i am beckham

Chapter 225 Expedition to Istanbul

At the end of the international match day, the performance of the England team in the two friendly matches was not outstanding, but there were not too many shortcomings.

The media is noncommittal about Hoddle's large-scale use of new players, but the World Cup qualifiers are coming soon, and everyone will definitely not give him too much patience. He must prove himself with his results.

After a long journey, Manchester United will challenge the Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce away.

As Turkey's current top team, Fenerbahçe is very difficult to deal with. Turkish players play very tough, especially in the European arena.

All European teams do not want to be grouped with Turkish teams, including the giants in Serie A and La Liga, because the Turks' home court is really difficult.

As soon as the Manchester United bus stopped in front of the hotel, the players saw the aggressiveness of the home team fans.

Although I couldn't understand what the other party was yelling, I knew it was not a good word just by looking at the fists and provocative gestures of the Turkish man not far away.

"Brother, are you feeling alright?"

As soon as he got out of the car, Ferguson said to Beckham with a smile.

Beckham showed a helpless smile, why can't this matter go through.

"I feel like I'm not going to have a good day these days."

After hearing Beckham's answer, Ferguson smiled and patted him on the shoulder and continued, "So you'd better stay in the hotel if you have nothing to do. This place is no different from Russia. They don't care if you are an older brother or not."

Beckham nodded, dragged his luggage and continued walking towards the hotel.

In fact, there was no need for Ferguson to remind them, and no one dared to leave the hotel.

Because from the moment Manchester United stayed in the hotel, there were people shouting slogans outside the door, and the hostility couldn't be more obvious.

With this posture, anyone who dares to leave the hotel is a warrior.

In the evening, Manchester United got an hour and a half to step on the field, but the team only took an hour to return to the hotel.

The reason is that it is dark, and there will be safety hazards on the way back.

After he finished speaking, he repeatedly emphasized that the probability of an accident is extremely small, but the Manchester United team returned to the hotel quickly.

After all, life is important, this is not a joke.

As soon as he returned to the hotel, Ferguson immediately asked the whole team to catch up on sleep as much as possible. The fans of the home team might party downstairs all night.

Beckham and Gary Neville exchanged glances and immediately followed suit.

When the two of them were in a drowsy sleep, they were suddenly awakened by the sound of a thunderous cannon.

"What are they doing? Does anyone need a break?"

Hearing Gary Neville's distraught voice, Beckham rubbed his eyes, looked out the window and said, "They came to the party because they knew we were going to rest."

With the repeated superposition of fireworks, cannons and sound, the two of them lost all sleepiness.

Brian Kidd negotiated with Turkey angrily, and the other party claimed that he was off work now, and we will talk about it tomorrow if there is anything to do.

The effect of calling the police also had little effect. The police drove the man away, but when he left, the home team fans returned and continued to play monsters.

Beckham knew Fenerbahce's devil's home game before, but he didn't expect the power of the home game to appear from this moment.

Everyone was sleepless all night, everyone was catching the fans of the home team tossing around, and they could only squint for a while when shifts were changing.

Gathering in the restaurant the next morning, Beckham noticed that his teammates had dark circles more or less. Everyone smiled at each other and did not forget to be humorous.

"Gary, the night was beautiful last night, did you sleep well?"

"Excellent, I think I probably didn't faint from the explosion, so I slept very deeply."

"Aha! Have a sweet dream!"

What was more violent was still to come. In the afternoon, the Manchester United bus was surrounded by fans on the way to the Sarajoglu Stadium. Many fans slammed on the door and shouted into the bus. They knew what it meant without listening.

Some Fenerbahce fans are a little more advanced, and have been yelling at Manchester United to "go back to the UK" in plastic English.

As a result, the journey that was originally less than 30 minutes took 1 hour abruptly.

If it weren't for Ferguson's decision to start early, maybe the Turks are not prepared to give Manchester United warm-up time.

As a result, the situation on the field was even worse. Before Manchester United's warm-up was over, the stands were shrouded in fog.

The home fans set off fireworks early on. Beckham's first impression of the stadium was that it was steep. The angle between the stands and the stadium was very exaggerated. It always felt like fans would fall from the stands if they didn't hold onto the handrails.

