i am beckham

Chapter 330 The Strange Interview Process

For most of England's players, La Manga is a pleasant place to be during World Cup preparations.

Even if everyone doesn't have much chance to go out and wander around, at least they can see the scenery on the way to the training ground.

But for the unlucky few, this is where they know they can't get to France.

As the date of the training camp approached, everyone knew that this moment was coming.

Everyone is shrouded in the shadow of this moment, and the tense atmosphere has permeated the training.

In the past two days, most of the England players will probably curse Hoddle in their hearts. The head coach of the England team has not yet decided on the announcement time of the squad.

This guy is really annoying
On the morning of the penultimate day of the training camp, Hoddle finally notified the announcement time of the squad.

The list will be announced in the afternoon, and the way of communication will be face-to-face interviews.

Beckham felt that this announcement was the most cruel way in the football world. This decision made Hoddle look like a manager parachuted from the FA office in his eyes.

"Probably he has been away from the stadium for too long, and he no longer knows what professional football is like"

Hearing this decision, Bart said disdainfully.

He is a cheerful person who likes everything to be simple and clean, but Hoddle's behavior is not to his liking.

In his words, Hoddle is the one who pulls half of the tuba and keeps the other half.

There really is no easy way to tell a player he won't be able to play in the World Cup, but Hoddle opted for the excruciating method of meeting each player individually for five minutes in his room.

Gary Neville was also about to complain, but he found that he was the first player to be interviewed, so he shrugged and chose to remain silent.

Beckham is 11th, though he is less concerned about his position than questioning Hoddle's behaviour.

In his eyes, the England manager was too conceited about his communication skills, and he couldn't handle it at all.

As long as it is replaced by a normal head coach, everyone will be gathered together to announce the list of selected players or eliminate personnel.

When the result is already doomed, few players will ask the reason for losing in front of the whole team. This is the best choice for Hoddle, who is incompetent in management and incompetent in communication.

At this time, the head coach will say some words of encouragement and comfort, and time will slowly heal the scars in the hearts of the defeated players.

We are all professional players, as long as we don't mess around, this kind of moment is completely acceptable, because everyone has experienced similar moments countless times since they were young.

After lunch, Hoddle did not immediately call people for an interview, he also "warmly" left everyone a lunch break
The heart-pounding moment finally came. Except for a few players at the bottom of the queue, the other players were crowded at the door of Hoddle's room, anxious.

Gary Neville was the first to walk into the room, and even if he put his ear against the door, he couldn't stop the sound from inside. This was the first time that everyone discovered the shortcomings of the sound insulation of the room.

Of course, Beckham is not very nervous, he believes that England deserve their place.

Any head coach with normal IQ will not give up the best player in the Champions League final. Beckham believes that he can help the team in the positions of left and right wing, central midfielder and defensive midfielder.

Isn't that reason enough?

Gary Neville came out quickly, his steps firm but his expression stern, leaving Beckham really unsure of what was going on.

While the other players were stunned, Gary Neville passed through the crowd, and the surrounding teammates had no time to ask about the result.

Beckham raised his chin with a smile and asked the other party for the result with body language.

Gary Neville nodded slightly, but his expression was still serious. Beckham immediately understood that he was worried about his younger brother.

As expected, an older brother should always worry about his younger brother.

The second person to go in was Les Ferdinand, but he went in far longer than the agreed 5 minutes.

When the door opened, the final result was written all over his face.

There is no doubt that he lost the election.

This is a bit beyond Beckham's expectations. John Sr. said that Les Ferdinand and his cousin Leo Ferdinand were both selected for the final squad, but neither of them got a chance to perform.

But the reality is that his cousin lost the election. Beckham glanced back at Leo Ferdinand. The 19-year-old was obviously a lot nervous.

Beckham could only pat the other person on the shoulder, hoping that the good luck of the parallel world would surround this kid.

The third person to go in was Seaman, who walked out without taking too long.

