On March 25, in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals between Blackburn and Arsenal, Blackburn easily defeated Arsenal 2:0 away, not only leading Arsenal 2:0 on aggregate, but also having 2 away goals, which almost means that Arsenal has been out of the Champions League in advance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, focusing on the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals on the 25th, and also having to save for the second leg of the Champions League on April 7, this means that Blackburn Rovers will not be able to continue with the absolute main line-up against the Gunners in the last game four days later.

On March 29, Blackburn Rovers hosted Arsenal in the 30th round of the league this season.

In this game, you can see the difference between Blackburn and Arsenal in the thickness of the team, Arsenal is still the main force in order to protect the league, and Blackburn is a large area of rotation.

Blackburn Mourinho started in a 4-3-3 formation, with Ashley Cole and Carvalho in back-to-back line-up, although Stam and Finnan were replaced by Heinze and Paolo Ferreira.

In midfield, Maronso, Claude Makelele and Frank Lampard, who played in the last Champions League quarter-final, were all absent and replaced by a midfield combination of Deco, Cambiasso and Mendieta.

Up front, the trident of Duff, Ibrahimovic and Gyuli was also on the bench, with Larsson, Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo joining up front.

In other words, Blackburn Rovers rotated as many as 8 players in this game compared to the previous game, but this lineup is still luxurious, enough to compete with Arsenal, who are the main players.

Arsenal, who had just played Blackburn Rovers four days earlier, were clearly far weaker in terms of energy and impact.

Blackburn had a good chance to open the scoring after just 94 seconds, when Deco broke through the middle and sent in a through ball from the outside of his foot, and Drogba's one-on-one effort from 10 yards was brilliantly saved by Lehmann, who continued to cross but was still blocked by the goalkeeper.

Blackburn wasted another chance in the 16th minute when Didier Drogba played a series of passes through Mendieta, but Deco's 12-yard effort grazed the left-hand post.

Six minutes later, Blackburn made a comeback when Deco passed the ball and Larsson's shot from the left side of the box was saved by Lehmann in the near corner.

Cristiano Ronaldo whipped in a corner and Drogba's header from 10 yards was still wide of the left-hand post. Didier Drogba crossed from the left under Blind's cover and Mendieta's shot was saved by Lehmann. Blackburn continued to lay siege but failed to create any more scoring chances later in the first half.

Blackburn continued to press in the second half, Mendieta crossed back, Deco's shot from the right side of the box was blocked by Laurenlen, and Cambiaso's corner scuffle went wide from the edge of the range.

Arsenal were a little stunned by Blackburn Rovers before, but they also had a chance to score, and in the 55th minute, Ljungberg's pass went straight through Blackburn's defence, but Reyes stopped the ball a little wider, and then a low shot from 12 yards that lacked power was easily met by Friedel.

The situation on the field was firmly controlled by Blackburn, especially as the game deepened and the physical fitness continued to decline, Blackburn played more handy.

Blackburn finally broke the deadlock in the 69th minute, Ashley Cole broke through the pass on the left, Drogba got the first point and headed it to the other side, and Ronaldo shot into the far corner from 15 yards on the left side of the penalty area, 1:0!

It was Cristiano Ronaldo's third Premier League goal of the season, and while it hasn't squeezed out Giuli's main position, it has already shown everyone his potential.

"That's it! That's great! "Arthur in the box and Mourinho in the venue are partying together!

Although the chances of the league are still slim, as long as this score is maintained until the end, Arsenal, which has been defeated by Blackburn in a row, may not be psychologically damaged and lead to a collapse!

Subsequently, Mourinho signaled to Blackburn Rovers to continue the pressure, and he asked the team to kill the opponent by a big score in this game, so that Wenger's team psychology was completely broken!

Unfortunately, neither Drogba nor Cristiano Ronaldo will be killers in the future.

Larsson's pass gave Drogba the chance to shoot from inside the box, but the African Monster's powerful shot from 12 yards was blocked.

Cristiano Ronaldo's volley from the left side of the penalty area in the ensuing corner scuffle was also weak and was easily saved by Lehmann.

