Chapter 44: Youth Training Harvest (Part I)

Ahead of the final league game against Manchester United, Arthur received good news - Blackburn Rovers won the Youth League trophy this season, and after spending hundreds of millions of pounds in a row, Arthur finally saw the initial results. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"Our youth training can not only look at how much they have contributed to the first team, but also watch these childish children grow up step by step, work hard step by step, and succeed step by step, which is the meaning of youth training. If you think that the youth training is poor, inconclusive and useless, then you should spend more time in the transfer market. Arthur spoke eloquently at the post-match press conference of the Youth League Championship Victory Ceremony.

"Everyone's choice is different. If not every child born in Blackburn can have the opportunity to play in the Rose Theatre, and not even everyone can continue to be a professional player in the future, the eldest brother of the English/Filipino dual nationality Yang brothers in the past few years has embarked on the road of modeling. Everyone's future will not be the same, but at this moment, they belong to Blackburn, focus on the academy, pay attention to those Blackburn children, can they stay at Blackburn in the future? Who minds? I just see that now they are proud in the blue shirt, they are worthy of the rose on the shirt, and that is enough. They are Jack Walker's lion cubs, Black himself, and they have Blackburn in their veins. ā€

This season is a bumper year for the Blackburn reserve team, although in the eyes of many people, the reserve team is just a transfer station between a team and the youth team, and the honor has no practical significance, but after all, this is the opinion of a bystander, and the psychological impact of an honor on a player is limitless, and the championship won by the Blackburn reserve team this season is the first reserve team championship after the Walker family took over, and it is the result of the struggle of the whole team. This is something that no one can erase.

Whatever the future holds, they are champions in this moment.

This season's regular season reserve league format adjustment, Blackburn was divided into the South Division Group C, 20 games, 11 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses, scored 42 goals and conceded 39 goals, accumulated 36 points to win the division championship.

The 42 goals were the most of any of the 16 teams in the three groups of the Reserve League, with Manchester United in Group A of the North Division scoring 38 goals and Newcastle United 40, Chelsea in Group B scoring 39 and Arsenal in the same zone 41. It also has the most wins. Last season, they won 7 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses, scored 27 goals and conceded 26 goals in 16 league games, accumulated 22 points and finished in fourth place.

Harry Kane won the Golden Boot in the Reserve League with 12 goals and has been on fire this season, scoring 12 goals in eight games, and his pinnacle of action against West Brom in the fourth round of the league, with five goals in very different styles breaking through the opposition's defence. Harry Kane single-handedly led his team to a 5-4 victory.

This season's assist leader is shared by Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Alli with four assists.

Dele Alli has also been a must-mention for Blackburn Rovers this season, as his attacking talent was unleashed after moving forward as a midfielder, scoring a hat-trick in a 5-1 win away at Norwich City in the Youth League, as well as two goals and four assists in the Reserves.

In midfield, his interception ability was reflected, and it was he who was talking about both attack and defense.

Todd Kane is one of the surprises of this season, this all-purpose patch on the right side was originally because of the frequent injuries this season, right-back, right forward, right winger he has all played, being able to run is his biggest characteristic, and his style of play is extremely passionate, the quality of his shots is very high, the finals are his foot, MVP deserved.

Raheem Sterling is also a name that has to be mentioned, he contributed eight goals and four assists in the season after returning from a cold, and won a penalty in stoppage time against Newcastle in the second game of the league, and he came off the bench to withstand the pressure and score a penalty to help the team win 3-2. In the penalty shootout in the finals, after the opponent missed the penalty in the fourth round, he scored the ball steadily and established a psychological advantage. Although he is also a child with no outstanding talent, he has a lot of hard work and many goals are opportunities for him to fight hard.

Less than 90 seconds into the game, right-back Dele Ali made a gauze mistake and was tackled by the opponent after slipping under pressure......

Blackburn Rovers, who have not played in the league for three weeks, have clearly not found their form, being beaten in the first 30 minutes and scoring a header, but the offside position allowed Blackburn Rovers to escape. And the veteran Campbell was able to defuse the few attacks of the Blackburn reserves

The form finally improved on 35 minutes, when the captain of the field, who played as a central defender, made a sudden steal to cut off the opponent's pass, and sent a delicate through ball near the center circle, Sterling used his speed to form a single knife, and calmly pushed the far corner in the face of the goalkeeper to equalize the score!

