Chapter 52: Winter Reinforcement

Blackburn Rovers did not have a good time winning the Premier League halfway through the season, beating Derby County 1-0 at home, only to be held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham in the 21st round of the Premier League three days later. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Newcastle, who are on the same point as Blackburn, suffered two defeats in a row, losing 1:3 and 0:3 to Chelsea and Manchester United, so that Blake could have taken a breather.

The bigger news for Blackburn Rovers comes in the winter transfer window, as on January 5, Blackburn Rovers announced the introduction of Monaco France international and right-wing winger Gyuli.

Gyuli's move to Blackburn Rovers has finally come to an end, and after a number of haggling deals between the two clubs, the move has finally been completed.

Monaco's technical director confirmed to the media that Monaco have reached an agreement with Blackburn Rovers to join the Premier League leaders for a transfer fee of 8 million euros. Based on Gyuli's performance and Blackburn's results, Monaco could also receive an additional €1.5 million in add-on fees.

At 1 a.m. on January 6, French winger Giuli landed at Lancasia Airport. Blackburn have signed a four-year, £1.2 million deal with Gyuli, the best of any club bidding to Gyuli.

When Gyuli arrived at Blackburn, just five and a half hours before Monaco agreed to the transfer meeting, Gyuli's eagerness to join Blackburn Rovers was indicated.

The opinions of Blackburn's hierarchy and manager Jose Mourinho are very interesting for this Gyuli, but the price is too high. But Benayoun's sudden injury forced Blackburn to accept Monaco's exorbitant asking price.

As a number of clubs bid for Gyuli, Monaco clung to 10 million euros, and Gyuli's transfer to Blackburn Rovers had a twist and turn.

Gyuli's own wishes eventually became the deciding factor, and Arthur's arrival also made Gyuli see Blackburn's sincerity.

In his dealings with the Monegasque president, the Frenchman made it clear: "I would only like to go to Blackburn because the platform there suits me better." ”

Monaco was forced to cut prices, and the two sides reached an agreement of 8 million euros. Joining Blackburn, Gyuli's annual salary has nearly doubled from the €1 million he had at Monaco, and his contract also includes bonuses for winning titles and appearances.

In addition, in Blackburn, which emphasizes wide attacks, Gyuli, who is good at breaking through, will also be like a fish in water.

Blackburn's two captains, Henning Berg and Jeff Kenner, welcomed their new team-mates, with Henning Berg, who recently became the team's third choice at centre-back, saying: "He's going to be the sharpest attacker here. ”

Mourinho agrees: "It's an absolutely good deal. ”

Who is it to be able to get the unanimous favor of Blackburn?

Rudovic Giuli is a French footballer who played for Monaco and Barcelona in Arthur's previous life, winning several titles.

Despite his diminutive stature at 1.64m, Giuli is an attacking force that is not only the heart of the team's playmaking midfield, but also an attacking scorer.

Gyuli began his football career in Lyon, joined the senior team in 1994 and made his debut in Ligue 1 in January 1995, where he rose to become a regular in the team, scoring 16 goals in Ligue 1 in 1996-7. In January 1998, he joined Monaco. In 2000, Gyuli made his international debut against Scotland in France.

In fact, if it weren't for Mourinho and Monchi's request, Arthur would have been a little skeptical about Gyuli's transfer.

Unlike the players that Arthur advocated for the introduction before, although Gyuli was also a player who had great success in Arthur's previous life, Gyuli, who had never entered English football, still made Arthur a little worried.

Whether Gyuli can adapt to the Premier League and whether he can play the value of his previous life in Barcelona is a big question mark in Arthur's heart.

However, in view of Benayoun's accidental injury, Arthur also had no choice.

And Arthur also speculated with bad intentions that if the Barcelona Dream Team couldn't get Jiuli, would they still be so unstoppable?

Weakening the opponent and benefiting oneself at the expense of others is also one of the means to strengthen oneself.

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At 20:15 on January 12, when other European leagues were in the winter break, the 22nd round of the Premier League began, and Blackburn Rovers faced Charlton Athletic again.

Blackburn Rovers are yet to return from the Christmas injury Benayoun, while Henningberg and Sun Jihai are also recovering from injuries.

In the opening 72 seconds, Blackburn took the lead!

Finnan's cross from the right was headed into the top right corner by Lampard from nine yards out to make it 1-0.

In the 9th minute, Stam's return pass almost gave a gift, but Friedel abandoned the goal to save.

Ten minutes later, Carvalho passed the ball, Ibrahimovic shook two people on the right sideline, cut into the box without passing, and shot directly with his left foot from a small angle was blocked. Ibrahimovic counter-attacked from the left and Alonso's low shot from 22 yards was saved by the Charlton goalkeeper at the left post.

Marcelo takes a corner and Ibrahimovic goes wide. Alonso passed the ball and Ibrahimovic burst into the left side of the box and fired a shot that was confiscated by the Charlton goalkeeper who fell to the ground. Blackburn extended their advantage in the 40th minute, Carvalho made a long pass from the right side of the backfield, and Duff stopped the ball and shot into the bottom right corner with his left foot 13 meters from the goal, 2:0.

In the second half, Ibrahimovic burst into the left side of the box and was tackled by a Mitchhardon defender, but was convicted of a fake fall and received a yellow card, which made the Swede furious.

Blackburn Rovers scored again in the 55th minute, Alonso instigated the attack, Ibrahimovic burst into the left side of the penalty area with successive smashes, and his left-footed shot from 9 meters in front of the goal was blocked by the Charlton goalkeeper, and Alonso hit the crossbar with a left-footed volley from 13 meters in front of the goal. However, the football still bounced into the goal, 3:0!

