i am beckham

Chapter 274 Long Live David
Watching the referee trot towards No. 7 in Italy, Beckham, who had just got up from the ground, instantly heard his own heartbeat.

"It should be a yellow card. Once Italy is sent off, our pressure will be greatly reduced!"

There was joy in Martin Taylor's voice, and he knew exactly what the next penalty meant for this life-and-death battle.

The game went on for 80 minutes, neither side had any gains, and the game came to an end. It seemed that the result of the game was about to be finalized.

But the actual situation is far from being as optimistic as imagined. The Italians have always been in control of the initiative and have created many dangerous situations.

Even if they seize any opportunity during this period, the situation may reverse irreversibly.

As players who have grown up in Europe and even the world's No. [-] league, the willpower shown by Italian players far exceeds Beckham's expectations.

Most of these Italian players came from proud families and have experienced countless moments of life and death on the big stage of the European war. Many of them almost have to experience the life and death period of either scoring goals or going home once or twice every season.

With this experience, regardless of success or failure, they will have a more stable psychological quality in this game.

Benefiting from the high-level domestic league, the stability of the Italian team at critical moments is significantly better than that of the England team.

What's more dangerous is that with the passage of time, the physical fitness of the players has been exhausted. During such a period, the players are prone to lose concentration, and they may have a fluke mentality when their will is not firm.

For example, running two steps less without the ball, and adjusting one step less when stopping the ball, these seemingly insignificant details may often make big mistakes when the physical energy is exhausted.

Therefore, many important competitions often decide life and death at the last moment, which is scientifically based.

Like Beckham, the rest of the England players stared expectantly at the referee.

When the referee ran towards Di Livio, Xiao Gangpao pointed his left hand to the scene of the incident, then drew his hands to his chest, trying to defend himself: "I just went for the football, I didn't want to foul."

Di Livio's loose English seemed to help a little, as the referee didn't make a move.

Maldini ran to the scene of the incident and stood between the referee and Di Livio, and the England players also moved over.

If there is no yellow card for this, it will be a big loss.

Not only let others kick in vain, but also suffer for another 10 minutes when the number of people is balanced. This is not what everyone wants.

Maldini clasped his hands and bent his body slightly, making himself look humble and weak: "Please let us decide the outcome of the game."

I have to admit that the great left-back is a player who has experienced big scenes. He knows how to show weakness at critical moments, and he also knows how to effectively express his interests.

There is an established rule in the refereeing world, that is, let the players decide the outcome of the game at critical moments.

An excellent referee should set rules for the players at the beginning, let them know the bottom line of the game, and then play within the scale prescribed by the referee.

In the following time, as long as the referee makes the law enforcement rules consistent with his own standards to ensure the smooth progress of the game and avoid inconsistent penalties, his law enforcement work will be successful.

As long as there are no major mistakes, even one or two small mistakes are fine.

Therefore, all major competitions will use experienced referees in key competitions, and this is the reason.

The tournament organizing committee chose them not only because of their rich experience, but also because their previous law enforcement experience has actually defined the bottom line of the game.

The German referee who enforced this game has used the principle of law enforcement in the past to be an inappropriate person who decides the game.

Thinking of the head referee's experience introduced by the staff before the game, Beckham suddenly realized that it is no wonder that Italian players have such a unified attitude when facing the referee.

Now that you understand the truth, you have to put pressure on the referee.

"The Italian team is complaining to the referee, we can't be idle, we have to put pressure on the referee!"

Seeing that the referee had no further action, Martin Taylor slapped the table and shouted.

Beckham walked up to Maldini in two steps, straightened his socks first, and said to the referee, "Look here."

The referee looked around and saw a long gap in the middle of Beckham's socks.

Any fool would know that it was scratched by shoe spikes. If you look carefully, there is still faint blood stains where the shoe spikes scratched.

At the same time, Beckham pulled down his socks, and a red mark emerged impressively.

"David came at the right time. The referee should punish the foul player according to the law enforcement rules!"

Martin Taylor in the studio wanted to jump into the screen and teach the referee how to behave.

Seeing this, Di Livio, who hadn't spoken just now, roared angrily, "I didn't shovel this horse."

Before he could finish his sentence, Maldini gagged him.

This is because I think I have lived too long!

Before he could speak, Ince pointed to his head with a bandage and blood on it and shouted, "If I lose too much blood and die, it has nothing to do with you, right?"

"Although I can't hear what Paul is doing, I believe he is right!"

Martin Taylor was obviously in a state of excitement, and he almost changed into an England uniform to cheer.

Maldini pushed Ince away and was about to continue his defense, but the referee had already put the whistle on his mouth and blew.

The referee's attitude at this time couldn't be more obvious. The presentation time is over and the trial time has come.

