Coaching legend

Although they still have to play in the Champions League semi-finals, Blackburn still celebrated the Premier League championship with great momentum.

It was just because Blackburn would play in the Champions League semi-finals in a few days, so there was no big celebration within the team, especially under George's strictness, no one got drunk. They all knew that more important games were waiting for them.

Because there were three Premier League teams in the Champions League semi-finals.

So there must be two Premier League clubs to fight internal wars. The Champions League semi-finals are Real Madrid vs. Arsenal and Manchester United vs. Blackburn.

George, who was in a very good mood after winning the Premier League, teased Ferguson.

"Coach Ferguson's coaching career is very successful. Now that I'm old, I think I should consider the issue of retirement. Otherwise, if I lose my integrity in my later years, it will be a loss of my reputation. So I suggest that Coach Ferguson retire early and don't be driven out in the end."

George teased Ferguson, but with a very sincere expression. It was as if George really cared about Ferguson.

Ferguson didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard George's teasing. This kid relies on his youth and has no respect for his predecessors.

However, Ferguson is not a coward, so he hit back at George for his ridicule. "George is right. I have been thinking about retirement recently. But Manchester United is my hard work. I will not leave without making good follow-up measures. I will find a successor for Manchester United before I can leave with peace of mind."

"If George is willing to come to Manchester United and coach Manchester United. I can really retire with peace of mind. I don't know what George thinks?"

George and Ferguson are both very good at talking in the Premier League.

It is normal for both sides to complain before the game. But the media likes it very much. Since Wenger took over Arsenal and George led Blackburn to rise, the English media has a lot of news to write.

When Manchester United dominated the Premier League before, no opponent dared to challenge Ferguson head-on.

But since Wenger came to England, it has been completely different. First, Wenger led Arsenal to snatch food from Manchester United and snatched two Premier League titles. Then George led Blackburn to win two consecutive Premier League titles with overwhelming advantage.

With this kind of competition, the Premier League is more interesting.

On April 25, George led Blackburn to Old Trafford.

In the Champions League semi-finals the day before, Arsenal lost 1-2 to Real Madrid at home. Arsenal's promotion situation suddenly became much more precipitous. Many English media hope that the idea of ​​Premier League teams to sweep the two places in the Champions League final will not be easy to achieve.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United generously gave Blackburn more than 20,000 away tickets this time.

Although it was an away game, Blackburn fans were not less. If Manchester United gave 30,000 tickets, Blackburn fans could also completely buy them all. After coming to Blackburn, George felt for the first time why the giants are all in big cities. Because fans in big cities have money and can support the team.

After George arrived in Blackburn, he found that Blackburn was indeed richer than Burnley.

When George led Burnley to play the League Cup final and the FA Cup final, he criticized the ticket prices of the two cup finals. Because the ticket price is too expensive, Burnley fans are burdened.

Many Burnley fans want to go to the game, but they are short of money.

But Blackburn is different.

Although Blackburn is not a very wealthy place. But it is much richer than Burnley, with an average annual income of more than three times that of Burnley citizens. In this way, even if it is such an important game, the tickets are a bit expensive, but it is still affordable.

But Blackburn is several levels lower than cities such as London, Manchester, and Liverpool. This is the gap.

Before the game started, Blackburn fans had already found their place.

Twenty thousand fans are not really a lot in Old Trafford, which can accommodate more than 76,000 people. But the cheers from the excited Blackburn fans are not much worse than those of Manchester United fans.

Blackburn fans are excited, really excited.

How excited they are, you can see that the 20,000 fans can compete with more than 50,000 Manchester United fans.

Three Premier League titles have already surpassed Arsenal and are second only to Manchester United, which has won the Premier League title five times. And this is the first time that Blackburn has won the top league title.

Now Blackburn has entered the Champions League semi-finals again, which is a new history.

In Blackburn's history, before George took over, they played in the Champions League once. That was the season after winning the Premier League title in the 1994-95 season. But that season was something that Blackburn fans didn't want to mention at all. Because it was too embarrassing.

All of Blackburn's Champions League history can be said to have been created by George.

Last season, Blackburn had already entered the Champions League quarter-finals in its second Champions League match.

This season is the third time to play in the Champions League, and Blackburn has gone one step further and entered the Champions League semi-finals. How could Blackburn fans not be excited about such a result?

They shouted "We are the champions!" at Old Trafford.

This is another way to stimulate Manchester United fans. Tell them that the Premier League champion this season is Blackburn. But Manchester United fans are not Arsenal fans. Arsenal fans are all rich people, and like their head coach Wenger, they are elegant.

