Blackburn Rovers have eight players in this season's Premier League Team of the Year, which shows their dominance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech - 24 league games without conceding a goal, with an 82 per cent save success rate, the best in the Premier League this season. In his first season in the Premier League, he quickly integrated into the team, with a well-balanced technical background, no obvious weaknesses, and few low-level mistakes in the form of a big colander, which can give his teammates a sense of security.

Right-back - Finnen. Blackburn ex-player Paolo Ferreira was outstanding but missed too much at the end of the season due to injury. Arsenal's Lauren was positive in assists, but not old enough defensively, and Finnan won with a consistent play, both offensive and defensive. He has played 3,090 minutes and provided three assists in the league this season.

Centre-back: Carvalho. Blackburn Rovers conceded just 15 goals, setting a record in Premier League history, and Carvalho took the lead. In the official Premier League ratings, Carvalho ranks first among defenders with 6.21. According to the statistics agency OTPA, Carvalho effectively blocked 54 times, ranking third in the Premier League. He was also an important piece in the team's set-piece tactics, scoring three league goals.

Left-back: Ashley Cole. Despite the fact that two league goals and four assists are not perfect, and despite the "oddity" that Cole is absent and Blackburn's results are not affected, no one can deny his role at Blackburn, with manager Jose Mourinho always emphasising the importance of the Premier League's current number one left-back in his plans.

Right midfielder: Cristiano Ronaldo. The right-sided star has 10 league goals and 11 assists this season and could even threaten Ibrahimovic's place as the team's number one star in the future. The dribbling ability is outstanding, the shooting is fast and powerful, but the team awareness needs to be improved, but it has already shown the prototype of a football superstar.

Midfielder: Frank Lampard. Journalists and professional footballers' unions voted the best player of the season in the Premier League. With 13 league goals, he did a better job than most of the strikers of other teams. 14 assists, second only to Thierry Henry. The midfielder, who suffered a foot injury, also extended his Premier League start-to-back record to 145 games.

Forward: Ibrahimovic. Although Ibrahimovic has not played more than 30 games in the league for the first time this season due to injury, 26 goals in 29 games still allow him to beat Highbury's king Thierry Henry, dark horse Andy Johnson and newcomer Wayne Rooney, and undisputed the Premier League's top scorer for the first time. And as many as 8 assists also make Ibrahimovic look like he is not a "lone wolf".

In addition to the main players who are already famous in the world, Blackburn's newcomers who have emerged this year have also received enough attention from European football.

Although there are no homegrown superstars like Wayne Rooney in the Premier League this season, there are still many extremely dazzling young stars led by Bentley and Robben. However, these newcomers are mainly in the midfield, and there are no very good newcomers at the back. And Portsmouth used 24-year-old homegrown goalkeeper Ashton in this round, which is a good phenomenon in England, which lacks goalkeepers.

After letting go of Gyuli this season, Blackburn Rovers have performed well on the right side, and in addition to the maturity of Cristiano Ronaldo, it has a lot to do with the team's substitute right midfielder Bentley.

Bentley have scored five league goals this season, including two in the Champions League. England's new golden boy's breakthrough on the right left many left-backs in the Premier League unguarded.

Bentley has now become an England national treasure, and his advantage is in that right foot, but Bentley has always been a fringe player in the England team, suppressed by the captain of the Three Lions David Beckham, but the age gap between the two is 9 years, and most people are optimistic that Bentley will become the future right-sided genius of the Three Lions.

Bentley + Robben, this season's Premier League has a new pair of fantasy wings. Blackburn's rapid momentum on three fronts in the Carabao Cup, Premier League and Champions League is due to the excellent performance of substitutes such as Arjen Robben.

Although his performance in the team has reached the first-class level, Robben is still pressed by Duff, on the one hand, because Duff is the captain of the team, and he is very different from the Dutch Peter Pan, who only joined the team this year, in terms of captain status and familiarity with the team. On the other hand, it is also because Robben often receives the hidden danger of injury.

