BECKHAM: “I´M VERY HAPPY IN MADRID; I WANT TO WIN THE LEAGUE OR THE CHAMPIONS”
August 2005

It´s the start of the third season for David Beckham in the white shirt, and the Englishman feels happier than ever in the team and in the city of Madrid. He has the absolute trust of Luxemburgo in his position on the right wing, where this year he wants to achieve something big. “I dream about winning the three titles, although above all I want to win the League or the Champions”, he said in an interview given to Realmadrid.com and Realmadrid TV.

How do you see this tour now it´s in the final stage?
(In Spanish) It has been difficult. Physically it´s not great for the players, but it´s important.

What did you think of the teams visit to the United States?
It´s difficult to do what we did in the United States as in America football is not as popular as anywhere else in the world. That´s why it´s good to have played there as then the people can get into it and the fans can see more European football.

Is it difficult to play matches when you haven´t yet played the preseason?
Yes it´s difficult as we haven´t trained hard and we´re out the the rhythm of competition. We finish the games very tired and it´s hard to recover, but that´s normal now.

Nevertheless you´ve won three out of four mathces
It´s important to win three games as there´s a very long season ahead of us and the sooner we win the better. In the match against Tokio Verdy we were unfortunate, tired from a lot of travelling, with lots of jet-lag, but the truth is we played well. It´s very important to train and do it well. Up to now we´ve played four matches and we are very tired as we haven´t been able to train properly. It´ll be in Austria where we begin the hard training.

How about Diogo and Pablo García?
It´s very important to have a big team as along the season there are lots of League games, Champions, and the Copa del Rey. So the more players we have the bettter.

And Luxemburgo? This year you start of with him for all the season.
Starting off with Luxemburgo from the start is very welcome for us. Last year we had three trainers, but since he arrived things have been very different as we saw in the second half of last season.

There was a lot of talk about your departure but you feel good in Madrid.
Right now I´m very happy in Madrid. Until now for me and my family everything has been perfect. My kids love their college in Madrid. All I´m missing is winning titles. Winning all three would be my dream. But first of all I want to win the Champions or the League.

It´s very hard to see a sad expression on David Beckham´s face.
Smiling is part of my life, first of all in England, and then in Madrid. I love smiling.

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