Chapter 14: The Most Failed Season

The summer of 2013 was a year of confusion and adjustment, Bayern Munich came out of the shadow of the defeat in the Champions League final, under the leadership of Heynckes, launched an attack on the treble, it is no exaggeration to say that Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga is always so terrible, and only Dortmund seems to be able to challenge him in the Bundesliga. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Borussia Dortmund this season is respectable, Jurgen Klopp's side have exemplified what football means in the face of formidable opponents, and its value is not just about wins and defeats, Dortmund's courage has allowed them to follow Bayern Munich in both the Champions League and the league.

Although they failed to shake Bayern Munich's dominance in the league, they sank the Galaxy in the Champions League and achieved the feat of meeting Bayern Munich in the final.

Whoever wins, it's a victory for German football.

The retired Heynckes left a legacy of magic in the summer of 2013, winning the championship with 91 points, a whopping 25 points ahead of second-place finishers, and when the veteran boss turned around, he left his successor with an almost unattainable height.

At least until Arthur's rebirth, there was no Bundesliga coach with unsurpassed results.

Also unattainable for his successor is Sir Alex Ferguson. Twenty-six years have passed, and in addition to the wordless trophies displayed in Manchester United's Hall of Fame, Ferguson's statue also stands outside Old Trafford like his predecessor Busby.

These two men are almost equivalent to a history of Manchester United, which has the black of the Munich air disaster and the color of the youth of the class of 92, but no matter what the color, there will always be an indelible red in the history of Old Trafford.

However, when Arsene Wenger travels to Old Trafford again, he will feel lonely because the person sitting opposite the dugout is no longer the old gum-chewing opponent.

At the end of the season, Beckham, the representative of Alex Ferguson's Class of '92, ended his career full of honours and controversy in Paris, and those stories, along with the brilliant midfield arc of 18 years ago, left one of the most beautiful memories in Old Trafford's history.

Some leave with honours, others become public enemies of the dressing room in one year, Mourinho's personality prevents him from being the Ferguson of Real Madrid, and when he leaves, even the players who once revered him the most are on his way, the doors of Chelsea are open to him, and perhaps the madman in London will find a sense of home.

And Vilanova, who was once poked in the eye with his fingers, is still standing in the Barcelona coaching box. After leaving behind a La Liga title, Vilanova is gone forever.

The unscrupulous Simeone rose to prominence in the turbulent times of La Liga, and Atletico Madrid finally broke the ten-year pattern of La Liga hegemony in the following season.

However, this year did not belong to Blackburn, the most brilliant team of the last decade.

In the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers looked up to Alex Ferguson, who had his final season in charge of Manchester United, to rise to the top of English football again on the occasion of his retirement.

In the Champions League, after struggling to reach the quarterfinals, Blackburn Rovers was successfully avenged by Bayern Munich, the opponent of the Champions League final a year ago, and was unfortunately eliminated 2:4 over two legs.

In the League Cup, the Blackburn Young Guards, led by Harry Kane, Anthony Martial and Pogba, were also eliminated by Arsenal after reaching the semi-finals.

Blackburn's last chance to win the title was left with an FA Cup trophy that Arthur had not looked down on before.

On 12 May, the 2012-13 FA Cup final will be played at Wembley Stadium between Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, who have reached the FA Cup final five times out of nine previous editions, while Wigan Athletic are reaching the FA Cup final for the first time.

The two teams have met a total of 25 times in history, Blackburn 14 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses have a clear advantage, since Arthur became Blackburn, Blackburn and Wigan's confrontation has shown a one-sided trend, the last 7 meetings Blackburn have won all and have not conceded a goal, Wigan Athletic last broke the Blackburn goal in 2009, the two teams drew 1:1 in that game. The two teams met once on the 18th of last month, when Blackburn Rovers beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 at home.

Blackburn's performances have been unsatisfactory this season, with good and bad times, and the early loss of title hopes in the league has a lot to do with the poor away results. At home, Blackburn have the same points as champions Manchester United, but on the road, Blackburn have 10 fewer points than Manchester United and are only fourth in the Premier League. Although this game cannot be said to be an away game, Blackburn Rovers away from home is still not reassuring.

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Baines, Phil Jones, Alderweireld, Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielders: Marcos Alonso, Frank Lampard, J Ronaldo

Forwards: Bale, Suarez, Raheem Sterling

Wigan Athletic starting line-up (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Robles

Defenders: Boyce, Alcaraz, Sharna, Espinosa

Midfielders: Gomez, McCarthy, Macarthur, McManaman

Forwards: Maloney, Koné

Frank Lampard opted to kick off first and the referee's whistle marked the final and only title game of the 2012/13 season for Blackburn.

Raheem Sterling pushed the ball to Suarez, who played a diagonal pass to Bale before both running up front.

