Chapter 39: The Mighty Horse

Cristiano Ronaldo has often been in charge of the scoring at Blackburn Rovers this season, and even with the presence of Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres, the Blues still scored their 27th goal to win the championship and lift another top-flight trophy in team history. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Ronaldo himself has locked up the Premier League Golden Boot award this season. If nothing else, 27 goals will also help him win the European Golden Boot for the first time.

In the closing game of the league, the Blue Devils opened the opening game with a three-board axe against the Wigans, and the first counterattack was instigated by Cristiano Ronaldo, but unfortunately his low shot after a lateral breakthrough was slightly wide. In the 26th minute, Ronaldo's free kick from 30 yards out went through the wall, but the angle was slightly punched by Kirkland.

After Torres was brought down, everyone looked to Cristiano Ronaldo and withstood the pressure to score the penalty, which was a request for the new king of the Rose Theatre. This time, Blackburn Rovers No. 7 withstood the pressure and deceived the goalkeeper to score the ball, and after the goal, Ronaldo's stiff expression gradually relaxed.

After that, Ronaldo performed better, and the free kick more than 30 meters away after half-time shocked Kirkland into a cold sweat. In the 54th minute, Duff's cross was on Ronaldo's outflanking route, but the Portuguese rubbed his shoulder, and the ball grazed the post and missed the bottom line. Of course, with his 34th goal of the season, Blackburn Rovers were also enough to seal a 10th Premier League title.

Cristiano Ronaldo has not played much minutes and is even fourth in the team behind Frank Lampard, Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Vidic, but his goal statistics are horrific: 27 goals in 34 league games.

In terms of meritorious deeds, he is undoubtedly the first hero of the Blue Devils. At the award ceremony, Ronaldo jumped up and down like a child, enjoying his own happiness.

Speaking about the goal boom this season, Ronaldo said: "I have the confidence to score because I know that if we score this goal we can win this game and I am very happy to help the team. Don't give praise to just one person, it's the result of the whole team and I'm sure we'll be champions because we're the best team in the Premier League. ”

Recently, Real Madrid, which successfully defended the La Liga championship, began to create news of Ronaldo's transfer through a public opinion offensive, and the Madrid media even claimed that the Portuguese wanted to go to La Liga, because "Blackburn did not fulfill his promise to renew his contract and raise his salary to 13 million euros", making him the first working emperor in football.

However, rumours such as these are often flawed, and Cristiano Ronaldo only renewed his contract at this time last year, and now even if there are negotiations, it should wait until after the Champions League final.

Blackburn's former Heinze was "sober-headed", noting that Arthur would not agree to let Ronaldo go: "I contacted him and told him how good Madrid is. But it's hard for him to come over, and there's an owner at Blackburn who has always trusted him. ”

Despite a big argument with the Blues management over the transfer, the Argentine knows Arthur for who he is – and while the team has nothing for sale, no one will be able to take Ronaldo with him until a replacement is found.

Can Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already reached his peak, be better next season?

Lippi praised his beloved in another way: "He is so perfect now that it is hard to imagine how much more he can progress." He does technical maneuvers almost at supersonic speeds, which is where he is great, he makes mistakes, but he destroys you more when he destroys you. ”

This year's Champions League final has become an English civil war for the first time in history, with Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea players in the English media spotlight, and this week Cristiano Ronaldo gave frequent media interviews, threatening that the Blue Devils will win the championship against Moscow, and he will also become a veritable "world No. 1".

'I was very surprised to score so many goals because I wasn't even a striker. But I believe that Blackburn would have won the European Championship and that if I want to be the best player in the world, I have to be on the podium of the European Championship and the Premier League. I'm a natural winner, the double is my dream this season and if it does happen I'm going to be crazy and we're going to go down in history because of that, that's what I want. ”

This season has been the best of Cristiano Ronaldo's career, with 27 goals in the Premier League and a staggering 34 goals in all competitions, far more than the likes of Blackburn's regular strikers Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba. Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive performances helped Blackburn Rovers regain the Premier League title and reach the Champions League final.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won many individual honors such as Premier League Player of the Season, FPA Player of the Year, and Premier League Golden Boot this season, and has not yet passed the halfway point in 2008 and is already the biggest favorite for this year's Double Footballer of the Year.

He has played 48 games for the Blues this season and will also head Portugal to Euro 2008 this summer. But Ronaldo says he doesn't get tired at all: "When the players keep winning games and getting trophies, no one gets tired and we are at the heights that all players dream of. Blackburn are a 'super club' and next season people will want us to win back-to-back doubles and I'm sure we can do that. ”

Cristiano Ronaldo has even set himself a limit of 50 goals a season, and the Portuguese's desire to score goals is indeed endless.

