Chapter 57: "Zombie" Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers got into the groove at the start of the 2005/06 season after beating Arsenal 2-1 to win the Community Shield. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Thanks to Robin van Persie's 90th-minute goal, the Blues beat Wigan 1-0 away in the first round and have been unstoppable ever since.
Charlton Athletic was a surprise at one point, with seven goals from Darren Bent bringing them close to the top of the table at the end of August, but by November, Blackburn Rovers were as many as 13 points clear of second-place finishing, including heavyweight victories over Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
Blackburn's winning streak was halted at Everton in October, with a 1-1 draw. Speaking after the game, Mourinho said: 'Everybody is crying because Blackburn Rovers always win and so I think the average at Goodison Park will make everybody happy and it gives people more hope and gives everyone in the Premier League something to look forward to. ”
But it was just a draw, and Mourinho and his Blackburn Rovers didn't care at all, and after the winning momentum was interrupted, they soon ushered in an 11-game winning streak in the league and Champions League, becoming the most feared team in European football.
There are even fans of other teams who have likened the current Blackburn Rovers to zombies because they are so stable.
Zombies were originally miners who worked day and night, but they died under the ravages of mining disasters and hard labor. The Corpse King brings them back to life with the sorcery of resurrection, but they are no longer human, but unconscious, tireless walking corpses.
Before the "zombie theory", no one could accurately and comprehensively understand Blackburn's team temperament, they just argued like a blind man touching an elephant.
In essence, Blackburn's greatness is reflected in his challenge to the existing human perception of right and wrong, aesthetics, and in the fact that they have pushed the confrontation of modern football to the extreme.
Cruyff, after a few rounds of spatting with Mourinho, finally relented and relented: "Blackburn are very consistent, but apart from winning and losing, I still hope that Blackburn can be a little bit more exciting. The only thing that hangs in the air for Blackburn Rovers is to play a little bit more brilliantly. ”
Cruyff put his will above others, and he overbearingly thought that "good looks" should be the common pursuit of all teams. He is obviously a "human supremacist", he has heard a lot of lectures such as "the essence of the universe, the primate of all things", and he insists that only human beings understand art, so football must be played pleasing to the eye. He would never understand that football belongs to zombies, and at the spell of Mourinho, the zombies of Blackburn have awakened.
Blackburn's consistency is beyond anyone's imagination, and their players are always tireless in their fight on the pitch, yes, I haven't heard of a zombie getting tired.
In fact, for these cold-blooded beings, they must regulate their body temperature and maintain balance by their constant actions.
Blackburn have abandoned tedious thinking, they play on instinct and spells, and they exercise Mourinho's will all the time. They are seldom bothered by the seven passions and desires of human beings, and they are worthless to them, not the energy of the soul, but the heat generated by friction with the outside world, which comes and disappears faster.
Theoretically, if you can withstand Blackburn and keep consuming it, you can be invincible.
But this is just a theory, Ferguson knows it, Wenger knows it, Benitez knows it, even those second-rate coaches know it, the question is can it withstand it?
"We are nothing but flesh and blood!" This is the wail of the team that has been crushed by Blackburn!
Frank Lampard, Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo, Claude Makelle, Carvalho, De Ro...... Which is not Iron Man? Which is not daunting?
Blackburn's tackling and interception prowess is unmatched, they don't like to keep the ball and football is not at their feet. The process of tackling and counter-attacking after a tackle is the most exhilarating for Blackburn's players, and when they take the initiative to possess the ball, they can be demoralized.
Jose Mourinho said it well: "Controlling the game doesn't mean controlling the result. ”
That's how Blackburn knows how to wait, he can snatch the ball at any moment and take a bite back. Even wingers like Cristiano Ronaldo, Duff and Robben, Blackburn's entire squad is in the service of scrambling.
Blackburn is hell, and you can't have the time and space to get the ball in hell.
People can boast that Brazil or Barcelona are beautiful, and they will undoubtedly play even better if they go back to the 60s when there were no high-level rivalries. But in front of Blackburn, all the glamour will be shattered, and the zombies hate the human dance steps.
The zombies don't have the consciousness to cooperate too delicately with each other, but they do move in unison. The teams that deliberately seek to cooperate have always stayed at the stage of "artificial carving", and after the departure of Blackburn's imaginative attacking ram in Ibrahimovic, the players relied more on the "predatory instinct" and "Mourinho's magic".