Bale was about to take a few steps with the ball when Wigan Athletic's defenders rushed over, and Bale didn't want to entangle with them in midfield, so he passed to the current Roses' midfield commander, J Ronaldo.

In the first ten minutes, both sides played very friendly, Wigan Athletic knew how difficult it would be to beat Blackburn, so they could only face Blackburn's unbridled attack, and Blackburn's stars showed their technical advantages to the fullest, and played very well.

However, the friendly start lasted only ten minutes, and after Ancelotti signaled that there was no need to test it again, the battle on the pitch began to intensify, and Blackburn, who could face a big four empty situation, could not squander any longer, and now is not the time to be polite.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, McCarthy had just gotten on Gomez's pass, and before he could start to pick up speed, Frank Lampard had already run to his side like the wind, staring at his ankle with open hands.

McCarthy pulled the ball with his left foot and was about to pass, but the Three Lions captain was unmoved.

McCarthy protected the ball, looked up at his team-mate's position, took the ball to the left, quickly pulled it back to the right, and was ready to force past Lampard.

Frank Lampard quickly turned and slid in front of McCarthy, and the ball jumped out of McCarthy's feet, but he himself was blocked by the magic lamp.

Frank Lampard quickly passed the ball to Alonso, who ran over to help defence, and then turned and followed Alonso, who received the ball.

Bale, who had been on the verge of a quick run to Wigan Athletic's back when Frank Lampard had made the steal, was on the verge of running into the opposition penalty area, and Alonso's pass had already arrived, followed by Gomes.

Bale looked at the positions of Suarez and Sterling, and before Gomez could get close to the defence, the ball was already flying off the ground and heading towards Sterling in the box.

Raheem Sterling got in front of Boyce and unloaded the ball before Bale ran up again.

Gomez followed Bale closely, and Bale was quite threatening when he entered the box, and Sterling looked at Bale with the ball and passed it out with his feet.

Boyce scrambled to the ground and made a cross-tackle, but the ball was not passed to Bale, but to Suarez's feet.

Suarez pulled the ball little by little, just shook Alcaraz who was chasing behind him, and knocked the ball back to the middle, at this time, Bale who was running at high speed did not look at the goal, and catching up with the ball was a strong shot.

Although Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Robles had already focused on Bale, there was nothing he could do about this close-range shot, and he watched the ball rush into the goal behind him like a cannonball.

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal! The ball is in! It was our Mr. Golden Ball who scored the goal! Bell is still so reliable! The commentator on the TV, who was suspected of being a Blackburn fan, hissed.

The Blackburn fans watched the Welshman running towards them feverishly, chanting Bale's name, and the volume was so loud that it could almost make a huge wave at Wembley Stadium!

For the rest of the first half, Wigan Athletic, who was unwilling to lose, launched a counterattack with reservations, but even with all their siege, they could not shake Blackburn's defense this season, and in the case of reservations, they could only return in vain.

On the contrary, it was Blackburn's two quick counterattacks that almost penetrated the goal of Wigan Athletic again, scaring Wigan Athletic fans into a cold sweat.

In the second half, Blackburn finally used a quick counter-attack to penetrate the opponent's city, and when Arthur appeared in the stands of the non-rose theater for the first time this season, Blackburn finally changed the image of a home dragon and an away bug.

"Could it be that I am the goddess of victory?" Arthur was also in a good mood in the stands, joking with the young models around him.

After being reborn, the beautiful and rich Arthur no longer knows how many girlfriends he has changed, Hollywood actresses include Emma Watson and Jessica Alba, and this time Arthur met a girlfriend Taylor Swift who is in a sense "chess opponent".

Arthur and Taylor Swift met as early as 2008 when Taylor had just debuted, and at the beginning of this year, when Arthur was in the United States, Arthur, who happened to be single, met Taylor, who also had just dumped his ex-boyfriend.

"Do you like basketball? My team is going to play Kobe's team in the evening. Arthur immediately sent an invitation to Taylor Swift, and then that night, after watching the Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers game at Oracle Stadium, the two went to Arthur's 428-square-meter flat in Golden State.

Arthur changed girlfriends?

Taylor Swift changed boyfriends?

Neither of these news will cause any surprises, but when two "philatelic" kings and queens meet, it causes a tsunami.

There are even bookmakers who give odds to the two not whether they will score or not, but whether Arthur will dump Taylor, or Taylor will take the lead in proposing to break up?

Even, some bookmakers also gave the odds that Arthur was written into the song by Taylor after the two broke up.

"Po-bo!" At least Arthur, who was hugging and kissing with Taylor Swift at this time, hadn't thought of that step yet.

Of course, Arthur, who hugged and kissed Taylor Swift, was not a kissing maniac, but because there was a scene on the court that made him happy.

