Red Rebels

When everyone thought the Red Rebels were in danger, the Red Rebels were surprisingly stable internally.

After the torture of the devilish schedule during the 2005/06 winter break, the Red Rebels players have matured and stabilized a lot. Especially with the return of injured players such as Terry, the Red Rebels are even more motivated.

But there is a saying that women, when they are unlucky, even drinking water will stick between their teeth!

On March 19th, the Red Rebels challenged Tottenham away. This London team is currently competing with Arsenal and Droylsden to qualify for European competitions. It can be said that the situation is not optimistic, so they are extremely eager to win at home. Take points from the Red Rebels, and what about the Red Rebels?

After Liverpool defeated Arsenal 1:2 in a difficult away game in the last round, they easily defeated Newcastle 1:3 in this round of the league. This allowed Liverpool, who played a day earlier, to temporarily overtake the Red Rebels with a 2-point advantage, and behind them Manchester United even beat Birmingham 5-0 at home, prompting Steve Bruce's team to declare relegation.

Manchester City unexpectedly lost to Droisden 0:1 at home, while Chelsea defeated Fulham 0:1 away from home. This makes Chelsea currently have the same points as Manchester City. The two teams are in full swing for fourth place in the league. , and as long as there are no accidents, Droisden is basically guaranteed to qualify for the UEFA Cup.

It is precisely because of this that neither the Red Rebels nor Tottenham would give up this league game easily. For this reason, Mourinho even gave up the FA Cup quarter-finals in midweek and sent his main force to deal with Tottenham. prick.

White Hart Lane is also a tough nut to crack in the Premier League this season. Tottenham have a very high scoring rate at home, and they even drew 0:0 away from the Red Rebels before, so Mourinho is very excited about this game. Pay attention to.

Beckham and Essien teamed up as double midfielders, Kaká, Franck Ribery and Messi started the game. Villa also replaced Drogba as the striker. Ronaldinho and Drogba both had minor injuries and were replaced by Murray. Neo was placed on the bench.

From the first minute of the game, the two sides started a hand-to-hand battle, with almost no warm-up. From the beginning, it was a fierce and fast-paced collision. Tottenham, in particular, played very tenaciously at home.

The Red Rebels have never been afraid of teams with a tenacious style, but Tottenham, who are sitting at home, have assembled heavy troops in the defense, and even arranged 6 people in the midfield, leaving a forward in front for counterattacks. This immediately made the Red Rebels feel Headache.

However, the Red Rebels quickly found an opportunity. In the 21st minute of the first half, Beckham made a beautiful escape near the center circle. After passing the opponent's defensive player, he quickly handed the ball to the retreat. of Kaka.

The Brazilian wanted to break through, but failed to find a chance. He could only rely on the right. After several cooperations with Messi,

Coming to the corner of the penalty area, facing the defense of the opponent's midfielder, Kaka suddenly knocked across the field, and Beckham stepped in from the back row, winning in one fell swoop, 0:1!

The Red Rebels take the away lead!

There were overwhelming boos at White Hart Lane. It should be said that this goal was a comprehensive manifestation of the Red Rebel players' personal ability and tacit cooperation. Tottenham's defense was helpless.

When the score fell behind, Tottenham re-established a tenacious interception zone in the midfield, especially for Beckham. Tottenham even specially arranged a player to mark him.

Such tactics should be said to have curbed the Red Rebels' offensive to a certain extent, but as Beckham's scope of activities expanded, Tottenham's entire defensive system was also affected.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Kaka received a pass from Essien in the middle, knocked his heel directly, turned and passed the ball, passing a central defender of the opponent who stepped forward to defend closely, with a large area of ​​​​nowhere behind him. In the human area, Kaka almost sprinted all the way into the penalty area. The Tottenham center back stabbed out diagonally and pulled him down from behind.

The referee undoubtedly awarded a penalty kick and showed a yellow card to the Tottenham player.

The Red Rebels' chief penalty taker is Beckham, and Kaká takes penalty kicks when Beckham is not on the court. This makes Kaká's 26 league goals this season, only 2 of which are penalty kicks. The ball, and everything else can be said to be a veritable sports goal, which has also made many people praise Kaka's scoring ability in sports.

