304 League Cup

In the second round of the UEFA Champions League, Blackburn lost to Bayern 2-2 at home.

In another game, Galatasaray was tied 2-2 by Spartak Moscow at home. This is a big surprise, although it is not a big surprise in Europe. But it is definitely a surprise in this group.

Although Galatasaray's strength is not as good as that of Bayern and Blackburn, it is not impossible to defeat Bayern and Blackburn if he is lucky. But unexpectedly, in his own home court, it was also the famous devil's home stadium in European football, which was played 2-2 by Spartak Moscow.

In this way, Bayern Munich has won two games and scored six points in this group. Blackburn ranked second with three points, and Galatasaray and Spartak Moscow scored one point.

For the English team, only Blackburn lost in this round.

Manchester United is in the best situation. In the first game, he defeated Hamburg 3-0, and in the second game, he played 2-0 against the Graz Storm on the road. It's only a matter of time before the group is qualified, and no one will have an impact on the emergence of Manchester United.

And drew Wenger from the death group, and the Jedi counterattacked in this game.

Losing to Real Madrid in the first game made Arsenal less optimistic in the group stage. But in this game, Arsenal scored three goals in a row against Lazio on the road, one goal behind, and finally defeated Lazio 3-1 away.

In this death group, the worst situation at present is last season's Serie A champion Lazio.

First, he lost the first game to Anderlecht, and this time to Arsenal. Without scoring a point in two games, it is basically impossible to break out of the group of death. The current situation is that Real Madrid is full of dust, and Arsenal and Anderlecht are both winning and losing.

However, Arsenal paid a serious price for this game. Yongberi's ankle is injured, and it is estimated that he will recover for a month.

After the second round of the UEFA Champions League, there will be no more Champions League matches this year. The Champions League will not start again until February.

Just three days after the Champions League match, Blackburn will play against the Premier League team Leeds United.

It may be one-to-two with Bayern, which has affected Blackburn's morale. Blackburn, who has always played Leeds United with a good experience, was actually tied by Leeds United one-to-one at home. But George is already very satisfied.

Because if it weren't for the bad state of Leeds United strikers, one point would have been extravagant in this game.

Smith faced the same young Hargreaves and veteran McAllister in this game without any fear. Twenty-year-old Alan. Smith's skill is delicate, and he passed a total of four threatening passes in this game.

However, he was squandered by the strikers of Leeds United one by one, and finally Smith solved the problem by himself. Shaking Hargreaves near the penalty area, an arc ball made Kudichni short of a whip.

Smith's style is fierce, his physical speed is fast, and his physical quality is excellent. He will even be regarded as Keane's successor by Ferguson in the future. But now George sees that Smith is more of a player full of spiritual surnames. Although he is also fierce, he is definitely a talented player who handles the ball, passes and passes under his feet.

Looking at the vigorous Smith, it is difficult for George to imagine that the future Smith will be completely stunned.

Blackburn scored a point, and Manchester United was also affected by the Champions League. They drew with Charlton 3-1 away from home, still five points behind Blackburn.

Arsenal, which has just lost a player in the Champions League, has performed very well. He beat Newcastle -5 to 0 and scored two points, the same score as Manchester United, five points behind Blackburn.

No one can imagine how dense the schedule is.

The second game of the second round of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was played on December 6. The game against Leeds United was played on December 9. After this game, Blackburn will play the quarterfinals of the League Cup on December 13. Of course, this alone will not give George a headache.

But the whole schedule in December is as suffocating as in September.

On December 16, Blackburn restarted the Premier League. And on December 23, 28, 30, and January 1 of the New Year, there are Premier Leagues. Speaking of arranging this kind of schedule is simply an asshole, and it's not a schedule for people to play at all.

In this kind of schedule, as long as you get through it, Blackburn's Premier League champion for the whole season may be sure.

But now we have to face the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

League Cup? This cup is really a chicken rib competition. It's a pity that the food is tasteless and abandoned.

And sometimes, when luck comes, you can't stop it. As soon as the opponents of the round eight came out, all the media were lamenting Blackburn's luck. But this is not George's luck. If he had met one or two strong teams early, he would have been eliminated with George's attitude towards the League Cup.

Look at Arsenal, they were eliminated in the third round of the League Cup. Manchester United went further than Arsenal, but they were eliminated in the fourth round of the League Cup. Arsenal was the first to be eliminated. Of course, he can't do it if he doesn't want to be eliminated.

