Chapter 664 Volume 5 Red
Although this attack did not score any goals, it gave the players of Nottingham Forest regained their confidence. Manchester United's fierce offensive was broken by them, and it would be difficult to trap them.
Nottingham Forest is a fierce tiger, which can be trapped for a while, but not forever. Ferguson understood this. So when he saw Nottingham Forest's violent attack, he felt a little worried. He didn't know whether it was an occasional counterattack or a continuous attack... He decided to continue to observe.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy took the ball with his back, and Rio Ferdinand was very tight. He was not sure to turn around and not lose the ball, but it might not be easy for Ferdinand to easily break the ball under his feet.
Holding the football under his feet for a while, Van Nistelrooy decided to forcefully turn around and burst in. The result was no suspense, he was brought down by Ferdinand outside the penalty area.
This is the best result. When Ruud van Nistelrooy got the ball, it was not easy to break the ball at his feet. This center forward has super ball-handling ability. Although he is 1.88 meters tall, his foot skills are very delicate and practical.
Ferdinand fouled, Nottingham Forest won another free kick in the frontcourt.
This time it was only 22 meters away from the goal, very close. The closer the free kick is to the goal, the better. For most free kick shooters, 25 meters to 30 meters is probably the best range. If the distance is too close, the football may not be able to go around the wall, and if you want the ball to go around the wall, it may fly directly out of the baseline.
Beckham walked up with the football again, and he had to punish himself. Bell also went up, but not to take the penalty, but to cover for Beckham.
"David Beckham took the initiative to take the ball again. He didn't take two free kicks before. The Manchester United wall knew his free kicks very well - five people blocked the front of the goal."
When Beckham bowed to set up the football, he became the center of attention of the audience. There are still boos and applause in the stands. Manchester United fans can be said to love and hate this man, and their psychological feelings are complicated.
In the summer of 2003, he left here for Madrid, Spain, and they have been apart since then. Whenever he was unhappy at the Real Madrid club, there would be rumors that he would transfer back to Manchester United, but he and Ferguson always denied it. It's not that Beckham doesn't want to return to Manchester United, but he knows very well that as long as his wife Victoria is still with him, as long as Ferguson is still coaching Manchester United, it is absolutely impossible for him to return to Manchester United. Ferguson will not be interested in a player over the age of thirty, unfortunately, he is thirty-three years old this year.
He felt that in his career, he would never have the opportunity to wear Manchester United's red jersey again. After the contract with Nottingham Forest ends, if he can still play football, it is very likely that he will go to the United States to play for another two years before completely announcing his retirement. Ferguson said that if Beckham hadn't followed Victoria, he might have achieved higher achievements than he is now. But Beckham doesn't know what the higher achievement is. In addition to the national team honors, he has won all the honors that a club player can get.
However...but it has never been recognized and respected by more people. When everyone mentions the name of David Beckham, the first thing that comes to mind is that flashy star who can only do business shows. This is why he chose to join Nottingham Forest.
A season is going to pass in a blink of an eye, and he had a good time at Nottingham Forest. Apart from injuries, most of the time he got enough playing time. The most talked about this season is not what business activities he attended. It was his performance at Nottingham Forest.
It's really good to use the game against Manchester United to sum up this season.
I love Manchester United, but now I play for Nottingham Forest.
Putting the football in place, Beckham got up and backed away.
This Manchester United team in front of them is very strange. There is only one old friend, Scholes, in the crowd of five people. Giggs was on the bench and so was Gary Neville.
This may reduce Beckham's psychological burden a little.
He stands in front of the football, waiting for the referee to blow his whistle.
The referee felt that the human wall was standing too far ahead of the test, so he stepped forward and asked the human wall to back down to the position he designated. Manchester United's crowd slowly moved back, and Ronaldo moved the slowest in the crowd. He was playing tricks, and when the referee turned around, he took half a step forward, and after taking small steps, he stood a lot forward. Nottingham Forest players reported to the referee and expressed their dissatisfaction. The referee had no choice but to turn around and signal Ronaldo to back off, otherwise he would be given a yellow card.
