i am beckham

Chapter 381

The first Champions League group game was a new awareness for many players in the Manchester United and Barcelona teams.

Barcelona can be regarded as the purely technical team that Manchester United has encountered in a major game for the first time in these years.

It was the first time for many players in the Manchester United team to meet an opponent like Barcelona who only had skilled players. From the beginning to the end of the game, the two teams were playing according to their own habits, and everyone was not very comfortable.

After the opening of Barcelona, ​​several Brazilian players used continuous local small cooperation and personal breakthroughs to penetrate Manchester United's defense, and it was the first time for Barcelona to encounter such a team that made long passes without disagreement, and was so accurate.

The styles of the two teams have never matched, but the styles of the two coaches have matched.

Ferguson and Van Gaal are both people with strict coaching styles, unwilling to admit defeat, and even unwilling to suffer a little loss.

When these two people meet together, neither of them is willing to show weakness. Every time they encounter disputes and penalties, they have to go to the fourth official to debate logically.

At the press conference, Van Gaal took the initiative to take responsibility for the loss: "I am responsible for the loss today. I didn't expect their offensive and defensive transition speed to be so fast."

But when a reporter asked the Dutch coach to evaluate the opponent, Van Gaal changed his previous generosity and said: "I think the opponent's way of playing is too rough. They made many tackles that may hurt people."

When the reporter brought Van Gaal's answer to Ferguson, the Manchester United coach said with a chuckle: "I just want to tell him that it is not their football that is called football, but our football is also football.

Football is a man's sport, and injuries are unavoidable during the game.If you are afraid of suffering, if you are afraid of being tired, you should not play football at all.

The stronger a selfish, lazy player is, the more damage he does to the team. "

Although neither of the two head coaches accepts the other, they will seize every opportunity to attack each other, but both of them have good evaluations of each other.

"Mr. Alex is a head coach who understands football very well. His team's achievements over the years are the best proof."

"Luiz's ability to work is worthy of recognition. Whatever the result of this game, it will not affect his achievements in the field of football."

Both managers are tough, but they don't intend to take the controversy off the field.

Everyone is willing to eat the melons of the two head coaches, but the media are more interested in the fight between the two than the bickering between the two.

This game is a standard technical style of play against the evolved version of English football. Many Europeans have a prejudice against English football. Everyone thinks that English football is a cross from the wing without thinking, counterattacking the ball to the front court first, and hanging at a 45-degree angle.

If they really encounter such a team, Barcelona may be able to play their opponents until they can't take care of themselves, and if they want to delay their defense with fouls, they will have to risk a card.

But they didn't expect Manchester United's long pass to be so accurate that it could tear apart the opponent's defense with one kick. It felt a bit scary.

Manchester United's victory over Real Madrid last season did not dispel the established image of them, because there is no rule that English football cannot lift the Champions League.

Since the Danish team can win the European Cup, why can't Manchester United win the Champions League once?
Later, the Greek team could still win the European Cup once. Are they a strong team?
It wasn't before, maybe it will be in the future, but we must respond to doubts with performance.

Manchester United's victory over Barcelona made people clearly see how powerful they are. The combination of a great club, a great coach and excellent players cannot be a bunch of idiots.

Manchester United easily broke through the opponent's central defense many times, making Van Gaal's carefully prepared midfield combination look like a shorty and two Brazilian punks.

In the "Essence of Champions" that day, Alan Hansen repeatedly replayed Barcelona's recent performance in La Liga.

It can be clearly seen from the game that Barcelona's players have a clear division of labor and a tight organization. Their biggest feature in the game is that they form a local numerical advantage, delaying the choice of the player with the ball, and other players to intercept the opponent's passing line.

In La Liga, Barcelona's high-position press has repeatedly worked. The central and frontcourt players can often organize the wall on the spot, directly intercept the opponent's offensive and defensive transition, and complete the offensive and defensive transition again, catching the opponent by surprise.

The program returns to the just-concluded Champions League group match. The screen shows that Manchester United players can always make large-scale lateral transfers when Barcelona are just about to form an encirclement.

There are many shots of Beckham in the game highlights, and the pass line of the heartthrob almost covers the entire stadium, making it hard to guard against.

Once he moved in the midfield, Barcelona's midfield combination looked like paper.

In fact, other teams do not know how to break Barcelona's pressing, but they do not have a pass master who can transfer the ball accurately.

Maybe many players performed well on the training ground, but they made mistakes from time to time during the game, which ruined the team's good situation.

Many European media also lavishly praised Beckham's performance. They all felt that the heartthrob was a boutique player that was mistakenly produced in the English football production line.

If England's wingers have this kind of passing ability, then the status of English football in the world will still be very strong.

This season, Beckham played 4 times in the league, sent 3 goals and 4 assists, played 1 time in the Champions League, and sent [-] assist, still continuing the rhythm of the continuous increase in the number of goals and assists.

Such a wide player is the most troublesome. If he is given a certain distance, he can send excellent quality crosses without adjustment.

If he gets too close, he will break through immediately. Most defensive players cannot complete the defense against Beckham alone, which is very unsolvable.

Many people believe that Barcelona can allow Manchester United to adapt to the confrontation with technical teams to the greatest extent. As the Champions League champions last season, they will compete with the South American Libertadores Cup champion Vasco da Gama for the Toyota Cup this season.

This game is considered to be a battleground between Europe and the Americas, and the participating teams take it as the greatest honor to win the championship this season.

The Brazilian team will only be more technical and more agile than Barcelona.

At that time, the two teams will let the world see whether the samba dance is effective or the long pass is durable.

The game between Manchester United and Barcelona was a feast for the fans, and the other games were not bad.

In Group A, Porto and Ajax were drawn respectively. In Group B, Juventus and Galatasaray drew 2-2 at home. Many Italian media are worried that the Bianconeri will be eliminated in the group stage for two consecutive seasons.

As we all know, Turkey's home court in Istanbul can be regarded as one of the top ten hell home courts in the world. Once they can't handle other games well, a slight mistake in Turkey is likely to lose their qualifications.

In Group C, Real Madrid defeated Inter Milan, and the aliens had no chance to perform in the game.

Bayern in Group D was not left out. They lost to the Danish Brondby team in the first round away, which can be described as a bad start.

Before the game, Brondby was originally the meat ticket of the other three teams, and they could get it when it expired. Everyone thought that the result of qualifying for the group would depend on the confrontation between the top three. Unexpectedly, the Danish champion was in such a good state and defeated Bayern 2-1 at home.

Arsenal in Group E did not usher in a good start. They drew 1-1 with Lens in the away game. Wenger's team continued the record of draws. They have created 6 consecutive draws in all competitions this season. How embarrassing.

The results of Group F are relatively in line with the public's perception. The new Bundesliga champion Kaiserslautern defeated the Portuguese powerhouse Benfica 1-0, and Eindhoven defeated Helsinki 2-1.

At the end of the first round of the Champions League group, Ferguson did not give everyone a chance to breathe, and everyone quickly entered the state of preparation for the "Double Red Club".

As we all know, Ferguson has great expectations for this season. He is no longer satisfied with one or two championships, but wants to give it a go and attack on multiple sides.

If you want to dominate the European war, you have to take the flag of Liverpool. A season without defeating Liverpool is incomplete.

Only by going to the battlefield with the heads of Liverpool people on the battlefield can the Red Devils be full of spirit.

So Ferguson issued a must-win order before the game.

(End of this chapter)