Dynamic Beckham justifies recall as England draw with Brazil

DAVID BECKHAM returned to the international stage with a dynamic display that justified his recall and raised further questions about Steve McClaren’s original decision to drop him.

Seventy-seven minutes of energy, precise passing and deadly dead-balls saw the 32-year-old cheered from the pitch when substituted. Beckham had already departed from the Wembley stage after creating England’s goal for his successor to the captain’s armband, John Terry, when slack marking allowed the visitors claim a deserved injury-time equaliser.

It would now be simply unthinkable for McClaren not to have Beckham in his starting line-up for Wednesday’s must-win tussle in Tallinn against Estonia.