Dont play with my heart

At the 2006 World Cup, the England national team, based on Manchester, Chelsea and Liverpool, was considered one of the favorites. Beckham was also in the main lineup. However, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing to Portugal in a series of post-match penalties. The coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson, was fired, and the new manager - Steve McLaren - did not call Beckham to the team for almost a year. After returning, the player played a few more games and on March 26, 2008 became the 5th in the history of the England national team, which held 100 matches in its composition.

This was facilitated by Beckham's good play, who scored two goals in the first four meetings, successfully fit into the team scheme and immediately established himself at the core; the Italian press spread information about the intention of "Milan" to buy the transfer of the player in the "LA Galaxy". Eventually, the speculation was confirmed firsthand: on February 4, Beckham confirmed that he was ready to sign a permanent contract with the Italian club to continue his career in the national team, but further negotiations between Milan and the Americans did not lead to anything. [13] However, the Los Angeles Galaxy agreed to extend the lease until mid-July, the Los Angeles Times reported on March 2, [14] and was later confirmed by a footballer who called the lease agreement "unique." . In total, in the 2008/09 season, Beckham played 20 matches for the Italian club, including 18 - in the championship, ie a little less than 50% of their total.

Beckham's appearance in AC Milan has provoked mixed reactions from both the public and the club's players, some of whom have suggested that it is nothing more than a marketing move by management. [11] In the new team, David chose the 32nd number, which was previously used by Christian Vieri. After undergoing a medical examination, Beckham stated that he would be able to continue his playing career for at least another five years, ie until the age of 38. [12] Beckham's debut for AC Milan took place on 11 January 2009, and on 25 January in his third match for the club, he scored his first Serie A goal against Bologna. Although the footballer did not question his return to Los Angeles in March, rumors of the possibility of staying in Italy longer than planned, and even conclude a full-fledged contract with "Milan", could not be avoided.

In June 2007 he won the Spanish championship with the team, and at the end of the same month he moved to the United States, where he played his first game for the new club on June 21.
At the end of 2008, Beckham decided to return to Europe primarily to maintain the form and status of the main player of the national team. On 30 October 2008, AC Milan announced David Beckham's lease on January 7, 2009, [10] but he said that his return to Europe did not mean his intention to leave the club.

The last in the "cream" T-shirt for the Englishman was the 2006/2007 season, when the new Real Madrid coach was appointed Fabio Capello, famous for his discipline. The conflict erupted when Beckham signed a contract with the American Los Angeles Galaxy in January 2007. Capello criticized the footballer for caring only about his own interests during the responsible games and did not put the midfielder in the squad for about a month. But at this time the team played so poorly that we had to release Beckham, who in the first game after a forced break scored "Real Sociedad".

In the Madrid team, the player's performance decreased significantly, and the club lost the competition in the domestic arena "Barcelona". In all 4 years at Real Madrid, he became the Spanish champion only once (2007) and won the country's Super Cup (2003). But during the same period, the club managed to sell around the world T-shirts and souvenirs worth about 440 million euros, and in many respects the popularity of "Real" added the presence of David Beckham in the team.

The 21-year-old midfielder is invited to the England national team - on September 1, 1996 he and his team won in Chisinau against Moldova (3: 0).
England qualified for the 1998 World Cup, but David did not always make it to Glen Godle. At the World Cup, he missed his first game against Tunisia, and in the next match came out only because Paul Ince was injured. Beckham got to the base only in the last match of the group stage - against Colombia, where he scored his first goal in the England shirt, perfectly overturning the wall during a free kick.
But the team flew out after the 1/8 finals - at the beginning of the second half of the match with Argentina, he was provoked by Diego Simeone and deliberately kicked him, for which he immediately received a red card and left the field. The match ended in a draw, and in a series of penalties, the Argentines won. Most of the media have made an opposing goat and the main culprit in the defeat of the Manchester United midfielder for his indiscipline in the decisive game. For some time after that, at the away games as a part of "Manchester", the stands greeted him with a whistle, and the press was constantly hanging around his house.

After his debut, David did not make it to the starting line-up for a long time. »(0: 0).
The summer of 1995 was a turning point for the club. Alex Ferguson sold 3 of the team's key players (Paul Ince, Mark Hughes and Andriy Kanchelskis), entrusting more responsibility to the club's young players (Beckham, Nicki Butt, Ryan Giggs). But after several unfortunate defeats, the team did not claim the championship and in January was behind "Newcastle" by 12 points. But the second half of the season turned out to be much better and the Red Devils took first place in the championship and won the FA Cup. David Beckham played 33 games in the national championship and scored 7 goals.

When the boy was 13 years old, he was invited to the youth academies of famous clubs in London, among which the strongest were "Arsenal" and "Tottenham". The young man chose the latter. At that time he was already playing for the children's national teams of the district and the district of Essex.
He soon signed a preliminary contract with Manchester United: 2 years as a schoolboy, then 2 years at the Manchester United Youth Academy and finally a professional contract with the club for 2 years. From the age of 15 he attended the Manchester United Academy and in 1992 he won the FA Cup with the team, which before that "Manchester" could not win for 28 years. In September of the same year, he played for Manchester United for the first time, replacing Andriy Kanchelskis in the League Cup match against Brighton.

The son of thermal engineer Ted Beckham loved to play football from an early age. The father was a semi-professional footballer, so he did not object to his son's enthusiasm and took him with him to training. It was then that David began to practice his free kicks, which will later become famous. The guy had to throw over the mannequins and get not just into the goal, but into the bar - thus increasing the accuracy of the blows. Dad gave David lessons in football tactics, moving on the field and working with the ball. The future footballer's maternal grandfather was a Jew [7] and an ardent supporter of London's Tottenham Hotspur. As a child, Beckham regularly went with his grandfather to White Hart Lane (Tottenham Stadium) and attended the synagogue. David himself has been a fan of Manchester United since childhood.