With the Champions League final coming up next week, psychological warfare is inevitable before the night of the showdown. Fernando Torres has warned Chelsea that Blackburn Rovers will win the title with a whirlwind attack.

In the league, Blackburn Rovers beat Chelsea to win the Premier League title in the end. A title in hand gives Blake more confidence and a psychological advantage in the duel, after all, the pressure is not as great as Grant and Chelsea.

Chelsea, on the other hand, would have a difficult situation for Chelsea if they missed out on the Champions League in the end, and the fate of the players would be re-chosen.

Blackburn Rovers have a strong attacking force and a lot of talent in midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo has been on firepower this season, and the same performances in the front line as Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba will be the main firepower in the final, with Torres saying their attacking power will destroy the west Londoners' dreams next week.

In an interview, Torres revealed the biggest difference between the two teams, "I think Chelsea are more defensive, once they get 1-0 up, it's very difficult for them to come back, and we are the opposite, we take the lead and we keep attacking, go forward and score the second goal. I think that's the biggest difference for us. ”

Commenting on Ronaldo's incredible performances this season, Torres said: "A lot of times he's so unbeatable, he's tall, he's strong, he's able to score a lot of goals, left-footed, right-footed, headers, once he's in shape, he's the kind of player who scares the opposition. ”

Torres has dreamed of this Champions League and once he and his team-mates win against Chelsea, it will be the first Champions League title for the 24-year-old.

In the face of Fernando Torres' accusations of an ugly style of play, it was clear that the Chelsea players were unimpressed.

Dutch superstar Edwin van der Sar is an integral part of Chelsea's defence and spoke out in front of the media ahead of Blackburn's Champions League final.

Van der Sar, who called on all his teammates to unite for a last-ditch effort, only had the championship in mind, because he knew that "years from now, the fans will only remember the champion." ”

Chelsea, who have so far been able to make a comeback at home, now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to beat Blackburn Rovers to make history and add Chelsea's trophy to the UEFA Champions League.

For this reason, Van der Sar believes that sacrificing "wonderful" and ensuring "efficiency" is the magic weapon for the team to defeat the enemy.

'For Chelsea fans, if we don't even win a title, it's useless to play beautifully. Because the fans enjoyed our performances, they will only remember our Chelsea title season,'

Van der Sar is very pragmatic and says, "Arsenal are an example: they play art football, but they don't win the title. Ten years from now, people will forget about Arsenal's squad from 2004 to 2008, and their artists will be forgotten because they don't have championship honours. No matter how beautiful the art football is, it is useless if there is no championship as a certificate. ”

As for the prediction of the final result, Van der Sar believes that the two teams know each other and are inseparable.

"I don't think the two teams are going to play odd cards that catch each other off guard because we know each other too well and we don't have a lot of changes."

For some originally neutral fans, who wished Blackburn could win the Champions League again after winning the league title, Van der Sar appeared more objective, "There is no logic in football. They've won the league and they're already on a higher point, that's their advantage. But it also has a negative impact on them,"

Van der Sar analysed: "They will let up and feel that they have a way back. It's a good thing for us, because we have no way back, we've tasted the pain of not returning many times, and I don't want to do it again. ”

Although there are already many big names within Chelsea who are no longer interested in the club and want to move to another club after the season, Van der Sar has expressed his loyalty to the club: "Chelsea are the best club in the world, the Premier League is the best league in the world, and when the two are combined, it's hard to find another reason to do anything. ”

The Luzniki Stadium in Moscow is the equivalent of half a home stadium for Chelsea, who have a Russian owner. But for Blackburn's Serbian centre-back Nemanja Vidic, why not half of the home?

Prior to joining Blackburn, Vidic played for Spartak Moscow at the Luzniki Stadium. Before the game, Vidic hoped that Spartan fans would see his face and cheer for Blackburn.

The Russian fans did not have a good opinion of Blackburn Rovers in this game, as the Blues owner is their pride.

Vidic told The Sun that he hopes the Spartan fans will at least give him some support: "The Luzniki Stadium is like my home and I want the Spartan fans to support my team and in return I promise to give a good game. ”

Nemanja Vidic will start Wednesday's Champions League final against Shevchenko, who he says caution will come first: "It's the little things that could make the difference in the final, we have some good goalscorers who can score against Chelsea, and that's what we need in the final. We have a lot of confidence in our strikers and Shevchenko is the kind of player who is getting more and more form. ”

Vidic was fortunate to have missed a number of important games in the second half of the season due to injury, but this time he will definitely be in the final, and he revealed that he had been careful about his fitness before facing Chelsea.

"It's every player's dream to play in a final like this, and I'm no exception," Vidic said. I've been battling injuries for a while now, both physically and mentally, I'm ready for the game against Chelsea. ”

Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers are already in the thick of the pack and awaiting the feast on 20 May! (To be continued.) )