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David Beckham.

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One of the most illustrious
careers in modern day football.

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From humble beginnings
in Leytonstone,

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to playing for Goliaths
such as Manchester United,

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Real Madrid, AC Milan,

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and Paris Saint Germain.

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Beckham's career has been
nothing short of spectacular,

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from glamorous red carpets to
cold, wet nights in Sheffield,

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Beckham proved he
could do it all,

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paving the way
for the first wave

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of modern day
commercial footballers.

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Messi, Ronaldo,
Ibrahimovich, and Neymar Jr.

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Legendary status,
without a doubt.

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I think he's put a long shift
in as an England player,

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some fantastic performances,

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some fantastic goals, memories,

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and I've learnt a lot off
David, and it's been a pleasure.

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Becks is a fantastic
footballer. Everyone knows it.

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His capabilities as a player.

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His quality's undoubted,
and he's a great member

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of the squad.

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You know, I think
it's easy for people

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to shoot people down when
they're at the very top,

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and for many years, Becks has
been at the top, and still is.

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You know, he's always been
one of the best players

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in the world.

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David Beckham,
a footballing icon,

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Manchester United legend.

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And at one point, the
most hated man in England.

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After the historic
1966 World Cup,

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which saw England's
first and only win,

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England failed to
qualify in 1974,

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losing to Poland in
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This World Cup woe
was echoed in 1978,

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when England failed to qualify
for back-to-back World Cups.

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A hard pill to swallow
made even harder

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when tournament host and
long-time rivals Argentina

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took the tournament home.

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Determined to restore
England's place

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as a top flight
footballing nation,

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Man United and England
legend Sir Bobby Charlton

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set up the Sir Bobby
Charlton Soccer School,

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a Manchester-based
foundation with the aim

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to provide young talent
with top quality coaching,

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who otherwise may not
have had the opportunity.

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Beckham found early success,
when in December of 1986,

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he won the soccer school's
national skills competition

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at the age of 11.

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Why are you
special in the sports world?

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I won the Bobby Charlton
Soccer School skills finals.

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Brilliant.
So where are you off to?

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Barcelona, for two weeks.

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Gosh, is that Maradona?

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No, it's the wrong
one, isn't it?

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Isn't that Argentina?

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Who's the star in Barcelona?

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Mark Hughes and Gary Lee.

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Beckham's
talents didn't go unnoticed,

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and by the time he was 16, he
was signed by top flight side,

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Manchester United.

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As a rule, wherever
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people talk about Manchester
United football team.

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The last few days
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more and more as a great team.

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This is where
football generates.

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Best teams in the world
come from the Northwest,

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simple as that.

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If you know football
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you come up here.

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You live and breathe
it. You've no choice.

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They play a style
of football for many years

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that everyone's enjoyed.

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Even if you're not a United fan,

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you're still in awe
of how they played.

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Played against them, and
they'll win in everything.

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You saw a dynamic football
side play great football.

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They got off the teams,
they outworked every team

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they played against.

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A marvelous occasion,

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and you can never forget
these nights, ever.

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Beckham's success

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as a Man United youth
player was undoubted,

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winning the 1992 Youth FA Cup,

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and 1994 reserves leagues.

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Because Beckham,
without question,

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was the fittest player
in United as a kid.

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Up and down the pitch.

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All the bleep tests,
in terms of paces,

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he was streets
ahead of everyone.

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You had to stop him.

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In 1996,
Beckham began to break

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into the first team,

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as many key players came to
the end of their careers.

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Paul Ince, Mark Hughes, and
Andre Kanchelskis most notably.

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He always was a marvelous boy,

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and when he joined us
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he had this fantastic
ambition to be a footballer,

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which I loved.

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And he was part of
that great score,

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we got through with the group,

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we got through with Giggs
and Scholes and the Nevilles

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and Nicky Butt, Ben Thornley.

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It was a wonderful period
for Manchester United.

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I look back in the great
times that we had together

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as six young lads
that started out.

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All we wanted to do was play
football for Man United,

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and then we
fulfilled that dream.

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He's the one who
taught us how to play football

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the Manchester United way,

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taught us how to handle
ourself on and off the pitch,

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along with others, you know,

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Brian Kidd as well.

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These kind of people,
but Eric was special.

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No, I think
we were quite lucky

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in all coming through
together at a time

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when it was a young person's
type of boom, really,

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and that fresh,
new Tony Blair era,

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where they were
giving youth a chance,

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and they wanted to
invest in youth,

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and it was the end of
coming out of a recession.

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And we was part
of that new regime

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that was coming through.

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And we were quite lucky.

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There was also Oasis,
there was also Stone Roses,

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Hacienda, you know?

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All of these things,
great things going on,

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this part of history
in Manchester.

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And we lived through it,
so it was so special.

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We came into a Man United team

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that was already successful
and already had great players

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and a great manager.

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And we were just playing
a small part in it.

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Playing alongside club legends

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such as Eric Cantona, Andy Cole,

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and Peter Schmeichel,

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it wasn't long before
Beckham made an impact.

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With a deep history
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United gave become the
perfect environment

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to improve his skills.

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Under the guidance
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Beckham had solidified his
place as a first team player.

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By the '96, '97 season,

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Beckham had won the Premier
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and the PFA Young Player
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And it wasn't long before he
received his England call-up.

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30th of June, 1998, England
were to face Argentina

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in the FIFA World Cup last 16.

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Whoever wins this
has got every chance

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of winning the
final, haven't they?

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Going all the way.

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No, this is the most important
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or the German
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It's a massive game.

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You can feel
atmosphere in the town.

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It is absolutely fantastic.

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We've got to get one back

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from when Maradona scored
handball, haven't we?

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- The hand of God.
- The hand of God.

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I'd rather forget about it.

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A game steeped in controversy,

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after England's 1986
quarterfinal defeat

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to Diego Maradona's
infamous handball:

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the hand of God.

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I thought it was just a
joke at the time, you know?

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And when he ran off to the left,

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I just couldn't
believe it, you know?

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He gave the goal, and we all
know what happened after that.

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And he should have
been off the field.

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So, what do
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I want to see England
win without cheat.

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Will you
encourage your players

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to follow Maradona's example
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to beat England?

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In football, he says,
copying isn't authentic.

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Every player has to express
himself in the best way.

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He praised England's
young players,

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Owen and Beckham, likely
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in an unchanged lineup.

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Revenge, I'm sure, is one
word that's going to be used

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an awful lot.

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If you want to call
it that, you can.

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But the most important
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the right result.

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And if, after the game, we can
call it revenge, then great.

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You'll never take the focus,
you'll never take the focus.

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Another flash of
brilliance from David Beckham

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might help England
get the right result,

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but the squad isn't
underestimating their task.

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We've had a lot
of a good players,

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so I think we can win easily.

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Two one England,
Shearer, golden goal.

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- Of course, us-
- Two zero.

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Two zero.

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I'm very sorry for the
English people, but-

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- We're going to win.
- We are the best.

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Sorry, man. You have the money.

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We have the quality and
the skills. The ability.

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It's bigger than
you. It's the same.

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I want to win.

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All the people in
Argentina want to win

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because football is the best.

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One nil to England.

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Three two. We're getting
stronger and stronger.

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We're going to win here,

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and then we're going
to win in Marseilles.

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And then we'll end up
winning the World Cup.

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England quickly
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when Argentina scored a
penalty in the sixth minute.

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However, it wasn't long
before England returned

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with a penalty of their own.

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Go on.

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With England taking the lead

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in the 16th minute.

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Argentina were able to equalize
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Two two at halftime, England
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but then disaster struck.

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Quite what was required.

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Indeed there was that
challenge on Beckham.

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Now, whether
Beckham accidentally

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smacked into the defender,
Sineone, the midfielder,

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I don't know.

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For Beckham, it's a red
card, for David Beckham.

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Oh no.

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It definitely cost
England the match.

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I had a great view
of the incident.

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He lashed out at the guy.

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The guy was going to
get booked anyway.

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There's no need
for it whatsoever.

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But I think we're
better than the Argies,

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but all I can say, like,

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just penalties again, isn't it?

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Penalty shoot out
again. Can't believe it.

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Beckham was out
of order, basically.

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He should have
stayed on the field,

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and if he had have done,
we'd have got through.

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Last night, mate,
gutted. Absolutely gutted.

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To get sent off
in a match like that

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is a disgrace to anybody.

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I'm sorry for his career.

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Whatever.

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I mean, I just feel
really bad, I mean.

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We're all disappointed,

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and we'll all talk about
it for years to come.

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Sending off cost us dearly.

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We played with 10
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and we deserved to win.

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Gutted is the word.

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The best team did win.
Best team did win. Well done.

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Good man. Very good.

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England's players
left the stadium slowly,

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some clearly upset, their
World Cup dream and shreds.

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Dreams shattered for
their children too,

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though after three weeks,

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they at least had
their fathers back.

255
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As David Batty and the
rest waited for their bus,

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the Argentine team pulled
alongside in theirs.

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As they passed England's
players and families,

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they cheered and
gestured and chanted.

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And then, it was time to go,
with pride, said the coach.

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Very proud, and I think the
nation should be proud as well

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at that performance,

262
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and the way that
we've had to go.

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But the nation
were anything but proud.

264
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Beckham had his
chance at redemption

265
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on the 6th of October, 2001,

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when England faced Greece in
the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.

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Another attempt at goal.

268
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We've played two and a half
minutes of stoppage time.

269
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England trail by
two goals to one.

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Beckham could raise the
roof here with a goal.

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It's something
I just want to say.

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I know, as England
captain that, you know,

273
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I am obligated and I
need to talk to the fans,

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and that's why I'm here.

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But I think I'm not
talking about Sky Sports,

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because there's a difference
between Sky Sports

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and the news side,

278
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and I think the way the
news side have treated me

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in the last few months has
been an absolute disgrace.

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I've done the same with
the News Of The World,

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because I think
they've tried to,

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you know, ruin my family.

283
00:13:50,893 --> 00:13:53,333
I think that I've done
the same with the Mail,

284
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because I've been
called a bad father,

285
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I've been called a bad husband,

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and my wife's been
called a bad mother.

287
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Does it hurt, David,

288
00:14:01,409 --> 00:14:05,147
when these allegations
are put about?

289
00:14:05,182 --> 00:14:06,445
Of course.

290
00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,018
As I said, you know,
things always hurt

291
00:14:08,053 --> 00:14:09,921
that that said about my family,

292
00:14:09,956 --> 00:14:14,585
and for people to call my
wife a bad mother, you know,

293
00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,785
is unbelievable.

294
00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:19,931
And you know, that's all I
want to say on the matter.

295
00:14:19,966 --> 00:14:20,998
Sit down.

296
00:14:21,033 --> 00:14:22,560
- Come on.
- Sit down.

297
00:14:25,862 --> 00:14:28,599
Regretfully, you will
have heard that my contract

298
00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:32,570
with the FA has been
terminated by mutual consent.

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By 1998,
Beckham had won 10 trophies

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with Man United.

301
00:14:37,445 --> 00:14:41,711
However, nothing would prepare
him for the '98 '99 season.

302
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Flight TLA300 to Barcelona.

303
00:14:50,128 --> 00:14:51,556
A day and a half still to go

304
00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:52,755
till the big match,

305
00:14:52,790 --> 00:14:55,098
but at Manchester Airport fans
have been queuing to leave

306
00:14:55,133 --> 00:14:57,034
since three o'clock
this morning.

307
00:14:57,069 --> 00:15:00,004
Police now say that up
to 50,000 of the red army

308
00:15:00,039 --> 00:15:02,270
will be making the journey
to support their heroes,

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00:15:02,305 --> 00:15:05,471
with only about 35,000
tickets officially allocated.

310
00:15:05,506 --> 00:15:07,979
The rest say they're going
simply for the atmosphere.

311
00:15:08,014 --> 00:15:09,420
Authorities believe
they'll make this

312
00:15:09,444 --> 00:15:11,609
the biggest ever exodus
of British fans abroad

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00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:13,512
to watch a single
football match.

314
00:15:13,547 --> 00:15:15,327
And it's through Manchester
Airport today and tomorrow

315
00:15:15,351 --> 00:15:16,911
that the majority
are making their way.

316
00:15:16,946 --> 00:15:20,090
This is the busiest four
days in the airport's history.

317
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We've got 225 additional
flights over the next four days,

318
00:15:23,986 --> 00:15:25,997
and about 30,000
additional passengers.

319
00:15:26,032 --> 00:15:27,592
Sold my car to get here.

320
00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:29,759
I've checked everything I
have to get here, you know?

321
00:15:29,794 --> 00:15:33,037
It's just one of them things,
you've just got to be there.

322
00:15:33,072 --> 00:15:35,369
You'd miss it if
you didn't turn up.

323
00:15:35,404 --> 00:15:36,964
It's history.

324
00:15:36,999 --> 00:15:39,076
It's a one-off match, isn't it?

325
00:15:39,111 --> 00:15:42,904
So will just probably
never happen again.

326
00:15:42,939 --> 00:15:44,114
Bound for Barcelona, then,

327
00:15:44,149 --> 00:15:46,083
hoping their heroes
will make that piece

328
00:15:46,118 --> 00:15:48,910
of footballing history
and claim a unique treble.

329
00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:54,685
Thousands
of Manchester United fans

330
00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,456
have invaded Barcelona,

331
00:15:56,491 --> 00:15:59,096
and some are already
camped outside the stadium,

332
00:15:59,131 --> 00:16:01,032
waiting for kickoff.

333
00:16:01,067 --> 00:16:03,991
They've come here from
all over the world.

334
00:16:04,026 --> 00:16:05,795
Where've you come from
to watch this match?

335
00:16:05,830 --> 00:16:07,170
Punjab, India.

336
00:16:07,205 --> 00:16:08,776
- All the way from India? Why?
- That's right.

337
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,173
Well, Man United supporters.

338
00:16:10,208 --> 00:16:12,802
Lived in England, so this
is a unique opportunity

339
00:16:12,837 --> 00:16:15,244
to come down to
support the lads.

