Klose suddenly got a hot barrel and scored six goals in five league games. Everyone wants to see how long Klose's form can last.

In the seventh round of the league, Blackburn Rovers face Middlesbrough away. The two teams played offensive football, and the final score was fixed at 2-2. Klose did not score.

But it's not because Klose's form has dropped, it's that Klose didn't play at all in this game. Not only Klose, but also Miku, Deco, Pire, these main players basically did not play.

Only Cudicini and Ferdinand were the main players, and the rest of the main players were rested off the field.

George lined up the lineup, from left to right, with Garra, Henning. Berg, Rio Ferdinand, Sun Jihai, and the midfielders from left to right are Bellamy, Hargreaves, David. Dunn, Romedahl, and the striker is Davao. Suke and Kevin. Gallaher two.

It's definitely not that George is playing something different, it's because the game was played on September 11th. Three days later, on September 14, Blackburn had to play a League Cup game.

Blackburn finished fourth in the Premier League, so they can go straight to the main draw of the UEFA Cup. The first round of the League Cup will be on September 14. The UEFA Cup, after all, was George's first European competition. So George is very important.

Therefore, in the seventh round of the game, George made a big rotation of the main lineup.

But fortunately, Blackburn's bench is very good. Davao. Suke and Kevin. The two of Gallaher are indeed old and strong, and in the game Kevin Gallaher is indeed old and strong. Gallah received Davao. Suker's assist, scored a goal.

The other ball was David. Dunn then cut in and headed in Sun Jihai's cross.

Gave Blackburn a point away from home.

Of course, the Chinese media does not think so, as the first player to land in the Premier League, Sun Jihai is very popular in China. It's a pity that in the first few games, Sun Jihai only had one experience as a substitute. This is a great disappointment for the Chinese media.

However, it is not that George is unwilling to give Sun Jihai a chance, but because of Blackburn's amazing form since the start of this season. And after Sagnol got the captain's armband, he was very excited. Therefore, this season's performance is not known how many times better than last season.

With only five games played, Sagnol already has three assists. For a full-back, that's a world-class performance. George had no reason to remove Sagnor and give Sun Jihai a chance.

Therefore, it was not until this game that Sun Jihai entered the main lineup. However, Sun Jihai is very calm, although he has never had a chance to play, he has not made trouble. George likes Sun Jihai, not only because of his strength. This humble character is also a favorite.

Recently, George has actually been quite troubled because of the rotation problem.

George was reluctant to let Blackburn, who are in excellent form now, rotate their personnel. But players with surnames like Bellamy and Gala are very angry that they have not been able to enter the main lineup. Although Bellamy was not satisfied, he was able to be honest for a while under the strength of Pire and Duff.

But Gara was very dissatisfied. After Hendry's semi-retirement, Galla thought that the main position should be his own. In the second half of last season, Gala was still doing well. But I didn't expect George to spend a lot of money on Ferdinand, and Galla went back to be a substitute.

These are all things that need to be settled. Makes George's head hurt. So looking at a player with a good surname like Sun Jihai, I feel very good.

The Chinese media were very happy. What "Sun Jihai saves George!" "Sun Jihai got a point for Blackburn! "Sun Jihai's world-class performance! "This meaty review is everywhere.

Even CCTV inserted Sun Jihai's assist cross in the news. You can know the influence of Sun Jihai, as well as the influence of football in China in the late nineties.

Blackburn, a relatively unfamiliar team to Chinese fans, quickly became a supporting team for Chinese fans. Because the Premier League is not yet fully popular, many fans can only know Blackburn's news from newspapers such as "Sports Weekly" and "Football Newspaper".

But they love it. This issue of "Sports Weekly" is even more selling. Because there is a lot of news about Sun Jihai in it.

Suddenly, there were a lot more Chinese reporters to cover Blackburn. Let Williams smile. Williams is even considering that if Blackburn goes to China next summer to play in business, the profits will be high.

But George didn't have time to bother with the reaction of the Chinese media. Because at this time, George was already leading Blackburn on an expedition to Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Blackburn's opponent in the first round of the UEFA Cup is Partizan Belgrade from Serbia. If this team had been placed 10 years ago, or even further, it would have been a European powerhouse.

