‘English soccer problems over’

England captain David Beckham believes his team have put behind them last year’s selection rows between the players and the Football Association and are fully focused on Euro 2004. “We are on the right road now to getting things sorted,” Beckham said before England travel to Faro for a friendly against Portugal on Wednesday.

“We’ve got to be on the same side, we can’t have these situations. It doesn’t help for the reparation of the game or for the players. We’ve got to put it behind us.”

“I’d like to think it couldn’t happen