i am beckham

Chapter 571 Bart and Gerrard Redefine "Double Red Club"

England's 4-1 victory over Senegal made it a matter of course to become the biggest favorite to win the World Cup.

Seeing that the popularity of the England team is getting higher and higher, the English media tried to change the topic again.

As professional media people, they are well aware that there is a law in the World Cup called great heat must die.

This is a major rule of the World Cup. Few teams can maintain a bright state all the way.The previous games were too exciting, and it was easy to stumble in the knockout rounds.

This is not only a mental issue, but also a physical issue.

The English media have kept silent about the possibility of the England team in the past two days, and instead discussed the playing time of each team.

When the data comes out, England fans are finally relieved that Beckham, Shearer, and Owen don't have much playing time.

Among the three cores in the midfield and frontcourt, Irving played the least amount of time.The England team was full of top players, and the playing time was not enough for three full games. In the third game of the group stage, they simply rested on the bench.

This is not too comfortable for Irving, who has played twice a week all year round. When he played against Senegal, his condition was obviously better than before. It seems that the rotation is very effective.

Beckham was present every game, but because his teammates were very reliable, he was basically [-]% in the first few games.

On the contrary, veteran Shearer has been clamoring for not enough playing time in order to score goals, and his teammates do not support him enough to attack the top scorer. On the contrary, he is the second best of the three.

Media from all over the world are discussing England's sweep of Senegal. You must know that Senegal is the most eye-catching team in the group stage. They took the defending champion out of the group stage and were hailed as the biggest dark horse in this World Cup.

But when they met the England team, they were led by the nose by the European champions and completely lost their rhythm.

The difference of three goals made everyone realize the horror of the England team. The European championship is not just talk, it is something real.

Compared with the attention England has received, another team is secretly changing history.

In another game on the same day, Ireland drew 1-1 with Spain in regulation time before knocking out the qualifier kings in extra time, with Keane scoring the winner.

Seeing Keane's majestic appearance after the game, Beckham always felt a little uneasy.

He knew Keane well, the guy was just about winning, an unscrupulous devil.

The Spanish team had the advantage in the first half of the game and scored 1 goal.As a result, the Irish players who came out of the locker room seemed to be possessed by the devil, smashing the second half with collisions and fierce tackles.

The Spanish players were obviously not confident enough in overtime, while the Irish players were like a group of psychopaths, madly passing long passes and making set kicks.In the end, a corner kick caused the Spanish team's defensive chaos. Several players hit the goal continuously, and finally knocked on the Spanish team's door forcibly.

Ireland have a lot of determined players, and once such a team reaches the knockout stage, their lethality usually increases significantly.

Assuming England makes it to the final, Germany and Ireland let Beckham choose, he will definitely choose to let history follow the original path.

The reason is simple. The German team without Ballack is certainly less of a threat than the Irish team.
The German team has so many World Cups, and most of the time they are professional players in the semi-finals, but the victory is stable.The Germanic tanks can maintain the baseline level a lot of the time, not like the slow progress of the Italian team, nor the crazy team of the Dutch team.

But their shortcomings are also stable, because their strength can be expected. The German team with Ballack is considered difficult, but it is definitely at a disadvantage in front of the England team.

After the German team lost Ballack, their strength is completely predictable.

It's hard to say for the Irish team. This is a team full of a lot of "villains". The key is that these people's abilities are not bad.

Keane, Irwin and O'Shea are all from the Manchester United team. Needless to say, the strength of these three people.

Robbie Keane, Duff, Holland, Quinn, Staunton, and Shay were all first-tier players in the Premier League at their peak. This team will definitely have the strength to hit the Champions League if they participate in the Premier League.

If the England team is compared to the poor man's version of Manchester United, then the crazy Irish team is very close to Leeds United.

You must know that it is very hard for Manchester United to win Leeds United every time. If the poor version of Manchester United meets the slightly discounted Leeds United, it is really hard to say who will win.

The upper limit of the Irish team is Leeds United, and the lower limit is Cameroon. There are too many uncertainties.

Beckham brought his autobiography to the book, and broadcast the game to Old John whenever he had something to do.When he told Old John about his worries, the other party said calmly: "This worry is not valid. The host will help you eliminate many potential opponents."

Beckham was still a little uncertain, so he followed the whole match between Bangzi and Italian team.

There is one thing to say, it is a bit ill-considered for Bangzi to choose Yidali as his opponent in the knockout round among many opponents.

They thought that the Azzurri team stumbled and looked extremely poor, and they were just a soft persimmon.

The idea is outrageous.

The state of the Italian team is average, but it does not mean that their strength is average.

Among the second-ranked teams in the group, Beckham least wants to touch the Irish team, followed by Italian team.

