Coaching legend

Mortensen hit Houllier's heart straight away. Houllier is indeed a little worried in the summer. Therefore, I want to give McAllister a one-year contract and then investigate. After all, McAllister is already thirty-five years old, and he will be thirty-six in more than three months.

Houllier's caution is justified.

But seeing McAllister's performance now, Houllier felt a little regretful in his heart.

But McAllister's performance wasn't over yet.

"...Nick Barmby, he's fast...McAllister, he got the ball."

McAllister is a typical midfielder produced in England. England's midfielders have been playing in a 4-4-2 parallel position since they were young, because their midfielders are the kind of players who can go up and down. He has strong running ability and can keep up with defense and offense.

McAllister has a lot of experience, although his physical fitness has dropped a lot. But he still accurately judged Barmby's breakthrough route and stole Barmby's ball very easily.

"McAllister... pass... Pires!"

McAllister's medium and long passes are very distinctive and very accurate. Pires stopped the ball easily and was very calm against Carragher.

Carragher is still relatively reckless when playing football now, and does not have the composure and experience he had when he was Liverpool's second captain later. In addition, the own goal just now affected Carragher, so Pires completely left Carragher behind with just a small movement.

After leaving Carragher behind, Pires advanced all the way. It reached near the baseline, but suddenly passed back outside the penalty area.

"... Deco, he is ready to shoot... No, it is a pass! Klose successfully countered offside!"

Deco faced the incoming ball and already swung his big foot. The Liverpool defense, which pressed forward, pressed forward collectively in order to prevent his long shot. But Deco just made a fake shot and then rubbed it gently.

The Liverpool defender who pressed forward did not expect Deco to have such a kick. The ball floated over their heads. At this time, Klose, who was pressing forward with their back line, had a tacit understanding to prevent offside.

Facing the falling ball, he volleyed directly with his left foot.

From Deco's pass to Klose's volley, it was just a matter of seconds. There was no chance for Westerwerde to react.

"This is a volley! Westward, there is nothing he can do. Two to zero, only thirty-five minutes into the first half, and Blackburn is already leading Liverpool two to zero."

"Klose, the state is terrible. This is already the second league goal Klose has scored this season. Together with the goal in the European Super Cup, Klose has scored three goals for Blackburn. .Three goals in three games, amazing form.”

"McAllister, it's hard to tell that he is already 35 years old. His defense and scheduling in the midfield are so perfect. Blackburn are really lucky to get such a player for free. George has a good vision." Theson was full of praise for McAllister's performance in the midfield.

"If George hadn't intercepted it, McAllister should be a Liverpool player now. He could teach Gerrard, a young player. It's a pity."

Under the control of McAllister in the midfield, Blackburn still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, although they replaced Miku and Makelele. Hamann is a defensive midfielder, and Gerrard has never been a midfielder who controls the rhythm.

Gerrard has outstanding physical fitness, strength and speed. His biggest weapon is the impact of running. Whether with or without the ball, once Gerrard rushes up in a dangerous zone, the lethality is extremely high. And Gerrard's ground-breaking long-range shot will make Gerrard one of the world's top midfielders in the future.

It's a pity that Houllier has not yet developed Gerrard's ability in this area. Gerrard is regarded more as a sweeping midfielder and a defensive midfielder.

Therefore, facing Blackburn's midfielder, Liverpool's midfielder is very passive.

Houllier's idea is to defend in the midfield and highlight the positions of the two wide midfielders. Then when it came to Heskey, the midfielder never thought about competing with Blackburn. As long as Blackburn's offense is not allowed to reach the first thirty meters area.

But after giving up midfield control, Liverpool could no longer control the game.

Blackburn's side focuses on attacking Liverpool's two wings. Now it is obvious that Liverpool's two wings cannot withstand Blackburn's wing attack. Pires was almost accurate when facing Carragher, and Bellamy didn't talk nonsense when facing Sieg. It's just super speed.

Houllier couldn't stand it anymore.

Just a few minutes into the second half, Houllier replaced Hamann with Smicer. Houllier wants to strengthen his attack and does not want to completely give up the midfield to Blackburn.

However, after seeing Smicer come on, George replaced Deco with Miku and Pires with Duff. Mainly because Deco and Pires have both played in the European Super Cup, and George doesn't want them to be too tired. It is easy to get injured because you are too tired.

