LEVEL HEADED

Last updated : 16 June 2002 By Editor
"Obviously the people's choice would be Brazil," said Beckham. The last time
we played them at the World Cup was in 1970, I remember seeing the
pictures of Bobby Moore changing shirts with Pele."

Asked if he thought this England team were making history themselves, he
replied: "Not yet. We are three games closer to the final but we can't let
ourselves get carried away. We know people are getting excited at home, and
so they should be."

And scoring?

"It would be nice to get any goal in that game, we'll see. If a free-kick's there
I'll be ready, I've not really had one close enough to goal yet. We're not
allowing ourselves to get carried away, we've done well."