Football: BECKS: MAKE ME CAPTAIN FOR ALL OF OUR GAMES.Byline: Harry Harris
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The smile was as glowing as the diamond-encrusted earrings as Beckham revealed how happy the role makes him. But he has been unsettled by Eriksson's decision to name him only on a match-to-match basis. Extraordinarily, in the space of seven days Beckham will be at home and away at Anfield, first leading out his country tomorrow and then back again next weekend for Manchester United. He will wear the armband arm·band n. A band worn around the upper arm, often as identification or as a symbol of mourning or protest. Noun 1. armband - worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning in the critical World Cup qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. against Finland and is desperate to make it his own. "As long as I am doing well and I am working hard in every game - and that has never been doubted - I deserve to keep it. "It seems that before every England squad is announced or we meet up, there are back page headlines about whether I will be captain or not or about whether I deserve to be captain and if I should have the job taken away from me. "It is something I have had to handle for the past three weeks. It is up to the manager at the end of the day. But being given the captaincy for a World Cup qualifier like this has made it more concrete." Sol Campbell Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell (born 18 September 1974 in Plaistow, London) is an English footballer. He is a defender for the English national team and is captain of Portsmouth in the English Premiership, having previously played for Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. has been touted as a potential alternative and he is the vice-captain. The confusion may have arisen simply because Eriksson does not see the captaincy in the same important terms as English supporters and the media. Beckham said last night he has been told to talk more on the pitch as captain and that he "is learning to do it." He added: "I said before I am not a natural leader, but I can become one." Beckham's message to his team-mates is that they have no choice but to win the clashes with Finland and Albania to rescue the World Cup qualifying campaign. England are bottom of their group after the defeat at home by Germany which forced Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, Doncaster, England)[1] is a former English football manager and is regarded as one of the all-time greatest British football players. to quit and a dismal dis·mal adj. 1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. goalless draw in Helsinki. Beckham is aware he may be abused by Liverpool fans in the crowd because he plays for fierce rivals United. But he said: "For me to captain the team at this point is a great experience. To lead them into a World Cup would be unbelievable. "A win is a must in this game. A draw is no good. The pressure is on and we all know that. None of us are getting carried away. "We know we played some good stuff against Spain last month in a friendly, but this is where the serious stuff starts. If we come back from Albania next Thursday and we've got seven points, it will put us right back in the frame in the qualifying group." Even his desire to play every match and the occasional decision by Sir Alex Ferguson to leave him out of the United team no longer rankles as it has done in the past. In fact Beckham has now come to appreciate what his manager is trying to achieve for him. He will play for his country after a two and a half-week lay-off and he said: "Of course I want to play every game possible. But the manager told me there comes a time in everyone's football career where you do need a rest. "I didn't realise how much football I had played in the last four or five years until the manager sat me down and explained it. "I always disagree when he doesn't want to play me, but he was ready for that. He told me that he expects me to have that attitude." Beckham has come to terms with Sri Alex's decision and finally admitted he has suffered a dip in form. "After the standards I have set myself it has dipped a bit. Maybe it is below what I can play," he said. "But if I have high standards and they drop just five per cent a lot is made of it. It's not that I've been playing badly it's that people can recognise that I am five per cent below par. "There is always a lot of pressure surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. me but I'm a happy person, I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying my football. "But everything that surrounds me now goes over my head. Whatever anyone else says about me I'm a footballer and it's most important I'm enjoying my football. I love it." CAPTION(S): ERIKSSON: Difficult decision; HAT'S THE WAY: Beckham yesterday |
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