Chapter 26 Professional Footballers
Beckham's presence on Fiorentina's training ground didn't make much of a splash, even for the younger players in the youth team, although they met the best players in the world every day at different training venues, even Beckham, who was just a star in their eyes.
"Rod! Are you going to get Beckham to start training today? Marchena walked over to Degan's side.
Digan looked at Marchena, the only Fiorentina team who had played against Beckham in La Liga: "What do you think of that guy? β
Marchena looked at Beckham, who had already changed into a training uniform and jogged from the locker room, and said with a smile: "Others think he just has a handsome face, but about him, I know more about his professional attitude!" Rod! That's a great guy! β
Deegan also smiled: "I hope so!" β
Beckham arrived at the training ground, talked to Prandley for a few words, and then joined the team, completing every training according to the requirements of the physical trainer, looking meticulous.
Before Beckham arrived, many players in the Fiorentina first team may have hated Beckham as much as the senior football commentator, which does not need to be concealed, to put it bluntly, jealousy.
That's right!
It's jealousy!
David Beckham got so much goodies!
This jealousy can lead people to make preconceived judgments, and see Beckham as a vase who can only take free kicks, only create scandals, and eat with a pretty face.
But looking at this old British man in front of him who trains seriously and is 100% dedicated to his work, everyone's opinion immediately changed, at least a player with professional spirit is worthy of their respect.
In fact, put aside that jealousy and look at Beckham again, he can definitely be called a legend in today's world football, think of this old man's career, the pictures that I saw and heard one by one, that feeling, it is like hearing a familiar and distant song, some players who are famous for a while, they will be destined to be just lyrics, and some players are like tunes.
The lyrics fade into oblivion with the passage of time, and many years later, people will still inadvertently hum those familiar tunes and think of those touching scenes.
There is no doubt that David. Beckham may be such a tune, people will inadvertently think of the famous work on the World Cup in 98, and the red card that was not cool, and remember the moment when Beckham became a sinner in all England, and people even wanted to hang him under the Tower of London.
After that, Beckham's career fell to its lowest point, if not his entire life. His world was dark, and tears became a way to release pressure, but, as a professional player, as a man, he did not back down, he did not complain, on the contrary, he chose to persevere, still train hard, insist on proving himself on the field.
Two years of lying on the salary and tasting courage made this once reckless teenager fade into his youth, and Beckham quickly found himself, with his own strength, led LinkedIn Gran to the Korea-Japan World Cup and took revenge on Argentina, while suffering several times the ordeal that should not have been borne by him alone, while handing over a man's answer sheet with silence and facts.
In the blink of an eye in the 2006 German World Cup, in the quarterfinals with Portugal, all fans should not forget Beckham in the game, fighting until he vomited, the exhausted Beckham had to leave the field because he sprained his foot in the game, but he still wanted to persevere, he even waved his hand to Eriksen, who wanted to replace him, and told him: I want to persevere, I can persevere!
However, the pain in his right foot still made Beckham reluctantly walked off the field, at this moment Beckham collapsed, he burst into tears, in a blur, the whole world felt a wordless pain, unable to fight to the last moment, which is the greatest sorrow for a fighter.
When he left the field, the 60,000 spectators stood up to applaud him, and the scene of Beckham, who went off the pitch due to injury, on the bench with tears streaming down his face, is still deeply imprinted in the hearts of fans.
Digan could understand Beckham's mood at that time, as if he had to leave the game early because of a broken leg in the final between him and the Italian team, and at that moment, the tears in his eyes that he didn't want to fall were the same as Beckham.
It's just that after that, Digan ushered in a rebirth in Fiorentina, and Beckham's bad luck in the national team seems to have been carried over to the club.
In Real Madrid, manager Fabio Capello stuffed Beckham directly to the cold bench, and Beckham also ushered in the most difficult moment of his life, but he always insisted on attending the team's training, and meticulously set an example for the young players in the team.
Beckham, who was unavailable, would still be in the stands at the Bernabeu in casual clothes, still smiling but tormented inside.
The cold bench and the snub of the coach are nothing to Beckham, serious training, serious play, just for a slim opportunity, although slim, but Beckham will never give up.
Finally, Beckham, who was in such a situation, waited for the opportunity in the conscientious dedication and persistent waiting, and Capello, the stubborn iron coach, was moved by Beckham and decided to use Beckham again, Capello said: Beckham is the most professional player I have ever seen, and the word "professionalism" has also attracted my attention and made me think deeply about its meaning.
