In the new season, Blackburn Rovers returned to the team very early, regrouping as early as mid-July, and officially started preparations for the new season. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For England teams, morning training usually starts at 10 or 11 o'clock, but Blackburn's training today started at 7:30 a.m.

Blackburn Rovers put 45 minutes of intensive power, speed and shooting to the test on the first day of the training camp, and according to Blackburn Lab's calculations, the team has been training three times as much this summer.

However, veterans Henning Berg, Jeff Kenner, and recent arrival Stam have been recovering separately, while Finnan, who has been injured late in the season, is recovering from injuries in the power room.

In the run-up to the season, Mourinho would leave his £2 million mansion in Belgravia, a private gift from Arthur, in the upscale residential area of Blackburn.

Mourinho will then travel 21 miles on the A3 to Blackburn's new training base, Jack Walker, which Arthur built last season to share with his grandfather Jack Walker, and although many of the sites are not yet fully completed, this training base is one of the most advanced in Europe.

Mourinho's office on the ground floor is well organized and the training plans are neatly stacked.

The daily training starts at 10:30, and no one dares to be late, and as soon as Mourinho's whistle blows, Blackburn's players immediately start drilling.

The madman pays great attention to the details of training, such as his request to strengthen the security around the base in order to prevent the team's formation from leaking and being known to the opponents, for which a black fence is placed on the side of the training ground.

However, Mourinho deliberately gave his players a day off every weekend, considering that the players had just returned from vacation and needed more rest and adjustment after intensive pre-season training.

Mourinho's preparations for this season's Premier League title race actually began as soon as he joined Blackburn Rovers last year, and he started his vacation early.

Jose Mourinho and his family returned home in Troia, Portugal, and went to Mykonos, Greece for a vacation, but his team was not idle, with Blackburn Rovers led by Scott McLaherland watching every game of their rivals.

The arrangement of the pre-season, Mourinho also bothered after consulting with Arthur. Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and other Premier League powerhouses have all chosen to warm up in the United States, Asia, Australia and other places, but Blackburn has stayed in Europe to reduce the consumption of long-distance travel, which has become a smart move.

The warm-up match against French side Marseille on August 6 will be Blackburn's last warm-up game before the start of the new season.

In this game, Mourinho still lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Stam and Cambiaso, who had just trained with the team, went straight into the starting line-up, with Ibrahimovic as the lone striker and Frank Lampard, Duff and Benayoun providing support.

Blake themselves wear a red-on-black away shirt - after this season, Blackburn's shirt sponsorship expires, and Arthur has no shortage of results for the team in the new season for the new shirt sponsorship contract.

This warm-up game against Marseille is the last game of the new season for Blackburn, so it means a lot to the players.

Only 4 minutes into the opening game, Ibrahimovic scored a goal out of the sky, Finnan crossed from the right, Ibrahimovic barbed into the top right corner from 10 meters in front of the goal, 1:0.

Blackburn then went on a surging attack, Benayoun's corner was disrupted, and again the ball was passed to the back post, where Duff went down with a volley but was unresponsive to a penalty.

Marseille equalized ten minutes later, the winger took a free kick diagonally from the right, Cambiaso's defensive volley hit the shoulder of Alonso, who couldn't dodge, and the opposing striker smiled at the gift, and the header bounced into the top left corner from 8 meters in front of the goal, 1:1.

Blackburn Rovers stepped up their attack after being levelled and kept making diagonal passes on both wings looking for opportunities, but Marseille defended solidly.

In the face of Marseille's stubborn defense, Blake's players on the pitch took the initiative to change. Frank Lampard moved to the right, Benayoun switched to the middle, and then Lampard's volley from outside the box went wide.

Marseille overtook the score in the 40th minute, playing a kick wall in front, and Stam and Henning Berg had a poor tacit understanding, allowing the opponent to advance to the bottom right corner from 14 meters in front of the goal, 2:1.

In the second half, Mourinho replaced Carsley, David Dunn, Sun Jihai, Carvalho and Drogba. Frank Lampard, who was a little tired in the first half, remained on the pitch and quickly repaid Mourinho's trust.

In the 55th minute, Finnan combined with David Dunn to kick the wall, David Dunn went straight to the right side of the penalty area, Benayoun rushed to cross before the ball went off the line, and Lampard pushed a half-volley into the far corner from six yards in front of goal to equalize the score.

