On April 9, local time in the United Kingdom, it is the 32nd round of the 2004-05 Premier League season, and there will be 10 Premier League games on this day, which are not too many highlights, and the biggest focus is on the game between Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As long as Blackburn can win this game, then they will win the Premier League this season in record six rounds ahead of schedule!

In the 2000-01 season, Manchester United won the title five rounds early, and after 33 games, the United finished the season 18 points ahead of Arsenal and 10 points ahead of the Gunners.

Although the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final with Juventus was just experienced three days ago, and the two teams collided again in the second leg four days later, but in this game, Blackburn Rovers is still a luxurious lineup, and Mourinho is naturally ready to end the league chaos early and devote himself to the Champions League.

However, thanks to the continuous accumulation of personnel in the past two seasons, Blackburn Rovers this season no longer have to face the problem of having to make a two-line choice in previous seasons, because even their substitutes are top-notch!

The starting line-ups of both teams -

Blackburn Rovers starting XI (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Defenders: Heinze, Martin Taylor, Stam, Sun Jihai

Midfielders: Cambiaso, Davies, Arjen Robben

Forwards: Van Persie, Drogba, Bentley

Birmingham started with a 4-3-3 formation that emphasized attack, which was not Blackburn's biggest headache for shrinking defence, and it was also liked by Blackburn, because Blackburn has not been afraid of anyone in the attacking game this season.

After a series of tedious procedures, the game finally began, with Blackburn Rovers taking the lead on the tee.

Drogba knocks Bentley's ball back to the back. Cambiaso controlled the ball and glanced at the position of his teammates in the field, but his eyes showed that he did not find what he was looking for and could only kick the ball to the right.

Sun Jihai ran a few steps, stopped the ball and pushed it directly forward, and Bentley immediately met the ball. The Birmingham midfielder knew he was a character to be reckoned with and didn't dare to be negligent and followed.

The ball rolled to his back, and Bentley raised his left foot and made a cross into the middle. But the left foot didn't hit the football. For a while, the home fans began to laugh.

"Hollowed out?" Birmingham frowned, and he couldn't guess what tricks the other party was doing.

But in the moments that followed, the ball not only passed through Bentley, but also through the legs of the Birmingham midfielder, rolling behind the two men.

Bentley spun quickly with his left foot and crossed the left side of the Birmingham midfielder before smashing his leg on the way to the football.

Birmingham had already separated the two sides by several meters when he turned around and chased him, and he was so angry that his legs trembled, for obvious reasons, ordinary crotch piercing is a great shame for any defender, let alone this situation!

The current mood of the Birmingham back is definitely more disgusting than eating a fly.

Bentley didn't care what the opponent's mood was, only to see England's new golden boy rushing wildly along the wing, in the opponent's backfield as if no one was there, and in the blink of an eye he slipped to the right side of the penalty area.

Bentley then crossed with his foot and the ball made a wonderful arc in the air, comparable to the "Betles" scimitar towards the middle of the penalty area.

The Birmingham central defender was about to clear the ball with a header, but a blue figure suddenly flashed on his side, and he rushed towards the Birmingham penalty area along the middle. By the time he came to his senses, the other party had already rushed out more than ten meters away.

So explosive, so fast!

It turned out that it was Dutch striker Robin van Persie who overwhelmed Birmingham's man-to-man defenders and took the lead in the aerial battle, and the ball flew towards the left side of the goal at an astonishing speed.

The Birmingham goalkeeper took a few quick steps sideways, flew up, hit the bottom of the ball with a single right arm, the ball changed the line and flew over the crossbar, flew off the baseline, and Blackburn Rovers took a corner kick in front.

The Blackburn fans who were closer to the stadium had all stood up and were ready to cheer and celebrate, but the football was miraculously saved by the opposing goalkeeper, and the frustration was written on their faces, and a few radical fans could not help but start greeting the opposing goalkeeper's mother.

Blackburn's corner unexpectedly chose a tactical corner, and Robben, who was in charge of the kick-off, bent down and didn't lift it up, and immediately couldn't wait to push the ball out. Sun Jihai had already rushed up to assist, ran a few quick steps, and re-drove the ball into the penalty area.