Now in order to participate in the South African World Cup, Beckham is willing to pay for himself to play in Serie A Fiorentina, for that unfinished dream, a 33-year-old veteran has just finished the Major League League, and then non-stop again, his new journey in Serie A, this is an example that professional players should teach, this action itself, is a kind of professional energy display.
Looking at the conscientious Beckham on the training ground, from his body, Deegan feels more about the mental strength brought by persistence and tenacity!
From Beckham, Deegan saw his tenacity, his non-abandonment, non-giving up, not realizing his dreams, not getting what he wanted, he would never let go.
When it comes to professionalism, the first thing that comes to mind is to work hard and give your all to your career, as David Beckham did on the pitch.
For your own goal, that love, always focus on your career, try to avoid blindly listening to other people's opinions, blindly caring about the voices of the outside world, and doing your own thing, that's enough.
"I want people to think of me as a professional before they think of me as a public figure!"
Beckham often said that the son of an ordinary worker dreamed of winning the Gold Cup for England as early as his childhood, and the persistent Beckham began to practice hard for this dream, and stood out in the football school hosted by Charlton Athletic, England's football legend, and was named the most promising student in the school.
In 1990, at the age of 15, Beckham was valued by Manchester United in the Premier League and became a member of the Red Devils, and in the first leg of his career, Beckham grew rapidly, and his famous work was a match against Wimbledon in the 1996/1997 season.
In the years that followed, Beckham gradually developed into a regular Manchester United team with accurate long balls and precise free-kicks. However, Beckham's life is destined to be closely linked to the World Cup, and his sorrows and joys are recorded on the field of the World Cup.
In 1998, David Beckham competed in the World Cup for the first time, an experience he will never forget.
He saved England from the group stage with a brilliant free-kick against Colombia and his first goal in the World Cup.
But in the knockout round, Beckham made a big mistake, he retaliated and kicked Simeone of the Argentine team and was sent off with a red card, which led to England losing in the penalty shootout and being eliminated.
However, under pressure, Beckham was not knocked down, and at the 2002 World Cup European qualifiers, Beckham returned, and he used a free-kick to help the team finally beat the Greek team, and in the last moments, he won the ticket to the Korea-Japan World Cup, and the goal was also worth a thousand dollars.
In the German World Cup, Beckham stood on the field of the World Cup for the third time, and he once again became the focus of people's attention, tasted glory and disgrace, experienced merit and demerits, and Beckham grew up in twists and turns.
Although Beckham is now old, although the current England midfielders have Gerrard, Lampard, and Rooney, Owen, and Crouch in the front, Beckham is still full of dreams for the World Cup, and he is eager to stretch out his right foot on the pitch when the team needs him the most to help the team win.
Beckham is an icon of football by any measure, but he was not the first generation of idols produced in the Premier League in the 1990s, and the Liverpool Five before him dominated the headlines, but where are they now?
McManaman and Redknapp, who are more star-studded than him, have long since retired, and Fowler, who was the same age, has disappeared. Even in the younger crowd, look at Ronaldo, Shevchenko, Guti, who have lost any ability to decide the game, does anyone remember Kluivert?
Beckham's 45-degree diagonal long pass and free kick skills, whether in the United Kingdom, Spain, or the United States, still have the world's first-class power. Robson believes that Beckham is still one of the top 25 superstars in the world.
The public's memory is short-lived, and if Europeans have anything in common, it's that they all love football, and as long as Beckham is still good on the pitch, it's impossible to kick him off the pitch.
Beckham has less spare time than any other superstar, but he probably spends more time training than any of his team-mates. People are too focused on the 560 million euros in profits generated for the Galactic Fleet during his four years at Real Madrid, and the 1 million number 23 shirts sold by Real Madrid within six months of his arrival.
Both Los Angeles president Laras and Fiorentina executive chairman Pakinwa have seen him increase merchandise sales by 137% at Real Madrid. David Beckham, winner of the 1999 Ballon of the European Footballer of the Year, has been overlooked.
In fact, Beckham, who has 1/4 Jewish ancestry, has always adhered to the rigor and self-discipline of Judaism in terms of professionalism, and practicing free kicks is a regular part of Beckham's daily training, half an hour at Manchester United, and after his transfer to Real Madrid, he has more time to practice.
After Real Madrid were eliminated by Monaco in 2004, his team-mates chose various reasons to spend Easter, with the exception of David Beckham, who continued to practice twice a day at the training base accompanied by a physical trainer. Even during the time when he was frozen by Capello, he still didn't change his habits.
Beckham has a satisfying explanation for his neglect: "The players need games to stay in shape, but I'm in training, trying to keep myself in shape, and in the evening, I often train alone in the evening, because my wife is usually out at events this time, so I do more extra training, although not too much, but the most important thing is that it is my extra training." β
has already transferred to the major leagues, and during the winter break last year, Beckham also chose to train with the team at Arsenal to maintain his form.
