David Beckham became the first England player to be sent off twice on the day after receiving a red card against Austria in a World Cup qualifier in 2005.
The expulsion came after receiving two yellow cards in a short period of time, around the 57th minute of the first half. They committed a foul on fellow player Andreas Iverzberger.
England won 1-0 thanks to a penalty kick by Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. The win meant they qualified for next year’s World Cup after the Netherlands beat the Czech Republic that evening.
Beckham’s first red card for England was one of the most famous moments in England national team history. This happened in the second match against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup. At the time it was a wild kick on Argentina’s Diego Simeone that resulted in a straight red card and was widely seen as a defining moment in his career.
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