In the 2002-2003 season, Robin van Persie became an important part of the team at Feyenoord. Biquge.infoIn February 2003, in a Dutch Cup Feyenoord 6-2 win over Apelton, Van Persie scored five goals alone and showed amazing talent. At this time, Van Persie also showed his unruly side, and he quarreled with the then Feyenoord coach Van Marwijk many times, and was finally sent to the reserve team by Van Marwijk.

And during his time in the reserves, Van Persie was also involved in a number of scandals, so Van Persie was directly excluded from the squad for the 2002 UEFA Super Cup final by Van Marwijk, and he was also driven home by Van Marwijk for refusing to participate in a pre-match warm-up in a Champions League qualifying match. Van Persie has scored 16 goals in just 28 appearances this season.

Van Persie broke with Van Marwijk last season and was confined to the bench for most of the game, scoring just six goals in 33 appearances in all competitions this season.

At this time, Van Persie refused to renew his contract with Feyenoord. The relationship between the two sides has completely broken, Feyenoord began to actively sell Van Persie, but many giants are very cautious because of his "past", and before the previous Van Persie joined Arsenal did not take measures, Arthur took the lead and brought the future Robin Rovers to Blackburn for only 3 million pounds.

Although Van Persie was not the player Mourinho asked for, after seeing Van Persie's performance, Mourinho was very fond of the 21-year-old and promised that Van Persie would be an important part of the team's future plans.

At this point, Blackburn's transfer door was completely closed, spending 23.7 million pounds on reinforcements, earning 53.5 million pounds, making a profit again, and netting nearly 30 million pounds, and being able to make a profit while maintaining the team's fighting ability, Arthur's goal of building a player black shop gradually took shape.

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The UEFA Super Cup, a single-match, single-leg competition held by UEFA at the beginning of each season, was contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Champions League champions before 1999, and is now contested by the UEFA Europa League champions and UEFA Champions League winners.

Since 2000, the UEFA Cup winners and UEFA Champions League winners have competed for the title, with the tournament taking place at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco every year, while this year the UEFA Cup winners Valencia and Champions League winners Blackburn Rovers are battling each other.

Because of the European Cup and Asian Cup this summer, many of the main and main substitutes in Blackburn's squad were unable to fully participate in the team's pre-season joint training, so this Blackburn team's first European Super Cup trip in history, Mourinho did not go all out, and almost none of the players who entered the knockout stage of the European Championship were played, but Rao is so, Blackburn's starting list is still star-studded.

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

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Defenders: Heinze, Martin Taylor, Carvalho, Finnen

Midfielders: Cambiaso, Alonso, Robben

Forwards: Van Persie, Drogba, Bentley

Valencia starting XI (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Canizares

Defenders: Curro Torres, Navarro, Marchena, Carboni

Midfielders: Rufete, Albelda, Baraja, Vicente

Forwards: Di Vaio, Corradi

From the start of the game, Valencia launched a powerful attack, and midfielder Baraja became the most active man on the field.

In the 15th minute, Baraja broke through on the right flank and passed to Alberto at the edge of the box, who stopped the ball and volleyed hard, but the ball was saved by Friedel.

In the 25th minute, it was again Baraja who cut into the box and shot, but unfortunately this time it was high over the crossbar.

In the 32nd minute, Valencia player Vicente threw the ball into the Porto penalty area, and the extraordinarily active Baraja shook his head in front of the goal, and the ball quickly flew into the net, Valencia led 1:0.

Five minutes later, Baraja broke down the right flank and took the ball into the box, where Torres headed in from 15 yards and the ball hit the junction of the Porto post and crossbar.

In the 43rd minute, Baraja shot hard from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball was easily obtained by the goalkeeper.

The entire first half almost became Baraja's solo show, which made Mourinho furious at half-time and turned on the "Muslim hair dryer".

After the start of the second half, Valencia continued the rapid offensive in the first half, but in front of Blackburn, who mainly played defensive counter-attacks, they swallowed the consequences for their rashness.

In the 56th minute, Alberto received the ball in the penalty area and was poked out by Carvalho behind him, Cambiaso received the ball and made a long pass directly to the side, Robben received the ball and drove straight into the side, burst into the penalty area from the left side, and shot into the net from a small angle in the face of the goalkeeper, which was the first goal scored by his new club in an official match, and Blackburn equalized the score.