Ronaldo dawdled back into the wall again.
This is actually a kind of psychological warfare. This repeated behavior is used to bring a certain amount of psychological pressure to the player who takes the free kick, causing him to perform abnormally.
However, his approach seems to be of no use to Beckham.
Beckham is Manchester United's top 7, and Ronaldo just took over Beckham's mantle. After Ronaldo came to Old Trafford, he quickly conquered Manchester United fans with his own skills. They played the slogan "There is only one Ronaldo", which can still be found in the stands of Old Trafford until now.
This is Manchester United's new and old No. 7 showdown.
The referee stepped back and left this time. Under his gaze, Ronaldo did not make any changes.
After the whistle sounded, Gareth Bale started a run-up. He didn't kick the ball, but just stepped over the football. Everyone knows that he is a cover, and Manchester United's human wall has not moved at all.
Immediately afterwards, Beckham took a run-up!
That familiar posture reappeared at Old Trafford: the body leaned to the left parallel to the ground, arms outstretched, the left foot twisted and almost broke as a supporting foot, and the right foot was like a whip A quick draw hits the lower middle of the football.
The football soared into the air, bringing up a piece of grass. The human wall jumped up at the same time. Ronaldo is tall but did not touch the football, and the football kicked by Beckham bypassed the wall!
The football did not fly very high. After bypassing the wall, it went to the upper left corner of the goal at a very fast speed. Ben Foster volleyed and saved it. Although the palm of his hand caught the football, Beckham's ball was stronger than his It was even bigger than he imagined. He didn't manage to shoot the football. The football just changed its direction slightly and crashed into the net...
After a second or so of silence at Old Trafford, there was finally a loud noise... a mix of cheers and boos.
"Goal in!! David Beckham! We haven't seen him play again at Old Trafford for five years and now he's back, but as an enemy of Manchester United, he takes his revenge The bullet shot into the heart of Manchester United! When he was expelled from Manchester United, Ferguson should be able to guess that one day... one day, he will see this scene!!"
The commentator roared frantically, and the Nottingham Forest players rushed towards Beckham excitedly.
But Beckham himself didn't have a smile on his face. He didn't celebrate the goal, and he didn't even raise his hand. After seeing the football enter the goal, he turned around and walked back. Although he is now a player of Nottingham Forest, for the goal of Nottingham Forest to win the league championship, he must go all out for this goal, but it does not mean that he will be ecstatic in front of tens of thousands of Manchester United fans after scoring the goal. He scored goals only because he was a Nottingham Forest player. He chose not to celebrate after scoring because he loved Manchester United. He didn't want to give those people any misunderstanding.
Nottingham Forest's teammates didn't care what Beckham was thinking at this moment, they jumped up and surrounded him, celebrating loudly.
Even Tang En shook his fist vigorously off the court, cheering for Beckham's crucial goal.
Surrounded by the crowd, Beckham still did not celebrate, and his face was still calm without any smile. After the celebrating crowd dispersed, only Ruud van Nistelrooy hooked his neck and whispered in his ear.
No one knew what they were talking about, but only then did a slight smile appear on Beckham's face.
The two ran back side by side, and the people of Manchester United had placed the football in the middle circle, ready to kick off.
"David Beckham's first return to Old Trafford with his iconic free-kick through the goal of his old club Manchester United was an exciting scene! Manchester United's new No. 7 scored two goals, His predecessors did not show weakness! Nottingham Forest fell behind Manchester United 1:2 temporarily because of this goal, but this goal gave them hope of an equalizer. Judging from the overall trend of the game, Beckham's goal The meaning is not just to help the team get back a goal..."
Extreme Manchester United fans are still booing Beckham, while those who are not extreme Manchester United fans have extremely complicated feelings at this moment. Applause for him? He scored a goal for Manchester United, and the goal helped the Forest team get out of trouble, the importance is self-evident. Hush him? I can't open my mouth. After all, when he was at Manchester United, he brought them countless happy times, as Keane said in his open letter to leave Manchester United: He made the whole world like Manchester United.
