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David Beckham: I'm no quitter
David Beckham is in no mood to give up his England place. Beckham responded to mounting criticism following two unconvincing World Cup performances by delivering a trademark free-kick goal in Real Madrid鈥檚 1-0 win over Numancia. It was his first free-kick strike at the Bernabeu and he said: 鈥淚 am always confident in my own ability even if other people aren鈥檛. 鈥淎ll I can do is carry on playing and enjoying my football and proving people wrong. I don鈥檛 feel my career is ending. 鈥淢y recent performances have not been as good but I don鈥檛 think it stretches over the number of years that people say. 鈥淚 played really well against Ukraine and then a couple of weeks later I鈥檓 called a has-been. 鈥淭hat is the way life is. Whether I think it鈥檚 fair or not doesn鈥檛 matter because people will have their say anyway. 鈥淚f you have a bad game then you are not the player you were. It鈥檚 total nonsense really.鈥� Beckham, 29, refuses to cave in to his critics and insisted: 鈥淚 am not feeling the tension. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 play football to make people who criticise me happy. I play football because I love it and criticism comes with that. 鈥淭here is always pressure when you play for England and Real Madrid so I am used to it. 鈥淚f the manager thinks I am not playing great football then he is not going to listen to anyone else.鈥� England boss Sven Goran Eriksson listened to the critics before dropping keeper David James after his nightmare in the 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw against Austria. And midfielder Beckham admitted the same could happen to him against Wales next month. He shrugged: 鈥淚f you are going to accept the praise then you have to take the flak. 鈥淪ometimes it gets a bit personal but I can handle it. I鈥檓 strong enough.鈥�
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