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England skipper David Beckham sent his country into the World Cup Finals with a last-minute free-kick at Old Trafford this afternoon.

Beckham, outstanding despite a dismal England display, struck with a 25-yard freekick just seconds after Germany had drawn at home with Finland.

It had looked as though England were destined to be sent scuttling into a play-off with Ukraine following the worst display of Sven-Goran Eriksson's reign as coach.

But man of the match Beckham had other ideas on his home ground to salvage the point which saw his country through.

While David Beckham regularly bangs in goals for Manchester United, up until 24/03/01 he had only scored one goal at international level in 38 games. But the England skipper doubled his tally when his right-footed blast scorched past Antti Niemi in the Finnish goal.

The goal was the culmination of a sweeping move that began with Steve McManaman picking up the ball yards inside Finland's half. The Real Madrid star ran at the defence before passing to Paul Scholes on the edge of the box. The Manchester United midfielder nudged the ball sideways to Beckham who took a touch to control the ball before unleashing a shot across Niemi and into the net.

The 50th minute strike gave England the lead and Beckham said he was pleased he could add to his goal against Colombia during the World Cup in 1998. "The goal has been a long time coming and I hope I don't have to wait another three years for the next one. "I didn't know what to do when I scored so I just ran over and jumped on Teddy Sheringham's back as he was warming up on the touch-line. "It might have taken a bit of a deflection but they all count.

David Beckham once described the freekick against Barcelona during United's famous Treble season as his favourite goal of all time. The beautifully taken freekick came during 64th min at Old Trafford in front of a 53,601 crowd. The Old Trafford faithfuls witnessed a Beckham's trademark freekick.

The way Becks generated a 70 miles an hour of power with side foot technique is miraculous. The keeper had no chance at all. Its truly one of the greatest European goals ever seen at the Theatre Of Dreams.

David Beckham struck a glorius freekick against the Colombians during the 1998 World Cup. Beckham struck during the 30th minute of the game which the Engish dominated.

His perfectly flighted freekick came from all of 25 metres which Hoddle, once known for his long range shooting, would have been of. "It came at the right time really," said Beckham. "I hadn't scored from a freekick for sometime and I hadn't scored for England, of course until now."

The move begins when Beckham received a pass from Brian McClair, who could never have imagined that he was making a goal assist. Beckham does not touch the ball, but cleverly allows the ball to do the work, letting it run past him.

This gives him time to look up and assess his options. There is no immediate pass on, late in the game and already 2-0 up, no one made a forward run. Beckham spots Wimbledon keeper off his line and decides to shoot.

To hit the target from the halfway line(60 yards), he must strike a shot of sufficient power and precision to rise high and dip at the right time. To achieve this, Becks leans back and raise the ball and hits it through the front of his foot to gain power. The ball rises sharply, curls gently from left to right and floats at a height until it reaches the six yard box. Then it drops suddenly to leave Sullivan stranded.

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