340
00:16:15,279 --> 00:16:16,806
Is it worth
coming all the way?

341
00:16:16,841 --> 00:16:18,049
Absolutely.

342
00:16:18,084 --> 00:16:19,127
If you're passionate
about your team,

343
00:16:19,151 --> 00:16:20,711
you follow them
wherever they are.

344
00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:22,130
With the clock
ticking down to kick off,

345
00:16:22,154 --> 00:16:25,155
the excitement continues
to rise here in Barcelona.

346
00:16:25,190 --> 00:16:27,322
Wherever you go, there's
a sea of fans who seem

347
00:16:27,357 --> 00:16:30,193
to have taken over the
city ahead of the final.

348
00:16:30,228 --> 00:16:32,096
Both Manchester United
and Bayern Munich

349
00:16:32,131 --> 00:16:34,428
will have 30,000
inside the ground.

350
00:16:34,463 --> 00:16:36,166
Thousands more who can't get in

351
00:16:36,201 --> 00:16:40,170
say they just want to be here
to soak up the atmosphere.

352
00:16:40,205 --> 00:16:42,029
Fantastic. Absolutely superb.

353
00:16:42,064 --> 00:16:43,437
- Yeah.
- It's a joy to be here.

354
00:16:43,472 --> 00:16:45,450
I mean, the atmosphere
alone is worth coming for.

355
00:16:45,474 --> 00:16:46,605
It's superb.

356
00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,211
The weather and
everything. It's great.

357
00:16:48,246 --> 00:16:51,148
Soaking up the atmosphere
in Barcelona, aren't you?

358
00:16:51,183 --> 00:16:52,457
There's
still new official word

359
00:16:52,481 --> 00:16:54,151
about the fitness
of David Beckham.

360
00:16:54,186 --> 00:16:56,813
He finished training with his
right leg heavily strapped.

361
00:16:56,848 --> 00:16:58,716
He says he'll be fine.

362
00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:01,323
It's the only fitness doubt
Alex Ferguson has to deal with

363
00:17:01,358 --> 00:17:03,050
before he names his side

364
00:17:03,085 --> 00:17:05,360
for the biggest
match in his career.

365
00:17:05,395 --> 00:17:06,922
With Beckham match fit,

366
00:17:06,957 --> 00:17:09,496
United set off to
Barcelona with the hopes

367
00:17:09,531 --> 00:17:11,234
of doing the unimaginable.

368
00:17:11,269 --> 00:17:14,270
Dreaming of once again
bringing the European Cup

369
00:17:14,305 --> 00:17:15,832
back to old Trafford.

370
00:17:17,033 --> 00:17:19,473
However, their dreams
were quickly challenged

371
00:17:19,508 --> 00:17:22,707
when Bayern Munich's right
midfielder, Mario Basler,

372
00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:24,808
scored a low driven free kick,

373
00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:27,118
beating Peter Schmeichel
at the far post

374
00:17:27,153 --> 00:17:28,251
after six minutes.

375
00:17:29,452 --> 00:17:30,319
And at half time,

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00:17:30,354 --> 00:17:33,256
United nil, Bayern Munich one.

377
00:17:33,291 --> 00:17:35,588
As the clock ticks on to,

378
00:17:35,623 --> 00:17:39,394
well, within 10 seconds
at the end of the 90.

379
00:17:39,429 --> 00:17:41,088
With three
minutes of added time,

380
00:17:41,123 --> 00:17:42,364
and one goal down,

381
00:17:42,399 --> 00:17:44,828
United needed a miracle.

382
00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:48,205
Rising to the challenge, a
24-year-old David Beckham

383
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,208
steps up to take two corners
with his trademark whip.

384
00:17:55,005 --> 00:17:56,411
They've got that one away,

385
00:17:56,446 --> 00:17:57,643
have they as well.

386
00:17:58,316 --> 00:18:00,514
Giggs plugs it back inside.

387
00:18:00,549 --> 00:18:03,286
Has equalized for
Manchester United.

388
00:18:03,321 --> 00:18:05,354
Can you believe this?

389
00:18:05,389 --> 00:18:09,457
Now, just got one last
corner, perhaps, to survive.

390
00:18:09,492 --> 00:18:11,756
Beckham to swing
this one in again.

391
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:14,165
Sharing it with Solskjaer.

392
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,091
What a goal for
Manchester United.

393
00:18:22,098 --> 00:18:27,068
He's only gone and won the
Champion's League for them.

394
00:18:32,581 --> 00:18:35,516
The impossible just
became reality.

395
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:39,289
I was flat after the game,

396
00:18:39,324 --> 00:18:41,082
because I just
couldn't believe it.

397
00:18:41,117 --> 00:18:42,336
And when I get back to the hotel

398
00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:45,119
and tell my family, then
I was able to enjoy it.

399
00:18:46,529 --> 00:18:48,826
1999 marked a turning point

400
00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,597
in Beckham's career.

401
00:18:50,632 --> 00:18:52,236
After winning the
Champion's League,

402
00:18:52,271 --> 00:18:55,602
to complete the illustrious
treble with Man United,

403
00:18:55,637 --> 00:18:59,210
the only time an English
club has completed the feat.

404
00:19:00,510 --> 00:19:02,807
'92 to '99, if
you can pick just one moment?

405
00:19:04,283 --> 00:19:06,564
Winning the treble. It doesn't
get any better than that.

406
00:19:09,288 --> 00:19:11,387
Unbelievable.
You can't beat it.

407
00:19:11,422 --> 00:19:14,984
Never experienced anything
like that in our lives.

408
00:19:15,019 --> 00:19:17,151
The game is
absolutely brilliant.

409
00:19:17,186 --> 00:19:18,922
Happiest day of my life.

410
00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:20,957
Happiest day of my life.

411
00:19:22,598 --> 00:19:27,403
It's right up there
alongside my son being born.

412
00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:46,356
Well, I think the
big problem for me,

413
00:19:46,391 --> 00:19:48,116
I'm a football man, really.

414
00:19:49,427 --> 00:19:51,295
He fell in love with Victoria.

415
00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:53,792
That changed
everything, I think.

416
00:19:53,827 --> 00:19:56,531
Well, it was a different
type of marriage

417
00:19:56,566 --> 00:19:58,830
from what you would
normally expect

418
00:20:00,097 --> 00:20:01,635
of a player and football player.

419
00:20:01,670 --> 00:20:04,704
And because she was quite
a famous person, of course,

420
00:20:04,739 --> 00:20:07,102
I mean, part of a
pop group like that.

421
00:20:09,139 --> 00:20:11,645
So that changed the dynamics
of his life, really.

422
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,482
He embraced celebrity.

423
00:20:13,517 --> 00:20:15,352
I think he did. Yeah.

424
00:20:15,387 --> 00:20:16,881
Beckham had elevated his play

425
00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:18,289
to a world-class level,

426
00:20:18,324 --> 00:20:21,325
and when he married
Victoria in 1999,

427
00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:23,525
it was time to do the
same to his image.

428
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,297
David Beckham
would become Becks.

429
00:20:26,332 --> 00:20:28,332
Taking on brand deals
and appearances,

430
00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:30,301
Beckham, with the
help from Victoria,

431
00:20:30,336 --> 00:20:33,634
was truly transforming himself
from an average footballer

432
00:20:33,669 --> 00:20:35,504
to a global superstar.

433
00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:41,411
Two questions about England.

434
00:20:43,272 --> 00:20:44,458
Shall we talk
about the haircuts first,

435
00:20:44,482 --> 00:20:45,448
and get it out of the way?

436
00:20:45,483 --> 00:20:46,680
If you want to. Go on.

437
00:20:49,146 --> 00:20:51,080
A few years back,
there was an Ian Botham book,

438
00:20:51,115 --> 00:20:54,358
which was the biggest, and
Dicky Bird brought a book out,

439
00:20:54,393 --> 00:20:55,887
which overtook that,

440
00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:57,790
and Alex Ferguson's
recent one has sold

441
00:20:57,825 --> 00:20:59,363
as many as that, I think.

442
00:20:59,398 --> 00:21:01,156
So it's a competition
between David Beckham

443
00:21:01,191 --> 00:21:03,334
and Alex Ferguson now, I think.

444
00:21:03,369 --> 00:21:05,798
With a transformation
in image and popularity

445
00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:08,163
came a transformation in wage,

446
00:21:08,198 --> 00:21:11,672
when in 2002, Beckham signed
a three-year contract,

447
00:21:11,707 --> 00:21:14,169
following months of
negotiations with the club,

448
00:21:14,204 --> 00:21:17,447
mostly concerning extra
payments for his image rights,

449
00:21:17,482 --> 00:21:19,306
the income from his new contract

450
00:21:19,341 --> 00:21:21,418
and his many endorsement
deals made him

451
00:21:21,453 --> 00:21:24,454
the highest paid
player in the world.

452
00:21:24,489 --> 00:21:26,918
Are massive
salaries ruining the game?

453
00:21:28,394 --> 00:21:31,054
I think, you know,
with major opportunities,

454
00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:32,369
trying hard to
get this financial

455
00:21:32,398 --> 00:21:34,365
fair play into it,

456
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,027
and it's a very difficult area.

457
00:21:38,569 --> 00:21:40,448
I think that there's always
ways around these things,

458
00:21:40,472 --> 00:21:42,164
to be honest with you,

459
00:21:42,199 --> 00:21:44,639
but I don't know
how far it can go.

460
00:21:44,674 --> 00:21:46,179
It's dangerous times,
actually, the game,

461
00:21:46,203 --> 00:21:48,379
because of the amount
of money some players

462
00:21:48,414 --> 00:21:50,040
are getting paid.

463
00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:53,241
David's doing tremendous
well outside of the game,

464
00:21:53,276 --> 00:21:55,683
which is obviously, you know,

465
00:21:55,718 --> 00:21:58,554
been a big part of his
career, as well as football.

466
00:21:59,623 --> 00:22:01,183
And I think that it
was a different era

467
00:22:01,218 --> 00:22:02,459
with Bobby Moore.

468
00:22:02,494 --> 00:22:04,461
There wasn't obviously
the money around.

469
00:22:04,496 --> 00:22:05,935
Do you fear
for the future of the game

470
00:22:05,959 --> 00:22:08,828
with these massive
salaries swilling around?

471
00:22:08,863 --> 00:22:12,799
What happened that
somewhere along the line,

472
00:22:12,834 --> 00:22:14,867
the game will get
a rude awakening,

473
00:22:14,902 --> 00:22:16,473
and it'll level out.

474
00:22:16,508 --> 00:22:20,444
It has to, and stability
will come along with that.

475
00:22:21,546 --> 00:22:23,073
And so, you know,

476
00:22:23,108 --> 00:22:26,813
you've got to also admire
the premier division.

477
00:22:26,848 --> 00:22:28,111
It's a great league.

478
00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:29,849
It's a fantastic league.

479
00:22:29,884 --> 00:22:33,347
And the television deal
allows it to survive,

480
00:22:33,382 --> 00:22:35,316
you know, in terms
of being able to pay

481
00:22:35,351 --> 00:22:36,757
the salaries they're paying.

482
00:22:38,794 --> 00:22:40,629
But it will
get a rude awakening.

483
00:22:40,664 --> 00:22:43,434
It'll get a rude awakening
somewhere along, yeah.

484
00:22:43,469 --> 00:22:45,964
We do realize that we
have something to prove.

485
00:22:45,999 --> 00:22:48,769
We will be playing our hearts
out tomorrow for our fans,

486
00:22:48,804 --> 00:22:50,397
our country, and ourselves,

487
00:22:50,432 --> 00:22:52,905
and hopefully, we'll come
away with the right result.

488
00:22:55,547 --> 00:22:58,548
Are you at all
concerned that you've lost

489
00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:00,913
a bit of sympathy with
England supporters

490
00:23:00,948 --> 00:23:03,113
after the events of this week?

491
00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:05,247
Once we step onto
that pitch, you know,

492
00:23:05,282 --> 00:23:07,491
they'll realize and they'll
see in the boys' faces

493
00:23:07,526 --> 00:23:10,120
that, you know,
everything's behind us,

494
00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:12,320
and we want England to do well.

495
00:23:12,355 --> 00:23:15,026
You don't think this
pampered millionaire image

496
00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:18,667
that has been put about has
slightly rebounded on you?

497
00:23:18,702 --> 00:23:20,834
The, "Who the hell do you
think you are?" Headlines.

498
00:23:20,869 --> 00:23:21,967
That kind of thing?

499
00:23:23,575 --> 00:23:25,509
No, because I think that

500
00:23:25,544 --> 00:23:27,907
them headlines will
probably always be there,

501
00:23:27,942 --> 00:23:30,514
whilst, you know, the
wages are what they are.

502
00:23:30,549 --> 00:23:32,549
But you know, to be honest,

503
00:23:32,584 --> 00:23:34,254
that's always going to
be there, as I said.

504
00:23:34,278 --> 00:23:38,786
So, you know, we're prepared
to take the criticism,

505
00:23:38,821 --> 00:23:41,085
because you know, we've
put ourselves out there,

506
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,594
and we're well
prepared to take that.

507
00:23:44,629 --> 00:23:46,563
But once we're on the pitch,

508
00:23:46,598 --> 00:23:48,829
people realize how
much football does mean

509
00:23:48,864 --> 00:23:50,325
to every one of us.

510
00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,767
And after the World
Cup, you know,

511
00:23:52,802 --> 00:23:54,967
I had to come away and do well,

512
00:23:55,002 --> 00:23:56,639
and do well that season.

513
00:23:56,674 --> 00:23:59,004
And I felt I did, and
I've come on from there,

514
00:24:00,238 --> 00:24:01,743
and it's made me
a stronger person.

515
00:24:09,478 --> 00:24:10,851
Beckham
could raise the roof here

516
00:24:10,886 --> 00:24:11,886
with a goal.

517
00:24:13,559 --> 00:24:15,658
I don't believe it.

518
00:24:15,693 --> 00:24:20,157
David Beckham scores
the goal to take England

519
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:23,028
all the way to the
World Cup finals.