Beckham stood at the penalty spot, took a deep breath, and calmly pushed through the middle, deceiving the opponent's goalkeeper. The ball went directly into the net, 0:2!

The Red Rebels entered the second half with a 2-goal lead.

At halftime, Mourinho was quite satisfied with the Red Rebels' performance in the first half. Although the team wasted a lot of opportunities, Yukio also seized the opportunity and created 2 goals at the same time. This pair It is undoubtedly a huge blow to Tottenham.

But the bigger blow came at Highbury Stadium. Arsenal relied on goals from Robin van Persie, Henry and Adebayor to temporarily lead Charlton 3:0 at home. Although this game only lasted half of the game, But Arsenal's victory has become a fact.

This immediately made Tottenham feel nervous. After the start of the second half, they fought even more fiercely than in the first half. They hoped to make up for the gap in overall strength through crazy fighting, and at the same time scare away the Red Rebels. After all, the latter still needed Participate in the Champions League.

As the competition between the two sides escalated, Mourinho had to make substitutions when the team had already confirmed the event. After all, he could not afford it now, so he asked Fabregas to warm up and prepared to replace him with the Spanish teenager. Beckham with minor injuries.

The England captain has injuries to his right knee and back. Although it does not affect his game, in fact these injuries have become his hidden dangers. After all, he is 31 years old. In addition, these are old diseases, which are very difficult to treat. Troublesome, but Mourinho had to rely on him, so he wanted to replace Beckham in advance.

Unexpectedly, just as Cesc Fabregas was standing on the sidelines waiting for substitutions, something suddenly happened on the court. When Beckham was fighting for the ball with the opponent, the Tottenham players saw that they could not grab the ball. Despite the situation, he did not shrink back and directly kicked Beckham's knee. After the latter stabilized his body, he kicked the ball out, but Beckham gritted his teeth and fell to the ground.

The team doctor of the Red Rebels rushed into the field immediately and checked Beckham's injury. Mourinho was watching the players gathered in a circle on the sidelines, walking around with a look on his face. Very upset.

"What the hell! I should have replaced David at midfield! I should have replaced him at midfield, right, Jim?" Mourinho cursed and paced back and forth.

Cassel came to Mourinho and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly. He knew very well the pressure the Portuguese was under. The upcoming schedule would be extremely unfavorable to the Red Rebels. If Beckham were to come again at this time, If he is absent due to injury, it will undoubtedly make the Red Rebels worse.

"It's okay, Jose, it'll be okay!" Cassel seemed to be comforting himself.

But anyone who saw Beckham lying on the court would not doubt his injury, at least he would not be able to play this game.

When the team doctor passed Mourinho, he shook his head sadly, looking extremely disappointed.

At this moment, Mourinho immediately guessed that Beckham's injury might have recurred!

"Holy shit!" Mourinho kicked the mineral water in front of him away with a strong kick. The grace of his movement was not inferior to that of Beckham when he took the free kick.

After Beckham left the field, everyone in the Red Rebels felt aggrieved by Tottenham's injurious practices. The team burst out with a strong desire to fight. Ribery and Villa scored 1 goal successively. Tottenham launched a sneak attack at the last moment when the Red Rebels were not paying attention to save face.

Although they defeated Tottenham 1:4 away from home, the Red Rebels had to bear the pain of Beckham's absence.

According to the laboratory's estimation, Beckham's injury was not serious this time, but what was injured was his old illness. This made the laboratory must handle it carefully and not take risks, for fear of accidentally damaging Beckham's health. career, and there is also the World Cup in Germany that he will never forget.

The suggestion given by the laboratory is to simply perform surgery directly, but in this case, Beckham will miss all the remaining games of the season, but after a series of rehabilitation, Beckham can catch up with the World Cup and can clear his right knee at the same time. Old problem; if conservative treatment is continued, Beckham's right knee is likely to explode at any time. Just like what happened in this game, just a slight touch will cause excruciating pain, and it may even aggravate the condition.

The club held an internal meeting specifically for this purpose. Beckham, the coaching staff and the laboratory all sat together and talked openly about the current situation.

