Chapter 256: Xiaobei's Mental Journey
Ahead of the Manchester derby, the Premier League's best coach and best player of the month for March were revealed.
With Manchester City and Manchester United both winning league and cup competitions in March, it was expected that both teams would each win the title of 'Best Coach' or 'Best Coach', but the result was a surprise result, with United boss Alex Ferguson and veteran Ryan Giggs taking both awards.
So the Manchester City media asked dissatisfiedly, "Could it be that the FA is also openly biased towards Manchester United?" ”
Of course, as anyone knows, the real reason is that Wan Sheng and Manchester City players have won too many awards this season. So far this season, Wan Sheng has won the 'best coach' for three months, and among Manchester City's players, Anelka and Morris have also won the monthly player of the month, which is why when Manchester United and Manchester City are equally good, others are more willing to vote for Manchester United who are 'worthy of sympathy'.
Manchester United have actually done well this season, only to be suppressed by Manchester City, who have performed better.
This is the first time Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has won the award, and he is happy that the people standing next to him to receive the 'best player trophy' are his own disciples.
Like Alex Ferguson, Giggs won the award for the first time.
The most decorated player in the Manchester United team is Cristiano Ronaldo, who was voted the best player for two consecutive months in October and November last year, proving that his form is unstoppable.
Manchester United's award made Manchester City very dissatisfied.
Especially on the eve of the derby, Manchester United went to receive the award from the coach to the players, Manchester City and Manchester United had the same result, but did not win a single award, Wan Sheng felt that he had to say something.
'I don't know what kind of face he [Alex Ferguson] had to give to him, he should have known that it was given to him by someone else. Everyone thinks he's too pitiful...... "Wan Sheng won't show mercy to Ferguson," maybe he's old now, so he can only rely on sympathy to support and lead the team. ”
Ferguson is definitely a stomp and stomp in English football, and when Wan Sheng's words were reported in the media. Almost immediately, it ushered in an overwhelming counterattack from various characters.
"He should know what respect is!"
"Manchester City are as good as Manchester United, winning all of them in March, but the 'best' is chosen, not what it says!"
"In March, Manchester United were already better than Manchester City! This result is a matter of course! ”
'Manchester United won all the league and cup games in March and they deserved the best of March. Is he too? In English football, he's not qualified enough! ”
"What qualifications does he have to comment on Sir Alex Ferguson's award!"
“…………”
In the face of these condemnations, Wan Sheng only replied with a smile, "Does the selection of the best award of the month still depend on the influence of English football?" Then this award will be given to him (Ferguson) in the future. I admit that no one has been more influential than him. ”
After facing the rebuttal, Wan Sheng didn't say anything.
Wan Sheng said that he didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to disgust Manchester United before the derby, and seeing so many people stand up to refute him, his goal has been achieved.
So there's no need to say anything more.
――――
On the morning of the next day's matchday, Wan Sheng was in no mood to say anything more to Manchester United because Anelka was injured and the Frenchman accidentally sprained his leg in training. After examination, it was a minor muscle strain, and the injury was not serious, but it was also a week's rest.
This means that Anelka will not only miss the afternoon derby, but will also miss the first leg against AC Milan.
Wan Sheng's mood suddenly became very bad.
Anelka was better. He missed the game, and Darren Bent could be replaced, and Wan Sheng had another annoyance, which was from David Beckham.
David Beckham approached Wan Sheng and said he didn't want to play against Manchester United.
Wan Sheng can understand David Beckham. But now that the team is short of personnel, David Beckham is important in the tactical part if he can't play. There is not even anyone available on the flanks of the team.
In the end, Wan Sheng still said to Beckham, "David, I will still put you in the squad, you can sit on the bench and watch the game, maybe you will change your mind at that time." I want you to remember that you are no longer a player at Manchester United, that it is just your past, and the past is only for memories. ”
Beckham nodded.
In fact, when facing Manchester United, he was very complicated inside.
He has a lot of good memories at Manchester United, even now at Manchester United, there are a lot of team-mates who used to be together, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, etc., all of whom have played for Manchester United with him for a few years, and they have a very good personal relationship.
What Beckham is most reluctant to face is Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Recalling the past from childhood to the present, the relationship between him and Ferguson is like a series of ups and downs, from love over father and son to parting ways, but it is like a strong emotion between father and son, looking back on his career, he knows that he can never avoid Ferguson's existence.
He and Ferguson are more like the complex emotions between father and son.
――――
At just 11 years old, David Beckham entered the football academy run by Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton and was named the most promising student, earning a two-week training trip to FC Barcelona.
At that time, Ferguson was also very optimistic about Beckham, and invited him to Manchester many times to train and watch the game, trying to make him feel like a part of Manchester United.
After a meeting, Beckham Jr. gave Ferguson a pen, which he said to him: "Thank you, David, I want to tell you that I will use this pen to sign for you on behalf of Manchester United." ”
Beckham was very excited.
In 1988, on David Beckham's birthday, Ferguson officially invited Beckham to sign a contract for a period of 6 years.
Four years later, Manchester United's youth team, led by David Beckham and Paul Scholes, won the FA Youth Cup. This made Manchester United's "1992 Golden Generation" famous, and Beckham became the leader of the "92 Golden Generation" due to his outstanding performance.
Ferguson began to keep an eye on David Beckham from then on and slowly developed him into Manchester United's "right-sided talent".
