76 Derby Strikes Back

George clapped his hands on the sidelines, making the somewhat frustrated players look at him. "It's just a ball, there's still time. No big deal, cheer me up. ”

However, the stadium was so noisy that except for Camoranesi, who was very close to George, everyone else could not hear George's words clearly. But George's gesture there was understood.

"Steve, go up and replace Grant. Your main mission is to keep an eye on Duff and get Neil to help defend Duff as well. You can also see the characteristics of Duff, keep an eye on him, don't kick at will, but keep a firm eye on him as a person. Don't worry about anything else, just watch Duff. And then I told Mitchell to do what I had set up before the game. ”

In the 32nd minute, Steve Finnan went up and Grant went down.

"Grant, I'm sorry." This kind of substitution in the first half is very rare, except for unexpected factors such as injuries and red cards. Grant was Burnley's old courtier again, and George didn't want Grant to have any other ideas.

Although replacing Grant now, it does make Grant very faceless.

Grant's face was indeed very bad now, but when he heard George's words, he shook his head. "I'm sorry, George. It seems that I am really old, has it disrupted your plans. Grant smiled apologetically.

Hearing Grant's words, George breathed a sigh of relief. George patted Grant on the shoulder. "Thank you, Grant."

Burnley, who restarted the kick-off, were unhurried and their morale was not affected.

Although it was a goal, Hodgson kept making pressing gestures on the sidelines. George squinted at Hodgson's action, and knew in his heart that Hodgson was really in a hurry. Blackburn are currently in poor form, and the pressure on Hodgson is indeed very high.

Prior to Blackburn, Hodgson had an illustrious coaching resume. He was one of the candidates for the England national team manager, but after arriving at Blackburn, Hodgson was like a Waterloo. Blackburn have just two wins in the Premier League so far.

Therefore, Hodgson is very keen to beat Burnley and boost Blackburn's morale.

However, Blackburn's middle is still firmly suppressed by Burnley, and can only continue to play on the wing. However, Ripley on the right side has never been able to regain the style of the Premier League championship in front of Daniel, who is an extraordinary left-back in terms of body, speed and technique.

After Finnan went up, he was nominally a right-back, but he hardly cared about his defensive position. Instead, he clings to Duff, who is a genius. But Finnan has been training in the lower leagues for a long time, and all kinds of small moves and defenses are constant, which makes Duff very uncomfortable.

However, Blackburn's attack was still focused on Duff, but this time Duff did not complete a dragon. Under Finnan's constant interference, Duff stumbled a little. Neil Lennon, who was caught in the middle, made a steal, and Neil Lennon passed to Ballack very quickly.

The moment Ballack got the ball, Ljungberg and Camoranesi, who were on the left and right wings, immediately spread along the wings. Pulled Blackburn's defense away. For Blackburn, Ljungberg and Camoranesi are Burnley's biggest opponents to watch out for at the moment.

The three people that Hodgson named before the game for Burnley to watch out for are Ljungberg, Camoranesi and Ballack. In fact, among the people named by Hodgson before the game, there was Robbie Keane, but unfortunately George did not let Robbie Keane play. As for Klose, in their eyes there is nothing but a header.

After Ballack got the ball, he didn't pass it to the wing as before. Suddenly, a provocative pass came to the front.

In this game, apart from a couple of headers, Klose, who had not shown much in the game, suddenly had an anti-offside position and cut diagonally. No one expected, not even many Burnley fans, that Klose would be so fast.

The moment Klose was seen rushing through the line, Hodgson stood up. And then I secretly cursed Burnley in my heart, Burnley, you big liar, there is absolutely something wrong with the player data they provide. It says Klose's 100-meter stats are 11.8 seconds.

In fact, Hodgson wronged Burnley, and Klose's 100-meter speed was definitely not fast. Compared to a lot of strikers, the stats are definitely not very pretty, but this is just a written statistic. But when it comes to starting speed and 30-metre sprint speed, Klose can be described as blistering in this regard.

Klose's explosive power for a moment was very amazing, and it was Blackburn's old captain Hendry who reacted quickly and immediately returned to the defense. It's a pity that Hendry is not only old, but also has no explosiveness compared to back then.

Ballack's pass penetrated Blackburn's defensive line in one fell swoop. After Klose got the ball, he was already the goalkeeper who faced Blackburn.

Flores saw that Klose was already a one-man knife, so he was very decisive in abandoning the goal.

'Miro, I'm not going to just bring in a player. I brought you in because you have enough training value. If you work hard, you can become a world-class striker. Miro, do you believe me? ”

"Miro, I never say big things. Especially for my players, are you willing to trust me and listen to me? ”

George remembers everything Klose said, and if I can be a world-class striker, then start from this moment. Klose was very determined, and instead of passing the goalkeeper or shooting like other strikers, Klose pulled out his feet and shot angrily.

Ballack passes...... Klose. Wow, Klose was so explosive that he knocked over all the Blackburn defenders at once. ”

'It's Burnley's best chance, Klose single-handedly! He's in the box, Flores has rushed out! ”

"Shoot! gooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!! Beautiful, it's a classic anti-offside. ”

Flores had already judged correctly, but Klose's shot was fast and tricky, and it was still a boccia. Let Flores not be able to tragedy.

Klose was so excited when he scored the goal that he did another flip of his trademark celebration. In fact, George warned Klose early on that he was not allowed to use such a celebration unless it was an important goal in an important game.

With Klose's front flip, the Burnley fans at Ewood Park were in a state of flux. The atmosphere of the Red Policy was completely ignited by this goal, and the Blackburn fans of the Blue Policy next to them were much quieter.

George, who had been standing on the sidelines to follow the game, raised his hands and ran more than ten meters at the moment Klose scored, and then waved his hand fiercely. At this time, Blackburn's assistant coach came to George's side and pushed George.

Because George came to the Blackburn bench and raised his hands in celebration, which made Hodgson, who was next to him, frown tightly. This young coach is so uneducated.

Evan Sawyer saw Blackburn's assistant coach pushing George, and quickly went up to push Blake's head coach away.

The fourth referee saw the situation here and hurriedly came over to pull them away.

"Coach Levy, you can celebrate over there." For George, all referees are a headache right now.

George was happy, but he wasn't going to argue with the referee. So I quickly said sorry to the fourth referee. "I'm sorry, I'm just too excited. It's just going in the wrong direction. ”

"It better be, Coach Levy."

George was advised by the fourth referee to come to his bench.

"Hahaha, Coach Levy can be the focus of the game in any game." Mortensen laughed when he saw the clash between George and Blackburn's assistant coach.

'It was a stroke of genius to start Klose in this game. The Blackburn defenders obviously didn't pay attention to Klose, and they didn't expect Klose to be so explosive. Klose is a little rough on his feet, but he has a good header and fast speed, and he still has a lot of prospects. "Alan Hansen still admires Klose.

Mortenson also nodded. "Alain, everybody says Klose is the worst of the players George has chosen. But who knows, maybe Klose has something in him that makes George value the most. ”