- Title: SPAIN: DAVID BECKHAM COMMENTS ON TERROR ATTACKS IN MADRID, REAL MADRID TRAINING.
- Date: 15th March 2004
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (MARCH 15, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF REAL MADRID PLAYERS DURING TRAINING SESSION 2. DAVID BECKHAM RUNNING 3. REAL MADRID PLAYERS RUNNING 4. BECKHAM WEARING TRAINING SHIRT 5. MORE OF PLAYERS TRAINING 6. PLAYERS ZINEDINE ZIDANE AND ROBERTO CARLOS TRAINING 7. PLAYERS STRETCHING 8. BECKHAM AND ROBERTO CARLOS PLAYING WITH BALL 9. BECKHAM WALKING TO NEWS CONFERENCE 10. JOURNALISTS 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BECKHAM SAYING: "I think that when things like that (the attack of 11/3) happen, this brings countries and people together, whatever nationality they are. I'm English but I live in Spain. I feel the way the Spanish people are coming together, they have all become united. That's a nice thing. It is a nice thing to be involved in it. It shows the strength of the country and of the people of Spain. This is a tough time for everyone in Spain by hopefully they'll come through it and come out stronger." 12. BECKHAM LEAVING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 30th March 2004 13:00
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- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Reuters ID: LVAASYTFRJTE3LEA6FKP6IMTI5X8
- Story Text: DAVID BECKHAM COMMENTS ON MADRID BOMB ATTACK.
Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham has said that
the Spanish people are showing admirable strength in coping
with the aftermath of last week's terror attacks. "This is a tough
time for everyone in Spain but hopefully they'll come through it
and come out stronger"
"This is a tough time for everyone in Spain but
hopefully they'll come
through it and come out stronger" Beckham said.
Speaking to the press after training with the rest
of Real Madrid, when asked, David Beckham commented on the
terror attacks that hit Spain last week.
"I think that when things like that (the attack of 11/3)
happen, this brings countries and people together, whatever
nationality they are. I'm English but I live in Spain. I
feel the way the Spanish people are coming together, they have
all become united. That's a nice thing. It is a nice thing to
be involved in it" Beckham said.
"It shows the strength of the country and of the people of
Spain. This is a tough time for everyone in Spain by
hopefully they'll come through it and come out strong" he added.
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