i am beckham

Chapter 541

On April 4, Manchester United ushered in the Coventry team at home.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next match is the 33rd round of the Premier League. The league leader Manchester United will face the crane tail Coventry at home.

Before the game, Manchester United had an 18-point lead over Arsenal in the standings.

If they can beat Coventry at home, Manchester United will win the league championship five rounds ahead of schedule, and will also win the unprecedented six consecutive Premier League titles.

In the history of England's top league, except for Manchester United, the highest number of consecutive championships of other teams is three times.

Over the past few seasons, Manchester United have been breaking their own records.

Since the establishment of the Premier League, Manchester United has won eight championships in the first nine years, and is a well-deserved Premier League hegemon.

Manchester United only needs to get one more point to win the championship early, and we are very likely to see the birth of the championship. "

On the field, Beckham and Nedved were set up on the bench in the stands, and fans behind him asked him to sign autographs and take photos from time to time.

After a while, Beckham's hands were sore when he signed and signed, and he posed for a photo until his facial muscles became stiff with laughter.

The game started, and the fans around him returned to their seats, and Beckham breathed a sigh of relief.

Nearly 8000 people came to Old Trafford today, basically all the seats were full, and everyone came to participate in the championship celebration.

But it was a bit of a bummer that it was Coventry who scored the first goal.

In the 10th minute, their striker Hartson headed the ball into the goal.

This goal is said to be smashed, it is not too much at all, the strength is as great as using your feet.

In the English professional league, many forwards have better heads than feet. Some people joke that their feet grow on their heads. Hartson is a typical character among them.

Seeing this scene, the old man became unhappy again: "Gary's start is always so slow, just thinking about seeing him in the England team, I don't want to agree to the FA!"

It is no news that the FA invited Ferguson to coach. As the greatest head coach in the English league, the old man coaching the England team is expected.

Even Keegan and Brian Kidd said that if the old man goes to coach, they will fully cooperate.

But whether to go or not, the old man did not give an answer.

Beckham is not in a hurry to know the result. With the character of the old man, he will have to speak out sooner or later.

Only 1 minute after the re-kick-off, Manchester United equalized the score.

Shevchenko received the ball on the edge of the penalty area. The moment he touched the ball, he turned the ball to the right side of his body, and then blasted a world wave before the defender intercepted. The football flew into the goal in a parabola.

1 to 1!Beckham stood up excitedly, so cool!

Playing football and watching football are two completely different states.

There is too much concentration when playing football, and most of the time, there is a touch of joy after the team scores a goal.

As a fan, the main task is to watch the football. After your team scores a goal, your heart is full of joy.

Shevchenko's show didn't end there, as he gave United the lead in the 27th minute, this time with a header over the top.

Seeing Shevchenko scoring goals again and again recently, the old man was very excited. He has always regarded the nuclear warhead as another masterpiece in his coaching career.

But Coventry, which ranks second to last in the league, also continued to score goals. For them, every point is a life-saving point.

In the 33rd minute, Hutson scored again, and the two teams drew 2-2 in the first half.

In the locker room, Ferguson said angrily while chewing gum: "You obviously don't know what today means!
A draw can allow us to win the championship in advance, but we can obviously get a victory, we should not be satisfied with the poor draw.

Let me tell you that the honor of Manchester United is fought out game by game by everyone, and each of you is just a participant.

You won't realize how great this club is until you leave Manchester United one day! "

After the start of the second half, the Manchester United team obviously accelerated the pace of attack. The Coventry team would rather die than follow, and the two teams actually played back and forth.

Until 65 minutes, Manchester United has not been able to score.

Ferguson said blankly: "David, go warm up."

Hearing the old man's words, Beckham immediately stood up from his seat. As soon as Poborski played, Manchester United fell into a hard fight. This buddy is really sad.

In fact, Poborski played very aggressively, but he prefers to cut inside, and only after the breakthrough line is blocked, he will consider crossing.

However, in the frontcourt of the Manchester United team, there are two players who play with their brains, Hesky and Shevchenko. It is a waste of resources not to cross.

Five minutes later, Beckham replaced Poborski with 5 minutes remaining.

As soon as he took the ball, there was a wave of small explosions. He took the ball to the middle alone and kicked it explosively.

This shot is powerful, but the angle is a bit positive, and it was blocked by the Coventry goalkeeper with a volleyball kick.

It can be seen that the Coventry full-back was misfortune by Poboski, so Beckham did it again, this time the long-range shot slipped past the goal, and the audience sighed.

Beckham knocked on his shoes, feeling that his feet were not going well today.

Now is not the time for shooting, he doesn't want to be scolded at the championship celebration.

So after getting the ball again, Beckham kept changing direction in front of the defender, stopped suddenly, flashed out of space and immediately made a pass.

Heskey's shot was saved by the goalkeeper. The opponent played tenaciously today in order to survive.

corner kick!

Beckham stood in front of the corner flagpole, and several tall teammates had already taken their positions.

