i am beckham

Chapter 289 The Final Battle
England scored the winning goal in the last few minutes by Shearer, successfully lore the French team.

At the end of the game, Zidane walked towards Beckham with a smile on his face. As a result, as soon as he walked to the heartthrob, he saw Deschamps took off his shirt and started the jersey exchange process.

Seeing the first goal intercepted, Zidane turned around and found Scholes.

The two chatted more and more speculatively, and also discussed professional issues on the spot.

The coaching bench of the England team is not far away. Jacques and Hoddle are also exchanging technical issues, and the Frenchman took the initiative to come over.

Polishing the team, the French are serious.

Especially when the Frenchman implemented a long pass at the last moment, Beckham was completely shocked. He felt that the French team's few shots were not worse than the England team.

If it wasn't for everyone gritting their teeth to resist, maybe the England team would collapse first.

After the game, both Jacquet and Hoddle praised each other as masters of tactics, and it seemed that the game was about to end in a sympathetic way.

But the French men were worried, because Sophie Marceau walked into the stadium after the game and had a chat with Beckham before leaving the stadium.

The French men agree that the game can be lost, but the beauty must not lose, especially if it cannot fall into the hands of an Englishman.

Facing the French with lemons, the "Sun" specially published a French special issue, all of which were stories about Beckham and Sophie Marceau.

Of course, the "Sun" also added some hearsay gossip to the serious story. For example, Sophie Marceau has a child with Beckham, and for example, the two have already set a wedding date and are preparing to form a family.

Seeing this, the French men became more and more unhappy, but only unwillingly.

At the end of the first two rounds of the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, England scored 6 points for both victories, Brazil scored 2 points for both games, and France and Italy only scored 1 point.

Faced with this result, England, from the FA to the fans, rejoiced.

To win the invitational championship one round ahead of schedule in this level of competition is really rare.

The World Cup qualifiers forced Italy into overtime, and the Four Nations Invitational even defeated two European teams, France and Italy. The performance of the England team lifted the appetite of the English people.

Everyone is already imagining the scene of the England team reappearing the moment of glory and winning the Hercules Cup.

To achieve such results, head coach Hoddle has been widely praised, and several media believe that the England coach has such tactical attainments at a young age, and he will become a great tool in the future.

Compared with his touching emotional intelligence, Hoddle still has brains.

During the time he accepted the England team, he kept using new players, and gradually cleared out the England team of those old people who ignored him.

Speaking of which, both Beckham and Scholes are beneficiaries.

The former replaced Anderton, who was in his prime, and the latter was competing with Gascoigne for a starting spot.

Beckham believes that Hoddle did not have too high expectations for the England team. He did not expect that the England team accidentally won the Four Nations Invitational Tournament.

After winning the game, Hoddle also seemed very confident in the interview. What he keeps emphasizing now is that the England team is not afraid of anyone, and he clearly brags about the England team in front of reporters.

After the England game, the French media broke the news that Hoddle had hired a wizard during the game, and even described the whole story of the incident with pictures.

But the English media chose to ignore this, for the simple reason that the winner should not be blamed.

In the last round of the group stage, the England team was in high spirits. The consecutive victories against Italy and France made everyone feel that it would not be a problem to play Brazil.

To be honest, compared with the French and Italian defenses, the shortcomings of the Brazilian team are quite obvious.

Their defense line is seriously aging. Players of the right age are either transferred to the front line or play in the midfield. There is really no future in playing central defenders.

So they can only occasionally produce some excellent central defenders, and it is difficult to mass-produce excellent central defenders like France and Italy.

But Beckham didn't think it would be an easy game. Judging from the situation of the Brazilian team's first two games, as long as their offense and passing are played, the opponents can only be exhausted.

Another reason is that the England team does not have a strong center in this four-nation match. A middleweight center like Sheringham is not very lethal. I don't know if he can suppress Aldair.

The reason why France and Italy can make Brazil's backcourt in a mess is because of the suppression of the center.

Dugarry of the French team has average shooting skills, but he is good at grabbing points and running positions, and he is also very impactful.

Speaking of impact, Vieri is the most destructive player in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament. With him supporting the frontcourt, the Italian almost made a big deal out of Brazil.

Gary Neville agreed with Beckham's judgment. Brazil's Ronaldo is indeed a headache. As Brazil's next opponent, the England team ruthlessly supplemented the Brazilian's kicking video in front of the video.

In the end, everyone found out with regret that Ronaldo can not only rely on his personal ability to tear apart the defense, but also rely on wonderful cooperation to score. It is difficult to limit him.

Even the experienced defenders of the Italian team were easily wiped out.

Of course, it doesn't make much sense to say these things, we still have to play the game to know.

