On June 26, 1998, England defeated Colombia 2-0 in the group stage of the World Cup in France. Beckham scored a free kick in the 29th minute, which was also Beckham's first goal for the England national team.

, this goal established Beckham's status as England's number one free kick expert, and at the beginning of that World Cup, head coach Hoddle excluded him from the main selection list.

Facing Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, Beckham was ejected with a red card by the referee in the second half in retaliation for Diego Simeone's violation. In the penalty shootout, England ended the World Cup with a total score of 5-6.

trip. After returning to China, Beckham became a batch

Most of the comments were insulting, and some fans of other clubs even held up slogans such as "Trash, incompetent" on the field to ridicule Beckham. Beckham later regretted this experience whenever he talked about it.

, thinking “I was really too young at the time.”

Fortunately, Ferguson's love for Manchester United and Victoria accepted Beckham who returned from France frustrated, and it was the warmth of the club and family that gave Beckham the courage to return to the court and move on.

On April 25, 1999, Beckham was selected as the best team of the English Premier League for the 1998-1999 season by the English Professional Players Association. On May 16, he cooperated with his teammates to win the 1998-1999 English Premier League championship for Manchester United.

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The cooperation of his teammates enabled Manchester United to win the 1999 English FA Cup and move towards the Triple Crown. On May 26, as the midfielder, he used his outstanding performance to help Manchester United defeat the powerful Bayern Munich team in Barcelona and win the title.

In 1999, he won the European Club Champions Cup and won the Triple Crown.

Beckham was one of the most outstanding players in European football that season. However, at that time, Rivaldo had the aura of the Brazilian national team and had a huge advantage in the selection of many awards, which also prevented Beckham from being on the list.

The pinnacle of personal honor.

In January 2000, he ranked second in the FIFA World Player of the Year selection. In June, he was selected into the England team to participate in the 11th European Football Championship. He scored an accurate long pass against the German team in the group stage.

He contributed to Shearer's header and the final victory over his opponent.

After the match between England and Portugal in the European Championships, a small group of fans were dissatisfied with England and abused the players when they left the field. Beckham was angered and gave the middle finger, but escaped sanctions. This year, he and

Together with his teammates, Manchester United won the English Premier League championship in the 1999-2000 season. On November 15, before England's match against Italy, the national team's interim coach Peter Taylor appointed him as captain.

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, the Three Lions only needed a draw to advance to the finals. At the 93rd minute of the game, England was about to lose 1-2. At this time, Beckham took a free kick, and the ball spun and fell quickly.

In the upper right corner of the goal, this was a comeback goal under huge pressure. It was priceless. With this final blow, the England team was able to directly enter the World Cup finals and avoid the fate of participating in the play-offs.

It was this goal worth 100 million pounds that allowed Beckham to wash away the shame of the 1998 World Cup and become a hero to England fans again.

In April 2002, during the Champions League quarter-final match against Deportivo La Coruna, he was kicked by Argentinian player Duscher, causing a fracture of the second phalanx of his left foot and almost being unable to participate in the World Cup. At that time,'

The medical term "pubic fracture" has even become the hottest word in the English media. Countless people's eyes are focused on Beckham's toes, hoping that he can recover soon!

Beckham recovered from his leg injury in time and participated in the World Cup with the national team. He scored a penalty kick against Argentina in the group stage, helping England defeat the opponent who had caused him to receive a red card 1:0 in 1998.

.The scene where he and Simeone met and laughed away their grudges is still one of the classic scenes in the history of the World Cup!

Beckham has never concealed his love for the sport of football. Some players regard playing football as a means of making a living, 30

In his early years, he got tired of the high-intensity life of playing every week and retired early. For Beckham, who has such frequent commercial activities, playing football is no longer about making money - his income from a single commercial tour in Asia can exceed the entire

He received the salary from the team during the season, but he still trained and competed every week like a professional player. On the one hand, he loved football and was not willing to just hang out in the entertainment industry. On the other hand, he still insisted on continuing to play on behalf of the national team.

dream.

After the 2006 World Cup, Beckham gradually faded out of the England national team, but he never gave up his plan to return to the national team.

Beckham is the player with the most appearances for the national team among active English players, with a total of 115 times, and is second only to goalkeeper Hilton in the 1970s (125 times) in history. This is a feat worthy of respect in the football world.

Data. He also served as the captain of the national team for six years (2001-2006), participated in three World Cups, and performed outstandingly in each of them.

Although Beckham went to the Los Angeles Galaxy to seek gold after his contract with Real Madrid ended this summer, he has never stayed away from European football. This time, the focus of the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal, his return is also normal.

As for Beckham returning to the Emirates Stadium to cheer for Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson didn't say much when he was interviewed by the media. He just said welcome home!

