Kim Milton Nielsen’s 1998 memories: ‘Hey, you are the man who sent off Beckham’

In an extract from a new book, Nielsen describes the match at Saint-Étienne as the best half of football he had officiated, citing Michael Owen’s performance and a clever free-kick.

However, the atmosphere shifted at half-time when Beckham kicked Diego Simeone, leading Nielsen to send the England star off. xsportfeed.life