520
00:24:24,570 --> 00:24:26,295
Give that man a knighthood.

521
00:24:27,639 --> 00:24:29,397
Obviously, you
know, World Cup,

522
00:24:30,675 --> 00:24:32,906
we all know that anything
can happen once you're there.

523
00:24:32,941 --> 00:24:35,678
You've got to have a
certain amount of luck.

524
00:24:35,713 --> 00:24:38,043
And obviously people are
saying that it is too early

525
00:24:38,078 --> 00:24:40,815
for this team to go and
win a major competition.

526
00:24:40,850 --> 00:24:43,114
But I don't feel like it is.

527
00:24:44,986 --> 00:24:46,953
With Beckham's
career on the rise,

528
00:24:46,988 --> 00:24:49,384
it seemed as though
nothing would stop him,

529
00:24:49,419 --> 00:24:53,894
both as an illusive right-winger
and as a media powerhouse.

530
00:24:53,929 --> 00:24:57,667
Having qualified for the group
stages, spirits were high.

531
00:24:58,769 --> 00:25:00,637
You know, I feel
that we can go there,

532
00:25:00,672 --> 00:25:04,740
and if we get through the first
stages of the competition,

533
00:25:04,775 --> 00:25:07,336
then I feel that
anything can happen.

534
00:25:08,614 --> 00:25:10,878
With a new
manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson,

535
00:25:13,443 --> 00:25:15,718
and new captain David Beckham,

536
00:25:15,753 --> 00:25:20,118
2002 looked like the year
football would finally come home.

537
00:25:20,153 --> 00:25:21,153
Yes.

538
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:26,289
Absolutely fantastic.

539
00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,599
It's the best day of my life.

540
00:25:28,634 --> 00:25:31,195
But then, disaster struck.

541
00:25:33,771 --> 00:25:36,739
Whilst playing for Man United
in a Champions League game

542
00:25:36,774 --> 00:25:39,170
against Deportivo La Coruna,

543
00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:43,108
Beckham broke the second
metatarsal bone in his left foot,

544
00:25:43,143 --> 00:25:46,276
injuring him for the
remainder of the season.

545
00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,688
Well, the metatarsal bones

546
00:25:51,723 --> 00:25:53,767
are some of the major load
bearing bones in the foot.

547
00:25:53,791 --> 00:25:55,692
So if he's broken or
fractured one of those,

548
00:25:55,727 --> 00:25:57,452
and we see the
metatarsal bone here,

549
00:25:57,487 --> 00:25:58,926
flashing in red on the screen,

550
00:25:58,961 --> 00:26:00,774
that means he's going to
be unable to take weight

551
00:26:00,798 --> 00:26:02,204
through the bone or
through the foot.

552
00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:04,635
And if you can't do that, you
certainly can't play football.

553
00:26:04,670 --> 00:26:06,769
I had a stress fracture
in the fifth metatarsal

554
00:26:06,804 --> 00:26:07,804
of my left foot.

555
00:26:09,268 --> 00:26:11,906
I did it in a
game, just running.

556
00:26:11,941 --> 00:26:13,644
It just broke down,

557
00:26:13,679 --> 00:26:16,075
and it took me
three months exactly

558
00:26:16,110 --> 00:26:17,813
to come back, playing.

559
00:26:17,848 --> 00:26:19,023
Very difficult to
say at this minute.

560
00:26:19,047 --> 00:26:21,212
We're not too sure the
type of fracture he has,

561
00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:23,445
but if all goes well
and the bone heals up

562
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,754
within the eight weeks,

563
00:26:24,789 --> 00:26:26,800
he's still going to be missing
a lot of match fitness.

564
00:26:26,824 --> 00:26:28,692
So I would imagine
he'll probably miss

565
00:26:28,727 --> 00:26:31,387
the opening group stages,
but if he does come back,

566
00:26:31,422 --> 00:26:33,102
we'll probably see him
initially coming in,

567
00:26:33,127 --> 00:26:34,731
playing a substitute role.

568
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,430
What I think about that?

569
00:26:41,465 --> 00:26:42,838
You think
it can have any effect?

570
00:26:42,873 --> 00:26:45,434
If it has an effect,
please do it, all of you.

571
00:26:47,746 --> 00:26:50,241
The whole business of
The Sun calling for people

572
00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:51,638
to pray for Beckham,

573
00:26:51,673 --> 00:26:55,312
I hope, hope it's
an elaborate joke,

574
00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:58,414
because if it isn't,
then we are all doomed.

575
00:27:00,792 --> 00:27:03,122
After the
session he had today,

576
00:27:03,157 --> 00:27:07,896
he felt very well, no
complaints, no pain at all.

577
00:27:07,931 --> 00:27:09,799
So that's very positive.

578
00:27:09,834 --> 00:27:11,394
Hopefully this week,

579
00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:13,440
it would be great to welcome
a few of the players back

580
00:27:13,464 --> 00:27:16,003
onto the training pitch, and
hopefully, David's one of them.

581
00:27:16,038 --> 00:27:20,634
David's slim,
tall, angular, human being.

582
00:27:20,669 --> 00:27:23,439
Natural fit boy,
natural athlete.

583
00:27:23,474 --> 00:27:25,342
Beckham's natural.

584
00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:27,718
So, after his metatarsal injury,

585
00:27:27,753 --> 00:27:30,886
I was very confident that
David would no problem

586
00:27:30,921 --> 00:27:32,723
going to the World Cup.

587
00:27:32,758 --> 00:27:34,351
A determined
Beckham worked hard

588
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,287
to get back from injury in time

589
00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:39,488
for the opening group stage
game of the competition.

590
00:27:39,523 --> 00:27:40,764
How's the foot?

591
00:27:40,799 --> 00:27:42,392
It's a lot
better. A lot better.

592
00:27:42,427 --> 00:27:45,164
I run for the first
time two days ago,

593
00:27:45,199 --> 00:27:46,968
on Saturday morning,

594
00:27:47,003 --> 00:27:51,467
and it was a little bit achy
after, but it's not a problem.

595
00:27:51,502 --> 00:27:52,809
How is the x-ray looking?

596
00:27:52,844 --> 00:27:55,240
What are the United
physios saying about this?

597
00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:57,275
Well, the callus is
forming around the bone.

598
00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:59,882
So, that's the best sign.

599
00:27:59,917 --> 00:28:01,752
Surgeons are really
happy with it.

600
00:28:01,787 --> 00:28:04,854
They've been looking after
me for the last four weeks,

601
00:28:04,889 --> 00:28:08,891
watching it, and it's
really, really come on a lot.

602
00:28:08,926 --> 00:28:11,190
And United physios have
been watching obviously,

603
00:28:11,225 --> 00:28:13,093
and so it's really quite good.

604
00:28:13,128 --> 00:28:16,624
Metatarsals mended, and
old injuries forgotten,

605
00:28:16,659 --> 00:28:20,463
the air around the team and
their supporters is optimistic.

606
00:28:20,498 --> 00:28:21,662
I'm feeling confident.

607
00:28:21,697 --> 00:28:22,817
Now we've got
David Beckham back,

608
00:28:22,841 --> 00:28:24,841
that's got to be a
very big positive.

609
00:28:28,913 --> 00:28:30,473
With Beckham back from injury,

610
00:28:30,508 --> 00:28:32,882
his dreams of revenge
against the Argentines

611
00:28:32,917 --> 00:28:35,115
were closer than ever.

612
00:28:35,150 --> 00:28:38,052
When England drew Argentina
in the group stage

613
00:28:38,087 --> 00:28:39,185
of the competition.

614
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,122
And H one for Japan.

615
00:28:43,191 --> 00:28:44,421
Argentina.

616
00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:47,897
England,

617
00:28:47,932 --> 00:28:50,196
However, not
everyone was optimistic

618
00:28:50,231 --> 00:28:51,725
about the draw.

619
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,431
With Argentina,
well, it's about time

620
00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,004
things turned in favor for us.

621
00:28:56,039 --> 00:28:58,633
So, a bit of luck,
a bit of hard work,

622
00:28:58,668 --> 00:29:01,207
and I think probably
make the most of it.

623
00:29:01,242 --> 00:29:05,343
Sweden. We've not beaten
them for long time, Sweden.

624
00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:07,818
They're a better team than us.

625
00:29:07,853 --> 00:29:09,215
When we got Nigeria,

626
00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:11,855
I did think, of all the teams
in Africa, to land Nigeria.

627
00:29:11,890 --> 00:29:13,923
It was completely,
completely unfair.

628
00:29:13,958 --> 00:29:15,254
They're the best team out there.

629
00:29:15,289 --> 00:29:17,894
So we've picked the
best in South America,

630
00:29:17,929 --> 00:29:20,831
the best in Africa, and a
reasonably good European team.

631
00:29:20,866 --> 00:29:22,107
I mean, had we had
France as well,

632
00:29:22,131 --> 00:29:23,757
that really would
have been a bit tough.

633
00:29:23,792 --> 00:29:24,945
It was off for some training,

634
00:29:24,969 --> 00:29:27,662
a fairly gentle and
relaxed affair today,

635
00:29:27,697 --> 00:29:30,841
with Beckham sporting the
latest of the Mohicans.

636
00:29:30,876 --> 00:29:34,438
And the news from the camp
is all are fit and well.

637
00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:36,011
I'm going to watch it now.

638
00:29:36,046 --> 00:29:37,012
You're on your way?

639
00:29:37,047 --> 00:29:37,914
Yeah.

640
00:29:37,949 --> 00:29:39,212
I'm missing the first half,

641
00:29:39,247 --> 00:29:40,752
but I'll see the second
half when I get in.

642
00:29:40,776 --> 00:29:44,514
England's going to
win about a million nil.

643
00:29:45,715 --> 00:29:47,088
It wasn't long before Beckham

644
00:29:47,123 --> 00:29:49,750
was given the chance at revenge.

645
00:29:49,785 --> 00:29:52,291
On the 7th of June, 2002,

646
00:29:52,326 --> 00:29:54,964
England played
Argentina yet again,

647
00:29:54,999 --> 00:29:57,934
when on the stroke of the half
England received a penalty.

648
00:30:04,008 --> 00:30:07,273
And who else to
take it, other than Beckham?

649
00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:27,898
You can smash them now.

650
00:30:27,933 --> 00:30:30,230
Beckham has scored for England.

651
00:30:30,265 --> 00:30:33,134
44 minutes, and
he's done it again.

652
00:30:36,172 --> 00:30:40,438
David Beckham puts England
in front against Argentina

653
00:30:40,473 --> 00:30:42,044
in Sapporo.

654
00:30:42,079 --> 00:30:43,804
You must be very pleased.

655
00:30:43,839 --> 00:30:45,047
Very, very pleased.

656
00:30:45,082 --> 00:30:46,213
You know,

657
00:30:46,248 --> 00:30:48,094
I think the whole nation
will be pleased tonight.

658
00:30:48,118 --> 00:30:50,448
You know, I think as
a footballing nation,

659
00:30:51,957 --> 00:30:53,198
we've been waiting for this
result for a long time.

660
00:30:53,222 --> 00:30:55,882
I've been waiting for it
for years, but you know,

661
00:30:55,917 --> 00:30:57,455
it means a lot to everyone.

662
00:30:57,490 --> 00:31:00,161
I was going to
say, how sweet is that for you?

663
00:31:00,196 --> 00:31:02,966
Well, it's a lot
better than four years ago.

664
00:31:03,001 --> 00:31:04,528
I can tell you that now.

665
00:31:04,563 --> 00:31:07,597
Absolutely fantastic. It's
the best day of my life.

666
00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:10,072
Best night of my life.
Absolutely amazing.

667
00:31:10,107 --> 00:31:12,107
I just can't believe it.

668
00:31:12,142 --> 00:31:15,011
We're in Japan, it's the
most amazing country.

669
00:31:15,046 --> 00:31:16,254
The people have been fantastic.

670
00:31:16,278 --> 00:31:18,311
And we've been the Argies, yes.

671
00:31:20,348 --> 00:31:22,051
Having solidified his place

672
00:31:22,086 --> 00:31:24,053
as a national team hero,

673
00:31:24,088 --> 00:31:27,188
not everyone was too keen
on the new Mohawk-wearing

674
00:31:27,223 --> 00:31:28,717
designer Becks.

675
00:31:28,752 --> 00:31:30,092
Fell in love with Victoria.

676
00:31:30,127 --> 00:31:32,226
I think that obviously that
was a big changing point

677
00:31:32,261 --> 00:31:33,788
in his life.

678
00:31:33,823 --> 00:31:35,196
And me being a football man,

679
00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:40,366
I like to see them totally
committed to the team,

680
00:31:40,401 --> 00:31:44,040
and of course that
wind went down a bit.

681
00:31:44,075 --> 00:31:46,977
I always remember one of
the managers saying to me,

682
00:31:47,012 --> 00:31:48,836
"How is it you get
Beckham and Giggsy"

683
00:31:48,871 --> 00:31:51,575
to run up and down that
pitch, his wife present,

684
00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:53,742
"produce such quality?"

685
00:31:53,777 --> 00:31:57,020
I said, "Because
desire and ability."

686
00:31:57,055 --> 00:32:00,881
And when David went
off that level,

687
00:32:00,916 --> 00:32:05,622
I had to judge whether it
was affecting the performance

688
00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:07,228
of the team,

689
00:32:07,263 --> 00:32:09,197
and also the
control of the team.

690
00:32:09,232 --> 00:32:10,429
Following his return

691
00:32:10,464 --> 00:32:12,068
from the metatarsal injury,

692
00:32:12,103 --> 00:32:15,335
Sir Alex Ferguson opted to
go with the second string

693
00:32:15,370 --> 00:32:17,601
right-winger Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer.

694
00:32:19,077 --> 00:32:22,177
Ole was one of these
rare human beings

695
00:32:22,212 --> 00:32:25,213
that watched every game,
and he took the notes

696
00:32:25,248 --> 00:32:27,281
in every training session.

