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David Beckham has retired from football for more than 10 years, and yet continues to remain one of the icons of this sport around the world, thanks to his fantastic career, on and off the field, as well as thanks to the contribution he has made in recent years as President of Inter Miami in the USA. The Briton's career, indeed his entire life, has been put back into the spotlight thanks to the latest Netflix documentary, which tells all about the star of the England national team, including the difficult parts of his professional and personal life, such as this case.
Thus, the darkest moment of Beckham's career, which greatly affected his emotional, almost physical state outside the field, was the red card in the World Cup in 1998. It is about the match with Argentina, a team that England , despite the distance, has a very strong rival, and many times the confrontations between them have been the subject of heated debate. Thus, when the two representatives faced each other in the round of 16, Beckham received a red card, being excluded from the match.
As for the context, the midfielder of Manchester United at that time had a duel with Diego Simeone, today the coach of Atletico Madrid, with the Argentinian who, after the collision with Beckham, pushed him and touched him on the head as a sign of provocation, which made David obstructing him, starting a massive clash between the teams, which led the referee to show him the red card. England had to play the rest of the match with 10 men against Argentina's 11 as the match went into extra time and penalties. In conclusion, Argentina won 4-3.
After the match, thanks to his action, Beckham was crucified by the fans and the British press, being accused of being a "traitor" and left his National team in the mud, for this it is enough to mention the headline of the "Daily Mirror": "10 heroic lions, a stupid boy". Here began a long saga of hatred for Beckham, who, as revealed in the documentary, received death threats from fans, even received letters with bullets inside, while an effigy of him was hanged outside a bar in London, as to show that the footballer was "dead" to them.
Not only Beckham, but those around him were also affected, as United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was pelted with rocks and beer mugs as fans chanted: "We hate Beckham". In the documentary, the footballer says he felt let down by many of his teammates, who expected him to support him, but this was not missed by Ferguson, an important figure in his growth as David calls him, who told him after the match against Argentina : "Are you ok son? Don't worry, go away for a few weeks...come back to the club and have us'
But even though this somewhat calmed down the player, the problems continued for him, as his friend and business partner, David Gardner, said that on the street they either hit the windows of his car at traffic lights, or spit on him. The hatred he received made Beckham go through a dark period of depression, an extreme feeling according to him, since "the whole country hated him", and even today, he continues to regret the red card.
However, Beckham managed to get his revenge. 4 years later, he first gave a fantastic performance against Greece, almost single-handedly qualifying England for the World Cup, while in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup, with the captain's armband on his arm, he scored the winning goal against Argentina, eliminating them the latter from the groups. After this match, people started to forget the "horror" of 98. /News31
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