Blackburn's mentality is plagued by ever-increasing ambition. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If, at the start of the season, someone tells them they can finish top of the Premier League table after round 17 and are three points ahead of second place, there is no one in the squad who would not be mad with emotion.

However, now with the same result, Blackburn is a little dissatisfied.

This is more or less similar to the comparison between the three and the four and the four.

With five league games without a win and only four points from five games, Blackburn Rovers have 36 points after 17 Premier League games, only three points ahead of second-placed Liverpool, and the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho has increased sharply.

So in the 18th round of the league against Charlton, Mourinho ordered that this game should not be lost, and the ambition must be won!

However, until the 75th minute of the game, the score on the field was still 1:1, and Mourinho couldn't sit still, not only standing on the sidelines and shouting at the players on the field, but also began to let the players on the bench run around in circles to warm up, ready to deploy troops at any time.

In the 77th minute of the game, Mourinho finally began to replace the players on the field and played two cards in his hand at once.

At this moment, Mourinho's crazy side was shown, and he replaced Cambiaso with the center forward Ibrahimovic, who had just returned from injury, and replaced Paulo Ferreira with Sun Jihai, but it was not a substitution, but a top position on the right wing, Benayoun continued to move up, playing the right winger, and the corresponding Duff also served as the team's left winger, and Ibrahimovic and Drogba became the team's forward twin towers.

As a result, Black's line-up changed to 3-3-4, with four strikers bombarding Charlton Athletic's goal.

In fact, Mourinho is also a dead horse doctor - when he has no other way to change the situation on the pitch, he can only gamble that the four-striker tactics will bring him good luck. At this time, he is not like those who felt that a point could "quench their thirst" at the beginning of the season.

Ibrahimovic lowered his head and touched the turf on the side of the pitch before running onto the pitch - although he had never done this before, an unexpected injury had made him cherish running unrestrained on the green field even more.

The game continued with a whistle from referee Webb.

In the 78th minute, Ibrahimovic's first long-range shot gave the opponent a dismount, which was a good opportunity for Blackburn, but his team-mates did not take it.

Ibrahimovic's shot was blocked by the Charlton goalkeeper before landing in the six-yard box, but none of the rest of Blackburn's players grabbed the ball and the ball was kicked off the touchline by a defender.

Charlton then tried to mount a counter-attack, but their attack was unsatisfactory and ended soon after Ashley Young fired a ball into the stands.

Blackburn, who got possession of the ball, regrouped the attack.

After Alonso received Carvalho's pass, he turned and dribbled forward, and when the opponent was close, he made a two-more collision with Lampard, he passed the football to Lampard, and then accelerated himself to continue to run forward, Lampard did not delay much, after slightly attracting the attention of the opponent, did not turn, but directly knocked the ball with the outside of his instep, the position was a little in front of Alonso, very comfortable pass.

Alonso's through ball on the run without stopping the ball fed the ball to Benayoun in the box.

Benayoun received the ball on the run and met Charlton's midfield. Benayoun is well aware that the opponent has been with Charlton for many years, and his defensive ability is excellent, especially good at tackling and marking, and he is an excellent sapper midfielder.

In the face of such a fierce defensive player, Benayoun mostly used his flexible body and speed to eat the opponent. This time was no exception, although there was no absolute speed, but relying on the excellent combination of dribbling skills, Benayoun just used the small trick of stopping and getting up, and forced to overtake the opponent's defense.

After the breakthrough, Benayoun's eyes were bright, and instead of rushing to pass the ball, he strode the ball, constantly increasing his speed, and went straight to the heart of Charlton's penalty area.

As soon as the Charlton central defender saw Benayoun break through the team's defense, he looked at the direction of Benayoun's breakthrough and thought that the opponent was going to break through from the ribs, so he quickly gave up his position and rushed up to try to stop it.

Benayoun was delighted to see the opposition rushing towards him, and he was waiting for this opportunity, noting that his team-mates had formed a favourable trend in multiple positions, and his quick breakthrough made Charlton's defence look thin at this time, and as long as the pass and team-mate's movement were right, it was easy to find very good opportunities.

After the Charlton centre-back rushed up, Benayoun didn't continue to dribble the ball, but flicked the ball to the gap in front of Duff, who was following up on the wing.