Blackburn's attack didn't stop, and in the 67th minute, Frank Lampard was brought down by two in a row, and his ensuing free-kick was blocked, and Cambiaso's powerful volley from 30 yards was brilliantly tipped out of the bottom right corner by the Charlton goalkeeper!

In the 87th minute, Frank Lampard went down with a right ankle injury when he scrambled to the ground, but Charlton refused to stop, and the Blackburn players were very unhappy, provoking a conflict between the two sides and shoving, both of which received two yellow cards.

In the fourth minute of stoppage time, David Dunn counterattacked in the middle of the field and tore apart the defense, Drogba burst into the left side of the penalty area, passed the goalkeeper and advanced the empty goal, 4:0.

After the big win over Charlton, Blackburn Rovers are clearly back in form.

In the 23rd round of the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers hosted Manchester United, who were in good form in the middle of the season.

At the beginning, Duff's free kick from the left hit the wall. Manchester United goalkeeper Tabatez then kicked off a short distance and Cambiaso burst into the right side of the box to shoot high.

In the 8th minute, there was controversy, Duff split the ball, and Jeff Kenner's cross from the left was in the hands of Veron, but the referee was indifferent. Duff takes a corner and Finnan stops the ball and his shot is blocked. Gary Neville crossed to the left of the box and Beckham sent the ball high with an unskilled left-footed volley.

Blackburn took the lead in the 36th minute, Duff crossed diagonally from the left, Cambiaso, who is only 1.77 meters tall, pulled green onions in the middle of a long group, and headed the ball into the top left corner from 10 meters in front of the goal, 1:0.

After that, Ryan Giggs split the ball and Ruud van Nistelrooy played high from the left side of the box.

At the start of the second half, David Beckham's scimitar cross was met by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's left-footed shot wide. Manchester United equalized in the 70th minute, and it was Beckham's corner kick from the right side, and Vanney's header into the bottom left corner from 6 meters from the goal made it 1:1.

Blackburn Rovers quickly made adjustments after seeing the equaliser, and new signing Giuli made his debut, which was also a clever stroke repeatedly mentioned in the review of this game.

In the 75th minute, Alonso and Duff stuffed the ball one after another, Cambiaso's left-footed push from the penalty spot was shoveled and changed the line, and the sensitive Gyuli pushed the left-footed shot into the net at a small angle at the left post, 2:1.

contributed a valuable goal on his first appearance for the team, and Arthur finally stopped worrying that his 8 million was lost.

United then launched a frantic counter-attack, with Ryan Giggs' shot blocked from the left of the box and Ruud van Nistelrooy's volley blocked by Friedel at the right post.

In the end, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's high play in the penalty area, Blackburn Rovers finally won 2:1 and won this very crucial victory!

After the narrow win over Manchester United, Blackburn's form inevitably took a nap, and when they faced Arsenal in the 24th round of the Premier League, they adopted a full-pitched tactic.

Thierry Henry had the first chance to shoot in the 11th minute when his volley from the left corner was parried by Friedel.

Blackburn Rovers came close to opening the scoring in the 15th minute when Ibrahimovic returned a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Gyuli, who was making his debut for Blackburn, volleyed just wide from 10 yards in front of goal.

Arsenal Njungberg counter-attacked from the right and fired a left-footed volley from 22 yards out.

Two minutes later, Arsenal were back in action when Ljungberg's cross was behind the defence and Thierry Henry's shot from the right of the box was disrupted by Carvalho's follow-up tackle.

Blackburn take the lead in the 38th minute! Gyuli's diagonal long cross over Campbell's head, Frank Lampard's volley from the right and Ibrahimovic's header into the bottom left corner from seven yards out made it 1-0, leaving him just one goal behind Thierry Henry once again in the scorers' charts.

Thierry Henry felt threatened by Ibrahimovic and soon showed what he could be as the Premier League's number one striker today.

Just 76 seconds into the second half, Arsenal equalised!

Vieira shifted a long pass from the midfield, Pire crossed from the left, and Henry made a rare header into the far corner from 6 meters in front of the goal, 1:1.

But Blackburn Rovers immediately regained the lead, in the 50th minute, Alonso made a long pass from the backfield, Duff crossed near the corner flag area on the left, the opposing central defender Keown rose to the top, and Ibrahimovic stopped the ball 9 meters in front of the goal and volleyed a left-footed half-volley into the net, 2:1.

Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick in the 62nd minute and equalled Thierry Henry in the scorers' charts!

Paolo Ferreira on the right side cooperated with Gyuli to kick the wall, burst into the right side of the penalty area and was tripped by Keown, penalty!

Keown received a yellow card, and Ibrahimovic scored into the middle, 3:1.

Arsenal then began to fight back frantically, and in the 64th minute, Pire's volley from 25 yards in front of goal was deflected wide.

Two minutes later, Ljungberg sent the ball over the top in the middle and Bergkamp's one-shot from the left side of the box was blocked by Friedel.

In the 78th minute, Ibrahimovic was replaced by Drogba amid applause.

But less than a minute after Ibrahimovic was substituted, Arsenal scored.

Blackburn's long-range shot from the right was disrupted, Ashley Cole made a long pass into the penalty area after rushing wide, Bergkamp headed back to the spot, and Ljungberg burst into the right side of the penalty area 9 meters from the goal to push into the far corner, 2:3.

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, Arsenal made a long pass to the penalty area on the right side, Vieira crossed the back point, and Henry was pulled down by Alonsola behind him, penalty!

Henry personally took the penalty and pushed the bottom right corner to equalize!

In the end, Blackburn and Arsenal staged a goal battle, and then shook hands with a score of 3:3.

However, with two successive wins over Manchester United and a draw with Arsenal, Blackburn's form is clearly back at its best.