Just three minutes later, Frank Lampard did it again - he sent a ball over the top from the back, David Dunn cut into the box from the right and the defender cut into the box and was brought down by the Marseille goalkeeper for a penalty!

Back in France, Didier Drogba pushed the ball into the middle, and the ball went under the Marseille goalkeeper into the net, 3:2.

Substitute Sun Jihai played an assist in the 62nd minute, he crossed from the right to the back post, and Fellaini headed into the far corner from 8 meters in front of the goal, 4-2.

Mourinho made 6 more substitutions, Li Tie, Picole and others appeared one by one.

Blackburn Rovers put the icing on the cake in the 74th minute, Gillespie drew the ball after the defense at the edge of the penalty area, David Dunn made a low cross from the right, and Gillespie fired a left-footed shovel into the far corner from 6 meters in front of the goal, 5:2.

In Blackburn's warm-up match against Marseille, Mourinho had a total of 22 players on the pitch.

After the game, the madman stressed that these 22 players may be his regular squad for the new season, and those who are not in the plan will have a hard time getting a chance to play in the league.

'If a player is not in my plan, I will never let him play, not even give him a minute of playing time. Mourinho said toughly.

In other words, the 22 players who played today are all Mourinho's trusted players, and these 22 will be the main force in the title race for the new season at Mohames Blackburn.

'We're going to play almost 50 games in the new season and we can't play all the games with just the starting 11. Jose Mourinho stressed the importance of finalising the first-team squad.

Is 22 people enough?

For Mourinho, that's enough.

When he was in charge of Blackburn Rovers last season, Jose Mourinho repeatedly stressed that the squad should be too lean, and he said the 22-man squad was the most perfect.

In the 2014/15 season before Arthur, Mourinho had just 22 first-team players at Chelsea, and even then, they won the Premier League.

Last season, Blake started the season with a total of 24 players, and it is clear that a large number of players is not suitable for Blackburn Rovers now.

Jose Mourinho has always liked the habit of controlling the number of team personnel in the team, which is also very popular with Arthur, because when the number of players is as small as possible, it means that the expenditure on all aspects such as player salaries, accommodation and transportation will be reduced.

'I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to go with the 22-man squad and the rest of the guys, I think you have to wait on the training ground without major injuries or accidents. Mourinho said.

Jose Mourinho's remarks were made public, but they did not have much impact on Blackburn's team, because of the special position of goalkeeper, the team's third goalkeeper Lee Davies is destined to be difficult to get a chance to play.

Youngsters such as Martin Taylor and Helen Pierce have only just been promoted from Blackburn's youth team and are not yet in the team's rotation. Therefore, there was not much fluctuation in the team because of Mourinho's words.

Jose Mourinho continued to remind his disciples after the game that the team is always more important than the individual.

'I put you in the squad and you have to understand that the team is above the individual. You have to be ready to sacrifice, to play, not to play, to play more, to play less, to play the full 90 minutes, to come off the bench for a minute, not to be in the squad...... You have to accept that all of this is part of a player's life. 'Mourinho recited the mantra to the players.

'Now all players need is to play. There are still a lot of players in the squad who have only been training with the squad for a week now. I think the intensity of the players on the pitch for 30-45 minutes is comparable to the intensity of their two training sessions. We're going to be busy and the Premier League starts next week. We need time, but it's running out. ”

Mourinho said: 'I'm happy with the team's performance today. There were some mistakes on the pitch but that's good and we still have time to make corrections. On Sunday, I'll give the team a day off. On Monday, the team will have a double practice and wait for the arrival of the new season! ”

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Attached is Blackburn's 28-man roster for the new season:

Goalkeepers: 1-Friedel, 12-Giroud Robinson, 13-Lee Davies

Defenders: 2-Jeff Kenna, 3-Finnan, 4-Henning Berg (c), 5-Peacock, 6-Stam, 17-Sun Jihai, 18-Paolo Ferreira, 21-Martin Taylor, 22-Li Weifeng, 24-Curtis, 25-Carvalho,

Midfielders: 7-Benayoun, 8-Frank Lampard, 11-Duff, 14-Alonso, 15-David Dunn, 16-Carsley, 19-Cambiasso, 21-Gillespie, 22-Simon Grayson, 30-Li Tie

Forwards: 9 - Ben Boggs, 10 - Ibrahimovic, 20 - Drogba, 23 - Helen Pierce