The home game against Northern Ireland was a significant one, as it was not only manager Christian Eriksen's 50th game in charge of England, but also David Beckham's first game back in the national team, as he also took over the armband of the England captain.

In order to wash away the decline of the England national team, England decided to move the venue to the Red Rebels Stadium in the east of Manchester instead of the previous Old Trafford stadium, which also led to the 55,000 tickets sold out of the Red Rebels stadium.

In addition to moving the stadium to the Red Rebels Stadium, the training camp of the England national team was also arranged in the Newton Heath training base, which also allowed many England internationals to experience the first-class hardware facilities of the Newton Heath training base up close, even if it was Ashley from Arsenal? Cole had to be impressed by the Red Rebels' hardware, believing that Newton Heath was definitely better than Arsenal's A.T. Kearney in terms of hardware.

But when the players entered the Red Rebels Stadium, they had to marvel once again at the modernity of the five-star stadium.

While they were still warming up, the 55,000 fans in the stands swept through the stadium, and they realized that the original stands were designed with this in mind, so the fans could see what was happening in every corner of the stadium, and they were able to create more momentum than other stadiums.

In this game held at the Red Rebels Stadium, Eriksen seemed to consider Beckham's start, and there was also the problem of the venue, so in the selection of central defenders, he lined up the central defender combination of Terry and Curtis, and their left and right flanks were Ashley? Cole and Gary? Neville, with Robinson behind him.

England's biggest change came in midfield, with David Beckham playing in a central midfield role, partnering Manchester United star Butt, Hargreaves on the bench and Joe on the left with the attacking midfield. Cole, Frank Lampard in the middle, Steven Gerrard on the right, Rooney as the lone striker and Owen as the substitute.

Eriksen changed to 4231, David Beckham was deployed in a playmaking midfield position, Bart was more focused on scrambling and interception, and the combination of the two former United team-mates was somewhat similar to Beckham's combination with Essien or De Rossi in the Red Rebels.

In training, Eriksen also consciously put forward more requirements for the players, the most important of which is undoubtedly to establish Beckham's core position in this tactical system, in order to highlight this, Eriksen even had a brief exchange with Mourinho.

It can be said that for this game, Eriksen did everything he could, and the key is to see how the actual situation is!

…………………… Amid the earth-shattering cheers of the fans, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

England took the lead in the offensive.

Beckham looked positive from the start, and in the previous Premier League game, Mourinho replaced Beckham with Cesc Fabregas in the early half after confirming the victory, hoping to make him fit enough for the national team.

As a free man in the midfield, Beckham did not rush to press, from the opening, more in search of feeling, brewing attack, which led him to the left and right wings of Ashley? Cole and Gary? Neville has more horizontal connections, while vertical connections are more with Terry and Curtis behind him.

It gives the impression that England's attack doesn't seem to be able to open the way.

There were many fans in the stands who opposed Beckham's return to the national team and immediately booed, they are hardcore anti-shell elements, in the case of Beckham's outstanding performance, they will choose to silence the rational choice, but when Beckham shows even the slightest bit of unsatisfactory, they will all come out.

But less than 1 minute after the boos sounded, Curtis suddenly stepped forward, and when Beckham knocked on Curtis, Bart retreated to the defense, but Curtis grabbed the front pass on the defender to Beckham, who had run out of the gap and was unmarked.

It was at this moment that the four attacking players in front of the team also rushed forward.

Beckham looked up, drove forward with the ball, and then followed Joe? Kerr made a beautiful one-two and went straight down the middle.

The ball passed behind the two central defenders, Rooney carried the opponent's central defender with his body, and after the successful anti-offside, he received the ball and shot low, the goalkeeper couldn't save, 1:0!

After the goal, England looked full of morale and the morale of the whole team, especially David Beckham, who gradually found some of the feeling of playing for the Red Rebels in this familiar stadium and familiar fan atmosphere.

Beckham, who ran away, did a very good job of running and passing, and several interceptions were also of great help to the defense, and his cooperation with the offensive end was becoming more and more felt.

In the 23rd minute, it was Beckham who made a long pass from the back and found Gerrard directly, who passed the Northern Ireland full-back and passed to the middle, Rooney unloaded the ball to hit the goal, but the angle was blocked by the opponent's central defender, and the back was back to Lampard who inserted it in the back row.

Frank Lampard, who has performed well at Chelsea this season, did not waste the space that Wayne Rooney had carved for him, and he met the ball with a hard foot and fired a low shot into the bottom right corner, 2-0!

There was an overwhelming cheer from the fans in the stands, who had not seen England attack so heartily for a long time, especially in terms of teamwork.

With Beckham, the core of the organization, and the presence of lubricants, the original Shuangde combination has become a powerful attack combination, Joe? Kerr frequently drops back, pulls out space, and uses his personal skills to attack the opposition's defense, while Rooney acts as an arrowhead, responsible for carving space for his teammates, while also creating scoring opportunities with his own individual ability.