Hamann is a top defensive midfielder.

But now Houllier replaced Hamann in order to strengthen the attack. Gerrard is definitely not a competent defensive midfielder, so George replaced Miku. Let Miku deal with Gerrard. Gerrard is England's top midfielder in the future and can attack and defend well.

However, Gerald has just turned twenty and is still an inexperienced kid. Facing a seasoned attacking midfielder like Miku, George is not worried about Gerrard at all.

Sure enough, after Miku came on the field, Liverpool's offense failed. On the contrary, there are more problems in defense.

Blackburn's offense also began to lean towards Miku, and McAllister used more passes to dispatch the two wings. All the organizations in the attack line were handed over to Miku.

"...Miku...pass the ball, Duff!"

Miku's passes are always so subtle. Moreover, he and Duff cooperated tacitly, passing the ball gently, and Duff bypassed Carragher. Carragher first had an own goal in this game, and then Pires kept breaking through. I was already holding in my anger.

Finally, the annoying Pires came to an end. Unexpectedly, Duff, who came up, could break through himself easily.

So when Duff broke through himself, Carragher was not calm and pulled down Duff who broke through.

"Beep——" The referee quickly came to Carragher and showed the yellow card.

"Miku is going to take this free kick!"

"...Panucci...tip cum!"

Miku's free kick was passed to the back point. Panucci, who had been wandering around the periphery, accurately found this point. Go around to the back point, jump up and shoot lightly. But the angle was too small, and Westerwerder made the save.

"...The ball came to McAllister's feet, and McAllister took a shot. The ball went in, three to zero!"

The ball saved by Westerwerder went right to McAllister's feet. McAllister certainly accepted such a gift from the sky with a smile.

The game is less than sixty-five minutes old, and Blackburn already leads Liverpool three to zero. The game is no longer in doubt.

"Blackburn won the game too smoothly. I don't know whether Liverpool is too weak now or Blackburn is too strong. Anyway, the whole game, except for Liverpool's certain offensive in the opening stage, was completely under Blackburn's control."

"Looking at the way things are now, Blackburn can even score goals again if they want to." Mortensen smiled wryly.

Liverpool, this is the largest club in England.

When English League One clubs dominated European football, Liverpool was the representative team of English League One. At that time, Liverpool could be said to have swept European football. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, the entire European football world was a red world.

Liverpool have won the Champions League four times, Nottingham Forest have won the Champions League twice, and Aston Villa have won the Champions League once.

Liverpool also relied on their performance at that stage to become England's largest club.

By then Mortensen had become a football commentator. I also saw with my own eyes Liverpool's sweep of European football. Although Mortensen is not a supporter of Liverpool, it is still a bit sad to see this team of kings now reduced to this situation.

"It is not easy for Liverpool to get a UEFA Cup place now. Manchester United and Arsenal are strong, and Blackburn are in amazing form. Plus Leeds United, if they want to get a UEFA Cup place, Liverpool need to work hard. effort."

Lineker also shook his head. The coach of a generation of kings is now fighting for a UEFA Cup spot.

The game continued, although George wanted to take it back. But I don’t dare, or I don’t want to. If it were another team, George would definitely take it back. It's already three to zero.

But facing Liverpool, George did not want to give them the slightest hope. So they have always been suppressed. Of course, this kind of suppression is just midfield suppression, not a frenzied attack like the first half.

The game passed minute by minute and soon reached stoppage time. The score is still three to zero.

"Do you think David Morse regrets it?" Mortensen saw that the game was almost over, so he asked Lineker.

"regret?"

Lineker didn't understand what Mortensen meant.

"Well. George was infinitely close to Liverpool two years ago. George and David Morse were already negotiating face to face, but I heard that it was because of Liverpool's dual-leadership system that George was dissatisfied. That's why the final negotiation collapsed. . Then Liverpool contacted coach Houllier.”

"In terms of the strength of the team at the time, Liverpool was far stronger than Blackburn. But after George took charge of Blackburn, he has already won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup. And Blackburn has now won three games and ranks ninth. Ranked first.”

"And Liverpool has not even qualified for the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons. Do you think David Morse ever regrets his original decision?"

When Mortensen talked about this past event, David Morse had already left the VIP table. David Morse did have a trace of regret in his heart. If the club that invited George was Liverpool, now...