Kim Milton Nielsen’s 1998 memories: ‘Hey, you are the man who sent off Beckham’
Kim Milton Nielsen’s 1998 memories: ‘Hey, you are the man who sent off Beckham’. In an extract from a new book, the Danish former referee recalls sending off the England midfielder for his infamous kick on Diego Simeone At half-time on 30 June 1998, Kim Milton Nielsen stepped into the changing room at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne.
In an extract from a new book, the Danish former referee recalls sending off the England midfielder for his infamous kick on Diego Simeone At half-time on 30 June 1998, Kim Milton Nielsen stepped into the changing room at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne. They’d just taken charge of the best half of football they’d ever officiated.
Michael Owen had terrorised Argentina with blistering runs and his breakout goal. A clever free-kick had outsmarted the English defence.
He couldn’t wait for the second half, but he didn’t know what was coming.