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BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Twelve boys and their football coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave will watch a recording of the World Cup final to be held Sunday, July 15, not live broadcast , a hospital official "Since the final will be released late and we want the boys to rest and not look at the screens, we will probably record the final and we will show it later." said the official of Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital
The official refused to be identified because she is not allowed to speak to the media.
France will face the Croatia in World Cup final in Moscow Sunday at 22h in Thailand
FIFA has invited the boys and their coach to the finals in Moscow, but they can not go for medical reasons.
The 12 members of the 39, "Wild Boars" football team and their coach spent more than two weeks trapped inside a flooded cave in the north Vince pro of Chiang Rai.
They have been recovering at the hospital since they were rescued for three days last week and will be released on Thursday.
The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach planned to explore the Tham Luang cave complex for about an hour after playing football on June 23. But a torrential seasonal rain flooded the tunnels, trapping them.
Two British divers found them on July 2 squatting on a mound in a flooded room several kilometers inside the complex. Rescuers had to find out how to get them out of the flooded tunnels.
All 13 were saved during a perilous rescue organized by the Thai Navy Seals and an international team of experts in scuba diving.
welcomed with joy by some of the biggest football clubs in the world.
Last week, Manchester United invited the Wild Boars to watch a game on their field at Old Trafford.
About 4,000 volunteers participated in a clean-up Sunday
A park around the mouth was trampled by hundreds of rescuers and media professionals who flocked to help and report on the mission
. closed the cave for now but hopes to reopen it later as a tourist attraction – with sufficient safeguards in place to ensure no one is trapped again.
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