This summer, because of the European Championship, the Premier League started relatively late.

On August 19, 2000, the first round of the Premier League will start.

When George came to England, it was in the eighties of the last century. In the blink of an eye, George had been in England for more than fifteen years, and George had ushered in the new millennium.

The new millennium is an era of both opportunities and risks. The strong team is getting stronger and stronger, and the weak team is getting weaker and weaker. The power of money is growing, and the survival situation of small teams is unprecedentedly difficult. As long as you grasp the opportunity, you can compete with many giants and money teams.

Ahead of the start of the season, the media is looking ahead to the new Premier League season.

Manchester United and Arsenal are always in first place. In the five seasons since Blackburn won the Premier League, Manchester United have won three Premier League titles and Arsenal have won two Premier League titles.

Since Arsene Wenger took over Arsenal, Manchester United have won two Premier League titles and Arsenal have won two Premier League titles. It can be said that in the Premier League, the two teams are evenly matched.

Manchester United have not made much move this summer, but Ferguson has not been able to find a good replacement since Schmeichel's retirement. This summer they brought in Barthez, the main goalkeeper of the French national team, from Monaco.

And Arsenal's move this summer is very big.

First of all, Arsenal's two absolute main players, Ovimas and Petit, both went to Barcelona. Barcelona is also a bit of a panic. Figo's transfer made FC Barcelona very passive.

Barcelona fans' suspicion of the club is wave after wave, in order to calm the anger of the fans. Barça's action was big. He bought Herard for more than 21 million euros, and 25 million pounds sterling, which was converted into more than 36 million euros to buy Overmars.

Anyway, Barcelona FC has used up all Figo's transfer fees.

Of course, history proves that this transfer cost Barcelona. The three people who bought it did not meet their own worth.

After the departures of Overmars and Petit from Arsenal, Arsene Wenger began a frenzied search for reinforcements. Wiltord £13 million from Bordeaux, Jeffers from Everton for £8 million, Edu from Corinthians for £6 million, Stephen Brown. Dalma has moved from Paris Saint-Germain for £5 million.

In addition to these multi-million pound transfers, Stepanov moved from Riga for a million pounds. There are also some transfers of hundreds of thousands of pounds and players coming on free.

Anyway, Arsenal has made a lot of moves this season.

After introducing Manchester United and Arsenal, the third club to be introduced was Blackburn.

Although there are some doubts about George's transfer this summer, in the comments, Blackburn is expressed as a strong team. It also means that Blackburn Rovers are one of the strong contenders for the Premier League title this season. Even in the newspapers, it is believed that Blackburn's probability of winning the Premier League title is no less than Arsenal.

Next up is Leeds United, who failed to reach the Champions Cup last season. However, the ambition of the Leeds United boss remains, first bringing in Australian striker Mark Brown. Viduka, and then brought in Olivier. Dacourt.

The fifth introduction is Liverpool, England's No. 1 giant. Houllier embarked on a real makeover at Liverpool. Sammy. Hyypia, Marcus. Babbel, Christian. Ziggy, Nicky. Bambi, Bernard. Diomede, Gregory. Vignall, these are the summers that came to Liverpool.

Liverpool's original strength is not weak. With the addition of these players, Liverpool's strength has increased dramatically.

However, the media's analysis is that Liverpool has bought so many players, and it has to be seen the effect. Although Houllier is a famous coach, in the two years since he came to Liverpool, Liverpool's results have not improved significantly.

Fortunately, the Liverpool owner is still a more patient chairman. not only gave Houllier enough transfer fees, but also supported Houllier very much.

Newcastle and Chelsea, who were very strong in previous years, are very far behind. In the eyes of the media, with the strength of these two clubs, it is very good to be able to fight hard to get a ticket to a European competition.

Chelsea manager Fernalis Vialli, in particular, is now the most popular manager to go out of the Premier League.

………… Because the Premier League started late. So the schedule is very intensive.

On August 19, the first round of the Premier League will be held. August 24 is the second round of the Premier League, August 26 is the third round of the Premier League, and three games will be played in just seven days. Blackburn Rovers play more games because they have to play the UEFA Super Cup on August 25.

As a result, Blackburn applied to the FA in the hope of changing the schedule.

The FA has rescheduled the second round of the Premier League for Blackburn to 23 August, and the third round of the Premier League to 27 August.

This made Blackburn's opponents very unhappy. And George wasn't satisfied. Either postpone the game and make up for it later. Why bother so much and let Blake go back and forth.

Blackburn Rovers face Derby County away in the first round.

