Fears rose today over the safety of our players at the England training camp in Austria.Just a couple of weeks away from the World Cup, our dreams could have been shattered forever. During a training session today in the high altitude of the Austrian Alps.
David James and Peter Crouch both collapsed during a challenge on the goal line during a friendly match arranged between the 30 man squad by Fabio Capello the Manager, Coach, and Director of Football.
The England Medical team rushed to the incident and found both players struggling to breathe, oxygen was used to revive the players, and Capello called off the training session immediately and ordered an instant inquiry.
It was found that when Crouch and James landed after the challenge, it set off an old World War Two gas bomb that was buried just centimetres below the turf just inside the six yard box.
An expert said if it had fully detonated the whole town and surrounding countryside would have been poisoned with mustard gas, endangering life and wildlife to extinction in this particular area, which would have cover approximately three hundred square miles.
There are reports already coming from Hollywood about making this story into a film, with The Great Escape 2 suspected to be the title. Some reports say that MGM have already signed up David Beckham and Gareth Barry to play themselves, other reports believe Ossie Ardiles may come out of retirement to play small part in the production.
The England camp have now moved to safer grounds in Poland.
Story by Charlie Snorter.
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