For David Beckham, the 1998 World Cup in France was a peculiar. In the quarter-finals against Argentina, David Beckham set up Owen for a brilliant goal before being sent off for a foolish revenge on Simeone.
England was eventually eliminated. Beckham became a public enemy of all England.
After returning to Manchester, Ferguson vigorously defended Beckham on various occasions and arranged for Beckham to go on holiday in the United States until the start of the new season's training camp.
Beckham recalled the situation at the end of the interview: "On the night I became an all-England sinner, Ferguson called me and advised me to run as far away from England as possible. ”
After the nightmare of the 1998 World Cup, Beckham ushered in the best year of his career: he created the Red Devils' treble with the team, the first real treble in England's history, and Beckham and the golden generation became not only the king of England. It also went to the top of Europe under the leadership of Alex Ferguson.
It can be said that Ferguson played a vital role in Beckham's growth, and it was his promotion and excavation that made the later "heartthrob", and Beckham and Ferguson became like father and son.
Beckham and Ferguson shared the treble in 1999, and their intimacy reached its peak at that time.
But the gap between the two also began at that time, and the source was David Beckham's wife.
After Beckham fell in love with Victoria, during the Champions League final, he kept calling Victoria, who was in the United States at the time. Even before training and matches, Ferguson had to order him to turn off his phone and publicly declare that Beckham was stupid in love, and later as Beckham became more and more commercial off the pitch. A rift gradually began to emerge between Ferguson and him.
In Ferguson's eyes, Beckham has always been a good boy, of course, before the phrase "before he met Victoria". When Becky announced that she and the hot girl were in love. Ferguson was dissatisfied with this "daughter-in-law" from the entertainment industry, thinking that the old man felt that this would distract his lover from football.
Ferguson even said directly: "At first I wanted to separate them, but then love prevailed. ”
After Beckham married "Spice Girl" Victoria. Under the tutelage of the singer's wife, Beckham began to get involved in the fashion industry, and the already handsome Xiaobei immediately became an international trend icon, frequently attending various commercial events and taking more and more commercials.
Ferguson saw all this. For Lord Fu, who regards football as his life, Xiaobei's actions off the football field have caused him more and more unhappiness.
After that, the rift grew bigger and bigger, until the famous 'flying shoe incident', when Ferguson kicked the pitch in the dressing room and threw it in Beckham's face, and the two turned on the spot.
In the end, Beckham had no choice but to leave.
――――
Recalling the past of the two, it is clear to anyone that Beckham and Ferguson are really like fathers fighting side by side, and Victoria is like a daughter-in-law who snatched her son, when Ferguson felt that his son was not under his control, so the two had conflicts and disagreements.
From Beckham's point of view, there is nothing wrong with him, he is doing his best against Manchester City, but professional players cannot only be football.
For a football player, off-the-field activities are also very important, and it is very normal to fall in love.
Ferguson wants Beckham to focus on football, but Victoria is also focused on Beckham's future development, and the contradiction arises.
So who is wrong?
There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a difference of perspective.
For Beckham himself, there was always a special bond with Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, where he grew up, and Ferguson was more like his father, and even though the two were not on good terms now, he still couldn't face Ferguson on the pitch, especially now - and even more guilty when he joined Manchester City, Manchester United's arch-rivals.
So when Manchester City had to face Manchester United, he couldn't make up his mind about the game.
――――
Wan Sheng didn't think much of Beckham's problems.
Due to injuries, he was able to confirm his starting line-up before the game. After a series of pre-match preparations, the match between the two teams soon began at the Manchester Stadium.
In the past two seasons, Manchester City has not lost to Manchester United, so Manchester City has a very good advantage, especially this is a home game, so as soon as the game began, Manchester City fans began to cheer for the team frantically, they thought that Manchester City would definitely win this game, just like their confidence in the Chinese -
He never let them down!
But the game did not go as smoothly as expected, Manchester City continued to suffer setbacks, just like the game played 40 minutes, the live broadcast Belbart said, "C-Ronaldo helped Manchester United score the second goal, 0:2, Manchester City fell behind by two goals." ”
"In this game, the team's state was very average, but the turning point was that Morris was injured, maybe the outcome of the game is not important, we should care about Morris's injury."
Many people are worried about Morris' injury.
Just 3 minutes into the game, Morris was injured in a scramble, he fell to the ground clutching his calf in pain, and Wan Sheng immediately stood on the court nervously, because he knew that Morris would not fake falls, he was a player with a very work ethic.
If it weren't for the real pain, he wouldn't be lying on the ground like this.
Morris was really hurt.
After the team doctor diagnosed that Morris was a muscle misalignment and needed a minor corrective surgery to reduce the injury, he would definitely not be able to catch up with this game.
There is no doubt about Morris's importance to Manchester City, he is not only the best in the team, but also the organizational attacking core of the midfield, the offensive and defensive core, plus the captain of the team, his importance in Manchester City is comparable to Gerrard to Liverpool, the loss of Morris in Manchester City, the performance immediately dropped a notch, David Silva alone can not shoulder the heavy responsibility of facing Manchester United, and Reina, who came off the bench, can only help in defense.
As a result, Manchester United took the opportunity to score two goals in a row within 40 minutes.
"Man City are two goals down?"
If you are a fan who has just turned on the TV to watch the game, you must be very surprised to see this scoreline, this is the first time this season that Manchester City have fallen behind by two goals!
Manchester United fans were delighted, but Manchester City fans were worried.
As anyone knows, Manchester City are in a crisis. (To be continued.) )