In the locker room, Ferguson glanced at the dignified players and said, "Boys, I know you've had a hard time these two days, but I think this is their limit.

They're afraid of us being strong, they're afraid of losing at home, that's why they're doing that shit.

But I want to remind you that in football matters, football ultimately has the final say.

As long as we win them, all previous encounters will disappear. "

In fact, the Fenerbahçe team is quite strong. They have the famous Bulgarian player Kostadinov in their team. It is because of his lore that the Bulgarian team can beat the German team in the World Cup in the United States and reach the semi-finals in one fell swoop.

In addition to Kostadinov, the Fenerbahçe team also has Bosnia and Herzegovina center Bobic, Nigerian star Okocha and Turkey's future goalkeeper Rustu.

Coupled with a lot of domestic players, the strength of the Fenerbahce team is not bad.

But one thing is certain, in terms of passing and possession, the Turkish club can't beat Manchester United.

In order to prevent the Fenerbahce team from playing crazy at home and playing at a super level, Ferguson formed a highly controlled midfield lineup.

Giggs continued to recover from his injury, Ferguson put Cruyff on the left, let Beckham return to the right, and then moved Johansen from the center back to the midfield, forming a double midfield with Butt.

After the opening, Fenerbahce repeatedly attacked Manchester United's midfield like a rhinoceros. Their fighting intensity almost reached the level of a League One team.

Manchester United players are very suitable for this style of play. They have played in this environment since they were young, and they responded immediately without adapting.

Cantona quickly retreated, and Manchester United's four midfielders used continuous passes to seal each other in the midfield.

The Fenerbahce players played bravely, they kept trying to make contact, but the Manchester United players didn't give him a chance at all.

Amid the fanatical cheers of the home fans, Manchester United was not eager to attack, but firmly controlled the ball at their feet, repeatedly pulling the opponent's formation, and constantly consuming the opponent's physical energy.

The Fenerbahce players ran hard, maybe even too hard.

According to Beckham's judgment, they will definitely show their physical peak early in the second half.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, it was obvious that the home team's players were a little bit immobile.

So Manchester United launched a fierce attack. In the 50th minute, Cantona took the ball in the penalty area. The moment he received the ball, he swayed past the close-fitting defender, and quickly passed the ball to the right before the defender gathered.

Beckham didn't stop the ball and made a direct pass. The 23-year-old Rustu was obviously inexperienced, so he rushed out by feeling, but it was missed.

Cruyff grabbed the first point and his shot blew across the crossbar.

Five minutes later, Manchester United repeated their tricks, and Cantona attracted the attention of the defenders again. He made a gesture to pass the ball to Gary Neville on the right, but when passing the ball, he slightly turned his ankle and passed the ball behind him.

When they saw Beckham appearing on the edge of the penalty area, the defenders were dumbfounded.

While the defenders were watching, Beckham shot away, and the football whizzed past Cantona.

When Rustu saw the football, he had no time to react. He could only stand there and watch the football hit the upper right corner of the goal.

1 to 0, Manchester United struggled to take the lead away!
Beckham shook his fist hard, and then high-fived his teammates one by one. He has never felt so sad about scoring a goal.

The visiting team's goal not only did not quell the arrogance of the home team, but also made the Fenerbahce stadium boil again.

Some fans have already started throwing fireworks on the stadium, as long as they can help the team win, they can do it.

But Fenerbahçe players are not so mentally strong, their physical fitness is at its peak, and they are scored by their opponents. They can't be supported by a few words of cheer.

In the 60th minute, Manchester United repeated their tricks. Cantona took the ball and took the opponent's impact. He passed the ball behind him again. Beckham appeared on the edge of the penalty area again, this time the defender immediately rushed out.

Beckham quickly passed the ball to the right, Gary Neville had already assisted, and he swept a low ball into the penalty area without adjusting.

Solskjaer made a push from the front point, Rustu subconsciously blocked the ball to the middle with his foot, and Cantona scored before the defender.

2 is better than 0!

The teammates gathered together, and with this goal, everyone has a bottom line.

Manchester United scored the second goal, Fenerbahce fans started throwing fireworks on the pitch, and the game was played intermittently, finally allowing Fenerbahce to recover.

