Chapter 64: The Final Battle

Before the start of the season, almost no one dared to believe that Blackburn, a team that had just been promoted from the First Division, could win the Premier League this season, but Blackburn Rovers could have done it, and the whole team worked together to achieve a miracle that almost no one believed, because they had a strong heart that dared to surpass and dare to break the shackles. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Blackburn's success must be attributed to the efforts of the players, each of whom is like a component of this efficient machine, and Ibrahimovic is the driving force behind this machine, and every goal he scores brings Blackburn one step closer to the title.

Midfielder Frank Lampard has been impressive in all attacking stats this season, with his passing and long-range shooting ability excellent, completing a double-double of league goals and assists.

Marcos Alonso is an indispensable midfield metronome for the team, providing the best support for teammates such as Ibrahimovic and Frank Lampard in front of him, switching between attacking modes at will, and being in control anytime and anywhere.

Blackburn was able to win the championship this time, and there is a big contributor who has to be mentioned, that is, Blackburn's head coach Jose Mourinho, it is under the leadership of the master coach who has gradually grown into a master this season that Blackburn can go all the way through the ups and downs along the way, and finally win the Premier League championship.

At 19:45 local time on May 11, England, the 2001-02 Premier League season will be the last round of the league at the same time, after the relegation list, next season's Champions League and League Cup qualification list have been released, the only suspense is now the biggest suspense is who will win the Premier League trophy this season.

Blackburn's last game was played against players who had already entered holiday mode, and the stadium was also at their home stadium, Ewood Park, which was the perfect time.

However, the players who will play in Blackburn's team are more or less nervous, and even the always unruly Ibrahimovic is so nervous that he is repeatedly checking his shin guards.

At this time, the presence of a number of veterans in the team played a positive role, with Manchester United winning the treble Stam and Henning Berg, and the captain of the field Jeff Kenna, who won the Premier League title with the team last time, these players who have experienced the big scene have taken the upcoming game very seriously, and have begun to infect their teammates around them and let go of the pressure.

This season, for the first time in the history of the Premier League, three promoted teams have all been relegated, and it is not only Blackburn Rovers who are expected to win the league title, but Fulham have also performed well, finishing 10th in the table.

This game, unlike letting the main players enjoy the holiday in advance, Blackburn could not tolerate a little carelessness, except for Frank Lampard and small adjustments who needed at least three weeks of rest due to a thigh muscle strain, the team continued the strongest line-up-

Blackburn Rovers (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Defenders: Finnan, Carvalho, Stam, Jeff Kenna

Midfielders: Alonso, Cambiaso, David Dunn

Forwards: Gyuli, Ibrahimovic, Damian Duff

After a brief warm-up, it's time for the players to officially enter the venue. The on-site commentator at Ewood Park used his rousing tone to shout out the names of every player on Blackburn.

Every time a name is shouted by the live commentators, the stadium will shout the names of the players like a tsunami, and the coming will seem like a celebration rather than a game.

The enthusiasm of his own fans also scared Arthur, who was sitting in the front row of the fan stands, but when he thought that this was the last game of the season to decide the ownership of the championship trophy, it was likely that it would be a celebration in 2 hours, and it was normal for fans to behave like this.

Today's Fulham played particularly Allah, replacing many rotation players who had rarely played in the league before, although the overall strength has dropped a lot, but in terms of fighting spirit and physical fitness, it has improved a lot, resulting in the combat effectiveness has not been reduced too much.

As soon as the opening kick-off, Fulham launched a fast attack to give Blackburn a dismount, and his midfielder picked up the ball at the back, and as soon as Ibrahimovic stepped forward to block, he launched an attack with a long pass with his right foot.

This pass showed the strength of Fulham's midfield, the long ball from the back through 40 meters was quite accurate, and the choice of passing points was also quite clever, both forwards were able to receive the ball and launch a quick attack.

After a few simple passes to his team-mates, the Fulham black striker suddenly accelerated past Stam and after flashing an open space, he pulled his leg and volleyed hard.

Friedel fell to the ground to block and smashed the ball out with his fist in desperation, and the ball flew off the bottom line by grazing the post without danger, causing a burst of exclamations from the fans in the stands.

Arthur glanced back at the Fulham striker in surprise and thought about it for a long time before he remembered the other man's name.

Luis Saha!

After being reincarnated, Arthur's memories of his previous life faded more and more, second-rate stars like Saha, and a black public face, if Arthur was not a Manchester United diehard in his previous life, he really wouldn't have been able to recognise the French striker.