Blackburn, who had squandered a number of good chances, were knocked down by a defensive counter-attack that they were good at.

Arsenal had a good chance in the 87th minute, Reyes pulled his foot in the box and fired a fierce shot, Friedel jumped high, who knew that Campbell elbowed the ball to the ground, Friedel obviously did not expect it, the ball bounced under his crotch into the net.

Judging from the trajectory of the football, Reyes may not be able to hit the goal frame with this ball, but with the "help" of Campbell's palm, the trajectory of the ball changes at the same time, and the goalkeeper is also interfered with and jumps, so that the ball can "leak" into the goal.

The goal was ultimately credited to Campbell. But not only did he handball at the time, but he was already in an offside position at the moment when Reyes received the ball, so the goal effectively caused great displeasure among the Blackburn Rovers players and Jose Mourinho.

After a series of complaints to no avail, Mourinho brought on three attacking players, Ibrahimovic, Gyuli and Frank Lampard, in an attempt to regain the lead.

Jose Mourinho's life-saving substitution came close to success as Blackburn came close to striking the game on the second floor when Gyuli crossed from the right but Ibrahimovic's close-range header hit the crossbar and denied the last chance to win.

"Alas, the time is also fate!" Arthur was helpless when he heard the referee's whistle in the chairman's box.

Unlike last season, this season's Blackburn really has the ability and thickness to maintain multi-front operations, but unfortunately this season's Arsenal is too perverted, and there are some meanings of luck for the protagonist of the novel.

"It's not a crime of war!" Arthur shook his head.

In the end, the two sides shook hands at full-time, and after the two teams drawn, Blackburn Rovers are still five points behind Arsenal, but there are only eight games left in the league, and Blackburn, who are almost in the Champions League semi-finals with one foot, and are destined to be distracted by the Champions League in the next two months, will find it difficult to catch up with the Gunners.

Blackburn Rovers were held to a draw by Arsenal after taking the initiative at full-time, and the team paid the price for repeatedly missing good chances.

Speaking after the game, Blackburn boss Jose Mourinho was blunt about the result, but he praised his side for their best game so far of the season.

Mourinho said after the game: "It was Blackburn's best performance so far, we could have been 3-0 or 4-0 at half-time, we could have won 6-0 at full-time, but in the end it was 1-1, but that's football. We performed better than we did in our last Champions League quarter-final game, our best performance yet. Blackburn were the team that always wanted to score more goals and were in complete control of the game. ”

Mourinho continued: 'For me, we played well but got a bad result and the reaction of the fans after the game speaks for itself. Arsenal play like every game they play and they come here for the draw. They were lucky, but luck is part of football and our bad luck is not their fault. ”

Arsene Wenger also admitted after the game that the draw with Blackburn Rovers was a lucky result: "It was a huge test for us, we were motivated and had the right attitude. But we made a lot of technical mistakes today, but we were lucky today and got the points we deserved, so it's normal for you to win 1-0 or lose 1-0 in a game like this. ”

In response to the controversial issue of Campbell's handball, Arsene Wenger said: "I invite you to sit on my bench and it is impossible to see clearly. I didn't see what the ball went through, but I was told that on TV, to be honest, it was a lucky goal. ”

The "Hand of God" goal break happens from time to time in football, but such an obvious handball + offside goal is still quite rare in football.

Finally, Arsene Wenger looked ahead to Arsenal's prospects: "It's a big game, we're still five points ahead of them after this game, we only have eight games left in the league and we certainly won't let this season's Barclays Cup slip away. ”

However, when someone asked about the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals a week later, even Arsene Wenger, who had just won a satisfactory scoreline, could not keep smiling, because he knew that Arsenal's chances were slim when they were 2-0 down and came to the most terrifying devil's home stadium in Europe in the past two years.

"We're definitely not going to give up." Arsene Wenger can only say that.

Blackburn Rovers face Arsenal in the second leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals at home at Edwood Park on 7 April.

Blackburn have never lost at home to Ewood Park this season and with a clear 2-0 lead in the first leg, almost everyone is optimistic that they will progress to the last four of the Champions League, even with the pro-Arsenal media advising Arsene Wenger to focus on the league.

