Brazil fans unhappy with training camp
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-30 10:53 Some Brazilian soccer fans are
unhappy because they can't get to see the players at training camp.
Soccer fans under an
umbrella watch the Brazilian national soccer team during a training
session at Thermoplan Arena in Weggis, Switzerland, May 28,
2006.[Reuters] |
Only those with a ticket to the training sessions have been able to see the
squad, which has been isolated in its hotel since arriving in Weggis eight days
ago for two weeks of preparation.
"We are trying everything we can to see them, to get an autograph, but they
don't even care," said 39-year-old Marilene Correa, shortly after the
tinted-window bus carrying the Brazilians to practice passed by her. "They need
to start thinking about the fans who came here only because of them."
The players are escorted to training sessions by police cars, giving fans no
chance to get near. Their hotel, which has been closed to guests, is fenced off.
About 40 security guards keep fans away, and access to nearby streets has been
restricted.
"We are very disappointed," 12-year-old Karen Ferreira said. "The players
should've been given more attention to us."
The only fans to get near the team were those who ran onto the field Friday.
One of them, a Brazilian woman, managed to hug Ronaldinho.
"It's normal to have fans trying to get close to us," Ronaldinho has said.
"But it's hard, it's a lot of people."
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