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David Beckham
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(Join DP Show Producer Paul Pabst live in the Dan Patrick Show Locker Room to chat during the MLS Cup final on Sunday night)
The Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham joined the show to talk about the upcoming MLS Finals and the Ireland-France World Cup controversy. Here are some of Beckham's takes.
-- Beckham said he should play on Sunday despite his foot injury. "It's getting better each day," Beckham said. "I didn't train until yesterday, which was really frustrating because I had bone bruising and I couldn't actually even get a regular shoe on so I was wearing this brace thing that was quite annoying. But I’m out of that and into normal shoes."
"It's not going to be 100 percent," Beckham said. "I'm not sure at my age anything is 100 percent."
-- Beckham had some interesting comments on instant replay in the wake of Thierry Henry's handball in the Ireland-France match. He's not sure instant replay would work.
"It's such a quick sport," Beckham said. "To keep stopping games to look at video ... there are so many mistakes and so many things being missed because the game is so quick."
Bekcham said he doesn't think Henry hit the ball with his hand on purpose.
"Thierry's a good friend of mine as well and I know that he’s not that kind of player and not that kind of person. But I think it’s a kind of reaction. The ball comes to him so quick. I don’t think he’s done it to cheat. But you know, it happens."
I don’t think many players, hardly any players go into the field and think that.”
-- Beckham said that he really wants to play in next summer's World Cup. He thinks if he plays well for A.C. Milan, it will help him make England's squad.
Dan asked if he won the World Cup with England, would he come back to the Galaxy. Beckham said he'd like to come back to MLS very much. "I will always honor the contract that I’ve got," Beckham said.
-- Beckham said he'd never seen the kind of aggressive play Elizabeth Lambert was caught on tape doing.
-- Dan pointed out Victoria Beckham's quote about how she prefers sex to sleep. "She loves saying things like that," Beckham said. "You know she said a few things in the past that we really laugh about ... me wearing her underwear. She's called me golden balls on national TV, so it does definitely sound like one of my wife's quotes." |