i am beckham

Chapter 83 The Return of the King

Manchester United and Liverpool have heard each other in the narrow player tunnel, but they have never communicated with each other.

The players of the two teams held their heads high and stood straight, like soldiers about to go to battle.

Both sides regard the opponent as air, let alone quarreling with each other at this time, even looking at each other will lose value.

Captain Bruce's right cheek has mostly subsided, but it is still black and purple, and it hurts to speak.

Afraid that his face would be injured again, Ferguson was not going to send him to play, but the team's third central defender, David May, was injured again shortly after his return from injury. The team only had two central defenders, Bruce and Pallister, which could only prevent him from being slightly injured.

Bruce put on a mask, like something out of a sci-fi movie.

The murderous spirit of the two teams about to fight filled the entire player tunnel, causing the stadium staff to choose to remain silent. Even the little caddies who were about to follow the two teams to the field were too scared to make a sound after seeing the expressions of their uncles.

But Philip Neville's obsessive-compulsive disorder committed again, sorting the little caddies on the Manchester United side in order of height from low to high.

Every time before the match, the players would stand casually. Although my younger brother has obsessive-compulsive disorder, as a junior, he would not dare to command the bosses, he can only command the children.

Gary Neville wanted to stop him, but that would make Phil look a bit embarrassed, and his younger brother would have to save face.

He leaned forward twice, and finally he could only stop himself.

The Manchester United players also let Philip Neville do whatever they want, since they are not his own children anyway, so it's no big deal for his younger brother to put them all in front of the Liverpool players.

But the players don't care, and the children can't do it. After all, people also have feelings and their own wishes.

Although everyone can be assigned a hand-holding uncle, but the uncles have uneven foreheads and appearances. If you switch to an uncle you don't like, won't it affect your mood?

After adjusting the position, the positions of most of the children have changed. The children looked at the uncles around them. Some of them flattened their lips, but found that the uncles around them were not completely unacceptable, so they accepted it silently.

But there was still a little girl who couldn't hold back and cried sadly.

She stood next to Beckham at first, and she was particularly happy to see this handsome brother.

Just as she was holding Beckham's hand and looking up to appreciate her little brother, Philip Neville forcibly separated her little hand, walked around in the crowd, and finally put it next to Bruce.

The little girl raised her head, just as she saw Bruce, who was wearing a mask and his face was black and purple, tears suddenly filled his eyes.

The only little brother was replaced. She was so sad that she wanted to cry, but she was afraid of causing trouble to the little brother, so she sobbed silently.

Seeing a cute little girl crying beside him, Bruce, no matter how straight and steel he is, had to squat down to coax the little girl.

Just when he was about to ask the little girl why she was crying, the door of the player tunnel opened suddenly, and the afternoon sun shone into the player tunnel. The players of both teams subconsciously covered their eyes with their hands, like vampires exposed to the sun.

"go ahead!"

Accompanied by Keane's sharp growl, Cantona walked into the stadium with his head held high, and the Old Trafford stadium immediately called out the Frenchman's name in unison.

Banners welcoming the return of the "King" and the French flag with his face are everywhere in the stadium.

"Eric Cantona! Eric Cantona!" The fans at Old Trafford almost uttered the same voice. After nine months, Manchester United's "King" finally returned to the stadium.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Martin Taylor, the commentator of Sky Sports. Players from the two teams have already entered the field. The Manchester United team is at the forefront. Eric Cantona, with his collar turned up and a calm expression, looks like Mr. Big Scene.

Um?Why is the little girl next to Bruce crying?What happened between the two teams in the tunnel just now?
Now let's take a look at Manchester United's starting lineup. The goalkeeper is the Danish Peter Schmeichel. The two central defenders are the masked tough guy Bruce and the giant Pallister. The two full-backs are played by the Neville brothers. Today is the first time in Phil's career.

Look at the four players in the midfield. From right to left, they are David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs. Manchester United's central team is still two tough guys who can fight and play, both offensive and defensive. The two wingers have their own characteristics. Among them, Ryan has outstanding breakthrough ability. At the age of 20, he has become a veteran of the Premier League.

This is David's first full season, but looking at his previous performances, you would think that he has played in this league for many years, and his performance is extremely stable.

Free kicks are David's housekeeping skill. He has scored 3 free kicks this season, accounting for 60% of his total goals.

The two wide players have their own characteristics. I think the biggest difficulty in showing their own characteristics in such a game is to face a suffocating physical confrontation. If this problem cannot be solved, all advantages will be useless.

Manchester United's strike partners are Eric Cantona and Andy Cole, two players with stories.

This is Eric's first official game after his 9-month suspension ended. During this long suspension period, many stories happened to him. We are very happy to see him finally appearing in the Premier League. He is one of the few star foreign players in the league.

And his partner Andy Cole is also a person with a story. Since April 4 last year, he has never scored a goal for the team. He is experiencing a scoring drought of up to 21 months.

From his twinkling eyes and stooped back, we can see that he is going through severe psychological torment.Before the game, many people were questioning why he was allowed to start instead of Paul Scholes.Mr. Alex expressed his support for Andy Cole. I think he should be more confident. Players who worry about gains and losses cannot seize fleeting opportunities at all.

In other words, the striker combination sent by Mr. Alex has not scored a goal this season so far, and their state is still unknown.

Let's take a look at Liverpool's starting line-up, David James in goal. Now God Save the Queen, we'll get to that later. "

"The music ended and the two teams shook hands to greet each other. We could clearly see that the players of the two teams didn't look at each other at all. The battle was about to start!
Liverpool kicked off first. With the whistle of the referee, boos immediately sounded at Old Trafford. Fowler passed the ball to their core Barnes amid the boos. Andy Cole forced him up. Barnes didn't pass the ball.

Nicky Butt followed up and hit Barnes hard, the Liverpool midfielder was still dribbling. Pass the ball, you will die boy!
Barnes fell, Redknapp got the ball, Keane hit it, Ryan Giggs intercepted his return pass, and the Liverpool boy was almost eaten!
He barely passes the ball to McManaman on the left and whoa!He was shoveled away by David the moment he touched the ball. The Liverpool player signaled that the ball was fouled. The referee on duty was indifferent. David touched the football first!
David dribbled the ball forward along the wing, and Barnes had to catch up with him with all his strength. David made an emergency stop and passed the ball to the left. This lateral transfer was very precise. Eric stopped the ball firmly under his feet.

Liverpool had two defenders in front of the Frenchman and although he crossed it, Butt got the ball and he flicked it past the defenders and he flicked the defenders again!
shoot!

The ball is in!
1 is better than 0!

It took only 52 seconds for Manchester United to start the game. It was their young midfielder Nicky Butt who scored the goal, and the passer was Eric Cantona who had just returned. The Frenchman only touched the ball for the first time and let people see that he is the most special existence! "

(End of this chapter)