i am beckham

Chapter 558 The eve of the injury incident
With the win over Bolton, Beckham came home early and turned on the TV.

In the evening, the World Cup draw ceremony will be broadcast live. This is a moment to witness history. The fate of the 32 World Cup participating teams will be announced tonight.

In a large-scale tournament like the World Cup, luck often plays a vital role.

How far a team can go is not entirely determined by strength.Given the intensity of the competition, an easy schedule usually guarantees a team going to the end.

Although Beckham has already learned about all aspects of this competition from John Sr., he still couldn't help being in front of the TV to appreciate the original appearance of the draw ceremony.

Among the 32 seats in this World Cup, Europe occupies 15 seats, accounting for almost half of the country.

Both South America and Africa occupy five seats, of which South America has 4.5 places, Oceania has one place, and the two continents need to conduct a play-off to determine a place for participation.

So the Uruguayan team defeated the Australian team without any dispute, and South America is equal to 0.5 places in Oceania.

Judging from the number of entries, there are only 5 places in South America. It seems that the treatment is similar to that of Africa, but in fact they have taken advantage of it.

There were only 10 participating teams in the South American qualifiers, and finally got 5 places, and the acceptance rate reached 50%, which is simply a paradise for the qualifiers.

This shows how high the influence of CONMEBOL in FIFA is.Over the years, FIFA has been advocating more places for Asia and Africa to participate. As a result, the admission rate in Africa is only 20%, and it is hard to say anything in Asia.

As the most populous continent in the world, Asia has won 4 participation places, which seems to be 0.5 more than France World Cup.

But after careful study, it turns out that's not the case at all.

Benzi and Bangzi took up two places, and in fact there were only two participating seats. For a continent with many countries and more than 2 participating countries and regions, the actual admission rate is less than 40%.

It can only be said that food is the original sin.

In contrast, Europe, which has 50 teams participating in the qualifiers, finally got 15 places to participate, and the acceptance rate is nearly 30%, which is also acceptable.

If Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, Moldova, Faroe Islands and Cyprus are removed, the admission rate of 42 out of 15 is justified.

World Cup quota allocation is a competition for the overall strength of the continents. Asian teams only won one game in the World Cup in France, and all four teams failed in the group stage.

Although Africa is poor, people say that every tournament has a team that enters the top 16. The Nigerian team also won the men's football gold medal in the Atlanta Olympics.Asia really can only use its own population and market as an excuse, licking its face and asking for a place.

The draw ceremony of the World Cup was held at Bangzi, and Bangzi inserted a large number of promotional videos and cultural performances of the host country into the draw ceremony.

There are a total of five performances, all of which are sticks, without the slightest taste of a book.

It is said that the organizing committee of Benzi has repeatedly asked Bangzi to add a cultural performance of Benzi, but Bangzi's answer has always been "the process has not been finalized, just wait."

As a result, Bangzi did not announce the procedure of the ceremony until two weeks before the lottery ceremony. When Benzi saw that none of the programs were assigned, he immediately protested to Bangzi.

Bangzi's answer was bright again: "Time is too tight, and if we change it again, there may be troubles, and it will be difficult for us, let's understand each other."

Bangzi was decisive, but Benzi stared blankly.

It is extremely reckless for FIFA to give the right to host the World Cup to these two Asian countries that like to play tricks the most.The two countries have been competing with each other since they got the right to host the World Cup. In the World Cup, it opened the eyes of the whole world. Everyone found that the referee was also an athlete.

The live broadcast started, and Beckham adjusted his sitting posture and expression. Musk, Lloyd, Hathaway, the Neville brothers, Scholes and Bart were all at home.

He had to put on an upright look, and then show off his acting skills.

The camera enters the entrance of the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Haeundae District, Busan, and the first thing that catches the eye is the Bangzi Promotion Hall.

When the live footage enters the comprehensive hall, you can see huge posters of the 10 host cities of Bangzi and various traditional handicrafts of Bangzi everywhere. There is a book exhibition hall in the innermost part of the hall.

Just when the live broadcast camera entered the exhibition hall of Benzi, the camera suddenly accelerated, leaving only a few seconds for the exhibition hall of Benzi, and then switched to the scene of the lottery ceremony at the speed of light.

In the solemn and holy music created by a burst of stick elements and worship music, Song Hye Kyo was the first to enter the venue, wearing ethnic costumes.

