i am beckham

Chapter 310 The Next King

"David, let go of the offense, we must win!"

Ferguson called Beckham to the touchline, offered a handshake, then patted the heartthrob on the shoulder and pushed him onto the pitch.

Beckham was a bit overwhelmed by the United boss' sudden move, which felt like a working-class tribute.

This is quite a drama, with a weekly salary of 7 pounds, three or four high-end cars parked in the garage, private space in the stud farm, thoroughbred racing horses, and the old man of the professional jockey telling others that he is a working class. This scene is inherently black and humorous.

It seems that this stubborn old man still refuses to admit one thing, some things, once they pass, they can never go back
The carelessness that had been on the faces of Henry the Younger and Nigerian striker Ikpeba a few minutes earlier was gone, replaced by anxiety and restlessness.

This is the magic of football. Its ever-changing changes can instantly change everyone's emotions. Whether you bear it or resist it, you can only move forward under the influence of fate, and no one can stay out of it.

Beckham soon found Scholes' pass on the left, with Sagnor again in the way.

He made an inward cut, and the opponent immediately blocked his path.

Beckham took advantage of the situation and went outside, Sagnol was a step slower, but did not panic.

The French defender has studied Beckham and knows he is a right-footed player.

Therefore, after driving Beckham to the outside line, the Frenchman felt that he had won this round of duel, and the opponent would most likely take the ball to the bottom line, and use his unskilled left foot to make a lame cross without a choice.

But to his surprise, Beckham chose to speed up the inside cut and broke into the penalty area in an instant, the effect was not worse than Giggs at all.

At this time, the whole Old Trafford stadium cheered!

Sagnol hurriedly raised his hands. In this dangerous position, once Beckham fell down, his hand movements were not clean, and he had no temper when the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Beckham threw the defender behind him in an instant, raised his foot and kicked it hard, and Butters didn't even have time to raise his hand, and the football passed over his head.

With a loud bang, the football hit the crossbar, and Beckham missed the goal again.

The home fans who had all stood up hugged their heads and sighed in unison, and then applauded again.

Don't regret, don't be depressed!
Beckham kept reminding himself as he ran back that he wanted to minimize the negative impact of the missed goal.

Although their team is still on the verge of elimination, they believe that goals will come sooner or later, and the momentum is entirely on Manchester United's side.

Sagnol looked at Beckham with incredible eyes. He couldn't believe that a player on the right side of the opponent could kick such a high-quality shot with his left foot.

In the studio, Martin Taylor changed the topic to Beckham after a lot of yelling: "Gary, didn't you expect David to have such a skill?"

Lineker chuckled: "That's not true. When I was a professional player, I often encountered this situation. It was not surprising that the opponent's players suddenly made unexpected moves.

If we are not in a team, we can only know the player's main way of playing.If you want to understand all their specialties, you have to watch all his game videos in recent years, which is too difficult!

I can also do his shot just now, but the free kick is really incredible. The arc drawn by the football should have turned inwards to the goal, but it suddenly turned outwards in the air. Now I don’t want to understand which foot and which position he uses to touch the ball, and how he exerts force.”

"You can ask next time we meet, after learning it, I think it will be able to kill the middle-aged and elderly football players everywhere!"

As a true fan of Beckham, Martin Taylor has no scruples to Amway his idol, and Lineker is still reminiscing about that free kick.

"David's breakthrough succeeded again, the cross! Good ball! My God, Emil's shot missed! He shouldn't have passed the ball!"

"Well, this time the offensive choice is more reasonable. In this case, the shots are usually wide players who have no vision."

"Football was at David's feet again, oh my God, he put the French kid over, the centre-back covered, crossed and Emile hit the post.

I can score this ball on the field! "

"It's hard to say, Emil's advantage lies in containment and support, but I suspect he doesn't like washing his feet."

Lineker poked fun at Husky and said solemnly: "I'm sweating for David now."

Martin Taylor asked in an "are you crazy" tone: "Are you worried that the French guy will suddenly blow himself up and die with David?"

Lineker asked rhetorically: "What would you do if you were a manager and watched your defenders get run over by opposing players?"

Martin Taylor said inexplicably: "Of course I will choose to change. Wait, isn't it too early to make a change? The game is less than 70 minutes away?"

Lineker sneered: "Substitution is not an alarm clock. It is the basic duty of a head coach to adjust when he sees a problem."