697
00:32:27,316 --> 00:32:30,515
And it's obviously,
his desire was later on

698
00:32:30,550 --> 00:32:32,352
to be a coach, obviously.

699
00:32:32,387 --> 00:32:34,486
But it's also more than that.

700
00:32:34,521 --> 00:32:38,325
It's about trying to be the
best you possibly can be,

701
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,986
and giving yourself
the best chance,

702
00:32:40,021 --> 00:32:43,099
and taking all the notes down
in the training sessions,

703
00:32:43,134 --> 00:32:45,200
and watching, when he's a sub.

704
00:32:45,235 --> 00:32:50,238
I used to say to the
substitutes thereafter,

705
00:32:51,571 --> 00:32:54,110
referring to Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer, "Watch the game."

706
00:32:54,145 --> 00:32:55,408
Watch the game.

707
00:32:55,443 --> 00:32:57,971
Don't be having a glance
round at the stadium

708
00:32:58,006 --> 00:33:00,050
or chatting to each
other during the game.

709
00:33:00,085 --> 00:33:02,250
"Watch the game." And
that's what Ole did.

710
00:33:03,550 --> 00:33:06,485
Often said
of you about your temper

711
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,091
and the hairdryer treatment,

712
00:33:08,126 --> 00:33:10,918
you say in the book, "I
had terrible mood storms",

713
00:33:10,953 --> 00:33:13,921
and I would sometimes go home
fearing the consequences."

714
00:33:13,956 --> 00:33:16,022
Do you regret those outbursts?

715
00:33:16,057 --> 00:33:18,629
No. No, I think
you are who you are.

716
00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:19,597
What about the football boot

717
00:33:19,632 --> 00:33:20,829
incident with Beckham?

718
00:33:20,864 --> 00:33:22,369
- Yeah.
- That was a

719
00:33:22,404 --> 00:33:23,634
loss of temper, wasn't it?

720
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:25,570
Yeah, it was an
accident, yeah.

721
00:33:25,605 --> 00:33:27,803
But it happened, you know?

722
00:33:27,838 --> 00:33:31,972
And I would have
forgotten about,

723
00:33:32,007 --> 00:33:34,150
and the fact it was David,

724
00:33:35,582 --> 00:33:37,615
it was going to end up
the papers, wasn't it?

725
00:33:37,650 --> 00:33:39,188
I mean, there was no way out.

726
00:33:39,223 --> 00:33:41,652
And of course it became a
bit of an issue at the time.

727
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:42,950
Though details were sketchy,

728
00:33:42,985 --> 00:33:44,985
United manager, Alex
Ferguson admitted

729
00:33:45,020 --> 00:33:47,955
he had kicked the boot
accidentally striking Beckham.

730
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:50,793
At the time, both sides
were keen to play it down.

731
00:33:50,828 --> 00:33:54,269
It was an incident,
which was a freakish...

732
00:33:54,304 --> 00:33:56,205
If I tried it 100 times
or a million times,

733
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,569
it could not happen again.

734
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,375
If I did, I'd have
carried on playing.

735
00:34:01,410 --> 00:34:02,640
He became a great player,

736
00:34:02,675 --> 00:34:05,808
and I think that we've
made the right decision,

737
00:34:05,843 --> 00:34:06,843
in terms of,

738
00:34:08,285 --> 00:34:09,295
you know, when we
go to Real Madrid,

739
00:34:09,319 --> 00:34:11,121
because we felt it was time.

740
00:34:12,322 --> 00:34:13,717
Being sold
like a piece of meat.

741
00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:15,356
Did that represent your feelings

742
00:34:15,391 --> 00:34:16,698
towards United and
Sir Alex Ferguson?

743
00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:18,656
I think that I
will miss the fans

744
00:34:18,691 --> 00:34:21,021
and the players that
I've grown up with,

745
00:34:21,056 --> 00:34:24,695
because I've regarded the
players at Manchester United

746
00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:25,730
as my family.

747
00:34:27,205 --> 00:34:29,414
And, you know, I've got a lot
of very special friends there.

748
00:34:29,438 --> 00:34:30,965
A lot of special people.

749
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,407
Everyone's been very
kind to me in Manchester

750
00:34:33,442 --> 00:34:35,178
and looked after
me for 13 years.

751
00:34:35,213 --> 00:34:38,280
And obviously, I'm
sad to leave them,

752
00:34:38,315 --> 00:34:39,908
but you know, I'm
joining Real Madrid,

753
00:34:39,943 --> 00:34:44,946
and that for me is as exciting
as it gets, to be honest.

754
00:34:46,290 --> 00:34:47,586
I don't think he should go.

755
00:34:47,621 --> 00:34:49,269
I can't understand why they
want to get rid of him.

756
00:34:49,293 --> 00:34:51,788
The lad's totally devoted to
United. He always has been.

757
00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,240
And it's not going to
be easy to replace that

758
00:34:53,264 --> 00:34:54,758
with some foreigner.

759
00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:57,299
I came from Greece
and I want Beckham

760
00:34:57,334 --> 00:34:59,532
to stay in Manchester.

761
00:34:59,567 --> 00:35:00,995
It would seem on
the surface to be

762
00:35:01,030 --> 00:35:02,997
a very serious
conflict of interest.

763
00:35:03,032 --> 00:35:05,340
Obviously, so much money
is earned by progress

764
00:35:05,375 --> 00:35:06,440
in the Champions League,

765
00:35:06,475 --> 00:35:08,244
and maybe Manchester
United don't believe

766
00:35:08,279 --> 00:35:11,280
they'll play Real Madrid
short of the final.

767
00:35:11,315 --> 00:35:13,282
But the whole thing
is full of oddities.

768
00:35:13,317 --> 00:35:15,042
It's almost as if
Manchester United

769
00:35:15,077 --> 00:35:18,078
have acted like a
very desperate seller

770
00:35:18,113 --> 00:35:20,146
to court a very reluctant buyer.

771
00:35:20,181 --> 00:35:24,491
It's the worst
bit, the worst, very worst

772
00:35:24,526 --> 00:35:26,988
bit of management
I've ever seen.

773
00:35:27,023 --> 00:35:28,396
He's won everything at United,

774
00:35:28,431 --> 00:35:30,365
there's nothing more he can win.

775
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,829
And he's gone from one
world class team to another.

776
00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:34,270
It may well be a situation,

777
00:35:34,305 --> 00:35:35,799
last game of the
group, for instance,

778
00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:38,604
where, were United
not to win the game

779
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:39,902
against another rival,

780
00:35:39,937 --> 00:35:41,321
that would allow Real
Madrid to go through.

781
00:35:41,345 --> 00:35:43,048
And I'm not suggesting any
question of impropriety,

782
00:35:43,072 --> 00:35:45,875
but if that happens, certainly
questions will be asked.

783
00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:48,009
And that's the last thing
United need at the moment,

784
00:35:48,044 --> 00:35:49,681
is EUFA on their back.

785
00:35:49,716 --> 00:35:51,111
Backhanded really, isn't it?

786
00:35:51,146 --> 00:35:52,662
It's all been done
behind everybody's back.

787
00:35:52,686 --> 00:35:53,795
Beckham never wanted to
leave Manchester United.

788
00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:55,456
I think he was pushed out.

789
00:35:55,491 --> 00:35:58,184
You don't get the wrong
side of Alex Ferguson.

790
00:35:58,219 --> 00:36:00,120
I mean, that's what
this episode shows,

791
00:36:00,155 --> 00:36:01,990
and it's happened again
and again to players.

792
00:36:02,025 --> 00:36:04,366
If they annoy Ferguson,
they're out the door.

793
00:36:04,401 --> 00:36:07,369
He never speaks to them again.
They have to leave United.

794
00:36:07,404 --> 00:36:09,129
He might still be an idol,

795
00:36:09,164 --> 00:36:11,802
but the old colors
are coming down.

796
00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:15,201
In the city where this global
phenomena is a local hero,

797
00:36:15,236 --> 00:36:17,445
they've already started
counting the cost.

798
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:18,941
Everything with
David Beckham on it

799
00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:21,152
probably is the biggest selling
part of Manchester United

800
00:36:21,176 --> 00:36:23,352
merchandise that we do is
the David Beckham range.

801
00:36:23,387 --> 00:36:25,013
So they'll
feel it when he doesn't play

802
00:36:25,048 --> 00:36:25,783
for them anymore.

803
00:36:25,818 --> 00:36:26,784
Quite possibly.

804
00:36:26,819 --> 00:36:27,994
I should think it would
be quite substantial,

805
00:36:28,018 --> 00:36:29,600
unless they can get somebody
else in with a very big name.

806
00:36:29,624 --> 00:36:32,295
I think they'll
feel it definitely.

807
00:36:32,330 --> 00:36:35,760
He went to Real Madrid,
and that was a great move

808
00:36:35,795 --> 00:36:38,565
for him, in the sense of two
of the biggest brand names

809
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,061
in the world.

810
00:36:40,096 --> 00:36:43,273
Why on earth is it? I
mean, he's only a footballer.

811
00:36:43,308 --> 00:36:45,143
He's a good footballer,
but he is only footballer,

812
00:36:45,167 --> 00:36:46,804
and he's become such a celebrity

813
00:36:46,839 --> 00:36:49,103
that it takes over everything.

814
00:36:49,138 --> 00:36:51,578
And already,
everyone wants a piece of him.

815
00:36:51,613 --> 00:36:53,646
The hospital today didn't
just do his medical.

816
00:36:53,681 --> 00:36:56,418
It's sponsored it,
and insisted he pose

817
00:36:56,453 --> 00:36:58,046
in front of their logo.

818
00:36:58,081 --> 00:37:00,455
Real spent a lot of money
buying one of the world's

819
00:37:00,490 --> 00:37:02,754
most commercially
valuable sportsmen.

820
00:37:02,789 --> 00:37:04,371
They're going to want
to squeeze every penny

821
00:37:04,395 --> 00:37:07,220
they can from the
Beckham bandwagon.

822
00:37:07,255 --> 00:37:08,496
Figures released this month

823
00:37:08,531 --> 00:37:09,992
put their annual
income for last year

824
00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:12,335
at 180,000,000 pounds,

825
00:37:12,370 --> 00:37:14,733
32,000,000 more than
Manchester United.

826
00:37:14,768 --> 00:37:16,933
But they still lag
behind the English club

827
00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:18,374
when selling in Asia.

828
00:37:18,409 --> 00:37:20,079
Putting Beckham on the
books could change that.

829
00:37:20,103 --> 00:37:21,619
But Manchester
United in the Far East

830
00:37:21,643 --> 00:37:23,775
is just phenomenal, really.

831
00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:25,447
It's very, very, very important.

832
00:37:25,482 --> 00:37:29,484
And in certain ways, we're
four, five, six, seven years

833
00:37:29,519 --> 00:37:31,057
behind Manchester
United in that respect.

834
00:37:31,081 --> 00:37:32,531
You know, Manchester United
have got mega stores.

835
00:37:32,555 --> 00:37:35,556
We've got, you know, little
shops and things like that.

836
00:37:35,591 --> 00:37:37,855
Real Madrid shirts are here,

837
00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:39,593
but most are being held back,

838
00:37:39,628 --> 00:37:41,892
the pirates planning
to flood the market

839
00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:44,125
within hours of
Beckham's new number

840
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,830
being announced in Madrid.

841
00:37:47,603 --> 00:37:49,064
We have
the shirts in the shops

842
00:37:49,099 --> 00:37:51,341
the day after we
know his new number.

843
00:37:51,376 --> 00:37:53,904
We have to meet the demand
for the Real Madrid kit.

844
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:57,006
People are already asking,
"Beckham, Beckham, Beckham.

845
00:37:57,041 --> 00:37:58,513
What's his new number?"

846
00:38:00,308 --> 00:38:02,847
We'll sell
more Real Madrid shirts now.

847
00:38:02,882 --> 00:38:06,818
Beckham is a superstar forever.
All the girls like him.

848
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:13,627
There's
little dispute in Japan

849
00:38:13,662 --> 00:38:17,191
over just who is the world's
greatest football star.

850
00:38:17,226 --> 00:38:18,226
David Beckham.

851
00:38:19,503 --> 00:38:21,162
It wasn't long before Madrid

852
00:38:21,197 --> 00:38:23,439
capitalized on their
new star's image,

853
00:38:23,474 --> 00:38:26,508
organizing a pre-season
tour to south Asia.

854
00:38:26,543 --> 00:38:30,842
It is estimated Beckham's
200318 day pre-season tour

855
00:38:30,877 --> 00:38:34,681
to Asia earned Madrid
over 10,000,000 Euro.

856
00:38:37,554 --> 00:38:40,489
In 2001, before
Beckham's arrival,

857
00:38:40,524 --> 00:38:44,955
Madrid had a revenue
of 93.2 million pounds.

858
00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:47,925
By 2005, they doubled that.

859
00:38:50,435 --> 00:38:52,963
However, when Beckham
signed for Madrid,

860
00:38:52,998 --> 00:38:55,603
they were a club in a mess.

861
00:38:55,638 --> 00:38:58,936
They were nearly
280,000,000 Euros in debt,

862
00:38:58,971 --> 00:39:01,510
and had become stagnant
in the transfer market.

863
00:39:03,481 --> 00:39:07,175
Club president Florentino
Perez had the perfect answer.

864
00:39:08,882 --> 00:39:12,455
The Galacticos, a group
of high profile players

865
00:39:12,490 --> 00:39:14,248
brought into the
club in an attempt

866
00:39:14,283 --> 00:39:17,526
to create football's
biggest spectacle.

867
00:39:17,561 --> 00:39:20,496
Playing alongside Ronaldo,
Zidane, and Louis Vigo,

868
00:39:20,531 --> 00:39:23,499
Roberto Carlos, Raul,
and Ika Cassius,

869
00:39:23,534 --> 00:39:26,667
Beckham did not require
much time to settle in,

870
00:39:26,702 --> 00:39:29,670
scoring five times in
his first 16 matches

871
00:39:29,705 --> 00:39:31,364
for the Galacticos.