"Let's have surgery! The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain!" Mourinho finally said.

Xiao Yu also nodded frequently, "Yes, let's do the surgery. Maybe we will have to suffer from David's absence this season, but if we can get a healthy David in exchange for this, then it will be worth it!"

It was difficult for Beckham to make a decision. After all, although the club is currently ranked first, it is challenged by Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City. The situation is very serious. He knows very well that the club needs him at this time; but without surgery, it is difficult to save We won't repeat the mistakes of Van Nistelrooy.

Van Nistelrooy refused to undergo surgery in order to participate in the European Cup and only adopted conservative treatment. However, he was seriously injured in a game, causing him to miss not only the 2000 European Cup but also half the season. Manchester United returned the goods, but fortunately Ferguson could not forget him and finally brought him to Old Trafford.

After high-level consultations, it was unanimously decided that Beckham would undergo surgery, so the laboratory immediately made arrangements. Two days later, Beckham was hospitalized at the Royal Infirmary when the team went away to participate in an FA Cup match against Middlesbrough. Surgery was performed.

The operation was a success and so was the Red Rebels' FA Cup campaign.

Although the team defeated Middlesbrough 1:2 in an away game, Fabregas, who replaced Beckham as the organizing midfielder, failed to show his due strength, especially when facing the Middlesbrough midfielder. Under strong pressure, Fabregas seemed to be struggling to cope and made frequent mistakes.

Mourinho once again replaced the Spanish teenager early in the midfield. This was also interpreted by the media as Mourinho's disappointment with Fabregas. When examining the ranking of Beckham's successors, Fabregas was at a disadvantage. .

After Michael Johnson replaced Cesc Fabregas, he personally directed two goals in the second half. He used two beautiful assists to help Robben and Ismail score goals respectively, reversing Middlesbrough.

Although it is only the FA Cup, it is against a strong Premier League team like Middlesbrough. This also makes the outside world estimate the starting lineup for the Red Devils derby on Saturday. Everyone believes that with the performance against Middlesbrough, After an outstanding performance in the second half, Michael Johnson will start.

It is understandable that the performance of young players is inconsistent. After all, they are not mature enough, but Michael Johnson appears to be very mature. His performance has improved greatly in the past few seasons, especially in a few key games. He seemed surprisingly calm and steady, which made Mourinho very happy.

It can be said that Michael Johnson and Cesc Fabregas are the future treasure troves of the Red Rebels. Mourinho also attaches great importance to both players, especially in the case of intensive schedule and Beckham's absence. The team needs two young players who can quickly take over from Beckham's class.

After the game against Middlesbrough, the players who returned from the victory went to the Royal Hospital to visit Beckham after the operation. The latter greeted his teammates with a smile and felt warm in his heart.

In this game, both Robben and Ismael, who scored goals, wrote on their shirts that they would dedicate their goals to Beckham. This made Beckham watching the live TV very happy.

However, regarding the upcoming schedule, Beckham feels that the team must not take it lightly.

"Manchester United, Liverpool and Juventus are all difficult characters, and we must pay close attention to them. Otherwise, our efforts throughout the season will be in vain!" Beckham's serious instructions own teammates.

From the live broadcast, Beckham also saw the performance of his two junior teammates. He comforted Fabregas, who was a little depressed, and encouraged Michael Johnson, who was performing well. He knew in his heart that the talents of these two players Even surpassing him, Fabregas's low performance is only temporary.

"If you can break through the current bottleneck, then your strength will rise to a whole new level!" Beckham's words have the flavor of some cultivation novels that Xiao Yu saw in his previous life.

But in fact, that’s what football is like!

Technology is only a part of football, but awareness, experience and understanding also play a large part in football, especially for players like Cesc Fabregas who rely on football intelligence to play football.

But it is a pity that although everyone knows that Fabregas needs to improve, the current situation does not allow the Red Rebels and Mourinho to give Fabregas a chance to try to improve. After all, from now on, every For the Red Rebels, every game is a must-win!

So, in the game against Manchester United, Mourinho cruelly abandoned Cesc Fabregas and chose Michael Johnson!

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