There is not much controversy about his selection to the England team, because no one in England's goalkeepers can threaten his position so far.

Other players entered the room one after another, some were happy and some were sad. When Redknapp came out, his eyes were red, and he dawdled in there for more than ten minutes.

Bart walked in, when everyone suddenly found that the sound insulation effect of the room was not as good as expected.

Although I couldn't hear what was said inside, judging from the sound, there should be a fierce quarrel inside.

Sure enough, nearly 10 minutes later, Bart came out of the room angrily, and then violently closed the door, causing the surrounding players to tremble.

Although he knew in advance that Bart would lose the election, Beckham was still very shocked when he learned of the decision.

You must know that Bart is the main midfielder of Manchester United's three consecutive league championships. Although he is only 1 meters tall, he can fight and pass. He is a tough guy.

In Beckham's opinion, Butt is the best defensive midfielder in the England team outside of Ince, and this result is unfair to him.

When the first 10 people finished their interviews, nearly one and a half hours had passed, which was obviously overtime.

Beckham walked into the room, he and Hoddle nodded to each other, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Neither of them knew what to say, which is the epitome of Hoddle's relationship with the players.

Beckham smiled, and he didn't intend to say polite words before the other party spoke.

Hoddle flipped through his notebook and said: "There is no hesitation in choosing you, you play great football!"

This clean and neat compliment made Beckham stunned. In his impression, the communication of the England coach in front of him was rarely so simple and effective.

Without waiting for him to speak, Hoddle continued: "You should be able to notice that our center is not very stable, so I plan to use three backs and two wing backs on the defensive line."

The translation of his words into the vernacular is: England will play 3-5-2 in the World Cup.

From this point of view, my brother is really a little dangerous.

Beckham walked out after saying a few polite words, and found that the interview took less than 4 minutes.

His mood at the moment is a bit complicated, Bart lost the election, and Phil's dangerous situation makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

He decided to go back to his room and wait for the news. Standing here was really tormenting.

On the way back, Beckham greeted Cole, Husky and Phil successively and told them that he had been selected.

He saw uneasiness in Phil's eyes, and it must be Gary's expression that gave his brother a bad feeling.

On the way back to the room, Beckham met Scholes. Ginger head just came out of the room wearing slippers. This kid has a good mental quality.

Gary Neville and Bart were both in the room, the former was leaning on the sofa, and the latter was packing his luggage.

After a while, Phil walked into the room with tears in his eyes, he lost
Cole, Heskey and Scholes also walked in and all three guys made the final list.

Beckham pondered for a while, Husky took the place of Sheringham in that world, and Cole took the place of Les Ferdinand.

Fate may not always lead to the point along a fixed trajectory.

Several people were comforting Phil, when they suddenly heard the sound of smashing equipment from outside, followed by Gascoigne's curse.

His interview has not yet begun, and the staff has already started urging him to check out.

It turned out that the staff had already got the final list, only the players were kept in the dark.

Gascoigne was so enraged by this insulting treatment that he rushed into Hoddle's room and smashed everything he could.

At this time, the staff notified the unselected players that the bus to the airport would leave on time in 45 minutes.

The undrafted players have to use this short 45 minutes to pack their bags and say goodbye to their teammates.

Hoddle successfully made everyone experience the cruelty and indifference of life.

When the 23-man roster was announced, Beckham was surprised to find that Hoddle only selected Le Saux as a left winger. He cut off the remaining two genuine left backs, but left Rio Ferdinand.

"That's not right. Glenn will suffer a lot sooner or later when he arranges the lineup like this. Le Saux has no substitute!"

Gary Neville was very dissatisfied with Hoddle. The team's assistant coach said that Phil was on the list, but he was cut off at the last minute. This is really unacceptable.

During the dinner, Gary Neville also specifically found John Gehman: "You told me Phil would be selected!"

John Gorman smiled awkwardly and said, "I know, Gary, he was indeed on the roster before. I'm really sorry that Glenn changed his mind."