Seeing Song Hye Kyo, Gary immediately said "wow". These few months were the most leisurely months in his life. At first he watched the game at home, and when he got tired of watching the game, he watched "Blue Life and Death" by mistake.

After watching this drama, Gary felt astonished. Why can a TV series be so bloody?

This bloody drama that combines the wrong child, car accident, fancy emotional entanglement, and cancer makes Gary sigh with Bangzi's brain hole: "Are they hell?"

This TV series made Gary scream bloody, but what he couldn't stand the most was that the heroine who played the boy was so cute, but after eight years, he became fleshy, and his appearance was not bad, but he seemed to be shorter than when he was a child. This is far from the big picture!
But after watching this stinky and long TV series, Gary's favorability for Song Hye Kyo has increased a lot.

After that, Pele, the king of the ball, entered the field and stood next to Song Hye Kyo. He was not much taller than Song Hye Kyo. Beckham felt that the temple in Gary's heart had collapsed.

Even if someone wears high heels, why are you about the same height as him?
The draw ceremony was presided over by FIFA Secretary-General Rufinan. According to the rules of the world, the defending champion France team was automatically assigned to Group A.

Song Hye Kyo kept taking out red balls from the container of the first team, and the seeded teams fell into 8 groups in turn.

The England team was drawn into Group F. The Three Lions have become a veritable world-class team in this world. The favorite to win the championship, Argentina, is also strong, but because of their mediocre results in recent competitions, they were placed in the second tier.

Many people have some criticisms about Argentina entering the third gear, but Beckham knows in his heart that this is probably the inertia of fate.

In addition to Song Hye Kyo, many famous football players attended the draw ceremony. They took the ball in the container they were in charge of and spun it around twice, and then gave it to Lu Feinan, who announced the result.

Live broadcast commentators gasped in disbelief as England drew in a group with Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria.

"This must be the group of death of this World Cup!"

Many people did not expect that such a strong four teams were divided into one group.The fateful principle that old enemies can always meet in the competition once again took effect.

The England team met the German team in the European Cup and the Argentina team in the World Cup. I feel that this is the script written by FIFA.

The grievances and grievances of this group are more than 01:30. England and Argentina have had many grievances and grievances in the World Cup, and the two countries did not deal with each other. This is definitely a highlight of the World Cup.

The England team has never had many ways to play the Nordic team before, and the Swedish team has solidly filled the block for the Three Lions.

The Nigerian team had dramatically defeated Argentina in the final of the Atlanta Olympic Games. Six years later, the participating players at that time have become the mainstay of the two countries. This is the rhythm to continue the leading edge!
In the process of drawing lots, Beckham unreservedly demonstrated the skills he learned in Hollywood.His surprise was mixed with anger, and with a little helplessness, he smiled calmly and implicitly expressed his worries about the future.

After this set of dramas was performed, people around them seemed to see the hero of the story being restless and strong in the torrent of the times, brave in uncertainty, and embarking on the journey of the World Cup in determination.

Many years later, both Musk and Gary wrote what they saw on this day in their autobiographies.

Musk: "Whenever someone asks me to describe David in an interview, I can't help but think of the night of the 02 World Cup draw ceremony. That day David was watching the draw ceremony while meditating. When he learned that the England team was drawn into the death group, the uncertainty and determination in his eyes are still unforgettable to me.

He saw the difference between him and the players. Several England players were caught up in their emotions, but David seemed calm.

This is the expression that often appears on his face. An extraordinary person also has uncertain times, but he can always understand the environment he is in and his position in the matter.

I saw in David's face a look of detachment from success and failure, something I slowly learned over the years. "

Gary: "When it comes to the World Cup, many people will start with the qualifiers. But that year's World Cup started with the draw ceremony. I have never had the anxiety of qualifying in my career.

I was at David’s house that day, along with his family, our teammates and Musk.That's right, that crazy guy!
When Rufinan put Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria in the same group as England, Nicky and Paul looked uneasy, thinking England were in big trouble.

And I don't think so, these teams are not idle, but I'm not afraid of them.As long as we want to win the championship, we have to kill them sooner or later, it's that simple.

I was recovering from the injury and scored an own goal in my first game back, but so what?

That night, I could clearly feel the courage that was born inside me.Glad that David shares my feelings, we are as fearless as Brooklyn, who is less than 1 year old. "

From Gary's autobiography, we can see that when people express their subjective emotions, they always deliberately beautify themselves.

In fact, on this day, Gary was like a headless fly, cursing and not being in a good mood until he went home.

