“ I made a stupid mistake,' David Beckham admitted of his infamous red card while playing for England against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup. 'It changed my life.”
David Beckham has admitted he still "beats himself up" 25 years on from the red card he received against Argentina that made him public enemy No.1 and plunged him into depression.
“Now, at 48 years old, I beat myself up about it,” he says in Beckham , a new Netflix documentary charting his storied career. England were tied at 2-2 with Argentina as the second half got under way in St Etienne - but just moments later, Beckham was shown a straight red card for a petulant and needless kick out at opponent Diego Simeone.
Friends remarked on how they would have to escort Beckham to the bathroom in restaurants or walk quickly between venues when out in public to protect him from any threats. "I don't think I have ever talked about it just because I can't," Beckham explains. "I find it hard to talk through what I went through because it was so extreme. The whole country hated me. Hated me.
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