Boys Rescued From Thai Cave Attend a Manchester United Match
The 12 young soccer players whose rescue from a Thai cave in July captured an international spotlight attended a Manchester United match and met several of the players this weekend.
A special day for the Wild Boars Football Team. ? #MUFC pic.twitter.com/n8E05VYEnb
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 27, 2018
The boys hugged United manager José Mourhino and took pictures with soccer stars Paul Pogba and Ander Herrera on Saturday. They also watched a Manchester vs Everton match with directors’ box seats on Sunday, the Guardian reports.
Aged between 11 and 17, the Wild Boars were invited to the U.K. after their miraculous rescue from a cave in northern Thailand where they and their coach were stuck. It took 18 days for an international team of divers to find and free all members of the youth soccer team after flooding trapped them deep inside the long and complicated Tham Luang cave.
After the boys reached safety, Manchester player Kyle Walker tweeted that he wanted to send them shirts:
Amazing news that all of the Thai kids are out of the cave safely! I'd like to send out shirts to them! Is there anyone who can help with an address? @England pic.twitter.com/pQYwW4SPh7
— Kyle Walker (@kylewalker2) July 10, 2018
Since recuperating from their harrowing ordeal, the boys have received invitations from around the world. They appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ show in October and visited Argentina for the Youth Olympic Games.