Newcastle United had a one-on-one chance a minute later, when Butland defused the danger by making a decisive move to block the opposition's path and save a shot from the opposition striker a few minutes later, as it was the result of three tragic mistakes by Blackburn Rovers.

In the 42nd minute, the Blackburn reserve team overtook the score, Ali's transfer tore apart the opponent's defense, and the right midfielder Sterling, who switched to the left side, broke through and passed to Harry Kane in the penalty area, Harry Kane played the near corner with a slight adjustment, 2:1!

Ali missed the chance to extend the score just before half-time, and Blackburn Rovers completed the comeback 2-1 at half-time.

In the second half, the left-back crossed Sterling's shot but was unfortunately offside. More than 10 minutes later, Harry Kane and Ali were in a mismatch in front of goal and missed shots in succession.

After that, the two sides entered a stalemate, there were not many chances, and it seemed that it was about to end like this, but often disasters happened so inadvertently.

In the 70th minute, the Blackburn reserve team staged a series of mistakes: after the opponent cleared the ball, the ball drove to the backfield of the Blackburn reserve team, and the captain of the reserve team took the lead in stopping the ball and was cut off by the opponent.

Horford was still very calm in the face of Dele Alli and Stones, first calmly shook down Dele Ali, who had been unable to defend this game, and then calmly leaned on Stones to calmly knock the ball to his teammates who were ambushed at the back point, who easily pushed the goal to the left side of the goal to equalize, and Butland could only do a background in desperation.

Newcastle's attack became sharper and sharper after the equaliser, but Butland made a number of key saves to keep the goal open.

In the 85th minute, Blackburn Rovers made a crucial substitution, replacing Harry Kane, the goalkeeper who had suffered from a physical problem with French striker Anthony Martial, who had just recovered from a three-month injury.

The substitution worked wonders in the second minute of stoppage time, Ali's through ball was passed to the feet of Anthony Martial, who rushed in with the ball and was tripped by the opposing goalkeeper, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty!

Anthony Martial stood at the penalty spot, faced the boos of more than 3,000 fans in the stadium, and calmly hit the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, and the score was exceeded again!

There was no time left for Newcastle, and Blackburn Rovers finally won the game 3-2!

This season, Harry Kane's progress has become more and more evident, with more and more comfortable breaking through and passing, the combination of speed and body can easily pierce through opposition defences, and the stats don't fully reflect his contribution. When teams are in trouble, they tend to give him the ball and go it alone, and it turns out to be really effective.

Next season, he'll definitely be worthy of the same treatment as the first team.

Stones has grown quite satisfactorily this season, and it is clear that the speed deficit in the past has improved a lot, and he has become more and more skilled in the use of small skills, and he has been a regular centre-back in the development team immediately after returning from a serious knee injury, and he has been back on the pitch with a bloody head against Manchester City, bandaged and back on the pitch. The development squad can often see his defensive shows, and with big brother Phil Jones already established in the first team, next season will be a key bottleneck for the England senior defender.

Although Martial returned from a serious injury, although he did not play much, he also grew up gratifyingly, showing amazing will, his congenital physical condition is actually quite good, his style is very similar to his French compatriot Henry, and his fighting spirit is extremely good, he is one of the few foreign young players in the team, but he can become the main force of the team.

Butland is the most promising young player to enter the first team squad next season, born in 1993, he is obviously too young in the goalkeeper position, but Arthur, who has always attached importance to young players, will definitely make Butland the team's third goalkeeper when Dida confirms his retirement next season, to feel the atmosphere of the Premier League and Champions League, and in the League Cup, Butland may not have the opportunity to play.

The Reserve League has played a number of exciting battles this season, such as the 5-4 win away to West Bromwich Albion, the 7-2 thrashing of Blackpool, the 3-0 thrashing of Wolves, and the final win over Chelsea. But it was a league game in which the reserves proved themselves, beating West Ham United 4-3 in the 10th round of the league.