235 Reasons for Staying (Part I)
"How?"
The next day, Yang Feng was led by his father to Blackburn. George didn't say much during the whole process and gave everything to Carl.
A young player is actually not needed for Karl. It's just because of George's attention and the young players introduced by George himself, that Karl personally appeared at the assessment site. Next to Carl is Adrian, the coach of the youth team. Gray.
Adrian. Gray is currently the head of Blackburn's Academy.
After Yang Feng came to the training ground, he had to conduct some assessments. As soon as Carl got the assessment data, George and Evan came to Carl's side.
"It's fast, and it's not much better than Irving when he was younger." Karl handed over the data of the 100-meter, 60-meter, and 30-meter speed tests to George, while sighing in admiration.
George looked at the data, and it was indeed very good. George smiled, he hadn't looked away. Yang Feng's speed is indeed very fast, and it is not ordinarily fast.
Ever since Owen came out of nowhere, the England coach's favorite thing to say about a fast player is that this man has a lot of speed with Owen. Some English media even named Klose "German Owen" after seeing his explosiveness and speed.
George just laughed at this arrogant display of the English media.
The narcissism of the English media is completely comparable to that of the Chinese media.
"What about the others?"
"The technique is outstanding, and I don't think there's a player at England's age group with that skill." Carl looked at Yang Feng, who was preparing to play, and whispered to George.
After Yang Feng had just taken the test, Adrian immediately arranged for Yang Feng to compete.
"Not only at his age, but also in the current England senior squad that has not been able to surpass him in terms of technique."
George nodded. The Premier League was later nicknamed "British Rough" by many Chinese fans. Although it is mixed with the prejudice of many fans in other leagues, there are also many fans who laugh at the England national team. The technique of those English players was too rough.
"But when it comes to technology, those who play street football don't have skills. There are also players who play football on the beach in Brazil who are better than Pele and Maradona. After all, football is not something that can be played only with skill. ”
"Whether Denelson's technology is good or not, it is not the world's largest parallel import."
Seeing George's bright smile, Carl poured cold water on George.
George shrugged, and Carl was certainly not wrong. Those who play synchronized football, their skills are more dazzling and dazzling than anyone else's. But let them play in regular games, they don't play as well as the players in the third and fourth divisions of England.
Carr's Denilson is the biggest joke in the history of world football.
Denilson used to be the most expensive player in the world, but since coming to Betis, his performance cannot be described even in the word rubbish. Denelson may be a genius, a genius that no one can understand. He only lives in his own world, he only plays his own football. No one can ever understand him.
But from the perspective of modern football, he is an out-and-out parallel import.
"I'm thin and my passing awareness needs to be improved." After watching the field for a few minutes, Evan expressed his opinion to George and Carl.
After Yang Feng came on the court, he didn't get a few balls. And the body is thinner than other small players, and if you are hit by someone, you will fall. And the passing is out of tune with other players.
"Left-footed player, let him go to the left wing. Then tell them to give him more balls. ”
George looked at it for a while and found out. Yang Feng was thin and weak, and it was the first time to play this kind of regular game, so he was very uncomfortable. And Yang Feng was placed in the middle, and he didn't pose much threat in the face of regular defense.
So George asked them to put Yang Feng on the left side. Avoid the middle of the alley, where the defensive intensity is thicker.
After reaching the left wing, Yang Feng's performance improved. Of course, it's still not satisfactory. However, Yang Feng is on the wing, but he can give full play to his excellent speed and technique. In these kids' games, the speed and skill of the wind and speed are difficult to defend one-on-one.
"Because I didn't have formal training, I was a little uncomfortable. But it's not a big problem, as long as you train well, you will definitely be fine. After seeing Yang Feng's activity on the side, Karl nodded.
"Being thin is not a problem either. As long as the nutrition can keep up, his body can still grow. I'm only thirteen years old now, and I still have a long way to go. ”
Carl wrote his thoughts in the report, and then signed his name with a stroke of a pen.