On days without games, the England team was required to stay in the hotel except for training, which made Beckham feel even more bored.

Those old guys can get together to play cards in one room, but young people like Beckham, the Neville brothers and Scholes are not very interested in this kind of card game to win. In addition, the old guys play too much, which is far beyond the scope of small gambling.

This made the "Class 92" young people from ordinary families, who knew that money was hard to come by since childhood, feel distressed.

Several of them are newcomers, so they rushed up to give bonuses to the old players.

Gary Neville is extremely disgusted with the pastime of playing cards for money. The England players sometimes even bet tens of thousands of pounds in a game.

It is difficult for the two teammates who have experienced such a "big scene" to talk and laugh happily in the following days. They play cards just to win. Sometimes after a few hours, their wages for a week or two are gone.

If this state continues until next year, I don’t know if we can win the World Cup. Some poker players who are addicted to cooking may spend the money on one or two houses. This is not healthy in any way.

But there is no way, I always look for something to do every day in the hotel, it is difficult to make the energetic athletes unable to read and write every day.

Probably the guys who play poker have noticed this problem too, but life goes on like this.

On November 11, the Brazilian team and the British team finally stood on the same court.

The fly in the ointment is that Hoddle has rotated the lineup. Beckham, Gary Neville and Cole who started the first two games were all placed on the bench.

Beckham feels very sorry, if he can choose, he would rather choose not to play for the Italian team, but also to compete with the four-star Brazil.

He really wanted to play, but he couldn't be picky about the coach's formation.

If he continues to start this game, it means that he has played three games in just one week.

To be honest, the intensity of this game is really a bit high, and if you want the team to always be in the best state, you have to make appropriate adjustments.

After all, we still have club competitions, and that is the job of the players.

During the warm-up before the game, Beckham and Ronaldo passed by. He felt that the opponent was much stronger than he looked in front of the TV. He was not the kind of player who only had skills but no body.

But he sees it very openly, it is just a warm-up match, there is no need to be too concerned.

As expected, the Brazilian team took the initiative at the beginning. The midfield combination of Dunga, Denilson and Leonardo passed and received the ball very smoothly. The midfield combination of Batty and Gascoigne could only be tired of defending, and sometimes even couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm of fouls.

Coupled with Ronaldo's high-speed start and Romario's erratic movement in the penalty area, the England team was completely suppressed in the half.

Beckham could see that Hoddle's tactical arrangement was still quite targeted. He deployed the most impactful combination of Shearer and Sheringham on the front line, played the aggressive Batty in the midfield, and placed Philip Neville with outstanding athletic ability on the left to restrict Leonardo. Giving this lineup to Ferguson is just like that.

Now Hoddle should regret not bringing Husky, because Sheringham can't compare with Vieri and Dugarri in terms of tonnage and impact. The old Brazilian central defender Aldair can't hold down the two centers, but he can still deal with Sheringham with ease.

The offense could not contain the opponent, and the Brazilian team's midfield combination fully exerted its advantages.

There is an obvious phenomenon. As long as the ball is passed to Ronaldo's feet, the English players will subconsciously retreat. The explosive power of this big die is really sharp, especially the ability to change directions during high-speed running.

"David, did you see that, the last time I met the Brazilian team, the scene was like this, and it still hasn't changed much."

This kind of player who can score 30-40 goals in a season in the Eredivisie and La Liga is not something anyone can limit.

The only way is to hit him with a shovel, but everyone is a civilized person, and few people kick in the direction of destroying people when they play football.

Even a brat like Gascoigne was careful when he fouled Ronaldo and handled it with care.

This is very interesting. Beckham found that Gascoigne admired Ronaldo very much. Not only did he defend gently, but he always had a smile on his face.

Is this the sympathy between geniuses
In the first half, the Brazil team held down the England team for a fierce operation, and the score remained unchanged.

The culprit for this situation is Denilson. This guy's dribbling moves are very flamboyant. Beckham is the most fancy player he has ever seen with the ball.

But these gorgeous moves are also a double-edged sword for the team. Of course they are sharp weapons when they are just right, but the show operations regardless of the situation are a bit in the way.

Every time the Brazilian takes the ball, he needs a set of bicycles, so that he can have fun before thinking about the next thing.

Sometimes it is clear that you can pass the ball, but you have to do it alone, and you can't make it. It is simply a pig teammate.

However, the England team has been passively beaten, and still did not hold on.

In the 61st minute, Ronaldo received a pass and went all the way to the penalty area from the middle. Keown and Southgate stepped forward to block at the same time. Ronaldo passed the ball to the right with the outside instep, and Romario scored easily.

1 to 0, the Brazilian team broke through the intensive defense of the England team.

