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Beckham in tunnel bust-up after spitting row
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-26 09:20
David Beckham was involved in a furious halftime bust-up after accusing a Tokyo Verdy player of spitting at him during a pre-season game on Monday.
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| Real Madrid's David Beckham rolls over after being tackled by Tokyo Verdy's Kenichi Takahiro Soma during their friendly match at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo July 25, 2005. [Reuters] |
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The England captain and Real Madrid team mates Ronaldo and Michel Salgado tried to force their way into Verdy's changing room to get to Kazuyuki Toda after an ugly clash on the pitch.
"Toda spat in my face," Beckham told Reuters after Real's shock 3-0 defeat. "That in life is horrible but in football no players like that.
"Our players saw it and they weren't happy about it."
Asked what happened in the tunnel at halftime, Beckham smiled: "Only handbags but nothing much. Just a few words exchanged, nothing more."
Beckham became embroiled in a running feud with former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Toda early on in Real's fourth match of their six-game pre-season tour.
Real coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo blamed Verdy hard man Toda for trying to provoke Beckham.
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