Duff received the ball and made a slight break down the flank before suddenly cutting inside, and just as Charlton's defenders were focusing on him, Duff suddenly sent a through ball from the outside, and the ball slid past Charlton's last defender and into the box.

When Charlton's defenders turned to look for the ball at the same time, they saw that Ibrahimovic, who was still at the edge of the penalty area just now, had received a pass from Duff, and the Swedish striker could face the opposing goalkeeper directly at this time.

"This is a good chance to shoot on goal, it's a good chance for Blackburn to take the lead again!" Mortensen exclaimed with emotion, he didn't expect Ibrahimovic to be in such good form in his first game back from injury.

Ibrahimovic was expected to face the goal when he was about to receive the ball, and Charlton's last defender was retreating to his position, seeing that Ibrahimovic had received the ball again, and he had reached the area where he could shoot, so he had to rush over again, intending to jam the position and prevent the opponent from shooting.

However, before he arrived, he saw that Ibrahimovic did not stop the ball, and his left-footed volley was a direct and powerful volley!

“gooooooooooooooooooal！”

"Oh...... Pretty! Beautiful goal! Who would have thought that Ibrahimovic's first game back from injury would be so good! Mortensen commented in a very passionate voice: "Ibrahimovic scored his 12th league goal of the season, once again ahead of Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arsenal's Thierry Henry, making himself the top scorer in the Premier League, and Blackburn Rovers also led Charlton Athletic again 2:1 with his goal!" ”

Ibrahimovic's goal came in the 82nd minute of the match, after which Blackburn, who had retracted from the defence, did not give Charlton another chance, keeping the score 2-1 until the end of the game.

After the win over Charlton, there is speculation about whether Blackburn will start their winning streak again.

Because in terms of form, it seems that they are back to the period when they were invincible at the beginning of the season.

However, the answer is no.

In the 19th round of the league on Christmas Day, Blackburn Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Sunderland, and what was even more desperate than the result was that Blackburn Rovers added new players to their injured list.

Benayoun and Sun Jihai were substituted in the game due to injury, while the former was very badly injured, according to the British "Daily Telegraph", Benayoun will be out for up to a month and will not return until February 2 at the earliest, which also means that if the recovery goes well, he can return before the game against Fulham.

This has also made Mourinho's squad even more stretched, and bringing in new signings in the winter transfer window may be a top priority for Blackburn.

However, what makes Blackburn Rovers excited is that although they lost this round, they relied on goal difference to beat Newcastle United, and Blackburn won the Premier League halfway through this season.

As for Liverpool, who were originally chasing after Blake itself, they lost 1-2 to fourth-placed Arsenal in the last round of the league, once again trailing Blackburn Rovers by three points.

In the last 10 seasons, only three of the 10 half-way champions have won the title, with a 30% chance of winning the title, and only two have completed the half-way league title to the final league title: Manchester United in 1993-94 and 2000-01, and Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers in 1994-95.

Blackburn Rovers won the halfway through the Premier League, and despite the recent seven-point deficit in seven rounds, they are still the most consistent team in the first 19 rounds, losing only two games and losing the fewest of the 20 teams.

Although Manchester United's round of 19 fixtures have yet to start, the Reds, who are last season's Premier League champions, are undoubtedly the most disappointing team in ninth place. Manchester United have spent nearly 100 million on transfers this summer, but the current results can only be disappointing.

Liverpool have been the most anticipated team this season, but their performances so far have been mediocre. Defeats to Arsenal and Chelsea, as well as failing to beat in-form Blackburn Rovers at home, were all key factors in their failure to reach the top halfway, and the lack of ability to play hard was a big problem for them.

As the biggest favourites this season, Arsenal have a strong squad and bench line-up, but they have not performed well due to the banned drug scandal and are now only in third place.

In terms of individual performances, Thierry Henry, who scored 13 goals, won the top scorer in the half by one goal. At just 20 years old, Ibrahimovic is a dark horse in the scorers' charts and is currently behind Thierry Henry with 12 goals.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done for Blackburn to go from halfway title to final league title.

While Mourinho and Blackburn Rovers were in a hurry to improve the team's lineup, Arthur was already in Baltimore, Maryland, on the other side of the Atlantic, and was talking to an American in his 30s in a suit in a conference room.