The Azzurri has a star-studded team, rich experience in competitions, and an outstanding defensive system. When they want to play their lives, most teams can't handle it.

After the "Callgate" incident broke out four years later, a group of players who hoped to use the world championship to win forgiveness took away the World Cup.

For the stick, the Italians have players they can't handle.

First of all, whether it is overall cooperation or personal defense, Bangzi can't handle Vieri.It is true that the Italian center forward's professional attitude has been criticized, but it is also an indisputable fact that he has smashed through Serie A, Premier League, and La Liga over the years.

Another person they can't handle is Italian goalkeeper Buffon. From Beckham's point of view, the 24-year-old Buffon's ability is already comparable to Van der Sar's. The only thing he lacks is the tempering of the competition.

But when it comes to big competitions, the 19-year-old Buffon, as Italy's third goalkeeper, took care of himself in the ice and snow in Moscow, helping the completely passive Italy team to draw with Da Mao and win the playoffs.

Regardless of strength, this kind of psychological quality is no ordinary person.

The three-legged cat kung fu of the frontcourt players in the stick is likely to be blocked by Buffon.

In addition, there are stars such as Totti who is as strong as a cow, Tomasi who can't run to death, and the legendary Maldini. The stick is really not enough to watch.

According to Beckham's vision, Bangzi should be looking for a team that is on par with them. When the game was indistinguishable, the referee suddenly blew the whistle of the soul, and Bangzi sealed his throat with a sword.

In this way, even if the game is controversial, as long as the referee has no problem with whistle-blowing overall, everyone has nothing to say.

After all, it is the host country, and other teams still expect to play in a fair environment?
Don't be ridiculous, the world is inherently unequal.The stick can make the opponent start with 11 players on the field. It is not bad to start the game from 0 to 0. Their brains are not ordinary!
But the Italian team is obviously not something that sticks can handle.The physical fitness they are proud of is completely inferior to the Azzurri. In the case of vastly different strengths, willpower will only make themselves abused worse.

Could it be that Bangzi performed super-level and finally gave the referee a chance to perform?
Beckham watched the game with doubts, but was quickly refreshed by the host.

In the 4th minute, Bangzi took a free kick. Song Zhongguo kicked the ball towards the penalty area. The Italian defender easily made a clearance.

The referee blew his whistle unexpectedly and gave Bangzi a penalty.

All the English players in the conference room were shocked, how could this be a penalty?
If this can be awarded as a penalty, Beckham can score 30 points alone in Manchester United's "Double Red Club" against Liverpool this season.

Beckham saw the face of Moreno, the referee on duty, as if he had committed a crime.

Ahn Jung-hwan's penalty hit the lower left corner of the goal, and Beckham immediately sentenced him to death.

Sure enough, Buffon made a side throw and saved the penalty kick.

Bangzi is so arrogant, they thought they would be sure if they got a penalty kick.

It's a frog in a well!

With the strength of Buffon and Van der Sar, I am afraid they can save one-third of the penalties in training.

The penalty kick kicked by the stick player has no angle and lacks strength. It is not a high-level player at first glance.

This penalty immediately angered the Italian players, and they completely suppressed the hosts in the ensuing game.

In the 18th minute, Totti took a corner kick, Vieri knocked away two stick defenders in the air, and headed the ball cleanly into the goal.

The Italian team took the lead too easily.

But the Italians still underestimated the lower limit of Bangzi. They did not take advantage of the situation to expand the score and gave Bangzi a chance to create a shocking scandal.

Kim Tae-young elbowed Del Piero, Hwang Sun-hong shoveled Zambrotta from behind, Lee Cheon-soo slapped Maldini on the back of the head, and the stick midfielder kicked Gattuso, the referee Moreno still turned a blind eye.

As the head coach of Bangzi, Hiddink was a little bit overwhelmed, but the Bangzi players felt it should be taken for granted.

There is a problem with these people's three views, and the problem is very big!

The Italian team probably didn't expect the hosts to play so brilliantly, and confusion began to appear. Panucci made a mistake when he cleared the siege, and Xue Qiquan missed the score.

Faced with this kind of infernal assist, Buffon has nothing to do, the goal is quite wide after all.

After tying the score, the stick players became more confident, and the referee also began to punch hard.

After the extra time, the referee first sent off Totti, and then made consecutive penalties in favor of the stick.

This scene completely stupefied Italians who like to drink beer and watch operas.

In the 10th minute of overtime, Bangzi beat the Italian team with a header, completing the final step of the scandal.

The bangzi players are like a rainbow, and the bangzi nationals jump up and down. They all firmly believe that their team has defeated a strong enemy by relying on strength, and the winning process is perfect.