'I would suggest that you develop him as a winger. After writing his thoughts, Carl suggested to George.
George nodded.
"Cultivate as a wide player first."
In fact, in George's heart, Yang Feng should be a forward like Kaka. Once assaulted, there is no one to stop in the middle. And in terms of technology in a small space, Yang Feng is better than Kaka.
Yang Feng's matter turned out to be a sensation for the three coaches of the first team. This came as a shock to a lot of young players.
These three first-team coaches are the Big Three of the first-team coaching staff. A head coach, an assistant coach, a coach who catches training. The three of them came to the academy together for a thirteen-year-old player. The way they looked at Yang Feng changed.
Actually, they were all wrong. Today it turned out that George was the only one who was ready to come and have a look. But both Karl and Evan are a little curious about the difference between the young players that George personally introduced.
They're just curious. Yang Feng is only thirteen years old now, and he is still early to be able to play.
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This is just a small episode in the boring league.
Blackburn Rovers have to continue their league campaign.
On 18 December, Blackburn Rovers travelled to Sunderland.
Sunderland are the team that have just been promoted this season. Looking ahead to the season, many football commentators agree that Sunderland are relegation favourites. Their strength is a scum in the Premier League. But I didn't expect that the Premier League was already halfway through, and Sunderland was still ranked seventh in the Premier League.
Sunderland's head coach is Peter. Reed.
The coach had impressive results at Everton during his playing days. He is only 43 years old this year, and he is one of the young young coaches in English football. But it led Sunderland to great results.
There are hardly any good players for Sunderland to be named at the moment.
Historically, Sunderland has had Kevin. Phillips, with his and Quinn's forward line, is a very famous combination in the Premier League. Kevin. Phillips has even scored 30 goals this season.
But now there is no Kevin. Phillips, but Peter. Reid still led Sunderland to very good results.
This had to make George admire Peter. Reed's coaching ability. Just don't understand why the future Peter. Why doesn't Reed have any fame? It even fell to the point of going to Thailand to be the head coach.
However, although Sunderland is strong, they have a single style of play.
They are a traditional England team that plays with two wingers and a high striker, Quinn.
George actually doesn't like to play against a team like that. Because they have a lot of crosses in a game, or passes from the back, into the Blackburn Rovers box. As long as the Blackburn defenders relax a little, they are likely to be scored.
George prefers to play against teams that are continental. Especially a team like Leeds United.
They never blindly cross, pass the ball, and patiently push through the midfield.
Thankfully, Sunderland's strength is not strong.
Until now, it is only because of the contempt and ignorance of other teams, coupled with their anger, that they have been able to get to where they are now. A high school forward like Quinn has no problem playing other teams. But if you want to play Hyypia and Ferdinand, it's not so easy.
Hyypia's air supremacy is definitely one of the best in the Premier League.
Therefore, George's style of play is to let go of the high ball in the middle and control their two wings. Then use Blackburn's flanks to tear apart their attack.
Sunderland's overall style of play is outstanding, or rather, the chemistry between their players is high. If you play with a regular style, you need some patience to break their defense.
However, George was reluctant to fight step by step, so George chose Bellamy. Pound their right side non-stop with the speed of Bellamy's perverts. It worked well, and although it didn't get a goal, it made Sunderland's right side a big hit.
It's too hard for one person to defend Bellamy. Bellamy never plays with the players who defend him, just one word. It's about running, using speed to pass people.
“…… Bellamy, pulled Bellamy's down...... It simply can't keep up with Bellamy's speed. I often say that Bellamy has already gone sideways in the Premier League with a speed. Bellamy's speed, coupled with the fact that the Blackburn midfielder can always give Bellamy some comfortable balls, makes Bellamy's advantage play to the extreme. ”
The Sunderland defender left the foul in a very depressed manner. I didn't even look at the yellow card shown by the referee.
