i am beckham

Chapter 204 Anne Knows Soccer

After six years, the England team once again reached the semi-finals in the competition. On this day, the whole England was smiling, and every old man in England was giggling.

Only Gary Neville was crying. He got a yellow diamond card in this game.

He didn't care about it at the time, but when he returned to the locker room, he realized that he had too many diamond cards and needed to be suspended for one game.

"Damn it, I completely forgot I had a yellow card on the field, what kind of broken rules!"

The whole locker room was in a happy atmosphere, Adams patted him on the shoulder: "Gary, don't worry, we will kill the German in the next game and let you out in the final!"

Others have the same opinion as Adams. Everyone thinks there is nothing wrong with playing the German team.

"To be honest, the Germans are not strong. I have watched their previous games. They rely on experience to win.

What kind of splash can a team with an average age of more than 30 years old make? They should have gone home long ago. I don't welcome such guests! "

At this time, someone came to the dressing room of the England team and could easily identify the main players and the substitutes. There was still a big difference in internal emotions.

Those players with high emotions and "I'm awesome" written on their faces are the main players. Their sense of ownership is overwhelming and they have a strong sense of substitution.

Pratt, who replaced Ince, was excited, with a faint look of expectation on his face. He is also a panacea, able to cover the midfield and the backcourt on the field.

Both he and Phil are players who can play in multiple positions, Gary Neville suspended, his opportunity came.

As for the younger brother, because he is too young, it is difficult for Venables to use him with confidence, so Pratt's opportunity has come.

Except for the main players and the main rotation players, those who are full of envy and focus on the old players are all substitutes.

They were either perfunctory or sullen, and England's promotion to the semi-finals deepened their regret.

Beckham, on the other hand, seems to be someone from another world, thinking about it.

He felt that life had played a joke on him, and England took four penalties to finish the game, which made him feel a sense of loss.

Cowards like Gary and McManaman can hardly appreciate how much his heart was being tortured at that moment.

It is a kind of emotion that keeps the heartbeat at 130/min, inner strength, fear, unyielding, anxiety, fear of starting, and hope for relief.

Those 10 minutes took away most of his energy, so that when the England penalty shootout ended and everyone rushed to Seaman, he was thrown away by Gary who ran for 120 minutes.

The scene in the locker room is very convincing. The five players who participated in the penalty shootout are all sitting. Even Gascoigne has a sense of slump, and everyone else is alive and kicking. There is a sense of sight of winning the lottery.

The penalty shootout system is the cruelest link in football, not one of them.

Once you lose in this link, it is likely to leave a lifetime of regrets.

Because of the fear of this feeling, many players refuse to take penalties, they would rather pin their wins or losses on their teammates.

But Beckham is not such a person, he likes the feeling of holding the opportunity firmly in his hands.

Although this process may be very painful, but you can truly see yourself in the deepest part of your heart. This feeling is difficult to describe in words, and it is difficult to truly experience it without experiencing it once.

Fowler is bargaining with Venables: "Boss, the game has played so far, I have played a total of 10 minutes, and I can score goals at any time."

Venables looked at Shearer and Sheringham with a smile: "What do you two say?"

Sheringham sneered and said, "Let's watch the game with peace of mind. If you want to play, unless I die!"

His words immediately made Fowler mad, and the two were about to form a confrontation, and Shearer also said: "I agree!"

As soon as Hiller finished speaking, Gascoigne laughed up and down, and several other old guys also laughed at the same time, which made Fowler a little puzzled.

Venables patted Fowler on the shoulder, gave him a meaningful look, and then walked to Beckham.

"David, you have done a good job this season, why have you never asked me for time? Except for you and the little boy from Neville's family, everyone else has tried to get me in various ways."

Beckham glanced at him, and then smiled: "Didn't we make an agreement at the beginning? You let me enter the European Cup, and I will be a substitute honestly."

Hearing Beckham's words, Venables froze for a moment, then raised his head and laughed loudly: "There is a spirit of contract! Sometimes I really envy you young people, I feel that I am old before I am young enough!

