Chapter 3 Seamless Transition

In the first round of the 2009-10 Premier League season, Blackburn Rovers beat Hull City 6-0. At the Rose Theatre www.biquge.info Blackburn Rovers bombarded the Rose Theatre and the visitors had few chances, and for 90 minutes Cech was not tested.

This could be the epitome of the new season for Petr Cech – with one of the world's most luxurious defences in front of him, Cech will be the most idle player in Europe!

Ashley Cole, Vincent Kompany, Thiago Silva and Branislav Ivanovic – even after losing Nemanja Vidic and McCone this summer, are arguably the strongest defence on paper in football today.

According to the estimated value of the transfer market website, Ashley Cole is worth 30 million euros, of course, the value estimate is very different from the real transfer fee, and if Ashley Cole is only sold for 30 million euros, it will definitely trigger a rush from Premier League nouveau riche such as Chelsea and Manchester City. Centre-back Vincent Kompany is estimated to be worth €30 million, with Blackburn being tied for the Blues' most expensive defenders.

Thiago Silva, who joined Blackburn Rovers last summer, is estimated to be worth €28 million, placing him ninth in the list of centre-backs in football. Although Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic was a substitute for McCone last season, he did not make many appearances and was estimated to be worth 22 million euros in the transfer market, but Ivanovic, who plays at right-back, has the absolute strength to compete for the best in the world for this position.

Blackburn's defence, Ashley Cole, Kompany, Thiago Silva, Branislav Ivanovic, is worth a total of 110 million euros. Stylistically, it's a near-perfect line of defense, with speed, power, experience, technique, defense, and organization.

Looking around the world, Blackburn's defence couldn't find an opponent. Real Madrid's main defenders McCone (32 million), Ramos (28 million), Pepe (25 million), and Marcelo (17 million) add up to 102 million euros. Real Madrid's defence was aggressive, but its defensive consistency was not entirely convincing.

The four main defenders of Barcelona and Manchester United are worth less than 100 million combined. Chelsea's Bridge, Terry, Cahill, Bosingva, Cahill is of low value, although Bosingva's attack is acceptable, but the defense has been very miserable in the new season......

The backline of Europe's top giants is still a certain gap compared with Blackburn, which has no dead ends in theory.

What's even more rare is that Blackburn's "cosmic defense" has Ancelotti's tuning. With An Shuai's strong ability to "watch the food and eat", it is not difficult to polish this defense line more stable, not to mention that Blackburn's 4 superstar defense line cannot find a dead end.

For Petr Cech, for most Premier League games, he has nothing to do.

You must know that in the estimates of the transfer market website, the Cech with a value of 33 million euros is the most valuable goalkeeper in football today!

With the terror defense line in front of him, the most valuable goalkeeper in the world will become the most idle goalkeeper in the world.

After winning the Premier League 6-0, Carlo Ancelotti got off to a perfect start.

A relaxed Ancelotti then led Blackburn Rovers to an excellent start to the new season.

"Christmas Tree" wins the derby! 》

This was said by the British media after the third round of the Premier League match at Blackburn.

The Blackburn Rovers boss won his first Premier League derby in the way he is most familiar with - the Blackburn Rovers match against Manchester United has gradually replaced Arsenal vs Manchester United as the most exciting league derby in the Premier League at present.

However, Blackburn's 4-3-2-1 game still does not fully follow the "Christmas tree formation" of Milan's time, but Ancelotti has encountered a lucky schedule, Blackburn's first seven opponents in the league this season are not strong, until they meet Liverpool in October, the Italian can safely and boldly experiment with new formations and styles of play.

With 3 games and 3 line-ups, Ancelotti finally showed his magic weapon in the derby - "Christmas tree formation".

This set of gameplay has been tried and tested in Milan, and the reason why he took it out is that An Shuai may be taboo about the speed of the Premier League team, and he will not forget the experience of his team being beaten by Arsenal in the Champions League!

Serie A itself is not fast, Ancelotti arranges two meat grinders in the midfield: Gattuso and Ambrosini, who are mainly responsible for intercepting and protecting Pirlo, which is 3; The 2 in the front court, one black and one white, one old and one young, Kaka and Seedorf are also; The first 1, the single arrow Inzaghi.

In Milan, the team mainly looks at 4 people in the attack: Pirlo, Kaka, Seedorf, Inzaghi, Pirlo's long pass is mainly to take care of Inzaghi in the counterattack; Kaka and Seedorf are the key in the athletic battle, and the two of them are actually double midfielders, switching positions in different positions at the edge of the penalty area, not only disrupting the opponent's defense, but also always creating a lot of shooting opportunities.

Of course, such a combination could not have been transplanted to Blackburn.

As far as the third round of the Premier League is concerned, Alonso is like Andrea Pirlo, but his long passes have repeatedly fallen into the opponent's offside trap, which proves that although the Blues' midfield brain can reach the passing height of Milan's brain, it may not be suitable for the style of direct kicking the ball in the midfield, and Blackburn's monsters and Torres are by no means a simple point-grabbing striker like Inzaghi.