Even if the whole world says that Bangzi's victory is the most ridiculous scandal under the deep sea in the football world, 20 years later, Sun Xingmin still insists that Bangzi broke into the top four this year with his tenacious fighting spirit, and everything is perfect.

Shortly after the end of the World Cup, Serie A team Perugia announced the termination of the contract with Ahn Jung-hwan, and stick players caring about Italy are as annoying as mice.

In the following 20 years, only one player has landed in Serie A, and they need to bear the retribution of this shameless act for several years.

But Bangzi never got a moment of reflection. Many years later, Li Tianxiu was asked about kicking Maldini on a variety show. The reason he gave was that he felt that the other party underestimated him. The host immediately expressed his support.

After watching the game, the England players were all indignant. Both Gary and Butt said that if the England team encountered such treatment, they would break the stick's calf.

Beckham joked that the matter of Bangzi was not in a hurry, and now the biggest fear is that Benzi will also play like this and blacken the England team in the quarter-finals.

In the following time, most of the English players were absent-minded. This game had a great impact on them. Most of them chose to play cards, so Phil reaped another wave.

Beckham was not affected too much, he watched the first brother battle in North America with great interest.

The United States met the Mexican team in the first round of the knockout round. The latter has always been the first brother in North America. However, the United States team has also strengthened the strength of the national team with the domestic league in full swing in the past two years.

The two teams played the momentum of the North American derby from the first minute of the game. The Mexican team had a slight advantage, but the American scored the goal first, and then used the team's running ability to keep entangled with the opponent.

In the second half of the game, the Mexicans attacked the defense of the US team like crazy. The latter relied on the team's track and field skills and a few black and hard performances to withstand the opponent's crazy attack, and counterattacked and scored another goal.

It is worth mentioning that this goal came from Donovan's assist.This young genius who was paid by Beckham ran all the way on the left side, assisted his teammates to score the winning goal, and played value again, which was regarded as an embarrassment to Beckham.

Seeing two goals behind and time running out, the Mexican players gradually lost their mentality.

Their captain, Borgetti, first kicked the American player in a header fight, and then gave another header to the opponent's side face, covering up the damage before getting a red card.

The US team finally defeated their opponents 2-0 and advanced to the top 8 of the World Cup.

Compared with Bangzi's disgraceful act, this game is a classic example of the weak defeating the strong.The players from the United States still won the game even though they were not as strong as their opponents and could not handle their opponents with small moves. They are the number one dark horse in the World Cup so far.

Beckham returned to the room and had a chat with Old John. The other party said that the Ecuadorian referee Moreno, who helped Bangzi win, was a big whistleblower. He once gave the home team 12 minutes of stoppage time in a domestic league game. The whistle for the end of the game was not blown until the home team overtook the score.

Moreno’s astonishing deeds are not over yet. This buddy was found to be carrying 8 kilograms of narcotics at the airport 6 years later. He is simply a strange man.

Compared with the ugly eating appearance of the stick, the book is still a good way to steal.

They lost 16 to 8 to the Turkish team in the 0-to-1 game. The referee played normally, and Benzi lost the game based on his strength.

I have to finish the appointment with tears in my eyes.

After a fierce battle, the Brazilian team scored 2 goals in a row at the last moment, defeated the Belgian team 2-0, and advanced to the quarter-finals smoothly.

The England team played against the Belgian team, and the game was won very easily. I did not expect the Brazil team to win so hard.

Beckham just wants to know how they won the World Cup.

So far, all the World Cup quarter-finals have been born, and all the quarter-final matches have also been generated.

England will face Turkey in Shizuoka, Germany will face the United States in Ulsan, Ireland will face Bangzi in Gwangju, and Brazil will face Denmark in Osaka.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second consecutive World Cup in which Brazil has played against Denmark in the quarter-finals.

They beat the Danish team 3-2 with difficulty four years ago, and the latter said that they would smash the Brazilian team to avenge their death four years ago.

Beckham did not expect that after history changed, he would indirectly disgust the Brazilians.

In any case, Brazil's next game will definitely not feel good.

But the England team can't feel much better, and the Turkish team is also a tough nut to crack.

The two teams met in the European Cup two years ago, and the England team was the sufferer of the Turkish team.

This time the Turkish team also claimed to avenge the defeat two years ago. They probably have no ability to avenge, but it is still disgusting to think about it. The Turks will definitely not let the England team win comfortably.

Looking at the distribution of the World Cup's top 8, Europe once again occupies the team's advantage. They have won 8 of the 5 seats, and South America, North America and Asia each occupy 1 seat.

The process of commercialization has changed the pattern of world football. From then on, South America will no longer be able to compete with Europe in terms of the number of top 8 players or the number of championships won.

After 2002, South America has never been involved in the World Cup, and Europe has won all the championships since then.

