Bayan da ya maye gurbinsa, Beckham ya kasance a fili ya girgiza da kuma motsin rai don ba zai iya wasa ba, yana cikin hawaye a wani lokaci. Wata rana bayan da aka fitar da Ingila daga gasar cin kofin duniya, Steve Beckham ya yi nasara a kan 1 <unk> 0 da kuma wuri a cikin wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya yi rashin lafiya kafin wasan kuma ya yi amai sau da yawa sakamakon rashin jin daɗi da rashin lafiya da ya samu bayan da ya zira kwallo a raga a Ingila. A cikin wasan kusa da na karshe da Portugal, an maye gurbin Beckham bayan da ya ji rauni bayan rabin lokaci kuma tawagar Ingila ta ci gaba da rasa wasan a kan penalty (3<unk>1), sakamakon ya kasance 0<unk>0 bayan karin lokaci. Bayan maye gurbinsa, Beckham ya kasance a bayyane ya girgiza kuma yana da motsin rai saboda ba zai iya wasa ba, yana cikin hawaye a wani lokaci.
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