As in another world draw, France drew Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark.The script for the defending champions and the Brazilian team was basically the same four years ago.

Group B: Spain are grouped with Slovenia, Paraguay and South Africa, and the Matadors' group is really easy.

Group C: Brazil is in a group with Turkey, China and Costa Rica, and the group stage is basically not difficult.

Group D: Bangzi with Poland, the United States and Portugal, this is already the best group they can get.

Group E: With Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ireland and Cameroon in the same group, Beckham finds England's first few group seeds really comfortable.

Group G: Italy, Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico are grouped together. This group is not very friendly to the seeded teams. The other three teams are not good men and women.

Group H: Benzi is in the same group as Belgium, Russia, and Tunisia. They basically wrote the script for themselves to be number one in the group.

Interestingly, after the end of the World Cup group stage, the teams that have advanced to the top 16 will draw another lottery to determine the group they will face.

This is tantamount to clearly telling everyone that the host mainly challenges opponents with 16 goals.It's not a flop, but let the other [-] teams stand in a row with heavy makeup, and whoever has single eyelids and big bellies can choose whoever they want.

Later, Bangzi was the second in the group. They didn’t dare to choose Spain, Brazil, England, or compete with the Germans. Later, they chose the latter between Senegal and Italy. I don’t know why.

The book picks Turkey, which is five big and three thick, but picking opponents is like betting on stones. They originally wanted to pick stones, but they didn't expect to open the green emerald, and then blinded the titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

The World Cup draw ceremony is over, and the whole world is predicting who will be the champion.With the host as the demon, everyone can't analyze the context of the next match, and can only analyze according to the current strength of each team.

Everyone agrees that the championship will be produced between France, England, Brazil, Italy, Argentina and Spain. The other teams are almost meaningless at present.

The England team is hailed as the second favorite of the championship, only after France, but also beat Argentina and Brazil.

Time is still moving forward, Manchester United ushered in two big victories in the league, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored another hat-trick, and Solskjaer scored twice after his rotation, forming a competitive relationship with Shevchenko.

The Champions League group stage started, Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal helped Manchester United beat Nantes in the third round, and tied with Bayern in the group.

The Dutch striker scored another key goal in the next league, helping Manchester United beat Villa 1-0.

Three days later, Manchester United beat Nantes 5-1 at home, qualifying for the group stage two rounds ahead of schedule.

Beckham scored 1 goal and sent [-] assists to Solskjaer and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Probably due to the impact of Drogba and Kaka, Manchester United's three strikers have ushered in a small explosion this season, and the three have swept most of Manchester United's goals.

With such a strong teammate, Beckham is basically giving assists now. His assists have reached 37 times, and he has a very comfortable life with a good striker.

In the few weeks after the draw, the entire world football world was very impetuous, and it was difficult for many players to restrain the feeling that the World Cup was coming.

Beckham doesn't feel too much, he feels that the current game is played without pressure.In order to fight for the starting position of the current teammates, the eyes of the main players are all red, and the eyes of the substitutes are all green.

Once there is a group confrontation, the scene is really scary, people turn their backs on their backs, and punch to the flesh, making the old man a little afraid to engage in training matches, for fear that someone will break his leg.
This is a virtuous circle of giants, the more champions, the more energetic the players who come.Only a team like Manchester United, which plays more than 70 games a year, can support a first team with a size of more than 30 people.

Today, when the commercialization of football is gradually maturing, failing to enter the Champions League for three consecutive seasons can abolish a giant.

If you can't make it to the Champions League in the third year, all the good players will run away. The reality is so cruel.

Manchester United and Tottenham meet at Wembley Stadium on the last day of February.

The Tottenham team has been poor in the past two seasons. There are 13 players over the age of 30 in the team. Last season, they ranked 13th in the league.

At the end of last season, Tottenham captain and England's main central defender joined Arsenal for free, which is tantamount to giving the club a sap.

It has to be said that Hoddle is still a bit clever. When the club did not pay for players, he focused all his energy on the League Cup and used the main lineup to reach the final all the way.

Inspired by their performance in the League Cup, Tottenham's performance in the league has also improved and they have already entered the top ten.

Hoddle not only gained a firm foothold in Tottenham, but also dared to yell with Ferguson before the final.

Before the game, the media were discussing whether to let young players play in the cup final.

In the face of the championship, everyone is very conservative, and many people think that the championship should not be missed.

