The beauty of sport is that it offers the dispirited a second chance and this moment was redemption writ large for beckham england had bowed out of the last world cup on penalties and here was a spot kick opportunity that could revive englands current campaign it had to be beckham taking it after being sent off at the previous 1998 world cup finals in france thanks to a little help from diego simeone this one kick signified redemption for the england captain and sent his celebrity persona in