David Beckham: For the Love of the Game Page #3

This should be fun.

(CHEERING)

(WHISTLING)

'Sarau is captain of the green

captain, I'll captain the red.'

Ok.

(WHISTLE BLOWS).

Nice. Nice ball.

- It was a good goal.

- Thank you. THEY LAUGH.

'This is an unbelievable match

and I am loving every second.

'While I enjoy the game, I'm unaware

that the police are beginning

'to worry about the crowd

in the square.'

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

We need to go now, all right?

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Wait, we need to get you out,

otherwise it's going to be a crush.

'With the scores tied,

the game is cut short.

'But with just enough time

for the children to give me

'a traditional Nepalese send-off.'

Thank you, nice to meet you.

(CHEERING)

(EXCITED SHOUTS)

It was hectic, to say the least!

(LAUGHTER)

(DAVID SIGHS)

That was great. Everyone all right?

Bit flushed.

Little bit warm out there.

I tell you what, I knew

I should have put some sunscreen on.

(THEY LAUGH)

Two games down. I think it was 2-2.

That could be one of the best,

to be fair. That was amazing.

I enjoyed it, personally.

I could have stayed there another

half hour and played.

- If I weren't ushered out.

- Are you kidding me?

Have you experienced

what we just experienced?

I think it would be all right.

I think to come here and see

the reaction of the people here

is kind of incredible, actually.

Really incredible.

THEY CHANT:
Beckham!

So, game two is done.

We move on to Djibouti tomorrow,

which I'm excited about,

because again, it's another place

that I've never been to.

We've got, er... five more games

to go, so onto the next one.

With the fuel crisis in Nepal,

it means we have to

stop in India to refuel.

It's a welcome chance

for me to stretch my legs.

MUSIC:
The Look

by Metronomy.

By the time we take off,

we're three hours behind schedule.

My next match is in Djibouti,

east Africa.

A small country sandwiched between

Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

I'm looking forward to this game.

Africa has produced

some of the greatest ever players.

Djibouti is a country in one

of Africa's most troubled regions -

the east coast.

It's also one of the countries

helped by my UNICEF 7 Fund.

- Thank you.

- Welcome to Djibouti. - Thank you.

'After seven hours in the air,

it's nice to get behind the wheel.'

- You all right back there, kids?

- Are we there yet? - Yeah, we're ok.

'It's just like doing

the school run at home.'

So how do you feel

in our third country?

Excited to be in another place.

(ENGINE GROWLS)

And first gear.

I think this is part of the trip

that was always going to be

more challenging than

the other places we're going to.

'I'm heading to a refugee camp

two-and-a-half hours

'away from my third game.

'The delay in India means

I need to put my foot down

'if we're going to get there

before sundown.'

(CAR HORN BLARES)

There's some sh*t coming

out of that exhaust.

What's coming out the exhaust?

The joys, the joys.

(SIREN WAILS)

I'm not sure how long

this Land Rover is going to last.

Davver is looking slightly nervous.

Different day, different country,

same banter.

Ah, the smell of Djibouti.

The smell of your-booty.

It's like Only Fools and Horses

when the radio starts smoking.

(LAUGHTER)

Don't know where it's coming out of,

but it's coming out of somewhere.

Good job this is not one of the most

dangerous roads in the world(!)

(CAR BEHIND BEEPS HORN)

Wait.

'After an hour,

our truck has given up.'

- Watch the car, watch the car.

- I'm going backwards. - Going backwards.

Seriously.

'We're already up against it,

so this is the last thing we need.'

What?

It's this one here.

Push it up. Ready? Go.

Right, got it. Got it, got it.

Engine blew up.

It's not my fault.

Thank you.

'We have no choice

but to swap our car

'with the one

carrying the camera gear.'

- Good job it ain't hot, Davver.

- Pardon? - Good job it ain't hot.

No, you're right.

Good job we're not broke down

on a busy road either.

This geezer is devastated

he's had to give us his car.

Did not want to give us it,

by the way.

- Did you just pull over and say, "Get out the car, please"?

- Yeah.

We've got a radio in this,

and air-con.

- Camel on your right, camel on your right...

- Bump in the road.

There's a hump in the road.

Oh, it's a camel.

(CAR THUMPS)

There we go.

So much hard work has gone into this.

I think once people realise that we

are hoping to go to seven continents

and play seven games, the seventh

obviously being the Old Trafford one,

they will be pretty amazed by that.

I think it is going to be emotional,

to be honest, I think it is

going to be one of those days

that actually is more emotional,

as it gets closer,

than I ever thought it would be.

Do you think that

he might start you on the bench?

There's every chance, actually.

There's every chance.

I hope not, I hope not, but with the

boss, you never know. You never know.

'Once we get off-road,

the going is slow

'and I'm worried we won't

get to the camp before sunset.'

Ohh.

ALL:

Whoaoh!

Finally,

the refugee camp is in sight.

Ali Addeh was set up in 1991, around

the same time I went professional.

So while I was experiencing

some of the best years of my life,

the people who came here

were escaping

some of the worst years in theirs.

There are over 10,000 refugees here.

Many have escaped war

and oppressive governments

in neighbouring countries.

BUMP.

- Oh, ya...

- Ohh.

And I hear there are some pretty

good footballers amongst them.

Unbelievable.

- Here they are.

- To the right.

'Issa Ali is

an ex-professional footballer

'from Somalia who has been a refugee

at this camp for six years.'

(APPLAUSE)

'He's coached many

of these young footballers

'who I am about to play with.'

- How are you? - I'm fine, thanks.

- Nice to meet you.

'The camp has 14 official teams.

'Most are named

after a Champions League club.

'This evening, Real Madrid

will be taking on Borussia Dortmund.'

Thank you.

Ok, let's play.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(THEY SING)

I've got my work cut out.

Not only is this a gravel pitch,

but these guys have a lot of skill.

Taman, one of Real Madrid's stars,

gives me a great pass.

And I score the first goal

of the match.

The impressive Kadar scores

a great goal for Borussia Dortmund.

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Mohamed gets one back

for Real Madrid.

(FULL-TIME WHISTLE)

The game ends in a draw - 2-2.

BREATHLESS:
Thank you. Thank you.

Good player.

- Hey, how are you?

- Fine. - Good.

It's a pleasure to be here

and playing on this incredible pitch.

- Incredible place. You have a lot of good players.

- Yeah.

Players that play great,

good technically, and want to win.

- And it's a pleasure to be here. - Thank

you so much. - Thank you, thank you.

'I'm looking forward

to coming back in the morning.'

Toughest game so far, I think.

There were some really good

little players out there.

They pass the ball around so well,

obviously used to playing

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