But Ferguson is very relaxed. He said in the season that since the young players have reached the finals by themselves, let them play in the finals, and the main players will serve as substitutes for them.

The same situation was encountered once three years ago, when Manchester United, which played with young players and substitutes, lost to the all-main Arsenal team, but Ferguson's move was supported by the locker room.

By the way, the lineup is not without changes. Gary, who played a total of 7 times this season, entered the starting lineup and also wore the captain's armband.

Berg moved to Blackburn in the winter window, and the cup team's defense was short of manpower, which happened to give Gary a chance.

It stands to reason that this position should have belonged to Brown, but because Gary was injured, the positions of the two people were switched.

Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nedved, Stam and Van der Sar are all sitting on the bench. This is probably the most luxurious main lineup in the history of professional football.

There are also many old acquaintances on the Tottenham team. Sheringham, Ferdinand, Anderton and Zieger are all on the court.

At the beginning of the game, Tottenham kept throwing long passes into the penalty area, trying to use Sheringham to bring down O'Shea.

However, after three or four rounds of confrontation, the Irish teenager did not lose the wind in front of the former England center.

Sheringham, who is about to turn 36 years old, has lost a lot of jumping ability, and the explosive power of Ferdinand next to him is also greatly reduced. O'Shea, who has already experienced hard battles, has no problem, and the old central defender Johansen is also very stable.

The 26-year-old Gary seems to have become a big man on the field, and he has been directing the defense on the field, which feels a bit like that.

Tottenham's offense in the frontcourt was disadvantageous, while Manchester United gradually gained possession.

In the 25th minute, Robben and Scholes crossed positions and ran up from the middle alone, almost breaking into the penalty area.

This buddy ran to a dead end and gave the ball to Scholes because he really didn't have a shooting angle.

Ginger head took the ball and immediately hit the middle, Kaka ran out of the penalty area, adjusted with the ball and immediately shot from a long distance.

The football hit the bottom right corner of the goal, 1 to 0!

Beckham and Nedved gave a high-five on the bench. Kaka's long shot was very concealed. He kicked the ball without a big move forward. The angle was tricky and the speed was not bad. I didn't expect this kid to be so ruthless.

Tottenham leveled the score on 33 minutes, Chieg hit a high-quality long-range shot from the left.

The Tottenham team celebrated wildly, and Gary pointed at his nose and scolded Robben: "As long as you can't learn to defend hard, you will never be able to play the main force!"

Robben walked back to the midfield in such a resentment, the defense obviously put in a lot of effort for the rest of the time.

Gary scolded Robben and O'Shea at the same time, and he paid back all the scolding he suffered back then.

But I have to say, it works.

The two sides have been stalemate until the 69th minute. After Scholes received the ball at the front of the penalty area, he jumped up and passed the ball into the penalty area with his heels. Drogba scored angrily.

2 is better than 1!

Drogba celebrated wildly after scoring, and other players jumped on him.

Beckham immediately remembered the feeling of winning the league championship for the first time, full of memories.

In the 79th minute, Robinho suffered leg cramps, and Ferguson replaced him with Beckham, and then let Robben play left midfielder.

The lagging Tottenham team put all their eggs in one basket and played a long pass roughly.

O'Shea, who is 1 meters tall, handled it very calmly, and he didn't look like a 92-year-old young man at all.

In the 85th minute, the Tottenham team, which was pressing across the board, was intercepted in the frontcourt. Phil made a long pass to the right, and Beckham rushed to the penalty area in a few steps.

So Beckham began to ride a bicycle on the spot, which is a pure Brazilian bicycle learned from Robinho.

Taking advantage of the moment Zieg's left foot hit the ground, Beckham suddenly stepped down.The German left-back followed up alertly.

So Beckham made a gesture to drill his crotch, took advantage of the moment when the opponent's legs were aligned, cut into the penalty area, and then passed the ball into the penalty area with his left foot. Drogba smashed the ball into the goal while running at high speed.

3 is better than 1!

Manchester United won the fourth trophy of the season, the first three being the Charity Shield, the European Super Cup and the Toyota Cup.

This year the old man is going to attack across the board, so he is very careful when counting the champions, even including the Charity Shield.

At the awards ceremony, Beckham gave Gary the chance to lift the trophy.

The most loyal fighters of the Manchester United team screamed and held up the trophy, and the young people of the Manchester United team quickly stepped onto the stage of history. The speed was so fast that the whole of England was unexpected.

