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The captain of the England national team, David Beckham, suffered a tendon injury yesterday in a friendly match against Los Angeles "Galaxy", which they won with a score of 0-2.
"I felt pain in both tendons after the match in Chicago (on Saturday), but I thought it was just a simple strain, but now it seems that the injury could be serious," - said D. Beckham to the news agency "Reuters" after the match against "Galaxy".
"We are traveling to Thailand tonight and will examine my injury. If the tendons are torn, I will probably have to go home," - said the Englishman.
D. Beckham felt the pain in the 58th minute of the match, after taking a penalty kick, and was soon replaced by Portugal national team defender Luis Figo.
Madrid's "Real" broke through in the 6th minute of the match. After Zinedine Zidane's pass, Michael Owen sent the ball into the "Galaxy" goalkeeper Kevin Hartman's net from close range.
In the second half, after D. Beckham and Z. Zidane left the field, mass substitutions began, which did not allow the game to pick up pace, but with a quarter of an hour left until the end of regular time, a low shot from the edge of the penalty area secured victory for the world's most titled club by Roberto Soldado.
On Saturday, Madrid's "Real" defeated Guadalajara's "Chivas" team 1-3 in Chicago and today they depart for Asia for the remaining four matches.
"Real" line-up against "Galaxy": Casillas (Diego Lopez 81'), Salgado (Diogo 72'), Helguera, Pavon, Roberto Carlos (Bravo 67'), Beckham (Figo 60'), Gravesen, Guti (De la Red 77'), Zidane (Pablo Garcia 60'), Raul (Soldado 69'), Owen (Jurado 77').