In the past few days, the Manchester United team has specially practiced similar tactics. Everyone performs their own duties, and there is also a dedicated person who is responsible for blocking the goalkeeper's sight.

Seeing this scene, Beckham suddenly laughed.

He took a corner kick. This time, his teammates cooperated more skillfully. The goalkeeper didn't realize that the corner kick was at the far post until the football reached the top of his head.

This time the goalkeeper stood directly in place and watched the football fly into the goal.

"My God, David copied his goal four days ago, and he can control the ball with such precision."

Seeing Beckham scoring corner kicks in two consecutive games, Manchester United fans held their heads in disbelief.

As in the previous game, the morale of the Coventry team was greatly affected after conceding a goal, and Scholes scored another goal in the 87th minute.

4 is better than 2!

Manchester United congratulated Coventry for winning the Premier League title five rounds ahead of schedule.

"Congratulations Manchester United, congratulations Sir Alex Ferguson, congratulations Sir David Beckham and the rest of the team.

They used their actions to defend the glory of the club and English football, and thank Manchester United for contributing so many excellent players to the England team! "

In Martin Taylor's passionate commentary, the Old Trafford fans have already sang along to the rhythm of the radio.

"Champions, champions, us, us, us!"

"We defended the title again, last year on Merseyside!"

"Last year on Merseyside we defended the Premier League title!"

This part of the melody was borrowed from a British TV series in the 90s, and the lyrics were adapted and used directly.

"Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, run down the wing!"

"Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, run down the wing!"

"To be feared by the Blues and loved by the Reds!"

"Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs"

That song was made by the fans themselves with the names of the players and some catchy melodies.

Everyone put Giggs first, probably because the Welsh winger was young and vigorous, and he always rushed to the forefront when encountering important games.

"Oh, Gary, Gary!"

"Gary, Gary, Gary, Gary Neville!"

"Oh, Phil, Phil!"

"Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil Neville!"

"Dwight, Dwight, Dwight York!"

"When he gets the ball, he scores goals!"

"Andre, Andre, Andre Sheva!"

"Give him the ball and he'll score!"

"You are our David, our only David!"

"You make us happy when the sky is gray!"

"Because he always scores goals when the sky rains down, please don't take our Beckham away!"

"Oh! Roy Keane!"

"He's a demon!"

"He's wearing a devil's top hat!"

"When he first saw Old Trafford, he said: 'I love it here!'"

"Other teams wanted to sign him, but he chose red and white!"

To the hodgepodge of music in the background, Manchester United's players and coaches came out together to collect their medals.

When everyone stood on the podium, Keane raised the trophy high, Beckham raised his hands, and the whole Old Trafford stadium was boiling.

In an instant, countless red and white balloons flew up in the sky, and red ribbons also flew high.

At this time, a plane flew over the Old Trafford Stadium, and the usual slogan was hung on the plane: Congratulations to Manchester United for winning the 15th English top league championship.

Ferguson was all smiles, and he read the slogan on the plane word by word.

Later, he put his arm on Beckham's shoulder: "This time I have decided, I don't intend to get involved in the England team.

Rather than regularly recruiting players from other clubs and then going to play, I prefer to stay with players for a long time and build the team my way. "

Beckham doesn't know what prompted the old man to make a decision, but since he has made up his mind, he can only respect him.

The old man probably didn't say a word. If he didn't lead the England team to win the World Cup a year later, his reputation would definitely decline.

As the new European champions, the England team actually has no advantage over other world powerhouses.

Now that the golden body has been achieved, why bother to do those thankless things.

Even with eight championships in nine years and six consecutive trophies, the Manchester United players are still happy.

Everyone held up the trophy once, and took various group photos with their teammates.

As professional players, everyone knows the cruelty of competitive sports. Maybe you are still standing on the top of the mountain today, and you may fall quickly tomorrow.

There are too many uncontrollable things in life, such as the passage of time, changes in physical function, or the sudden rise of competitors in the same position, which may turn a career turning point.

Once that happens, everything that happens now is likely to become a memory forever.

On the day of winning the championship, Beckham watched Dagenham's game on the broadcast, and their opponent was Hull City.

Drogba returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Dagenham's attack power dropped significantly.

But for Manchester United players to play in the fourth-tier league, it was originally a dimensionality reduction blow.

达根汉姆队在3月的7场比赛中获得了5胜1平1负的成绩，距离榜首的布莱顿队只有2分差距。

Opponent Hull City ranks fifth in the league and has entered the play-off zone.

But they dare not relax at all. England's low-level leagues are more competitive than the Premier League.

So far, the points gap between the top seven teams is not big. If a team can win a wave of consecutive victories, it is possible to get the top two and thus qualify for direct promotion.

The 4th place is only 11 points ahead of the 5th place, and the teams in this range are eligible to qualify for the play-offs.

If you want to see how a professional player fights against fate, the third and fourth leagues in England can definitely be followed for a long time.

Every season, many teams in these two leagues are fighting to change their fortunes.