Looking at Ronaldo, who also trained with flamengo, recovered for half a year, and has not lost weight, I believe most people will have a comparison of the professional attitudes of the two.
To some extent, Beckham has a strong religious self-discipline, which is also the key to his ability to maintain a first-class level at the age of 33.
Perhaps Ferguson has the most say in Beckham, the "secret" of Beckham's 100 free-kicks after every training session at Manchester United was revealed to the media by the Scottish man, according to the old Scottish man: "There are no cameras around at this time, and people can't see his efforts." β
In an interview in the United States, Victoria also revealed that Beckham still maintains the habit of training at home in the evening. Even when he was on holiday, Beckham maintained a standard two-hour physical exercise every day.
It was before coming to Italy that Beckham still maintained systematic training, and when Beckham first arrived in Fiorentina yesterday, after Fiorentina conducted a medical examination on him, a team doctor asserted that Beckham could play until the age of 40 like many Italian players, such as Costacuta and Maldini. At the very least, Beckham is perfectly fine with his accuracy in his crosses and free-kick skills.
Unlike other stars who have risen to fame at a young age, Beckham has always maintained a passion for football. A La Liga title, six Premier League titles and a Champions Cup have not dampened his ideals, and David Beckham has publicly stated on several occasions over the years that he hopes to match Bobby. Charlton Athletic, who lifted the World Cup for the England national team.
Looking at Beckham, who is now devoting himself to training, everyone can see that compared with the spotlight and business activities, football is Beckham's life, and no one can replace it as the protagonist.
Some people may mention the hot girls, in fact, this is a very difficult choice question, in fact, in the 10-year intimate history of Beckham and the hot girls, he has always balanced the levers of the couple's career development. From the golden boy and girl of the year to the present, it is precisely from the other side that he has helped this heartthrob to keep his sober mind between the fish and the bear's paw.
Before meeting Victoria, Beckham, who has been addicted to football since childhood, has a very poor love life, and the exes of the five hot girls can't stand Beckham's nagging about Manchester United and football, and there is not much common language between them, David, who is already the first idol of the United Kingdom, has not even seen "Pretty Woman" and "Peach Deal", two popular love movies that have been popular in the UK for many years, which makes it difficult for former lovers who like romance to find topics.
Meeting Victoria is an accident, but it is inevitable for Beckham, what he needs is a wife who will not interfere in his football life, Victoria, who has the worst singing skills in the hot girl group, but the most beautiful, of course, he also knows that he can't rely on the sisters in the group for a lifetime, she needs exposure in another field.
The 1998 World Cup was Beckham's first test, and after becoming a sinner referred to by a thousand husbands, he healed alone with his fiancΓ©e in New York.
After the treble in 1999, enjoying the cheers of the fans instead of boos, Beckham finally understood that everything he was built on the pitch was before he married Victoria, who officially became the master of his off-pitch life.
At this time, the contradiction between football and business was exposed, and Ferguson refused Beckham's request for a long leave, and until the flying boot incident in 2003, the Spice Girls were always recognized by the lord as the number one natural enemy who kept Beckham in a sporty state.
Indeed, at this time, the Spice Girls group has disintegrated, and Victoria's entertainment career must be supported by Beckham. But the shrewd babes on the one hand assigned her husband to the SFX agency that has always packaged herself, and on the other hand, she did not interfere with Beckham's training.
So much so that David Beckham still maintains the habit of practising free-kicks in his garage, and of course, the chips from Victoria continue to grow, and the weight of business in Beckham's life reached its peak in the 2002 World Cup.
Beckham, who has always followed a rigid professional discipline, begins to be late to care for sick children, fined for attending a hot girls' party, and in the face of Beckham's explosive global business development, Victoria relies on Beckham to save his declining entertainment career, and hopes that he can find a home in fashion capitals such as London, Milan or Madrid.
Back in 2002, when United had nothing to gain, the Spice Girls were already looking for support from Milan and London for David Beckham, and the conflict between Beckham and Ferguson came to a head in early 2003 when United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Arsenal.
Subsequently, Beckham's balance tipped in favor of the spice girls, and he chose Real Madrid, but at Real Madrid, Victoria put the scales back on Beckham's side.
The Spice Girls did not find a second spring in their careers and could only hope for a new rap album produced in New York. The Beckham scandal in early 2004 became a crossroads for Beckham to re-examine his life balance.
