In the FA Cup last-32 knockout round, Blackburn Rovers were unlucky to meet Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday.

Speaking of which, Blackburn Rovers will not be allowed to pass, and now Sheffield Wednesday is a team with no desires. Ranked 11th in the Premier League, there is no fear of relegation or any possibility of entering European competitions. He's the quintessential soy sauce team in the Premier League.

Therefore, he still attaches great importance to domestic cup competitions such as the FA Cup. But Blackburn Rovers is different, and George keeps saying that he won't give up a game. But the starting line-up was clear about George's attitude towards the game.

Almost even Blackburn 10,000-year-old bench player Ian Rover. Pierce got his chance to play, which is enough to see George's attitude towards this event.

Although the substitutes worked hard and worked hard. However, in the end, Blackburn still lost 2-1 at home, and were knocked out of the competition after only two FA Cup games. However, George was not at all concerned about being eliminated in the FA Cup.

Now that the game has been played for 23 rounds, Blackburn Rovers have only 33 points.

In the current Premier League, there are three Champions Cup places.

Prior to the 1991-1992 season, the format of the Champions Cup was a pure knockout round. In the 1992-1993 season, the Champions Cup was officially renamed the "UEFA Champions League", and the competition was also developed to be played every Tuesday and Wednesday. But people are used to calling it the European Champions Cup. In the following years, the format of the Champions League changed repeatedly, gradually applying the round-robin group format to the matches before the restart, and the teams participating were no longer limited to the league champions of each country and the Champions League winners of last season, but also the league runners-up of some football powers.

However, the time has come for another reform of the Champions Cup. In 1998, in order to contain UEFA's reform system for the Champions League, the giant clubs of the major European leagues held a secret meeting in Brussels, Belgium in the same year! As a result, a new organization called "G14" was born.

In 1998, in order to discourage the idea of a European Super League for major clubs, the UEFA final made the biggest overhaul of Europe's three major cups from the 1999/2000 season: the European Cup Winners' Cup was abolished.

And with the addition of a group stage, the Champions Cup has been expanded again. So the Premier League will have three teams competing in the Champions Cup at the start of next season. The UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup are combined, and the Premier League will have three places.

The winner of the League Cup, the FA Cup, the fourth place in the Premier League, all three can play in the League Cup. Of course, there is also the International Toto Cup, and there are also places in the Confederations Cup. Unfortunately, the International Toto Cup is held in the summer, and George will not let his team participate in the so-called International Toto Cup in the summer.

Blackburn have already given up on the League Cup and FA Cup, and George is aiming for a fourth place in the Premier League.

Fifth place in the Premier League is now West Ham United, who have been in excellent form this season under Redknapp. West Ham United have reached 40 points so far. Seven points more than Blackburn.

In fourth place is Leeds United, who have had the better season this season. They have forty-four points, eleven more than Blackburn.

Leeds United are in good shape right now, and although eleven points cannot be said to be an insurmountable barrier, it is also a big gap. Eleven points, and now there are only sixteen rounds left. The rest of Blackburn's games were decisive battles and there could not be too many mistakes.

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On January 30, the twenty-fourth round of the English Premier League.

Leeds United started the game first. Leeds United face Southampton away from home. Southampton are currently 18th in the Premier League and are still in the relegation zone. It is only four points more than Charlton Athletic in 19th place. The relegation situation is worrying.

Now Southampton is also racing against time, and every game is a battle of life and death. Because if you are not careful, you will be relegated to League One. In the relegation odds, Southampton are second from the bottom. As a result, Southampton were almost insane at home, bombarding Leeds United's goal. The young Leeds United players were probably frightened by this style of play and showed shredging. Southampton were beaten 3-0 at home to Leeds United.

The first game to start was a big upset. Southampton turned out to be victorious over the mighty Leeds United.

Surprise all the media.

Seeing this score, George was also very surprised, but at the same time he was in a good mood.

George never thought Leeds United would lose to Southampton and now Leeds have lost. For George, it was an unexpected surprise.

"It's been 23 rounds of the league and we're in eighth place right now. With our current points, as long as we simply deal with the next games, there is no problem with relegation. 'George was in the dressing room in front of the players and did the final mobilization.

"I want to ask you, are you satisfied with just a relegation?"

Hearing George's question, everyone looked at each other. If you can get good results, of course, it's the best.

"Willy, did you come to England with me just to be relegated?" The first person George named was Sagnol.