Drogba, Kaka, Robben, Robinho, Cole, O'Shea and Brown became members of the "01 class". This group of players will become the mainstay of Manchester United's 3.0 version.

The League Cup has injected a lot of vitality into the young players. Manchester United played 3 games throughout March and has maintained the intensity of double matches every week, but everyone feels very relaxed.

Manchester United has 2 wins and 2 draws in the league. The main team played 2 games. They beat Tottenham and Sunderland. They scored a total of 9 goals in the two games.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester United and Bayern scored a goalless draw at home, and then defeated Boavista 3-0 to advance to the knockout round with the first place in the group.

The cup lineup defeated Blackburn and Everton with difficulty successively, and advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

In the semi-final, Manchester United drew their old enemy Arsenal, and in the other semi-final, Chelsea played against Fulham.

At the end of this month, the main lineup played a total of four games, and the other games were mixed lineups.

Many main players are used to playing 6 to 7 games a month, and after playing one game a week, they still clamored that they didn't play well.

People are so cheap sometimes!

On April 4, Manchester United came to the Riazor Stadium. Irueta threatened to end Manchester United's consecutive championships before the game.

Ferguson warned the other party that they should remain in awe of Manchester United, give up their illusions, and move on.

At the end of the second stage of the group, Manchester United, Liverpool and Leeds United once again reached the semi-finals. Arsenal was out of the death group with a gap of 3 points.

The other three quarter-final matches are Barcelona against Leeds United, Liverpool against Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid against Bayern.

At the beginning of the game, Deportivo's offensive was very fierce. They wanted to use their home advantage to win Manchester United and take advantage of this round of confrontation.

But haste makes waste. Manchester United has no weaknesses at all, and the depth of the bench is amazing. Depor's offense today is just that.

In the 15th minute, Deportivo made a pass in the midfield, and Keane and Nedved suddenly surrounded Deportivo's core Belleron.

Nedved immediately passed the ball to Beckham, and Beckham immediately dribbled the ball forward, played a one-two with Ruud van Nistelrooy, entered the penalty area in an instant, and then scored decisively.

1 is better than 0!

Manchester United led by 15 goal in 1 minutes. Deportivo was beaten and Manchester United completely took the initiative.

In the 41st minute, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored another goal after receiving a corner kick from Beckham. Manchester United basically declared the series in the first half.

Throughout the world of football, no team can achieve a comeback against Manchester United when they are two goals behind.

In the second half, the two teams fought more and more. Keane was injured in the 46th minute and Deportivo made three consecutive substitutions to no avail.

In the 87th minute, Deportivo replaced Argentine player Duscher. This substitution aroused Beckham's vigilance.

According to the information provided by Old John, it was this guy who broke his right foot before the World Cup, and Beckham began to play cautiously.

In the 90th minute, Ferguson took a sigh of relief when he replaced him with Poborski.

Manchester United finally defeated Deportivo Deportivo 2-0 in the away game, and this round of duel fully grasped the opportunity.

In the other three games, Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at home, Leeds United beat Barcelona 1-0, and Bayern beat Real Madrid 2-1. Seeing that the Champions League will form a situation where the top three in the Premier League will besiege Bayern.

For the next week, Beckham kept worrying about things, such as not eating well, not sleeping soundly.

A week later, Manchester United ushered in Deportivo at home.

Ferguson called Beckham out of the locker room and asked with concern: "David, you don't look right this week. It reminds me of the day you were loaned to Preston."

The more important the matter, the more tactful the question was. The old man couldn't make up his mind, so he didn't dare to ask rashly.

He was afraid that Beckham would be the next superstar to go to the Bernabeu in Real Madrid's superstar policy.

Beckham whispered close to Ferguson's ear: "I got news that there is someone in Deportivo who wants to abolish me, and that person is probably Duscher."

Ferguson thought for a while and said, "You go on the court, but try not to dribble the ball. I will help you find a way."

Beckham has no objection, if he dare not go up because of this kind of thing, where is the face?Where is the status of the rivers and lakes?
As a football player, as long as Beckham pays attention, it is difficult for the not-so-bright Fisher to hurt him.

When everyone walked into the player tunnel, Ferguson left Gary alone, and the two chatted for nearly 5 minutes in the locker room.

When he walked out of the locker room again, Gary Neville's eyes were full of sternness.

　In yesterday's chapter, when I wrote about Ronaldo's worth, my eyes were blurred.I said why is it so expensive to be 13 years old, but it’s a bit cheaper to remove Wan, haha!

　　
　
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