i am beckham

Chapter 177 The King's Performance

Manchester United advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Newcastle United was eliminated, and Keegan became the target of Ferguson again.

At this stage of the league, Ferguson did not mention Liverpool or Manchester City in an interview.

Even if Manchester United and them never reconcile, they can at least take a break.

The reason is simple. Liverpool just overturned the insecure Newcastle in the FA Cup, and it was a wave of assists for Manchester United.

More importantly, they will play Newcastle again in two rounds.

It stands to reason that if they are not mortal enemies, Ferguson will definitely praise the opposing boys.

But every Englishman can realize that Manchester United and Liverpool will never reconcile, and it is impossible for Ferguson to praise Liverpool players.

At this time, not being hostile is to join forces to some extent.

Combined with the youngest to fight the boss, Ferguson was very clear-headed at this time.

He deliberately doesn't mess with Manchester City now. This brother from the same city still contributed to stopping Newcastle. In the previous game, they even scored 3-3 against Newcastle, and immediately kicked out the opponent's arrogance.

The Manchester derby will also be staged once. In order not to make enemies everywhere, Manchester United will not care about Manchester City now.

Just after Newcastle lost to Liverpool, Ferguson helped Keegan analyze the future situation: "Kevin's rotation in the FA Cup is a gamble choice, and if Newcastle advances, he is betting right.

But Newcastle's bench lineup is not Liverpool's opponent at all, so they can only be desperate in the league.

Maybe the main players have been rested, but their pressure is even greater.

They looked invincible at the start of the season and were the unanimous favorites to win the title, but they didn't continue that form.

Now they only have a 2-point advantage, and their players have lost the temperament they had at the beginning of the season.

So far in the league, I haven't seen any champions on them. "

Faced with Ferguson's contempt, Keegan's mouth was still quite firm: "Any team wants to win all the championships, but we know that is very difficult.

We wanted to win the FA Cup and unfortunately we lost the game, which is a bit sad, but it is in the past and we all have to look forward.

I just want to say that at the end of this round of the league, our point advantage is still 2 points. "

As soon as his words fell, the head coach of West Ham United immediately became reluctant: "Who do you look down on? This time, I will let you experience the power of the Hammers!"

Keegan laughed when he saw that the Hammer Gang was going to beat him up. They can bully me, and you want to follow suit.

The head coaches of the two teams came and went for a few rounds before the game, and Ferguson quietly quit the game.

Manchester United played first in this round, which is Ferguson's favorite rhythm. He hopes that Manchester United will play first in every round of games in the future.

In this situation, as long as Manchester United wins, then Newcastle can only play the game with 1 point behind. In this situation, people with weak nerves cannot bear it at all.

Their opponent in this round is the Royal Park Rangers who are at the bottom of the standings. Manchester United is expected to be at the top of the standings. Ferguson's team only needs to beat their opponents away.

Aspiring to win, Manchester United launched an oppressive attack from the beginning, hoping to eat the opponent in one bite at Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers are deep in the relegation zone. Facing Manchester United's onslaught, they can only retreat and defend passively.

Manchester United's offensive firepower was fierce, and the ball was almost always running in the opponent's half. The game seemed to be a teaching match for half-court offensive and defensive drills.Under the oppression of Manchester United, the opponent's defense also made many mistakes, but it is a pity that Cole, Giggs and Cantona all missed excellent opportunities in front of the goal. Manchester United has been unable to open the door to victory.

Ferguson firmly encouraged the players during the intermission: "Our opponents are completely vulnerable. The only suspense in the game is when we will score. I can guarantee that as long as we score 1 goal, their morale will collapse."

Beckham felt that Ferguson had nothing wrong with what he said. He forcibly passed the left back of the Royal Rangers at the beginning of the second half, but it was a pity that Cole spit out the assist again.

Seeing Cole habitually hugging his head, Beckham could only smile helplessly. A striker with this kind of psychological quality is too watery.

Who can imagine that this shooting king can score goals in daily training sessions, and often scores like hemp.

He has not played at his normal level in the league at all, and his 11 goals this season have basically come from picking straws.

Manchester United continued to attack, while the opponent continuously replaced young players to strengthen the defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.In the 64th minute, Sinclair of the Queens Park Rangers crossed into the Manchester United penalty area. In the chaos, Dizio's shot was blocked by Schmeichel, but Erwin accidentally hit the ball into his own goal when he returned to the defense.

Schmeichel panted heavily and cast a glance at the other party. He was really guarding day and night, and it was hard to guard against house thieves.