872
00:39:31,399 --> 00:39:34,070
However, despite an
impressive start,

873
00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:37,480
Beckham's time at Madrid didn't
run as smoothly as planned,

874
00:39:37,515 --> 00:39:41,077
with a poor end to
the 2005, 2006 season,

875
00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,046
which saw Madrid finish second

876
00:39:43,081 --> 00:39:45,147
to longtime rivals Barcelona,

877
00:39:45,182 --> 00:39:48,590
forcing club president
Florentino Perez to resign,

878
00:39:48,625 --> 00:39:50,284
and big changes were to come.

879
00:39:51,892 --> 00:39:53,100
Hopefully
you have a thought now

880
00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,959
that you could win
this World Cup, David?

881
00:39:54,994 --> 00:39:56,433
Well, we're not
even thinking about that

882
00:39:56,457 --> 00:39:57,797
at the moment, to be honest.

883
00:39:57,832 --> 00:39:59,062
We let other people do that,

884
00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:00,437
because I'm sure other
people have been getting

885
00:40:00,461 --> 00:40:01,999
sort of carried away with that.

886
00:40:02,034 --> 00:40:03,484
Brazil is going to
be very difficult,

887
00:40:03,508 --> 00:40:04,782
but if we can do
them, that's it.

888
00:40:04,806 --> 00:40:06,586
If they can get past
Brazil, they go the whole way.

889
00:40:06,610 --> 00:40:07,917
But obviously that's
a bit of an if,

890
00:40:07,941 --> 00:40:08,981
but there's a good chance.

891
00:40:09,008 --> 00:40:10,172
It's a good chance.

892
00:40:10,207 --> 00:40:11,382
So it we'll be
there in the final-

893
00:40:11,406 --> 00:40:13,076
- Bring on Brazil. Next round.

894
00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:15,144
- The cup's ours, I think.
- Yeah.

895
00:40:15,179 --> 00:40:16,717
It's coming home.

896
00:40:19,381 --> 00:40:20,688
If it is Brazil,

897
00:40:20,723 --> 00:40:22,283
it promises to be
an epic encounter.

898
00:40:22,318 --> 00:40:24,527
England have never beaten
them when it matters,

899
00:40:24,562 --> 00:40:28,498
but this is the World Cup, when
you should never say never.

900
00:40:28,533 --> 00:40:30,544
Well, what we're looking at
is there's three more games

901
00:40:30,568 --> 00:40:31,633
to the World Cup final.

902
00:40:31,668 --> 00:40:35,538
And hopefully, if we can
play like we have done,

903
00:40:35,573 --> 00:40:36,869
then you never know.

904
00:40:36,904 --> 00:40:38,541
Are we
getting better as a side?

905
00:40:38,576 --> 00:40:40,048
Are you pleased with the
way we're getting better?

906
00:40:40,072 --> 00:40:41,907
I think we're getting
better and better.

907
00:40:41,942 --> 00:40:46,945
And you see that, when the
comes up, those difficult games,

908
00:40:48,685 --> 00:40:50,113
we are ready.

909
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:52,720
After a monumental
win against Argentina,

910
00:40:52,755 --> 00:40:54,887
knocking them out
of the World Cup,

911
00:40:54,922 --> 00:40:57,725
England had a lackluster
remainder of the tournament,

912
00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,595
beating Denmark in the last 16

913
00:40:59,630 --> 00:41:03,698
to ultimately be knocked out
by eventual winners, Brazil,

914
00:41:03,733 --> 00:41:06,965
after a catastrophic error
from goalkeeper David Seaman

915
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,199
saw Ronaldinho score
a 40 yard free kick.

916
00:41:10,234 --> 00:41:12,641
Seaman left
the stadium, still tearful,

917
00:41:12,676 --> 00:41:14,038
without speaking.

918
00:41:14,073 --> 00:41:16,711
But his captain was quick
to jump to his defense.

919
00:41:16,746 --> 00:41:19,142
I think if he gets
made a scapegoat,

920
00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:20,418
I think it's an
absolute disgrace,

921
00:41:20,442 --> 00:41:23,014
because I think he's
been the best goalkeeper

922
00:41:23,049 --> 00:41:24,279
in this tournament,

923
00:41:24,314 --> 00:41:26,985
and the goal that
they did score,

924
00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:29,152
I feel that it was a fluke goal,

925
00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:32,694
but you know, the Brazilians
are a great players.

926
00:41:32,729 --> 00:41:35,488
And as I said, I hope they go
on to win the tournament now.

927
00:41:35,523 --> 00:41:36,764
Dave is a world class keeper.

928
00:41:36,799 --> 00:41:38,007
No one's putting
the blame on him

929
00:41:38,031 --> 00:41:39,327
or any of the other players.

930
00:41:39,362 --> 00:41:40,779
You know, it's just
one of them things.

931
00:41:40,803 --> 00:41:43,001
I wouldn't put any
blame on David Seaman,

932
00:41:43,036 --> 00:41:44,739
or any goalkeeper
that that happened to.

933
00:41:44,774 --> 00:41:46,180
I've never seen a corner
kick taken like that.

934
00:41:46,204 --> 00:41:48,644
It was whipped with
more pace and accuracy

935
00:41:48,679 --> 00:41:49,645
than I've ever seen.

936
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,845
David is a fantastic
professional.

937
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,277
You know, he's been there
for England over the years,

938
00:41:55,312 --> 00:41:57,851
and made fantastic saves
for club and country.

939
00:41:59,118 --> 00:42:01,316
What can you say? I
think we deserved it.

940
00:42:01,351 --> 00:42:02,185
We'll be back.

941
00:42:02,220 --> 00:42:03,186
What are we going to do?

942
00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:05,254
We'll win the Euros.

943
00:42:05,289 --> 00:42:07,795
They burnt a Brazilian shirt,

944
00:42:07,830 --> 00:42:09,665
cheered as if England had won.

945
00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:14,769
For others, silent thoughts
and soft words of consolation.

946
00:42:14,804 --> 00:42:16,529
So, as the
team kit was being loaded

947
00:42:16,564 --> 00:42:17,937
this evening for
the flight home,

948
00:42:17,972 --> 00:42:20,808
Sven-Goran Eriksson spoke
of how he's told his players

949
00:42:20,843 --> 00:42:22,678
to think of the future.

950
00:42:22,713 --> 00:42:25,681
I told them that I
think 90, 95% of you

951
00:42:25,716 --> 00:42:26,716
sitting here today,

952
00:42:28,543 --> 00:42:30,620
very sad with the head downs.

953
00:42:30,655 --> 00:42:33,821
You have a big chance to be
in it in four years' time.

954
00:42:36,419 --> 00:42:37,759
Four years later,

955
00:42:37,794 --> 00:42:40,762
the England squad set
off to the 2006 World Cup

956
00:42:40,797 --> 00:42:42,159
with high hopes.

957
00:42:44,196 --> 00:42:46,262
This airline's
used to flying the flag,

958
00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:49,936
but today that job fell to
its most famous passenger.

959
00:42:49,971 --> 00:42:51,531
Lots of luck, David.

960
00:42:51,566 --> 00:42:52,675
But get back to your seat.

961
00:42:52,710 --> 00:42:55,678
The other captain
wants to get moving.

962
00:43:05,052 --> 00:43:08,856
Mr. D.
Beckham, Mr. S. G. Eriksson,

963
00:43:08,891 --> 00:43:11,353
and 22 of the most
talented footballers

964
00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:13,960
England has produced
for a generation.

965
00:43:16,558 --> 00:43:19,592
However, despite
the squad's potential,

966
00:43:19,627 --> 00:43:22,430
unfortunately, the
spotlight wasn't on them.

967
00:43:22,465 --> 00:43:23,684
And we'll block the question.

968
00:43:23,708 --> 00:43:24,751
But Sven, there are reports

969
00:43:24,775 --> 00:43:26,269
coming out of Sweden today

970
00:43:26,304 --> 00:43:28,777
suggesting you're going to
quit after the game tomorrow.

971
00:43:28,812 --> 00:43:30,845
Would you set the
record straight, please?

972
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,605
- Nick.
- No.

973
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,046
Let's get on the game, please.

974
00:43:34,081 --> 00:43:36,576
No questions apart from
the football match today.

975
00:43:37,887 --> 00:43:39,447
Launching
the FA's All Together Now

976
00:43:39,482 --> 00:43:40,723
campaign today,

977
00:43:40,758 --> 00:43:42,098
the England boss has
written the intro

978
00:43:42,122 --> 00:43:44,925
to a government-sponsored
World Cup guidebook,

979
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,928
which tries to address the
problem of anti-German sentiment

980
00:43:47,963 --> 00:43:49,798
among English fans.

981
00:43:49,833 --> 00:43:53,065
It's important that
we behave on the pitch

982
00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:54,627
and off the pitch.

983
00:43:54,662 --> 00:43:57,630
We want to make a good
public relation for England,

984
00:43:57,665 --> 00:44:00,842
as a football team
and as a football fan.

985
00:44:00,877 --> 00:44:02,041
On top of the uncertainty

986
00:44:02,076 --> 00:44:03,911
around Sven-Goran Eriksson,

987
00:44:03,946 --> 00:44:06,639
England fans were once
again being singled out

988
00:44:06,674 --> 00:44:08,278
for their behavior abroad.

989
00:44:10,788 --> 00:44:12,953
Well, I know that
English people don't expect

990
00:44:12,988 --> 00:44:15,087
that we have a good sense
of humor in Germany,

991
00:44:15,122 --> 00:44:18,794
but I'm sure it's still
an issue of sport,

992
00:44:18,829 --> 00:44:23,161
of fun, of making party
and they won't take it

993
00:44:23,196 --> 00:44:25,031
for serious, I'm sure.

994
00:44:25,066 --> 00:44:26,560
What you're seeing here,

995
00:44:26,595 --> 00:44:28,936
you're seeing people who've
been drinking all day.

996
00:44:28,971 --> 00:44:34,007
It's over 30 degrees here.
It's absolutely scorching hot.

997
00:44:35,505 --> 00:44:36,889
And these people, both the
English and German fans,

998
00:44:36,913 --> 00:44:38,990
have been drinking since nine
or 10 o'clock this morning.

999
00:44:39,014 --> 00:44:41,047
And you will always
have this sort of

1000
00:44:42,743 --> 00:44:46,514
baiting and taunting and
teasing of the opposition fans.

1001
00:44:52,830 --> 00:44:54,357
Do you think that references

1002
00:44:54,392 --> 00:44:57,690
to Germany's Nazi past,

1003
00:44:57,725 --> 00:45:00,968
to the Second World War
will cause offense now

1004
00:45:01,003 --> 00:45:02,266
to German fans?

1005
00:45:02,301 --> 00:45:04,268
It might be offensive
for some of the people.

1006
00:45:04,303 --> 00:45:06,600
Mostly elderly people, I think.

1007
00:45:06,635 --> 00:45:10,604
There were two German
bombers in the air,

1008
00:45:10,639 --> 00:45:12,507
there were two German
bombers in the air.

1009
00:45:12,542 --> 00:45:14,641
The British
police told them not to do it,

1010
00:45:14,676 --> 00:45:16,082
as did the German police.

1011
00:45:16,117 --> 00:45:19,448
The FA pleaded with them as
well, but by mid-afternoon,

1012
00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,154
10 German bombers
had made its debut.

1013
00:45:22,189 --> 00:45:25,058
Inflatable Spitfires
were also on view.

1014
00:45:25,093 --> 00:45:27,159
The city hall came
under sustained attack

1015
00:45:27,194 --> 00:45:29,898
from fans punting
footballs at the windows,

1016
00:45:29,933 --> 00:45:31,427
but police did nothing about it.

1017
00:45:31,462 --> 00:45:34,001
So we went to see what the
mayor's office made of it all.

1018
00:45:34,036 --> 00:45:37,939
They were aiming
footballs at the windows

1019
00:45:37,974 --> 00:45:39,072
of the city hall.

1020
00:45:39,107 --> 00:45:40,876
I mean, it's not
very respectful.

1021
00:45:42,011 --> 00:45:44,044
My colleague
throw the ball back

1022
00:45:44,079 --> 00:45:46,915
so that they can play
down on the ground again.

1023
00:45:49,513 --> 00:45:51,249
England's
first footballing challenge

1024
00:45:51,284 --> 00:45:54,582
came in the quarter finals
against a prime Portugal team.

1025
00:45:55,783 --> 00:45:57,068
Everything has to
be right tomorrow.

1026
00:45:57,092 --> 00:45:59,125
In other way, it's difficult,

1027
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,029
because Portugal has
a fantastic team.

1028
00:46:02,064 --> 00:46:05,934
We know that, and
individual skill,

1029
00:46:05,969 --> 00:46:07,100
good organized.

1030
00:46:08,598 --> 00:46:11,973
It's a very good team,
good pace, good technique.

1031
00:46:12,008 --> 00:46:13,018
So everything has to be right,

1032
00:46:13,042 --> 00:46:15,636
you have to keep
the ball attacking.

1033
00:46:15,671 --> 00:46:17,044
You have to defend well.

1034
00:46:17,079 --> 00:46:21,345
In other way, you don't win
quarterfinals, in a World Cup.

1035
00:46:21,380 --> 00:46:22,885
Convinced this time the curse

1036
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:25,316
of the quarterfinal
would be broken.

1037
00:46:25,351 --> 00:46:28,187
But it was the curse of the
red card that struck first.

1038
00:46:29,993 --> 00:46:32,488
Fury and despair
in equal measure,

1039
00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:33,995
as Rooney trudges off.

1040
00:46:37,330 --> 00:46:39,033
England's fighting
efforts with 10 men

1041
00:46:39,068 --> 00:46:41,497
so reminiscent of
Argentina eight years ago.

1042
00:46:45,305 --> 00:46:46,876
By the end, the crowd were glad

1043
00:46:46,911 --> 00:46:48,438
to have hung on for penalties,

1044
00:46:48,473 --> 00:46:50,176
though all but the
youngest perhaps

1045
00:46:50,211 --> 00:46:52,211
should have known better.

