Beckham leads Britain into Quarters

David Beckham bent the ball over the wall and squeezed England into the World Cup quarterfinals.

Beckham curled a trademark 25-yard free kick just inside the post in the 60th minute, giving England an ugly 1-0 victory over Ecuador on Sunday and a berth against the Netherlands or Portugal.

The England captain, whose free kicks inspired the 2003 movie title “Bend it Like Beckham,” hooked the ball ever so carefully over a defensive wall of four Ecuadoreans in bright yellow shirts.

Struck with expert touch, the ball dipped toward the corner, where goalkeeper Cristian Mora dived to his right and caught a piece of it with his fingertips. But he couldn’t stop it from shaving the post and squirting into the net.

Beckham ran wildly toward the center of the field, hooking an arm around Ashley Cole. Victoria Adams, his pop star wife formerly known as Posh Spice, jumped up in the stands.

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