i am beckham

Chapter 17 Own goals are world waves
Ferguson is a real man of steel. In the years he has coached Manchester United, no one has ever been able to ride on his head.

No one dared to touch him until he retired, not even the club's board of directors wanted him to succumb.

His agent withdrew from the contract renewal negotiations that day, and for a while, the conflict between the two sides intensified, and various gossip rumors arose.

At this delicate moment, Manchester United players have been interviewed by the media to support their head coach.

Especially core players like Keane are spreading rumors everywhere. If Ferguson leaves the team in this way, he will also seek a transfer.

The board of directors was dumbfounded at this moment. They thought they had the chance to win, but they made a mistake in predicting Ferguson's strength and ability to control the team.

The head coach of Manchester United suppressed the management with his toughness, but he knew very well that if there is no guarantee of performance, no matter how brilliant his past coaching performance is, he cannot keep his position.

Only beautiful KPI indicators can support him.

After all, the support rate of Manchester United fans for Ferguson does not look ideal, and the board of directors attacked him based on this.

As for the support of the players, it will also change over time. A club that cannot win, no matter how strong the head coach's personality is, and how good his personal relationship with the players is, as long as there is no victory as a foundation, cracks will appear sooner or later.

If Ferguson wants to be invincible, he must beat West Ham United from London in the next league.

On August 8, Manchester United ushered in the "Hammer Gang" West Ham United at Old Trafford.

The biggest feature of this club established on the basis of workers at the time was its toughness, and it was notoriously difficult to deal with in the Premier League.

Anyone who wants to easily score 3 points on them will probably be disheartened by the end of the game.

Judging from the schedule, the start of the season for Manchester United was not easy. They first met Aston Villa, which spent a lot of money to recruit, and then they had to face the tough "Hammer Gang" at home.

Fortunately, Captain Bruce paid in time, and Andy Cole was able to play, but he had physical problems and could only be placed on the bench.

More importantly, the team returned to Old Trafford and put on the red symbolizing victory again.

Here Ferguson returned to a 4-4-2 formation with Gary Neville back at right-back with David Beckham in front of him.

When the old man announced at the pre-match preparation meeting that "the main right midfielder is David", Beckham was not particularly excited.

It's not because of how strong he is or how high-minded he is.

When Giggs was injured, Kanchelski was sold out, and his younger brother was blown up, he was the only one in the choice of right midfielder.

This situation is really not suitable for clenching fists and crying with joy
The starting left-winger is still Lee Sharpe, who is still plagued by Ryan Giggs' hamstring problem.

In the team's midfield, Bart and Keane are paired in the midfield, and the two in the frontcourt are Scholes and veteran McClair.

West Ham United also want to learn from Aston Villa and open a breakthrough from Gary Neville.

But back to his familiar position, Gary Neville was like a fighting dog. From the beginning, he began to "bite" every West Ham player who tried to violate his territory.

In the midfield, West Ham United discovered a strange thing. As long as their own midfielders cannot play the ball in time on the left side of the midfield, they will definitely be flanked.

Among the players who came to pinch, there must be the young man wearing the No. 24 jersey.

Beckham's running allowed the team to play several dazzling cooperations in the midfield.

In the 21st minute, Beckham kicked a long pass with excellent precision from the right. This highly-spinning pass directly caused the opponent's central defender to capitulate, causing chaos in the penalty area.

The football was cleared to the left of the Manchester United team. The left back Irwin took advantage of the unstable defense of the opponent and played a two-on-one wall with Scholes, breaking into the penalty area and crossing.

Ginger's head shovel shot was subconsciously blocked by the goalkeeper with his chest, but he immediately got up, turned halfway and drew the ball into the goal.

"Pretty!"

Sitting on the sidelines, Ferguson rarely got up to celebrate the goal, which came very timely.

If he can win this game, he will have at least one month left.

United fans sang joyously, believing that West Ham were not yet ready for an arm-wrestle with Manchester United.

But what happened next was unexpected.Just 1 minute later, West Ham United launched an attack. Their right player imitated Beckham and launched a long pass, but the effect was extremely poor.

Captain Bruce jumped up to clear the ball with a header, but he didn't know whether his physical condition did not recover or he misjudged the landing point. He put the football on the back of his head.

The football went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal in a weird way, and Schmeichel fought hard to save it, but he was beyond his reach.

Seeing the Great Dane bounce on the lawn before barely landing, Beckham couldn't help thinking of the scene where the Great Dane ran naked at the training base.

This goal corresponds to the saying widely circulated among professional players: Own goals are world waves.

Bruce's face was flushed, and amidst the exclamation of the fans, he stood there at a loss.

"Take a deep breath, Steve."

Just when the 35-year-old Bruce was a little bit broken, Beckham stepped up and comforted his captain.

Sometimes, it's not a player's fault that he can't jump. The fault is that he still thinks he can dance at a young age.
Immediately afterwards, other players also came up one after another to encourage Bruce.

"Thank you David, let's get on with it."

Is this the stability and maturity of a "middle-aged man"?

Beckham remembered that when he was 9 years old, his father messed up a job. He looked as if nothing had happened and smirked for a day, thinking that no one else could see it.
Can't this society allow a middle-aged man to crash once or twice once in a while?
Bruce walked across the goal line silently, picked up the football, and kicked it towards the halfway line.

As the captain of the team, he felt that he could help the team out of the predicament, but the ball just now made him a little ashamed.

That header made him suddenly realize that he was no longer young. If the time went back to 5 years ago, he might be able to push that long pass out of the penalty area with a single jump.

Even before he was injured, he was able to clear the siege smoothly.

The power of time lies in the fact that it slips past a person silently, without him noticing anything, and suddenly one day makes him feel that time is fleeting.

Beckham felt that he should do something to get Uncle Bruce out of the predicament as soon as possible.

It is not difficult to get the opponent out of the predicament, as long as the team scores another goal and it is over.

But the problem is that after scoring the goal, West Ham United seems not to be satisfied with the status quo. They also want to make up for it while Manchester United is in a period of turmoil.

But Beckham felt that the opponent was almost interested. If he didn't want to win, he might still have a chance to get 1 point from Manchester United.

If you have too many ideas, you can only wait and see.
(End of this chapter)