Chapter 356 Ball Wind 2

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Liverpool's opponent is Blackburn.

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The clubs in Lancashire, England, were soon in decline. Compared with the 1950s, Blackburn had fallen a lot. They also occupy a place in the Premier League and have only struggled in recent years.

In the 1950s, Blackburn continued to hit the top league.

After ranking fourth in two consecutive years and upgrading, the performance of young players such as Lonnie Clayton, Byrne Dulles, Levinon and Peter Du Bing is becoming more and more mature. In addition, the acquired players such as McVeigh and Ellie McLeod have gradually strengthened Blackburn's strength.

At the beginning of the 1957-58 season, Blackburn performed slowly, but has been challenging to upgrade his seat since the end of September.

In the English FA Cup, Blackburn eliminated Everton and Liverpool in a row and reached the semi-finals. Unfortunately, he lost to Bolton at Maine Road Stadium. Blackburn packed up his mood and tried his best to upgrade. He won five consecutive victories in April. In the last round, he beat Charlton Athletic to win the runner-up and promoted to Group A with West Ham United.

In the season of promotion, Black was firmly in the middle, but in the second season, the team could only beat Leeds United in 17th place to avoid relegation.

But Blackburn had a completely different performance in the FA Cup. He eliminated Sunderland and Blackpool in the first two laps, and won 3-1 against Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth round. In the sixth round, he had to play away against his close rival Burnley. When Burnley led 3-0, the way to the FA Cup seemed to come to an end. At this time, Blackburn got a controversial penalty, which was scored by Dulles. A minute later, Du Bing scored another goal and chased to two to three. After that, Blackburn counterattacked and finally finished the game. The first four minutes were tied by Mick McGuff.

The rematch returned to Iho Park, and Blackburn easily won 3-0 at home and advanced.

The semi-finals were once again staged at the Maine Road Stadium. A total of 74,000 spectators witnessed Blackburn beat Hsieh Wednesday with two goals from Dy Dugan. After 30 years of absence, he once again advanced to the final of the FA Cup against the powerful Wolves.

But Blackburn was troubled by off-court disputes in this final: Blackburn's loyal fans could not buy tickets for the final, and it was rumored that some players would sell tickets on the black market; Dugan made a transfer request on the eve of the final and so on... Blackburn's whole team was shrouded in uneasiness.

In the end, Blackburn lost the level in the final. In the 41st minute, he was kicked off by a lucky goal by Ballystouba. Two minutes later, right-back Dave Wellen broke his foot and left the field. Because there was no substitute player in that year, Blackburn could only play with ten players for the rest of the time, and Normandini added two more goals in the second half. Blackburn returned with a three-goal defeat.

In June 1960, Zacki Marcel took over as the team leader. After that, Blackburn's performance has been stable for several consecutive years and has been hovering in the top of England's top league.

This period is the glorious period of Blackburn.

Ten years later, Blackburn was relegated, and then they returned to the first division in the 1990s. It was a big businessman who invested in football and brought nearly a million pounds of investment to Blackburn. The season of acquiring Blackburn (1990-91) could only rank in the disappointing 19th place in Group B. However, Kenny was still appointed at the start of the 1991-92 season. After Dalglish managed the club, Blackburn's results soared.

In that year, the team was promoted to the First Division.

In the same year, the English Premier League was formed, and Blackburn was lucky to become one of the founding members of the Premier League. In the fourth year, Blackburn was also the second champion team after the establishment of the Premier League.

Speaking of the history of the Premier League, Blackburn is almost forgotten, but England has only three teams that have won the championship: Manchester United, Blackburn, Arsenal, and Blackburn is one of them. To this, Liverpool and Newcastle United can't compare with Blackburn.

However, after winning the championship, Blackburn quickly sank. They were relegated to the second division, and there was new hope until the 1999-2000 season. This year was a difficult test for Blackburn.

It became popular for promotion before the start of the season, but it was only on the safe line of relegation in October. The team leader Jett was dismissed, and the first team coach Parkens was appointed as the temporary team leader again until March of the following year, Graeme. Sones officially took over as the new team leader. After that, Jiqi died before the start of the 2000-01 season, and Blackburn decided to strive to upgrade to commemorate the benefactor.

Finally, he became the runner-up of the First Division at the end of the season and was promoted back to the Premier League.

In 2001-02, Blackburn finished tenth, but won Blackburn's first English League Cup in history; in Graeme. Led by Sonnes, Blackburn continued to make progress in the 2002-03 season, ranking sixth and advancing to the UEFA Cup for two consecutive years.

The good times were not good, and then in the 2003-04 season, Blackburn fell to 15th place, and Graeme Sonnes was under pressure.

