[Football] The Light of Abandoned Sons

I have to mention that in the 97-98 season, I took over the captain's armband of Cantona, who was called the king of Manchester United, and the Frenchman who was called the king actually only played for Manchester United for five years at the age of 32. chose to retire.

Many people said that it was because Cantona's decision to miss the national team hurt the French tough guy, so he made this decision resolutely.

Sometimes you have to admire the French.They don't just have French cuisine, the Eiffel Tower, the Avenue des Chanchers, and French.They are not only proud and arrogant, not only bloody but also full of romantic spirit, not only very self-conscious and difficult to get along with others, they often have internal strife, and even dare not compliment their external combat power.But they really have genius ideas, the ability to implement them and the patience to persist for a long time.

I am referring to the French Youth Football Training Programme.It is said that it is a youth training program comparable to Spain and the Netherlands, and it is also one of the ultimate plans of the entire French football.And until I retired, the British youth training did not allow me to see the scene I liked.

Think about it, under this plan, Cantona, Papin, Ginola, Djorkaeff, Deschamps, Blanc, Zidane, Henry... Geniuses have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.Think about it, under this plan, they already won the World Cup in 98!

In the heart of Southampton people, Le Tichel is God.From Deportivo's point of view, Belleron is an angel.Raul does not have a Golden Globe, but he is also a symbol of a country.Batistuta's achievements are not high, but he is also a totem of the city.There are only a handful of honors in Guyrou's life, but the whole of France knows that he is Auxerre, and Auxerre is him.Tapie has mixed reputations, but Marseille will never complain about his few words.

Greatness doesn't have to be proven through accolades.

After laying the groundwork for so much, maybe I just want to prove that my own doubts are unreasonable (...) Although Eric Cantona only played for Manchester United for five years, he is still the king of Manchester United and the eternal 7 Number.And although most people only think of Deschamps, Zidane and Henry when they talk about France, he will always be France's Cantona.

When France won the World Cup in 98, Jacquet and Zidane seemed to be the heroes who saved the entire French team.But no one remembers that the French team in 94 was disbanded. The French team failed to enter the World Cup finals in 90, failed to qualify for the European Cup in 88, and did qualify in 92. Unfortunately, they were eliminated in the group stage. It seems that no one in France can play football since Platini retired. .

It makes me sad as an Irishman.

The French team lost to Bulgaria in 94. Papin, Ginola, Blanco, and Soz all quit. Houllier, a highly respected coach, announced his departure. Jacquet took over the head coach position as the main coach, but everything Still going in a bad direction.

No one wanted to be captain, it was Cantona who stood up, he called Deschamps "the water bearer of the national team", he was indeed not a good boy for the French team or even a problem for the French team, but he told Jacquet "If you want, give me the armband, and I will lead the team to play."He persuaded the players to return to the national team one by one, and he kneaded the players together...

Until Jacquet found Zidane.

But because Cantona had too much influence in the national team, Jacquet expelled him in order to prevent this bad boy from having trouble again.

He was the biggest contributor to the survival of the French team, but he died on the eve of the brilliant arrival of the French team.

The French have never forgotten Cantona, and the Brazilians have never forgotten Zico.The Argentine forgave Batistuta, the Italian did not blame Baggio.Those who fought their way through the dark days of the national team, they will not be remembered with trophies, but there will always be fans.

I am somewhat complacent, maybe I will be remembered by the Irish in the future, because I know maybe it will not be able to enter the World Cup knockout rounds, but I still did not choose England.

God made you to stand up to the heavens and earth, just to put you against the whole world.

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The man who took Cantona's Manchester United No. 7 jersey was a handsome guy, David Beckham.It is said that when he was in the youth team, he was a handsome guy who was popular among thousands of girls in the UK. He has a pair of beautiful olive green eyes, bright blond hair with the color of the sun that cannot be dyed, and a body that football players are most proud of. A weird stomach raised by England's "food".

However, the biggest difference with Cantona is probably that rough guy has a literary heart. When all the Manchester United teammates were reading tabloids, playing cards or playing video games on the bus, Cantona was sitting alone reading French classics Literature, "I am not studying, I am living."

Just like he said that he intends to act in movies after retirement, but everyone thought he wanted to act in action movies and enter Hollywood, but in fact he wanted to act in French literary films.

