Chapter 1026 Away Game at Blackburn Rovers

Signing a professional contract with Pogba is a trivial matter for Manchester United and Manchester United fans. For Manchester United, the biggest thing is to win the league championship as soon as possible.

Manchester United has already won the FA Cup this season, which is the easiest championship. Winning the FA Cup can only barely be considered a pass for a giant like Manchester United. Only winning the league championship can be considered excellent, and then winning the Champions League will be considered a pass. It’s a perfect score.

For Manchester United, if they win the league championship, the pressure will be less when they play in the Champions League final. After all, with the league championship in hand, even if they lose in the Champions League final, it will still be a successful season.

If you lose the league title and lose the Champions League final, this season will be a failed season, and the pressure will be great when playing games.

Against a super strong team like Barcelona, ​​if you play under pressure and lose your tactical initiative because you must win, your chances of winning will be very small.

Manchester United is in a very good position to win the league title. With two rounds left, it is 2 points ahead of second place Chelsea. As long as Manchester United wins the last two rounds, they will be able to win the league championship. Even if Manchester United cannot win outright, As long as Chelsea cannot win everything, Manchester United can also win the championship.

Manchester United's opponents in the last two rounds are Blackburn and Blackpool. Of these two teams, Blackburn is ranked 15th and is still struggling to avoid relegation. Blackpool is ranked second to last and has very slim hope of relegation. One breath left.

From the perspective of strength alone, the two teams combined to form a joint team cannot beat Manchester United, but football is round, and opponents must fight hard to avoid relegation. Manchester United cannot say that it can score all six points with certainty.

But Manchester United must get these six points and not lose a single point.

Because Manchester United cannot pin its destiny to win the championship on its rival Chelsea, and because Chelsea and Ancelotti need the life-saving straw of the league more than Manchester United. If Chelsea cannot seize this slim hope and all four majors are empty this season, Ancelotti Di is bound to be dismissed from class.

Blackburn was ranked 10th last season. Considering the team's poor transfer investment and financial situation, as well as the ranking that was almost relegated the previous season, coach Allardyce's careful training deserves the most credit.

Blackburn have performed poorly this season. After 36 rounds, they are ranked 15th, only 4 points above the relegation zone.

This is a very dangerous score, and it can be fatal if you are not careful.

For a small team like Blackburn, their mission every season is to avoid relegation. Naturally, they don’t have any big-name stars. Their main players are some free veterans and discarded items from wealthy clubs. The core players are Norwegian winger Peterson and Senegalese forward Diouf. .

Peterson, who has played for Blackburn for 7 seasons, scored 27 goals in 192 league appearances, and also scored a total of 10 goals in the FA Cup and League Cup. His dribbling breakthroughs, long shots, and free kicks all revitalized the team's offensive line. of powerful weapons.

Because Peterson missed the opportunity to join a giant, he is now older and is ready to spend his whole life at Blackburn. At least the fans here do worship him as Beckham.

But the soul of Blackburn is not the star, but their coach Allardyce.

Allardyce is resourceful and one of the most successful small club coaches in the Premier League. He is good at "making something out of nothing" and is highly regarded by his peers for achieving great results with a small amount of money. He was also a candidate for the head coach of the England national team. As an old-school British coach, "Big Sam" also has a wide network of contacts in the circle. He has deep friendships with the coaches of major giants. He can often obtain idle players from the giants at a cheap price, which is very helpful in the relegation battle.

Ferguson is very familiar with Allardyce and has a good relationship. He knows that Allardyce is not easy to mess with, but at this time, Manchester United wants to win the championship and Blackburn wants to avoid relegation. Everyone is their own master and no one can take care of the other. We can only fight hard.

This game was an away game for Manchester United, and the Manchester United players arrived at Ewood Park early.

Ewood Park has never been a paradise for wealthy teams. Allardyce played a decisive role in the Premier League title race last season. Manchester United lost two crucial points at Ewood Park, and ended up losing one point to Chelsea. Won the league title.

At the press conference before the game, Ferguson told reporters with a stern expression that Manchester United only had the last three games left this season. Although today's opponent Blackburn is not a strong team, they are very difficult to deal with. He hopes that Manchester United The players can take it seriously and strive to score three points on the road.

At the pre-match press conference, Blackburn head coach Allardyce said that he did not want to offend Manchester United or please Chelsea. Blackburn is not fighting for any team, Blackburn is fighting for its own destiny. Blackburn will not be merciful in this game. They will definitely go all out to win Manchester United at home.

Back at the team affairs meeting, Ferguson told his disciples that after working hard for a season, they could not lose the championship in the last two rounds. They must pay attention to Blackburn and do not pin their hopes of winning the championship on the defeat of their arch-enemy Chelsea. Of course, don't be too nervous. Manchester United is still far stronger than Blackburn. As long as you are serious and don't make mistakes, there will be no problem in winning.

The game will be played at 12.45 am on the 14th. Manchester United rarely plays during this time, because at this time, Manchester United players usually take a nap. The body clock suddenly changes, and the body is not very comfortable, and it is difficult to adjust to the best condition. Last time Manchester United lost to Blackburn this season because they played early.

In order to cheer up early, Manchester United players came to Ewood Park more than 30 minutes earlier than usual to warm up.

Manchester United's players had only warmed up for twenty minutes before Blackburn's players arrived. The pressure on Blackburn was not small. They were still counting on defeating Manchester United and winning the three points needed to avoid relegation.

When the players of Manchester United and Blackburn were warming up, the Ewood Park stadium was already full. Of the more than 30,000 fans, one-third were visiting team fans, and the rest were local fans.

The game hasn't started yet, and the on-site commentator has obtained the starting lineups of both sides and is introducing:

Blackburn plays a 4-4-2 formation: Goalkeeper: 1-Robinson

Defenders: 25-Salgado, 4-Samba, 28-Phil Jones, 5-Giwe

Midfielder: 15-Nzonzi, 2-Jones, 7-Emmerton, 3-Olson

Forwards: 30-Roberts, ’12-Peterson

Manchester United also started with a 4-4-2 formation: Goalkeeper: 1-Van der Sar

Defenders: 3-Evra, 15-Ferdinand, 5-Vidic, 22-O'Shea

Midfielders: 25-Valencia, 16-Carrick, 10-Gao Xiaodong, 17-Nani

Forwards: 7-Rooney, 14-Hernandez

In addition to injuries, both sides are playing their best, and everyone wants to win this game. It seems that today will be another fierce battle...

Gao Xiaodong was a little uneasy while the on-site commentator was warming up, because his mind kept thinking about the red envelope reward that the system would give him when he won the FA Cup.