All fans who are familiar with England must have a deep understanding that you can never expect too much from this team, because when you have high hopes for him, he will often tell you with a hard lesson that you are wrong, but when you don't have hope for him, he may surprise you.

This is very similar to Xiao Yu's motherland!

In the two World Cup qualifiers, England's opponents are Wales, which is ranked 72 in FIFA rankings, and Azerbaijan, which is outside the top 100, the former is at home, and the latter is away from home, but this is considered to be ironclad before the game, and the two games that can be won safely can hardly be thought of any reason to lose!

But England did lose!

0：1！

1：0！

The former was England's home England derby against Wales, while the latter was England's away game against Azerbaijan, only to be a surprise upset in both games that were considered to be nine out of ten.

It's hard to believe that this is true!

It's like the headline of the Times, the sky is falling in England!

Yes, the two defeats have left England in doubt whether they can even make a difference in the group, especially with Poland and Austria winning both games, England have fallen to fourth in the table and are far from qualifying for the top spot in the group.

What caused England to be upset by the underdogs?

Judging from the game against Wales, Giggs's sharp breakthrough caused Campbell to foul and win a penalty, which was indeed the key to victory, but England played very chaotic throughout the game, the attack was disorganized, and Giggs threatened several times, if not Simon? Davis and Carl? If Robinson hadn't taken advantage of the inevitable opportunity, the score of this game would have been at least 0:3!

Eriksen's pre-match approach to Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard proved to be a complete failure, with two of England's hottest midfielders not coexisting in the national team as expected, and England under their control simply unable to organise an effective attack on Wales.

Defensively, they couldn't get their feet in position, but it was only after Hargreaves came on that England's waist straightened, but it was too late, and Hargreaves wasn't the kind of passer, he was more of an interceptor.

After the shock defeat to Wales at Old Trafford, there was a new round of trials, starting with Campbell, who made the mistake and everyone believed that it was his low-level mistake that caused Wales' penalty.

There are even many so-called professionals who believe that Campbell's condition is not as good as before, his physical function is declining rapidly at the age of 30, and this season at Arsenal, Wenger has also relied heavily on the central defender combination of Hangrande and Sigan, and is obviously gradually interested in letting Hangrande replace Campbell.

It was because of the criticism that Eriksen finally used John in the away game against Azerbaijan. John Terry, the Red Rebels centre-back, has been solid in recent seasons, especially this season, the Red Rebels have conceded just one goal in the first eight games, the fewest in Europe, and his centre-back partnership with Curtis has been hailed as the most solid centre-back duo in the Premier League.

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand's centre-back duo featured in Azerbaijan's game, while Christian Eriksen made some changes to midfield, with Hargreaves at the back, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the middle of midfield, and Defoe, Owen and Wayne Rooney in the front three.

The 433 tactic used by Manchester United, Arsenal and the Red Rebels is now prevalent in the Premier League, and Eriksen clearly wants to be able to use this tactic to control the midfield more effectively.

But the result?

Azerbaijan gave England a blow from afar as they started the game, and in less than three minutes, Azerbaijan took advantage of an England corner mistake and scored a goal from a central defender.

After falling behind, England launched a frantic attack to try to get back into the score, while Azerbaijan retreated into their own half, holding on to the box and stopping England's attack with numerous fouls.

"There were 21 set-pieces in front of the game, Eriksen must have missed having Beckham, with Beckham, the opponent would not dare to give England so many set-piece opportunities, and lost Beckham, England lost the set-pieces in front, and also lost control of the rhythm."

Andy? Gray said sadly after the game.

If the upset loss to Wales was just an accident, then the defeat to Azerbaijan is another reminder to the English, something is wrong with you?

What's the problem?

Martin? Samuel dissects this very clearly in his column.

"When Beckham was around, there were always people who scolded him for knocking back, like crossing, like running to the middle to pick up, and even retreat to participate in the defense, but when Beckham is not on the field, what do we see?"

"Yes, we could play 433 without Becky, but is our defense solid? Is our offense sharp? Will we still be able to get the ball into the opposition penalty area in an organised and orderly manner? ”

"I still remember that when the outside world criticized Beckham, as his friend, Xiao Yu once said that everyone has to think about what will become of England without Beckham, and now the results are out, we can't even defeat Wales and Azerbaijan, and we can't even organize a decent attack."