So many people tease Arsenal, saying that Arsenal's Highbury Stadium is a "library" and is known as the "Highbury Library".

But Manchester United fans are not Arsenal fans.

If Arsenal fans shout "We are the champions!", Manchester United fans will boo them even if they are dissatisfied. Because Arsenal is also an English giant and has created its own dynasty.

But Blackburn fans are so arrogant that Manchester United fans don't like it.

Not only Chinese people like to find an awesome ancestor to gild themselves. The English are the same, and they are even more enthusiastic about this than the Chinese.

Manchester United fans are like this. Arsenal can be arrogant, but what is Blackburn? It's just a small country boy team. It has started to be arrogant because of its good performance in the past two years. So they complain about Blackburn fans.

I have two Champions Leagues and twelve English Premier League titles. I have ten FA Cup titles alone.

You just won the Premier League title, what are you so proud of?

Seeing Manchester United showing off their history, Blackburn fans really have nothing to say. Who made Manchester United's history glorious, while Blackburn's history is blank?

Therefore, Blackburn fans quickly changed the subject. Talking about history is self-humiliating.

All Blackburn fans shouted, we have won the Premier League title for two consecutive years. And you haven't touched the top league championship for two years. Anyway, Blackburn fans are obsessed with the results of these two seasons.

When you talk about history, Blackburn fans will avoid it. Anyway, we know that our results are better than yours now.

Soon Manchester United fans found out. This group of Blackburn fans are a bunch of scoundrels. They just let things that are not in their favor go in one ear and out the other. They will hold on to things that are in their favor.

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“This is a Champions League semi-final, a civil war in the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers vs. Manchester United.”

“Manchester United is the best team in the Premier League to play in the Champions League. Since winning the Champions League, Manchester United has always been the representative of the Premier League in the Champions League. As for Blackburn Rovers, it is a new force in the Premier League, and its momentum is stronger than any team in the Premier League.”

“Ferguson has always hoped to win another Champions League title and then retire with dignity. And what about George? He has already won the Premier League title for two seasons. As an ambitious new generation coach, George will definitely not be satisfied with the league title. He is definitely determined to win the Champions League.”

“One is a representative club of the Premier League in the Champions League, and the other is a new force in the Premier League that has emerged out of nowhere. One is a world-famous coach with a sophisticated mind, and the other is a young coach with a sharp edge. The clash between them will definitely be the most exciting.”

Martin Taylor commented on this game.

In fact, what Martin Taylor wanted to say was that one is an old fox and the other is a young fox, and the game between them must be exciting.

At this time, the players of both sides have begun to enter the field. Blackburn fans and Manchester United fans shouted the names of their respective teams to each other. There were also the names of their own players.

"Coach Ferguson, who do you think will win this time?"

George came to Ferguson with a smile, shook his hand and winked, and asked.

Ferguson was helpless about George's mischievous look. After all, George is already a famous coach who has won two Premier League titles, why is he still so childish. But thinking that George is only 33 years old now, Ferguson thinks that George should be like this.

"George, I won't retire unless I win the Champions League."

Hearing Ferguson's words, George shook his head. "It seems that you have to wait another ten or eight years to retire."

"Hahaha, George. Maybe I will retire next season?" Ferguson laughed.

The two did not look like they were about to play a knockout match. Instead, they were like old friends who had not seen each other for a long time and reminisced about the past.

"Haha, look at Ferguson and George. Andy, tell me, what will they say?" Martin Taylor saw George and Ferguson talking cordially on the live TV. George smiled slightly, while Ferguson laughed loudly.

So he asked his partner Andy Gray next to him.

"I think George must have told Ferguson that the world now belongs to us young people. Then Ferguson told him that the old ones are still the best."

As they talked, Martin Taylor and Andy Gray laughed.

Ferguson and George have too many things to make fun of.

One is a world-class coach who built the Premier League hegemony Manchester United, and the other is a young coach who spent four years to build a championship team. And there are grievances between the two teams.

Jack Walker invested a lot of money, and Dalglish finally snatched the Premier League championship from Ferguson with a one-point advantage in the 94-95 season. At that time, Manchester United was unmatched in the Premier League and completely swept the English football world without any opponents.

It was Blackburn Rovers who broke this situation.

Later, George blocked Manchester United in the 1998-99 season and prevented Manchester United from winning the treble. There are more than one or two such grudges.

Therefore, although it is a civil war in the Premier League, the game is still highly valued in European football.