24 I parked a tank
Ballack's goal completely crushed Blackburn, and they were never able to organize a decent attack again.
On the contrary, in the 79th minute, Poboski received a pass from Ballack and made a long-distance run, and the final score was fixed at 0:3. Away Burnley, who were playing away, won at Ewood Park with a three-goal advantage.
Although it was only a third-round Carabao Cup game, the Burnley players were as excited as if they had won the Carabao Cup.
When Ballack scored, George knew it was a win. But when he actually won the game, George felt exhausted. George could only stand there stunned, saying to himself: I won the first derby, I won the damn Blackburn.
"George, we won. We won. Karl Pat was already happily incoherent, having also been a coach at Blackburn Rovers when the Blackburn fans humiliated Burnley. It was a shame that I will never forget.
George smiled and nodded. "Yes, we won."
All of a sudden, Burnley's coaches and players came up to George, caught him off guard, and then lifted him high. They were all thanking George for bringing this victory to Burnley.
Mitchell, Grant, Miller and other veteran players threw George very hard, and when George was the head coach, several of them were unconvinced. But they knew that without George, they would never be able to take revenge on Blackburn in their lives. They thanked George from the bottom of their hearts at this moment.
Barack, Pobosky, Daniel and others are even more grateful to George. Without George, some of them would have been left to play in the amateur league.
This is how the Burnley players expressed their gratitude to George. Burnley finished bottom of the First Division last season, suffering relegation. In the end, Burnley chose George, the 27-year-old coach, but I believe it was the right choice for Burnley. Burnley purged most of their players in the summer, buying eight players and promoting two youth players. But look at Burnley's current results, nine wins in a row in the league and three wins in the Carabao Cup. This time it was a three-goal away win over Blackburn. ”
"Congratulations to the young coach Levy who has brought out a team that is very combative. The players he brought in in the summer have been very good. Coach Levy is now the youngest coach of all levels of professional club in England. With such a talented manager, his future stage will definitely not be in the lower leagues. ”
The two commentators spoke very highly of George.
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No one cared too much about the losers, with more than half of Blackburn Rovers fans leaving the stadium even before the game was over. The rest of the fans also walked away after the game.
Ray Shafort grimaced, shook hands with George as usual, and left the court.
"Morgan, why are you still here. Don't go to the press conference to take a seat. George spotted Morgan, a reporter for the Burnley Post, in the players' tunnel, so he laughed and said, "I don't want to interview here." ”
Morgan shook his head. "I'm not here for an interview, and I think it's time to interview."
Morgan's relationship with Burnley FC is quite good, and almost no Burnley player will refuse an interview with him.
"And who are you?"
Morgan gestured to the fans bouncing around the stands and the players who were still there celebrating their victory. "I'm also a native of Burnley and I want to feel the victory with everyone. Over the years, Blackburn, whether it was the club, the players, the fans and the newspapers, would only make fun of us at Burnley. Finally breathed a sigh of relief today. ”
Morgan took a deep breath and nodded at George. "George, I want to apologize to you."
"Huh?" George was stunned, very puzzled.
'To be honest, when I found out you were the new manager, I was very unhappy with the club. As a head coach, twenty-seven years old, is too young. But you convinced me with your results. Morgan touched the position of his heart.
George opened his arms and looked around the stands. "Morgan, my goal is to conquer Ewood Park completely. So that Blackburn fans will never forget me in the future. ”
"I believe in you."
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"Congratulations, Mr. Kilby. Burnley's performance deserved to win. "Even though he lost, Jack Walker was still personable.
"Thank you, Mr. Walker." Kilby was overjoyed now, but he didn't show it in front of Walker.
Walker was the first to leave the VIP room, and when he walked to the door, he turned his head and said, "John, go find out about that coach George." The more detailed, the better. ”
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When George came to the press conference, he was stunned by the reporters at the scene. Because this is the first time George has met so many reporters since he was the head coach. George knows this is due to the influence of Blackburn, who were also Premier League champions last season.
The position of Shafort next to him was empty. But George didn't care what Shafort was thinking now. Nodding at the host, signaling that you can get started. The moderator announced that it was time to start asking questions.
In an instant, all the reporters raised their hands, and looking at nearly thirty hands, George was in a good mood. However, most of the faces are very young, and they should be reporters of low status in major newspapers. It seems that the sooner you go to the Premier League, there will be more reporters interviewing by that time. George casually ordered one.
"I'm a reporter for The Sun. First of all, congratulations to Coach Levy for his victory. Secondly, I would like to ask Coach Levy, don't you feel a little too late as a coach when you made a gesture to shut up the fans today? And it's so disrespectful to Blackburn fans. The smiling coach of The Sun was very sharp when he asked questions.
George's most despised and hated newspaper in England was The Sun. George maintained his trademark smile.
"I'm a coach at Burnley, why should I respect the Blackburn fans. I'm a coach, not an angel. Taking care of the emotions of the Blackburn fans is not part of my job. I'm responding to the ridicule of the Blackburn fans in '91. I would say that we at Burnley are now on the right path and the Premier League is already beckoning us. But Blackburn Rovers are already in front of the door of the First Division. ”
"Next." After George finished speaking, he simply ignored the Sun reporter.
This is a correspondent from The Times, and he is relatively friendly. 'Coach Levy, Burnley's left-back Daniel Morrison was very good in today's game. I heard that you started training him from the youth team, can you evaluate him? ”
"Daniel, he's a talented player." Speaking of Daniel Morrison, George is in a good mood, and he talks endlessly. 'Daniel has everything to succeed, he can play left-back, left-forward, left-winger. With him, the England national team will never have any problems on the left side for the next ten years. ”
As soon as George's words came out, all the reporters present took a deep breath. George's evaluation is very high.
The reporter who stood up then was also quite annoying to George. And he is a reporter that George knows very well, Steven Yellen, a reporter for the Blackburn Evening News. "Coach Levy, I remember when you slammed Swindon for a 10-0-0 formation after your first game in charge. And there was a bus in front of the door. Why did Burnley also park a bus in front of the door today, could it be that he learned from Swindon? ”
Steven was in a very bad mood today, who allowed Blackburn to clean up three goals and lose at home. And it was lost to Burnley, who didn't want to lose the most.
"You said I had a bus in front of my door?" George asked Steven with a smile, then shook his head with a smile. "I had a tank parked in front of the door, and there were three shells, all of which hit the target. Don't you see the scoreboard, 0:3, and those three are the cannonballs we fired. ”
George smiled slightly, and as he spoke, he stood up and winked at Steven. "Tanks, shells, 'bang bang bang'. Hahaha. ”