Five minutes later, Baraja missed the chance to overtake the lead when he received the ball from a team-mate at the far end without interference, and headed in from close range in front of goal, but the ball was ruthlessly blocked by the crossbar.

On the green field, those who don't value their opportunities are often punished, and this time is no exception.

In the 78th minute, Blackburn organized an attack in the midfield, Bentley volleyed vigorously from the edge of the penalty area, and the Valencia goalkeeper struggled to save, but the shot was too powerful, Canizares was really powerless, and could only block the ball, Drogba in the penalty area found a good opportunity and easily made up the goal, Blackburn overtook the score 2:1.

Two minutes before the end, Valencia substitute Aimar fired a shot from 35 yards out, and Friedel was so engrossed in his efforts to keep the ball out.

In the end, Blackburn won 2:1 against Blackburn Rovers and won the first trophy of the new season.

In his post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho famously uttered the famous phrase: "Please don't call me arrogant, I won the European Championship, so I think I'm the special one and we're going to fight for all the titles in the new season." ”

As soon as this statement came out, British and even European football was in an uproar.

But Mourinho doesn't seem to care. He insisted: "Blackburn are the best team and if that sounds a bit arrogant, then please forgive me. Because in ten months you will agree with me. ”

After more than three years of tuning, Munirio has built the current Blackburn Rovers into a perfect team that he is happy with, and if last season's surprise Champions League title was a surprise, Arthur and Mourinho have more expectations for the team this season.

In the first round of the new Premier League season, Blackburn Rovers sat at home and defeated Manchester United 1:0. Compared with Ferguson's anxiety on the sidelines, Mourinho sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai. When the team scored, Mourinho had a wicked smile on his lips and was very confident.

Instead of using the 4-2-3-1 formation that has been the same as in previous seasons, Mourinho has created a new 4-3-3 formation tailored to his team: the strong Ibrahimovic is at the front and becomes a goal-scoring hammer. Captain Duff and Cristiano Ronaldo, two fast wingers, switch positions back and forth, and both of them are very capable of walking inside and outside. Frank Lampard was at the heart of the team's midfield, appearing at the very front of the midfield three, often cutting in from the back to score goals.

In terms of the back two, new Spain international Marcos Alonso is in charge of the team's running and is the brains of the midfield in the truest sense of the word, while France international Claude Makelele is a solid barrier in front of the team's backline.

At the back, Stam and Carvalho complement each other in centre-back and are one of the best centre-back pairings in European football, while Ashley Cole is the undisputed Premier League's No. 1 left-back on the left. At right wing-back, Finnan was also very solid and played very well, as evidenced by the fact that he was able to squeeze out Portugal international Paulo Ferreira.

In goal, young Czech Petr Cech and former regular Friedel are in a healthy rivalry, with both of them top-10 in the Premier League.

In the bench, the back four of Sun Jihai, Martin Taylor, Dellas and Heinze are all players who can play the main role in other teams, in midfield, Cambiaso, Deco, Robben and Bentley are the targets of many giants, and the presence of Larsson, Drogba and Van Persie in the front line has made Blackburn's powder pool the Premier League.

This Blackburn Rovers have few weaknesses.

The 2004-05 Premier League season kicked off, and in the first 15 rounds leading up to December, Blackburn Rovers produced a terrifying record - in addition to a 1-0 win over Manchester United in the first round, Blackburn Rovers beat Birmingham City 2-0, Crystal Palace 2-0, Southampton 2-1, Aston Villa 1-0, drew 0-0 with Tottenham, beat Middlesbrough 2-0, beat Liverpool 1-0, beat Manchester City 1-0 and drew 1-1 with Chelsea. 4-0 win over West Bromwich Albion, 1-0 win over Everton, 4-1 win over Fulham, 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers, 5-0 slaughter Charlton Athletic.

In the first fifteen rounds of the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers won 13 games except for being drawn by Tottenham and Chelsea, the London duo, with a record of 13 wins and 2 draws and 41 points, which made all opponents feel unbelievable and irrepressible horror!