In this game, George replaced Hyypia with Blanco and Rieser instead of Van Bronckhorst, and all the others were the original main players.

Although it was a change of two main players, Blake showed the strength of a strong team just like the media analysis.

"Deco ...... Passed to Sagnol, who crossed...... Klose, header! ”

"It's Klose again! Blackburn's first Premier League goal last season was scored by Klose. I didn't expect Blackburn's first goal in the Premier League this season to be Klose! Blackburn Rovers lead Derby County 1-0 away. ”

'Klose has become Blackburn's biggest threat since Klose exploded last season.

Just 23 minutes into the game, Klose latched on to Sagnol's cross and scored Blackburn's first Premier League goal of the season.

But that's not the end.

"Penalty! It's a penalty! It was tripping Pire, this is a penalty without a doubt! ”

'Miku was standing in front of the ball and Miku didn't run. Shot! ”

"Two to zero, two to zero! Thirty-four minutes into the first half, Blackburn had already led Derby County 2-0. ”

"It went so well. Derby County did not resist at all, or at least had no resistance at all. Blackburn scored two goals with a slight attack. Blackburn are a strong team, a real strong team. In the odds list for this season's league title, Blackburn Rovers are only slightly behind Manchester United. ”

Blackburn told everyone. Blackburn Rovers are qualified and capable of winning the Premier League. ”

Martin. Taylor watched Blackburn's dominant performance in the first half and praised Blackburn's strength now.

After taking a 2-0 lead, George didn't continue to attack. There were too many games in August, and it can't be said that there were too many. That's all there was in August, even more than this season. But at that time, the Premier League started at the beginning of August.

And this season's Premier League started late, and the task is heavy. So it can only be that the schedule is very intensive. Including this match, George will play four games in eight days. So George wanted to be able to conserve his strength.

Blackburn Rovers were a very controlling team, and when Blackburn kept the tempo under control, Derby County had little chance. Of course, Derby County are also very honest. I knew that I couldn't beat Blackburn, so I didn't bother to play it.

Even so, at the end of the 33rd minute of the second half, Bellamy, who came on as a substitute for Pire, scored the third goal with his astonishing speed.

In the first round of the Premier League, Blackburn won 3-0 against Derby County without any suspense.

Just four days later, Blackburn Rovers face Coventry City at home.

Coventry has also had a very bad time in recent years. Or since the Boseman Act, these small teams have had a hard time. Small Premier League clubs with good youth training can mix better. Just like West Ham United, they are still having a good time in the Premier League.

But those clubs that don't have their own blood-making ability are not in a good situation.

And Coventry happens to be one of the teams in a very bad situation.

In order to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup, George rested many of his main players in this game. The forward line fielded Drogba and Davao. Suker and Bellamy, and Hargreaves, McAllister, and David used the midfield. Dunn, the back line is Sun Jihai, Henning. Berg, Panucci, William. Gallas.

It can be said that George completely changed the starting lineup.

The style of play has also become very simple. Drogba is at the top and Davao. Suker on the left and Bellamy on the right. Hargreaves in midfield made a sweep in midfield. Dunn was near the penalty area, ready to control the second drop. And the rhythm of the whole team was handed over to the veteran McAllister.

McAllister's play in midfield is completely different from the control of the combination of Deco and Miku. Deco and Miku are both short and redundant long passes, and they control the game more delicately. McAllister, on the other hand, was very direct in his control of the game, controlling the game with mid-length passes.

With Drogba as a point, Blackburn's long pass can be described as powerful.

After a season at Blackburn, Drogba has grown stronger. And after the confrontation with the Premier League defenders, Drogba knows how to use his body better.

In the beginning, Drogba relied more on his strong body to blindly attack. But after a season, Drogba knows how to play against defenders, so that he can take advantage of the most and make the opposing defenders more uncomfortable.

As the heart of Blackburn's midfield, McAllister is not at all a 35-year-old veteran. At the end of the field, the running distance was more than 10,000 meters. Even the narrator was amazed.

Under McAllister's scheduling, although when playing against Coventry, a different lineup was changed. But Blackburn is still relying on Davao. Suke and David. Dunn's goal was 2-0 away to Coventry.

At the end of two rounds, Blackburn Rovers sit top of the Premier League table with six points. In second place are Leeds United, who are also on a two-game winning streak. It's just that the goal difference is less than Blackburn's. Manchester United have one win and one draw, and Arsenal have one win and one loss.

Although it was only two games, Blackburn's strength was indeed worthy of the title of a strong team.

(To be continued)