Chapter 1,300, Visitors in the Locker Room

In the live broadcast room of Sky TV, Morris was explaining in a low voice. His voice seemed very low and lacked energy.

"In the midfield fight just now, two defensive midfielders, Henderson and Kante, faced off. As a result, Henderson was counterattacked by Kante, which caused a huge hole in the defense. Kante passed the ball to Pogba , Pogba decisively shot from the top of the penalty area, helping the French team score another goal, and the score was rewritten to 3-0."

"The game is coming to an end, England are three goals behind, and the World Cup championship is getting further and further away from us..."

Wenger began to comfort the England fans in front of the TV: "Although England fell in the final today, they are still good! They have won the respect of the world! Most of these players are young. Waiting for them After accumulating some experience, by the time of the 2020 European Cup and the 2022 World Cup, they will definitely make a comeback and continue to create miracles!"

Raman looked at the sidelines: "Just now the fourth official raised a sign to indicate two minutes of stoppage time, but Kim Tiger was no longer on the sidelines. He explained a few words to Scholes and then returned to the locker room early. Look. Kim Tiger is disappointed with the performance of his players, and the seven-time champion coach is at his wits end and has nothing to do about the situation."

At this time, Scholes on the sidelines shouted loudly: "Retreat across the board, don't make any more mistakes!"

Now that the game is coming to an end, all England players have retreated to half-time. Under the command of Scholes, they no longer follow the super-strong French Hard Steel, but choose to hold on for the last two minutes and no longer bear the risk of conceding the ball.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the French fans in the audience let out deafening cheers, and the French players on the field also hugged each other in celebration, looking very relaxed. If the audience had just turned on the TV and saw this scene, they would have thought that the game was over and the French team was already celebrating the championship.

The England players looked listless and walked slowly towards the locker room, while Rooney and other players on the bench were preparing to go on the field to warm up and maintain game condition.

This is Jintiger's usual arrangement, allowing all substitute players to come on the court to warm up during the halftime break to maintain body heat and game condition.

But just as Rooney and other substitutes were about to come on, they were stopped by Scholes: "Wait a minute, don't come on to warm up yet. Your boss is waiting for you in the locker room. He has something to tell you."

Rooney was stunned: "Except for the starting players, are we all going back to the locker room?"

"That's right."

In this way, Scholes trotted towards the locker room with all the players.

Watching every player enter the locker room, Scholes was the last one to go in. After he closed the door to the locker room and looked back, he was shocked: "Why are you here?!"

I saw a few strange yet familiar faces standing near Jin Taige at the front of the locker room.

Speaking of unfamiliar, it's because Scholes hasn't seen them in the locker room for many years.

Speaking of familiarity, it's because they are old friends who Scholes knows very well.

"David, Fred, Michael, Steven, why are you four here?"

Like Scholes's expression, everyone in the locker room except Kim Tiger was extremely surprised. The players did not expect that their former national team senior would appear in the team's locker room!

Former England captain Beckham,

England's legendary midfield combination of Lampard and Gerrard, England's trend-chasing boy Owen. These four people appeared in the locker room at the same time, making everyone stunned.

For a moment, the frustration that had just been felt due to being three goals behind was suddenly relieved by the emotion of surprise.

Seeing Scholes close the door, Jintiger slowly spoke: "Guys, I just left the game early because I was not dissatisfied with the game or had any objections to you. I left the game early. I came back because I have four friends to greet. You all sit down and let’s chat while we rest.”

The players sat down and looked at Beckham and several other England veterans, with different expressions on their faces.

Rashford and other young people were very excited. It was the first time for many of them to see Beckham. He was indeed more handsome in person than on TV. Players such as Rooney and Carrick have been national team and club teammates with the Beckhams, so they feel very cordial when they see them in the locker room. When Henderson saw Gerrard, he couldn't help but have red eyes. After Gerrard retired, Henderson became the new captain of Liverpool, but Liverpool's performance plummeted, which made Henderson embarrassed to face the old captain.

The Beckhams looked back at Kim Tiger. Kim Tiger shrugged: "There are acquaintances and new friends here. You can chat. You can talk about anything, such as when you were in the England team. Some interesting things.”

"For example, when I was sent off in the 1998 World Cup?" Beckham asked with a smile.

Owen and others couldn't help laughing.

After making a start, Beckham continued: "I am really excited to see you appear in the World Cup finals. Recently, I have been dreaming about my old teammates and myself. I am still competing in the World Cup. In these years, the game that has had the most profound impact on me was the England-Arab war in 1998. I was sent off in that game, which caused the team to lose and was eventually eliminated from the World Cup. .I was as young as you that year, but it was much worse than you. After returning to England, I was reviled and criticized by all the media, and people even mailed me death threat letters and bullets every day. Looking back on those days now , I admire myself very much, it’s really not easy to be able to resist.”

"I envy you because I know you are different from me. I can imagine now that when you return to England and get off the plane, countless fans are waiting for you. You are the heroes of England!"

"But I was just thinking, when those fans greet you, is there a big difference whether you are the champion or the runner-up?"

Beckham looked like he was thinking: "I think there is a big difference. When you reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup, you have completed the FA's requirements, passed the test, and can hand in your answer sheet. But you still work hard. Moving forward, being in the semi-finals, reaching the finals, getting here. If you end up losing this game, then you're the World Cup runner-up, which is not bad, right?"

"But I think you guys are great! I think you can do better!"