Ancelotti is proud to return to England with six wins, and only two more wins will see his Blackburn Rovers set a record of 14 consecutive wins in a single season. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In his pre-match press conference, Carlo Ancelotti answered questions about Torres, the transfer market and the next league game against Manchester United.

In an interview with the BBC last week, Torres said he is now enjoying playing under Carlo Ancelotti and compared Ancelotti to the team's former decorated manager Lippi, who believes the Silver Fox's strength lies in a managerial temperament and then letting the players play according to their own football philosophy, which has ultimately helped Blackburn reap the success of the past three seasons.

Although Torres said Lippi was a fantastic manager, he also admitted that playing under Carlo Ancelotti would have been easier because he brought back a family atmosphere to the team.

"I think it's very important for the coach to form a friend relationship with the players, so that the players will die for the coach."

"This season we have changed the coach, there is no doubt that he has worked very hard, but more importantly, he has created a different atmosphere for the team, a family atmosphere, at the beginning, we have players who may not have adapted to the change in coaching style, but now he has conquered us with practical actions and results, many times the coach is our boss, our boss, but Carlo Ancelotti is not, he is like a friend to us, and we have a very close relationship."

Speaking at the press conference, Carlo Ancelotti said he was delighted that the Spaniard had made such a decision: "In the summer he came to me and said, 'I decided to stay, I decided to stay, I will fight for the club, for my team-mates, for this blue shirt. We're very happy with his decision because he can finally calm down and focus on every game, which is very important for us. ”

Against Manchester United, Ancelotti said that Alonso and others have little injury problems and can play, but Chen Tao, who has played well in the Club World Cup, did not come back with the team, but returned to China, and it is rumored that the Chinese international will return to the Chinese Super League during the winter transfer period, so a reporter asked whether the Italian team will supplement the squad in the winter transfer market, Ancelotti said, "For this question, my answer is always the same, I will not talk about players from other teams, It's a sign of respect for the players as well as for other clubs. ”

'The race for the Premier League title will continue until the end and it's definitely important for us, so to achieve those goals we do need to fill in a few positions, but I also know that the winter transfer market will be very difficult to find the right players, which will be difficult, but we will discuss transfers internally.

With the record on hand, Carlo Ancelotti said the players should treat the game as if it were a normal game, "The players want to take home the three points, as for the other things are not the most important, of course we are happy with what the team has achieved so far, after all, it is not easy to win 13 games in a row. Manchester United are very good and it's important to keep the winning streak going, but it's going to be tough. ”

Yes, the race wasn't just tough for Blackburn, who were tired of the car.

On Christmas Eve 24 December, it was a night that was not quiet for Blackburn Rovers fans, as the 18th round of the 2010/11 Premier League season was played at Old Trafford, with Blackburn facing Manchester United away.

Blackburn have lost just one of their last eight games against Manchester United, with five wins and two draws in the remaining seven games.

Blackburn Rovers came close to opening the scoring in the sixth minute when Alonso's pinpoint long pass was met by Bale's volley from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area.

The two sides kept the pace high and Blackburn Rovers cleared a free-kick cross for United's Hargreaves to volley wide from the outside.

On the pitch, Blackburn Rovers continued to be passive, and after only 20 minutes of the game, Kompany was booked for a flying tackle on Berbatov.

Manchester United broke the deadlock in stoppage time at half-time, Quaresma's diagonal pass, Ivanovic dragged back to make the Blackburn defense fail to create offside, Scholes scored with a header from 10 yards, 1:0!

Blackburn Rovers went into the break with half-time trailing, and at the start of the second half, Blackburn launched a furious attack, Torres's powerful shot from 20 yards was saved by the veteran Friedel, and then Drogba's header from the right side of the six-yard box hit the side-netting, missing Blackburn's best chance to score of the game.

Manchester United extended the score in the 57th minute, Valencia crossed diagonally from the right, and Rooney, who was between Kompany and Ivanovic, successfully headed the ball and returned it to Giggs on the left side of the small penalty area, who stabbed the goal, 2:0.

