Beckham was too tired to play anymore. Thus, he was replaced by Lennon.

England and Scolari have some history of matches in the last 2 major tournaments they met: World Cup 2002 and EuroCup 2004. Both times, Scolari was the winner. Now, they meet again in England vs. Portugal.

2002 - England can find no answer
In Japan in 2002, belief seemed to drain out of England once Rivaldo had […]

England’s veteran defender, Gary Neville is back in training and he is expected to come back to help his team.

The 31-year-old, who won his 80th cap in England’s opening 1-0 victory over Paraguay, has missed their last three games with a calf injury but should be in contention for the game in Gelsenkirchen.
“I think he […]

Sugababes, or actually, only Amelle Berrabah, the latest addition to the group, said some words about the World Cup in Germany and about the England-Ecuador game.

Amelle, are you a big football fan?
When it comes to the World Cup, I watch every match I can and I’ll follow every team, so I am in that […]

Alan Shearer might be considering being one of the officials of England’s national squad.

Shearer, 35, insisted Steve McClaren, who takes over from Sven-Goran Eriksson after the FIFA World Cup™, has yet to officially offer him a role in the national team’s backroom staff.
But the former Newcastle and Blackburn star, who recently completed his UEFA ‘A’ […]

The press squashed Beckham and his actions in the game today.

Well, kidding. How would they? He scored a near-perfect free kick and got his team through to the last 8 where they will face Portugal. A Portugal that, without Deco, might be an easier obstacle than thought.
Here are some things the press said about Beckham:
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England got through after a game in which they really didn’t impress. Unfortunately, Lampard doesn’t seem to be the player he is at Chelsea and it shows in the game of his team.

John TERRY (ENG), Budweiser Man of the Match
Becks (David Beckham) was practising in training and it was a wonderful shot - that shows […]

Sven-Goran Eriksson is happy with the result. Now, the real problem comes in the next game.

Sven-Goran ERIKSSON (ENG)
I think it was about time that we got a bit of luck in a game. Yes, we could have scored more goals, but in the end we had to rely on (David) Beckham. He’s a player who […]

1-0 the final score, Beckham scored from free-kic, but England didn’t impress at all.

Perfect free-kick from Beckham and England leads 1-0. The Ecuadorian goalkeeper could not keep it out…