Michael Owen: "Beckham made a mistake and it bothers me even after all these years"

Michael Owen can not get out of his head the defeat of the England national team at the 1998 World Cup in France from Argentina in the match 1/8 finals.

The former Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid player partly blames David Beckham for the incident. The then Manchester United midfielder and now owner of Inter Miami received a straight red card that left the team ten men down and Argentina through to the final after a penalty shootout.

"First of all, I don't think Beckham's kick was worthy of a red card, but it doesn't matter. He made a mistake and it bothers me even after all these years. A lot of players only play in one World Cup play-off in their career and Beckham made a big mistake. I think he recognised that. You could argue that it contributed to us crashing out of the World Cup, so it's not a small thing," Owen said.