Because Sagnol is the lubricant in Blackburn's dressing room.

"Of course not, head. Didn't you tell me that you could get me into the national team and become the main force of the national team. If it's just relegation, then how can I become the main player of the national team. Sagnol stood up and shook his head firmly.

"Yes, Willy, you're so right." George is becoming more and more satisfied with Sagnol, thinking about whether he should make Sagnol a third captain or something. 'There are not a few internationals among you yet, and your goal is to get into the national team and become a regular player.'

"Then relegation, this kind of thing shouldn't be done by us."

"Do you see this standings?" George took out the expanded standings and pointed it out to everyone. "They say I'm arrogant, but I'm a very sane person. I'm not going to tell you that our goal this season is to win the title, that's an unrealistic goal. Third-placed Chelsea are now 17 points ahead of us and we don't have much chance of catching up with Chelsea. ”

"But look at Leeds in fourth. He's eleven points higher than us and he's played us one more game. As long as we win this game, then we are only eight points ahead. ”

"Colin, tell me, what does it mean if it's fourth in the Premier League?"

Hendry was shocked, but at the same time overjoyed. Everyone present understood what George meant. "Confederations Cup, next season's Confederations Cup!" Stephen Hendry stood up and shouted, who would have thought that Blackburn could still play the League Cup at the beginning of the season.

Since the Premier League title, Blackburn Rovers have spent three seasons battling relegation. European competition, I don't know how far away from Blackburn.

"Yes, the League Cup. Next season's UEFA Cup! George clenched his fists. Eleven points seems like a lot. It's actually a four-game difference, and as long as we win this game, it's a three-game difference. And we have another head-to-head clash with Leeds, which means a five-point gap at most. ”

"Are Leeds strong? They didn't have the slightest bit of a fight against us, they had too many young players. So their results are bound to go up and down. If you look at this round, they lost 3-0 to Southampton. They're going to keep dropping points in the future. Believe me, just play one game at a time and the UEFA Cup spot next season will be ours. ”

"You don't believe in yourselves!"

"Believe, believe!" It's been more than half a season, and for the first time, George has said his goals for this season.

At this time, although the gold content of the League Cup has begun to decline, it is still a very important game in European football.

"There's only one way to play in the League Cup. It's about winning game by game, winning all the games we can win. Do you have faith? ”

"Yes! Yes! ”

With a clear goal, Blackburn Rovers are even more excited. The UEFA Cup, if they play in the UEFA Cup next season, is a huge temptation for them as young players. After all, it is the European Cup, and its status in European football is not low.

"Okay, get out now. Tell the fans that we are not a team content with relegation. We are a team with big goals. I have only one request for you, and that is to get three points. ”

In the twenty-fourth round, Blackburn Rovers faced Wimbledon at home.

Wimbledon are currently 17th in the Premier League, just one point above Southampton, who have just won over Leeds United. However, Southampton's victory over Leeds United lifted them out of the relegation zone, two points ahead of Wimbledon.

This made Wimbledon a little flustered, from 16th in the Premier League at the start of the season to 18th in the Premier League now.

But George won't save face just because he's a team in the relegation zone.

George didn't play as pressing as usual against Wimbledon. Instead, he retreated a little bit in order to allow Wimbledon to attack.

Now all the media think that the current Blackburn is relegated and has little chance of getting into the European competition. The kind of team that belongs to the middle of the table. But Wimbledon are different, they need points and they urgently need to get out of the relegation zone now.

Sure enough, they attacked at the start of the game, and they didn't care about it at all, this was Blackburn's home stadium.

Now George is more and more fond of the Premier League because their games are open surname. For a team like George who plays two wings, it's too good to be true.

Blackburn's two wings, Pire and Duff play this kind of play the most suitable. And it can also play Miku's accurate direct passing.

Instead of pressing forward, Klose dropped back to give Pire and Duff more space to sprint. Wimbledon's attack was lively, but it didn't have much effect. On the contrary, Blackburn's attack was impressive, and in the cheers of the home fans, they scored three goals in a row. In the end, they won 3-0 against Wimbledon.

At the same time, Liverpool lost 0-1 away to Coventry City, Villa lost 0-1 away to Newcastle and West Ham United drew 0-0 away to Middlesbrough. As a result, Blackburn Rovers scored 36 points and jumped from eighth to sixth. Three points ahead of Liverpool and two points ahead of Villa, and only four points less than West Ham United.

(To be continued)