貝克漢姆國腳生涯恐終結

England coach Fabio Capello hinted on Wednesday that David Beckham's international career could be over.

Beckham was unable to play in the World Cup due to an Achilles injury suffered while on loan at AC Milan in March, but the LA Galaxy midfielder had hoped to return to England duty when he was fully fit.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star went to the World Cup as part of Capello's backroom staff but the Italian, speaking ahead of Wednesday's friendly against Hungary at Wembley, made it clear there was little chance of a recall for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

"I say thank you very much for helping me at the World Cup but probably he is a little bit old," Capello told ITV.

If Capello is true to his word, the 35-year-old former England captain will end his international career with 115 caps, the most number for any England outfield player but 10 short of Peter Shilton's overall national record.

英格蘭國家足球隊主帥法比奧•卡佩羅於本週三做出暗示，大衛•貝克漢姆的國際足球生涯可能即將結束。

今年3月，貝克漢姆作爲租借球員在AC米蘭隊效力期間由於跟腱受傷，沒能參加之後的世界盃。但這位洛杉磯銀河隊的中場球員一直希望在傷愈後能重返英格蘭國家隊。

儘管如此，這位曾在曼聯和皇馬俱樂部效力的球星仍出現在了南非世界盃，幫卡佩羅出謀劃策，但意大利人卡佩羅於本週三在溫布利球場舉行的英格蘭對陣匈牙利的友誼賽前則明確表示，在2012年歐洲盃預選賽中，他不會再召回小貝。

卡佩羅在接受英國獨立電視臺採訪時說：“我非常感謝小貝在世界盃期間給予我的幫助，但可能他年齡有點大了。”

如果卡佩羅說到做到，那麼這位35歲的前英格蘭隊隊長的國際足球生涯恐將就此終結。小貝曾代表英格蘭國家隊出場115次，是英格蘭隊所有外場球員中出場次數最多的球員，比（門將）彼特•希爾頓少10次。

Vocabulary:

Achilles: 跟腱

backroom:（工作）祕密的，在幕後進行的

friendly: 友誼賽

cap: a selection for a representative team, usually for a national squad（入選國家隊，代表國家隊出場）

outfield player: 外場球員，也就是除守門員外的球員