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david beckham scored on a curling, 25-yard shot to lead england past wales 2-0 in a world cup qualifier saturday in which he wound up with a suspension and broken rib.
the england captain, rebounding from his poor play for real madrid in the spanish league, picked up a yellow card ruling him out of england’s next game against azerbaijan on wednesday.
but he wouldn’t be able to play anyway. beckham was injured minutes after his 76th-inute goal when he was challenged by wales defender ben thatcher. the english team initially said there was no break but a second x-ray revealed a hairline fracture.
on a day when 38 qualifiers were played across the globe leading to the 2006 world cup in germany, the czech republic beat romania 1-0 in prague, stopping the romanians’ runaway start. finland beat armenia 3-1 to draw even on top with romania.
the england captain, rebounding from his poor play for real madrid in the spanish league, picked up a yellow card ruling him out of england’s next game against azerbaijan on wednesday.
but he wouldn’t be able to play anyway. beckham was injured minutes after his 76th-inute goal when he was challenged by wales defender ben thatcher. the english team initially said there was no break but a second x-ray revealed a hairline fracture.
on a day when 38 qualifiers were played across the globe leading to the 2006 world cup in germany, the czech republic beat romania 1-0 in prague, stopping the romanians’ runaway start. finland beat armenia 3-1 to draw even on top with romania.