i am beckham

Chapter 387 The Wembley Vegetable Field
The road trip to Northern Europe is really scary.

At the end of the game with Sweden, Beckham felt a feeling of being hollowed out.

The physical fitness of the Nordics is really reckless. If the England team and the Swedish team play long passes, they probably won't know how to die.

With the rapid progress of European football, Nordic football has long been developed by leaps and bounds.

The England team was eliminated by the Norwegian team in the World Cup qualifiers in the United States. The physical condition of the Nordic team is more suitable for playing tough football.

Although there is no shortage of tough guys in the UK, they are incomparable with others after all. This is the geographical advantage.

On the day of the game, Gary went back to the hotel and fell asleep. He was almost broken by the Swedish left winger Blomqvist.

The Swede is like a pickup truck running at high speed, opening the way with his body every time he breaks through.Gary's core strength is good, but after all, he is small, and he is a bit overwhelmed after a hand-to-hand fight with the opponent.

It is worth mentioning that Ferguson originally wanted to buy the Swedish left winger before the season, so that he could put some pressure on Giggs.

But since the kid named Robben tried out, the old man made up his mind to cancel the transfer.

He felt that the level of the Swede playing the main force for Manchester United was a bit mysterious, that is, he could rotate with Giggs.

Ferguson is such a person. Once he is skeptical of a player, he decides to abide by the principle of preferring to lack.

The reason is simple. Phil can play this position. I can't say how well he can play, but at least he doesn't pull his hips.

Back at the hotel, Beckham typed a draft while Gary was snoring. The "Sun" asked him to write a draft before the England team set off, and must write something about his experience in Northern Europe.

He casually wrote down his feelings for the past two days, and fell asleep after taking a shower.

The night sky in Stockholm was still bright, but this time it did not affect the sleep of the two of them.

The next morning, the two of them slept until the coaching staff knocked on the door before getting up.

Beckham feels that his body has adapted to Stockholm, but the road trip is over.

Back in London, the England team started a new round of preparations. The second opponent in the qualifiers was Bulgaria.

Facing this opponent, the England coach broke through the dense defense.

Facts proved that Keegan and Brian Kidd overwhelmed Bulgaria's intentions. The English players returned to Wembley Stadium in high spirits, but after only playing for less than 15 minutes, everyone's faces turned ugly.

After Bulgaria made an opening test, it resolutely recovered across the board, leaving only two or three offensive players in the midfield to contain the strength of the England team.

"My God, are the Bulgarians crazy? They put a full-back on the left half and put three muscle sticks in the midfield. What the hell are they trying to do?"

In the studio, Martin Taylor was very angry: "The Bulgarians don't want to win at all. They seem to be playing a defensive game. The two teams are not engaged in a sport at all!"

"It probably goes to some extent that they want to win, if they draw against England and Sweden away and then try to win at home.

Or try to draw with these two teams and get more goal difference on other teams. This is the right way for them to advance. "

Lineker was not influenced by Martin Taylor, and analyzed the Bulgarian's thoughts from a rational perspective as much as possible.

Facts have proved that the Bulgarians are not prepared to learn from the strong and pay expensive tuition fees in front of such a big event every four years.

"Do you believe this yourself?"

Hearing Lineker's reasoning like a formula, Martin Taylor laughed angrily.

Linekerton said for a moment, "It's possible, but I don't believe it either."

On the pitch, the England team surrounded the Bulgarians with three layers inside and three layers outside as they trained in the tactics class, and the football was always transmitted in the opponent's half.

It's a pity that the Bulgarian team's fence was also very stable. Shearer was deeply surrounded and couldn't get the ball at all. Owen ran very actively, but he didn't get a good chance.

The Bulgarian team's formation is active and flexible, and it does not give the England midfielder a chance to perform miracles.

At the end of the halftime game, the score on the court did not change much.

"Guys, we played well, sometimes we can't compete with the score, we have to focus on the moment, not let the emotions dominate.

We had 61 per cent of the ball, they were running non-stop and we must have had a chance in the second half.