Although Fulham's attack came somewhat unexpectedly so quickly and ferociously, as soon as the Blackburn defenders stabilized their minds, it was as if a solid barrier had been erected in front of goal, and Fulham's midfield had no chance to shoot from distance.

After all, even the Fulham mainstay, who are a cut above the team, can't shake Blackburn's defence, and these substitute rotations are even more unlikely.

Fulham have a chance to get off the ground and Jose Mourinho is well prepared.

In this game against Fulham, Blake was determined to win, and Mourinho was even more prepared than the last game against Liverpool.

The ball was slowly passed to the midfield by Blackburn Rovers at the back, and Duff on the left received a pass from Finnan and did not rush to break through with the ball in a straight line, but slowly pulled forward along the touchline.

At this moment, Ibu suddenly stepped forward at a faster speed, and Duff tacitly slashed straight through. Ibrahimovic led the ball forward, and the young Fulham defender hurriedly took a step forward, and the moment the center of gravity was drawn to the defence, Ibrahimovic immediately passed the ball back to Gyuli who cut in the middle.

It's a pity that he was still too steady with this goal, and as a result, he was caught up by the returning full-back after taking two more steps, and he barely got up and shot wide of the post.

But it was the case, and Blackburn's sudden attack still scared Fulham's entire backline.

At the beginning of the game, both sides did not hesitate to come up with their own offensive methods, adding tension to the opening game.

Blackburn Rovers went on a ferocious offensive after a tentative opening to squeeze the Fulham second straight into their second half.

Duff broke through with the ball, and the Fulham full-back followed step by step, sticking to the Irishman like a dog skin plaster, seeing the gap where Duff was about to pass, he kicked it violently, and his body slid out against the turf.

Duff angrily got up from the ground and angrily scolded the opponent for making too much of a defensive move, and lost another good opportunity, which made him feel very angry.

The game went on for nearly half an hour, Blackburn because of the lack of Frank Lampard for the first time in the league this season, plus Ibrahimovic and Duff and others were closely guarded to varying degrees, Duff and Alonso and others often have not taken two or three steps with the ball, and there will be at least two defenders around them, and multiple people feel quite tricky for them to defend.

However, as Black's players gradually began to adjust to Fulham's defensive intensity, they formed a complete crushing posture in terms of quality.

Blackburn Rovers broke the ball again at the back, and Carvalho's long ball over 30 metres went straight to Duff on the wing.

The Irish full-back got the ball very smoothly, but because Blackburn had been pressing Fulham's attack before, this opportunity did not form a fast attack, and the Fulham defenders had already returned to their positions to wait for Duff's attack.

However, this time Duff did not rely on his individual ability to break through on the side as they wished, but began to cooperate in a small area.

Duff moved to the middle with the ball, and the start was still slow, but he suddenly started along the sideline with the ball, which shocked the surrounding Fulham defenders, and quickly dispatched manpower to help defend Ibrahimovic, ready to defend at any time.

Just as the Fulham backline adjusted, Duff suddenly passed the ball to Gyuli who cut inside on the other side, and then quickly cut diagonally to Fulham's right flank, giving up the middle to Gyuli.

Transposition and Switching!

The Fulham centre-back is still following Ibrahimovic, and it doesn't matter if the football doesn't reach his feet, it's just a road to the dark.

Fulham is planning to simply "redeem" and use an ordinary central defender to exchange Ibrahimovic, who is second in the Premier League's scorer list, how to see how cost-effective.

However, this time Jiuli learned the lesson of his last hesitation, and as soon as he received the ball, he immediately chose to pass the ball to Alonso, who rarely cut forward.

Alonso used his body to carry the defender behind him, took a few steps back like a center forward with the ball, and feigned control, and suddenly, he slammed his right heel behind him, and the ball immediately rolled through the crowd into the box.

Don't look at people's heels in seconds!

Alonso's genius deceives the entire Fulham defence, and Ibrahimovic has been smart enough to burst forward into the box and easily receive the ball near the penalty spot, before the Fulham centre-backs have to rush forward to block it.

But what is the difficulty of this goal for Ibrahimovic, who has scored goals in the league this season?

Ibrahimovic met the incoming ball, and there was no adjustment at all, but it was a heavy shot on goal.

The football was like a bolt of lightning and drew an arc straight to the upper left corner of the goal, and the Fulham goalkeeper in front of the goal had not reacted at all when he heard a "swish" behind him.