitions. ”

"Finally, congratulations to Blackburn!"

(To be continued)