Coaching legend

Balak's goal completely defeated Blackburn, and they could no longer organize a decent attack.

In the 79th minute, Bobowski received a pass from Balak and made a long run, and the final score was fixed at 0:3. Burnley, playing away, won the game at Ewood Park with a three-goal advantage.

Although it was only a third-round game in the League Cup, the Burnley players were as excited as if they had won the League Cup.

When Ballack scored, George already knew that the game was won. But after really winning the game, George felt exhausted. George could only stand there in a daze, and kept telling himself in his heart: I won the first derby, and I won that damn Blackburn.

"George, we won. We won." Carl Pat was already incoherent with joy. When Blackburn fans humiliated Burnley, Carl was also a coach at Blackburn Club. That was a shame that I would never forget in my life.

George smiled and nodded. "Yes, we won."

Suddenly, Burnley's coach and players came to George, lifted him up unexpectedly, and then lifted him high. They were all thanking George for bringing Burnley this victory.

Mitchell, Grant, Miller and other old players threw George up very hard. When George was the head coach, they were all unconvinced. But they knew that without George, they would never be able to avenge Blackburn in their lifetime. At this moment, they thanked George from the bottom of their hearts.

Balak, Bobowski, Daniel and others thanked George even more. Without George, some of them could only play in the amateur league.

"Burnley players expressed their gratitude to George in this way. Burnley ranked last in the First Division last season and was relegated. In the end, Burnley chose George, a coach who was only 27 years old, but I believe this was the most correct choice for Burnley. Burnley cleaned up most of the players in the summer, bought eight players and promoted two youth team players. But look at Burnley's current performance, nine consecutive wins in the league and three consecutive wins in the League Cup. This time, they even beat Blackburn 3-0 away."

"Congratulations to the young coach Levy, he has brought out a very combative team. The players he introduced in the summer have performed very well. Now Coach Levy is the youngest coach among all levels of professional clubs in England. Such a talented head coach, his future stage will definitely not be in the low-level league."

The two commentators spoke very highly of George.

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No one cared too much about the losers. More than half of the Blackburn fans left the stadium before the end of the game. The remaining fans also left after the game.

Ray Shaft had a gloomy face. He just shook hands with George as a routine and left the stadium.

"Morgan, why are you still here? Why don't you go to the press conference to take a seat?" George found Morgan, a reporter from the Burnley Post, in the player's tunnel, so he smiled and said, "I refuse to be interviewed here."

Morgan shook his head. "I'm not here for an interview. Isn't it always time for me to interview?"

Morgan has a good relationship with the Burnley club, and almost no Burnley player would refuse his interview.

"So who are you?"

Morgan pointed to the fans jumping in the stands and the players who were still celebrating the victory there. "I am also a native of Burnley, and I want to feel the victory with everyone. Over the years, Blackburn, whether it is the club, players, fans or newspapers, has only made fun of us Burnley. Today I finally let out a sigh of relief."

Morgan took a deep breath and nodded to George. "George, I want to apologize to you."

"Well?" George was stunned and very confused.

"To be honest, when I knew you were the new head coach, I was very dissatisfied with the club. Being a head coach, 27 years old is really too young. But you convinced me with your achievements." Morgan touched his heart.

George opened his arms and looked around the stands. "Morgan, my goal is to completely conquer Ewood Park. Let Blackburn fans never forget me."

"I believe you."

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"Congratulations, Mr. Kilby. Burnley's performance deserves victory." Although they lost, Jack Walker still performed gracefully.

"Thank you, Mr. Walker." Kilby was very happy now, but he didn't show it in front of Walker.

Walker left the VIP room first. When he walked to the door, he turned his head and said, "John, go and find out about Coach George. The more detailed the better."

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When George came to the press conference, he was stunned by the reporters on the scene. Because this was the first time George met so many reporters after becoming the head coach. George knew that this was due to Blackburn's influence. Blackburn was the Premier League champion last season.

The seat next to Shaft was empty. But George didn't care what Shaft thought. He nodded to the host, indicating that it was time to start. The host announced that questions could be asked.

All the reporters raised their hands in an instant. George was very happy to see nearly thirty hands. However, most of the faces were very young, and they should be reporters of low status from major newspapers. It seems that if we go to the Premier League earlier, there will be more reporters to interview us. George picked one at random.

"I am a reporter from The Sun. First of all, congratulations to Coach Levy for winning. Secondly, I want to ask Coach Levy, don’t you think that you made a gesture to shut up the fans today, which is a bit too much for a coach? And it is too disrespectful to Blackburn fans." The coach of The Sun, who was smiling, asked very sharp questions.

The newspaper that George despised and hated the most among all the newspapers in England was The Sun. George kept his usual signature smile.

"I am the coach of Burnley. Why should I respect Blackburn fans? I am a coach, not an angel. It is not my job to take care of the emotions of Blackburn fans. I am responding to the ridicule of Blackburn fans in 1991. I want to say that we, Burnley, are now on the right track. The Premier League is already beckoning us. But Blackburn has already reached the door of the First Division."

"Next." George said, and ignored the reporter from The Sun.

This is a reporter from The Times, who is relatively friendly. "Coach Levy, Burnley's left back Daniel Morrison performed very well in today's game. I heard that you started training him from the youth team. Can you evaluate him?"

"Daniel, he is a talented player." Speaking of Daniel Morrison, George was in a good mood and talked endlessly. "Daniel has all the conditions for success. He can play left back, left midfielder, and left winger. With him, the England national team will never have any problems on the left in the next ten years."

As soon as George said this, all the reporters present took a deep breath. George's evaluation was very high.

The reporter who stood up next was also one that George hated. And he was a reporter George was very familiar with, Steven Yellen, a reporter from the Blackburn Evening News. "Coach Levy, I remember that after your first game as coach, you criticized Swindon for setting up a 10-0-0 formation. And there was a bus in front of the goal. Why did Burnley also park a bus in front of the goal today? Did they learn from Swindon?"

Steven was in a very bad mood today. Who made Blackburn concede three goals and lose at home? And they lost to Burnley, who they least wanted to lose.

"You said I parked a bus in front of the goal?" George asked Steven with a smile, then shook his head with a smile. "I clearly parked a tank in front of the goal, and there were three shells, all of which hit the target. Didn't you see the scoreboard, 0:3, and the three were the shells we fired."

George smiled slightly, stood up as he spoke, and blinked at Steven. "Tanks, artillery shells, 'bang bang bang'. Hahahaha."