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Seeing red Man United overcomes Beckham ejection to tie Necaxa
Posted: Thursday January 06, 2000 09:34 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Two years later, David Beckham is still getting thrown out of big games. Beckham was ejected for violent play in the 42nd minute Thursday as European champion Manchester United was surprisingly tied 1-1 by Mexico's Necaxa in the first FIFA World Club Championship. Beckham, tossed during England's second-round loss to Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, was expelled by Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo after the English forward missed the ball and kicked Jose Milian. FIFA said Beckham will miss Manchester United's game against Vasco da Gama on Saturday and that the disciplinary committee will meet to decide if the suspension should be extended. "The reaction of the Mexican players got him sent off," Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said. "The referee reacted to the Mexican players and that's disappointing. It was a 50-50 ball and they both had their feet in the air." Beckham, who is married to the singer Posh Spice, whose real name is Victoria Adams, was ejected during the World Cup for a kick at Argentina's Diego Simeone. That came just after halftime and England was forced to play with 10 men for 75 minutes, losing on penalty kicks following a 2-2 tie. This time, Manchester United trailed 1-0 at the time of his ejection. Christian Montecinos put the Mexican team ahead in the 14th minute with a free kick over a defensive wall. Alex Aguinaga could have made it 2-0 in the 58th minute but he made a weak penalty kick that goalkeeper Mark Bosnich easily saved. Dwight Yorke had a chance to tie the score in the 80th minute, when Manchester United was awarded a penalty kick but goalkeeper Hugo Pineda knocked it away with a brilliant save. Yorke then tied the score in the 82nd minute, beating Pineda off a cross from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. In the second game of the Group B doubleheader, Brazil's Vasco da Gama beat Australia's South Melbourne 2-0 on goals by Felipe in the 52nd minute and Edmundo in the 85th. In Group A play Friday in Sao Paulo, Spain's Real Madrid faces Brazil's Corinthians, and Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr plays Morocco's Raja.
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