Blackburn Rovers doubled their lead in the 62nd minute when Ronaldo burst in from the right and sent in a through ball, Bale's low shot into the far corner from 12 yards out on the right side of the box was barely blocked by Robles, but then Suarez fired into the net from the edge of the six-yard box.

2:0!

It was Suarez's 45th goal in 49 games for Blackburn Rovers this season, including 27 Premier League Golden Boot goals.

Suarez's goal also sealed Blackburn's FA Cup title and avoided a four-big draw this season.

Ten minutes after Suarez's goal, Ancelotti replaced the Uruguayan striker and Bale with Harry Kane and Anthony Martial, giving his two favourites to the delight of tens of thousands of Blackburn Rovers in the stadium!

Blackburn's backfield sideline ball, Baines threw the ball into the field, Alonso got the ball for the first time, observed the front, but it was a sudden strong long pass.

Big?

It seems that Alonso's long pass is too powerful, the football is too high, and some of it has to be passed directly into the arms of the opposing defender.

But Harry Kane scurried on the run, leaping high and unloading the ball with his forehead.

The vertical distance between Harry Kane's bouncing feet and the ground is at least 1 meter, and with Harry Kane's height, it is equivalent to Harry Kane being able to use his forehead to reach a regular basketball hoop!

"Oh my God!" Blackburn Rovers fans couldn't have imagined Harry Kane surprise them in the first minute after he came on the pitch!

But this surprise is just the beginning, and from this moment on, Harry Kane will set off a whirlwind of the Roses!

Harry Kane did not choose to pass the ball after unloading the football, but took the ball in the direction of Wigan Athletic's goal.

When the opposing midfielders Macarthur and McCarthy ran over, just as the two Wigan Athletic players were about to close the door, Harry Kane took the first step to clear the ball and then slammed through the gap between the two!

Yes, it was extremely violent, and even MacArthur wanted to block Harry Kane's breakthrough with his arm, but Harry Kane fell to the ground and slid far away.

Easily breaking through the two-man defence, Harry Kane continued to dribble towards the penalty area.

Wigan Athletic's two defenders, Alcaraz and Scharna, did not dare to make the mistake of two more team-mates and cautiously approached Harry Kane to block the path of Harry Kane's pass.

It's just that Harry Kane didn't think of passing the ball at this time, and when it came to passing, the skinny Sterling was obviously not dominant, and Anthony Martial on the other side was not so good at the moment.

Pass?

In Harry Kane's view, both of his team-mates may not have been able to complete the shot, but instead wasted an attacking opportunity.

So what will Harry Kane, who is blackmailed as a "lone wanderer" in this situation, do?

There is no doubt that it is a burst shot!

Harry Kane stomped on the turf with his right foot, flicked the ball with his left foot, and followed up with a heavy shot. The ball suddenly brought out a string of water droplets and flew towards the goal!

Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Robles was in front of him, and the football had already pierced the air with a hint of fresh wind, and rushed into the goal with a roar!

Robles in front of goal did not react at all to this sudden shot, and did not even make a gesture of raising his hand.

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa!” The TV commentary of the game exclaimed: "Harry Kane's shot! The goal came from Blackburn's 20-year-old Harry Kane! It was the 85th minute of the second half when Harry Kane easily broke free from Wigan Athletic's defence and got up on the line of the penalty area to shoot at goal. This powerful shot made Wigan Athletic's goalkeeper Robles have no time to react at all! Wigan Athletic is completely out of the picture! ”

Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Robles shook the sweat off his head in annoyance, walked into the goal, picked up the ball, and threw it to the midfield.

At this time, Harry Kane had already run to the side of the pitch, standing in front of the Blackburn fan stands, pointing to the fans, making the cheers of the fans louder, and the fans will naturally not be stingy with their joy in the face of their favorite players.

Anthony Martial and Raheem Sterling, two young guys who entered the first team from Blackburn Rovers at the same time as Harry Kane, also hugged Harry Kane.

Arthur looked at the three people who hugged each other in celebration, Phil Jones and Alderweireld, and then glanced at Pogba who was about to play on the pitch, and several youngsters such as Azpilicueta, Casemiro, De Bruyne, Varane and Coutinho sitting on the bench, and smiled with great satisfaction.

Although Blackburn have only won the FA Cup this season, they have a chance of tomorrow.

This season is the "most failed season" since Arthur took charge of Blackburn, but next season, the "Blue Devils" Blackburn will inevitably make a comeback!

"Maybe it's not enough......" Arthur muttered a little after pondering for a moment.

"What's wrong, dear?" Taylor Swift, who was beside Arthur, asked curiously.

"Baby, how about you say my team is making some big moves in the transfer market this summer?" Arthur said confidently.

"Like Miami did with James?"

"Uh...... Maybe, almost. (To be continued.) )