At this time, if anyone dares to come up and beep, it will hinder the justice of law enforcement, and the red and yellow diamond cards are up to you to draw.

Maldini didn't dare to speak anymore, and he also had a yellow card.

If he talks again, the referee turns his two yellows into one red, and only warns Di Livio, then it will be a big deal.

The referee hooked Di Livio to come to him, and the Italian muttered: "It's close enough, I can hear it."

The referee immediately said with a stern look: "Come here!"

Di Livio walked up to the referee honestly, and the two of them were almost face to face.

The referee said in an unquestionable voice: "According to the rules of the game, I must show you a yellow card!"

As he spoke, he took out a yellow diamond card from his jacket pocket, and Di Livio's emotions completely collapsed.

If I had known that stretching out the head was a stab, and shrinking the head was also a stab, it might as well be stubborn to the end.

The current situation is as if he surrendered for his life on the battlefield. The enemy first spat in his face and then tortured him to death.

If I had known this earlier, I might as well have been sent off with my chest upright.

Before the referee raised the yellow card, Di Livio pulled the jersey up from his shorts, took off his shirt and walked towards the sidelines.

The referee was still switching red and yellow cards amid the boos of the home audience, while Beckham and Ince's hands were already tightly held together.

Just as the two were celebrating ahead of schedule, Maldini walked up to Beckham, and the Italian put his head into his ear and said, "Son, don't be too happy, the game is not over yet."

Maldini's voice is not loud, but every word is sonorous and powerful.

After he finished speaking, he stared coldly into Beckham's eyes, with angry flames erupting in his eyes.

As long as the game is not over, the opponent will never be allowed to insult his team in this way.

Looking at Maldini with a stern face, Beckham smiled. He blinked his right eye at him and said, "Then you work hard!"

The two handsome men ran to the right of the England team one after the other, but the former had a happy face, while the latter had a steely expression.

"David's mentality is very relaxed. He locked up the Italian captain in this game. He performed very well! It is meaningless for Maldini to do this. If you want to win, you have to rely on your skills. Talking about it is the job of the host and the media. It seems that he has found a way out for retirement."

Martin Taylor has a tendency to abandon the objective position of the host, and he is now taking the rhythm without hesitation.

Many England players on the field felt that victory was only a matter of time, but things were far from as simple as they imagined.

Pierce kicked a free kick directly into the penalty area, Ferrara desperately pressed against Hesky, the two took off at the same time, and the Italian central defender was instantly sent flying.

But Costacurta also took off at the same time. He exhausted all his strength to take off and compete for the top, recklessly colliding with the England center forward in the air.

The Italian central defender was knocked into the air without any suspense, but Husky was interfered by two defenders and pushed the football straight up and down.

Gascoigne took a shot in the chaos, the football bounced high on Cannavaro, Peruzzi got the football, dodged Ian Wright's interference, and then threw the ball to attack.

After Albertini stopped the ball, he kicked up immediately and passed the ball to Del Piero. The Zebra Prince continued to single out Pierce.

This time he didn't make any fake moves, he broke through immediately, and then kicked a pass.

Vieri and Adams collided in the air, neither touching the football.

The football flew to the back point, Inzaghi stopped the ball with his chest, and faced Southgate with his back.

The Italian striker made a slight adjustment and immediately turned around and shot.

"This is impossible!"

Accompanied by Martin Taylor's roar, Southgate stretched his legs to block, completely blocking all shooting angles.

But the English's impregnable defense was pierced in an instant, and the Italian fans gave out deafening cheers.

It turned out that the moment Inzaghi shot the goal, he suddenly twisted his wrist and hit the football from between Southgate's legs to the goal.

The football passed through Southgate, appeared only a few meters away from the goal when it appeared in Seaman's field of vision, and also hit the bottom left corner of the goal.

Seaman didn't have time to save him, so he could only stretch out his right leg subconsciously, everything seemed to be too late.

Just as the Italian fans were cheering, a miracle happened. Seaman's toe touched the football, and the football deflected and hit the goal post.

Italian left midfielder Le Saux followed up and made up. At this time, Seaman was in a cross state on the ground, and could only raise his hands high, desperately making the final defensive action.

Le Saux's shot aimed at the top corner of the goal, Seaman could only look at the ball and sigh.

Just when the England players were desperate, Gary Neville flew across the football, and the football hit him and flew out of the crossbar.

"Oh my god, it's too dangerous. We shouldn't have left such a big gap for the opponent when we played one more man. Gary has made a contribution. We should change the way we play, either use the numerical advantage to control the football, or return to the half to survive this time!

Our left side has been passive, and we should replace it with a more defensive winger. Steve's physical fitness has declined rapidly, and he can no longer play a restraining role! "

Martin Taylor yelled bitterly, if the England team, which has a numerical advantage, concedes the ball at this time, then the previous efforts will be in vain.