Coach Sones, who is facing the task of team reorganization this season, has led the team's stable results. Now Blackburn ranks 12th in the Premier League, which is a top or down position. In order to qualify for European competitions, it is definitely impossible to start from the league, so Blackburn has not given up the cup at the beginning of the season.

English League Cup, English FA Cup...

Unlike Liverpool and Chelsea, Blackburn is impossible to compete for the top few places in the league, so they attach great importance to the cup. Blackburn has reached the final of the League Cup, and they have also reached the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

Blackburn met Liverpool.

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For this opponent, Liverpool feels good overall.

Although Blackburn is also a strong team in the Premier League, there is only one Championship team in the top eight. The other seven are all Premier League teams, and Arsenal and Manchester United are also among them. In this case, it is very good to draw Black's opponents. Even Benitez is sighing: "The team is in the FA Cup. You are so lucky..."

Good is good, only the game is away.

Ewood Park Stadium has always been a gathering place for rich fans. In the city of Blackburn, the small square in front of Ewood Stadium is a place for many fans to relax. They regard it as a pedestrian street. In the afternoon, some Englishmen dressed as gentlemen will come here for afternoon tea and talk about it. In terms of football, the nearby catering industry is very developed, but the commercial side is underdeveloped.

This is a strange thing.

But Black himself has such a habit. Although their club was established by the rich, Blackburn fans are very disgusted with hooking football and money. Even if it is inevitable, near Ewood Park, they are very conscious that they will not buy anything other than food. They admit That's because it's a blasphemy against Blackburn football.

But on this day, the small square gathered a lot of fans in red jerseys.

Liverpool fans.

Every Blackburn fan who is looking forward to the game knows clearly about today's game. For a Premier League team, it is not surprising to meet an English giant team. It will be encountered several times every season, but today is different, because this is a knockout match in the FA Cup. For the FA Cup, it is not just Blackburn Club. Blackburn fans also attach great importance to it, because the first meaningful championship won by the club is the FA Cup.

And now, these fans in red jerseys are their enemies.

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Don Jack is Blackburn's biggest enemy.

When Blackburn fans knew that the team's opponent was Liverpool, they first thought of the name 'Jack', because the name can be seen from sports reports almost every day. Every report is 'Jack broke the XXX record', 'Jack scored another N goals', 'Jack sent Reports such as the Declaration of Victory.

Blackburn fans also like to watch football reports, and their understanding of Liverpool has become: Gerrard, Jack.

Gerard, all England fans know it.

Jack, I'm at a loss...

The most feared are often the most unknown opponents, and the same is true of Blackburn fans. They are afraid that Liverpool's No. 10 will pose a threat to the team, so when the players of the two teams ran into the field from the channel on the field, the Blackburn fans in the whole audience booed to Don Jack.

The sound of 'boo' is shocking!!!

Everyone looked at Don Jack Don. Although Blackburn fans did not name names, their meaning was obvious. It was the moment when Don Jack ran out that the whole audience booed.

Jack Tang felt very helpless. He spread out his hands and smiled, as if he didn't care.

But in his heart, he is a little proud: which player can get such hatred as the visiting fans? The game hasn't started yet. It's already like this. In case he scores a goal... That situation is really unimaginable.

Benitez seemed to be afraid that the environment would affect Don Jack's heart. When Don Jack entered the court, the Spaniard patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't care, Jack!"

"It doesn't matter. I should learn to get used to it."

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Don Jack has learned to get used to it for a long time.

It can't be said that he has always ignored the harassment of fans, but he enjoys this feeling. This is also my own achievement in football, which makes any opponent's fans afraid of themselves, which is the embodiment of strength.

Standing in the Ewood Park Stadium, he opened his arms to face the boos of the court and greeted the game with this attitude.

The boo of the court is even louder.

The referee seemed to have some doubts that Don Jack was provoking the fans, and he gave a warning look. Don Jack shrugged his shoulders innocently and said, "I just stretched out my arms..." Anyone can see that he is telling a lie, but the referee can't do anything about it. He can't give him a yellow card because of this.

Moreover, in England, the referee's news is often the best. This black-haired boy is so arrogant, but the attitude of the Football Federation is very ambiguous. In short, many of the policies and decisions of the Football Federation are biased towards Liverpool. It should be said that it is biased towards this black-haired boy. Under such a background, the referees will not ask for themselves. Interesting.

"Bing..."

With a whistle, the game began.

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I often don't care about the game, but the opponent will play well. Now the Ewood Park Stadium seems to be playing this scene. Before the game, Liverpool did not play at all. It should be said that Black did not take it seriously. As a contender for the Premier League championship, the team has always thought that it is the strongest, that is, cut Ersi can be compared with Liverpool.

