The 2011/2012 season is almost over. Among the top 5 European leagues, only the Premier League had no clear winner. In the Spanish league, Real Madrid finally managed to win the La Liga title after the previous 3 seasons Barcelona monopolized the title. Barcelona's failure to win the title shows that Guardiola's era is over. There will be big changes in Barcelona going forward. Meanwhile, La Liga's top scorer was successfully obtained by Quaresma, who played for Real Madrid with 27 goals.
Then, switching to the French league 1, Montpellier surprisingly managed to win the league, they had beaten their rivals, PSG. No one expected, after losing Oliver Gerrard in the previous season, Montpellier would win this season. This time the player who was influential in bringing Montpellier to win league 1 was Paul Pogba who became the king of assists with 15 assists and also Anthony Martial who scored 20 goals. Both players had been targeted by big clubs. Montpellier will lose both players next summer.
The Italian Serie A League was dominated again by Juventus after the previous season, Inter Milan managed to steal the Serie A League championship. The record for goals in one season in the Italian League had been broken by Mattheo. The Argentinian scored a crazy record, until the 37th Giornata, Mattheo managed to score 48 goals in the Serie A League. This number of goals is very shocking considering Serie A is very famous for their defense. Not only that, but Mattheo also scored 20 assists, far ahead of his competitor, Sneijder, who only scored 14 assists. Everyone agrees, Mattheo will win the Ballon d'Or again, even if Juventus fail to win the Champions League.
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga again for the second time. The person who contributed the most to the glory of Borussia Dortmund was their coach, Jürgen Klopp. He managed to turn Borussia Dortmund into a compact team. Meanwhile, Phillips Zico was becoming the top scorer again with 23 goals. Despite his age, Phillips managed to show his competence as a living legend for Bayern Munich.
On the other hand, the 2011/2012 Champions League Finalists had been determined, Chelsea managed to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate. This season, Chelsea had eliminated Real Madrid and Barcelona, making the Blues dubbed as the Spanish club killer. Their opponent was Bayern Munich, who also got rid of Manchester United. The final between Chelsea and Bayern will be held on May 19, 2012. Bayern is favored because the final will be held at their home, the Allianz Arena.
Chelsea's success to the final made Mourinho very excited, finally, after so long time, Mourinho returned to the Champions League final, the last time he went to the final was when he coached Porto in the 2003/2004 season. At Inter, he failed to reach the final after being thwarted by Juventus.
The last round of the English Premier League opened with Liverpool's match against Blackburn. This match is a concern because if Liverpool manages to win, then Liverpool will surely win the 2011/2012 Premier League because there is a 10 goal difference between Liverpool and Manchester United. However, If Liverpool draws or loses, then Manchester United will have a chance to win the Premier League this season.
Losing the figure of Steven Roger will certainly have a big impact on Liverpool. In that match Charlie Adam became a starter, replacing Steven Roger. Meanwhile, Downing also became a starter, replacing Sterling. In a very important match, Ralf Ragnick could not believe Sterling, who often missed opportunities. Fortunately, the figure of Sergio Van Dyke has recovered from injury, the Liverpool center-back returned to play in this match.
Under the gaze of thousands of Liverpool fans, the match between Liverpool and Blackburn was started. Since the beginning of the match, Liverpool immediately carried out an aggressive attack. Blackburn was forced to stay in their penalty box after Liverpool dominated the Blackburn half.
Liverpool did not hesitate to continue pounding the Blackburn goalpost. However, Blackburn's goalkeeper performance in this match was very good. Until the 10th minute, the Blackburn goalkeeper managed to save 3 shots on target.
In the 15th minute, Liverpool got a chance. Glen Johnson sent crossing passes into the middle of the penalty box. Sisinho won the duel and headed the ball to the right. Ahmed showed his agility in the box, he managed to get the ball first and shot the ball. Too bad, the Blackburn center-back blocked Ahmed's shot.
At minute 20, Liverpool began to lower the tempo. After 20 minutes of continuous attacking, they realized that if this continued, Liverpool would be exhausted and Blackburn's counter-attack would be very threatening. While recovering energy, Liverpool was reducing the intensity of the match.
In the 27th minute, Liverpool suddenly changed the rhythm of the game. Jordan Henderson sent a through ball to the left flank. Downing managed to escape the offside trap and sent a flat pass into the middle of the penalty box. Sisinho and the Blackburn center-back had a physical confrontation. Sisinho gave a back-pass to the back. Lucas received the ball and gave a kick from outside the penalty box. Unfortunately, Lucas' shot missed the goalpost.
In the 35th minute, Liverpool was counter-pressing Blackburn after losing the ball in midfield. They surrounded the Blackburn midfielder who carried the ball and closed access to the player's pass to other players. The Blackburn midfielder gave a less accurate pass forward. Sergio Van Dyke cut the pass and gave the ball to Jordan Henderson.
Henderson passes the ball to Enrique. Enrique takes the ball across the halfway line, after that, he moved the ball to the right side of the pitch. Quick as lightning, Ahmed passed Blackburn's left-back and received the ball. Then he pushed the ball into the penalty box. The Blackburn keeper stepped forward and Ahmed curled the ball over the Blackburn keeper's head and the ball was entering the net.
Liverpool finally managed to open the score in the 36th minute. Liverpool fans cheered and shouted Ahmed's name. Meanwhile, Ralf Ragnick and his assistants celebrated the goal. As long as Liverpool maintains their advantage, Liverpool will win the English Premier League after a long time.
Ahmed's goal became the last goal that occurred in the first half. Until the final minute of the first half, Blackburn could not score a reply. The first half of the match was completely controlled by Liverpool, the Reds' possession of the ball reached 68%.
In the second half, Liverpool applied a conservative strategy. They weren't as aggressive as they were in the first half. Even Blackburn tends to have the ball more than Liverpool. This is done because Liverpool play better when they didn't have the ball. By letting Blackburn control the ball, Liverpool could launch a counter-attack better relied on Ahmed or Downing.
Although Blackburn started to control the ball, they could not threaten Liverpool's goalpost because the Reds put pressure on the Blackburn players who entered the Reds defense area.