The update is as fast as before Zhang Lin's transfer is finalized, the 2013-14 Premier League season has been halfway through, the defending champion Manchester United is as much as 8 points behind the leader Arsenal, and the Red Devils without Ferguson do not seem to be able to play, only 14 points from 9 league home games, ranking 11th, fortunately their away performance is stable, second only to Arsenal at the top of the table. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Blackburn Rovers are a different story, winning all 10 home games, scoring 38 goals and conceding six, but only 11 points from nine away league games are not flattering.

At the top of the Premier League table, Arsenal is only one point ahead of second-placed Blackburn, and third- and fourth-placed Manchester City, Chelsea and Blackburn are also only one and two points apart, forming the first group. Next up are Liverpool and Manchester United and Tottenham.

At the other end of the table, there are no teams left behind early, Sunderland have 14 points from 3 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, only 2 points away from the bottom four.

Overall, the strength of the Premier League teams is closer, with no team unbeaten and no team unwinnable. Hull City and Stoke, who have had the worst away performances, have also picked up three points.

Blackburn Rovers have a mediocre record but are full of personal accolades, with Suarez leading the scoring list with 14 goals, Alonso and J Ronaldo tied for first place in the assist list with 6 assists, and the best signing in the half of the season belongs to Neymar, the Premier League transfer champion in the summer of 2013.

The 2013-14 Champions League group stage has also been decided. Unlike the haze that has not gone away for days, this season's Champions League is basically transparent, except for Juventus, no giant team has been upset, the three major leagues still continue to be strong as a whole, and the teams that advance to the round of 16 are also old faces of the Champions League.

The seemingly uneventful group stage is brewing under the water, and the best teams have all qualified, which means that the next knockout stage will be even more exciting.

The Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga have proven themselves to be worthy of the name of the three major leagues. Not only did the three major league teams win seven of the eight groups, the only group that was not from the three major leagues was Paris Saint-Germain, but Saint-Germain's group, like last season, did not have any teams from the three major leagues, and only Real Sociedad failed to reach the rematch out of a total of 12 participating teams.

Among them, although La Liga has a team like Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid all won the group, of which Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid also became the best teams in the group stage with an unbeaten record of 5 wins and 1 draw. The Premier League and Bundesliga teams have only two teams each topping their groups, but they all qualified. The Bundesliga has maintained its strength in recent years, and the Premier League has swept away the slump of the past two seasons, proving that League One is not in vain.

Serie A, which is getting bigger and bigger with the big three leagues, has suffered another blow this season, with only AC Milan barely finishing second in the group of the three participating teams. Juventus, the strongest of their game, were disappointing, with the Bianconeri missing too many chances in the opening four games without a win, and then being beaten by Galatasaray in the final round in a series of twists and turns when they faced a draw to qualify. Napoli are sadly disappointed, with 12 points from the Group of Death, they are still third due to their results. There is only a line away from the round of 16 but there is no chance to see it, which is also the cruel reality of Serie A's slogan of revival.

Blackburn Rovers remain one of the best teams in the group stage, with the Roses tied with La Liga's Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid with five wins and one draw, but with a leading goal difference of 15. In addition, Blackburn Rovers also topped the group stage with 20 goals.

Atletico have conceded just three goals and are joint-top defence with Manchester United and Chelsea, with four wins and two draws for the Red Devils remaining unbeaten outside of Blackburn, Real Madrid and Atletico.

Marseille are the only team this season to have lost all six of their group games without picking up a single point; Even Real Sociedad, who scored only one goal but swallowed 10 bombs, also had one draw. However, Real Sociedad are not the team with the fewest goal difference, Anderlecht, who beat Arthur's Belshort to reach the Champions League, scored four goals and conceded 17 goals, and the minus 13 goal difference is unmatched. Viktoria Plzen and CSKA Moscow also conceded 17 goals, making them the worst defensive teams.

A total of 277 goals were scored in the group stage of this Champions League, an average of around 2.89 goals per game, and it is worth mentioning that a total of 54 shots hit the woodwork. Bayern Munich and Manchester City are the top scorers in Group D, with a total of 49 goals. Chelsea have scored just 25 goals in Group E, almost half of Group D. Blackburn's 6-1 win over Galatasaray, Barcelona's 6-1 win over Celtic and Manchester City's 5-2 win over CSKA Moscow all scored the most goals with seven. AC Milan drew 0-0 at home to Ajax and went 5 games without scoring.

