i am beckham

Chapter 259 "Crown Prince" breaks the game
Like the previous two seasons, Manchester United only played piecemeal in the transfer market in the summer, making some repairs to the lineup before investing in preparations for next season.

The Scot's coaching ideas are very clear. The team cannot have too many new faces in a season, otherwise it will lose tacit understanding.

Tacit understanding is a very mysterious thing, a subtle chemical reaction between players. It cannot be accurately described in words, but it is really there.

Even in the final season of losing to Blackburn, he was steadfast in his thinking.

Of course, the 1995-1996 season was purely an accident, and some meritorious players had become a cancer of the club, so he had to choose to clean up.

A side effect of squeezing out the pus was bleeding, which caused United's early throes that season.

Fortunately, the children of "Class 92" withstood the pressure and held off the Newcastle United team, which had undergone a major change.

Fortunately, it took only 2 months for the "King" to kill the Quartet after his return, and Manchester United was able to achieve a shocking reversal that season.

It's just that the old king was too willful. After losing his enthusiasm for football, he turned around and devoted himself to the entertainment industry without any nostalgia.

But a dynasty cannot live without a king. If the old king abdicates, a new king must take the throne.

Sitting in the narrow dressing room away, Ferguson observed the noisy dressing room.

Keane was bragging to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about knocking a big man to the ground in a game as a teenager.

Ferguson smiled and watched Keane blowing water for a while, he was very satisfied with the team's new captain.

The Irishman's tough, tenacious, and unyielding character appealed to him.

But he always felt that Keane didn't have the temperament of a king. At most, he was the king's executioner, the type of person who specialized in swearing.

Yes, that's right, this kid still can't control his temperament.

So Ferguson gave the No. 7 jersey to Beckham, hoping that the kid who grew up under his nose could carry the banner of the team.

If Beckham can reach the height he expects, and add a few helpers around him, Manchester United will be a top giant in the next ten years.

But Ferguson didn't make any promises. He neither wanted to make the other party bear unnecessary pressure, nor did he want to make the other party proud.

As the helm of a club, he is very clear about a truth: football is played, status in the world is earned, and nothing can be gained by talking about it.

In front of the mirror in the dressing room, Beckham pushed Gary Neville away. The guy had been fiddling with his hair for a long time, as if he was going on a date.

Gary Neville gritted his teeth and growled, "We're about to play a game, what's your photo?"

All right, let you say everything.
He glanced sideways at the jersey number, the scene where the head coach gave himself the No. 7 jersey.

When the old man announced the ownership of the No. 7 jersey in front of everyone, he only said one sentence: "David, doing the right thing is always more important than doing the right thing."

Beckham felt that this sentence contained too much philosophical meaning. He could roughly understand the spirit, but he couldn't explain clearly.

In fact, some words do not need to be said, because the number of this number can explain many things.

During the pre-match training, Ferguson repeatedly emphasized: "Never take it lightly. Football is a sport between 11 people and 11 other people. Until the end of the game, no one has the right to say that they have won!"

Nicknamed the Blue Foxes, the Leicester City team is coached by Martin O'Neill. It is a lively civilian team and does not have much competitiveness. Basically, it is still ups and downs in the lower reaches, and sometimes it may be dropped to the English Championship if you are not careful.

In this season's Blue Fox, the team has the main player McAllister. They used the money from selling Husky to introduce 3 practical players from League One, and their strength has not declined but increased.

But in the face of the menacing Manchester United, Leicester City wisely chose to hold on.

The head coach Martin O'Neill is not an ordinary person. When he took over Leicester City last season, the team was full of second-tier players with no experience in the Premier League. The media did not hesitate to list the Blue Foxes as favorites for relegation.

As the league progressed, Martin O'Neill's team really surprised everyone.

Leicester City used simple and practical tactics to get enough relegation points early, and finally ranked 10th in the league.

What's even more powerful is that Leicester City passed all the way in the League Cup, defeated Ravanelli's Middlesbrough in the final, and lifted the trophy.

Although the team lost Husky in the summer, Martin O'Neill won Manchester United's young defender Wes Brown for the team.

The young player with high hopes played an important role in the last round of victory over Liverpool. He almost single-handedly contained Fowler at the last moment and helped the team win the final victory.

Of course, it is impossible for Ferguson to give him a chance to disgust Manchester United. He asked the young man not to play against Manchester United in his loan contract.

Manchester United's offensive was fierce, and Leicester City's defense was fully contracted, but they were still unable to resist Manchester United's two fast and fierce wingers.

In the 21st minute, Manchester United attacked from the left. When Giggs dribbled the ball to the corner of the penalty area, there was no opponent's defender to press forward. He passed a cross with a good line.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the Leicester City team, Sheringham, who was at the back point, quickly started to make a supplementary shot. Before the opponent's goalkeeper blocked it again, Sheringham's feet arrived first, but this close-in supplementary shot hit the post!

The football bounced off the goal post and Leicester City took the opportunity to make a clearance.In this way, Manchester United missed two excellent scoring opportunities in a row.In the first half, Manchester United also created many good opportunities in front of the goal, but it was not because of the bravery of the opponent's goalkeeper, or because the Blue Fox's defenders sacrificed their lives to intercept and desperately kept the city.

Manchester United's offensive was more urgent in the second half, and Giggs was able to attack all the way.

He started from the midfield with the ball, changed direction many times, and quickly cut into the middle from the left. He swayed left and right and used various fake moves to get rid of the opponent's interception all the way, and directly killed the top of the penalty area.

The home team's defensive players just followed him, not daring to block recklessly.Giggs dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area and saw the opportunity, kicking and volleying vigorously without defense.

The angle chosen for this volley was a bit off-center. Although the shot was sudden enough, powerful enough, and there was a change of bouncing off the ground, the opponent's goalkeeper came out very quickly, and he found enough lead when he fell to the ground. He happened to touch the football when he fell sideways.

Although it still flew towards the gate, it turned into a shot and popped the post!

In the second half, Manchester United's offensive became more and more wave after wave, and Leicester City simply recovered and played a tower defense game.

In the 54th minute, Beckham hit the goal post again with a powerful blast. Ferguson and Brian Kidd were anxious like ants on a hot pot.

But still to no avail.

At the end of the game, Manchester United had countless shots, and there were still 4 goalposts, but they failed to break through the opponent's city.

Leicester City's unbeaten run against Manchester United inspired Everton a lot, and they made a defensive posture from the first second of the game.

Over the past few seasons, the middle and lower teams have gradually reached a tacit understanding. When playing against Manchester United, you must not think about it in the first 60 minutes.

However, it is impossible for the Manchester United team to be so unlucky in every game. By gradually compressing the space, they gradually suppressed the opponent to the front line of the penalty area and slowly and patiently forced the opponent's defense to make mistakes.

In the 20th minute, Gary Neville threw a super long-range sideline ball from the right side of the front court. This strong hand throw flew into the penalty area of ​​the penalty area, and no one touched the ball immediately.

Scholes unloaded the ball with his feet 10 yards from the goal behind the penalty area. At this time, the opponent's defender had already pressed forward. Scholes, who had lost enough space, immediately passed the ball sideways, struggling to sweep the ball towards the goal.

The pass was high and floating, and the ball flew towards the back of the right post, feeling innocuous, as if it would go out of bounds the next moment.

At this time, Beckham shot out from the back of the right side like lightning, and directly headed the ball into the opponent's goal with a clean header!
This is a beautiful dive to the top!

Ferguson cheerfully stood up from his seat and gave applause to his appointed No. 7 successor.

He broke the game when the score was close, and he felt that this kid was already looking good.

(End of this chapter)