1046
00:46:52,246 --> 00:46:54,510
Hargreaves briefly had them
believing that this time

1047
00:46:54,545 --> 00:46:55,577
it will be different.

1048
00:46:56,778 --> 00:46:59,922
But for Lampard and
then Gerrard to miss,

1049
00:46:59,957 --> 00:47:01,220
the nightmare was recurring.

1050
00:47:04,159 --> 00:47:07,127
No matter how many times
England fans go through this,

1051
00:47:07,162 --> 00:47:09,096
it doesn't get any easier.

1052
00:47:09,131 --> 00:47:12,000
And I'm sorry for the team.

1053
00:47:13,498 --> 00:47:15,069
I'm sorry for the squad.

1054
00:47:15,104 --> 00:47:16,466
I'm sorry for the fans.

1055
00:47:16,501 --> 00:47:18,501
Really sorry, because I think,

1056
00:47:19,944 --> 00:47:21,405
with all the fans
we have out there,

1057
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:25,673
they deserve to have a
team in the semifinal

1058
00:47:25,708 --> 00:47:27,081
or in the final.

1059
00:47:27,116 --> 00:47:29,875
He'll tell you all about it.
He'll tell you all about it.

1060
00:47:29,910 --> 00:47:30,953
What it means.

1061
00:47:30,988 --> 00:47:33,087
I don't know what
it is about penalties.

1062
00:47:33,122 --> 00:47:35,848
I don't know what it is about
having players sent off.

1063
00:47:35,883 --> 00:47:37,751
Just seems to happen
every time to us.

1064
00:47:40,789 --> 00:47:42,624
England team
went on to lose the match

1065
00:47:42,659 --> 00:47:44,098
on penalties.

1066
00:47:44,133 --> 00:47:47,134
The next day, Beckham faced
the press in an interview

1067
00:47:47,169 --> 00:47:49,400
that shocked the world.

1068
00:47:49,435 --> 00:47:52,667
If you bear with me, because
I wrote this late last night.

1069
00:47:55,441 --> 00:47:58,574
On November 15th, 2000,

1070
00:47:58,609 --> 00:48:01,610
Peter Taylor gave me the
greatest honor of my career,

1071
00:48:01,645 --> 00:48:03,117
in making me captain of England,

1072
00:48:03,152 --> 00:48:05,680
and fulfilling my
childhood dream.

1073
00:48:06,716 --> 00:48:08,848
Now almost six years later,

1074
00:48:08,883 --> 00:48:12,093
having been captain
for 58 of my 95 caps,

1075
00:48:12,128 --> 00:48:15,063
I feel the time is right
to pass on the armband,

1076
00:48:16,066 --> 00:48:19,496
as we enter in a new era
under Steve McClaren.

1077
00:48:19,531 --> 00:48:22,829
This decision has been
the most difficult

1078
00:48:22,864 --> 00:48:24,237
of my career to date,

1079
00:48:25,438 --> 00:48:27,570
but after discussing
it with my family

1080
00:48:27,605 --> 00:48:31,574
and the closest to me, I
feel the time is right.

1081
00:48:31,609 --> 00:48:33,950
I spoke with
David last Monday,

1082
00:48:34,843 --> 00:48:36,711
notified him of my decision,

1083
00:48:36,746 --> 00:48:39,747
and said that I was
planning for the future,

1084
00:48:39,782 --> 00:48:42,057
looking to change things,

1085
00:48:42,092 --> 00:48:44,554
looking to go in a
different direction,

1086
00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:48,195
and David wasn't included.

1087
00:48:48,230 --> 00:48:50,890
The way perhaps
he's feeling right now?

1088
00:48:50,925 --> 00:48:54,069
I think any
questions on David Beckham

1089
00:48:54,104 --> 00:48:57,072
is rather unfair
on the new captain.

1090
00:48:59,373 --> 00:49:02,176
As the English
squad changed its structure,

1091
00:49:02,211 --> 00:49:04,013
so did Madrid.

1092
00:49:04,048 --> 00:49:07,874
Ramon Calderon became
the new Real president,

1093
00:49:07,909 --> 00:49:09,513
keeping none of
the club officials

1094
00:49:09,548 --> 00:49:11,416
who served under the
previous president,

1095
00:49:11,451 --> 00:49:14,551
including head coach Lopez Caro.

1096
00:49:14,586 --> 00:49:16,784
Having proved himself
to the previous manager,

1097
00:49:16,819 --> 00:49:20,953
Beckham had to do it all
again, when in July, 2006,

1098
00:49:20,988 --> 00:49:24,792
Fabio Capello was appointed
as new Madrid manager.

1099
00:49:24,827 --> 00:49:27,201
Much like the 2002-3 season,

1100
00:49:27,236 --> 00:49:29,929
Beckham failed to regain
his place in the squad,

1101
00:49:29,964 --> 00:49:32,668
as the speedier
Jose Antonio Reyes

1102
00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:35,077
was normally preferred
on the right wing,

1103
00:49:35,112 --> 00:49:37,277
and fans didn't
feel any different.

1104
00:49:37,312 --> 00:49:39,642
Definitely he has
been a very important player

1105
00:49:39,677 --> 00:49:42,150
for merchandising,
for publicity,

1106
00:49:42,185 --> 00:49:46,286
for the economy of
the club, it's true.

1107
00:49:46,321 --> 00:49:50,719
But the fans are
looking to the pitch,

1108
00:49:50,754 --> 00:49:54,591
and they're not looking to
the merchandising, you know?

1109
00:49:54,626 --> 00:49:58,331
And he has not been, I think,

1110
00:49:59,631 --> 00:50:03,336
a player that make the
difference in the team.

1111
00:50:03,371 --> 00:50:06,900
You know, I've joined a
club that is a massive club.

1112
00:50:08,035 --> 00:50:10,706
If I was going to
leave Manchester United

1113
00:50:10,741 --> 00:50:14,875
at any time in my career,
then to join a massive club,

1114
00:50:14,910 --> 00:50:17,350
like Real Madrid is a dream.

1115
00:50:19,651 --> 00:50:21,156
Beckham was now

1116
00:50:21,191 --> 00:50:24,016
the most globally recognized
footballer in the world.

1117
00:50:29,199 --> 00:50:32,794
Amassing fanbases in
Europe, Asia, and Africa.

1118
00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:34,169
There's
little dispute in Japan

1119
00:50:34,204 --> 00:50:37,931
over just who is the world's
greatest football star.

1120
00:50:37,966 --> 00:50:39,306
David Beckham.

1121
00:50:41,277 --> 00:50:42,452
- David Beckham.
- David Beckham.

1122
00:50:42,476 --> 00:50:43,838
David Beckham.

1123
00:50:45,512 --> 00:50:47,281
What about the hair?

1124
00:50:47,316 --> 00:50:49,415
My favorite thing in
the world is soccer.

1125
00:50:49,450 --> 00:50:52,484
To play soccer,
like David Beckham.

1126
00:50:54,422 --> 00:50:56,686
However, there was one market

1127
00:50:56,721 --> 00:50:58,226
still left to crack.

1128
00:50:59,229 --> 00:51:01,295
Just a moment.

1129
00:51:01,330 --> 00:51:03,242
At this time, I'd like to
introduce Los Angeles Galaxy

1130
00:51:03,266 --> 00:51:05,332
midfielder, David Beckham.

1131
00:51:10,966 --> 00:51:12,240
There's no doubt in my mind.

1132
00:51:12,275 --> 00:51:13,373
No doubt in my mind.

1133
00:51:13,408 --> 00:51:14,836
We'll bring Al Qaeda to justice,

1134
00:51:14,871 --> 00:51:16,673
peace or no peace
in the Middle East.

1135
00:51:38,268 --> 00:51:40,334
On this stretch
of the US Mexico border,

1136
00:51:40,369 --> 00:51:42,930
there is already a
physical barrier.

1137
00:51:42,965 --> 00:51:46,175
Miles of fence,
reinforcing miles of wall.

1138
00:51:51,314 --> 00:51:52,314
Good afternoon.

1139
00:51:53,844 --> 00:51:56,251
I'm honored to be
here in a great city,

1140
00:51:56,286 --> 00:51:59,452
one of my most favorite
cities in the world.

1141
00:51:59,487 --> 00:52:01,047
Not just saying that
because I'm here,

1142
00:52:01,082 --> 00:52:03,852
and I have to say that,
but I really believe that,

1143
00:52:03,887 --> 00:52:07,592
and I'm honored to be
here as a Galaxy player.

1144
00:52:07,627 --> 00:52:10,364
If he had asked my advice
about leaving Real Madrid

1145
00:52:10,399 --> 00:52:11,629
to go to LA Galaxy,

1146
00:52:11,664 --> 00:52:14,830
I would have told him
exactly what I thought.

1147
00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:17,635
How can you leave Real
Madrid to go to LA Galaxy?

1148
00:52:17,670 --> 00:52:18,670
You know?

1149
00:52:20,937 --> 00:52:23,168
A far cry from
the hostile hooligan culture

1150
00:52:23,203 --> 00:52:24,510
of European football,

1151
00:52:24,545 --> 00:52:27,777
the MLS has a more family
friendly atmosphere.

1152
00:52:28,978 --> 00:52:31,583
We are Sounders,
mighty Sounders.

1153
00:52:32,586 --> 00:52:33,981
We are Sounders.

1154
00:52:48,404 --> 00:52:49,404
DC United.

1155
00:52:50,868 --> 00:52:51,868
DC United.

1156
00:52:53,607 --> 00:52:57,840
Number 12,
Ryan Roe. And the captain.

1157
00:53:05,553 --> 00:53:07,949
With Beckham
seemingly set by the wayside

1158
00:53:07,984 --> 00:53:09,390
by European football,

1159
00:53:09,425 --> 00:53:11,953
he set himself the goal of
increasing the popularity

1160
00:53:11,988 --> 00:53:13,625
of the MLS.

1161
00:53:13,660 --> 00:53:17,926
I want to achieve something
that is definitely possible,

1162
00:53:17,961 --> 00:53:22,964
within the fact of raising
the profile of the MLS,

1163
00:53:24,165 --> 00:53:27,166
raising the profile
of soccer as a sport.

1164
00:53:27,201 --> 00:53:30,378
You know, I'm not silly
enough to sit up here

1165
00:53:30,413 --> 00:53:32,446
and say that it's going to
be bigger than baseball,

1166
00:53:32,481 --> 00:53:35,240
basketball, American football,
and ice hockey, you know?

1167
00:53:35,275 --> 00:53:37,946
Because I'm never going
to say it is going to be.

1168
00:53:37,981 --> 00:53:40,718
But the decision to join
the Galaxy wasn't hard,

1169
00:53:40,753 --> 00:53:42,654
because I've been to LA,

1170
00:53:42,689 --> 00:53:45,987
I've met the owners
of the Galaxy,

1171
00:53:46,022 --> 00:53:48,528
I've become friends of
the owners of the Galaxy.

1172
00:53:49,861 --> 00:53:52,400
And I think there's a huge
opportunity out there.

1173
00:53:52,435 --> 00:53:55,601
And as Tim said, I
think that with me,

1174
00:53:55,636 --> 00:53:56,734
it's about the football.

1175
00:53:56,769 --> 00:53:58,340
That's what I'm all about.

1176
00:53:58,375 --> 00:53:59,748
I'm coming there to
make a difference.

1177
00:53:59,772 --> 00:54:01,475
I'm coming there
to play football.

1178
00:54:01,510 --> 00:54:04,313
And that's the
biggest thing for me.

1179
00:54:04,348 --> 00:54:06,007
With their new star man,

1180
00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:08,141
LA Galaxy were able to pull off

1181
00:54:08,176 --> 00:54:11,012
a new five-year shirt
sponsorship deal

1182
00:54:11,047 --> 00:54:13,850
worth $20 million US,

1183
00:54:13,885 --> 00:54:17,282
as well as 11,000 new
season tickets holders,

1184
00:54:17,317 --> 00:54:19,790
and sold out luxury suites.

1185
00:54:19,825 --> 00:54:24,025
However, after five seasons
and two MLS cup titles,

1186
00:54:24,060 --> 00:54:26,566
there was still
something missing:

1187
00:54:26,601 --> 00:54:28,799
the coveted FIFA World Cup.

1188
00:54:32,376 --> 00:54:35,806
With Becks' sights firmly
set on another World Cup run,

1189
00:54:35,841 --> 00:54:37,478
big changes were needed.

1190
00:54:38,712 --> 00:54:41,416
Playing international
football and regular football,

1191
00:54:41,451 --> 00:54:43,484
you know, at the highest level.

1192
00:54:43,519 --> 00:54:46,421
I think he's got to be a
playing at a different level

1193
00:54:46,456 --> 00:54:49,281
to what he would do in the
States to have any chance.

1194
00:54:49,316 --> 00:54:51,052
Has Fabio
Capello talked to you

1195
00:54:51,087 --> 00:54:53,758
about the importance
of staying in Milan?

1196
00:54:53,793 --> 00:54:55,397
No, it's not at all.

1197
00:54:55,432 --> 00:54:58,092
It's just something that,
when I first was thinking

1198
00:54:58,127 --> 00:54:59,159
about going on loan,

1199
00:54:59,194 --> 00:55:01,260
obviously I asked his advice,

1200
00:55:03,297 --> 00:55:07,200
his experience on where I should
go and where I should play.

1201
00:55:07,235 --> 00:55:08,235
And he said,

1202
00:55:09,512 --> 00:55:11,611
"All I can say to you is
play at the highest level."

1203
00:55:12,548 --> 00:55:13,756
And obviously, I
hope I'm doing that.

1204
00:55:13,780 --> 00:55:14,680
I think I'm doing that.

1205
00:55:14,715 --> 00:55:16,517
In July, 2009,

1206
00:55:16,552 --> 00:55:19,080
in hopes of keeping his
World Cup dream alive,

1207
00:55:19,115 --> 00:55:21,951
Beckham made a shock
move to AC Milan

1208
00:55:21,986 --> 00:55:25,119
in an effort to get back
into top tier football.