Blackburn then failed to counter-attack and was still suppressed by Manchester United, and Kompany, who made many mistakes, was replaced by Vermaelen, and in order to strengthen the attack, Bentley also replaced Ozil.

However, in the end, Blackburn could not continue their winning streak and lost 2-0 away to Alex Ferguson's Manchester United.

After 12 consecutive wins, Carlo Ancelotti's Blackburn Rovers were unable to extend their record, losing 2-0 away to Manchester United, and Ancelotti felt that Blackburn had a lot to improve after the game.

Speaking about the game, Carlo Ancelotti said: "I knew we could lose, it was a very balanced game today, it was not an easy game against Manchester United, we tried to create a lot of chances but we couldn't find the back of the net in the end. The two goals conceded made me feel strange because we defended so well. And both goals came after we missed chances in both halves and that happened. ”

Carlo Ancelotti looked ahead to the next game: "We have to work harder, and although we are happy with where we are in the table, we need to know that the Premier League is very tough in the final moments to fight for the title and the Champions League places. ”

Comparing Blackburn's last defeat, a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in the fifth round of the season, Carlo Ancelotti said: "It was a different defeat, even if we lost this time, we showed that we are a team, we didn't last time we lost to Everton, and today we did that. ”

Blackburn's record was stuck at 12 games after the winning streak ended, and Carlo Ancelotti expressed his regret: "It's a shame the winning streak is over, but Manchester United are a very good team, a very strong team, and I think they will be one of the contenders for the league title, they have been fighting for the title for the last few seasons and this season is no different. When you concede two goals you have to think about how to improve and my team is at the top of the table because we have worked a lot and the Premier League is very difficult and it is very important to improve. ”

However, this is only the beginning of Blackburn's decline, at this time it is the Premier League's "Christmas Express", the Premier League team is facing a situation of two games a week, and Blackburn because of the World Club Cup, so after the Premier League's "Christmas Express", Blackburn because of the previous league make-up, resulting in them to continue the devil's schedule of two games a week, which makes the situation of the defending champions greatly unfavorable.

On 28 December, Blackburn Rovers host Birmingham City. Blackburn Rovers beat their opponents over two rounds last season. Carlo Ancelotti rotated eight, with Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and Petr Cech continuing to start, while Duff and Hernandez rotated. Drogba was scheduled to take a rotational break, and Chen Tao, who returned to the team, entered the bench.

Both sides appeared cautious after the opening. The Birmingham winger's curling shot into the far corner from 25 yards out on the right was picked off by Petr Cech, but Vermaelen, who was trying to stop the opposition's shot, was treated for an injury in the process, casting a shadow over the game.

Blackburn Rovers came close to opening the scoring in the 24th minute when Duff crossed from the right and Torres volleyed in from the edge of the box, but the ball grazed the right-hand post.

Duff and Torres then passed the ball after a one-two, but Hernandez missed the cross at the front post. Cambiaso was in midfield, but he didn't make an impact on Blackburn's attack. Birmingham pressed from a series of corners, with their right winger flicking past Darmian on the left and crossing, but his striker's powerful shot from 12 yards out on the right side of the box went over the crossbar and Blackburn escaped.

Just before half-time, Darmian crossed, but Torres missed Hernandez's header.

Carlo Ancelotti hurried back to the dressing room at half-time. Didier Drogba and Gareth Bale warmed up at the start of the second half. Mesut Ozil and Cambiaso fired wide from the outside.

In the 63rd minute, Drogba, Bale and Bentley came on as substitutes. Bentley crosses from a free-kick from the right, but Drogba's header is deflected wide.

Birmingham broke the deadlock in the 79th minute when their lively right winger counter-attacked with a low cross from the right, and the Birmingham striker fired a low shot into the bottom left corner from 14 yards.

Blackburn Rovers stepped up their attack in the final 10 minutes when Ashley Cole's diagonal shot from the left side of the box was saved. Drogba also lacks team-mate support as a central striker. In the 84th minute, Ashley Cole crossed and Bale's header was blocked.