The opponent's shot is not terrible, but the sudden display of power by the pig teammate is the scariest thing.

It is impossible for a goalkeeper to be on guard against his teammates all the time, and the game would be impossible to play like that.

What makes him helpless is that the own goals of pig teammates are usually world waves. This kind of ball is not only difficult to predict, but also difficult to defend.

With less than 10 minutes left in the game, Manchester United trailed 0-1.

Ferguson showed his commanding ability on the spot at this time. He replaced Cole with Scholes and directly pushed Bruce to the forward line.

Manchester United's onslaught is like a stormy sea that will always submerge the opponent's defensive dams, but until the game entered injury time, the team still failed to equalize.

Beckham was flustered this time. Seeing that the game was about to be accepted, the team was still behind by 1 goal.

According to the teammates' ability to waste opportunities, it is a blessing to be able to get back a goal before the end of the game. Winning is really a bit unreal.

At the last moment of the game, Bruce received a direct pass from Giggs in the penalty area. The old captain dragged his old body and carried three defenders on his back to catch the ball and pass it back to Giggs.

The Frenchman jumped high at the back and hit the goal with a powerful header.In this way, Manchester United equalized in the final countdown and avoided defeat.

Seeing Cantona's jumping ability, Beckham felt that this guy was simply a treasure boy.

Since his comeback from the lifting of the ban, the French have been doing everything in peace.

In order to maintain his image in front of people, he is always sculpting. Beckham has seen him sitting alone in the dressing room, almost turning himself into a puddle of mud.

Who would have thought that this unhurried guy turned out to be a striker with good explosive power, outstanding technique, strong overall situation and excellent jumping ability.

Even in normal training, it is difficult for everyone to see that Cantona will show his physical ability to the fullest.

But this goal came a bit late. In the last few minutes, the Queens Park Rangers players played football into a tower defense game and continuously resolved Manchester United's goals.

At the end of the game, the score on the field is still a tie.

Manchester United was equalized by the opponent at the end of the standings in the away game, which can be regarded as a small upset.

Looking at the technical statistics, Beckham felt very happy.

Manchester United players scored 2 goals, but the score on the field was 1 to 1. The power of the insider should not be underestimated.

But to be honest, Manchester United's performance in this game is hardly perfect.
In the standings, the gap between Manchester United and Newcastle, who played one more game, was narrowed to 1 point.

Manchester United's draw by a weak team seems to have relieved the pressure on Newcastle. In a later game, they defeated West Ham United 3-0 at home, raising their advantage in the standings to 4 points.

Watching most of the game in front of the TV, Beckham was very disappointed with West Ham United. He did not expect that the opponent conceded 2 goals without holding on for half an hour in the away game. It was impossible to play such a game, and Newcastle was left with 45 minutes to relax.

Ferguson said: "My guys did their best and of course we deserved to win, even by a big margin, but that's how football is sometimes. My team did their best, sometimes luck doesn't always help us, but I don't get driven crazy by the result.

That's obviously not a good result, but when you look at it in a few weeks, it could be a stellar one.

It was a great game, our whole team was great, the best of all was our leader on the pitch Cantona! "

The old man has said this for three games in a row, but Beckham feels that there is nothing wrong with it. He feels that Cantona has only started physical activities until now in the league.

Now when he runs without the ball, there are defenders around him all the time. After he stops the ball, two defenders will appear next to him immediately.

I have to say that players who have no real skills and are impatient can't really be called core players in the Premier League.

Watching the point difference between Newcastle and Manchester United widen to 4 points in the standings, Keegan was alive again.

He said after the game that the Premier League is a long process, and there is no way to determine the championship in one or two games.

In any case, his side are four points clear at the top of the table.

There are still 8 rounds in the league, and he is very happy.

Because Manchester United will face Arsenal in the next game, maybe it will be a wave of consecutive victories.

Although Newcastle's championship market is optimistic again, there is no media calling for them one-sidedly. They lost their 12-point advantage, and the mere 4 points really make people feel uneasy.

When the 31st round was about to start, Ferguson published a small composition in the "Guardian" column.

Beckham thinks that "The Guardian" is also very interesting, as long as the old man wants to publish a composition on it, there will be a place for this column.

But if he doesn't want to publish, the column disappears entirely, as if it were his family column.

The old man praised Manchester United passionately in the column: "I would like to thank everyone related to Manchester United, first of all thank the fans, without their support, Manchester United would not be Manchester United.

