The Thai junior soccer team, which was rescued from a flooded cave after greater than two weeks of being trapped, trained with the Los Angeles Galaxy and its star Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday in the ultimate stop of their international tour.
The Wild Boars, which hosted the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires earlier this month, took a tour of the Galaxy StubHub Center stadium with members of the MLS team before training on a close-by field.
Thai youths aged 11 to 16 were rescued from the Tham Luang cave complex in July after a dramatic rescue operation.
Friday’s visit to Galaxy was organized by American television star Ellen DeGeneres, who hosted the team on her Monday show.
Former Sweden international Ibrahimovic also appeared as a surprise guest at a team meeting on the show.
“I assumed I used to be brave, but these kids, this team, are braver than me… They’re probably the very best team on the earth,” Ibrahimovic said.
The band became the middle of a world media sensation because the world watched and waited for news of their rescue in June.
Rescue diver and former Thai SEAL Saman Kunan died through the rescue operation.
Source: The Jakarta Post/AFP