Hoddle then replaced Gascoigne with Scholes, and Cole replaced Sheringham. Just as he was about to warm up Beckham, "Kasimodo" Keown was injured and could not persist.

The Arsenal central defender sprained his knee by Ronaldo's continuous shaking, and Hoddle had to replace him with Gary Neville.

In this way, the three substitution places were used up.

Beckham, who was warming up, reluctantly walked back to the locker room, seemingly not even giving him a chance to come off the bench.

The Brazil team slowed down in the following games, and England's offense was weak. Brazil finally defeated England 1-0 and ranked second in the Invitational Tournament with 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points. They were the only undefeated team in this game.

The Four Nations Invitational Tournament, which the whole world is paying attention to, ended like this. The England team, which was not optimistic before the game, won the championship, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Although the Brazilian team, which is sought after by everyone, did not win the championship, they still showed their powerful attacking power to the world.

The hosts, who were expected by the French fans, only ranked third with 2 draws and 1 loss, which really let the French down for a while.

So the French media began to question the coaching level of the head coach Jacques. They believed that the French was headstrong and arbitrary. It was because of his hysterical employment style that the French team lost a star like Cantona.

Facing the attacks from the French media, Jacquet seemed very tough. He said that as long as he was there any day, he would do it in his own way, and others had no right to beep.

The Italian team wanted to revive their glory through this game, but unexpectedly they became the tail of the crane. In the mouth of the Italian media, they are just an ordinary second-rate half-team.

But to be honest, the Italian team's striker is not weak. Piero, Inzaghi, Vieri and Casiraghi's striker configuration is not lost to the Brazilian team at all. Piero is ranked No.3 in the scorer list with 1 goals. His goals are equal to the number of goals scored by the "Shuangluo combination".

It's just dimmed by the media's excessive praise of the Brazilian team.

This competition can be regarded as fully exposing these four strong teams to the public, and also exposed their respective strengths and weaknesses.

The advantages of the Brazilian team are all on Ronaldo's side. He is considered to be one of the few players in football history who can change the situation by himself.

But the weakness of the Brazilian team is also very obvious. They lack a playmaker, whether it is Dunga, Leonardo, Ze Roberto or Rivaldo who is injured and absent.

Moreover, the Brazilian team's central and backcourt players are aging seriously. Aldair is 32 years old, Dunga is 34 years old, and Romario is 31 years old.

These three players will be one year older next year, and their competitive status will undoubtedly continue to decline.

Ronaldo can carry the banner of offense, but the midfielder is really not too hard.

Coupled with Taffarel, who likes to let go, Brazil's defense will be put to a great test.

The performance of the Three Lions in this competition is really eye-catching, and the strength of the three lines is balanced, Seaman is also quite reliable, and their performance has raised everyone's expectations.

But their disadvantages are also obvious. The England team has nothing to do when they encounter a top technical team like Brazil, and they will always be completely passive.

When they defended a star player like Ronaldo, they couldn't form a chain defense. Often, one person was passed and the whole line panicked.

Coupled with the fact that the English central defender is invincible head-on, but he is very clumsy when encountering a team that is particularly skilled in short passing. It will be particularly difficult to play against a team that meets the above characteristics.

The Brazilian team is obviously the nemesis of the England team. Unless the former dies early, the England team has a natural disadvantage in wanting to win the cup.

The strength of the French team's midfield is top-notch, but the front line does not have a reliable striker. This is the biggest pain for the hosts, and I am afraid it will not change next year.

The Italian team's lineup also has no obvious shortcomings, but they are trapped in conservative tactics and lack of creativity in the midfield.

Everyone agrees that if they want to go to the end, it is estimated that they must win at least 2 penalty shootouts.

The England team returned in triumph, and the media's attitude towards them was obviously milder.

Again, the winners are not to blame.

No matter what happens next year, at least this game doesn't have much to criticize.

As soon as Beckham returned to Manchester, he got a call from Cantona: "David, I have good news for you, Twilight will be released on Christmas, we pushed Titanic to December 12th.

Although the box office on Christmas Day will not be too high, our status is still in place, and we can go to the premiere together at that time. "

Hearing this news, Beckham was a little confused. Making a movie is to shoot scenes that are convenient to shoot together, and finally edit them together. He has never seen what the finished film looks like.

In addition, will it be embarrassing to watch the movie I acted in in the cinema?

But "Titanic" can be seen. This film with an investment of 2 million US dollars was filmed for two years, and the preparation period was too long.

There are 24 "Twilight" movies in this time.
Of course, it can’t be compared like this. The former is a sophisticated production, while the latter is a rich man’s ticket. Such a comparison seems a bit disrespectful to others.

Anyway, he must see "Titanic."

(End of this chapter)