i am beckham

Chapter 415
Facing the weak Inter Milan, Ferguson changed the practice of bragging between the head coaches before the war, and pointed out in front of the media that he wanted to wrestle with Manchester United, and the weight of this opponent was not enough.

The Manchester United coach's speech did not cause an uproar in the football world. The English media were generally very restrained, and everyone believed that there was nothing wrong with Ferguson's words.

It's not that the English media is rampant, the problem lies with the opponents.

It is true that Inter Milan almost overthrew Juventus in the league last season, but the team did not rise to the challenge after losing the championship, because Moratti started the "buy, buy, buy" mode in the new season, which almost made the team "renew".

Sometimes it is not a good thing for a club to update players too frequently, and it may even take a few years for a mature team to be polished.

But Moratti didn't care about this. In order to allow the club to quickly improve its strength, he sent away some players in the summer, but bought more players.

The chairman of Inter Milan added the aging Baggio to his club, and also bought Pirlo, Ventola, Sylvester and other players who have potential but are difficult to take the lead in a short time.

What's more interesting is that he bought the 18-year-old goalkeeper Frey from Ligue [-]. This young man is very expensive and does not have the ability to play a leading role, so he is temporarily unavailable.

Facts have proved that this transaction is entirely for the sake of Parma, and Frey later became the club's goalkeeper.

In addition, Moratti also spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a player from the Croatian League. This player has not adapted to the rhythm of Serie A so far.

In terms of signings these days, Inter Milan is not as good as the cousin of the later generations of local rich men when they first took over.

This lineup played a role at the beginning of the season. Coach Simeone was surprised to find that his team had 7 forwards. This "luxury" striker was destined to cause constant conflicts in the team.

As a result, the head coach of Inter Milan found that he could not control this lineup at all. The league lasted until December, and the team ranked 12th in Serie A. Ronaldo was injured twice, and he can only be treated conservatively.

Simeone found that he couldn't continue playing at all, and if he persisted, he might not have good results, so he simply handed in his resignation.

So Moratti recruited the Romanian head coach Lucescu, who is over [-] years old, but not very famous.

In his first game in charge, Sylvester became annoyed when he was substituted midway, throwing a pair of shoes in his face.

In the second game, Djorkaeff, who was on the bench, refused to come on as a substitute. Inter Milan entered the stage of a tearing battle, and the "star black hole" was awakened again.

Before meeting Manchester United, Lucescu had a record of 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in coaching Inter Milan.

When encountering such a team, it makes no sense for Ferguson to be tough.

按照意呆利媒体的说法，国米现在的特点是7个前锋和3个后卫，他们现在之所以踢3-5-2，原因是他们只有3名后卫。

On March 3, when Manchester United ushered in Inter Milan at Old Trafford, Beckham was surprised to find that Inter Milan's right-back had a bit of gray hair.

This veteran is the spiritual leader of Inter Milan, Bergomi, the main player of the 82 World Cup champion Italy, and he is simply a living fossil of football.

Inter Milan's defense has no one available to the extent of moving a living fossil to the field, and Giggs is a little embarrassed to rush him.

However, after the first collision between the two people, the Welshman had made up his mind, because he couldn't beat each other physically.

Beckham is not familiar with Inter Milan's lineup. There are many second-rate players in their lineup, and they also put a 1 meter central defender in the middle of the three backs.

Beckham felt that the old man might be regretting not letting Husky play. With that thick guy, Inter Milan would have to spend half an hour.

Ferguson did not choose to win by surprise, because Shearer can crush all opponents with strength.

Inter Milan's heart was very high after the opening, and they even wanted to open up their posture and fight Manchester United vigorously in the away game.

As a result, the strength gap between the two sides was too great, and Manchester United scored in the 10th minute.

Manchester United passed the ball directly to Beckham after a successful steal in the backcourt. The latter swung the football forward as soon as Simeone came up to intercept.

Beckham immediately chose to hoist the ball into the penalty area after he got the gap. Shearer and Inter Milan's central defender collided fiercely, bounced the opponent and completed the support at the same time.

York scored the first time.

1 to 0!The first goal came very easily.

In the 20th minute, Manchester United followed suit and almost copied the first goal, with Yorke scoring twice.

In the 28th minute, the panicked Inter players made a mistake in the penalty area, allowing York to directly stage a hat-trick.

The panicked Inter Milan recovered in an instant and survived until the end of halftime.

After the start of the second half, Inter Milan, which was behind, subconsciously slowed down the rhythm, and it looked like they were leading.

So Manchester United, with three goals in hand, also paddled with their opponents. Inter Milan then replaced the two starting forwards, and the two who came up were not very good.

At the end of the game, Manchester United defeated their opponents 3-0, which was easier than playing in the league.

Lucescu complained at the press conference that the referee missed two Inter penalties: "If we had gotten those two penalties, the game might have turned out differently.

Back home, we will never give up. "

Inter Milan don't want to give up, but in Manchester United's view, their page has been turned.

The next test is the FA Cup, where Manchester United meet Chelsea in the quarter-finals.

At this stage, the FA Cup is still a single-match elimination system. Home and away games are played by draws, and Manchester United has drawn home games.

At Old Trafford, Chelsea defended intensively throughout the game, relying on Desailly and Leboeuf's World Cup-winning central defender combination to draw away with Manchester United abruptly.

After the game, Chelsea coach Vialli confidently told the media: "Back at home, we have every chance to advance to the next round."

It turned out that Beckham kept his hopes alive for just 3 minutes on March 10, when the heartthrob fired his trademark free-kick through the Chelsea net.

In the second half, Chelsea, who were behind, fought desperately, but Giggs counterattacked and scored another goal.

Beckham sent a long oblique pass when he was 45 meters away from the goal. The ball was fast and spun. The Chelsea goalkeeper ran two steps and turned back to the goal. He watched helplessly as the Welshman broke through and hit the far corner.

2-0, Manchester United eliminated Chelsea to advance to the next round. Their opponent in the semi-finals will be their old rival Arsenal.

On March 3th, Manchester United, who had only rested for less than 13 days, went to the away game, and finally defeated Newcastle United 3-2, and scored the key three points with difficulty.

This time it was Bart who made the contribution. When both sides scored 1 goal, he had a whim after getting the ball outside the penalty area, passed three people in a row, and then volleyed in the penalty area to score.

3月17日，弗格森在冠军杯四分之一决赛的第二回合中大面积轮换阵容，曼联队客场和国米1比1战平，最终以两回合4比1的比分轻松晋级半决赛。

在冠军杯其他三组较量中，阿森纳两回合3比1战胜皇马，拜仁两回合6比0手刃上赛季夺走他们联赛冠军的凯泽斯劳滕，尤文则是两回合3比2磨死了希腊冠军奥林匹亚科斯。

The Champions League semi-final matchup was released, Arsenal played against Bayern Munich, and Manchester United met their old enemy Juventus.

It is generally believed that the powerful Bayern takes the initiative against Arsenal, while Manchester United and Juventus are [-]-[-].

3月21日，曼联队主场3比1战胜埃弗顿，在积分榜依然保持7分优势。

The international competition day begins, and the club competition will not resume until April. The season has entered the final two-month sprint stage.

(End of this chapter)