Beckham still lacking match fitness

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New England coach Fabio Capello revealed Beckham was not selected for the Italian's first match in charge, the 2-1 win over Switzerland earlier this month, because the LA Galaxy star was short of match fitness.

And the midfielder told a Galaxy press conference in Seoul ahead of the club's three match tour of Asia: "I would love to reach 100 caps, but I have to be physically ready to be part of the team. All I've done is training, I have no match fitness."

Galaxy are set to play FC Seoul in a friendly on Saturday before games in Shanghai on March 5 and Hong Kong on March 9, although this latter fixture is yet to be ratified by the Hong Kong football association.

Beckham has no issues with Capello after being overlooked for the friendly at Wembley.

He added: "I played under Fabio Capello before (at Real Madrid). He is a great manager and a good person.

"He will pick players if he believes they are fit enough, and with me playing no games it was only right that there are other players that played many games."

England next play France in Paris on March 24.

Galaxy's proposed exhibition match in Hong Kong is in limbo after the HKFA confirmed they have not yet agreed for it to go ahead.

Lam Shing Kui, deputy general secretary of the HKFA, stated in Hong Kong daily The Standard: "There is a league game scheduled on March 9. Up until now the organiser has not discussed the details with the FA. Are we supposed to allocate all our resources for the need of an exhibition game?"