End It Like Beckham 貝氏結(jié)局

England's Italian coach Fabio Capello capped a miserable year for Beckham by confirming before the national side's friendly match with Hungary on August 11 that he won't select him in another competitive international. Beckham cut a forlorn figure at times during England's horrific World Cup campaign in South Africa as part of Capello's management team. "I say thank you very much for helping me at the World Cup, but probably he is a little bit old," said Capello upon delivering the news, which Beckham found out about at the same time as the fans. He made 115 appearances for his country — the most by any outfield player — scored 17 times and captained the "Three Lions" on 58 occasions. It's doubtful we'll hear him roar again.

在英格蘭與匈牙利隊(duì)的比賽之前，意大利籍英格蘭主帥卡佩羅確認(rèn)將不再征召貝克漢姆的決定為小貝悲劇的一年畫上了句號(hào)。作為卡佩羅管理團(tuán)隊(duì)的一員，小貝目睹了英格蘭隊(duì)在南非的糟糕表現(xiàn)，而他本人給人的感覺卻似乎總是孤獨(dú)而凄涼的。卡佩羅在宣布自己的決定后立即表示：“我得感謝貝克漢姆在世界杯上對(duì)我的幫助，但也許他有些太老了。”而貝克漢姆則和全世界所有的球迷一起得知了這一消息。至今，貝克漢姆一共為三獅軍團(tuán)出戰(zhàn)115次（這也是英格蘭非守門員球員的出場(chǎng)紀(jì)錄），其中58次作為隊(duì)長(zhǎng)，共打入17球。而這一紀(jì)錄也許就將就此終結(jié)，我們也許再也不能在英格蘭代表隊(duì)中看到那個(gè)熟悉的身影了。