Chapter 165 Victory (Part 1)

Speaking of the Premier League, it is entirely with the widespread use of television broadcasting that it has gradually become the league with the largest audience in the world. However, as a veteran Premier League team, Newcastle is not very famous in other places.

In the 21st century, Newcastle United is even less famous in China than Manchester City and Everton. Manchester City has Sun Jihai, and Everton has Li Tie. These two teams are much more famous in China than Newcastle. In his previous life, George did not pay much attention to Newcastle.

At that time, he only knew one thing, that is, when he looked at Ferguson's resume, he knew that Ferguson had driven Kevin Keegan crazy. Newcastle eventually lost a twelve-point advantage and ranked second in the Premier League.

But after arriving in England, I found that Newcastle is definitely very prestigious in England.

Newcastle now has many famous players. In addition to Shearer, a world-class center forward, there is also Speed, the former Everton captain. Speed ​​just transferred to Newcastle United for 5.5 million pounds this season. Solano, the famous Peruvian player, also just transferred this season.

Of course, David Batty, who has gradually become a substitute, was the main player when Blackburn won the Premier League championship.

George has studied this Newcastle United team carefully. When Kevin Keegan was in power, Newcastle United was famous for its offense. Newcastle fans also like to watch offensive football, but Kevin Keegan still paid more attention to defense when he was in Newcastle.

And at that time, although Newcastle's defense was not as sharp as its offense, it was also very good. Otherwise, Newcastle would not be able to compete with Manchester United in the Premier League.

However, with the changes in personnel in recent years, and although Gullit's performance at Chelsea is very good, there are still problems in defense. Gullit's offense has a very strong Dutch style, with delicate offense and short passes, but Gullit's change results are average.

Those Newcastle players are not used to Gullit's transformation. The offense is crazy, and they can score four or five goals in a game. But in some games, they can lose three or four goals.

As a traditional strong team, it can only rank 14th in the Premier League. Gullit and George are both popular candidates for the Premier League coach to be fired.

Speaking of which, Newcastle's style of play is very delicate, but George likes such a team the most. George's current style of play is to control the midfield and then rely on the two flanks to open the opponent's defense. Once the two flanks are opened, Miku and Deco in the midfield both have a pass.

They can both open the opponent's defense in the middle, so as long as the players of Blackburn now play normally, the middle and the flanks can create enough threats.

Like the current style of play of Blackburn, in fact, the most feared is the tough midfielder like Mourinho's Chelsea in the future. Although Miku and Deco are not afraid of collisions, the muscular midfielder like Chelsea in the future is still very restrained by George's current team.

But there is no such team in the current Premier League or European football.

Competing with David Batty, Speed ​​and Solano for the midfield, Miku, Deco and Pires are absolutely at ease. George wants to tell Gullit that in England, it takes skill to play delicate technical cooperation. He wants to tell Gullit that Newcastle's big and open attack is far more practical than his current style of play.

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Although it is an away game, George's style of play is not conservative at all.

As said before the game, Shearer was indeed not in the starting lineup. This allowed George to let the team attack boldly. Shearer is the striker that George fears the most.

The draw with Manchester United has an immeasurable effect on the morale of Blackburn players. It is also very beneficial to improve their self-confidence.

Pires, who performed extremely well in the Manchester United game, continued his good form in this game. He can be said to be unscrupulous on the left, not only breaking through and playing on the left, but also going to the middle from time to time to help Miku and Deco sort out the midfield.

Without the restraint of strong defensive midfielders like Keane and Vieira, Miku's performance was even more exciting. Miku's passing and passing in the frontcourt were all free, which made Miku's predecessor David Batty frequently lose his position when defending Miku.

David Batty's state declined quickly. In fact, Batty has just turned 30 years old so far. It should be said that he is still in the peak period of a player, but unfortunately he is incompatible with Gullit's tactics. In the first ten rounds of the game, he only started four times and was a substitute three times. It is a world of difference from the absolute main force last season.

"Look at this Frenchman. Many people laughed at George for introducing Miku before. They asked in a sarcastic tone, 'Is Miku Zidane?' Some people even said directly, 'Miku is not Zidane'. But looking at this game, it is not difficult to understand why George values ​​Miku so much." Martin Taylor was amazed at Miku's performance.

"Yes, Batistuta should be still in his prime. But he was beaten by his junior Miku at Blackburn. Miku's skills are very good. If you look closely, Miku's style of play is indeed very similar to Zidane's." Andy Gray nodded.