I would also like to thank my players, they faced such a lot of pressure at the beginning of the season, and they can have such a good performance in the following games. To be honest, I didn't expect it.

They have to face all kinds of troubles during the game, and they have to be careful with my hair dryer.

But the good news is that they survived.

We beat all our opponents in February, and we are still winning in March.

Many people will be surprised to see Manchester United being tied and say, 'Manchester United have finally tied'!
Yes, we have been winning for a while, and before we know it, Manchester United have won 10 games in a row, which is a very good result.

For us, existence is reasonable, and the last draw can make us reflect and realize that nothing is taken for granted.

If we want to win the league championship, we have to keep fighting.

Finally, I would like to thank the players' families, without their support, it would be difficult for the players to give their best in their work.

The 10-game winning streak is over, and Manchester United will embark on a new journey. "

After seeing Ferguson's short composition, many people suddenly realized that Manchester United had won so many games in a row.

Many people now have the established impression of Manchester United as old people and children, and they stumble every time they win.

The data of this winning streak made them have to re-evaluate the strength of Manchester United. You must know that Newcastle, which was in the limelight at the beginning of the season, won nine games in the first ten rounds, but they have not won a winning streak of 7 games.

Manchester United won 7 games in a row in the league and 3 games in the FA Cup. At the end of the season, they became the strongest contenders in the league and the FA Cup without knowing it.

The time came to March 3, the 20st round of the league, Manchester United played against Arsenal at home.

Manchester United, which does not allow any mistakes, played extremely well in this game. The opponent Arsenal's style of play is very suitable for Manchester United. They also opened up their posture to attack Manchester United.

Ferguson's team contributed their best performance from the start, with the Red Devils constantly pressing their opponents, attacking immediately after possession of the ball, trying to run the ball into the opponent's penalty area, striving to create shots and break through the opponent's goal as soon as possible.

Arsenal, which introduced Bergkamp this season, has taken a small step from a long-passing power team like a technical flow.

Bergkamp, ​​like Cantona, is a master of handling the ball in tight spaces, and the little skills of the two men often make defenders look stupid.

Arsenal sometimes play long balls, and sometimes play under the feet, which is a bit nondescript.

As the team with the strongest foot coordination in the league, Manchester United's ground coordination is more proficient, and they continue to get shooting opportunities during the game.

Manchester United attacked fiercely, and Arsenal also counterattacked with offense. The two sides played brilliantly, but because the goalkeepers of both teams were very good, neither side could score in the first half.

Before the start of the second half, Ferguson asked the players to slow down the pace a little bit, to grasp the success rate.

In the 65th minute, Manchester United finally gained something after a long attack.Phil Neville dribbled into the opponent's hinterland after dribbling the ball from the left, and he then passed the ball into the Arsenal penalty area.

The cross caused confusion for the opponent, and the gunner defender Linnihan made a header to clear the siege, but at this moment the goalkeeper Seaman also decided to attack, but his speed obviously couldn't catch up with Linnihan.Linnihan's preemptive header cleared the ball not far away, and Cantona just hit it.

The ensuing scene was completely the performance of the King of the Theater of Dreams. Cantona got stuck in his body before the ball landed. He used a rare volley to unload the ball. Before the fans had time to applaud, Cantona quickly adjusted his pace and rhythm with small steps.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Seaman, who was out of position, desperately rushing to the goal line, he immediately took a shot and hit a deciduous ball of excellent quality.Even though Seaman, who had not fully returned to his position on the other side, stretched his body desperately and opened his arms, he could only watch the ball pass over his head and arms and fly gracefully into the goal.

So beautiful, this is the "King".

Like other United players, Beckham rushed to Cantona's side immediately after his goal.

This is a shot full of imagination and artistic charm. This is Cantona's perfect grasp of all factors such as ball intelligence, technology, sense of smell, timing and so on!

In this way, Manchester United beat Arsenal 1-0.

Cantona scored Manchester United's only goal for the second consecutive game, carrying Manchester United forward with his own strength.

In the ensuing game, Newcastle United stumbled to a win over Middlesbrough.

As long as they are not at home, their combat effectiveness will always drop visible to the naked eye.

Although maintaining the lead, Keegan did not dare to be too arrogant, because his team will face Arsenal and Liverpool in the next two rounds. These two opponents are definitely not good.

And Manchester United's schedule is not easy, they have to play Tottenham first, and then Manchester City.

In the final sprint moment, the two championship teams competed to see who was tougher.

(End of this chapter)