TASS, Bangkok :
In a letter that was sent to the Football Association of Thailand, FIFA President Gianni Infantino invited the 12 schoolchildren and their coach who were trapped in the partially-flooded Tham Khao Luang Cave in Thailand to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final that will be
held in Moscow on July 15.
“If, as we all hope, they are reunited with their families in the coming days and their health allows them to travel, FIFA would be delighted to invite them to attend the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow as our guests,”
Infantino stated. FIFA noted that it has been keeping track of the news about the rescue operation since June 23.
On June 23, national park employees discovered a motorbike, bicycles and sports equipment near an entrance to the Tham Khao Luang Cave. They contacted the local football club, which confirmed to them that the items discovered belong to 12 schoolchildren aged 11-16 and their 25-year-old coach. The cave in which they found themselves stretches almost 10 km and has several entrances and exits, as well as large galleries in which the missing people could have hidden from the rising waters.
In a letter that was sent to the Football Association of Thailand, FIFA President Gianni Infantino invited the 12 schoolchildren and their coach who were trapped in the partially-flooded Tham Khao Luang Cave in Thailand to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final that will be
held in Moscow on July 15.
“If, as we all hope, they are reunited with their families in the coming days and their health allows them to travel, FIFA would be delighted to invite them to attend the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow as our guests,”
Infantino stated. FIFA noted that it has been keeping track of the news about the rescue operation since June 23.
On June 23, national park employees discovered a motorbike, bicycles and sports equipment near an entrance to the Tham Khao Luang Cave. They contacted the local football club, which confirmed to them that the items discovered belong to 12 schoolchildren aged 11-16 and their 25-year-old coach. The cave in which they found themselves stretches almost 10 km and has several entrances and exits, as well as large galleries in which the missing people could have hidden from the rising waters.
