The 2008/09 Premier League season came to an end with Blackburn Rovers defending their title and expanding the competition from the league to the Champions League in the top four. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 As the recognized first league, the Premier League teams continue to make waves in the transfer market, and the emerging forces led by Manchester City have launched a new round of impact on the four giants.

Blackburn's title campaign has been more bumpy than last season, with just five points from the first four rounds of the season, and the Blues fell behind near the winter break due to Club World Cup ties. However, the second half of the season has always been a tradition for Lippi, and this season is no exception. Petr Cech kept 12 consecutive clean sheets and Blackburn Rovers completed a record-breaking 11 consecutive wins to establish a title winning streak.

Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored as many goals as last year, and Drogba has also seen a sharp drop in production due to rotation issues with Torres, but Blackburn's overall attacking ability has not been affected too much, because there are more goals in the team, with a total of 15 players scoring records. At the same time, the bench also played a key role in winning the title, as evidenced by the team's third centre-back Thiago Silva's near-selection in the Team of the Season as a rotational player.

Although Blackburn Rovers were knocked out of the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho's side have been strong enough this season, and in addition to winning the Serie A early, the Champions League and Coppa Italia have both reached the finals, which can be called one of the most successful teams of the season.

Regardless of the FA Cup final, this season has been another success for Blackburn Rovers and a triumph for Arthur's business philosophy.

Retaining Cristiano Ronaldo this season, solving the problem of frontline personnel, and steadily enriching the midfield, the Blackburn dynasty is expected to continue to be strong.

Blackburn Rovers didn't start out in a singular way, so much so that they took turns at the top of the table at the start of the season with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. However, Arsenal was soon limited by a lot of conflicts and disputes within the team, and took the lead in falling behind after more than 10 rounds.

Chelsea jumped to the top of the table between rounds 11 and 14, but it didn't take long for United to catch up. The two teams were locked in for several rounds, but as Scolari gradually lost control of the team, Chelsea were gradually thrown away. Blackburn, who returned from the Club World Cup, rebounded strongly and the top two formed a battle between the Blue Devils and Manchester United.

Manchester United, who welcomed the second half of the season as champions in the halfway and winter champions, had a chance to lift the trophy after a long absence, but three consecutive draws in January cost them their lead, and in February they were held to a draw by rivals Manchester City, and they were beaten away by Myburgh, and Blackburn took the opportunity to take the lead. Although United fought until the last minute, Blackburn Rovers relied on a consistent scoring rate to successfully defend their title.

Arsenal finished the season on a 21-game unbeaten run, securing a top-four spot in the league and making the Premier League top four for four consecutive years. From last season's triwizard battle to this season's "double devil" confrontation, the traditional pattern of the Premier League has not changed much.

At the beginning of the season, the shock of the Abu Dhabi consortium's takeover of Manchester City caused the Premier League to exclaim that the second Chelsea giant ship had arrived, and Manchester City snatched Chelsea's inevitable Robinho. Led by Manchester City, even on the transfer deadline, the Premier League generated two transactions of around 40 million euros, with a total turnover of 122 million euros. The other major leagues, Serie A, La Liga, and Bundesliga have been forgotten for a long time.

According to statistics, the Premier League's summer transfer market burned a total of 620 million euros, up from 580 million euros the year before and reaching a record high. The Premier League has been the craziest summer of investment, and it has also been dominated by the Premier League.

Real Madrid and Milan both wanted to poach Ronaldo from the Premier League, snatch Drogba and Adebayo, but in the end, these big names stayed without exception, and the center of the European ball market is still Great Britain.

The winter transfer market was supposed to be the protagonist of the Premier League's mid-to-lower reaches, but perhaps the last day before the 2009 winter transfer window closed was not dramatic enough, and the Premier League teams continued to burn money in a heavy snowstorm, with many people in the Premier League trading tens of millions, De Jong, Bridge, Bellamy, Defoe, Palacio and Keane. The transfer total of £160 million not only overwhelmed the rest of the continent's leagues, but also set a record for the winter window. And that's because of the figures written after Manchester City's £100 million failed takeover of Kaka. At this time last year, that figure was £146 million.

European football has entered the era of the Champions League, which is destined to be completely commercialized in professional football. The rich get richer, the strong get stronger, and the Netherlands, France, Scotland, Portugal and even the German league continue to widen the gap with Italy, England and Spain. And even within the three major leagues, the Premier League has been unstoppable, with the big four winning three Champions League semi-finals for the third year in a row.

When it comes to Premier League success, there's no escaping their success in the business world. Since Abu took charge of Stamford Bridge in 2003, there has been a wave of overseas capital investment in the Premier League throughout the Premier League. Carefully packaged and uniformly sold broadcast rights, the Premier League is deeply rooted in the hearts of global audiences. Influence and earnings prospects, in turn, have attracted investment from the world's richest and elite players from all over the world, further enhancing the Premier League's competitiveness.

The thriving vitality of the Premier League also benefits from the arrival of foreign aid and foreign coaches. Because of their arrival, the long-passing soccer ball has been infused with more technical elements. The league uses the influence of foreign aid to market the event to the world and further make money around the world.

Premier League Commission chief executive Scott Moore proudly said: "I will not apologise for the commercial success of the Premier League, it has become a matter of envy around the world. ”

Deloitte Commercial Director Rauinsley also analyzed: "The Premier League has shown the ability to challenge the current economic environment, which is the best evidence that it is enough to resist a recession. ”

At the end of the 2008-09 Premier League season, the champion team Blackburn Rovers once again became the biggest winner in the official Premier League team of the season, with a total of six finalists, more than half of the best team, Chelsea and Manchester United, and Arsenal without one selection.