Although the first goal was similar to the situation in Milan, the combination of two passes was not only the result of Lampard's trial and error, but also the success of Bale's new role.

However, Bale and Bentley are not Milan's Kaka and Seedorf, they are more likely to operate on the flanks and interact with each other very rarely, and it is even more unrealistic to expect them to play delicately near the penalty line.

Perhaps this is the difference between this "Christmas tree" and the other "Christmas tree", where there are two great wingers: Ashley Cole and Branislav Ivanovic, who are both attacking and defending, so that Bale and Lampard can wait for opportunities to cut in the middle to pursue the combination of Drogba and Torres, so Ancelotti's "Christmas tree" at Blackburn Rovers is more like a 4-3-3 formation.

The question now is why Carlo Ancelotti dares to keep experimenting with new styles of play. In addition to Blackburn's abundant human resource reserves, I am afraid that it is a relatively lucky schedule.

Arsenal will clash with Manchester United in the next round, while Blackburn's second encounter this season will be on 4 October, when they will face Liverpool in the eighth round.

Having beaten the Reds twice in the league last season, Carlo Ancelotti was able to sharpen his first seven games in order to maintain his crushing record against Liverpool.

Take a look at Carlo Ancelotti's top seven opponents: Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester United, Burnley, Stoke City, Tottenham and Wigan Athletic.

For Carlo Ancelotti to win them, experience is enough, not to mention the fact that many teams have already lost before the game against Premier League giants Blackburn.

Twenty days later, Carlo Ancelotti led Blackburn to six consecutive wins in the opening season, and his opponent Tottenham, the dark horse that finally beat Liverpool in fifth place in the league last season, Blackburn also dropped three points on this team, but Ancelotti was able to beat the opponent 3-0.

At the same time, after this victory, Blackburn started with six consecutive wins, and Anfat also surpassed Mourinho and Lippi to coach Blackburn's best record in the opening season.

Today, the Blackburn Rovers under Carlo Ancelotti not only won, but also defeated Tottenham with a domineering spirit that dominates the world, and the Italians "quietly" surpassed their predecessors!

In fact, in the past two seasons, Blackburn Rovers have not been very satisfactory in the league after the Champions League matches, with a record of 16 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats in 24 games. Suddenly encountering an opponent like Tottenham, Ancelotti was able to perform like this, even Mourinho was difficult to do, in fact, after this victory, the Italians have also surpassed the Portuguese.

Prior to this game, Blackburn Rovers were at the top of the Premier League table with five wins, a feat that only three teams have achieved since the start of the Premier League in 1992-93, and only one team won the title - Blackburn Rovers after Arthur took over.

However, now Ancelotti is giving a start of 1 6 consecutive wins!

Blackburn Rovers have won 11 consecutive Premier League games since the 34th round of last season, and although they are currently only three points ahead of Manchester United in the standings, the Red Devils still feel that they are still lacking compared to Blackburn.

It's fair to say that this team has many signs of previous winning seasons for the Blues. The start of the six-game winning streak surpassed Mourinho, and the record of 11 consecutive wins is tied for fourth in the history of the Premier League, plus the central axis of Kompany-Thiago Silva, Alonso + Lampard, Drogba + Torres.

Judging from the team's performance, this team is also quite a champion.

First of all, Blackburn is now super capable of playing tough battles. Frank Lampard's goal at the Stadio Britannia last time out was Blackburn's fourth goal in stoppage time this season and the second after 90 minutes after Didier Drogba's against Hull City.

In order to win, Blackburn will never give up a chance to attack.

Secondly, in the last 10 Premier League games, Blackburn have scored at least two goals in each game, a point that the other three giants have not done.

At the same time, so far this season, Blackburn's stability is difficult to compare with the other top 3, not only in terms of record, but also in the comparison of the team's goals scored and conceded - Blackburn scored 15 goals and conceded only 3 goals; Arsenal must concede goals in every game, conceding only 8 goals from 17 goals; Chelsea scored 16 goals and conceded a whopping nine; Manchester United also scored 15 goals, but the old man's team conceded six goals, twice as many as Blackburn!

After winning six in a row, Ancelotti, who received Arthur's congratulatory call, was finally completely relieved.

Facing reporters, Ancelotti's smile was so bright: "I was a little worried when I first started coaching Blackburn because it was my first time coaching abroad. The language barrier is a challenge, but it doesn't limit your coaching, but it does have an emotional impact: you can't convey your feelings to the players, but you want them to feel your emotions. The current group of players: Duff, Frank Lampard, Marcos Alonso, Drogba, etc., they are not very young, they are tough, they are very professional, they are very scrappy. I didn't have much direct contact with Arthur, and he wasn't interested in what was going on every day, but he was always there. I like the owner and I love the team. ”

"I'm sure we'll win!" (To be continued.) )