David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBEis an English former professional footballer. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He announced his retirement in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies. Known...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth2 May 1975
CityLondon, England
Why don't the Argentinean players like me? I don't know,
We can take a lot from that game, to play against one of the best teams in the world and we've outplayed them for 90 minutes, ... They've scored two goals in the last two minutes of extra time. We had a lot of young lads out there who played as if they had been around for a long time.
We have been in this position before at the last championships when we beat Germany and ended up losing. It is unthinkable that we should go out at this stage, with the team and the players we've got. We can't even think about going into this game wanting a draw, we must go into it wanting to win.
We have got great individuals but this team is not about individuals,
We have confidence in the manager. We believe that he is the right man for the job,
Over the years, when I've seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say you'll know when you're ready, and I think I know when I'm ready. I think I'm ready.
There are probably going to be many teams and many players who are going to try and wind Wayne Rooney up. He can handle it. Everyone knows he's a great talent. It's been well documented about his discipline but I don't think there's going to be a problem.
We didn't play to our potential. In the second half we lost our shape and didn't do what the manager asked us to do.
We have a lot of work to do before four tough games coming up. Confidence-wise we just have to forget about this game.
We could have done without this, leading up to the World Cup.
We can't keep making excuses going into competitions because with the talent we have in our country we have to go into this competition with the aim of going as far as we can.
We can't afford to get carried away but we are in a position where we need just need to draw,
We were all disappointed after the championships and I think we needed this performance. The fans needed it, the players needed it and the manager needed it.
We battled for 89 minutes to win the game and fought really well,