Beckham puts one into the net for malaria campaign

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The Real Madrid footballer, who will move to LA-team Galaxy in a deal worth over £100m, appears in a commericial to raise money for mosquito nets to help stop the spread of malaria in Africa and prevent the deaths of 3,000 African children a day.

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Free kick: David Beckham stars in a US ad campaign to raise money and awareness of a campaign to prevent deaths due to malaria

The world famous footballer has lent his image to the 'Malaria No More' campaign, one of the charities that benefited from the Idol Gives Back live fundraising show which raised £30million.

Filmed in atmospheric black and white, the Real Madrid footballer is seen on a football field with four cardboard cut out players standing between him and the goal.

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He tells viewers: "Since I've been young I've always practiced free kicks.

"What's important is getting into the zone; I don't change my mind. If I take a good enough free kick the goalkeeper won't stop it."

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Unfortunately Beckham's aim doesn't seem too good. And in a comical twist, he places the football between the goalposts but hits a passing groundsman on the head, knocking him out.

At the end of the commercial a series of messages flash onto the screen, including one which says: "We need more nets."

The commercial appeared during a commercial break on American Idol on the Fox TV channel in the US.

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