The World’s First, Second and Third are Me

After winning the prize, Dong Fangzhuo hurried back.

Before boarding, he received a piece of bad news-November 25, 2005 British local time, the British football star and former Manchester United star George Best stopped breathing.

Known as one of the greatest stars in history, he was 59 years old.

After Roger Williams, the attending doctor at Cromwell Hospital, reluctantly announced the bad news, the British media and the fans were sad. Local time in London this morning, Best fans rushed to give him his previous Manchester United No. 7 jersey ahead of time, writing "George you are a legend" Manchester United scarf, letters and so on.

As a result of long-term alcoholism in adulthood, this caused serious damage to his body. Since drinking too much in 2002, Best had to undergo a liver transplant. At the beginning of October this year, Best had to be hospitalized due to liver disease. After more than a month's struggle with death, the legendary star finally let go at the age of 59.

Dong Fangzhuo joined Manchester United for a year and a half, and has never been alone with Best, but this does not hinder his respect for this predecessor.

And this senior once supported Dong Fangzhuo in front of the media, thinking that Dong Fangzhuo can carry Manchester United's tradition and become a great Manchester United captain.

In the eyes of the British, Best is the most powerful football player in Great Britain after the war. Even in Europe and the world, it is ranked at the forefront. Only Bailey, Maradona, Stefano and Cruy can stand side by side. Husband waits for a few. But as a veteran player who has been retired for 35 years, his death can trigger widespread thoughts from the Prime Minister to millions of civilians, and the scale is close to Diana, which is not only played by football.

Regarding the premature death of Best, the traditional view is that this is due to his personality weakness, which is a rich example in his life after retirement: in order to fill the emptiness, he is addicted to alcohol and women. He is considered to be a model of "early death genius", led to self-destruction by the same force that drove his success.

Although these views are not unreasonable, Best's life cannot be completely attributed to internal causes. As the first entertainment superstar in the history of modern football, Best and every aspect of his life have been magnified by modern media. This was unthinkable before his time, but since he has carried on the private life of athletes Inquiry has become commonplace.

His name is remembered throughout Manchester, and even Miss Duan is no exception.

Best was born on May 22, 1946 in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. His father was a shipyard worker and his mother worked in a tobacco factory. As a child, Best responded wisely and passed the local “key” elementary school, but he was not happy because the traditional project of the elementary school was rugby instead of football. Later, after transferring to a school where football is the main subject, his talent was quickly revealed. Manchester United's scouts in Northern Ireland quickly sent a telegram to coach Busby: "I think I found it for you this time. A genius."

So, at the age of 14, Best crossed the Irish Sea to Old Trafford, when Manchester United was in the recovery period after the 1958 Munich crash, and Busby searched for young geniuses to rebuild his glory. But the teenager Best suffered a homesickness from the beginning, and he only ran back to Belfast with his companion for 24 hours. However, his father was uncomfortable and immediately notified Busby by phone. Best was sent back to Manchester United.

It didn't take long for Manchester City to talk about this special kid from Miss Duan Cha to the taxi driver.

In 1963, for the first time, he represented a team at home against West Bromwich Albion, scoring the only goal of the audience, helping Manchester United lead the opponent in the standings.

His legend begins.

He used to be the youngest European footballer. For this, he needed women and alcohol...

In 1968, after winning three consecutive league titles, Best's reputation reached its peak-Manchester United defeated the then European football overlord Benfica at Wembley Stadium and became the first English team to win the European Championship , And Best himself opened the record for the first time in the game. At just 22 years old, he has become "Mr. European Football"... In the reminiscence articles written by his admirers, these are beautiful moments of repeated talk.

But after this, the young Best and his teammates began to have differences. For those who have experienced the "Munich Air crash" such as Sir Busby and Bobby Charlton, they have achieved the goal of rebuilding the Manchester United dynasty, and the motivation to continue is gone, and they are also old. But Best is different. He is still young and needs continuous success to consolidate the reputation he has gained. He is depressed about the aging of the team and he is not enterprising. He is not willing to decline together. He needs to relieve the pressure. ...

