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Tuesday, 25 October 2005 |
Sven-Goran Eriksson backs David Beckham
Boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has reassured David Beckham that he will be
leading England at the World Cup finals, even though he has had recent
disciplinary problems.
The Real Madrid midfielder was sent off on Sunday for sarcastically
applauding the referee after he was booked, although the Spanish club
will be appealing. The 30-year-old also received a red card for England
earlier this month.
"I don't have any problem with him. He will be captain in Germany," Sven-Goran Eriksson told the Manchester Evening News.
David Beckham is the first England player to be sent off twice for his
country but Sven-Goran Eriksson is not worried about that.
"I have not spoken to him about the dismissal on Sunday. I don't know
what happened but you do get sent off in football," added Sven-Goran
Eriksson.
"It will always be like that. In other countries it is the same."
Sunday's dismissal was Beckham's third in a Real Madrid shirt but
team-mate Pablo Garcia believes the England captain gets victimised
because of how he looks.
"I don't know why Beckham got sent off. Maybe it's because he's blond
and pretty. Referees are capable of sending him off for that,"
commented the Uruguayan defender.
"I can't understand what the problem was. I doubt he said anything
because Beckham doesn't even speak Spanish that well - I can barely
understand him on the pitch."
Thomas Gravesen received a straight red card in the same game for a wild challenge on Valencia's Vicente Rodriguez.
The former Everton midfielder admitted he deserved punishment but he
added: "I didn't think it would be red - I thought I would only get
yellow. I wouldn't have been sent off in England."
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