In the 26th minute, Frank Lampard, who had just scored a goal, received a through ball from Beckham and gave it to Gerrard on the right side of the penalty area, who calmly pushed the ball, the ball passed under the goalkeeper's crotch and rolled into the goal, 3:0!

In the 31st minute, Beckham took advantage of a set-piece opportunity in front of the court to assist Curtis's header to score, 4:0!

The England fans in the stands went completely crazy!

They had just hoped to see a victory, but who knew that they had seen a near-devastating victory, and no one could have imagined that England under Beckham's control would be able to exert such amazing fighting power, especially in attack.

In the 30th minute of the half, four goals were scored by Northern Ireland, although this has something to do with the strength of the opponent, but compared to the consecutive home and away defeats to Azerbaijan and other weak teams, this game is enough to be amazing.

In the second half of the first half, England consciously slowed down their attack, but before half-time, Beckham launched another wave of attacks, although he did not score, but still caused a huge crisis for Northern Ireland, to the excitement of the English fans in the stands.

At half-time, Eriksen praised the role of his players on the pitch, especially against the Red Rebels trio.

Curtis and John Terry were able to assist Beckham in a better way when he was tempo, and they were always able to run out of position to pick up Beckham when Beckham's forward and left and right lanes were blocked, something that Campbell and Rio Ferdinand did not have in the past.

The combination of John Terry and Curtis makes Beckham's playmaking more comfortable because he can trust his team-mates and know that even if they face blocks, they can at least have at least one consistent exit point behind them.

From point to point, Erikson had to admit that the Red Rebels' tactics were indeed too strong.

It's just a point for Beckham, with Kaka retracement in front, Terry and Curtis in the back, Ronaldo and Robben who retreated left and right, and Evra and Kolo in front? Toure, with Essien by his side, means there are points of contact everywhere.

That's why so many people are surprised that Beckham's passing errors in the Red Rebels are very low, not because of how good his passing skills are, but because he has more contact points.

Eriksen was also troubled by the iron triangle at the back, and he believes that the hearty 4-0 in the first half was definitely not a coincidence, but should he continue to use this set of tactics and personnel? Or do you make local adjustments and substitutions?

That's certainly a headache for Eriksen, but in this game there was no reason for him to make a substitution.

After the second half of the rematch, England still firmly controlled the situation on the field, Beckham methodically controlled the rhythm of the field, when it was fast, England could play a devastating attack, and when it was slow, England could also be quite patient back and forth.

However, unlike the Red Rebels, who are fast and orderly, and switch between attack and defense freely, England is inferior to the Red Rebels in terms of player coordination, delicate passing and receiving skills, and the overall rhythm awareness of the players.

In the case of a 6:0 lead, Northern Ireland faced England's onslaught, and rationally chose to retreat across the board, if it is an experienced team, it should play more patient and calm at this time, and lure Northern Ireland out to play, but these players in England can no longer take care of these.

The crazy attacking players blindly attacked, as if they were eager to carve a gap in the iron plate of Northern Ireland, which also directly caused the lack of tactical execution of England players in the last 30 minutes, and no longer revolved around Beckham as before.

Football is never a one-man game, and while England are a cut above the Northern Irish players in terms of individual ability, once you're stuck in a single game, no matter how good your individual skills are, you can't break through the steel walls built by the Northern Irish.

On the contrary, Northern Ireland, in the 77th and 81st minutes of the second half, each had a very sharp counterattack, both from the two wings, using Ashley? Cole and Gary? The gap left by Neville's step up to assist went straight to England.

The centre-back combination of John Terry and Curtis continued the solidity and solidity of the Reds, with the pair of players in key positions to block the opposition's attacking line and resolve the crisis twice to avoid England conceding goals.

But these two sharp counter-attacks also became a shadow of England's big victory, especially after that, England could no longer organize a decent attack, the players began to worry about conceding goals on the field, the attack was no longer as resolute as before, and the defense became a bit of a winner.

Fortunately, in the final moments, Northern Ireland also lost the fighting spirit to fight back, and the two sides went through the motions to end the final 10 minutes.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the vast majority of England fans stood up and applauded, not for Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard, who scored a goal, or for Gerrard, who scored a goal, but to the three players of the Red Rebels, who were responsible for England's victory.

David Beckham brought John Terry and Curtis to the sidelines to interact with the fans, which is also a must-do for the Red Rebels after every game, so as to deepen the players' sense of belonging to the club, as well as the loyalty of the fans to the club, and increase the communication between the two sides.

After thanking the fans, the three Beckham left the stadium with a smile.

In the VIP box, Xiao Yu was relieved until this time, and he was also relieved by Chade beside him? Jabber.

At this time, England really needed a big victory, especially a hearty victory, and Beckham was like a savior who fell from the sky, he personally directed a great victory!

Although this win was not perfect, Beckham was!

(To be continued)