Former England captain David Beckham was off the pitch officially when PSG did not include him in the final squad for Sunday’s match with Lorient, which means, the player has now said goodbye to his most loving thing in the world: a soccer pitch. The star Englishman, who has ever been more popular than he deserves for his performances, has played 115 matches for England along with more than 600 club appearances for four different clubs in four different countries. More especially, he is the only English player to win four tiles playing for four different countries. The 38-year-old starlet played his last match last weekend against Brest and everyone was expecting him to play some more matches despite announcing his retirement last week. But, he decided to leave off right away and concentrate on his post retirement career. In fact, his last match was paused in between to cheer him and applaud his achievements. During his 20 years’ glorious soccer career, he played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy, and PSG and won 19 major trophies that include Six Premier League titles, one Intercontinental Cup, one Champions League, two FA Cups, two MLS Cups, and one Ligue 1 title among others. For PSG, he signed just a short deal of five months and also announced to giveaway his salary to a charity.
After his last match, he gave an emotional speech along with his wife and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, he said, “I want to say thank you to everybody in Paris – to my team-mates, to the staff, to the fans. It’s been very special to finish my career here. It could not have been any more special. I just feel that it’s the right time to retire. I feel I’ve achieved everything I could. I wanted to go out as a champion. I’ve finished my career in a team that has treated me like I’ve been here for 10 years.”
“We have to decide, but I don’t think he will play. He will come with the team but I don’t think he will play … a plastic pitch is difficult for a 38-year-old,” Ancelotti said, before praising Beckham’s impact on world football. He will miss the world of football because he showed a good image every time, really professional. It was a fantastic evening for him. He will have a very good memory of this night. When you finish, when you stop, you have memories of all the years.”