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Becks compared to Obama over cameo
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October 16, 2009, Friday
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FABIO Capello described David Beckham's man-of-the-match award as like American president Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize after the midfielder made a 30-minute cameo in a 0-3 defeat of Belarus on Wednesday.
"I was surprised," a smiling Capello said, when quizzed about the 34-year-old's award on the night that he took his tally of England caps to 115.
"For 30 minutes? It's like Obama winning the Nobel Prize after just nine months as the President of the United States."
Former captain Beckham, who did not even make the bench in the 0-1 defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, also said he was a "bit embarrassed" to be named man of the match after spending most of the game warming up to high-pitched shrieks from young fans.
However, Beckham, who confirmed that his loan move to AC Milan from LA Galaxy is close to being finalized, showed when he replaced winger Aaron Lennon just why he will probably be in Capello's 23-man squad for next year's finals in South Africa, providing quality service with his trusty right foot.
While Shaun Wright-Phillips and Lennon did plenty of scuttling around, neither could find the poise that the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder supplied.
His quick thinking from a corner straight after coming on opened the way for Shaun Wright-Phillips to make it 2-0 and clinch a ninth win in 10 Group 6 matches for England.
"Whether David Beckham plays for five, 10, 15 minutes or half the match he always plays with lots of focus," Capello said. "Some players find it hard to come on but Beckham does that very well."
Beckham, sporting a bushy beard, said he was taking nothing for granted but insisted he would fight for his place in what would be a fourth World Cup finals with England. "Fabio Capello knows the situation with me. There is still a long way to go before the finals," he said.
Peter Crouch scored twice for England. The Spurs striker scuffed England in front after four minutes and poached a rebound in the 74 minute.
Capello made six changes to the side that lost to Ukraine on Saturday, England's first competitive defeat under the Italian, with Crouch and Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor paired up front in the absence of Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey.
"I was surprised," a smiling Capello said, when quizzed about the 34-year-old's award on the night that he took his tally of England caps to 115.
"For 30 minutes? It's like Obama winning the Nobel Prize after just nine months as the President of the United States."
Former captain Beckham, who did not even make the bench in the 0-1 defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, also said he was a "bit embarrassed" to be named man of the match after spending most of the game warming up to high-pitched shrieks from young fans.
However, Beckham, who confirmed that his loan move to AC Milan from LA Galaxy is close to being finalized, showed when he replaced winger Aaron Lennon just why he will probably be in Capello's 23-man squad for next year's finals in South Africa, providing quality service with his trusty right foot.
While Shaun Wright-Phillips and Lennon did plenty of scuttling around, neither could find the poise that the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder supplied.
His quick thinking from a corner straight after coming on opened the way for Shaun Wright-Phillips to make it 2-0 and clinch a ninth win in 10 Group 6 matches for England.
"Whether David Beckham plays for five, 10, 15 minutes or half the match he always plays with lots of focus," Capello said. "Some players find it hard to come on but Beckham does that very well."
Beckham, sporting a bushy beard, said he was taking nothing for granted but insisted he would fight for his place in what would be a fourth World Cup finals with England. "Fabio Capello knows the situation with me. There is still a long way to go before the finals," he said.
Peter Crouch scored twice for England. The Spurs striker scuffed England in front after four minutes and poached a rebound in the 74 minute.
Capello made six changes to the side that lost to Ukraine on Saturday, England's first competitive defeat under the Italian, with Crouch and Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor paired up front in the absence of Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey.
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