In the game, Blackburn Rovers did not score many goals, often winning 1-0, scoring 29 goals in 15 rounds, leaving them in fourth place in the Premier League. But in Mourinho's view, winning is the only appeal, and it doesn't take much to score goals, 1:0 is enough. As long as you get the points you deserve, the champion will not be left behind.

"Be invincible and win." That's Mourinho's thinking. Even if you can't take down your opponent, you must ensure that you don't get taken by your opponent.

Blackburn's set-piece tactics have been able to do wonders when they are stuck in a bottleneck in attack, which makes them always the winning side.

In terms of defensive organization, Blackburn Rovers are world-class in terms of individual ability and teamwork. It will be difficult for the opponent to break down the goals of Blackburn. With just four goals conceded in 15 games, Blackburn are on par with any defensive powerhouse in the history of the English top flight.

Blackburn Rovers started the new season with a terrifying winning streak that left all their rivals far behind. Blackburn's Premier League title this season seems to be a no-brainer.

In the new season of the Champions League, Blackburn, as the defending champion, is also very strong.

In the new Champions League, Blackburn Rovers are in Group A with last season's Champions League final opponent Deportivo La Coruna, semi-final opponent Monaco, and Greek powerhouse Olympiacos.

Three of the last Champions League semi-finals were placed in the same group, which was a group of death posture no matter how you look at it, but Blackburn broke all predictions about the group of death by topping the group two rounds early.

In the first round, Blackburn beat Monaco 2:0 at home with Ibrahimovic's brace, and the whole game was under Blackburn's control, and Monaco couldn't find a way to beat Blackburn.

In the second round of the game, Blackburn traveled to Greece, substitute defender Dellas started for the first time in the season, Olympiacos could not find a chance to score in front of Dellas, who is familiar with the style of Greek football, but Blackburn used a counterattack, Ronaldo completed the goal, and took away the victory 1:0.

In the third round of the game, Blackburn, who returned to their home stadium, faced last season's Champions League final opponent Deportivo La Coruna, Ibrahimovic and Duff dominated the game with one pass and one shot, substitute Larsson added the icing on the cake, and Blackburn beat the old opponent 3:0.

In the fourth round, Deportivo La Coruna returned to their home stadium and prepared to fight back, but they played offensive football all over the field, but they were injured by Blackburn Rovers with a counterattack again, and the home team lost again.

After four rounds, Blackburn Rovers qualified two rounds early and secured top spot in the group.

In the fifth round, Mourinho only brought some of the main players to Monaco, but Rao was so, Monaco still lost 0:2 to Blackburn Rovers in the rotation lineup.

Blackburn's Champions League group is so strong, in addition to Blackburn's strength, Monaco players were divided by foreign powers this summer, and Deportivo LaCoruna's rapid decline is also one of the main reasons.

Compared with previous years, Blackburn Rovers began to pay more attention to domestic cup competitions in the new season, and in the first English League Cup, they beat Fulham with a score of 2:0 and took the lead in reaching the last four of this season's League Cup.

In the new season, the most consistent player in Black's squad is striker Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish striker continued his excellent form from last season and at the European Championships, scoring a staggering 20 competitive goals in just over three months, including 13 in the league, six in the Champions League and one in the League Cup, making him one of the favourites for the Ballon d'Or on 13 December.

Especially against Deportivo La Coruna in the Champions League group stage, Ibrahimovic scored an incredible goal with seven men in a row. After the game, the world's major media called this goal "incredible", some people compared this goal to Maradona's masterpiece, the excellent feeling of the ball and the ability to control the ball made Ibrahimovic completely conquer European football, and this goal was even considered by many media to have locked in the best European goal of the year in advance.

Shevchenko, who is the biggest threat to Ibrahimovic winning the Ballon d'Or, has been unlucky since the summer.

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2004-05 Blackburn Rovers squad (25):

Goalkeepers: Friedel, Cech, Lewis

Defenders: Ashley Cole, Finnan, Carvalho, Stam, Sun Jihai, Martin Taylor, Heinze, Dellas

Midfielders: Frank Lampard, Duff, Alonso, Makelele, Cambiaso, Li Tie, Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Robben, Bentley

Forwards: Larsson, Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Robin van Persie (to be continued.) )