Fuck, what the hell are you doing! ? "

Venables was lamenting his life, when suddenly his back felt cold. Gascoigne kept a bucket of ice water behind him, and when he got carried away with his words, he suddenly poured the cold water with solid ice cubes down his neck.

The semi-finals of the European Cup will be decided within two days, and the game between the Netherlands and France will be held on the same day as the battle between England and Spain.

The French team's defensive ability can be called an iron wall, so that Bergkamp and Kluivert can't find a breakthrough at all.

Similarly, the French striker without Cantona basically has no offensive power. The defense of the Dutch team is like a convenience store, which will send out a special product every once in a while. It is a pity that the center called Givah is really limited.

If Cantona had had those chances, the Dutch team would have knelt in the first half.

The two teams played sticky for 120 minutes before going to penalties, with the French having the last laugh.

Didier Deschamps scored the winning goal, and as the rest of the team rushed to him, several veterans of the France squad held their heads high and laughed like a flock of proud roosters.

This scene looks jaw-dropping.

Beckham secretly vowed that he would never lose to the French, the insult was too strong.

Of course, some things are beyond his control.

The next day saw the other two quarter-final matches begin, with Germany beating Croatia 2-1 at Old Trafford to take on England's semi-final opponents.

The game has not yet started, England players believe that the German team can advance.

After all, a football game was once considered a sport in which 22 people chased a ball and the Germans won.

But everyone did not expect that the German team won so hard, and it was still a draw at the last moment. As a result, the German team's winger hit the defender abruptly with his body when he broke through, and then sent a lore assist.

The state of the German team is not good, but they can always win. This matter is really fascinating.

The last game was played by the Czech Republic against Portugal, both of which are European upstarts.

The Czech team eliminated the old strong team Italy, and Portugal also sent Denmark and Turkey home with technical football.

Many people thought that Portugal was stronger, but they did not expect the Czech team to be very organized and resilient.

Compared with other teams, the biggest feature of the Czech team is "Total Attack and Total Defense".

In defense, their formation can basically be regarded as 4-6-0, with forwards joining the defense, and 6 players in the midfield to strangle Portugal's still somewhat immature midfielders.

When it comes time to attack, the Czech Republic's formation will become 4-2-4 again.

Midfielders such as Nedved, Borg, Nemechek, and Poborski have mobility, technology, and confrontation at the same time.

The game has been played so far, except for the German team who subdued them in the opening game, the other teams could not find a way to contain the Czech midfielder.

Neither did Portugal, who ended up losing 0-1 to their opponents and watched them advance to the semi-finals.

After four fierce battles, the final four came out, and the European Cup has entered the most exciting stage.

The situation in the semi-finals is England vs. Germany, and the two traditional European teams will definitely have a fierce spark.

Of course, the German team is a really strong team. They were basically the top four in the world from 1970 to 1990, and they entered the World Cup finals three times in a row between 1982 and 1990.

The Germans have used all their rigorous and orderly characteristics in football, and the effect is remarkable.

You must know that it is very difficult to maintain a high level for such a long period of time, and it will take at least three to four generations of players to work together.

The whole world is laughing at the German team for not playing football, but an industrial assembly line.

But it is undeniable that their overall synergy is the best in the world.

There will be almost no conflicts in the German team. Put the players on the assembly line, and they will be able to play the effect the coach wants.

Their football isn't fun yet, but their football is functional.

Compared with the German team, the England team is like a declining nobleman in world football. The only thing they can boast is the 1966 World Cup champion.

In addition, the performance of the England team in the World Series makes it difficult to connect them with the birthplace of modern football.

Regardless of the results of the subsequent games, England's performance in this European Cup can be ranked No.2 in history.

Since the England team entered the semi-finals, many media have turned out Ferguson's judgment that the German team won the championship, and then it was a cynicism.

This shows that it is not easy to be the head coach of the Premier League hegemony, and the non-neutral media's cynicism has become a daily operation.

Even his speech after the first round had to be dug up and criticized.

Such behavior also shows that the English media is floating.