'Miku and Pire were both in front of the ball. Who will it be? Both of them had a free-kick and Miku was up for the run...... It's not Miku, Miku is just a cover, Pire! ”
On the right, Pire's free-kick was very characteristic.
Miku took cover at the side, and then Pireth went up and gave him a pinch of it. The ball goes around the human wall in a perfect arc.
"Nice free-kick. Blackburn's free-kick was more of Miku's serve, but Pire also had one. ”
"Thirty-one minutes into the first half, Sunderland were already 1-0 down at home. And the two players on the right who defended Bellamy were both yellow cards. It's a tough game. ”
In fact, even if Bellamy breaks in, he usually chooses to force his own shot. So as long as the inside line is guarded, the current Bellamy threat will be greatly reduced. But Sunderland always thought that Bellamy's breakthrough would be dangerous, so they wanted to block Bellamy on the outside.
The end result was that no one on the outside could defend against Bellamy, who was speeding at high speed. It was only for nothing that he received two yellow cards.
Bellamy's is not mature at all. When he entered the penalty area, he only had the goal in his eyes, not his companions. Compared to Duff, who was also young, Bellamy didn't listen to advice at all. George had told Bellamy many times, but Bellamy still did his own thing.
However, Bellamy's speed made it impossible for George to give up no matter what.
Although Bellamy has shortcomings, it depends on how the coach uses him.
After scoring a goal, George still didn't change his attack. Use Bellamy's point to continue to attack your opponent. Sunderland's right-back shrank from Bellamy's face after a yellow card. This made Bellamy even more unscrupulous.
George stepped forward and made a gesture for Bellamy and Piret to switch places.
Although they changed positions, Blackburn's attack was concentrated on Bellamy's side. This time it was Sunderland's turn to start struggling on the left. However, they picked up on the mistakes of the defense on the right and as long as Bellamy wasn't ready to cut inside, they didn't care. Just firmly stood in position.
“…… Miku, Bellamy is on again. ”
It's like a fixed pattern, as long as you see Miku with the ball, Bellamy is ready to run.
"Miku, he didn't give it to Bellamy...... He passed to the left, Pire, who got the ball. ”
Pire is not a player who only uses speed, his technique is even better. The right-back, who has been ravaged by Bellamy, faced Pire this time and was shaken by Pire with technique again.
Because Sunderland's defense was all on Bellamy's side, Miku's sudden move caught everyone at Sunderland off guard.
And Piret didn't give them a chance to react either. The moment he got the ball, a touch of it shook directly past the opponent's right-back. Then it went straight into the Sunderland penalty area. In front of Pire was an open field, and when Pire entered the Sunderland penalty area, there was no one in front of him.
Facing the goalkeeper, a low shot hit Sunderland's left post and bounced into the back of the net.
"Pire, shoot! It was a brace from Pire. 2-0, Blackburn sealed the win. ”
After the second goal, George knew the game was won. Manchester United and Leeds United have won back-to-back games recently, which has put a lot of pressure on George. George doesn't want to be left behind by them, so he can't afford to drop points on the underdogs.
After a two-ball advantage, George began to retract and play.
With a speedy player like Bellamy up front, Sunderland can't hold it down.
In the end, with two goals from Andre Piret, Blackburn Rovers won 2-0 away at Sunderland.
But it is still ranked third in the Premier League. Because in the last five games, Manchester United is on a five-game winning streak, and Leeds United is also on a five-game winning streak. These two teams have gone crazy this year, with Manchester United winning six and losing two of their last eight matches and Leeds United winning six, drawing one and losing one.
The momentum was so fierce that George shuddered.
And more importantly, Manchester United are now playing in the Champions League and have already qualified for the group stage. Leeds United is now playing in the League Cup, and they have already reached the round of 16.
The Premier League has begun to gain momentum in European football. It's just a budding, but in a few years, it will be the golden age of the Premier League.
(To be continued)