Tony Adams has revealed he had a dressing room chat with David Beckham after the midfielder was sent off in England’s World Cup defeat to Argentina in 1998.
Beckham was shown the red card for kicking out at Diego Simeone with England going on to be knocked out via a penalty shootout.
Beckham received plenty of criticism for his flick though went on to win the treble with Manchester United the following season.
And Adams, who started the game in centre defence, tried to cheer Beckham up after the match with a light-hearted conversation in the dressing room. “He was really upset, he was sad and he was shredding a tear and I thought, ‘Wow’.
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