Asia wanted to fight for 4 places in the World Cup in 5 years, but their poor performance in this competition is hardly convincing.

Saudi Arabia is the team with the most goals conceded in the group stage, ranking at the end of the 32 teams, while the Eastern Powers is the team with the fewest shots in the group stage, completing only 19 shots in total, and did not score any goals.

Bangzi began to abuse the skills of the hosts in the group stage, making the World Cup a mess. Their quarter-final results are like a diploma from Pheasant University, which is not recognized by the world.

Compared with the vitality shown by African football, the impression left by Asian football on the world can be summed up as "terrible".

The match between Bangzi and Italy was made into a special program all over the world.

Everyone kept analyzing the game and came to the conclusion that there is at least a 4-goal gap between Bangzi and Italy.

As the game progressed, anxiety and restlessness permeated the England team.

On the first day I arrived in Shizuoka, when I inspected the room at night, I found that Bart's quilt was filled with pillows.

"These two bastards are out wandering!"

Beckham picked up something casually and threw it at Scholes's quilt, and there was a scream from inside the quilt.

Shocked, Beckham rushed over and lifted the covers, leaving Scholes alone.

okay, it's straight
But Scholes was not too good, he had a big bag on his head.

Beckham touched Bart's bed: "The quilt is already cold, this bastard has been out for more than 15 minutes!"

So Beckham knocked on the room one by one to check people, and finally found that Gerrard was not there.

It's amazing how the Manchester United and Liverpool players sneak out to have fun!

The spread of this incident is simply an insult to the tradition of English football.

What about "Manchester United wants to beat Liverpool, Liverpool wants to beat Manchester United, there is absolutely no other way to go"?

The "Double Red Club" is a war between Manchester United and Liverpool, and these two dogs have actually used their actions to redefine the meaning of the word.

The coaching staff also knew about this. They asked the front desk of the hotel. The two bastards were unfamiliar with the place and the language. Even if they went to Dabaojian, they couldn't tell the market!
The hotel reception staff admitted, somewhat sheepishly, that they had found an English-speaking local guide for the two of them.

Now it's embarrassing, the two bastards have a tour guide, and it's even more powerful.

Luckily the hotel had the tour guide's contact details, and Beckham stood by to watch Keegan call Bart.

Not only does this bastard, Bart, not only know his faults, but also beat Keegan on the phone, which is simply lawless.

Beckham answered the phone, and after calling "Fake", the other party finally stopped talking.

After 45 minutes, Bart and Gerald walked back to the hotel sheepishly.

Beckham asked what they were doing, and replied that they drank beer, ate seafood, and watched the night view.

Listen, is this human?

Two men make an appointment to eat together and enjoy the night view, is it plausible?

It turns out that the "Double Red Club" is a Manchester United player and a Liverpool player dating together during the national team match?
Also, drinking beer and eating seafood, this is the rhythm of death.

In the meeting room, Beckham and the coaching staff sat together to discuss the punishment method for the two people.

According to Ferguson's temper, he will either be fined two weeks' wages or not allowed to play for a month.If you want to play, you can run a half-marathon around the training base before the training session is over.

But now at the critical moment of the World Cup, corporal punishment is not appropriate, and it is not appropriate to punish severely.After all, Bart is Scholes's substitute, and Gerrard is Hargreaves's substitute. If the state goes down, wouldn't it be shooting yourself in the foot.

Although Bart has taken all the blame, it is not appropriate to punish him alone.

After much deliberation, it is more appropriate to fine money, which can not only hurt the two people, but also fill the team's activity fund.

The next morning, Beckham announced the penalty decision before training, and the two were fined 3 pounds each.

Hearing the news, Bart's face twitched, and Gerald, who had a bitter face, seemed even more bitter.

Bart, an old bachelor, still wanted to make a price, and it was Beckham who came forward to get the two of them to pay the fine.

After getting the money, Beckham first gave each team member a bonus of 1000 pounds.

That night, the England team, who had been training hard for a day, enjoyed the sea view of Shizuoka together, and also tasted Shizuoka green tea, eel cakes and cherry blossom shrimps, all funded by the fines of Bart and Gerrard.

On the way back, everyone felt that the green tea in Shizuoka was not as exciting as the tea sent by officials from a certain country.

In front of the English media,

Good and bad things can go a long way, and the story of Butt and Gerrard slipping out for a 'date' became a running joke in English football.

The new definition of "Double Red Club" made Manchester United and Liverpool fans dumbfounded.

The two clubs responded almost at the same time that the behavior of the two players in the England team should be managed by the club, and the club will not impose additional penalties.

The official speeches of the two clubs are roughly translated into adult words: I don't care about them messing around outside, as long as they can support themselves when they get home.

No one expected that this little episode would become a good story many years later.

(End of this chapter)