More than 15,000 screaming schoolchildren turned up to watch David Beckham practice football.
Football superstar Beckham was practicing with his LA Galaxy clubmates late last month in New Zealand at Wellington stadium.
Schools gave students time off and organized buses from all over the region to take them to the stadium. The Galaxy played an exhibition match in the evening against the local Phoenix club.
PHOTO: AFP
There was pop music and the cheers and screams got extra loud every time Beckham waved or smiled at the crowd.
Kids held up banners saying: "We love Becks" and "Go David Beckham."
Beckham said earlier that he was looking forward to the session.
"To have 15,000 kids and people wanting to come and watch us train - I'm not sure I've had that before, to be honest," he said. "It's going to be a great thing for our players." (STAFF WRITER, WITH DPA)
超過一萬五千名興奮尖叫的學童到場觀看貝克漢練習踢球。
足球金童貝克漢和洛杉磯銀河隊隊員上個月底在紐西蘭威靈頓體育館練球。
該區學校不但放學生假，還安排專車接送他們至體育館。洛杉磯銀河隊與威靈頓鳳凰隊在當天傍晚舉行了一場友誼賽。
練習時現場播放熱門音樂，每當貝克漢向觀眾席揮手或微笑時，加油和尖叫聲更是響徹雲霄。
學生揮舉著「我們愛貝克漢」和「貝克漢加油」的牌子。
貝克漢稍早時曾表示，他很期待這次集訓。
「有一萬五千名學童和民眾願意來看我們練球─老實說，我不確定以前是否有過類似的經驗，」他說：「但這對我們球員來說意義非凡。」（德通社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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