In terms of players, Cristiano Ronaldo led the scorer list with 9 goals, Suarez led the scoring list with 39 shots and 23 shots on target, but unfortunately the Uruguayan striker "only" scored 8 goals and could only temporarily follow Ronaldo.

Jristiano Ronaldo provided seven assists, followed by Wayne Rooney with one goal. Blackburn Rovers commander Alonso's 650 passes and 596 successful passes were unmatched, and his 92 per cent pass completion rate also ranked first among all players with more than 100 passes, while Neymar was the most injured player with 24 violations.

With the exception of Galatasaray's elimination of Juventus, there have been few upsets in the Champions League group stage this season. There may be some surprises in a single game, but after 6 games, it is still the stronger team that has the last laugh. Platini's new deal only gave a glimmer of light to the minor league teams in the first few years, and now the Champions League is back in the game of giants.

The success of the big team naturally depends on the performances of the superstars. Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez, Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero occupy the top five scorers, as evidenced by the fact that Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Angel Di Maria and Nasri lead the assist charts.

The Champions League group stage has often lost suspense prematurely in the past few years, and although there have been no upsets this season, the final round of the group stage has been unusually hot, especially on the last matchday. Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli changed hands on several occasions in the space of 20 minutes, with Napoli out on 12 points. A fan riot broke out before the match between AC Milan and Ajax, and three people were seriously injured, making the life-and-death battle smell more bleeding. The match between Juventus and Galatasaray was postponed to the next day due to heavy snowfall, and as a result, the Bianconeri, who had spent most of the night in "hell", were defeated and gave up their tickets to the rematch.

Blackburn Rovers have maintained their proud record of not exiting the group stage since Arthur's arrival, and have reached the Champions League rematch for 17 consecutive years since the 1997/98 season. The Roses also rewrote the European record of 31 consecutive European goals, 29 consecutive home goals in the Champions League and 21 consecutive away goals.

In the fifth round of the group stage, Blackburn became the first team in history to score four goals in a row even when one less than the opponent, sweeping Galatasaray 4:1.

Bayern were beaten by Manchester City in the final round of the group stage, but they had already set a magical record of 10 consecutive Champions League wins. Manchester City have made it out of the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. Galatasaray are the first Turkish team to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, while Napoli are the first team in the history of the Champions League to finish third with 12 points in the group stage and miss out on the rematch. Marseille were even worse after six defeats, as they were the first French team in history to fail a point in the group stage and the first former Champions League champions to lose all of their group games.

After the Champions League group stage, with the end of the Christmas food truck, the teams also ushered in the winter reinforcement opportunity.

In addition, in order to meet Torres' desire to participate in the World Cup in Brazil, Blackburn also loaned Torres to his parent club Atletico Madrid It is worth mentioning that Torres did not play for Blackburn in the Champions League this season, which also means that in the second half of the season, Torres can play for Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

After Torres went out on loan, Blackburn did not have to worry about the possible lack of major generals in his forward line, because with Evergrande's end of the season, in order to maintain a good form in the World Cup in Brazil this summer, Drogba and Cambiaso have been training with Blackburn, and once Blackburn is short of personnel, the two veterans can play for Blackburn Rovers on loan at any time.

In addition to Blackburn, various Premier League clubs have also completed the cleaning and strengthening of their squads. Spanish midfielder Juan Mata's move from Chelsea to Manchester United is undoubtedly the biggest news of the transfer window, with the £37.1 million transfer fee also breaking Manchester United's all-time record for signings.

Among the other giants, Jose Mourinho's Chelsea have signed four players in the winter transfer market in one go, and the desire for the league title is self-evident; Arsenal and Liverpool, who have been on good momentum since the start of the season, failed to make eye-catching signings, and German star Draxler, who was linked with the Gunners, failed to join north London, and Arsene Wenger only signed Swedish midfielder Karlström on loan on deadline day, while Rodgers' favourite Salah was cut off by Chelsea, and Liverpool ended up with nothing.

In addition, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, the two teams that burned the most money last summer, both had a reined in January, and due to spending more than 100 million in the summer, the two clubs were basically fully equipped with their squads, and there was no sign movement in the winter transfer window. (To be continued.) )