England captain David Beckham picked up a hamstring injury as Real Madrid
concluded the U.S. leg of their six-match tour with a comfortable 2-0 win over
the Los Angeles Galaxy at a sold-out Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on
Monday.
"I had two sore hamstrings after the game in Chicago on Saturday and thought
it was just stiffness, but maybe it is a little bit more," Beckham said after
the game.
"We travel to Thailand tonight and we will see how it is. If it is torn then
I will probably go home," he added.
Beckham pulled up shortly after taking a free-kick in the 58th minute and was
replaced by Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo.
Real Madrid had taken the lead in the sixth minute, when a pass from Zinedine
Zidane found an unmarked Michael Owen on the edge of the six yard box and the
England striker calmly slotted the ball past Galaxy goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
A series of substitutions in the second half, which began with the departure
of Beckham and Zidane around the hour mark, disrupted the flow of the game and
turned the match into a more even contest.
However, Madrid striker Roberto Soldado sealed victory for the nine-times
European champions with 15 minutes remaining, firing a low shot past Hartman
from the edge of the penalty area.
On Saturday, Madrid defeated Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara 3-1 in Chicago and
now head off to Asia for the remaining four matches of the tour in Beijing,
Bangkok and Tokyo.
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