"Look at Beckham's near-monster state in the Red Rebels! Look at his voice in the World Footballer of the Year award, which even overshadowed Ronaldinho's! Consider his organizational skills, which are increasingly admired by professionals around the world. However, all these advantages that are admired by the whole world have become shortcomings that everyone criticizes in our national team, which makes us have to ask ourselves, are we wrong, or are the football people all over the world crazy? ”

"To solve the problems in England today, it's very simple, go back to Beckham and build a team around him and play around him, like the Red Rebels!" Martin? Samuel appealed.

In two consecutive qualifiers, they were upset by weak teams, and the British media was also full of mourning.

Through live TV footage, Beckham appeared in the stands at Old Trafford to watch England's defeat to Wales, accompanied by Victoria and Xiao Yu, who pointed to the pitch from the stands, and didn't know what they were talking about, but it could be seen that England lost to Wales in an upset, and Beckham was disappointed.

Many media have reversed their previous statements, believing that Beckham is indeed the most indispensable member of the current England team, even those diehards have to admit that England without Beckham is really bad, and even a team like Azerbaijan can lose!

So they began to launch an appeal for Beckham to return to the national team, and many fans from the outside world have also expressed their appeals, including many Manchester fans who put up banners outside the Red Rebels' Newton Heath training base, hoping that Beckham can return to the national team.

'I know we blame him and we have a lot of responsibility, but I still hope he can come back to the national team and continue to play for England and lead us to the 2006 World Cup in Germany!' A young female fan cried bitterly during an interview.

…………………… On October 16, 2004, the Red Rebels challenged Everton away because of the Muslim month of Ramadan from the 15th, for the sake of the players, Mourinho finally did not arrange for the Essien and Toure brothers to start, De Rossi and Beckham partnered in the back, and McCone played the right wing-back position.

In the stands at Goodson Park, many fans pulled out banners hoping that Beckham could return to the national team, including England fans, who knew that England, which had 4 games, 2 draws and 2 losses, must win all the next games if they want to appear.

And with England's current form, it's hard to win them all.

On the contrary, Beckham had a two-week break, and Jose Mourinho gave him a week off to give him a good rest, and after returning to the team, he was in excellent form, providing one assist and one goal for the team, leading the team to a 1-4 victory over David Moyes's side.

Seeing David Beckham's almost unbeatable form in the game, and reflecting back on the poor situation of the England national team before, the fans' hopes for Beckham's return to the national team are even louder.

However, in response to the fans' appeals, Beckham, who won the best player of the match after the game, said in an interview with the media that his previous decision to withdraw from the national team was deliberate, and now he plays for the Red Rebels, and his condition is very good, he will not think too much, he will only care about his game with the Red Rebels.

'I'm sad to lose England, he's one of my three favourite teams, the other two being Manchester United and the Red Rebels, but I've quit the national team, so I can only bless and encourage them and I'm confident that England can turn things around.'

'Yes, the next game against Northern Ireland is crucial, a game that can't be lost, so I think Eriksen will be able to handle that! As for returning to the national team, I never thought about it! ”

For Beckham's response, fans were extremely disappointed, and even many radical fans angrily attacked Beckham, thinking that he was not patriotic at all, and when the national team was in trouble, he didn't even think about helping England tide over the difficulties!

But because Beckham was criticized by the whole country before, the attacks of these radical fans failed to cause momentum, and everyone was just disappointed, and at the same time hoped that Beckham could change his mind.

After playing Everton, the team travelled to the cold city of Moscow to take on Spartak Moscow away.

The hostile environment was the team's worst enemy, especially in the bitter climate of Moscow, where the Red Rebels were under stubborn sniping from the home side and had a tough time conceding a goal.

At the most critical moment, Beckham stepped up and first took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to assist John? John Terry scored the equaliser, and then in the closing stages of the game, a diagonal long pass set up Kaka's offside position, and the latter drove straight in to pick the ball past the attacking goalkeeper to put the score in the lead.

However, the game also caused problems for the Red Rebels, with De Rossi and Drogba both being infringed upon by their opponents and suffering minor injuries, resulting in Mourinho having to play Birmingham at home. Toure started in place of De Rossi, with Drogba's place filled by Villa.

And at this time, the thickness of the bench of the Red Rebels played a crucial role, Yaya? Toure withstood the pressure well and fired a long-range shot at the crucial moment to help the team beat off the menacing Birmingham City 1-0 at home.

The latter is also currently said to be in the grip of being acquired, Steve? Bruce's team, despite being in the middle of the table, have performed well against strong teams and are very interesting.

But just after this game, England once again broke out a scandal that shocked the world of football, and at the same time, this scandal also made England, which was already in deep danger, even worse.

(To be continued)