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Chapter 288 The League Ends (Part 2)

Compared with Tottenham players who have adjusted to their best condition and are preparing to dedicate their victory to fans, Blackburn's desire to win and morale are obviously several levels worse than the home team. Duff, who walked away from Stamford Bridge the summer of the previous year, seemed to have taken away the last bit of energy of the team. The departure of the Black Wind Double Evil made Blackburn lose the two sharp knives on the offensive end. In addition, Blackburn's management had no ambitions and was running the club with the idea of ​​being at ease, which made Mark Hughes, who succeeded Sonnes, fall into an embarrassing situation where "there is no major general in Shu, and Liao Hua becomes a pioneer."

You should know that the two main strikers of Blackburn, Paul Dikov and Steed, have only scored 11 league goals throughout the season, and their goal efficiency is only as good as Andy Cole, who has already transferred to the team (11 goals in the league last season). This shows how weak the attack power of this Blackburn is now.

Compared to his increasingly lack of attack power, Blackburn has done quite well on the defensive end. So far, Mark Hughes's team has the seventh best defense in the Premier League, with only 43 goals conceded. Considering Blackburn's lineup configuration, it is really difficult for Mark Hughes to do this.

However, although Blackburn's defense can be said to be stable, the team has relegated in advance and is determined to miss the European Cup, and at the same time, facing the wolf-like Tottenham Hotspur, the Blackburn players who are not willing to do so naturally cannot raise much resistance.

Under this emotion, although Mark Hughes sent all the main players in this game, even the two core members of Friedel and Emerton were not interested in this game, so it is natural to imagine the end of Blackburn's league final game.

Sure enough, after the opening whistle, Tottenham players who took advantage of the home advantage launched a fierce attack on Blackburn's goal under Alonso's command. Blackburn, who had no fighting spirit, could only retreat under the strong pressure of Tottenham, and rely on a random counterattack to threaten the home team's goal.

In the 19th minute, Alonso, who moved to the left of the midfield, suddenly sent a pass over the top and passed the ball into the left side of the penalty area. Robben seized the opportunity of Blackburn's defender turning slowly and quickly started to receive the ball. He got rid of Lucas Neal's stamina shot from the far corner and scored, helping Tottenham to open the first record, one-to-zero!

Robben's goal completely destroyed Blackburn's resistance, allowing Tottenham to gain an advantage in the next time, making the visiting team in a mess, and there was a constant danger in front of the goal!

Just four minutes after Robben scored the first goal, Tottenham broke through the goal guarded by Friedel again - Bastulk was slightly stronger when passing the ball. Dominic Matteo thought the ball would fly directly out of the sideline, so he didn't try his best to catch up, but he didn't warn Ronaldo to catch up before the ball went out of bounds and then crossed directly with his right foot. Drogba, who was ambushed in the penalty area, jumped high, and pushed the ball into the goal under the strict defense of Ryan Nelson and Andy Todd, 2-0!

Although Blackburn had tied strong opponents like Manchester United and Liverpool twice in the league this season, and even achieved unbeaten in the league for five consecutive rounds, the reason why the "violent man" at that time had such strong combat power was mainly because they were fighting for relegation at that time and did not dare to relax in their mentality at all. Now, with the league's relegation and the European qualifications were completely hopeless, Blackburn, who lacked motivation to play, was naturally revealed.

Tottenham, which led two goals, completely controlled the initiative of the game, while the away team was still unable to get rid of the dilemma of being passively beaten. For this situation, Mark Hughes could not think of any good countermeasures, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly on the sidelines - obviously, the former Manchester United star also knew the reason for the team's performance today.

In fact, since he got ashore early in the relegation battle, Blackburn's condition has shown a cliff-down trend. He lost only one game in the nine league rounds before, and this team that has failed in the European War Zone, such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton, has lost to Birmingham and Fulham in succession, and has directly slipped from the middle of the standings to the edge of the relegation zone.

After the second half, the two sides changed their battle again. Facing Blackburn, who was still in a daze, Tottenham would naturally not miss this kind of opportunity to score goals by putting in the wrong hands, and it could also win the favor of fans. They first received a breakthrough pass by Drogba in the 62nd minute of the game and expanded the lead to three goals. Then, after fourteen minutes, Klose, who came on the bench, scored, rewrite the score to four-to-zero!

When the game entered the injury stoppage stage, Blackburn finally seized the opportunity to score a goal that saved his face - David Thompson forced overtake on the wing and Evra made a high pass. Steed in the middle used his height advantage of 1.91 meters to head the ball before Vidic clearance. Veteran Dikov scored at the 12-yard point, setting the score to one-to-four!

At this point, the main forward partner of Dikov and Stead, Blackburn, has won a total of 12 goals in the Premier League this season, which is the same as Andy Cole, who has transferred to Fulham, and finally has not completely lost all his face.

You know, after the club sent away the Black Wind Twins, Blackburn fans have been extremely dissatisfied with the inefficient forward combination of Dikov and Steed. Now, the two of them handed over such a disappointing report card at the end of the season, which can be considered a reasonable explanation for their fans!

Of course, in the eyes of Blackburn senior executives, this forward combination can obviously meet their psychological needs better - although the Black Wind Twins are powerful, their salary is also not a small number. Although the threats of Dikov and Steed on the offensive end are not as good as the former, their strength is still quite qualified as the main players of the relegation team. The most important thing is that Dikov and their salaries are much less than those of the Black Wind Twins!

While ensuring that the team does not relegate from the Premier League, cut all expenditures as much as possible to increase profits. This is the way Blackburn was in the post-Jack Walker era!

In this way, amid the cheers of Tottenham fans all over the game, the Tottenham players who played at home finally easily defeated the visiting Blackburn four-to-one, ending their journey in the 2004-05 Premier League season with a perfect victory!
Chapter completed!
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