"I believe Miku definitely doesn't want to be compared with Zidane all the time. Look at Miku's stopping and touching the ball, the basic skills are very solid. His passing is also very good. George only spent less than 3 million pounds to bring Miku from France. This deal is definitely worth it."

"Of course it's worth it. Although Miku was questioned in the first few games, it seems that he is not used to the Premier League games. In the last three games, Miku's performance has been better than the last one. If he maintains this performance, Miku's value will definitely exceed 10 million."

Since the start of the game, Gullit has been standing on the field. He can't help but be anxious, because the two wingers of Blackburn are quite sharp now. Duff used his superb skills and speed to attack the left side of Newcastle United.

The performance of the two wingers, Pires and Duff, made Gullit feel like sitting on pins and needles. It's a pity that if you want to focus on the defense on the wing, you can't stop the two midfielders, Miku and Deco.

When George coached Burnley, the transformation of the team was to combine the wing and the middle. Never only take into account one thing, the combination of the wing and the middle can really play a powerful role.

Gullit can't let the middle door open because of the wing. Because once the defense in the middle is weak, it really can't be defended. Manchester United was forced to draw because they failed to defend Deco who came in from behind in the middle.

Gullit's anxiety did not last long.

George's crazy attack on the wing finally worked. Duff rushed into Newcastle's penalty area at a fast speed. Facing Given, he did not shoot, but passed the ball back to the outside of the small penalty area.

Duff's pass left Given's goal open. Miku, who followed up, pushed the ball lightly, and the ball rolled into the Newcastle United goal from the other direction.

"Look at this ball, David Batty didn't keep up with Miku at all. Miku not only has good skills and excellent passing, but also has such a sharp shot from behind. Blackburn really made a profit, Miku is really strong."

"Martin, this ball is more of Duff's credit. Duff, who is only 19 years old this year, is really..."

"But no matter what, Blackburn is now leading Newcastle by one to zero. From the beginning of this game to now, Blackburn has occupied the advantage on the field. It is natural to take the lead."

From the beginning of the game, the rhythm of the whole game was under Blackburn's control. Newcastle was in their home team and had no way to deal with Blackburn at all.

Miku, who scored the goal, pushed away the others who came to celebrate, ran directly to the camera, and lifted his shirt.

"Look at what it says, happy birthday. Whose birthday is Miku congratulating?" Martin Taylor asked puzzledly. After all, Miku has not been in the Premier League for a long time, and his information is incomplete.

But Miku quickly told the answer, because after appearing in front of the camera, Miku flew directly to the Blackburn bench.

George was already standing on the sidelines, raising his arms to greet Miku.

"Boss, happy birthday." Miku said to George in clumsy English.

Miku usually doesn't talk much on the court, and he rarely talks in the team. George was also very surprised. Miku shouldn't be such an emotional player. This made George even more moved, so he kept patting Miku on the back.

Miku was really grateful to George. When all the media were criticizing Miku, George was defending Miku. "John, I said, you will definitely succeed in the Premier League."

"I remember, it turns out that George's birthday is in two days. Miku is congratulating George on his birthday." Martin Taylor saw Miku's action and immediately understood.

"I just remembered that George will be thirty soon. At the age of thirty, he has achieved such results. George is proud of it."

"I think George will be very happy on his birthday this year. After all, Blackburn has gradually gotten rid of the slump at the beginning of the season and is starting to return to normal."

After losing the first goal, Newcastle fans booed loudly. But in the 36th minute of the first half, Blackburn scored another goal, which completely silenced Newcastle fans.

This time, Miku and Duff cooperated again. After Miku dribbled past David Batty in the midfield, he made a very simple straight pass and directly broke through Newcastle's defense. Duff inserted very tacitly and shot into the near corner facing Given's small-angle shot.

"Two to zero, this is Blackburn's best performance this season. Newcastle was completely powerless against Blackburn's attack. George and Gullit are both hot teams to be fired. Now it seems that George's position as coach is becoming more and more stable."

Yes, George's position as coach is really becoming more and more stable. At the end of the first half, Blackburn players were all smiling and confident. But Newcastle players were expressionless, and when they passed by Gullit, they didn't show much expression.

George smiled at the side. It seemed that Gullit not only had a bad relationship with Shearer, but also had some problems in controlling the locker room.