The clock of the game came to 85 minutes, and the Italian players, who were in desperate need of a goal, launched an attack towards the England goal regardless.

Only Ferrara and Costacurta remained in the Italian defense, with the young Cannavaro sweeping in front of them, and everyone else entered the England half.

The England team defended across the board, and Hoddle replaced McManaman with Anderton, allowing him to restrain Del Piero on the left.

"Glenn's reaction is a bit over, but it's better than nothing!"

The England team only left a combination of one high and one fast in the frontcourt, putting Beckham in the midfield, and everyone else retreated to the 35-meter area.

Seven years later, "The Special One" played the bus tactics to the pinnacle in the Premier League, which is not ashamed by footballers.

In fact, this tactic has always existed since the birth of football, but it has been greatly improved in the hands of Hoddle, a technical controller.

In fact, this set of tactics is not weaker in its attention to details than the pass-and-control football of later generations. It requires defensive players to apply high-intensity squeeze defense to every space, and does not give offensive players any reaction time at all. All decisions must be made in an instant.

If the best effect of the tactics is that the offensive side takes the ball in the frontcourt, but is worried, for fear of losing the ball and being hit by a high-quality counterattack by the opponent.

And this tactic also has high requirements for the defensive side. After stealing the ball, you must seize every opportunity to let the football go forward. The core of passing and controlling the ball must send the ball to the space as soon as possible.

The soldiers of the Italian team pressed on, and the first attack was almost succeeded by the counterattack of the England team.

Ince steals Albertini, and Gascoigne first spun around Le Saux in Marseille, then picked the ball from behind with his heel, and ran five or six meters abruptly while hanging Cannavaro, and then gave the ball to Beckham at the moment of being pulled down.

And Beckham's through ball bypassed Costacurta and successfully passed to Ian Wright.

Arsenal quickly got rid of Ferrara in one step, and lifted his foot to shoot before Peruzzi's attack was in place.

The 1 England fans who were present sighed as the football hit the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

If this enters, the Italians will still play tricks!
"Our players did a great job, two Pauls to David, and then to Ian, this is our most fluid attack today, according to this rhythm and so on, Paul Gascoigne is cramping."

In the 88th minute, Hoddle had to replace Gascoigne with Batty. Without the help of the famous midfielder, the England team could not break through the siege of the Italian team.

After the Italian players took the ball, they threw the ball into the penalty area without hesitation, and the England players were united as one, and they worked one after another to finish the football.

The red-eyed Italian players have all become believers in the long pass tactics. They expect to be protected by the gods, to be possessed by such star-studded figures as Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards, Stanley Matthews, Bobby Moore, and Lineker, even for a moment.

But such extravagant expectations are pure nonsense. Sir Bobby Charlton is standing on the field at this time, praying for the children of England, with Lineker standing beside him, and Banks standing behind him. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to England.

At 90 minutes into the game, the fourth official raised his card to indicate 4 minutes of stoppage time, and the Italian players pushed and bumped into England's penalty area like crazy.

Collisions, pushes, flops, eye-catching frontcourt blockers, and the Italian, who only had one hand on the cliff, did everything in the face of life and death.

The England players used time and time again to block the opponent's attack.

In the 93rd minute, the Italian won a corner kick and Peruzzi also rushed to the penalty area.

"What's the use of Peruzzi coming to the penalty area? He's only 1 meters. Isn't this height a disservice?"

Seeing the Italian goalkeeper rushing into the penalty area, Martin Taylor was disgusted.

Just as he was spraying the Italian goalkeeper, Albertini sent a corner kick, and the England penalty area almost became an arena. Heskey jumped up and was pushed out abruptly.

Ferrara collided with Adams hard in the air, and Southgate tried to push the ball out of the penalty area, but it was pushed back by Peruzzi who ran back.

Vieri shot with a barb, and the football hit Ince and flew towards the goal. Adams single-handedly punched the football and blocked the "inner ghost"'s shot.

The football flew to the right, and Beckham rushed to the football with Maldini hanging.

The Italian pressed his body firmly on him, the battle of the male gods, the sweat-soaked Italian man let his hair stick to his scalp, completely giving up image management.

Beckham supported Maldini with his body, and kicked the ball 20 meters forward along the sidewalk at the moment Cannavaro blocked the forward direction.

Maldini got up to catch up, and after two steps, he clutched his thigh. He had cramps!
Beckham and Cannavaro rushed towards the football while colliding, and Peruzzi turned around and peeked at the goal as he ran towards the goal.

All the Italian players on England's right flank rushed towards Beckham and must get the ball back!
While speaking, Beckham and Cannavaro fought to the middle circle, and both of them rushed to the football regardless.

