“I have never taken playing for England for granted. I have always felt I have had to play for my place. I believe that wherever you are, whatever your name is, you have to fight for your place. I have done that wherever I have played. That should be the case regardless of who you are. You have got to play for your place, earn the right to wear the shirt, and I have always done that in every team I have played for during my career. I’m just going to take each game as it comes.”David Beckham, midfielder of England.
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被放逐究竟是何等滋味？尤其，正值熱情之際；相信大衛貝漢體驗最深。

前晚，這位闊別英格蘭國家隊將近一年的前任隊長，用準確無誤的招牌任意球向世人宣告他的回歸，完美回歸！全場比賽，英格蘭並沒有獲得太多的機會，他們的必殺伎就是他，大衛貝漢！幾乎所有具備威脅性質的進攻，都來自貝漢的定位球。最終，他的助攻讓隊友特裏在第69分鐘破網。若非巴西在補時階段扳平比分，貝漢的復出之戰將更加完美！無論如何，“万人迷”的表現在賽后已獲得好評如潮，足球是現實的。而他，對於褒貶一直都沒太多反擊的言語；因爲，他相信行動是最有力證明！於是，我們看見77分鐘的精彩，賞心悅目。

且來聼聼，英格蘭主帥和三綫隊友們對貝漢的讚賞：

“When David is playing well there is no better right-sided player in the world and he showed that tonight. It was fitting he was involved in the goal. We thought we would have a chance of scoring on set plays. We nearly did once or twice before. His delivery was exceptional and JT doesn’t miss from there. It was apt and just a pity we didn’t get the result to go with that. Many people questioned the decision and there was been a great debate about it this week. But we picked David Beckham because of how he plays on the field. Since the New Year in his performances for Real Madrid he has looked fit and strong. He deserved his place in the team on performance.”Steve McClaren, the coach of of England.

“Having Beckham and Owen back is a massive boost. There were good performances from both of them and a positive performance from the team. Beckham did very well. He created the goal for us, created more chances and it’s good to have him back.”Paul Robinson, the goalkeeper of England.

“Would I give him the captaincy for the game if he got to 100 caps? Yes I would. We’ve all been watching him, he has been in great form, supplying great crosses and his work rate is fantastic and it’s really great to have him back. I don’t watch much Spanish football but since he’s been back, he’s made me want to watch Spanish football because of how well he has been playing, I would love to see Becks get his 100 caps for England. I know what that would mean to him.”John Terry, the captain and defender of England.

“Becks did very well. It is how he has been playing for his club and how we know David Beckham can play. He has always got that killer ball he can put in from free-kicks which can make a goal.”Frank Lampard, the midfielder of England.

“You have to give David great credit for getting back into the Real Madrid side first of all. He was not around the Madrid team for a couple of the months during the season and the manager said he might not play for the club again. But he has come back and produced some fantastic performances in recent weeks and been in great form. He certainly deserves his recall to the England squad.”Michael Owen, the striker of England.

 

在貝漢被打入“冷宮”將近一年的日子，他沒有一句怨言，有的只是默默等待，展現一位領袖應有的大將之風。他的紳士風度，就連現任隊長特裏也被征服。

“Do I feel intimidated by David Beckham? Not at all. Since I got the captaincy, I’ve had one phone call a week from Becks wishing me good luck and saying“I’m always here if you need me.” That is big of him and I can’t speak highly enough of him. He has been fantastic since I was given the captaincy. He has not pestered me but he has always said,“I’m here if you need me.”To have that from such a great man and such a great player is unbelievable.”John Terry, the captain and defender of England.
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台長的話：

小貝，如果你讓我說說，對現在的你有什麽看法，我只有一句話：“你的髮型一向都是潮流指標，但這一次…還真是滿難看的，顯得你好老喔！”;-P