Watching him and Ruud van Nistelrooy running side by side is really poignant - they were both once members of Manchester United, and now they are the number one enemy of Manchester United to win the title.
Ruud van Nistelrooy raised his hand and waved to the stands where the Forest fans gathered. Beckham next to him hesitated and waved.
Ferguson was sitting on the coach's bench. When Beckham scored, he didn't even lift his butt. Was he mentally prepared? Or simply indifferent? No one knows what this stubborn old man is thinking. He will certainly not admit that he was wrong to let go of Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy, because he drove away an unknown number of people when he was coaching Manchester United. As a result, some of those people did well and some did not. Manchester United is still Manchester United, and eighteen championship trophies stand quietly in the honor room, representing the unshakable status of this club in the world.
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The game continued. Beckham saved the team's future with a goal when the team needed it most. Now the morale of the Nottingham Forest players has been improved. If Manchester United wants to use the full attack to suppress the Forest team, it is already It's completely impossible.
Ferguson also knew this very well, so he let the team take it back and no longer gave the Forest team easy to use vacancies. The two sides entangled in the midfield, and each other had offense and defense. It seems that Nottingham Forest has regained the rhythm of the game, but in fact the initiative is still with Manchester United. Because for the current Nottingham Forest, no matter how much advantage the scene has regained, the lagging behind in the score is still an undeniable reality. As soon as Manchester United shrinks, the offensive opportunities that the Forest team can use will drop sharply. As long as the deal with Nottingham Forest continues like this, until the end of the game, a 2:1 win can guarantee Manchester United the league title this season.
Tang En observed carefully for a while, and he discovered Ferguson's intentions.
Manchester United's withdrawal is not because they are afraid of their own offense, nor does it mean that Nottingham Forest's offense has improved much, but because Ferguson wants to completely cut off the Forest team's offensive line, forcing Nottingham Forest and Manchester United to confront each other head-on. War of attrition. When the two sides were pulling each other, time passed quietly...
This is not acceptable. If the game is really dragged to this point, Nottingham Forest will be in a very dangerous situation. There are still nearly 20 minutes before the end of the game, and in ten minutes, if the score is still the same, the players of Nottingham Forest will inevitably become anxious. At that time, the game on the court will be out of his control as the head coach and will go into an unpredictable abyss.
How to do it? We can only continue to urge the players to step up their offense. At the same time prepare the backhand. He called Lennon and Bendtner off the bench to warm up.
If it doesn't work, just attack and give it a go.
To win the championship, Nottingham Forest must try to keep their goal in the last time, and then score two goals for Manchester United. This is simply impossible task.
Compared with the tense Nottingham Forest bench, the atmosphere on Manchester United's bench is slightly more relaxed. After all, even if the game is tied, the championship still belongs to Manchester United. The conditions that Nottingham Forest must meet to win the championship are too harsh. As Manchester United players, they have confidence in their team. A team like Manchester United was scored twice by the opponent at the last moment. Such a funny thing will definitely not happen to them!
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Beckham mentioned the opponent while defending Carrick. It seemed that it was only a slight collision. Carrick immediately fell to the ground, clutching his ankle and rolling, with a painful expression on his face. Manchester United's team doctor ran up to diagnose Carrick after waiting for the referee's signal.
Beckham said he stepped forward to pat Carrick friendly, and then told the referee that he didn't mean it.
In fact, everyone knows that Manchester United players will frequently fall to the ground at this time, using all available factors to delay the game time. The players of the visiting team Nottingham Forest have no other way but to remind the referee. Manchester United will not get booed overwhelmingly if they do so, because this is their home court. 50,000 out of 60,000 voted for Manchester United to win the title.
Taking advantage of this time, George Wood gathered the big guys together.
"We have to find a way to score goals," he said without any nonsense. "How about more through balls?"
Van der Vaart glanced at him: "The turnover rate will increase..."
"It's not okay to always pass it around outside like this." Gareth Bell is on Wood's side.
"Frequent mistakes can also affect morale." Ribery agrees with van der Vaart.
