However, the first game of the League Cup semi-finals is still nearly a month away. There are five Premier League games in between.

In the eighteenth round of the English Premier League, Blackburn Rovers challenged Ipswich Town away.

Ipswich Town, it's an amazing team. Just promoted last season. But the season has been strong. Halfway through the league season, Ipswich are still sixth in the Premier League.

It's not simple, it's not simple.

The Ipswich team's fast and concise, short-pass penetration style and style of play are pleasing to the eye. It brought a very fresh air to the Premier League for a while, and many teams were restrained by Ipswich's style of play.

Or many teams in the Premier League have not been able to find a way to restrain Ipswich for a while.

An unfamiliar team, an unfamiliar style of play, and because he is a team that has just been promoted, everyone despises him. Thus creating a miracle of promotion horses. Of course, it's nothing compared to the Kaiserslautern miracle, but a promoted horse finishing sixth in the Premier League is quite impressive.

But that's just for the average team.

Against Blackburn, his style of play has become their shortcoming. What George fears most is a hard-blooded team, like Bayern's team. Of course, some teams that are wide open and close, Blackburn also have a hard time playing.

But for a club like Ipswich that learns how to play on the continent, George is the favourite.

Klose, who had been resting for two games in a row, received a pass from Duff on the flank not long after the game began, scoring Klose's 14th goal of the season in the Premier League.

Of course, the game was not over, and towards the end of the first half, Reese scored the second goal of the game with a long-range shot in front. It was also Reese's second goal of the season for Blackburn. Blackburn didn't stop killing, though.

In the second half, Pire, Duff and substitute Hargreaves scored a goal each to win 5-0 against Ipswich.

Blackburn's game can be said to have completely knocked Ipswich back to square one.

After the game, George got exciting news.

Arsenal faced old rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the London derby, and the final score was 1-1. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal were exhausted in this game and would have lost in the derby had it not been for Thierry Henry's long-distance run before the break.

Playing the toughest Champions League game, Arsenal is already tired.

In terms of strength, the current Arsenal is far more than Tottenham. But in the game, it was Tottenham who always took the initiative. Even Arsenal's steel big man Vieira couldn't run a little in this game.

If Arsenal's draw is good news, then the news from Manchester United is that George is dancing.

Manchester United were defeated at home by Houllier's Liverpool. Liverpool won 1-0 away at Manchester United. At the end of the 18th Premier League game, Blackburn Rovers are seven points ahead of Arsenal and eight points ahead of Manchester United.

With the end of 18 rounds, Blackburn Rovers has already locked up the Premier League halfway title in advance.

But George wasn't careless. Now they are only eight points ahead of Manchester United, who were 12 points ahead of Manchester United when they reversed Newcastle. In the end, it was reversed by Manchester United.

Therefore, George will continue to increase the score before the resumption of the Champions League in the new season.

On December 23, Blackburn Rovers played Coventry City away.

In fact, this round should not be a match against Coventry. Because there are still Tottenham who have not played, but for some reason Tottenham's game has been pushed back.

As for Coventry, this is the underdogs of the Premier League. They are now 18th in the Premier League. Along with Manchester City and Bradford, they are all favourites to be relegated from the Premier League this season. George will definitely not let go of such a team.

It's just that Blackburn has always relied on one breath to play. In less than half a year now, Blackburn players have played 30 games. Of course, if you play those national team players, their games add up to more than 30 games.

Although George took this game seriously, he was unable to score a goal away at Blackburn Rovers in Coventry. Of course, with Coventry's strength, they are not capable of breaking the goals of Blackburn. In the end, George had to accept a 0-0 scoreline.

Ipswich, who lost to Blackburn Rovers in their last game, had a lot of bad luck. Because he met the powerful Manchester United in this round, he was beaten 2-0 by Manchester United. Achieved two consecutive defeats. Manchester United, on the other hand, relied on this game to narrow the gap with Blackburn Rovers to six points.

As for Arsenal, the big collapse began.

The two groups of death in the Champions League are indeed very influential. And Ljungberg's absence caught Arsenal off guard.

In the nineteenth round of the English Premier League, he was beaten 4-0 by Liverpool, who has been in hot form recently. The gap to Premier League No. 1 Blackburn Rovers has become eight points.

