i am beckham

Chapter 437
At the end of the Premier League, Manchester United got a 6-day rest period, which is a small holiday for all Manchester United players.

Manchester United has played 67 games this season, the main players have played more than 40 games, and the random players have played nearly 30 games. No one is idle.

The Red Devils have two final games left in their schedule this season, the FA Cup final and the Champions League final.

If Manchester United can win both finals, it will be a history-making treble.

If the team does not win a game, it is basically equivalent to a season of hard work.

The media agreed that Manchester United has a greater chance of winning in both games, and the advantage in the FA Cup is particularly obvious, because Manchester United banned Newcastle's ace output Shearer at the beginning of the season.

Although Shearer was unable to play in the FA Cup final due to the avoidance clause, Manchester United still has an advantage. Even if one of the four masters on their front line is missing, they still have three choices.

Facing the powerful Manchester United, Newcastle's Dutch coach Gullit seemed very confident. He insisted in front of the media that Manchester United could win the league championship and win at a stable level. They have no obvious advantage in a game that determines the outcome.

He also specifically pointed out that a team that lacks the top scorer and main midfielder will definitely lose its strength. He believes that his team has a great hope of winning the championship.

Beckham doesn't know where this guy's confidence comes from. Anyway, this Dutchman has always been very proud in England with his brilliant player resume. He always feels that he stands on a higher platform than others.

I don’t know if he feels that the times have changed. The development speed of the Premier League in the past few years is simply astonishing. Veterans like Gullit, who used generous salaries to “help the poor with technology” in the first two years of the Premier League, soon failed to meet the main requirements, and after another year, they even failed to meet the appearance requirements.

Perhaps these old guys who have worked hard in Serie A in their prime years have not realized the speed of the development of the Premier League, but Manchester United and Arsenal entering the Champions League final at the same time are enough to wake them up from their own world.

Beckham felt that the most embarrassing person in the past two days was Shearer. England's top scorer probably would never have thought that Newcastle could break into the FA Cup final.

His impression of Gullit is obviously not very good, the mouth is bad, and the mouth is bad.

Probably in the eyes of Dutch celebrities, a striker like Shearer who only raises his right hand after scoring a goal is not a good player at all.

As we all know, the Dutchman wanted to sell Shearer very much at the beginning of the season, and then used his transfer funds to buy a few more players.

Faced with his difficulties, Shearer had already moved his mind about transferring at that time. Fortunately, Newcastle's board of directors intervened in person to avoid the departure of the head star.

Therefore, it was not difficult for Manchester United to negotiate the loan of Shearer. Newcastle asked for a lot of loan fees, but Manchester United basically did not counter-offer. The entire negotiation took less than a week.

Beckham doesn't know if Shearer has any regrets, but it's useless to say anything now.

Shearer did not choose to transfer. Manchester United quickly got Shevchenko from Kiev. The young striker still stayed with his home team this season and scored 6 goals in the Champions League group stage. Shearer had no place to transfer.

Before the battle between Manchester United and Newcastle, Shearer was undoubtedly the focus.

People like to disgust him with words like "do you want Manchester United to win or Newcastle to win".

At first, Shearer wanted to be a good old man, but he was pissed off by the media's frequent questioning. He said directly: "It doesn't make any difference to me which team wins the FA Cup. No matter which team wins the championship, I can get the medal."

The answer of England's top scorer surprised the media. Everyone thought he was talking nonsense, but they kept asking him.

So Shearer continued to make up: "Don't you know? There is this clause in my loan contract, otherwise I will play for Manchester United."

His nonsense made the media a little confused, because everyone couldn't see the specific content of the contract, so they also followed the nonsense.

Anyway, when the game is over, everything will be revealed naturally, and everyone will just follow the nonsense and finish.

But Gullit chose to refute the rumors at this time: "The situation he described does not exist, and we can't sign up for him at all. It is impossible for him to win the championship medal from Newcastle."

So Shearer said with a smile in front of the media: "You should have guessed my choice by now, right? Yes, whoever wins the championship can give me a medal, and I hope whoever wins.

Of course I love Newcastle, but we have to talk about the facts and someone doesn't want me to be at Newcastle's training ground and ask me to support Newcastle, which is not fair. "

On May 5, when Manchester United and Newcastle stood at Wembley Stadium, the two teams showed completely different states.

The Manchester United team has a stable mentality, high morale and full confidence.

And the Newcastle team stood on the field with a false fire of "must win", Beckham is all too familiar with this expression.

That was the mentality he had a few years ago when Manchester United played in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Without Ferguson, a goal from the opponent can make Manchester United's morale fall into an underestimation.

He scanned the coaches and players of the Newcastle team, and no one had this kind of contagion.

Gullit stood on the sidelines in a blue suit, showing a sense of pride from the inside out. This kind of head coach usually has a clear separation from the players, and it is impossible to have such influence in a short period of time.

As for Newcastle's players, neither will work.

No, there was one, but he was sitting in the stands talking to Keane.

Beckham doesn't have much feeling for Wembley Stadium. This stadium is obviously out of date with the times.

Too many concerts and other activities have seriously damaged the quality of the lawn, which is regarded as a large vegetable field in everyone's eyes.

The facilities in this stadium are very old, and there is an atmosphere of decay everywhere, which is in stark contrast to the popularity of the Premier League.

It is said that the FA has made up its mind to demolish the stadium and rebuild it into a modern one.

However, Beckham remains cautious about what the FA said. Maybe this matter will be put on the agenda next year, and the plan will be finalized in a few years. When the stadium is built, his son may become an echelon player.

But the Newcastle players are very fresh. They have not appeared in the finals of various competitions for many years, and they still have a great sense of honor for playing a final at Wembley.

Before the game, Beckham glanced at the stands. Sophie Marceau didn't come, but Hathaway did.

Lloyd's daughter has completely grown into a big girl. She still shouts for herself in the stands, but she already has the reserve of a young girl.

Beckham waved his hand to show acceptance.

He found out that Lloyd hadn't come, but the game was about to start, and he couldn't care about it now.

Manchester United's striker combination is Heskey and Yorke, Ferguson chose the combination of Jonker and Scholes in the midfield, and Phil became the main left back.

Newcastle played very stiffly. Gullit called "sexy football" for a season, and in the end he only got 13th in the league.

He insisted on using South American players like Solano, and he didn't allow players to offend his authority. The team's state can only be said to be average.

Manchester United's performance is obviously much more stable, except that Schmeichel has dropped his hands again, everything else is good.

Only 16 minutes into the game, Manchester United scored their first goal.

Yorke ran back and forth horizontally in the penalty area. Newcastle's central defender relaxed a little, and Beckham's pass was passed into the penalty area. The Trinidad and Tobago striker made it overnight and helped Manchester United lead the score early.

Newcastle were brave for the rest of the first half, but they couldn't get into United's hinterland, with the only threatening shot coming from former Germany international Hamann, whose long-range shot from outside the penalty area caused a gasp from the crowd.

Newcastle tried their best and failed to achieve any effect. As a result, they entered a period of fatigue, and Manchester United seized the opportunity to score another goal.

Manchester United players made rapid passes in the penalty area, and finally Scholes scored from the penalty area line.

2-0, Manchester United won the FA Cup.

Looking at the picture of Manchester United players receiving the award, Martin Taylor said with emotion: "The league championship has further sublimated the mentality of the Manchester United players. They seem to be much more sophisticated than Newcastle on the court. It feels that the two teams are not at the same level at all."

Lineker agreed: "That's right, David spends most of his time in the middle. His pass control ability is very sophisticated, and it feels like he has suddenly improved a lot!"

(End of this chapter)