A strong Premier League team? It's not challenging at all.

But this is not the case in the current game. Blackburn made a big attack at the beginning. Liverpool was caught off guard for a while. Fortunately, the team is in good shape now. Every player firmly believes that the team will win. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the previous Liverpool team will lose half of their confidence.

Blackburn's pass and catch is very good!

Unlike a team like Liverpool, in a club like Blackburn, more than half of the team's composition is often more than half of the players trained by the club, and there are only a few temporary transfer players. The cooperation of several years is naturally not comparable to that of Liverpool. The level of their players may not be strong, but the cooperation is incomparable. .

In the previous attack, with exquisite cooperation, Blackburn hit the ball into Liverpool's penalty area twice!

"Opportunity!"

"Oh, my God, it's Tikov again! This pass is great! He is extremely active today. It seems that Blackburn cares about the game. Their strikers Tikov and Djokov have had two exquisite cooperations in five minutes, midfielder Barry. Ferguson also had a shot within the frame..." The on-site commentator commented with great interest.

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Carson's door was challenged!

As a starting goalkeeper, Carson seemed to be hit by a big gift bag before the game. He never thought that he would start so quickly, and he replaced the second goalkeeper Kirkland - without injury. He was a little unprepared and looked very nervous when he appeared.

Carson is indeed a genius.

Genius is not said. Geniuses need to be honed. Every football genius has received football education since childhood, and has experienced many games to stand out among his peers. After such training, although Carson is very nervous, he is still very calm.

"Pay attention to defense!" He even scolded Haipia loudly.

"My God, this guy really has potential..." Don Jack said with a smile at Haipia. He was afraid that the latter would think carefully. After all, Haipia is an old man from Liverpool, and Carson? A lucky boy.

However, Haipia has long passed the age of the battle. Just now, he was not good at defending himself. He smiled at Carson and made the latter a little nervous. "Yeah, I'll pay attention." He said so.

After a small episode, everyone's attention returned to the game.

Liverpool counterattack!

Don Jack and Gerrard passed the ball three times in a row in the middle, and then Don Jack ran to the penalty area, and Gerrard passed it to the back point. Don Jack rushed towards the falling point, and the ball was punched out of the bottom line by the opposing goalkeeper Friedel, and Liverpool got a left corner.

"Attention, the next point." Flickroff shouted loudly.

Don Jack is at the back, and Fleetcroft wants to remind his teammates that in the eyes of Blackburn players, this dark-haired boy is the most threatening, and other Liverpool players can't be combined. Several players ran over and surrounded Don Jack. Don Jack had no choice but to hit left and right.

Alonso's penalty hanged to the middle.

That's Gerrard!

"Steve!" A shout.

Gerrard noticed the veteran Harman outside the penalty area. He jumped up and passed the ball above his head. Harman ran a few steps forward and kicked the ball to Alonso, who received the ball and volleyed directly!

"Goooo..." The commentator of Sky TV stopped.

The ball hit in the crowd, and Blackburn's penalty area was in a mess. Suddenly, Gerrard suddenly saw the ball. He should rush forward with his right foot and hit the ball with his toes before Blackburn full-back Gray was relieved.

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"oooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Sky TV commentator is full of lung capacity. If it is broken, he can still roar out the following part: "Goooooal!!!! The goal is in, Steven! Steven - Gerrard -, England's midfield soul sets the record for Liverpool first!"

The Blackburn fans were silent.

The live commentator said regretfully, "Steve. Gerrard was very tough after recovering from his injury. He still scored the ball in the penalty area, which was really... Blackburn's misfortune. It turns out that in addition to the brunette boy, Liverpool also has a Gerrard, my God!"

Blackburn is really depressed.

They defended Don Jack for a long time, but Don Jack didn't move at all. The football was Alonso's shot. Gerrard scored the ball. Now they know that Liverpool's offensive player is not only the black-haired boy. Other players are also very talented, and each needs to defend.

This is impossible.

Black didn't want to see Liverpool celebrate, or celebrate at their home court, and they immediately urged the referee to restart the game. As a result, the Liverpool players were still celebrating, and referee Bohr had to bring them back to the field.

Liverpool is still immersed in the joy of scoring goals.

Blackburn had already launched an attack. At this time, Liverpool players had not recovered from happiness, and even Gerrard did not participate in the defense. Don Jack was also in the front court. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Blackburn winger Emmoton took the ball to the bottom line and changed to dodge Josemi's interception, Emmoton poked the ball with his toes. Forbidden area.

Tikov followed in the middle and hit the door directly!

"Goooooooooooal!!!!!!"

"The ball is scored!"

The loudest cheers have erupted at Ewood Stadium since the opening!