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But England's spot-kick specialist failed to live up to the billing when he sent a wild kick in the shoot-out against Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004, after the teams had finished 2-2 after extra-time.
Beckham bent the ball over the cross bar, missing the net by a considerable distance. That pegged England back on the first kick itself.
Portugal's Rui Costa messed his chance too, but England crashed out of the competition after Darius Vassell failed to find the back of the net.
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