While the two were talking, Tigana waved towards the bench, and a black player walked down from the stands quickly and began to warm up along the sideline.

Monaco's defense has been in a state of chaos as Beckham started the single-handed Sagnol mode.

The physical advantage of the heartthrob was fully reflected when the game lasted for nearly 70 minutes, and the two defenders of the Monaco team struggled to defend him.

It's not because the Monaco players can't run. As a professional player, playing 90 minutes is not a big problem.

However, football games have always been a sport of competition for uniform running ability. Players have to perform continuous short-distance sprints on the field, and being able to run does not necessarily mean they can continue to sprint.

Sagnol now only feels his muscles are sore and his contraction ability is severely reduced. He has become powerless in the face of Beckham's continuous explosions.

Henry doesn't have this problem. Every time he takes the ball, he can dash forward on the wing with his long legs.

But Ryan Giggs is not a vegetarian, the Welsh are like hunting dogs, as soon as they see the Frenchman holding the ball, they stick to it and keep biting.

Coupled with the high-spirited Gary Neville's flanking attack, the two made the French kid into a disaster.

In the 72nd minute, the two teamed up to strangle Henry again. The French striker did not make any adjustments after taking the ball, and immediately waded the ball 15 meters.

The Welshman stuck up immediately, throwing his arms around the other.

Although Giggs' defensive ability is impressive, for defensive players, one must first have an attitude before talking about skills.

For the happiness of the rest of his life, the Welsh people have completely risked it.

As a wide player who is targeted every day, Giggs "became sick for a long time", and used all the tricks that defenders used on him on Henry.

The arms of the two were mixed together, and Giggs always intentionally or unintentionally prevented Henry from swinging his arm, and then moved his arm away at the critical point when the referee whistled.

Seeing that he was only a few steps away from catching up with the football, Henry tried his best to get rid of Giggs, but the Welshman showed weakness and stuck his body in front of Henry.

Following a fierce body collision, both of their bodies began to lean forward, their bodies lost their balance almost at the same time, and fell on the lawn at the same time.

The football was still moving forward, and Gary Neville dribbled the ball through the two lying on the ground with an exaggerated arm swing, passed the ball to the oncoming Ginger Head before the Monaco player came up to block, and then sprinted hard towards the front field.

The defensive players of the Monaco team did not dare to neglect, they followed Gary Neville closely, and the overall defense line also moved towards this time.

Scholes was poised to play a two-on-one with Gary Neville, but suddenly turned and diverted the ball to the left.

"nice shot!"

The two people in the studio shouted in unison.

On the left side of the field, Beckham was rushing towards the football at the same time as Sagnol, and in order to prevent the defenders from intercepting, Scholes passed the ball into the vacuum between Monaco's right-back and centre-back.

Sagnor gritted his teeth and clung to Beckham, and the two were also fighting close to each other.

Impact, hand delay, Giggs' defensive package just now, Sagnol's side is also a lot.

Seeing that the football was about to be in place, Beckham hit Sagnor hard with his body without waiting for the football to hit the ground.

Accompanied by the tsunami-like cheers from the stadium, Beckham slammed the football into the penalty area with his chest. The Monaco central defender ran towards him with frightened eyes.

The Monaco central defender instinctively looked away from the goal and waited for the result. This was the most embarrassing moment for a central defender.

Sagnol, who was forcibly surpassed, was completely emotional, and his reckless shot towards Beckham was a tackle.

With Beckham falling to the ground and the referee's whistle, the entire Old Trafford stadium cheered.

You can guess it's a penalty with your toes!

Sagnol tried his best to argue to the referee, but he was greeted by curses from all the fans.

Beckham walked towards the 12-yard point with a penalty kick in his arms. Giggs lowered his head subconsciously. He suppressed the overflowing desire to win, patted Beckham on the shoulder, and turned around to stand on the line of the penalty area.

"Ryan also wanted to kick a penalty, but it was given to David. The two had no verbal communication during the process. How did they reach an agreement?

Gary, you must have been in a similar situation before, how did you handle it? "

Martin Taylor started another [-] whys mode.

"Usually, the head coach will decide who to take a penalty kick, and there will be situations where someone asks for a penalty kick, but everyone usually follows the head coach's arrangement. You must know that a penalty kick also means responsibility.