From the lack of self-confidence before the start of the game to the explosion of self-confidence now, it took less than 20 days for the English media to let people see the face of Diao Si after his counterattack.

Facing the upcoming semi-finals, almost all media are very optimistic.

The England team proposed technical football again after a lapse of 30 years. They first defeated the opponent 4-1 in the group match against the Netherlands, and then shared the ball possession time with Spain in the quarter-finals.

This performance gave hope to all England supporters, and everyone thought that this England team would be different.

In addition, this year's England team has many players with strong willpower. They have never been afraid of anyone.

Now that the media's attention and love for the England team has reached a feverish level, Venables strictly ordered the players not to leave the hotel.

The news in England is now under the intense media attention, the details of the players' training, the recipes and everything will be in the newspapers.

In order to obtain first-hand information, various media will even spend a lot of money to bribe the service staff of the hotel to obtain first-hand information about the England team.

All English people have expressed with one voice that they want football to go home.

Facing the unexpected fanatical performance of the English media and fans, the players could only stay in the hotel.

But their life is not boring. Every time after training, some players will have a good time in the room.

Shearer, Gascoigne, and Sheringham are all poker masters. They just think they don't have enough time in the hotel, and they don't mean to be bored at all.

Beckham has little interest in playing poker and would rather sleep in a hotel than waste time on it.

Gary Neville was not interested either, but his younger brother became a cash machine.

Those old guys were tired of seeing each other, and they took the trouble to teach him poker routines on the grounds of improving their relationship.

The younger brother has been cared for by his big brothers during this period of time, and he has the illusion of blending into the big brother's world.

The reality is that he blew away his England allowance.

Seeing his reaction, Beckham shook his head: "How can this prodigal bastard do such a thing."

These big brothers just grasped Phil's eagerness to integrate into the group, and harvested a wave of leeks.

For many players, a few thousand pounds is not a big sum, but the small goal of draining the younger brother is indeed very motivating.

On Wednesday, June 6, this European Cup ushered in the semi-final competition.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Gerald came into the living room whistling.

He bought a Big Mac, chicken drumsticks, French fries, meatloaf, Coke, and two bottles of beer from the fast food restaurant.

In order to watch the England-Germany game, he threw a case directly to his assistant and drove home.

According to his work vigour, it is almost impossible to get home before nine o'clock in the evening.

But there are always exceptions to everything. After a week of not seeing the sun in the lawyer's office, Gerald is going to take a little vacation for himself.

He is a fan of Alan Shearer, and he is especially keen on the England striker's crushing style of play and domineering shooting style.

Even as a lawyer, he still hated the rigid German way of doing things.

Since the European Cup, he has been paying attention to the performance of the two teams.

In his opinion, it is time for the old German chariot to stop. It is really annoying that a team with no aesthetics always takes a hole in the semi-finals of major competitions.

Gerald was in a good mood. He hadn't seen the city before sunset for some time.

Daughter Annie was supposed to be participating in extracurricular activities, and the wife took the other two kids to her parents' house, which was perfect alone time.

Gerald jumped all the way into the living room, and was stunned for a moment: "Annie, why did you come back so early?
Is there no choir rehearsal today?

Listen to me boy, if there is nothing important, please give me the TV, because there is an important one today
Um?Anne, do you watch football too? "

Wembley Stadium has played "God Save the Queen", and the TV screen is showing the revolving lantern of the England team.

When did your daughter start watching football?
Gerald was a little disappointed, he seemed to have missed a certain point in his daughter's growth.

Anne Hathaway on the sofa was a little embarrassed, but she pretended to be righteous: "Focus on sports is helpful to the mind and body of teenagers. Many people in the class are watching football."

The England midfielder smirks at the camera as the camera passes Gascoigne, which visibly shakes.

"madman!"

Seeing this, the father and daughter said in unison.

The embarrassing situation was resolved at once, and Gerald and Annie started chatting about football.

From the chat content, Gerald found that his daughter was influenced by himself when watching the game.

Although Anne didn't say it, but with his meticulous analysis ability and the memory of that day, it is not difficult to find that her daughter started to pay attention to football because of Beckham
(End of this chapter)