The football flew straight to the center of the penalty area, Drogba turned his back to the goal, and used his back to resist the opposing defender, not stopping the ball, but conceding.

Then Drogba immediately came and turned, the football had just bounced on the ground, and the left foot of the African monster had already been picked. Although he kicked the football correctly, his body was seriously unbalanced and he fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"Bang!" The ball grabs the turf and flies quickly towards the bottom left corner of the goal. The Birmingham goalkeeper lowered his centre of gravity and swooped the ball out of the box again. Obviously, the visiting goalkeeper was particularly excited today, and he played at a super level in this game.

"It's really **** lucky!" Blake was determined to win this game, but two consecutive scoring chances were magically defused by the opposing goalkeeper, and Arthur in the box didn't care about showing his gentlemanly demeanor in Jessica Alba, and scolded fiercely.

"Arthur, you were so cute just now!" Jessica Alba saw Arthur's anxious appearance, but instead said. After all, Arthur was too perfect before, which made her feel that the other party was unreal, and now seeing his temperament, she felt that this man was really reliable.

"Hey?" Even though Arthur is a human being in two lives, he still doesn't understand the psychology of women.

Drogba received the ball again, and just as he was about to cooperate with Robben, he was directly pulled down by the opposing defender, "Toot! The referee then immediately blew the whistle that Drogba was desperate to hear.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Blackburn Rovers won a superb free-kick in front of goal, about 26 yards from goal.

The team-mates rushed up, but in the end, under Bentley's sharp eyes, the team-mates all surrendered unconditionally, and when Duff, Ibrahimovic and Frank Lampard were not there, Blake himself usually discussed the choice

Bentley set the ball right, slowly took seven or eight steps back, squinted at the enemy in front of him, and quietly waited for the referee's whistle.

"Toot!"

At the moment of the whistle, Bentley activated, his legs suddenly became faster, his left foot was supported, and the inside of his right foot poked the bottom of the football hard. I saw a beautiful rainbow spinning quickly over the opponent's wall.

The Birmingham goalkeeper stood in the middle of the goal, his eyes fixed on the flight path of the ball, his head slowly twisting until the ball flew into the net, and did not make any movement in the process.

"Yay" Bentley finally broke the deadlock, and was so excited that he jumped all at once.

It was also Bentley's seventh league goal of the season, including three in the league, two in the Champions League and two in the Carabao Cup.

Teammates also surrounded him, and Blackburn, who now have a one-goal lead, will play better in this game.

In the second half of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but today's goalkeepers of both teams, whether they were Birmingham goalkeepers or Friedel, who rarely started, were in very good shape, and both teams had no chance to score, and finally the two teams entered the break with a score of 1:0.

"Today I hope to end with a big win for the upcoming trophy and I think that's what most of you want to do. And this game is also a test for me to consider the Champions League starting line-up for the rest of the game, I just hope you don't waste this opportunity to prove yourself, and if anyone doesn't perform well, everyone will put me on the bench, understand? Mourinho repeatedly stressed at half-time.

"No problem!" Martin Taylor, who captained the game, screamed and stood up, patted Mourinho on the shoulder and walked out of the dressing room first. Bentley and Didier Drogba followed suit, and one by one the players walked out of the visitors' dressing room in preparation for the second half.

At the start of the second half, players from both sides returned to the pitch from the beginning.

Birmingham were down by one goal and the attack on the pitch was even more reckless.

The change at Birmingham City also provided convenience for Blackburn, who were much weaker at the back and could already receive the ball with ease, unlike in the first half, when Drogba and Robin van Persie had just touched the ball, and several defenders were already flocking to the opposition.

Bentley, who was in great form for the game, had returned to the right but continued his frenzied frenzy in the latter stages of the first half, and was surprisingly good at causing problems for the opposition full-backs. And the England youngster's desire to shoot is very strong, and when he bursts into the penalty area, sometimes splits the ball, sometimes shoots from distance. The Birmingham defender had no guess what he was going to do next. And Bentley's activity has also created a lot of opportunities for Drogba and Bentley.

