i am beckham

Chapter 32 Andy Cole's Goal Crash
A Dutchman who was coaching in Spain picked up a Scotsman who was coaching in England, which renewed interest.

Beckham put down the newspaper, and his interest was suddenly aroused. He also wanted to see what tricks the "Sun" could play in the sports section tomorrow. This kind of report is usually a combination of punches.

As long as readers are interested in the newspaper of the day, the sales of subsequent issues will definitely increase.

You must know that Cruyff is a strange person. Apart from insisting on three packs of cigarettes a day, he makes headlines from time to time.

He often makes some amazing moves in the game, for example, when he played against Brazil in the World Cup, he competed with Brazilian players and then scored goals with flying legs.

On the eve of the 1978 World Cup, Cruyff had a conflict with the Dutch Football Association. The buddy left the national team with a sentence of "I don't want to play anymore".

In the nearly 20 years since his retirement, no one has taken the Dutch team to the heights he once achieved.

Later, Cruyff became the head coach of Barcelona without a coaching certificate. Less than a year after he came to power, he cleared the first team of Barcelona at that time, and then let the dolls from the youth training camp come up, and then turned the La Masia youth training base into a big project.

If he had never been to Barcelona, ​​Guardiola, a thin and organized midfielder, would most likely go to the Espanyol to try his luck. Xavi, who is still thin and lacks explosive power, would have had a 100 times harder career.

Without the La Masia youth training system that he personally built, Messi, who suffers from dwarfism, would most likely not have the money to inject growth hormone every day.
The Premier League media has always believed that Ferguson is a lunatic, but compared with Cruyff, his disposal of the three absolute main players can only be regarded as a normal operation.

With the backing of such an epoch-making strongman, the Manchester United team suddenly stood up in everyone's minds.

At Ewood Park, Ferguson stood next to the coach's bench with a miraculous expression on his face. With the support of Cruyff, he even seemed to be much stronger in chewing gum.

On the pitch, the Manchester United players were tired, and Beckham was slapping his calf to get his body excited.

Not far away, Pallister put his waist down with a sad face, and Beckham felt that he was exhausted after warming up.

Although the schedule is very abnormal, the time is fair to the two teams, and no one has an extra day off.

The Blackburn team is not much better, they are now just taking one step at a time and counting what they play.

Two equally tired teams started the focus of the fourth round of the league at Ewood Park.

The Manchester United players, who wanted to prove themselves, suppressed their opponents from the beginning of the game. After 10 minutes, Beckham felt physically comfortable, which was considered to have entered the game state.

In this game, Ferguson still continued the main lineup against Wimbledon, trying to use the best lineup to win consecutive victories.

Taking into account the international break after the game, Ferguson did not put Ryan Giggs in the starting lineup with his hamstring just right.

He is currently not an indispensable player in the Manchester United team. Lee Sharp's strength is no worse than him, and the two basically shared their playing time last season.

In the Welsh team, the 20-year-old Giggs is undoubtedly the core player of the team.

In the upcoming European Cup qualifiers, their manager will definitely let him participate in all the matches of the Wales team.

In order to ensure the health of the players as much as possible, Ferguson still put Giggs on the bench.

After three rounds of running-in in the league, the four players in Manchester United's midfield have reached a high degree of tacit understanding. They made the Blackburn players look very embarrassed through dazzling interspersed positions.

The strength of the four midfielders of the defending champion is not bad. Dalglish equipped the team's midfield with four players who dare to fight.

When the fighting spirit is online, these four muscle sticks can violently crush most opponents.

However, Ferguson was not prepared to give the opponent a chance to give play to his physical advantage. Manchester United's flexible movement completely disrupted the opponent's defensive rhythm.

Scholes and Andy Cole both had chances to score in the first 15 minutes, but both were saved by Blackburn goalkeeper Flores.

Then Keane and Bart also got a chance to shoot, but there was still no way to break Flors' ten fingers.

Manchester United surrounded their opponents in the half-court attack. In the 35th minute, they got the first chance to score in the game.

After Beckham and Keane exchanged positions, taking advantage of the defender's lack of positioning and adjustment, Lee Sharpe's cross was inserted into the penalty area from between the two central defenders of the Blackburn team.

Andy Cole took the ball to form a single pole. He made a shot fake in front of Flores, and then passed his opponent.

Flowers rushed towards the football like a gamble, throwing Andy Cole to the ground.

Andy Cole clenched his fists with excitement. The Blackburn goalkeeper didn't touch the football during the save and threw him down. This must be a penalty.

But a strange thing happened. The referee on duty did not respond. The Blackburn goalkeeper picked up the football and then threw it to his teammates near the center circle.

Not only did Manchester United miss a penalty, but they were counterattacked by their opponents.

Just when the Manchester United players were in a panic, Keane caught up with the Blackburn midfielder and decisively shoveled before the opponent passed the ball, shoveling people and footballs into the air.

At the critical moment, Roy is reliable!

Beckham breathed a sigh of relief as Keane intercepted a Blackburn counterattack.

If it weren't for Keane's tactical foul, the Blackburn team would immediately form a situation of playing more and less.

The referee showed Keane a yellow card, and the latter spread his hands angrily: "You missed a penalty just now, did you find it?"

The referee did not discuss with Keane at all, and signaled Blackburn to take a free kick in the frontcourt.

Faced with Ferguson's roar, the fourth official on the sidelines looked ahead without saying a word as if nothing had happened.

In the subsequent game of the first half, Manchester United still stormed around Blackburn, but they never got as good a chance as Andy Cole.

With the help of the referee, the Blackburn team maintained a 0-0 score.

Back in the locker room, a depressed Andy Cole slammed mineral water on the wall: "I wish I had shot just now."

I don't think so. If the referee whistled well, the ball just now would be a penalty and a red card.

Besides, are you sure you can score if you shoot?
Seeing Andy Cole's "what should I do", Beckham could only talk to himself silently.

Since last season's final round against West Ham United, Cole will not score goals in one fell swoop.

He wasted two one-on-one chances in a row in that game, causing the team to draw with West Ham United. As a result, Manchester United lost the league title when Blackburn lost.

Against Blackburn again, he would love to use goals to turn over this painful memory, but he once again wasted a one-handed chance in the first half.

Even if the opponent's goalkeeper made a foul and escaped the referee's penalty, it was considered a missed opportunity.

However, the atmosphere in the dressing room of the Manchester United team was very good. Bruce said a joke, which made everyone laugh. Victory is the only result that everyone can accept.

(End of this chapter)