When people engage in a job, they don't judge whether the job is great or not, but whether the job can support their families.

If a job can't even guarantee a normal life, then you can't stick to it.

For professional players, income is the most practical issue.

In England's third division, the weekly salary of regular main players is about 1000 pounds, and the maximum salary is about 2500 pounds.

Once the team is promoted to the second division, the average player earns between £3000 and £4000.

This income is not out of the civilian class, but there is no problem for one person to support a family.

If you are single, be frugal, and you will be able to buy a house in London with all the money within five years.

Once the players become a member of the League One, they have entered the middle class. The weekly salary of ordinary players can reach 6000 to 8000 pounds, and the top level has broken through 1 pounds.

When the income reaches this level, life can be lived comfortably.

But League One players also have concerns. Once they retire, their income will inevitably drop significantly.

If you don't have enough savings, you have to be frugal in your life after retirement.

In the Premier League, it is not a big problem for ordinary players to get a weekly salary of 2 to 3.

As long as one level is crossed, the income can be greatly increased, which is very attractive to players.

Once the team is promoted, the quality of life will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

Even if they met Dagenham, which is based on Manchester United's youth training, Hull City was not at all afraid. The two teams played wildly, which was really desperate.

Why so hard?
Because below the Premier League, the strength gap between teams in other leagues is not that big, and the gap between League Two and League C teams is basically negligible.

Hull City, Wimbledon and Swansea have all been promoted to the third level in three years, and they have entered the ranks of the Premier League from the third division in one fell swoop.

In the end, Dagenham defeated Hull City 4-3 and successfully climbed to No.1 in the English C standings.

There are ten games left until the end of the season. As long as Dagenham can maintain the momentum, it will not be a problem to double the value next season.

Four days later, Manchester United welcomed Galatsaray at home. In preparation for the game, Ferguson hid Pavel Nedved and David Beckham.

He originally wanted to hide a few more players, but Keane and Gary are game lunatics, and two games a week is no problem for them.

At the beginning of the game, Nedved knocked down the opponent's bald midfielder in the midfield.

The Galatasaray team is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. They launched a high-position press against Manchester United as soon as they came up.

The Manchester United team is obviously not afraid of such tactics, and the game quickly entered a chaotic state that both teams are familiar with.

Both teams have implemented the tactics of fast passing and close pressing, the most obvious is that the tackles are flying all over the sky.

In the 9th minute, Galatasaray tackled Ryan Giggs from behind even though they had lost possession of the ball.

The other side wanted to shake hands with Giggs and get the matter out of the way.

But Giggs was very angry and ignored the opposing players at all. The referee immediately stepped up and showed the Galatasaray players a yellow card.

Once again, when the defender cleared, Giggs moved to the side and stretched his foot across.

The Galatasaray defender kicked Giggs' shoes and rolled on the ground several times with his legs in his arms.

The game has been carried out according to this rhythm, and the first half entered injury time.

Just when everyone thought that the first half was over, an unexpected situation occurred in the game.

Galatasaray goalkeeper Taffarel missed Nedved's shot.

Shevchenko followed up with a supplementary shot, but was thrown down by the goalkeeper.

penalty!

Seeing the referee pointing his finger at the penalty area, the Old Trafford stadium cheered up.

Beckham took the football to the penalty spot. He scored 6 goals and 10 assists in the Champions League this season.

He took a deep breath, ran up immediately after the referee whistled, and hit the ball accurately in the upper left corner of the goal.

1 is better than 0!

This game seems to be not a big problem. The opponent fought too hard in the first half, and his physical fitness declined seriously near the half.

But Galatasaray's nightmare was not over. Two minutes later, Gary organized the opponent's attack with a ferocious tackle, got up and passed the ball to Beckham.

The heartthrob suddenly accelerated after taking the ball, and then took advantage of the opportunity to pass the ball into the penalty area.

Shevchenko grabbed the first point in the penalty area and scored with a shot.

2 is better than 0!

The opponent basically confessed.

None of the teams trailing by two goals at Old Trafford can get away with it these days.

Not long after the start of the second half, Nedved's long-range shot extended the team's lead to 3 goals, and Manchester United settled their opponents at home.

But something happened to Beckham, who, while evading a tackle, landed on a fork and strained his thigh muscle.

The team doctor quickly gave the diagnosis: there is no serious problem, but in order to prevent the thigh muscle from being torn, he must rest for 20 days.

This means that Beckham will miss the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Whether you can enter the finals depends on the performance of your teammates.

四分之一决赛的其他比赛中，利兹联第一回合主场3比0战胜拉科鲁尼亚，第二回合客场0比2输给对手，以3比2的总比分进入半决赛。

In the second half, Bayern defeated Valencia 5-4 in two rounds, and Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid 1-0.

The form of the semi-finals has become the Premier League encirclement and suppression of Bayern. This is the first time that three teams from a league have entered the semi-finals since the establishment of the Champions League.

All countries have expressed that the era of the Premier League has arrived.

(End of this chapter)