Former Manchester United, Real Madrid and England star David Beckham has been globe-trotting as part of a new documentary charting football across the world.
On Monday, it was Argentina’s turn to receive a visit from the ex-midfielder, as he delved into one of Buenos Aires’ most deprived neighbourhoods.
The Villa 1-11-14 shanty town, located metres from San Lorenzo’s stadium in the south of the capital, is plagued by poverty and crime, often due to rival drug gangs settling scores on the labyrinthine streets of the settlement.
And Beckham was greeted with a heroes’ welcome by the kids of the Villa as he stayed to play an impromptu match.
“He was here for about two hours. He said hello to residents and played football with the children,” local priest Hernan Morelli, who works in the shanty town, told Cancha Llena.
“Here we have the church team, Mothers of the People, and he played with them.”
Beckham’s documentary will show seven games of football on seven different continents.
The former England international has already filmed in Papua New Guinea and Nepal, and the project will also take him to Antarctica, Djibouti and Miami before finishing in Old Trafford.