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech (Blackburn)

Petr Cech didn't make as many stunning saves, but his consistency was unmatched by any of his Premier League peers. The record of 12 consecutive clean sheets may stand for a long time, and he also ranks first in the number of goals conceded.

Right-back: McCone (Blackburn)

His impressive performance caught Dunga's eye and saw Sevilla's Alves a national team spectator. Although substitute Branislav Ivanovic put a lot of pressure on McConn, the Brazilian is still the best in England and even the best in Europe in this position, with impeccable attacking and defensive indicators.

Left-back: Patrice Evra (Blackburn)

Centre-back: Hangrand (Fulham)

Centre-back: Nemanja Vidic (Blackburn Rovers)

The Serb became the first defender to win the Premier League's official honour of the year and Blackburn Rovers FC's best player at the club. Nemanja Vidic's arrival is no less important to Blackburn Rovers than it was to buy Stam back then, and apart from the disappointment of the league game against Manchester United, Vidic's entire season has been almost perfect.

Midfielder: Steven Gerrard (Chelsea)

Midfielder: Ireland (Manchester City)

Compared with the heavily signed Robinho, Ireland's performance from the team's academy is not inferior, running, interspersing, passing, shooting, Manchester City's No. 7 can do everything, scoring 9 goals in the league and 4 goals in various cup competitions, even if Manchester City continues to buy stars this summer, Ireland will still occupy an important place in the future team.

Midfielder: Bale (Blackburn)

The young man has raced around Blackburn's flanks at breakneck speed, and although he is still in rotation with Duff and can't fully lock in an absolute starting point, he has surprised Lippi with every appearance of the Welsh general, and the Welshman is the team's overall assist leader in all competitions.

Forward: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)

Forward: Fernando Torres (Blackburn)

Frequent injuries and rotation with Didier Drogba have affected Torres' goal tally, although the Spaniard remains at the top of the Premier League in terms of production per unit of time.

Forward: Cristiano Ronaldo (Blackburn)

Cristiano Ronaldo has continued to excel this season, scoring 28 goals and tying the top scorer after missing a month midway through injury, and his total goals in all competitions are close to 35. The Portuguese's speed, breakthroughs, strength and bounce remained at their peak, and he was still the number one nuclear weapon under Lippi.

Blackburn Rovers are not disbanding their Premier League campaign after the season as there is still a title race ahead of them this season, the FA Cup final, against the Blues Chelsea.

This season has been arguably the most tumultuous season for the Blues since Abou's arrival, with gold medal manager Scolari shining at Stamford Bridge after Louis van Gaal's departure at the start of the season.

On his first day at Stamford Bridge, Scolari had his sights set on snatching the league trophy back from Blackburn. And as the player configuration has become more and more perfect, Abmai is no longer spending a lot of money, and he has gradually learned to spend money on the players he values. For example, Portugal's main right-back Bosingwa was finalised for £16.5 million at the end of last season, as Abou saw Chelsea's shortcomings at right-back.

With the expectations of a new manager and a mature mentality, Chelsea continued their journey in 2008/09. Of course, the beginning of the story is always good, as Scolari went 13 games unbeaten in all competitions and took the top spot in the Premier League. However, after the defeat at home to Arsenal in January of that year, the Blues began to slump, with a series of embarrassing scores at Stamford Bridge in which they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Newcastle, a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United and a 1-0 defeat to West Ham United.

Scolari's dismissal would inevitably be pitiful if the heroes were judged solely by their results, but his feud with key striker Andriy Shevchenko has become public, and Scolari's more than one objection to the club's management's lack of buy-in of players has led to the Chelsea hierarchy being frustrated with it and no longer having to endure it.

So, on 10 February 2009, Brazilian head coach Scolari announced his resignation, having been in charge of Chelsea for less than 200 days. The following day, Chelsea announced their interim manager, with Dutchman Guus Hiddink set to lead the team for the remainder of the season.

Abou has set a minimum target for Guus Hiddink to secure a top-four finish in the league, while also coveting Chelsea's passage to Juventus in the Champions League. Luckily, Chelsea managed to intercept Juventus and face old rivals Manchester United in the quarter-finals. Chelsea, who are on the verge of winning the league, simply focused on the Champions League, drawing 4-4 at home to Manchester United, and the Blues eliminated their opponents 7-5 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals for the fifth time in six years.

The Barcelona clash was Hiddink's biggest challenge at Chelsea, with Chelsea's impregnable defence failing the 'Cosmos' in his first trip to Camp Nou, and Blues supporters seeing the light of day for the final. However, back at home, Chelsea's at least three penalty chances were ruthlessly wiped out by incumbent boss Henin, and Barcelona controversially squeezed out Chelsea with a long-range goal from Andres Iniesta in stoppage time, a game also known as the "Stamford Bridge tragedy". Under the "protection" of UEFA, Barcelona advanced to the final and met with Inter Milan.

Despite losing the Champions League semi-final, Chelsea fans did not blame Hiddink. Chelsea also avoided a titleless season by beating Everton in the FA Cup final amid a resurgence in league form.

On the final day of May, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea meet at Wembley Stadium to compete for the final honour of the season in English football. (To be continued.) )