End It Like Beckham 贝氏结局

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.

在英格兰与匈牙利队的比赛之前，意大利籍英格兰主帅卡佩罗确认将不再征召贝克汉姆的决定为小贝悲剧的一年画上了句号。作为卡佩罗管理团队的一员，小贝目睹了英格兰队在南非的糟糕表现，而他本人给人的感觉却似乎总是孤独而凄凉的。卡佩罗在宣布自己的决定后立即表示：“我得感谢贝克汉姆在世界杯上对我的帮助，但也许他有些太老了。”而贝克汉姆则和全世界所有的球迷一起得知了这一消息。至今，贝克汉姆一共为三狮军团出战115次（这也是英格兰非守门员球员的出场纪录），其中58次作为队长，共打入17球。而这一纪录也许就将就此终结，我们也许再也不能在英格兰代表队中看到那个熟悉的身影了。