David Beckham: For the Love of the Game Page #7

'we were in the Antarctic.

'And now, we're on the way

up to Manchester.'

Preparing to play the last game,

the seventh game,

against the Rest Of The World team.

With the Zizou, and Ronaldinho,

and Carlo being the manager,

and Sir Alex Ferguson

being the manager of our team.

It's going to be amazing.

You know, I'm so honoured and proud

that the manager has given up

his time to be part of this.

Because it's such a special

and personal thing for me.

And, the fact that

we have such a big game,

without the boss being there,

it wouldn't have been the same.

So, I'm looking forward to seeing

him. I just hope he starts me.

TANNOY:
Ladies and gentlemen,

the train is now approaching

Manchester Piccadilly,

our final stop. Thank you.

'Manchester has always

felt like home to me.

'You know, from staying in lodging,

'to buying my first house,

buying my first car.

'Back to a place where my dreams came

true. The best years of my life.'

We are now in Manchester.

The night before the game tomorrow.

Seventh game. Seventh continent.

And it's exciting.

It's, I think, around 9:30pm now.

Um, and I'm going to try

and get to sleep.

(BBC NEWS THEME)

TV:
More than 120 people

have been killed in Paris,

and more than 200 are injured.

TV:
Last night's attacks in Paris,

in which at least 127 people died...

TV:
Police stormed a concert

venue where 80 people died.

Witnesses have spoken

of their horror.

How are you?

Hello. Hello?

- 'Hello. Zizou.'

- Hi, Zizou, how are you?

(ZIDANE REPLIES)

No, no problem.

(ZIDANE SPEAKS ON THE PHONE)

(DAVID SPEAKS IN SPANISH)

No. No, no.

Thank you. Ciao.

I understand.

He just said it's very complicated

for him. He feels bad.

Nothing we can do.

There's no issue. The game's

got to go ahead, no matter what.

No matter what.

It's got to go ahead, no matter what.

'Unfortunately, my friend, Zidane,

has pulled out of the game,

'out of respect to what

has just happened in Paris.'

- Nice to see you.

- And you.

- Zizou's just pulled out.

- Oh, has he?

Cos of the Paris thing. Literally.

But I understand.

Totally understand it.

- Was he over here?

- No, he's in Madrid.

- Thanks for being part of it.

- Absolutely, absolutely.

- Like to help.

- Of course.

- Good to see you, mate.

- Doesn't look like you much!

A copy.

(DAVID LAUGHS)

Oh, we're going for a kiss!

- ok. - Good. You? - Not bad.

- Ok. - Good to see you. - And you.

- You look good. How are you? - Not bad.

Looking smart.

- Zizou's not coming.

- He's not coming? - No.

Him, Vieira. Vieira, Karembeu.

- All the French.

- All the French.

Match day souvenir!

(HORNS HOOT)

- You all right?

- Yeah, good.

- How are you feeling?

- Not good.

Started stiffening up over the last

48 hours, the closer it got.

I was all right last week,

then, I thought...

It happened the other day,

been getting bigger and bigger.

The older you get,

the bigger it gets!

- How are you, boss? Good?

- Yeah. - Good.

- Terrible in Paris.

- Unbelievable.

- It's a bloody nightmare.

- Nightmare.

- Ok, if you wouldn't mind, we're going to do some photos first.

- Ok.

Then we'll do some filming.

'Every time that I am in

close vicinity of the manager,

'he makes me nervous.

'Even from a very young age,

I was in awe of him, as a manager

'and what he's done for the club,

what he's done in the game,

'it's respect.'

- We went to Papua New Guinea.

- Oh, right.

And we went to Nepal.

- Bloody hell.

- And then to Djibouti.

Then Buenos Aires.

Then the Antarctic. And then Miami.

- This your last one?

- Last one.

We didn't think that

we would get to the Antarctic.

- We were there for two-and-a-half hours.

- Yeah.

It was amazing.

- What was the temperature there?

- -20.

We used to get that in Aberdeen

all the time.

Despite last night's

terrible events in Paris,

a staggering 75,000 people

have turned up to watch this game.

(CROWD NOISE)

(CROWD CHEERS)

(CHEERING ECHOES)

(CROWD GASPS)

'I was lucky enough to play

professional football for 20 years

'with the very best in the world.

'And, today,

though tinged with sadness,

'I still feel the buzz

and joy that playing brings.

'These last ten days have given me

another lifetime of memories

'of what football

can bring to communities.

'I was constantly humbled

at the strength of those I met

'facing, hardship and adversity,

with a real generosity of spirit.

'They say it's only a game.

'But it transformed my life.

So, for me, it's the only game.'

(CHEERING ECHOES)

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