In order to make the body stronger, the thin best thought of the method of pouring beer. When Best signed a trial training contract with Manchester United in 1961, he was considered too thin, and he would be unable to cope with the huge consumption of professional football in the future. At that time, a common way for a young player to "get stronger" was to fill them with a bottle of Guinness beer every day, because it is rich in yeast and helps digestion. It didn’t take long for Best Prohibitionist from the Puritans to fall in love with this “tradition”.

The wine culture tradition in football has a long history, and Manchester United in the 1960s is no exception. The first time Dr. Best got drunk was when he was 16 when he visited Switzerland with the team. At this time, he did not drink too much, and more than one liter of beer would fall. Later, he will also mix whiskey in orange juice during training, and because his name is getting louder, everyone ignores it.

In 1999, he was found to have liver cirrhosis; he underwent liver transplantation in 2002. A year later, he started drinking again, and his second marriage broke down.

In 2004, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison for drunk driving. He died in the attention of countless people on November 25, 2005.

Neither football nor alcohol is the fundamental reason why Best became a social icon in the turbulent 1960s. His fashion taste, his romantic affairs are the most attractive places.

Bobby Charlton was a hero respected by parents at that time, and the church, school, and government promoted his courtesy and cleanliness. But in the eyes of the young man, he was an abominable, boring, rebellious pug and poor-quality earth bun.

On the contrary, Best is a hero of the working class.

Best lived in the 1960s. In those days, no matter the reason or the causeless rebellion, there were people cheering, especially young people. Therefore, although Best's political views are on the right, and Charlton prefers the Labor Party, the image of the two is still opposite in the minds of young people.

Some things are uncommon today, but at the time, it was unheard of for a player to dare to disdain the tradition so far, and its impact is far beyond the stadium. Today’s people seem to be tired of the young star’s swagger and mavericks, but in the 1960s, as the first person to do so, Best’s move was enough to promote himself as a budding “anti-traditional culture” spokesperson , Whether he himself is willing or not.

Best once commented on Charlton as follows: "I think he is simply not as perfect as it really is. I really hope he says'f××k', even once." Under Charlton's authority, Best Depressedly spent three years. On the eve of Charlton's farewell, he threw an egg at the captain's poster in the bar.

Everyone said that without alcohol and women, Best would be imperfect due to perfection.

Opinion on Best has been divided into two groups very early. Some people think he wasted his genius, while others thank God for letting him see such a beautiful performance. Best himself insists that only he has the right to express his disappointment that his career has not lasted, but he is not disappointed.

In 2001, he published his autobiography "The Beloved", and later published "Half-Score", all of which are unique and unique in his youth. This year he published the last memoir, "Crazy Shovel and Broken Shower", which recorded football content in the 60s and 70s.

Although Best does not necessarily link the contempt for discipline and the indulgence of self with the requirement for freedom, his indifference to responsibility and the pursuit of carnal enjoyment cannot be said to be an active resistance to social formation, but his life has always been consistent with Unlike most people, this is both the source of his genius and the source of his flattery, jealousy, and blame.

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"For George Best~www.novelmtl.com~ to win West Ham United."

Ferguson just said this in the away locker room.

In the away game of the league against West Ham United, the players of both sides wore black yarn and silenced for 3 minutes...

At the beginning of the game, the Manchester United players did not seem to have eased from the grief of losing Best. West Ham broke the deadlock in only 52 seconds at the opening. Etherington passed from the left and Heywood pushed the close corner at 12 yards from the left rib. Access the network.

Manchester United equalized the score in the 47th minute, Repka made a turnover error, Dong Fangzhuo made a direct pass, Rooney Middle Road got rid of Gabidon at 12 yards and shot hard. Although Carroll blocked the ball, he failed to prevent the ball from entering the net. This is Rooney's seventh league goal this season.

Ten minutes later, Manchester United exceeded the score, Rooney took the corner from the right, and Oshey scored a header from 6 yards before the goal...

In the end Manchester United won West Ham 2:1 away.

After the game, Dong Fangzhuo flew to Northern Ireland with the big troops...