Beckham Condemns Racist Chants... The run up to the Soain friendly was marked by controversy involving Aragones, who mounted an angry defence of his recent comments about Thierry Henry in which he had referred to the Arsenal and France striker as "that black shit" during a Spanish training session last month. Before the game the two teams lined up behind a banner bearing the slogan "All united against racism in football", but large sections of the 50,000 crowd at the Bernabeu responded with racist chants and monkey noises directed at England's black players during Wednesday's match. "I think we should try and put ourselves in the player's position," said Eriksson. "Things like this should not happen and it certainly doesn't help the players. There must be some sort of protest." England captain David Beckham said he was deeply disappointed by the behaviour of the fans at his home stadium. "I was surprised because I've never heard it before when playing here. But I think it is something that the FA and world football are trying to cut out," the Real Madrid midfielder told reporters. "When it happens in football all around the world of course you feel ashamed...it wasn't good tonight, but as I say people are working hard to cut it out. "The players have had this before and they just get on with the game and they are strong enough to handle this."