Football: Becks ignores critics; England skipper is focused on winning.Byline: By John Curtis The name John Curtis might refer to:
DAVID BECKHAM  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. insists he will not allow personal criticism to spoil
his quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the World Cup glory. Beckham has been a target for critics, including 1966 hero Sir Geoff Hurst Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born December 8, 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a legend of West Ham and England football, he is also a footballer enshrined in the game's history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. , who thinks Aaron Lennon should play on England's right wing. But the England captain For information about the captains of England sports teams see the articles on the sports team in question. For example:
Beckham said: "I don't care. I'm not going to sit here and talk about my form because I'm in a very talented team with a great chance of progressing to the quarter-finals. "It's not for me to sit here and talk about David Beckham, it's for me to sit here and talk about an England team going into the last 16 of a World Cup." Beckham was criticised for playing badly in Tuesday's 2-2 draw against Sweden. He was beaten in the air by Marcus Allback as England conceded the first from a corner but the Real Madrid superstar has been in decent form coming into the tournament. His dead-ball delivery was outstanding before Tuesday and forced an own-goal against Paraguay in the opening match of the World Cup. Beckham said: "The players are together as a team. We play for the country and we play for the people who are supporting us out there. "We believe in ourselves. I think the majority of our country believes in our team and our players. We've got that and we're very happy we've got that." The World Cup intensifies now for England. They won Group B without ever finding top form but must improve if they are serious about winning the trophy. One defeat and the team will be heading back home. Beckham said: "You do have that in the back of your mind. But we have to think that we're here for another couple of weeks." Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand are injury doubts, while Jamie Carragher will probably switch to central defence if Ferdinand fails to make it and Owen Hargreaves will drop to right-back. Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch, who both started on the bench against the Swedes, are expected to return to the starting line-up. BIG MATCH LATEST - PAGE 25-27 CAPTION(S): MAN ON A MISSION... David Beckham fully expects his England team-mates to put thoughts of the Sweden game behind them and concentrate on Equador |
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