If the penalty shooter is not there, sometimes there will be two or three people fighting, and it will even cause unpleasantness, and the more determined player will get the final penalty.As I said just now, a penalty kick not only means scoring a goal, but also taking corresponding responsibilities if you fail to score.

That scene just now was very interesting, when David was about to make eye contact with Ryan, the latter bowed his head and avoided him."

"Haha, you always see a different side professionally, David has put football in the penalty spot.

The French goalkeeper walked up and whispered something in his ear, which must have been very provocative.

David's expression became serious, and it was the first time I saw such a cold look in his eyes!
Two people are looking at each other, the French goalkeeper is twisting his body, he wants to provoke each other!
David starts the run-up and shoots!The goalkeeper judged the right direction, but it was useless. The shot hit the upper left corner of the goal, which was a dead corner!

2 is better than 1!

David Beckham's goal made Manchester United 2 to 1 ahead of Monaco, taking the initiative in this knockout round.

There are still 20 minutes in the game, Monaco want to win and must equalize the rest of the game, their situation is not optimistic.

Oh, the fourth official held up the substitution sign and they replaced Sagnol with a full-back.

Gary, what do you think is the intention of Monaco to replace a full-back when they are behind? "

Martin Taylor asked a mocking question in an excited tone, so that Lineker didn't know how to answer it. He pondered for a while and said: "The choice of substitution was made before the foul, and it probably didn't have time to withdraw it."

Tigana failed to find the referee's theory, pinching his nose and replacing a defensive player with an offensive player.

However, the energy of the players was seriously lacking. Beckham felt that the shoulders of the Monaco players around him were obviously bent.

Losing the ball when the physical fitness is at its peak is the most painful thing in a football game, especially like Monaco, which loses the ball consecutively in a short period of time, and the situation takes a turn for the worse. It is not easy for players to handle the ball normally, let alone catch up.

If you fall behind by a goal before the game, the head coach will mobilize it. A team at the level of the Champions League can usually work hard and play vigorously.

But in this level of competition, each team will be screened again, and the best will be selected. Those who can survive this situation are the best of the best.

The game restarted, Manchester United reclaimed their formation and played a defensive counterattack. At this time, Beckham and Giggs were both defensive weapons, and the 19-year-old Henry was not even as effective as Trezeguet in the positional battle.

Beckham found that Monaco players gradually began to choose a simpler and more direct way of playing football: reckless.

African players have gradually exposed their shortcomings of poor discipline and playing football as they please.

In the end, Monaco simply kicked a long pass, and this offensive method played into Manchester United's arms.

If it weren't for Butters' continued heroic performance, it would not be surprising that Monaco was defeated.

The game ended with three long whistles and cheers. Ferguson shook his fist vigorously, with unconcealable pride on his face.

The broadcast camera gave a close-up of Beckham, the heartthrob Manchester United smiled and applauded towards the audience, and blinked his right eye in the direction of the main stand.

The broadcast camera switched to the audience, and Sophie Marceau stood out in the crowd.

Dark blue jacket, white shirt, jeans, flat shoes, ponytail, such a basic outfit shows a variety of charms on her body.

"Tsk tsk tsk, David's performance in the whole game is not as exciting as this moment. Gary, how do you evaluate David's performance in this game."

"An offensive core that is dragged down by defense. If Ryan can maintain today's playing style and help David share the offensive pressure, he will be another 'king' of Manchester United. All he needs now is the coronation ceremony."

At the press conference after the game, Ferguson gave the players a very high evaluation: "This is a difficult game, but the players have shown their determination. This game is of great significance to their future careers. They are learning how to be a winner."

The reporter then asked Ferguson to comment on Beckham's performance. Ferguson said with a smile: "David dominated the team's offense in the second half and decided the direction of this knockout round at the last moment. He is becoming the core of the team's offense."

When asked whether Beckham would become the next captain, Ferguson corrected the reporter's thinking: "The captain is not necessarily the player with the most goals in the team, nor is he necessarily the player with the best skills. We should not put all the work on David's shoulders. We have to give Gary some opportunities to participate in the team. He performed well today."

On the second day of the game, the football section of the "Sun" wrote impressively: David Beckham, the future king.

The headlines of the football sections of other media are generally the same, and the news of Beckham has returned to the football section.

Seeing this headline, Beckham heaved a sigh of relief, and finally got rid of the breaking news of box office competition and appearance comparison.

A movie has created a psychological shadow, and it seems that the bad money has to be paid back.

(End of this chapter)