Liverpool beat Arsenal and Manchester United in a row to leapfrog Leeds United and regain fourth place in the Premier League. Thirteen points away from Blackburn Rovers are already five points short of Arsenal.

So far, Blackburn have won the Premier League halfway title.

Blackburn fans were delighted, and Blackburn Rovers newspaper was excited.

The Blackburn Evening News even shouted that Blackburn Rovers were about to win the Premier League.

Steven. Yellen is now fully George's advocate.

"Six years later, we won the half race again. Over the course of six years, we've had one coach after another, and finally we've got the best head coach for us. Levy. This is his third season at Blackburn Rovers and we are already seeing the light of day for the league title. ”

"It's been six years and we're really back at Blackburn. Premier League champions, we Blake were supposed to be! ”

And in the back, he praised George's work at Blackburn. Now anyone who reads Yellen's article will think that George and Yellen have some personal relationship. In fact, who can know that three years ago, the two were still rivals.

As soon as George touches Yellen, he can't help but hurt him. And all Yellen's comments at the time were sarcastic about Burnley and George.

But now the two have become the people with the best relationship.

Human affairs can never be explained.

Of course, for Blackburn's Premier League half-way title, many media are very serious. Even the "Liverpool Echo", which has always been at odds with George, spoke highly of Blackburn's halfway title to the league.

"Blackburn won the Premier League halfway through the season in '94-95. That year, Blackburn Rovers won the halfway leg and eventually won the Premier League. Blackburn Rovers are stronger and more stable now than they were then. Half a season into the Premier League, Blackburn have only lost one game and drawn four. Nineteen games, only eleven points were conceded. ”

'Blackburn Rovers are now six points ahead of Manchester United and eight points ahead of Arsenal. Occupy a best position. ”

"I believe this season's Premier League title will have to be Blackburn."

George didn't know if The Liverpool Echo really thought Blackburn had won the title or was unwilling to let Manchester United win it.

For Liverpool anyway, both Manchester United and George hate it. Maybe they hate Manchester United even more, so they will support Blackburn to win the title.

Anyway, George was not interested in the opinions of these newspapers. The half-way champion, in fact, sounds good to say. In the current probability of the Premier League, the probability of winning the Premier League title at the half level is just over 30 percent, less than 40 percent.

Speaking of last season, Leeds United also won the half-way title. So what?

At the end of last season, Leeds United didn't even qualify for the Champions League. There was also that season of big reversal, and Newcastle also won the halfway point of the championship. It's not the same as being reversed by Manchester United. So winning the halfway way doesn't mean winning the Premier League.

But winning the halfway race is a good sign. George was pleased.

If the schedule is a little more reasonable now, and there aren't so many games at this time, Williams will definitely want to have a small celebratory reception. It's a pity that Blackburn has the time for this kind of stuff now.

Because five days later, Blackburn will travel to London to challenge Tottenham.

So after the game, George gave the players two days off.

"It's been a good half season, and now it's two days off. Everybody go and enjoy Christmas. "George himself has little interest in Christmas, but all of George's players need to go to Christmas.

Players who are married have to live with their families. Those young guys, on the other hand, need to spend time with their girlfriends.

Because it was the 28th game, George waved his hand and asked the players to come back for training on the 26th.

"But keep it all in mind. Whoever has gone crazy in the past two days and is not in good shape, then he can only go to the bench. Well, disband! ”

Looking at the cheering appearance of the players, George shook his head. There are still a lot of young Blackburn players now, and of course they are willing to play. After the vacation, George was thinking about what he should do. Recently, Miranda said that their acquisition is in the final stages. So these days are also busy.

Before I could think about it, the phone in my pocket rang.

"John, what's the matter with me." George looked up at Williams' office and saw that Williams was standing up there calling George.

"George, do you have time tonight? Shall we get together? ”

"Okay. Of course it's good. "George was a hillbilly, but George loved to be a gentleman like Williams.

Williams was the quintessential English gentleman. He always speaks without urgency and gentleness, which makes the person he talks to feel like a spring breeze.

"George, I'm not alone. Mr. Walker wants to meet you, too. ”

"Mr. Walker?" George was stunned, he hadn't seen Jack for a long time. Walker too. "Okay."

(To be continued)