This time Bentley once again took the ball from the side towards the Birmingham penalty area, and the Birmingham left-back's eyebrows were a little red with anger, his center of gravity pressed down, and his body flew out sideways, once again stretching out his right foot to block.

Bentley flicked his left foot, easily brushed the opponent, and continued to move forward with the ball, and the Birmingham central defender saw his team-mate being passed and quickly cut in diagonally to intercept. And Bentley will not let go of this good opportunity, his right foot is lightly buckled to the right side of the football, and his left foot is diagonally slanted, and the Birmingham central defender rushed a little quickly, unable to brake, and was easily shaken.

The opportunity to open the scoring was already there, and Bentley took advantage of the rare opportunity to cut straight into the box on the right, with Didier Drogba and Robin van Persie also looking for a vantage point in the box and raising their hands to pass the ball.

Bentley took a big step forward with his left foot, even overtaking the football, and swung his right foot high and swung back and forward, looking determined to shoot.

The last Birmingham defender couldn't figure out what Bentley was up to, but a defender was the kind of guy who had to be ready for everything, and even if Bentley didn't want to shoot, he had to block it.

Bentley's right foot was about to touch the ball when the tension of his foot suddenly relaxed. Knock the ball from the back of your left leg to the left with your right heel horizontally.

The ball rolled right in front of Van Persie and the Dutch striker met the ball with a furious shot that slammed into the bottom right corner of the goal in a graceful arch.

“goooooooooooooooooooal！”

"In the 18th minute of the second half, Robin van Persie scored, it marked that Birmingham were completely crushed and defenseless, and Blackburn Rovers will win the game!" The on-site commentator at Ewood Park was almost roaring to explain the goal!

It wasn't a classic or flashy goal, but Blackburn's players, including the coaching staff and bench players, jumped up.

Van Persie also looked very excited, his hands clenched into fists, his head raised and kept yelling loudly, although after coming to Blackburn, Van Persie could not become the main force of the team because of his strength, but at this time he was also proving that he was also an indispensable force for Blackburn.

At this time, it was the 63rd minute of the game, and Birmingham were even more passive when they were two goals down, and it was simply unrealistic for them to score two goals in 20 minutes, even if it was difficult to score a goal.

It was in this situation that Birmingham completely abandoned the attack and began to retract into their own half. They finally understood that it was impossible to cause problems for Blackburn Rovers to win the Premier League with their own strength, and if they continued like this, it was very likely that the opponent would slaughter them by a large score.

Mourinho also didn't want to humiliate the opponent with a big score, after all, the opponent had already raised the white flag and surrendered, and everyone was mixed in the same league, so there was no need to be too stiff.

In the next 20 minutes, the two sides began to play the "peace ball", but the Blackburn fans in the stadium were not the least dissatisfied, because there were still 20 minutes to go, and they would welcome their third Premier League trophy in four years!

"Toot!" Before the stoppage time was over, the referee hastily blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the hearts of the players on both sides were no longer on the field, and time was meaningless.

"Chairman Walker, Miss Alba!"

Arthur and Jessica Alba had just stepped into the tunnel to celebrate with their team-mates on the field, but now they were surrounded by a circle of reporters.

"Arthur, how does it feel to win the Premier League?"

"Haha! Of course it's great! Arthur smiled happily when he heard this, when Manchester United and Chelsea were still in the growth period, Arsenal began to slide to the race for the fourth, Liverpool was not worried, Blackburn was already the current Premier League hegemon, although the four-year treble is still far from the Manchester United dynasty, but Arthur is confident that he will surpass all Premier League clubs in the future.

"Blackburn have already won the Carabao Cup and the Premier League this season, will you be satisfied?" A rookie reporter asked aloud.

Arthur turned around and raised his eyebrows: "Of course, the double championship will naturally not satisfy us, as long as there is a championship that can be chased, we will definitely continue to fight for it." That's a matter of course, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. ”

"This good show has just begun!" (To be continued.) )