1209
00:55:25,154 --> 00:55:26,692
After being an AC Milan now,

1210
00:55:26,727 --> 00:55:29,761
it gives me more of a chance
to be at that higher level,

1211
00:55:29,796 --> 00:55:31,565
to play at international level,

1212
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:33,831
which is always important.

1213
00:55:33,866 --> 00:55:36,405
But we'll see, we'll see.

1214
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:38,539
I'm enjoying being with
the squad at the moment.

1215
00:55:38,574 --> 00:55:41,102
And hopefully, it continues.

1216
00:55:41,137 --> 00:55:43,115
Becks is a fantastic
footballer. Everyone knows that.

1217
00:55:43,139 --> 00:55:46,305
His capabilities as a player.

1218
00:55:46,340 --> 00:55:47,614
It's just about him being fit,

1219
00:55:47,649 --> 00:55:49,011
I think the managers said.

1220
00:55:49,046 --> 00:55:51,651
If I'm right, in seeing
what is said in the media.

1221
00:55:51,686 --> 00:55:53,686
And he looks to be
doing that now at Milan.

1222
00:55:53,721 --> 00:55:54,918
He looks very happy.

1223
00:55:54,953 --> 00:55:56,194
He looks like he's
enjoying his football.

1224
00:55:56,218 --> 00:55:57,591
Alex has asked about him,

1225
00:55:57,626 --> 00:55:59,923
and speaking to him
since he's been there,

1226
00:55:59,958 --> 00:56:01,540
he seems like he's having
the time of his life.

1227
00:56:01,564 --> 00:56:04,895
So, his quality's undoubted,
and he's a great member

1228
00:56:04,930 --> 00:56:06,193
of the squad.

1229
00:56:06,228 --> 00:56:07,546
Just how much
has that move to Milan

1230
00:56:07,570 --> 00:56:09,295
improved your
game, do you think?

1231
00:56:10,573 --> 00:56:13,398
I think it's improved my
fitness more than anything else,

1232
00:56:13,433 --> 00:56:18,172
because I said, when I
first arrived in Dubai,

1233
00:56:18,207 --> 00:56:21,681
with Milan, my
body fat was 13.7,

1234
00:56:21,716 --> 00:56:23,914
and now it's 8.5, I think.

1235
00:56:23,949 --> 00:56:26,686
So you know, I think it was
more about the fitness side

1236
00:56:26,721 --> 00:56:27,721
than anything else.

1237
00:56:27,755 --> 00:56:28,996
And also, I think
towards the end,

1238
00:56:29,020 --> 00:56:31,955
he probably did miss
the big time football.

1239
00:56:31,990 --> 00:56:33,990
That's a decision
he made himself.

1240
00:56:34,025 --> 00:56:36,322
Maybe in years to come,
he'll look back and say,

1241
00:56:36,357 --> 00:56:38,500
"Well, maybe I should
have stayed Real Madrid."

1242
00:56:38,535 --> 00:56:40,062
Whatever.

1243
00:56:40,097 --> 00:56:42,229
Are talking to the MLS,

1244
00:56:42,264 --> 00:56:43,637
but we understand that Milan

1245
00:56:43,672 --> 00:56:45,606
are talking to the
MLS and the Galaxy.

1246
00:56:45,641 --> 00:56:47,168
Is that correct?

1247
00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:48,807
I would think so by
now they are, yeah.

1248
00:56:48,842 --> 00:56:51,106
Because both clubs
know my feeling

1249
00:56:51,141 --> 00:56:53,647
on staying here in Milan now.

1250
00:56:53,682 --> 00:56:55,880
And it's out of my hands now.

1251
00:56:55,915 --> 00:56:58,553
It's down to
obviously both teams.

1252
00:56:58,588 --> 00:57:00,555
I mean, he's not
getting any younger.

1253
00:57:00,590 --> 00:57:03,283
I mean, there's a lot of
competition around these days.

1254
00:57:03,318 --> 00:57:05,318
Fabio Capello
has told English TV

1255
00:57:05,353 --> 00:57:08,288
that he thinks David Beckham's
probably too old now.

1256
00:57:08,323 --> 00:57:09,630
If that is the case,

1257
00:57:09,665 --> 00:57:11,401
how do you think David
Beckham will be remembered

1258
00:57:11,425 --> 00:57:12,633
as an England player?

1259
00:57:12,668 --> 00:57:14,767
Legendary status,
without a doubt.

1260
00:57:14,802 --> 00:57:17,737
I think he's put a long shift
in as an England player,

1261
00:57:17,772 --> 00:57:20,773
some fantastic performances,
some fantastic goals, memories.

1262
00:57:20,808 --> 00:57:23,105
And you know, he was
a fantastic captain.

1263
00:57:23,140 --> 00:57:24,403
I've learnt a lot off David,

1264
00:57:24,438 --> 00:57:28,550
and it's been a pleasure
to play alongside him.

1265
00:57:28,585 --> 00:57:29,694
If he has played his last game,

1266
00:57:29,718 --> 00:57:31,245
he'd certainly be missed,

1267
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,291
because both on and off the
pitch, he's a great guy.

1268
00:57:33,315 --> 00:57:34,446
He's the sort of player

1269
00:57:34,481 --> 00:57:35,568
who's proved everybody
wrong before,

1270
00:57:35,592 --> 00:57:36,987
when people have written him off

1271
00:57:37,022 --> 00:57:39,484
at club and international
level, so you never know.

1272
00:57:39,519 --> 00:57:41,222
Yeah, you
never know with David.

1273
00:57:41,257 --> 00:57:43,763
Fabio Capella has got
to look to the World Cup,

1274
00:57:43,798 --> 00:57:46,601
and it remains to be seen
how he sees David's role,

1275
00:57:46,636 --> 00:57:50,231
whether he sees him as a permanent
member of his first team,

1276
00:57:50,266 --> 00:57:52,640
or whether he sees
him as a squad player,

1277
00:57:52,675 --> 00:57:55,907
and is going to use him
in a substitute capacity.

1278
00:57:55,942 --> 00:57:57,469
There's been a lot of debate

1279
00:57:57,504 --> 00:57:58,921
about the future of David
Beckham in the England setup.

1280
00:57:58,945 --> 00:58:03,684
If he plays in February,
it will be his 100th cap.

1281
00:58:03,719 --> 00:58:05,752
He's also said he
wants to play on

1282
00:58:05,787 --> 00:58:08,084
through to the next World Cup.

1283
00:58:08,119 --> 00:58:10,350
Is he guaranteed to
get his 100th cap,

1284
00:58:10,385 --> 00:58:12,451
and do you see them
going forward to play

1285
00:58:12,486 --> 00:58:14,695
as long as the next World Cup?

1286
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:22,802
We have a
contrasting relationship

1287
00:58:22,837 --> 00:58:24,738
with David Beckham
at Real Madrid,

1288
00:58:24,773 --> 00:58:27,840
but in the end, he actually
demonstrated to be a great man

1289
00:58:27,875 --> 00:58:29,006
and a great player.

1290
00:58:30,471 --> 00:58:33,681
He's also the kind of
person who believes,

1291
00:58:33,716 --> 00:58:36,541
when he sets himself
something, he will achieve it.

1292
00:58:36,576 --> 00:58:38,686
And so, you never know,

1293
00:58:38,721 --> 00:58:42,283
but obviously Mr. Capello
will have to make choices.

1294
00:58:43,583 --> 00:58:44,857
He believes that basically,

1295
00:58:44,892 --> 00:58:46,353
David's behavior is important.

1296
00:58:48,126 --> 00:58:50,896
However, there is obviously
still over a month

1297
00:58:50,931 --> 00:58:52,425
until the first game,

1298
00:58:52,460 --> 00:58:53,778
so there's plenty of time
for these important decisions

1299
00:58:53,802 --> 00:58:54,802
to be made.

1300
00:58:57,036 --> 00:58:59,773
There's only
one David Beckham.

1301
00:58:59,808 --> 00:59:02,303
There's only one David Beckham.

1302
00:59:02,338 --> 00:59:03,909
Welcome to Paris,

1303
00:59:03,944 --> 00:59:06,780
and the David
Beckham tribute show.

1304
00:59:06,815 --> 00:59:08,056
For what he's
done for his country

1305
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:11,081
over the past 10
years, he's fantastic.

1306
00:59:11,116 --> 00:59:12,720
I hope he does
a good reception.

1307
00:59:12,755 --> 00:59:14,315
I expect it for him.

1308
00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:16,922
In my opinion, it's
all about Beckham.

1309
00:59:16,957 --> 00:59:18,484
100th cap, he deserves it.

1310
00:59:18,519 --> 00:59:21,553
Beckham soon
earned his 100th England cap,

1311
00:59:21,588 --> 00:59:25,634
presented to him by none
other than Sir Bobby Charlton.

1312
00:59:25,669 --> 00:59:29,462
However, his World Cup
future was still uncertain.

1313
00:59:29,497 --> 00:59:31,838
When Fabio
Capello swept into Soho Square,

1314
00:59:31,873 --> 00:59:34,500
he made it clear he had little
time for sentimentality,

1315
00:59:34,535 --> 00:59:37,239
saying players would be
picked on form and fitness,

1316
00:59:37,274 --> 00:59:38,812
not star status.

1317
00:59:38,847 --> 00:59:41,210
If David Beckham steps
out on this pitch

1318
00:59:41,245 --> 00:59:42,816
in the country he
once called home,

1319
00:59:42,851 --> 00:59:44,752
he'll equal a record
that will see him

1320
00:59:44,787 --> 00:59:46,721
further propelled into
the history books,

1321
00:59:46,756 --> 00:59:49,482
ensuring that although he
wants to leave the Galaxy,

1322
00:59:49,517 --> 00:59:51,517
his star will keep on rising.

1323
00:59:53,488 --> 00:59:54,768
He wants
to start on Wednesday.

1324
00:59:54,797 --> 00:59:56,929
Would be his 100th
start for England,

1325
00:59:56,964 --> 00:59:58,392
and obviously his 108th cap.

1326
00:59:58,427 --> 00:59:59,558
He's got it.

1327
01:00:01,903 --> 01:00:04,640
What sort of achievement
is that, do you think?

1328
01:00:06,006 --> 01:00:08,039
Just to get to 100's an
unbelievable achievement,

1329
01:00:08,074 --> 01:00:11,812
but then to equal a man of
the stature of Bobby Moore

1330
01:00:11,847 --> 01:00:12,847
is just phenomenal,

1331
01:00:12,881 --> 01:00:15,145
and I'm sure Becks
in his wildest dreams

1332
01:00:15,180 --> 01:00:16,542
would never imagine
that as a kid,

1333
01:00:16,577 --> 01:00:18,280
putting on his boots,
when he was a seven,

1334
01:00:18,315 --> 01:00:19,820
eight year old, I'm sure.

1335
01:00:19,855 --> 01:00:21,591
The headlines
tomorrow may well be about race,

1336
01:00:21,615 --> 01:00:25,188
but Beckham will be hoping
it's his race to glory instead.

1337
01:00:25,223 --> 01:00:27,421
His rejuvenation at
AC Milan has seen him

1338
01:00:27,456 --> 01:00:29,764
brought back into the
England team on merit,

1339
01:00:29,799 --> 01:00:31,557
and now all the talk
is about equaling

1340
01:00:31,592 --> 01:00:34,131
Bobby Moore's
record of 108 caps.

1341
01:00:34,166 --> 01:00:35,660
We've talked
about Steven Gerrard.

1342
01:00:35,695 --> 01:00:36,815
We've talked about Wayne Rooney.

1343
01:00:36,839 --> 01:00:37,981
We haven't mentioned
David Beckham yet,

1344
01:00:38,005 --> 01:00:40,467
so do you want to get onto that?

1345
01:00:40,502 --> 01:00:44,977
No, no, I think, you never
ask me about the Slovakia,

1346
01:00:45,012 --> 01:00:46,275
the Ukrainia.

1347
01:00:46,310 --> 01:00:48,948
Always Gerrard,
Rooney, Redknapp.

1348
01:00:52,712 --> 01:00:54,151
The others.

1349
01:00:54,186 --> 01:00:56,516
Do you see
a fitter David Beckham?

1350
01:00:56,551 --> 01:01:01,422
A David Beckham that can
realistically go on to 2010 now?

1351
01:01:02,623 --> 01:01:05,426
Yeah, Beckham is
in very good moment.

1352
01:01:05,461 --> 01:01:10,497
I watch it in TV, the last
two games that he played

1353
01:01:11,775 --> 01:01:13,973
with AC Milan, is a
good moment of form.

1354
01:01:14,008 --> 01:01:16,404
He play always the first 11,

1355
01:01:16,439 --> 01:01:21,442
and I check him here
during the training.

1356
01:01:22,643 --> 01:01:24,280
It's a very, very
good moment for him.

1357
01:01:25,481 --> 01:01:26,953
I mean, anybody
gets over 100 caps,

1358
01:01:26,988 --> 01:01:28,130
especially an outfield player,

1359
01:01:28,154 --> 01:01:30,055
it's a fantastic achievement,

1360
01:01:30,090 --> 01:01:31,100
and at one point we didn't think

1361
01:01:31,124 --> 01:01:32,893
David was going to get 100,

1362
01:01:34,028 --> 01:01:35,995
having been left
out by McClaren,

1363
01:01:36,030 --> 01:01:37,722
and then going to the States.

1364
01:01:37,757 --> 01:01:39,966
You've lost
Lowe and Hargreaves.

1365
01:01:40,001 --> 01:01:42,298
Still no David Beckham. Why?

1366
01:01:43,807 --> 01:01:47,171
I feel that we've got other
players that can come in,

1367
01:01:47,206 --> 01:01:50,207
and can do the job, and looking
to the future to do that.

1368
01:01:50,242 --> 01:01:53,045
He's rejuvenated, really,

1369
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,916
since Fabio Capello's brought
him back into the squad,

1370
01:01:57,645 --> 01:01:58,645
and obviously,

1371
01:01:59,889 --> 01:02:01,867
it looks as though it's going
to get to that landmark.

