Chapter 65: The Champion Is in Sight
Drogba's header instantly ignited the passion of the Blue Devils fans who could not come to watch the game in front of the TV, and when they saw Drogba's beautiful fish leap to the top, they all echoed Drogba like crazy, and they all wanted to jump into the TV to celebrate the goal with Drogba. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Blackburn players were excited to celebrate their goals, and even the bench was cheering.
It was Didier Drogba's fifth goal since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, and it was a good start for Blackburn Rovers who are aiming to win the FA Cup!
Van Persie excitedly waved a pair of fists and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal, and the sooner the result was decided, the sooner he could play, and the young Dutchman's inability to play made the young Dutchman feel as if he had been eaten by ants.
However, the fly in the ointment is that this goal was scored beautifully, and Drogba suffered a lot of crimes.
The moment he was hit by the tough guy Hyypia, the African monster felt uncomfortable immediately after the celebration, it seemed that he was still too excited before, and he couldn't even feel the pain on his body, but this was just a hard injury, and the pain would be fine after a while, and it would not affect Drogba to continue the game.
After conceding the goal, Liverpool unexpectedly counterattacked, and the defense of the two wings became Liverpool's key attacking target, especially the defense of Finnen on the right, which withstood most of the pressure from Liverpool.
Facing the mad Gerald, Finnan struggled a little.
This time it was Liverpool's attack again, looking for Blackburn's right again, Gerrard carefully flicked the ball back and forth with broken steps, and Finnan looked cautious again.
At this moment, suddenly a figure rushed towards the football between the two, and the Liverpool players reminded them that Gerrard had just reacted and before he could move, he was hooked from behind by Vidic on his side.
Vidic didn't choose to break through after breaking the ball, and immediately moved wide to the right side of midfield, where there was always a man waiting for his chance.
As soon as Bentley stopped the ball, the Liverpool players pounced on him.
The Englishman, nicknamed "Ben Shuai", carefully protected the ball and wanted to launch a counterattack, but the Liverpool players are now in a hurry to jump over the wall, I don't know who kicked Bentley in the back, Bentley screamed, but the Liverpool players pretended not to hear and ran with the ball.
The referee ignored the foul, mainly because Bentley would not perform, and if Bentley rolled straight down, he would flip three weeks and then wail dozens of times. The referee had to look him twice.
However, now Bentley's tough guy performance made the referee choose to continue chasing the ball without even looking at it.
This is also the style that Arthur injected into the team, although he knew that the exaggerated performance of fake falls would bring a lot of competitive benefits to the team, but Arthur greatly disliked this little trick, and his attitude also affected Blackburn.
Even Ronaldo, who was very fond of "diving" under Ferguson in the previous life, has rarely faked falls and complained to the referee in recent seasons.
Nemanja Vidic had just passed the ball out, but within seconds the ball rolled back again, but it was a toss-up after that.
Instantly from a counter-attack to being counter-attacked, the Blackburn backline was caught off guard, and the Liverpool player quickly crossed from the wing.
Liverpool's "bamboo pole" striker Crouch stubbornly blocked Carvalho behind him, and the huge height difference between the two made Vidic, who was assisting in the defense next to him, rush over to compete with the tall guy for the header.
It's just that the landing point has been firmly established by Crouch, who took the lead, and Vidic was unable to disrupt the opponent's catch in a disadvantageous position.
But Crouch is not a player with height and strength like Drogba, 201cm tall, but only 75kg Crouch looks like a bamboo pole, and he seems to have not mastered how to use this natural advantage, his header attack skills are not excellent, which may be related to his lack of waist and abdomen strength, the ball to the door always seems soft, only the ability to ferry the header is not bad.
This time Crouch grabbed another chance to head the ball, but under the defence of Carvalho and Vidic, he did not correct the ball and sent the ball directly to the stands behind the goal.
And Liverpool's temporary pressure on Blackburn's attack has come to an end, as the game progresses, the Blue Devils who have gradually improved their form have sharpened their deadly big knives!
After withstanding Liverpool's three-pronged axe, the situation on the pitch was once again in Blackburn's control.
The Blue Devils, who had already taken the lead, were not in a hurry in attack, not blindly launching onslaughts, but trying to keep the ball running at their feet.
However, the substitute attacking players such as Van Persie and Robben on the sidelines are a little anxious, and if the game has been in this state, then their chances of playing will be very slim.