After dinner, Beckham and Gary sat in front of the TV, neither talking with much interest.

Gary Neville was holding a book, but he didn't turn a page for half an hour, and he couldn't read it at all.

Beckham kept tuning, and finally stopped on a channel in France.

This is a special program on French TV for the French team.

In the program, the French coach Jacquet is taking the players jogging along the jungle path.

The 57-year-old Jacques ran ahead alone, his breathing sound was very obvious, and he had to pant for a long time before he could say a word to the camera.

It is said that jogging is only for professional players. For a person who is nearly 60 years old, this speed is really not slow.

In the camera, Pettit is joking and jogging while running, and he said that he must maintain a good image in front of the camera.

Deschamps ran in the middle of the team, chatting with the teammates around him aimlessly. All signs showed that he was the soul of the team, while Zidane, who was running alone, could only be regarded as the technical core.

At this moment, the scene suddenly changed, and Lizarazu went around behind the tree and began to release water. The tree blocked between him and the camera.

Assistant coach Le Maire runs very hard. He barely moves his hands when he runs and looks like a fat duck.

The camera cuts to the locker room, where Jacquet is giving psychological counseling to the players, and he looks like a university professor when he speaks.

When he spoke neither fast nor slow, his tone was steady and firm, and the French players in the entire locker room watched their head coach quietly.

Beckham can feel that Jacques has quite a strong influence.

The screen switched to the training field again, assistant coach Le Maire was directing the team to conduct short-distance sprint training, and Jacquet became a melon-eating crowd.

The camera of this French TV station is very meaningful. He first told the audience who is the center of influence of the French team, and then hinted that Jacquet's successor after get out of class is very likely to be Le Maire.

The head coach of the French team has announced that he will resign at the end of the World Cup. The TV station is using camera language to hint at the next head coach of the French team.

This kind of game-like training course can't see anything, and the truly valuable content cannot be played in public.

But Beckham took it very seriously. If all goes well, it is entirely possible that the two teams will meet in the semi-finals. He wants to observe the situation of this imaginary opponent.

The training situation of the French team was uneventful, but some useful information could still be found.

For example, Deschamps' speed and coordination are far better than they seem. He and Thuram practice short-distance switchbacks and sprints.

Both crawled to the ground and waited for the whistle to sound.

After the whistle sounded, what was thought to be a one-sided contest turned out to be evenly matched.

Didier Deschamps only lost one position at the finish line, which really surprised Beckham because he didn't seem to have such outstanding explosive power and coordination.

But the fact that he can play as well as a young black player, the French captain still has something.

Gary Neville fell asleep holding the book. The book fell from his hand and hit his face, making an exaggerated scream.

At night, Beckham was woken up by Gary's voice: "You can't do this, Phil has the strength to be selected for the England team, you are looking at people with colored glasses!"

Hey, it seems that Gary was very angry about Phil's defeat, and he scolded Hoddle in his dream.

The next day, England fly to Marseille for their first game in the group on June 6 against Tunisia.

In the evening, Beckham and Gary Neville watched the French channel on time and watched the program "Advance France".

Although the shooting pictures seemed to be happy and harmonious, the pressure on the players' hearts could be felt from the expressions of the players.

The pressure of the hosts playing at home is not a joke, and it can be heard that Jacquet has been giving psychological counseling to the players, which can fully show the psychological pressure of the French players.

Everyone in France believes that this is the best chance for the French team to win the championship, and they don't know where their confidence comes from.

Old John did not mention who will be the final champion of this World Cup. Beckham thinks that the probability of the Brazilian team is higher, and Argentina and the Netherlands are also good.

In the other half of the area, France, Italy, Germany, and England are the four teams most likely to enter the final. The French team's arrangement is very clever, and they successfully avoided the three teams with sharp styles.

Of course, Beckham feels that according to the strength of the England team, it should be no problem to get the first place in the group, and the real contest will start from the knockout stage.

He may not have imagined that his road to the World Cup would be so thorny.

(End of this chapter)