"Beckham Opens his Scoring Account in Madrid"



With a Free kick on Minute 27 on their Friendly against F.C. Tokyo in the National Stadium in Japan, English Captain David Beckham opens his Scoring Account with Real Madrid. The Olympic Stadium lived a dream for sixty minutes. 65.000 spectators could see that the best Madrid of the pre-season. According to what have been seen during the match, we could dare to say that Real Madrid is going to run a fantastic season. Along with Beckham in the Score board were Santiago Solari with a Rebound from Portillo's Kick and Ronaldo with a dribble to lose his defender and Score.

The match:
0 – F.C. TOKYO: Doi; Kaji, Fujiyama, Moniwa, Kanazawa; Miura (Asari 70´), Mizayawa Kajiyama 63´), Toda (Kondo 65´), Baba (Fukuda 84); Kelly and Abe (Oh 45´).
3 – REAL MADRID: César; M?chel Salgado, Rubén (Pav?n 45´), Helguera, Ra?l Bravo (Roberto Carlos 45´); Makelele (Cambiasso 45´), Solari, Figo (Celades 75´), Beckham; Ra?l and Portillo (Ronaldo 45´).
GOLES:
0-1, min. 27: David Beckham (free kick).
0-2, min. 44: Figo passes to Portillo, but the goal keeper parries his ball. Solari just has to push the ball.
0-3, min. 88: Ronaldo dribbles a defender and scores a goal to Doi from the edge of the box.
Referee: Masayhosi Okada (Japan). He cautioned to Beckham
Incidents: National Stadium of Tokyo, 65.000 spectators filled the stadium. Two hours before the match started, there were heavy rains in the city. The perfect draining system of the turf avoided the suspension of the match. A helicopter threw from the air the ball used to play the game. Smoke in the goals, fireworks and the version of the ‘We are the champions’ preceded the kick-off.