Because according to Mourinho's tactical style, if he chooses to make substitutions when the lead in the game is not large, most of the adjustments he chooses to strengthen the defense are adjustments, and pure attacking players like Robben and Van Persie are unlikely to be replaced.
If the game is completely controlled on the field as it is now, but the score is not opened, Mourinho's substitutions are very cautious, which is enough to see that Mourinho's style is very stable, because when the team situation is favorable, sometimes rash substitutions do not necessarily have a good effect, but may break the team's favorable situation.
However, Van Persie doesn't think about it so much, he only thinks about being able to play as soon as possible, so the most enthusiastic attack on the bench is Van Persie, and he keeps praying in his heart that Drogba can score quickly.
Perhaps it was Van Persie's prayers that worked, with Drogba and Bentley both putting in a couple of good performances in quick succession, but the opposing goalkeeper Reina was solid and saved them all.
In the 34th minute, Ronaldo received a good kick from Figo in front of the penalty area, turned around and buckled it with his foot, successfully dodged Glenn Johnson's steal, and wanted to volley with his right foot, but he still seemed to be in a hurry, and the shot in front of the penalty area was a little outrageous, and even Mourinho slapped his palms in frustration.
Ronaldo scratched his head a little embarrassed, and then apologized to the big brother of the national team behind him.
Ronaldo also waved his hand apologetically at Drogba and Bentley, and most of the shooting opportunities on goal in the first half were wasted by himself, ignoring the existence of his partner a little.
Arthur looked at Ronaldo's performance on the field and frowned slightly, although it is not obvious now, but Ronaldo already has a problem of liking prodigal shooting.
After Ronaldo's personality becomes famous, he is destined to only become the ace core of a team, and it is unlikely that he will be able to assist other teammates.
If you want to take care of Ronaldo's mood and state, and want to take care of the other people in the team, it will be very difficult.
For example, in the future, Messi can make Suarez and Neymar shine beside him, and even dominate the crowd. But the strong side of Ronaldo's personality suppresses the brilliance of Bale and others.
This is not to say that Ronaldo is necessarily worse than Messi in terms of teamwork, but because Ronaldo has a more straightforward personality and only takes care of himself in most cases.
However, Drogba saw Cristiano Raleigh's apologetic expression, but he didn't care, "It's okay, take your time, you can definitely do it!" I'll make you balls."
Didier Drogba is not the prolific goalscorer and is far less capable of taking chances than Cristiano Ronaldo, while Bentley has gradually transitioned into a traditional right-midfielder and is not as hungry for goals as he once was.
Both Didier Drogba and Bentley know that sometimes it's a strange thing for strikers to score goals, and if a new team can't score for a long time, the goal drought will continue to go on and on, and I don't know why. And if you can score quickly, then the goals will continue to be scored after that.
Then Drogba and Bentley began to pay more attention to Ronaldo's movement, and if there is a really good opportunity, the two will not hesitate to pass the ball, and even if the opportunity is similar, the two may not skimp on an assist.
Of course, if you have the best chance but prefer to pass it to the other side, Drogba and Bentley are not such characters.
Fortunately, after a simple communication with the front trident of Blackburn, Ronaldo himself was more involved in the penalty area and won a lot of opportunities for himself.
Bentley received Frank Lampard's cross in the middle and moved to the left but the outside of his foot to the right.
Cristiano Ronaldo in the box sprinted to dodge Glenn Johnson, who was defending him, and moved towards the other side of the box.
Bentley outside the penalty area saw it clearly, and his foot was straight into the penalty area, but Sissoko, who had been paying attention to Bentley's movements, blocked it as soon as possible, and just happened to rub the ball to change direction.
Seeing this, Ronaldo immediately stabbed backwards, and the football changed direction one after another, making goalkeeper Reina completely dizzy, and simply fell directly to save the ball.
Seeing the football roll towards the back post of the goal, in the eyes of tens of thousands of people on the field, the football did not even hit the post with a sound, and then was cleared out of the bottom line by Carragher, who came back from the defense.
Ronaldo was lying on the ground with his head in his arms with a bitter face, and finally had a good opportunity, but his luck was not good, and he could only sigh in his heart that he didn't pray to God when he went out today.
However, with this opportunity, the cooperation of the Blackburn front trident in the front court gradually increased, but their luck was indeed a little worse, and the quality of the shots was very good, but unfortunately they either gave goalkeeper Reina the opportunity to make a wonderful save, or watched the football fly out of the bottom line against the post.
Thankfully, the interplay was so fluid that Blackburn's goal looked like it was just a matter of time. (To be continued.) )