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Real Madrid player David Beckham looks
at his team playing against Zaragoza during his Spanish League soccer
match at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Jan. 14, 2007.
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MADRID,
Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Fabio Capello, manager of Spanish soccer league giant Real
Madrid, has called up English soccer forward David Beckham for a match against
Real Sociedad, reversing an earlier decision to sideline him, local media said
on Friday.
A large number of injuries and repeated demands from
teammates have persuaded the Italian manager to call up Beckham for the game in
San Sebastian's Anoeta Stadium, even though he had made a public declaration
that he would never ask Beckham to play again, after the English player decided
to sign for United States team Los Angeles Galaxy.
While Beckham is now certain to go to the northern
Spain match, he may end up on the bench, as Capello has named a 20-player long
list, which he will have to reduce to 18 on the day of the match.
Beckham last played at Real Madrid on Jan. 7, when
Madrid lost 2-0 to Deportivo in the Riazor Stadium; their first match of the
year. Beckham was a substitute but came on after 12 minutes, when Guti was
injured.
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Beckham back to Real squad
MADRID, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- David Beckham's month-long
spell in the stands is set to come to an end after Real Madrid announced Friday
that he will be recalled to the squad for their league game against Real
Sociedad at the weekend.
Real coach Fabio Capello had said he would not pick
the 31-year-old former England captain after he agreed a move to LA Galaxy next
season.
Beckham eager to play Real's match
MADRID, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- David Beckham said he was
eager to play for Real Madrid again despite being put away by coach Fabio
Capello after he announced the decision of joining MLS side LA Galaxy at the end
of the season.
"It is very hard for me because I would like to help
the team,"the former England captain was quoted as telling sports daily Marca on
Thursday.
Real players like Beckham back to
squad
MADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid outgoing David
Beckham should be playing for the club instead of sitting in the stands on match
days, midfielder Guti said on Tuesday.
Beckham has not played for Real since Jan. 7 in the
2-0 defeat away to Deportivo Coruna. Soon after, the former England captain
announced his decision to join Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the season.
David Beckham to join LA
Galaxy
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- England midfielder
David Beckham will join the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLX), it
was announced Thursday.
