MASTER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN - BLACKBURN ROVERS

Due to unforeseen circumstances yesterday, I was unable to publish a post about my current master league progress with Blackburn Rovers.

So in today's post, which luckily is one of the regular post days about this area of my PES game playing, I will fill you in on everything I was going to write yesterday, as well as a little extra that would be posted today.

So on with the post.

After a surprising win in the FA Cup against the might of Man Utd, I was to continue my progress within the Championship in the hope of promotion at the end of the season.

Hull were my next opponents in fixture 7. I had a tough time breaking through their defence, but managed to weave a run with Pederson into the box. There was no shot as I got taken down and awarded a penalty. Luis Fabiano took it and scored. This was the 18th minute of the game. I managed to continue with the lead until the 58th, but a defensive and somehow AI assisted error gave Hull a clean attack and a 1on 1 with Robinson. Solano managed to lob the ball over the keeper with plenty of time to spare before my defenders caught him. The game finished 1-1 as none of my efforts were rewarded.

Looking for more wins to further my cause, I played Norwich and Bristol city over the next 2 games. Both gave me a 1-0 win and 6 points to my table tally.

The Championship was still proving to be a worthy league in respect of the opponents as I don't think I had played what I would have called 'an easy game'.

Ipswich were next in fixture 10 of the season and looked on form. This was not an easy game, but I felt I was robbed on numerous occasions in the form of Shot ratio to goals scored, and dreadful passing from my players. Well the end result was no goals scored for me and Ipswich won the points. I think the bugs that have plagued most PES users since 2011's release were the cause, but I took the loss on the chin and moved on to my next match.

The FA Cup was once again upon the team and Crystal Palace were the team to beat if I wanted a chance of furthering my chase for the Trophy. They were still top of the league and seemed a formidable force, but my players were also on form despite the previous games loss. I was glad to see my players perform so well in this match as they did the business over Palace and gained a 2-1 victory over the division's leaders.

After their victory in the FA Cup, the team seemed spurred on to play much better, although I did end up using most of the same players each game due to 'bad arrows'!

The next 5 games were much better than earlier in the season. 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 3-1 and 3-0. 

This pushed the team much higher in the league and into a promotion spot. It was still close at the top with only 3 or 4  points between 1st and 6th.

It was time once again for an FA Cup game. This time in the Quarter Finals! High flying Rovers had earned a draw against Tottenam Hotspur. Was this going to be a knockout of a game or another notch added in the road to the FA Trophy?

Well after an exhausting defensive effort and a goal late in the 86th minute, I managed to scrape a win and progress to the Semi Finals! A result which my back line won almost single handedly. Definitely worth praise!

This is where the post will leave you today, but I hope to bring the next highs and lows of my road to promotion, and of course to hopefully lifting the FA Cup.

Thanks for reading and I hope you visit again soon!