The mentoring relationship between Beckham and Ferguson originated in 1993. At that time, Ferguson promoted him and several other young players into the first team, and insisted on cultivating these young people to continue Manchester United's glory.

Not buying big-name players from other countries.

In 1995, Beckham and five other young players (Scholes, Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Butt) were officially integrated into Manchester United's main lineup and were entrusted with important tasks as soon as they debuted. Beckham

Ham quickly became an important tactical piece of the team with his superb free kick skills. In the first Premier League game of the 1996/1997 season, Ham scored 50 goals with a goal

Mi's super long-range shot broke through the opponent's Wimbledon team's goal. He became famous with one goal and shocked the world. The video of the goal was repeatedly broadcast on major TV stations around the world. At that time, almost all Chinese fans got to know Beckham through this goal.

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Beckham's set-piece skills are completely the result of professional training. Experts call his free kicks "textbook-like." When he was in the youth team, he practiced free kicks late at night every time, and finally developed a superb "

"Golden Right Foot" - yes, it looks like something from a vulgar novel, but it is a true portrayal of Beckham's hard training.

In 2003, Beckham had a conflict with his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson, and his eye socket was broken by a sneaker thrown by Ferguson in the locker room. The relationship between the two mentors and apprentices dropped to a freezing point. Later, Beckham made no secret of the injury to his eyebrow.

This behavior made the conflict between the two parties public, eventually leading to the master-disciple turning against each other.

After the end of the season, Beckham left Manchester United and went to Spain's Real Madrid. Because of the high salary offered by Real Madrid, some critics believed that Beckham was ungrateful and greedy for money. But as time went by, the two sides

Gradually reconciled, Beckham specifically thanked Sir Alex Ferguson on multiple occasions, saying that Ferguson was "like a father" to him.

This time when he returned to England, Beckham also had the idea of ​​​​returning to European football. After all, the football desert in the United States is really not conducive to Beckham's return to the England national team.

In addition, the sponsors behind Beckham have also become an important promoter of Beckham's return to European football. After all, only in Europe can football shine the brightest!

The brands and products he endorses include sporting goods Adidas, electronic products Samsung, communication service provider Vodafone, soft drink Pepsi-Cola, men's products Gillette, Italian Police sunglasses, H&M, etc. Beckham has a large number of advertising contracts and filming

There have been many wonderful advertisements.

In the list of the highest-paid football teams in the world, Manchester United had been firmly in the top spot until 2003. With Beckham's transfer to Real Madrid, Real Madrid also surpassed Manchester United in this selection and became the world's highest-paid football team after 2003.

The football club with the highest revenue, Beckham's commercial value is evident.

It can be said that only in this special era can a figure like Beckham be born. Without the commercialization of football in the early 1990s, players' income and influence would be very limited, and there would be no Beckham today. Business

Putting aside the right and wrong for now, it’s just that in the sense that he made many people who have never watched football understand football and fall in love with football, his contribution to football is something that few people can rival.

Traditionally, football is a working-class sport in Britain, and like most British players, Beckham comes from a working-class family. His father is a plumber and his mother is a hairstylist. His love for football comes from his parents, both of whom

He is a Manchester United fan. When he was a child, he often traveled with them from London to Manchester to watch Manchester United games. Later, he signed a contract with the Manchester United youth team without hesitation, "it only took a minute."

When Beckham was 24 years old, he married Victoria, a member of the Spice Girls. They were called the "golden boy" union, but at the time he was not as well-known as the popular Victoria. The Spice Girls disbanded a year after their marriage, and Beckham

Ham's popularity gradually surpassed that of Victoria.

While maintaining her own fashion career, Victoria also acted as Beckham's "good wife", helping Beckham enter the entertainment industry, and co-starred in many advertisements. Beckham received the 2010 BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award.

In his acceptance speech, he especially expressed his gratitude to Victoria and said emotionally, "She has sacrificed a lot for me."

But some people think that Beckham is a "hep-controller" and even Victoria's puppet. Even Beckham's mentor at Manchester United, Ferguson, said angrily in 2007: "Since marrying Victoria, Beckham

He is no longer the young man who practiced football until late at night every day. He has changed. He is a big celebrity and football only accounts for a small part of his life."

Putting aside other factors, Beckham came all the way from the United States, which is enough to illustrate the importance of the game between Manchester United and Arsenal, and Beckham is just one of the representatives of many celebrities, because more and more celebrities appear in

London, when they were interviewed by the media, they all stated that they came to London this time to witness the historical moment!

For ordinary people, distant records often only survive in their memories, but now that they have the opportunity to witness the birth of history with their own eyes, everyone is very interested and is looking forward to the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.
Chapter completed!