1372
01:02:01,891 --> 01:02:02,934
David, last time was obviously

1373
01:02:02,958 --> 01:02:04,518
all about equaling Bobby Moore.

1374
01:02:04,553 --> 01:02:05,860
This time, it's about becoming

1375
01:02:05,895 --> 01:02:08,588
the most capped outfield
player ever for England.

1376
01:02:08,623 --> 01:02:11,756
Can you even fathom
what that means?

1377
01:02:11,791 --> 01:02:12,900
No.

1378
01:02:12,935 --> 01:02:14,374
You know, every time I
meet up with England,

1379
01:02:14,398 --> 01:02:16,035
obviously it's a huge honor.

1380
01:02:16,070 --> 01:02:17,938
Every player feels like
that when they meet up

1381
01:02:17,973 --> 01:02:19,940
with the squad, but you know,

1382
01:02:19,975 --> 01:02:23,009
to be on the amount of caps
and the games that I am

1383
01:02:23,044 --> 01:02:25,847
at the moment, it was a great
honor for me, of course.

1384
01:02:25,882 --> 01:02:29,279
But I think that every time

1385
01:02:29,314 --> 01:02:32,645
that I personally
meet up with the team,

1386
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:33,855
it's a bonus,

1387
01:02:33,890 --> 01:02:38,651
because being on
probably 94, 95 caps,

1388
01:02:38,686 --> 01:02:40,092
I never expected to make 100,

1389
01:02:40,127 --> 01:02:42,094
and then obviously making 100,

1390
01:02:42,129 --> 01:02:43,788
people expected
me to retire them.

1391
01:02:43,823 --> 01:02:48,837
So, to be on 108 now,
and hopefully get 109,

1392
01:02:49,796 --> 01:02:51,169
I'm happy with that.

1393
01:02:51,204 --> 01:02:52,676
Yeah, I mean, I think
he's had a lot of challenges

1394
01:02:52,700 --> 01:02:53,842
all through his career.

1395
01:02:55,208 --> 01:02:58,044
He seems to have come through
them all with flying colors.

1396
01:02:58,079 --> 01:02:59,925
People said he was finished
a couple of years ago.

1397
01:02:59,949 --> 01:03:01,421
He's come back, and
he's an integral member

1398
01:03:01,445 --> 01:03:02,609
of the squad still.

1399
01:03:02,644 --> 01:03:04,611
So, Becks is a
fantastic footballer.

1400
01:03:04,646 --> 01:03:06,525
Everyone knows it, his
capabilities as a player.

1401
01:03:06,549 --> 01:03:08,780
I think as a
player, playing with Becks,

1402
01:03:08,815 --> 01:03:10,089
and training with him,

1403
01:03:10,124 --> 01:03:12,289
and realize how much
this means to him.

1404
01:03:13,721 --> 01:03:15,567
I think it's easy for
people to shoot people down

1405
01:03:15,591 --> 01:03:16,997
when they're at the very top.

1406
01:03:17,032 --> 01:03:19,626
And for many years, Becks has
been at the top and still is.

1407
01:03:19,661 --> 01:03:22,728
He's always been one of the
best players in the world.

1408
01:03:22,763 --> 01:03:24,609
I think it's easy for
people to try and kick him

1409
01:03:24,633 --> 01:03:27,238
and knock him down, but
they've not succeeded.

1410
01:03:28,241 --> 01:03:29,768
And he's one of the best,

1411
01:03:29,803 --> 01:03:31,583
and that's why he's up there
and still in the England squad.

1412
01:03:31,607 --> 01:03:36,577
I want to have a chance
of being involved in 2010.

1413
01:03:37,118 --> 01:03:39,063
And I believe, obviously,
my best chance of doing that

1414
01:03:39,087 --> 01:03:41,054
would be by staying here.

1415
01:03:41,089 --> 01:03:44,090
But you know, like I said,
it's out of my hands now.

1416
01:03:45,225 --> 01:03:48,127
I hope it can be
sorted, but we'll see.

1417
01:03:48,162 --> 01:03:50,899
The woes of
Rustenburg have been forgotten

1418
01:03:50,934 --> 01:03:52,032
in Cape Town.

1419
01:03:52,067 --> 01:03:54,364
This is now considered
the real start

1420
01:03:54,399 --> 01:03:57,004
of England's World Cup campaign.

1421
01:03:57,039 --> 01:03:59,633
The turnout has
even impressed FIFA,

1422
01:03:59,668 --> 01:04:02,911
which is rapidly revising
its downbeat estimate

1423
01:04:02,946 --> 01:04:05,375
of how many foreign
fans would come.

1424
01:04:05,410 --> 01:04:08,015
It seems that we are
on the way to 500,000

1425
01:04:08,050 --> 01:04:10,083
international visitors
coming to South Africa.

1426
01:04:10,118 --> 01:04:12,118
So, more of a
success than you'd hoped for?

1427
01:04:12,153 --> 01:04:15,253
I think more than
anyone has expected

1428
01:04:15,288 --> 01:04:17,255
from this World Cup, even us.

1429
01:04:17,290 --> 01:04:18,718
But England's definitely

1430
01:04:18,753 --> 01:04:20,687
winning the war for territory.

1431
01:04:20,722 --> 01:04:24,031
Cape Town is decked
out in red and white.

1432
01:04:24,066 --> 01:04:25,593
You got to get there early.

1433
01:04:25,628 --> 01:04:27,111
We're flying anoraks, so
you got to get there early,

1434
01:04:27,135 --> 01:04:30,070
get the flag up, otherwise
you lose all the best spaces.

1435
01:04:31,502 --> 01:04:33,436
The world's
biggest England shirt

1436
01:04:33,471 --> 01:04:34,976
has even made it here,

1437
01:04:35,011 --> 01:04:38,507
a sign of the huge
expectations that 2010

1438
01:04:38,542 --> 01:04:40,608
will live up to the past.

1439
01:04:40,643 --> 01:04:42,126
We're at our best when
our backs are to the wall,

1440
01:04:42,150 --> 01:04:44,051
and I think the
lads will make sure

1441
01:04:44,086 --> 01:04:46,317
that they rub a few noses
in it after this one.

1442
01:04:46,352 --> 01:04:49,056
They know
this is make or break time

1443
01:04:49,091 --> 01:04:51,685
for England, but they're
convinced the team

1444
01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:54,996
will light up the Cape
Town stadium tonight.

1445
01:05:16,976 --> 01:05:19,416
On the 14th of March, 2010,

1446
01:05:19,451 --> 01:05:22,089
Beckham's dreams at a World
Cup comeback were shattered

1447
01:05:22,124 --> 01:05:24,718
after he suffered a torn
left Achilles tendon,

1448
01:05:24,753 --> 01:05:27,127
playing against the
Kievo in Serie A.

1449
01:05:28,592 --> 01:05:31,593
Unbeknownst to him, Beckham
had played his last game

1450
01:05:31,628 --> 01:05:33,892
in the famous
three lions Jersey.

1451
01:05:33,927 --> 01:05:35,366
I know the country
is in mourning,

1452
01:05:35,401 --> 01:05:37,731
I think mainly because
everyone admires David Beckham

1453
01:05:37,766 --> 01:05:40,239
as a person, and for what he's
done for England in the past.

1454
01:05:40,274 --> 01:05:42,010
You obviously need
the experienced players

1455
01:05:42,045 --> 01:05:44,210
to boost the younger players.

1456
01:05:44,245 --> 01:05:46,179
So missing out on David Beckham,

1457
01:05:46,214 --> 01:05:48,247
it would probably
be a bit of a shame.

1458
01:05:48,282 --> 01:05:51,118
I'm so sorry for here for him,

1459
01:05:51,153 --> 01:05:56,156
because I know how
he wanted to go.

1460
01:05:58,391 --> 01:06:00,688
And the workup, he went.

1461
01:06:00,723 --> 01:06:05,660
He came last year in
Milan, above all for this,

1462
01:06:06,861 --> 01:06:10,434
to show his quality
for the England team.

1463
01:06:10,469 --> 01:06:12,238
I'm so sorry for this.

1464
01:06:12,273 --> 01:06:15,175
After a brief
six month spell at PSG,

1465
01:06:15,210 --> 01:06:17,606
the day finally came
to hang up the boots,

1466
01:06:17,641 --> 01:06:20,004
and public opinion
was ever contrasting

1467
01:06:20,039 --> 01:06:21,412
to that of 1998.

1468
01:06:21,447 --> 01:06:23,447
I think that was
right moment to stop.

1469
01:06:24,747 --> 01:06:26,351
You have to expect this.

1470
01:06:26,386 --> 01:06:30,322
Of course, not just PSG,

1471
01:06:30,357 --> 01:06:34,887
but the football world
lost a fantastic player.

1472
01:06:34,922 --> 01:06:39,925
Lost a fantastic professional
player. Lost a good man.

1473
01:06:41,170 --> 01:06:42,532
Well, it's a sad day.

1474
01:06:42,567 --> 01:06:45,733
I can imagine that there are
many boys, men and women,

1475
01:06:45,768 --> 01:06:49,176
all over the world that
are mourning the loss

1476
01:06:49,211 --> 01:06:50,375
of a football star.

1477
01:06:50,410 --> 01:06:52,245
He's an absolute icon.

1478
01:06:52,280 --> 01:06:54,346
Beckham was out
of order, basically.

1479
01:06:54,381 --> 01:06:55,457
He should have
stayed on the field,

1480
01:06:55,481 --> 01:06:57,261
and if he had have done,
we'd have got through.

1481
01:06:57,285 --> 01:07:00,121
Professional footballer
committed to the cause,

1482
01:07:00,156 --> 01:07:01,782
loved the clubs
that he played for.

1483
01:07:03,016 --> 01:07:05,489
Today, footballers, you
know, you could question

1484
01:07:05,524 --> 01:07:06,952
some of their motivations.

1485
01:07:06,987 --> 01:07:09,361
You never had your
questions about him

1486
01:07:09,396 --> 01:07:10,890
and his motivations at all.

1487
01:07:10,925 --> 01:07:12,375
To get sent off
in a match like that

1488
01:07:12,399 --> 01:07:14,333
is a disgrace to anybody.

1489
01:07:14,368 --> 01:07:15,466
I'm sorry for his career.

1490
01:07:18,471 --> 01:07:21,065
Say, for football in England.

1491
01:07:21,100 --> 01:07:23,210
So he'll continue his
role as an ambassador.

1492
01:07:23,245 --> 01:07:25,410
I know he's in a lot of
work in the Far East,

1493
01:07:25,445 --> 01:07:28,479
in his training roles, you
know, for kids and stuff.

1494
01:07:28,514 --> 01:07:30,415
So he'll still be around.

1495
01:07:30,450 --> 01:07:32,516
He'll be around for a long
time, forever, you know?

1496
01:07:32,551 --> 01:07:35,090
Till he's well old. So
you never lose them.

1497
01:07:46,466 --> 01:07:48,026
He's become fantastic.

1498
01:07:48,061 --> 01:07:51,062
How can I argue with how he's
turned out as a human being?

1499
01:07:51,097 --> 01:07:53,240
He's an icon to every
kid in the world,

1500
01:07:53,275 --> 01:07:55,176
he's a very wealthy guy.

1501
01:07:55,211 --> 01:07:57,112
So how can I possibly
argue with that?

1502
01:08:01,943 --> 01:08:05,153
Amid the fame,
red carpets and brand deals,

1503
01:08:05,188 --> 01:08:07,584
Beckham pioneered
a fresh new look

1504
01:08:07,619 --> 01:08:10,356
of what a modern
day footballer is.

1505
01:08:11,887 --> 01:08:13,953
With the odds
stacked against him,

1506
01:08:13,988 --> 01:08:16,087
the young boy from
Leytonstone went on

1507
01:08:16,122 --> 01:08:18,430
to win a long list
of silverware,

1508
01:08:18,465 --> 01:08:21,400
including six PL
titles, two FA cups,

1509
01:08:21,435 --> 01:08:23,963
one La Liga, one
Champions League,

1510
01:08:23,998 --> 01:08:26,504
and one PFA Young
Player of the Year.

1511
01:08:28,409 --> 01:08:31,509
He conquered England,
Italy and America,

1512
01:08:31,544 --> 01:08:34,446
both commercially
and as an athlete,

1513
01:08:34,481 --> 01:08:38,043
became the third highest capped
English player of all time,

1514
01:08:38,078 --> 01:08:42,289
and smashed shirt sale records
at Madrid and LA Galaxy,

1515
01:08:42,324 --> 01:08:45,952
whilst also becoming the
highest paid player of all time.

1516
01:08:49,364 --> 01:08:51,529
There is no doubting
the financial success

1517
01:08:51,564 --> 01:08:52,860
of Beckham's career.

1518
01:08:56,503 --> 01:08:59,438
And when a player wins as
many trophies as Becks,

1519
01:08:59,473 --> 01:09:01,737
there's no doubting their
playing career either.

1520
01:09:19,086 --> 01:09:19,986
Back home in England

1521
01:09:20,021 --> 01:09:21,691
as the excitement builds,

1522
01:09:21,726 --> 01:09:24,188
one 10-year-old by has
taken his love of the game

1523
01:09:24,223 --> 01:09:25,596
a little too far.

1524
01:09:25,631 --> 01:09:29,061
Tom Sylvester chose to
go bald before his years,

1525
01:09:29,096 --> 01:09:31,470
to look like his hero, Sven.

1526
01:09:31,505 --> 01:09:33,175
There's quite a lot
of people in the school

1527
01:09:33,199 --> 01:09:34,385
who dress up as David Beckham,

1528
01:09:34,409 --> 01:09:37,135
and I thought Sven
would be different.

1529
01:09:38,413 --> 01:09:40,479
Because when I
first had it done,

1530
01:09:40,514 --> 01:09:43,416
it was almost bald, and I fought
everyone would laugh at me.

1531
01:09:43,451 --> 01:09:45,171
But they haven't. They've
started liking it.