Perhaps many fans who are not Manchester United will think of Cantona when he kicked at Selhurst Park in 1995 to the Crystal Palace fans who were rude to him, and he was suspended for 8 months because of this, so that Manchester United failed that season ( ...he really is such an important character).At the press conference, Boss was worried that he would be furious because of being provoked by the reporters, but the end result was that he had been silently listening to the reporters' questions, playing with the mineral water bottle in his hand, and said leisurely, "Seagull Follow the fishing boats because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you."

The reporters were all stunned, perhaps because they didn't immediately understand the obscure words.But I think that the reason why he can really act in French literary and artistic films in the future is because those directors feel that when he changes his sportswear into a suit, and when the mineral water in his hand becomes a wine glass, when he utters the above sentence , is a beautiful scene.

It's a duplicity, like our new No. 7.What appears to be a British heartthrob is actually a snarling, boxing hunk.

If the two exchanged appearances, it would not have such a big impact on me.

"Hey David, I heard that my husband is going to take you to Spain and bring a boy who is good at football back to Old Trafford?" Gary Neville asked as he looked at the blond boy who was about to go home after training. .The boy raised his head, wet drops of water slid down his fair cheeks, but they were not as attractive as those bright and gentle olive green eyes.His smile was brought to the eyes, as if it could light up the whole space, "It is said that he is 17 years old."

"Wow! A 17-year-old boy, brought directly back to Old Trafford? Is this going to omit the youth training and train directly with the first team?" Ryan Giggs couldn't help being speechless, and made a show with Paul Scholes grimace.

"Then I probably figured out why the mister asked you to go." My eyes kept turning among several people. This group of young people is probably the future of Manchester United that BOSS said, and they all occupy the main position from this season.I smiled, and Scholes shuddered beside me.He pursed his lips, "To tell you the truth, Roy, you look good too, but you also smile, you always give me a bad feeling. No wonder people say that if you go to Serie A, you can become the spokesperson of the Mafia. "

...I see it as a compliment to me rather than a sarcasm, "If I'm that soft, wait until I come back and play with those crazy people. Be careful that they don't have a place to cry when they tackle your feet."

David Beckham tilted his head full of doubts. The future heartthrob still looked young. He took the towel from Neville and put it on his shoulders. The two of them looked him up and down and whistled, "Young man on time, he should be a virgin!"

"Get out!" The kid slammed the towel over.

Maybe my expression of "this kid can't help being funny" was too obvious, Giggs changed the subject, "But seriously, I asked you to go because that kid is also a midfielder?" I have to say, Beckham is so handsome. The emergence of the kid has changed Manchester United's wing attack even more.He can shoot from the ribs, and his cross skills are beginning to show.The old man likes double defensive midfielders in the middle. Bart and I are basically defensive avant-garde. Before the 97 season, the frontcourt was still handed over to Cantona. After the king retired, the center would probably shift to David.

On the forward line, Andy Cole, Yorke, Solskjaer and the newly joined Sheringham four forwards think it is enough, so it is not a forward or a midfielder...

Beckham shook his head, "I heard that it was the goalkeeper, and he asked me to go because my husband knew that I lived alone recently, so I asked him to borrow it for a while."

I was taken aback by these words, thankfully Peter was not there, after all, wanting to leave myself and the coach wanting him to leave are completely different.Although this statement is not accurate, although Peter is indeed in a bit of a bad state, although Peter himself did say that the 98-99 season will be the last season for Manchester United, although Peter has not made it clear to the old man... But obviously, compared to Peter leaving There will be no one to replace him later, the old man prefers to plan ahead.

"Goalkeeper?" Scholes couldn't help being stunned. "I can understand taking over Peter's class, but isn't the goalkeeper getting older, more experienced, and easier to become famous? A 17-year-old goalkeeper, sir, won't lose money?"

"It seems that Castilla was given a training fee of about 15 euros. You also know that there are too many loopholes in such things as youth training contracts." Beckham shrugged.

"Castilla? Yo, that's Real Madrid's reserve team!" I said jokingly, "Sir, you're playing too big this time."

This game is indeed a bit big.

The author has something to say:

The article about the French youth training is a passage from a post when I visited the French national team, and some of my own opinions based on the information. Deschamps’ evaluation of Cantona comes from Deschamps’ autobiography.

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