A minute later, Bale switched to left winger and fired wide of the right-hand post from inside the box before a free-kick from distance was confiscated.

In the final moments, Petr Cech rushed forward to join the attack, but Blackburn could not change the scoreline. Blackburn suffered a back-to-back defeat.

But Blackburn's nightmare is not over, in the first game of 2011, Blackburn suffered a 3-1 defeat away to Watford in the Premier League, suffering three consecutive defeats, facing the current Blackburn, even Ancelotti seems to have no good solution.

After losing the last round of the league, Blackburn has suffered a rare losing streak in recent years, and the strong performance after October is gone, and the pressure on Ancelotti is also increasing, after all, for the annual six-crown, everyone is looking forward to Blackburn's performance this season. Away to Watford, who are 10th on points, last night was seen as a good opportunity for Blackburn to bounce back.

But no one expected that Ancelotti's team had nothing to do away from home, the home team took the lead in the first half, although Ancelotti replaced Drogba early to make tactical adjustments, and Torres equalized at one point, but Blackburn, who was eager to win the game, collapsed in the last ten minutes: the Watford striker helped the home team exceed again in one minute, and Blackburn gave the opponent a penalty in injury time, so that the score was finally fixed at 3:1. Blackburn Rovers swallowed a complete defeat and suffered three consecutive defeats, and many media believed that the honeymoon period between Ancelotti and Arthur was over.

After three consecutive defeats, Blackburn's 42 points from 20 league games have left them in third place in the table, with Chelsea three points clear at the top of the table and Manchester United leaping two points past Blackburn Rovers to second place in the table.

However, Arthur didn't take the three consecutive defeats to heart - in fact, after reaping too many sensory accolades, Arthur's request for Ancelotti this season is actually very simple: don't empty all four. And after winning the Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, Ancelotti has already fulfilled this minimum requirement.

Unlike Arthur, who is not too concerned about whether the team can defend the Premier League title this season, he is more concerned about Torres' Ballon d'Or, and how will this defeat affect his Ballon d'Or battle?

The answer is: not at all!

According to Arthur's notification, the deadline for voting for this year's Ballon d'Or is 15 December, just after Blackburn Rovers won the World Cup and before returning to England.

Many judges will not wait until the last day to make a decision, and have already cast their ballots, so whether Samsung can make it to Brazil or Messi's injury will not affect their votes.

In fact, this year's voting deadline has been delayed by a month compared to last year, due to the result of the first time that FIFA's World Footballer of the Year and France Football's European Ballon d'Or have been combined into one, and this result has undoubtedly benefited Torres, who has participated in the Club World Cup.

As early as Blackburn won the championship by slaughtering their opponents 5-0 in the Club World Cup final, Arthur publicly declared that the Ballon d'Or would definitely belong to Torres.

The Times also pointed out that Torres's good performance in the Club World Cup, Blackburn's 12-goal slaughter of Asian and African club champions in two games, and the Spanish killer's award is really stable.

In UEFA's Champions League Player of the Year poll last summer, Fernando Torres, Frank Lampard and Lionel Messi finished in the top three. Frank Lampard was clearly unable to threaten Torres in the Ballon d'Or selection, with the pair sharing club honours, but Torres has one of the biggest World Cup weights in the national team. Messi almost lost all four last season, winning only one La Liga title, six titles less than Torres, and his hopes of winning the Golden Ball are basically gone.

In the eyes of The Times, it is Xavi, a team-mate of the national team, who can really threaten Torres. However, Xavi lacks a club trophy, and for this kind of individual award, there is always no attacking striker in the midfield.

And in terms of appearance alone, with a special team arranged by Arthur to style Torres, the blonde baby is far more handsome than "Bantam" Harvey, and major sponsors are more willing to put up Torres posters.

In addition to the player's honor and personal ability, the commercial value of the Ballon d'Or award will also be a very important part. (To be continued.) )