Their head coach changed two people in one breath and continued to attack Manchester United's midfield.

Ferguson immediately replaced Cruyff with Poborski, allowing Manchester United's wings to maintain their assault capabilities.

Fenerbahce players are like bulls, attacking Manchester United's midfield together.

At this time, Beckham became the player with the strongest pass control ability in the center of Manchester United, and his teammates would look up to him as soon as they got the ball.

If he's open, he's always the team's first option.

In order to avoid being entangled by opponents, Beckham will pass the ball as soon as he gets the ball.

Seeing that the continuous impact had little effect, the energy held back by the players of the home team also vented.

The game entered stoppage time, Ferguson replaced Johnson with Scholes, and Manchester United's midfield was further strengthened.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Beckham received the ball and passed it to Bart immediately, but Fenerbahçe's defensive player still put a shovel even though he knew he couldn't get the ball, and shoveled Beckham from behind.

This is really not about martial arts.
Beckham frowned and covered his ankle, he got up and was about to question the defensive player who shoveled him just now.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Cantona pulled him to the player tunnel: "Brother, this is not the time to worry about these things, the boss told us to run after the game!"

Amidst the sound of cursing, Manchester United players ran back to the dressing room.

After winning this game, Manchester United won two consecutive games in the Champions League group stage, ranking second in the group with 6 points.

For Manchester United, whether this group can appear depends on the result of the match with Fenerbahce.

Juventus can't play, Rapid Vienna is a younger brother, and the Turkish team is their biggest opponent.

But judging from the situation in this game, Fenerbahce is also a younger brother.

After a long journey, the Manchester United team finally returned to Manchester.

A frenzied night for the Fenerbahce fans, coupled with a long flight, took a toll on Manchester United.

Beckham went home and ate something casually, and slept until noon the next day.

When he stepped off the bed, he almost lost his footing, and a soreness spread from his ankle.

What the hell is going on here?

Why do you feel that your right foot can't exert its strength?
On the afternoon of resuming training, Ferguson looked at the pitch with confidence, Gary was alive and kicking, Bart was alive and kicking, Solskjaer was alive and kicking, and Beckham was jumping and jumping.
Seeing Beckham's appearance, the old man's face immediately collapsed: "Dave, go and see what's wrong with David?"

The next day, Dave rushed to Ferguson's side: "Boss, we can't judge David's physical condition from the inspection report, but for the sake of his health, I still suggest that he rest for two weeks."

After hearing Dave's words, Ferguson hesitated for a long time chewing gum, and finally said reluctantly: "Just do as you say!"

Ferguson thought that winning Fenerbahce would start the team's winning streak, but Beckham was accidentally injured.

Judging from his physical condition, he should have been shoveled by the home team's defensive player in the last game.

Originally the first choice for this position, Roy Keane, was absent due to injury, and Beckham was injured again, and Bart was basically the only one available in the middle. In addition, Giggs was also on the injured list, and Manchester United once again encountered a situation where no one was available in the midfield.

But it happens that Manchester United will face Newcastle United next. The two teams ended last season, and Manchester United mostly humiliated their opponents in the Community Shield.

It is entirely predictable that Keegan's Newcastle players will not easily let Manchester United go at St. James' Park.

On October 10, Manchester United played away at St. James' Park to challenge Newcastle. This is the focus of the tenth round of the Premier League.

St. James' Park was full of Magpies fans early on, and the Newcastle United players were all gearing up, and everyone was waiting to wrestle with Manchester United.

The Manchester United players all looked very tired, and the actual situation was indeed tired. They had just played a tough game 4 days ago.

They watched the fireworks in Istanbul all night before the game, listened to rock music all night, and then traveled long distances and flew back to England overnight after the game.

After returning to Manchester without a two-day rest, the team went to the away game again. After a series of running, the Manchester United team was very tired.

Of course Ferguson knows that the result of the long journey is that the main players have reached their limit, but the schedule is like this, so he can only bite the bullet and arrange the starting lineup.

Moreover, Newcastle United is also a top team in the Premier League, even Ferguson would not dare to rotate in a large area.

After thinking about it, Ferguson could only put Johansen in the middle, and then let Poboski serve as the right midfielder, and continue to use the players who started the previous game in other positions.

(End of this chapter)