Because Arsenal at that time was struggling in the death group of the Champions League. How can they concentrate on the league and the Champions League without giving up the League?

Why is everyone envious of George's luck when the lottery comes out? Because the opponent of Blackburn's quarterfinals turned out to be Manchester City.

The current Manchester City is not the rich Manchester City after Mansour became the master. Now Manchester City is the team that was just promoted last season, and now ranks 19th in the Premier League. It is struggling in the relegation zone, and it is unknown whether it can stay in the Premier League.

Manchester City has been burning high incense until now.

Now that they have met the powerful Blackburn again, Manchester City is unwilling to lose the league for the League Cup.

December is a big problem for any Premier League club. Once Manchester City can perform well in December, it is likely to be relegated. Therefore, Manchester City has no intention of fighting against Blackburn in the League Cup.

Black wanted to give up but couldn't give up.

Although George doesn't pay much attention to this game, Manchester City has now taken out the substitutes and youth teams. If you are failing, it's too much.

Kevin, who hasn't fought for a long time. Gallagher and another veteran, Davao. Suk came on. In the face of a group of young children, Kevin. Gallagher performed well and scored two goals. Heleb, who was introduced by George with special genius terms in the summer, scored his first goal to join Blackburn.

Finally with Kevin. Gallagher, Hleb, Panucci, David. Dunn's goal swept Manchester City 5- to 0 in the away game.

With this victory, Blackburn reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The opponents in the semi-finals of the League Cup are more interesting. I met Birmingham from the League One. On the other side is Liverpool vs. Ipswich.

George looked at the current appearance and didn't know whether to be happy or to smile bitterly.

The more you want to give up the League Cup, the more you can't give up. There are only three games left, and the semi-final opponent is League One. As long as you pass Birmingham, it will be the League Cup final.

Thinking of Liverpool, George was a little embarrassed.

Before Benitez entered Liverpool and won the Champions League championship, Liverpool's most glorious moment after the establishment of the Premier League was this season. They won the five championships and came out with the Golden Globe Award of Owen.

But due to the appearance of George, Liverpool has not qualified for the UEFA Cup this season. It is impossible for Liverpool to win the League Cup.

If George grabs the League Cup again, George really doesn't know what other honors Liverpool have to win this season. Do you only have one FA Cup?

Mom, what if I only win one FA Cup and Owen's Golden Globe Award?

English players finally got a Golden Globe Award, or the Premier League got a Golden Globe Award. The Golden Globes are more the honors of Serie A and La Liga. In the Premier League for more than 20 years, only Owen and Ronaldinho have won two Golden Globes.

If you have robbed so many honors from Liverpool this time, Owen's Golden Globe Award will definitely be ruined.

So it seems that George should not only say sorry to Liverpool, but also to Owen.

In fact, even if Liverpool wins the League Cup, Irving's Golden Globe Award is hopeless. It is very important for Owen to win the Golden Globe Award in the UEFA Cup. After winning the UEFA Cup, he also scored a lot of points in defeating Bayern Munich in the European Super Cup.

Of course, the national team's defeat of the German team and the FA Cup victory over Arsenal are all important games. But without the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup, Owen would never have won the Golden Globe.

Irving, 2001 is a peak.

But it was ruined by George. It is impossible without a trace of guilt.

"It seems that it is impossible for me to give up the League Cup."

George chatted with Evan with a wry smile.

"You, you have to be cheap and sell well. The road to the League Cup this season is simple. It's too late for others to envy. Evan saw George's appearance and said with a smile.

"Yes. We are lucky."

George sometimes sighs. George has always been lucky in the domestic cup. It is rare to meet some strong teams in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. Of course, this also has a lot to do with the current Premier League teams that generally do not pay attention to the League Cup.

In particular, teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal that play in the Champions League automatically give up the League Cup.

Because there are too many Champions League games now. If a team wants to win the Champions League, it has to play 17 games. This kind of high-intensity game definitely makes many teams collapse. So the League Cup will be automatically abandoned by them.

But now that Blackburn has entered the League Cup semi-finals, George can't give up.

But there is nothing wrong. Anyway, Blackburn has not won a League Cup championship in his hundred years. I believe they will be very happy to bring a League Cup champion to Blackburn fans.

(To be continued)