SFX, the brokerage that contributed the most to Beckham's business empire, was fired and replaced by Simon, whose main business is in the United States. Fowler, who focused on helping the Spice Girls open up the North American market, while also reducing Beckham's distractions off the pitch.
This is also for something, until 2006 to welcome Capello, Real Madrid experienced a three-year low ebb, but Beckham did not lower his competitive level.
It should be said that every choice in Beckham's career, every tilt of the scales, has Victoria's shadow behind it.
But even in the Real Madrid era, when David Beckham's football business empire was in full swing, he still spent far more football time than he did in the spotlight.
It was Victoria's idea to play in Major League Soccer, but in the end, Beckham still couldn't bear the loneliness and was wronged in the low-level Major League for a long time, which made the arrogant Englishman always psychologically unbalanced, not to mention that he was questioned by fans about "brushing up on the number of appearances" in the national team.
Pakinwa also can't bear the loneliness, in Florence, people only know that there is Degan, and even the club's transfer is in the hands of Degan, although last season, the team won the treble, but in the eyes of those giants, Fiorentina is still an upstart, in the eyes of many people, Fiorentina still does not have the temperament of that giant, so this time Pakinwa desperately snatched Beckham from AC Milan, one is to brush his own sense of existence, The second is also to enhance the image of Florence.
Now business cooperation pays attention to mutual benefit and reciprocity, and the pursuit of win-win is the king, and the same is true of Beckham's transfer to Fiorentina, but the ambitious Beckham seeks the second spring of his football career, and Florence still likes the huge commercial value of Beckham.
Frankly, Beckham didn't have a happy time in the major leagues, although there was his good friend Tom Brown. Cruise, but not football at the highest level.
The move to Fiorentina was Beckham's pursuit of his career and was spurred on by boos from some fans. Fate is always so wonderful, Capello, who suppressed Beckham in Real Madrid, gave Beckham enough respect in the England national team.
It's just that this kind of respect, in England, the seriousness of fans has become "charity", into "brushing up the number of appearances". The British are arrogant, and Beckham will not allow himself to be insulted like this, and the only way to prove himself is to move to a competitive team to prove himself again. So, the transfer to Fiorentina came naturally.
The reason why Beckham was favored by Parkinwa, of course, the most important thing is because of Beckham's commercial value, which is precisely the important reason why Real Madrid bought Beckham back then.
Beckham joined Real Madrid, Real Madrid immediately became the richest club in the world, and similarly, Beckham entered Fiorentina, and Fiorentina's income increase will be obvious.
Beckham is not old, he is still the first handsome guy in football, his commercial value is still there, plus the world's first player Degan, Fiorentina has two handsome guys in football at the same time, two super idols, the development of commercial value will be much smoother, and even catching up with Manchester United Real Madrid is also hopeful.
Taking "money" for "future", Beckham's choice deserves respect, at least he still loves football, at least he is willing to sacrifice his large dollars in the United States, just for his football dream.
And choose Florence, but not Milan, obviously this is not Victoria's opinion, although Florence is the capital of the Renaissance, but in today's world entertainment circle, obviously the status is not as good as the fashion capital Milan.
According to Victoria's idea, going to Milan is the best option, but Beckham wants to play in a higher level of competition, AC Milan can only play in the UEFA Cup, but Fiorentina can play in the Champions League, the top competition in Europe.
So when Pakinwa found Beckham, he almost didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.
For Beckham to join Fiorentina, the coach of the English national team Capello is also happy to see it, in an interview with reporters, he also said: "I am very much looking forward to Beckham can represent Fiorentina on the stage of the Champions League, he has always been a champion player!" β
Having found a new platform again, Beckham also knows very well that although Fiorentina's reputation is not as good as that of Manchester United and Real Madrid, which he played for before, it is not easy to play here.
Fiorentina's training can be said to be the hardest of all the clubs in Italy, because most of the team is young, and it is when there is the most room for improvement and the best physical fitness, Prandelli naturally increases the amount of training and strives to cultivate these players under his command.
Although Beckham came, it was clear that Prandley had no intention of changing his training plan for him, and everything was still going according to the previous plan.
Beckham has just finished the Major League League, although he has been training on his own during this time, but after all, it is not systematic, and the physical aspect is obviously not enough to cope with the heavy training tasks of Fiorentina, but he is persevering.
Beckham's insistence, Prandley could see it, and Deegan also saw it.
At the end of the day's training, Beckham felt his legs get heavy for both days, and then he followed the group to the physiotherapy room, where the masseur helped to relax his muscles.
Finally, when everything was over, Beckham was about to go home, and Deegan walked over: "David! Let's have a drink! β