i am beckham

Chapter 421
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are watching a replay of the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Arsenal. Neither team scored in the first leg at Old Trafford. The game will be played at Highbury.

这是两支球队本赛季的第6次交锋，双方在前5场比赛的战绩为1胜3平1负。

Compared with the first round, Manchester United made two adjustments in the lineup. Philip Neville started instead of Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Keane sat in the midfield, and Paul sat on the bench.

Arsenal's two forwards are Bergkamp and Anelka. The 20-year-old French teenager is getting better and better this season. He even defeated Vieri, Weah and Kanu in the competition and became Arsenal's main center forward. "

With the deepening of the season, the main lineups of the two teams gradually stabilized.

When the game came to a bayonet, the head coach only dared to use players who made them feel safe.

A football game is like a strategy game for the head coach. Even if the players do all the links perfectly, they can only wait for the computer to simulate the results in the end.

The coaches of the two teams are in this state now. The Dutch midfielder Jonker was the absolute main force of the team at the beginning of the season. He and Keane's partner swept the Quartet and once suppressed Butt and Scholes to only participate in the League Cup.

But an injury interrupted Jonker's performance. He rested for a month and a half, and resumed training for half a month before starting to despise again.

As a result, he met Arsenal in the league when he came out, and a mistake in the game caused the team to be tied by Arsenal.

He lost his main position after that game, and Ferguson chose to trust Scholes and Butt.

No way, people are mostly superstitious in industries where they cannot control their own destiny.

Ferguson chose to believe in the children he watched growing up at the critical moment, and Wenger also chose Parlor at the right midfielder position, and the Swedish red-haired Ljungberg sat on the bench.

Manchester United kicked off first, they played very simply, and quickly passed the ball to Shearer who was standing in the penalty area.

England's active No. [-] center was caught by Adams in the main shooting position as soon as he got the ball. He could only get rid of it and shoot with his left foot. As a result, the quality of the shot was very poor.

Arsenal will pass the ball to Bergkamp. The "Ice Prince" is the first choice of Arsenal's striker. He immediately chooses to pass the ball after attracting the attention of Manchester United's defenders.

Borg, who was defending him, turned around and looked in the direction of the pass. Unexpectedly, Bergkamp's pass just now was just a fake move. He stepped on the ball with his toes when he touched the ball.

Bergkamp hit with his feet up, but Schmeichel didn't dare to be careless, and punched the shot out of the bottom line.

Playing 6 games in a season, the two teams cannot be said to know the bottom line, but they definitely know it very well.

The Arsenal defenders only put Shearer's left foot, and the latter tried again and again as if angry, but kicked garbage shots in succession, the more anxious the more garbage.

Manchester United will never let Anelka start, as long as the boy wants to explode, he will be knocked down.

10 minutes passed quickly, and the game was still played tepidly.

They also want to get angry, but they obviously feel that their bodies can't keep up.

Playing 18 games in 6 days, including 4 semi-final level games, the intensity is not ordinary.

With this kind of competition density, it is not easy for both sides to make waves.

"We can see the pain from the expressions of the players on both sides. The two teams met important games in a row at the end of the season, and there was no recovery time at all."

Martin Taylor lamented the tenacious willpower of the players of the two teams. Under such circumstances, they played football with one breath.

If you can't hold back this breath, you will have to bleed a thousand miles.

Seeing that the opponents have come up with highly targeted coping strategies, both teams began to play by surprise on the court.

First, Pettit looked left and right when dribbling the ball, and suddenly started when Manchester United players were focusing on his passing line, and successfully broke into the penalty area.

However, he didn't have much star halo in his career, and he kicked the ball into the stands very smoothly.

Manchester United also began to frequently cross positions. Beckham gradually moved closer to the center, leaving Gary Neville on the right.

Now as long as he gets the ball on the right, he will be killed by the defenders, and the treatment is better than that of Anelka.

In the 16th minute, Beckham took Overmars to the center and Keane immediately passed the ball to Gary Neville.

Overmars saw that he was going to miss someone if he followed again, so he had to go back to the left.

Just as he returned to the left, Gary Neville crossed the ball to Philip Neville on the left, and the brothers connected successfully in the middle.

Phil exploded as soon as he got the ball, took Parlor and sprinted all the way to the edge of the penalty area to pass the ball to Yorke, who kicked the ball and passed the ball to Shearer.

Shearer knocked Adams away at the moment of receiving the ball and finally freed his right foot.

Seeing Shearer dribbling the ball laterally, both of Arsenal's central defenders chased after him.

According to the performance of the Manchester United center this season, as long as he is allowed to play in this position, he can basically enter.

Just as the Arsenal players surrounded Shearer, the latter stepped on the ball with the sole of his foot and pulled it back.

There was a vacuum in the area where the football was rolling, and before the Arsenal defender could get over it, Beckham had rushed up.

Seeing Beckham lift his foot, the visiting team's stands erupted all of a sudden.

Beckham raised his foot to the right of the goal and hit, Seaman fought hard to save.

Just as the England goal was flying across the body, Beckham suddenly twisted his wrist, and the football flew into the left side of the goal.

1 is better than 0!

This ball caught the Arsenal players off guard. No one expected that Shearer, who has always been strong, would also play a heel pass.

"Good goal, this goal reminds me of the 1996-1997 game. In that season, Eric was omnipotent. He alone could attract the attention of two or three defensive players. Often when the opponent formed a siege, he would always pass the ball to the outside. David could always outflank it at this time. This was the classic cooperation of Manchester United in that season.

The 'King' is getting old, and we haven't seen such a rushing attack for a long time. I didn't expect Alan Shearer to also play the classic routine of the Red Devils.

He is destined to become a legend of the England team, but it is a pity that he only loaned to Manchester United for one season, and it is still unknown whether he can stay with the team next season.

I miss this guy already! "

Seeing Shearer and Beckham shoulder-to-shoulder in the visitors' stands, Martin Taylor couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

Manchester United seized on Arsenal's flustered state of mind and continued to attack, causing chaos in the opponent's penalty area and really losing people in front of the home team fans.

In the 24th minute, the Arsenal team, which had not yet recovered from the blow, was hit again.

Manchester United made continuous cross transfers in the middle, three passes and two passes. When the football was at Beckham's feet, Arsenal's defense was in chaos again.

This time Beckham slipped to the left and Arsenal had a hole in the man marking.

Beckham didn't give his opponent a chance to correct his mistakes, and immediately kicked a cross. The football skipped Keown's head and landed on Shearer's head.

England's No. [-] center forward faced the ball while running, and when everyone thought he was going to shake his head and attack the goal, Shearer turned his body suddenly.

This unexpected header tricked opponents and team-mates into the far corner.

Except for Shearer himself, everyone on the field was stunned for a moment.

The Manchester United players cheered immediately, but the Arsenal players were still in a daze.

2 is better than 0!

Manchester United scored 2 goals in less than half an hour, and Arsenal were completely fooled.

"The home court may not be able to have an advantage, Arsene should be panicking now!"

Martin Taylor's tone turned out to be a bit gloating.

(End of this chapter)