In this game, Wenger obviously forgot what he said before, "we will definitely not give up", Bergkamp, Pire and other big players were put on the bench by him, and obviously had the meaning of admitting defeat in advance.

Blackburn, on the other hand, are ready to vent their anger at the opponent's handball equaliser a week ago.

It's a pity that on the green field, sometimes it's not enough to hurry.

Just three minutes into the game, Stam was fouled in front of the penalty area and gave Arsenal a big gift, Reyes took a free kick straight at goal, the ball went around the wall and fell straight into the goal, but it was lifted off the crossbar by Friedel.

Blackburn were rather impatient in attack, either making a number of passing errors or squandering chances.

In the 12th minute, Claude Makelele passed the ball and Giuli's cross from the right side of the box went wide of the far corner.

In the 16th minute, Frank Lampard's two volleys from the left side of the box were blocked by Arsenal defenders.

In the 22nd minute, Ibrahimovic passed the ball, but Gyuli's stabbing shot from near the penalty spot went wide.

In the 26th minute, Duff passed the ball from the side and Alonso's long-range shot was also deflected.

Blackburn Rovers gradually got into the rhythm of the game and, despite an improvement in possession, lacked a substantial attacking threat, except for a back-to-back foul by Silva who was booked.

In the 31st minute, Ibrahimovic's header was crossed, Duff's shot from the right side of the box was blocked, and the Blackburn players complained about a handball foul in the opponent's penalty area, but the referee refused to award a penalty.

In fact, Campbell did not have handball this time, but in the last league game, the Blackburn players had a very deep image of Campbell's handball, and as long as they saw the football hit Campbell's upper body, they would subconsciously think it was handball.

But on the other hand, it can also be seen that Blake has the impatience of the players on the field.

Gyuli then headed in a corner and Alonso headed wide.

In the 41st minute, Duff crossed from a free kick from the left, but Makelele's powerless header from far was comfortably denied by Lehmann.

Arsenal did not send all their main players, but they were not without the strength to fight, and in stoppage time of the half, Friedel made a beautiful save from Thierry Henry's shot from outside the box.

Jose Mourinho was very unhappy with Blackburn's performance in the first half at halftime, and if Arsene Wenger hadn't been too careful and gave up the Champions League early in order to secure the league title, then Arsenal might not have been able to lead Blackburn in the first half.

And once the goal is completed in the first half, thus rewriting the score to 1:2, then the crazy Gunners may not have the possibility of reversal.

However, Mourinho did not make any personnel changes at half-time, because he knew that it was just that the players on the pitch were too impatient, and as long as he adjusted his mentality, he would definitely be able to defeat an inferior opponent.

After the start of the second half, Black's players on the pitch were in significantly better shape after passing through the "hair dryer" of midfielder Jose Mourinho.

Blackburn finally broke the deadlock in the 56th minute when Duff crossed the ball and Ibrahimovic curled a shot from the edge of the box into the net close to the right-hand post.

After seeing the opening of the team, both the layman Arthur and Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief, at the moment Blackburn led 3:0, and the remaining game time was only 40 minutes at most, Blackburn entered the Champions League semi-finals this season is a sure thing.

Blackburn, who were getting more and more relaxed, played better and better, and after 10 minutes, they doubled the score.

A rare break down the middle created a chance when Frank Lampard won the ball and fired a powerful shot from the top of the box that was blocked and deflected, before Ibrahimovic curled into the top right corner from 15 yards to make it 2-0.

And Ibrahimovic also entered the autumn with this goal, and temporarily led the scorer list with 8 goals.

After the aggregate score was rewritten to 4:0, Blackburn Rovers completely closed the army, and Mourinho replaced three young players in succession, Ronaldo, Bentley and Martin Taylor, so that they could feel the atmosphere of the Champions League knockout round, and also let Ibrahimovic, Giuli and Carvalho go off the field to accept the applause of the home fans!

In the end, Blackburn defeated the strong opponent Arsenal 2:0 over two legs, and took the lead in advancing to the semi-finals of this season's Champions League, creating the history of the club's best Champions League result! (To be continued.) )