Although Arjen Robben has contributed seven goals and nine assists this season, he has only played 21 games in total due to injury, and what he needs to do most in the future is to better protect himself on the field.

Arthur is also deeply aware of why he was always sold by Chelsea and Real Madrid in his previous life when Robben always played quite well, and one of the factors was his glass physique, which was really a headache.

Even though Blackburn has been careful with the use of Robben this season, with a scientific diagnosis from Blackburn's laboratory and a strict guarantee of his playing time as a substitute for the team, he has been out on and off for nearly two months due to injury.

In addition to Bentley and Robben, who have started to make a name for themselves in the Premier League this season, another Dutchman, Van Persie, has also shown the prototype of a future striker.

Robin van Persie has been the biggest discovery of Blackburn's forward line this season, scoring five goals in 11 Premier League games, and has a well-rounded skill, and in addition to the league, the Dutch striker has also scored one goal each in the Champions League and the League Cup, and has become a substitute for Blackburn.

As for the Blackburn Chinese international, which Chinese fans are most concerned about on the other side of the ocean, it is now a mixed blessing.

After Davies joined Blackburn Rovers in the winter transfer window, Li Tie became a fringe player in the team.

Mourinho's arrangement of the team's defensive midfielder is simple and straightforward: Makelele is mainly attacking the Champions League, while Davies, who has already represented Inter Milan in the Champions League this season, is mainly playing in the Premier League and domestic cups, and when the two are absent due to injury, Cambiaso can go up and Deco can also make a cameo, which makes Li Tie have no chance to play at all.

If you don't want to sit on the bench and affect your main position in the national team, then Li Tie's departure from Blackburn Rovers this summer is the only option.

However, the good news is that the Chinese midfield, which has adapted to the Premier League and has improved rapidly under the tutelage of Mourinho, has no shortage of buyers, and the characteristics of running and midfield have made Li Tie favored by many Premier League teams such as Everton, Middlesbrough, and Charlton.

Next season, Li Tie's continued appearance in the Premier League is still not a big problem.

Compared with Li Tie's destined departure, Sun Jihai, another Chinese international who was injured at the end of the Premier League, can relax and recuperate quietly.

At 10 a.m. on the 24th, he was accompanied by a medical doctor from Blackburn Rovers Club and rushed to a hospital in Wales, where Simon Roberts, a famous British sports injury doctor, would personally perform the operation.

In this operation, the doctor sutured the cruciate ligament of Sun Jihai's knee, and according to the X-ray show, the doctor had concluded that the middle ligament of his knee could grow on its own.

Dr. Roberts gave Sun Jihai a timeline of 3 months, "He said that I can run after 3 months, and it is best not to do strenuous activities before, so as not to affect the normal recovery of knee ligaments." But after three months, I was able to go back to training. ”

Just after Sun Jihai's successful surgery, the official website of Blackburn Rovers reported the news, and at the same time, Blackburn's local media also published the news, and once again brought the issue of Blackburn Club's contract renewal with Sun Jihai to the forefront.

According to the practice of the Premier League, if Blackburn Rovers does not renew Sun Jihai's contract before January 1 next year, Sun Jihai can legally contact other clubs through his agent.

"In fact, Blackburn Rovers have given me a new contract, which is drafted, but in terms of some contract details, I feel that there is still a need to negotiate again, so I didn't give them a reply, anyway, there is no hurry, I will wait for a period of reinstatement." Sun Jihai said lightly.

In fact, in addition to Arthur, Blackburn coach Jose Mourinho and some directors of the board of directors of Blackburn Rovers Club are difficult to part with Sun Jihai, a player with a Chinese background, and now the two sides have communicated several times through their agents, but there are still differences on some details, but it is very likely that a contract renewal will be reached in the end.

