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Soccer Match Cheers Trapped Chile Miners


33 workers trapped underground in Chile cheer as they watch their national soccer team take to the field. The players wear emblems of support for the miners. For 90 minutes, they were just another group of men watching the football. But for these 33 miners in Chile trapped 700 metres underground, it was a rare glimpse of the outside world- a friendly match between Ukraine and Chile in Kiev. A small projector had been passed down to the miners, and via fiber-optic cables they projected the game onto a wall in the mine. Above ground, families of the trapped men also watched and supported their national team. One of the miners, Franklin Lobos, is a former professional footballer who played for several Chilean sides. Chile lost the match 2-1, and afterwards Lobos discussed the side’s performance with rescue workers who had also been watching. Watching the game was intended to boost morale, and it was likely further boosted when the Chilean players took to the field wearing t shirts like these- translated as “come on miners”. Goalscorer Mauricio Isla said the plight of the miners was at the forefront of the players’ minds. [Mauricio Isla, Chilean Soccer Player]: “Yes, we thought about it when the situation started when we arrived the first day, we thought to send them a message. It is very difficult for them to be in that situation but we thought about it because we are Chilean, we are playing for our country and the first thing in our minds is our families and the miners

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14 Responses to “Soccer Match Cheers Trapped Chile Miners”

  1. chingapipi says:

    IT”S not CHILI its C H I L E !! viva CHILE ctm!

  2. travieso0098 says:

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

  3. travieso0098 says:

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

  4. travieso0098 says:

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

    those latinos are so nationalism take care if yours analyze, they want war on Hague Court chilean are bad people open eyes!!!!!!!!

  5. laksemann says:

    @laksemann Sorry for the comment, now I know how they did! :)

  6. laksemann says:

    How did they get a TV down there?

  7. TatianaSword says:

    @cazzarr1234 You news to be fingered

  8. cazzarr1234 says:

    @belleshaman I agree . . ! x

  9. cazzarr1234 says:

    @TatianaSword You die!

  10. lucius215 says:

    @TatianaSword at least they live. you just think you do.

  11. sunnyside178 says:

    @TatianaSword – Why would you say such an awful thing?? your strange that you could actually think that – Nasty

  12. killamansgiro says:

    @TatianaSword – the hole is still there, i vote they get them all out and put you down there – three months in you’ll soon change your dirty mind – thats called rehabilitation fucker.

  13. TatianaSword says:

    They all need to die for stinking like crap

  14. belleshaman says:

    May they all be rescued and get the justice they deserve for what they had to go through. May they all regain their health. All my prayers are with you and may all your guardian angels protect you on your way up back to earth. Love and Peace

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