Geniuses full of aura and a team with great tactical literacy are worthy of respect, but zombies are more oppressive and suffocating as "non-life-not-death" beings, and their indifferent expressions and never-ending footsteps are more terrifying than anything else.
Zombies are creatures that have risen from the dead, they are calm, indifferent, and have forgotten all about the world.
Former Blackburn star Davies blasted his former club and said that Jose Mourinho's side lacked camaraderie and soullessness, which is extremely offensive to most teams, but can even be understood as a disguised compliment for Blackburn.
Zombies don't talk about friendship and have no soul, they think the least, but do the most. While the weak and obscene human beings are materialized and distorted by the modern civilization they have created, perhaps the primitive brute force metaphorized by zombies is what England fans need most.
Ibrahimovic is the former leader of this zombie army, and the captain Duff is the leader of this zombie army, but if you have to judge who is the "corpse king" of this zombie army, there is only one person to answer: Frank Lampard.
On 19 November 2005, the 14th round of the Premier League was an extraordinary one: Frank Lampard broke David James' record for consecutive Premier League appearances in Blackburn's 2-0 win at Portsmouth.
On top of that, Blackburn's 'magic lamp' has a small record: Frank Lampard received two awards before coming to Portsmouth for this game, the first is the 160-game record award, and secondly, he is the first man to score 10 goals in the Premier League this season.
There was no suspense in Blackburn's game against Portsmouth, but the only thing that whetted the appetite was whether Frank Lampard could score, and the long-awaited moment came in the 67th minute when Cristiano Ronaldo broke through to win a penalty, and Lampard deceived the goalkeeper to send himself to the top of the Premier League scorers' charts.
For a midfielder to be able to dominate the top scorer in the middle of the season is an unbelievable result!
'I'm happy to get to this point, it's a good record.' Frank Lampard's excitement was rather subdued, but it was Jose Mourinho who praised Lampard's record and the Portuguese put the 'First Iron Man' hat on his proud protégé.
'As always, Frank is in great form, playing 160 games in a row in this league and it's unbelievable, and if anyone can break that record, it's going to be him, and he's going to play like this, game after game.
Mourinho had earlier given Frank Lampard an almost sensual compliment: 'Frank trained every day and played every game, cold, hot, rainy, snowy...... He's been through it and he's done it all, he's got all my tactical systems, he's the kind of player I call 'Mr. Magnum'. Even if I am given talented players such as Ronaldinho, Kaka and Shevchenko, I will not change them. ”
Clearly, Mourinho, who is known for his rigor, loves nothing but iron men like Frank Lampard: "Under Ranieri and me, he has never rested because of poor performances, and this record in itself is the greatest affirmation of him, who else in modern football can break this record? ”
And can Frank Lampard, who has already conquered English football, continue to convince the judges of the European Ballon d'Or?
This is the last big suspense in world football this year.
The 2005 Golden Globes were annotated with a special meaning. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or, and neither Ronaldo Jr., nor Frank Lampard nor Steven Gerrard will be the historic 50th Ballon d'Or winner.
At 7 p.m. Paris time on November 28, at the Ballon d'Or gala on the Champs-Élysées Cadém, the new European Ballon d'Or who it is not yet known will receive the trophy from Ernaux, the editor-in-chief of France Football, and will also receive congratulations from the 23 surviving former Ballon d'Or winners.
At the 50th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or, the organizer "French Football" specially invited the surviving Ballon d'Or winners to gather, and 23 former Ballon d'Or winners such as Di Stefano, Platini and Beckenbauer have been confirmed to be present.
The 2005 Golden Globe winner is also destined to be a special figure.
There is only one player who can compete with Frank Lampard for the Ballon d'Or.
Yes, who better than Ronaldinho to win the title with Frank Lampard?
On the same day that Frank Lampard set the record, in Barcelona's away game against Real Madrid, Ronaldinho won applause at the Bernabeu with two brilliant goals. Ronaldinho conquered not only the discerning Madrid fans, but the entire football world.
Because of this, the 25-year-old Brazilian was named the best player by the World Professional Footballer Association this year, after winning the World Footballer of the Year award last year. If this time after being crowned Ballon d'Or, Ronaldinho will complete the historic Grand Slam.
Ronaldinho vs Frank Lampard, football elves vs Predators, who will be superior? (To be continued.) )