The reason why Sun Jihai was able to win Blackburn's initiative to renew his contract was that in addition to Arthur's Chinese complex and the Chinese market, Sun Jihai's own strength was also a major factor.

After Paul Ferreira's high-priced move to Chelsea last summer and Jeff Kenner's return to his hometown team, Sun Jihai became the only substitute at Blackburn's right-back, and the Blackburn right-back combination of him and Finnan is also the best right-back rotation in the Premier League.

Sun Jihai has played 27 games for Blackburn Rovers this season, including 18 in the league and four in the Champions League, and is an integral part of the team.

It is precisely because of the presence of Sun Jihai that Mourinho is relieved to rotate in the right-back position.

However, due to Sun Jihai's injury at the end of the season, he is destined to miss one of Blackburn's most crucial battles this season - this season's Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey on May 25!

No team has been able to defend their Champions League title since the 1992 Champions League restructure, and Blackburn, who are in the Champions League final again this season, are expected to set that precedent.

Looking back at Blackburn's journey to the final, you can see how strong the defending champions are!

Blackburn have started the season in astonishing form, winning all six games to top the group and break through strongly. In the knockout rounds, they were even more invincible in the latter part of the season by European football fans as the "Blue Devils".

In the quarter-finals, Jose Mourinho led his side to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, a pair of strong and weak opponents. In the two games of 3:0, Blackburn played an opponent who was already powerless.

In the quarterfinals, Blackburn once again faced the old rival in the quarterfinals the year before last, Serie A giants Juventus.

Juventus was at its peak this year, and no team dared to say that they could have an absolute advantage in quality, and this time the home-and-away schedule gave Mourinho a chance to win.

In the first leg against Juventus, Blackburn took advantage of the home advantage and narrowly won 2:1.

Although Blackburn Rovers won their first game, many are more optimistic about Juventus returning home to the second leg with an away goal advantage.

However, in the second leg of the battle between the two teams, Juventus supporters were disappointed, because Mourinho put on the ultimate defensive tactics, and the 4-3-2-1 "Christmas tree" formation from Serie A blocked Juventus' attacks again and again.

Jose Mourinho's behaviour in the home-and-away schedule has led to claims of utilitarianism and shamelessness from opponents, but in the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, Mourinho showed his unexpected side.

In the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers will face a away and home fixture this time.

Facing a team led by his former Ben Fan Gaal, Jose Mourinho was patient enough in the first leg of the away game that Chelsea were unable to break down Blackburn's cautious and tight defence, and the two sides fought a dull battle, 0-0 was the final scoreline.

In the second leg of this final, back at home Ewood Park, Mourinho unleashed the unruly arrogance of his personality to the fullest, and even played offensive football in a key game such as the semi-finals.

And the reason why Mourinho made such a decision is also based on confidence in the team: Blackburn Rovers now has Ibrahimovic, Duff and Ronaldo the world's most attacking front trident, the midfield has Lampard's impact and Alonso's scheduling, and Makelele, Carvalho, Cech and others form the best defense in Europe this season, Mourinho firmly believes that if the two sides open up the attack at Ewood Park, no matter who the opponent is, it will be Blackburn who wins.

Van Gaal obviously did not expect that Blackburn, who has always played defensive counter-attacking tactics, would do the opposite, so he was forced to fight on the spot, and finally lost the game with a score of 2:5.

Jose Mourinho was praised across Europe after a stunted draw at Juventus and a home thrashing of Chelsea, while Blackburn Rovers were praised as an invincible team of kings.

After winning the Premier League and League Cup, Blackburn Rovers will make their final push at the treble and the only opponent in their way, AC Milan, who are in the final of the Champions League for the tenth time.

On May 25th, the night of Istanbul, the contest between the two sides was about to break out!

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2004-05 Premier League Team of the Year (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Carvalho, Terry, Finnen

Midfielders: Pire, Vieira, Lampard, Cristiano Ronaldo

Forwards: Thierry Henry, Ibrahimovic (To be continued.) )