Even if there is no goal in the end, the initiative to qualify is still in our hands. "

Brian Kidd's words weren't pretty, but the bigwigs of the team still gave face.

As a technical streamer, Brian Keane is an honest person at first glance.

He said what he thought, never put eye drops on the players, and got the initial approval of the players.

Especially after getting rid of Hoddle, England players understand the importance of character in team work.

The stronger the ability of a person with a bad heart, the greater the potential threat to the team.

If you don't believe me, look at the England team in the World Cup group stage. They were beaten three times by Romania in half the game. This is where Hoddle's power lies.

In the second half, the England team replaced Owen with Husky, which increased the air supremacy. The Bulgarian team's defense gradually tightened, but they still used crowd tactics to keep the goal clean.

Beckham doesn't have many opportunities to get in touch with Eastern European football. His intuitive impressions are Volga Rotor, Romania, Dynamo Kiev and Poborski.

The biggest impression given to him by players from these countries is that they are bloody and tough, and the same is true of the current Bulgarian team.

With Stoichkov, Kostadinov, Balakov and other star players fading out of the national team, it took only four years for the Bulgarian team to slip from the semi-finals of the World Cup to the second-tier European team.

But this does not mean that they are vulnerable. Bulgaria's overall strength is still online, the teamwork is smooth, and the players have high morale.

The left side of the Bulgarian team simply gave up attacking, and the two players put all their energy into fighting with Beckham, which made him often have no room to turn around after receiving the ball, let alone cross.

What he can do now is to attract the attention of the defenders and try to create a better output environment for his teammates with one kick.

In the 60th minute, Beckham suddenly tripped over a pit on the lawn while taking the ball near the sideline.

"Get up, your legs will be weak after only one hour of kicking!"

A grumpy old man yelled not far away, while Beckham looked at the pit on the field thoughtfully.

The stadium maintenance staff seemed to be fishing, only repairing the main part of the field, leaving out several places near the touchline. Southgate was almost caught in the first half.
Wait, Beckham seems to have some ideas, but this kind of opportunity can only be met but not sought, it can only be relied on luck.

It doesn't matter, anyway, at this stage, as long as you can win, you can try all the methods allowed by the rules.

So in the next game, when the Bulgarian left back took the ball, Beckham no longer refused to give up an inch, but deliberately left the left side free for the opponent to gallop.

After the Bulgarian left-back had a sweet taste, he kept trying to break through, and the results were good, successfully delaying the England team's attack.

In the 73rd minute, after the Bulgarian left-back held the ball, he saw Beckham, who was "without waist and legs", and immediately chose to break through.

He prides himself on being able to drag a physical heartthrob to the point of failure.

Beckham pushed him to the wing this time, but he still couldn't keep up with him.

The Bulgarian left-back was elated and rushed forward.

Just when he thought he was on his way to a world-class left-back, he suddenly lost his balance.

The fall of the Bulgarian left back made his teammates unable to do so, and there were no defenders within 5 meters of Beckham.

He took a step forward, and then kicked decisively. The football drew a strange arc in the air. The goalkeeper struck again and found that he couldn't reach it halfway. He watched Shearer head the ball into the goal.

1 is better than 0!

The emotions of the Bulgarians collapsed instantly. Some still wanted to defend, while others wanted to attack. Many players' minds went blank.

In the 79th minute, Paul Ince counter-robbed the absent-minded Bulgarian player in the frontcourt and quickly passed the ball to Beckham.

Beckham pretended to make a pass, and the defender was affected by the goal just now, subconsciously stood on tiptoe, and was swayed away.

The Bulgarian defense was in disarray, allowing Beckham to break into the box.

Just when the defensive players were guessing the route of Beckham's pass, England's assist leader suddenly volleyed and caught his opponent by surprise.

2 is better than 0!

A mistake ruined a game, and the England team beat their opponents at home with difficulty, ranking first in Group E with 6 points from two games.

Back in the locker room, Gary Neville suddenly said with emotion: "Now the game is getting more and more difficult to play. For the first time, I think the vegetable field at Wembley is not bad."

(End of this chapter)