In terms of historical glory, the Belgrade partisans are beyond the reach of Blackburn.

Partizan Belgrade was already one of the hegemons of Yugoslav football in Yugoslav times. Winner of the Yugoslav Football League 11 times. Less than a decade after the breakup of Yugoslavia, Partizan Belgrade won five league titles.

And the Yugoslav Cup champion, also 5 times. Serbia also won the cup three times after the breakup of Yugoslavia.

This is one of the true soccer dominators in the history of Yugoslav football. and Red Star Belgrade, also in Belgrade, the two city rivals are Yugoslavia's top team.

And this team is not very bad in international competitions. On the international stage, Partizan finished runners-up in the 1965-66 Champions League, won the 1978 Central European Cup, the quarter-finals of the 1989-90 European Cup Winners' Cup and the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup four times.

However, history is history after all, and history cannot be eaten as food.

No matter how glorious history is, it cannot hide the fact that the Belgrade partisans are in decline.

At that time, the Yugoslav team was a world powerhouse, but since Tito's death, the situation in Yugoslavia has been turbulent. Later the collapse of Yugoslavia, to this year's Kosovo war. The situation in Serbia has become more and more unstable in recent years, and many talented players in Serbia have fled Serbia when they were young.

Therefore, the performance of Yugoslav football, which used to be dominant, has also declined year by year in recent years. Even the European powerhouse of the year, Red Star Belgrade has become a dish among the European powerhouses. Not to mention the current Belgrade partisans.

In fact, Blake has already declared to UEFA, given the instability of the situation in Serbia, can he play on a neutral ground.

How to say that just over three months ago, NATO planes were still bombarding Serbia indiscriminately. Although more than three months have passed, George is still worried. Although it is not yet fashionable to talk about a so-called terrorist attack, who knows if Belgrade will be safe or not.

However, UEFA rejected Blackburn's application. UEFA officials say that Serbia is now out of the shadow of war and there is no danger at all. This made George furious.

George was certainly aware that there were already peacekeepers from various countries entering Serbia. But who does not know that now Serbia has not only NATO troops, but also Russian ones. When they seized Serbia, there were some conflicts.

Although it was just some simple conflict, it did not escalate into war. But the hatred between them is still very strong.

At this time, George was reluctant to go to Serbia in any case.

But there is no other way. UEFA you bastards, Lao Tzu's life is not fate. George was disgusted, but he obediently went to Serbia.

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Belgrade, the current capital of Serbia.

Belgrade has a very long history, Serbia has been the capital since 600 years ago. This city with a long history, when George and the others arrived, found that it was full of ruins. Patches of ruins, and groups of homeless children can also be seen.

George doesn't understand politics and doesn't want to get involved.

But seeing this group of orphans, as well as the elderly, George could only shake his head.

The country has become like this, and the first issue that fans think about now is survival, how can they still have the energy to think about football. And those players are even more so, after more than two months of bombardment, how can they still have the heart to play.

Football in Yugoslavia declined, and the war was definitely the first factor.

If there was no war and Yugoslavia had not disintegrated, then Yugoslav football would be a world powerhouse like France, Germany, and Italy now. It's a pity.

On the first day, Blackburn Rovers was just resting. After all, the ruins of Belgrade have too much impact on everyone.

The next day, Blackburn went to the pitch for a conditioning session. Fortunately, the NATO bombs did not blow up the stadium. However, it has not been repaired for too long, and the lawn here is poor. Compared to the lawn of the Premier League club, the lawn here can only be regarded as the lawn of the secondary school.

Even if the Premier League is a bad stadium, the turf is several times better than here.

George frowned, this kind of turf is the worst for a team like Blackburn. George even went up and stepped on it, it was really bad.

"George, this lawn ......" Carl walked up and spoke to George with a wry smile.

George nodded.

"Forget it, it's probably still a better course in Serbia. Serbia has been fighting every day all these years, where is the money to repair lawns. George sighed. However, the gap in strength cannot be bridged. Think about it, where do they have time to train during this time? As long as we play well ourselves, there will be no problems in the game. ”

"Well, Serbian football is in decline."

For the current Belgrade partisans, George did not even have any specific information on his hands. Because the situation in Serbia this year is too volatile. However, George is not very worried, the gap in strength is there.

(To be continued)