Beckham slammed hard to the left, and Cannavaro lost his balance instantly. Before he fell, he reached out to grab the opponent's jersey and was knocked off by Beckham.

Just as Peruzzi ran to the top of the arc in the penalty area, his face darkened instantly when he saw Beckham controlling the football.

The whole world knows that Beckham has scored in midfield, and the Italian goalkeeper never imagined that this scene would happen to him.

At this moment, his heart was full of fear. He didn't dare to look back, so he could only run towards the goal with his head sullen.

Just as Peruzzi put one foot into the penalty area, his ears filled with the sudden intensification of screams from the home fans.

It's still coming.
The Italian goalkeeper tried his best to run towards the goal. He is now less than 20 meters away from the goal. He believes that as long as he runs to the small penalty area, he can completely lob the shot over the crossbar.

Beckham's lob shot has begun to fall, and all the English people in the stadium cheered at the moment.

The time has exceeded 94 minutes, and the referee will blow the whistle for the whole game at any time.

Regardless of the outcome of the shot, England have already reached the finals of the World Cup in France.

This lob shot was the final Easter egg of England's qualifying trip.

At the moment, Peruzzi is gritting his teeth and racing against time. The football is falling and deflecting towards the left side of the goal, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

The Italian national gate is only one step away from the small restricted area line. The moment he turned his head, he suddenly felt his soul go out of his body.

Beckham's lob shot is just above the head, the background wall has been set up, and the Englishman will step on his body and shine in no time!

"what!!!"

The Italian goalkeeper, who refused to accept his fate, let out a roar and rushed towards the goal decisively, like moths to a flame.

Swish!
With the crisp sound of the football touching the net, Peruzzi lay on his back on the lawn.

1 to 0!All England fans stood up and cheered. The moment Beckham shot, everyone thought it was just an easter egg. Unexpectedly, after Peruzzi's unyielding efforts, the egg exploded and turned into dazzling fireworks in the night sky.

Beckham smiled and stretched his arms, smiling like that sunny afternoon.

Meanwhile, more than 1 England fans in the visiting stands raised their arms in salute to their players.

Excited teammates rushed to Beckham one after another, embracing the handsome guy who put pressure on football just now.

"The goal was scored! David showed us this wonderful moment again. I didn't expect such a miracle to appear at such a critical moment!

Long live David, I'm sure he will go down as England's greatest player.

At this moment, he has inherited the mantle of his predecessors and carried the banner of England's revival.

At this moment, shining names sounded in my mind. Banks, Bobby Moore, and Charlton Brothers David Beckham are destined to be bright stars in the long history of English football!

He ended England's 18-year invincible history against Italy, and the Italians don't want to talk about this record anymore.

On the contrary, as long as England meets Italy, today's moment will never be avoided, and he will be an eternal pain for the Italians! "

In the studio, Martin Taylor couldn't control his thoughts at all, and the thoughts in his head poured out: "Goodbye, Italians, you are in the same group as England, and you are only worthy of playing in the play-offs.

If you want to go to the World Cup, go to the play-offs to prove yourself!
I will give you all your arrogance back now!

Weakness and ignorance are never an obstacle to survival, arrogance is!

There are many opponents in the play-offs that can exercise your mind, go to Dublin, the Irish can make you strong, go to Zagreb, the Croats can make you humble, go to Kiev, the Ukrainians can make you sharp!

I hope they go to Moscow the most. If they want to qualify, they have to experience the ice and snow.

Farewell, Italy, and good luck!

Long live David!As an England player, his road ahead is not destined to be smooth, and his growth path will certainly not be smooth sailing.

But please remember this moment. On October 1997, 10, a young man brought us the most wonderful moment here. He used this moment to prove to the world that he was here.

Let us remember this young face, he is worthy of a beautiful life, when the glitz is gone, at least we have witnessed this moment together! "

Faced with Beckham's long-range lob, the Italian players held their heads in bewilderment. Tens of thousands of Italians in the stands looked at the stadium blankly. They never thought that this moment would happen to Italy, but everything came unexpectedly.

Realizing that all this is not an illusion, Italian fans began to applaud Beckham from above.

At first, there were only sporadic Italians who were willing to applaud, and then more and more Italian fans gave their applause for this handsome guy, until all the Italian fans applauded for the Englishman, and they sincerely praised the performance of this English player.

Beckham gave a gentleman's salute to the stands, and Italian players congratulated him one after another. For everyone present, the scene they experienced just now is destined to be a grand ceremony on the football field.

For such a moment, both the English and the Italians have to accept it, because it is there, no one can escape, and everyone knows the meaning of this goal.

Beckham is 22 years old this year, and he has not been able to change the history of the England team.But everyone understands that this young man will leave a strong mark in the history of world football.

Long live David!

(End of this chapter)