To be divided so quickly is not what Wood wants to see. Just as he was about to speak, Beckham on one side said: "You can make more through balls, attract their defensive attention to the anti-through ball, and then open up space for me on the right, and give me the right time." Passing the ball, I figured out how to get the ball into the box."
"Cross?"
"Yes. Cross."
"But their two centre-backs are very..."
"So they need to focus on the through ball."
Wood thought for a while and thought he could give it a try. He nodded and said, "I think I can try it."
This simple tactical meeting ended quickly, because Carrick's side had already walked out of the field accompanied by the team doctor, and the game resumed.
Manchester United's free kick eventually fell at the feet of Forest players.
Taking advantage of Manchester United's defensive focus on Van der Vaart, Ribery and George Wood, Pepe suddenly dribbled forward and was knocked down by Scholes after a forced breakthrough. m, receives a free kick.
In this stalemate between the two sides, Nottingham Forest really strengthened the through ball. Any fool can see that they are focused on finding space behind Manchester United's defense. stuffed.
It's not all ineffective.
Arshavin received a through ball from van der Vaart and almost scored. Fortunately, Ben Foster concentrated and blocked the angle of Arshavin's shot in time, only to startle a group of Manchester United fans from their seats.
Manchester United quickly responded to the Forest team's tactical adjustments. They strengthened their defense against van der Vaart, Ribery, and George Wood's passes in front of their own penalty area.
Under such circumstances, Beckham on the right was emptied.
As soon as van der Vaart gets the ball, O'Shea will rush up to stick to him desperately, interfere with him, and prevent him from observing the gaps in Manchester United's defense, and then send a very threatening through pass.
But this time, Van der Vaart didn't pass a through ball. After a feint, he suddenly distributed the ball to the wing.
Beckham receives the ball. Rafinha quickly moved forward and passed Beckham, attracting the attention of the Manchester United defender, thinking that he was going to pass to Rafinha, and Rafinha went down or cut inside. Just as Evra retreated, Beckham made a cross from the spot!
Without giving Manchester United's defense any chance to adjust, Beckham's cross flew over the defenders' heads like a precision-guided missile, and then appeared above Ruud van Nistelrooy's head!
Van Nistelrooy knew what his old friend wanted to do before he passed the ball. When he saw him receive the ball, he always paid attention to keeping parallel with the defenders around him, and was ready to rush out to grab points at critical moments.
This moment really made him wait.
Rio Ferdinand was on the outside helping van der Vaart and Ribery on the penalty area line, only Vidic watching him.
And Beckham's pass was so comfortable, whether it was Vidic or Vidic plus Ferdinand, the ball was delivered accurately, and when Ruud van Nistelrooy took off, he was impartial and the timing was just right!
Ruud van Nistelrooy jumped in the air, he could feel that Vidic was interfering with him behind him, but the ball in front of him...even if it was interference, it was useless!
Getting rid of Vidic's pull, Ruud van Nistelrooy suddenly exerted strength in the air and swung the header!
Swish!
so easy...
"What_a_GOOOOAL!! Ruud van Nistelrooy - David Beckham's precise pass made him just jump up and shake his head lightly! Nottingham Forest's attack a while ago seemed to attack the middle, it looked stupid! But this time, Beckham's cross and Ruud van Nistelrooy's tacit understanding changed everything! Nottingham Forest drew 2:2 away with Manchester United! The second half of the game was so dramatic!"
Ruud van Nistelrooy did not celebrate with a cold face like Beckham did after scoring a goal. He opened his arms and ran towards Beckham who was assisting him with a pass. Beckham also had a happy smile on his face. The two friends hugged each other before being quickly overwhelmed by other teammates.
Tang En turned his head off the court excitedly. When Manchester United led by two goals, who would have thought that Nottingham Forest could tie now? Are those Manchester United fans starting to celebrate early? Now let's make you look good!
"Nottingham Forest tied the score tenaciously. With thirteen minutes left in the game, it was full of suspense! It seemed that Tony Twain's team did not want to easily give up the league championship trophy to others. If Manchester United wanted to defend the title and not easy!"