The mother of all pep talks

The men trapped for two months in a Chilean mine have reunited to exhort Chile’s national team to play their socks off in the World Cup.

These men survived terror, a lack of food and water and the nightmare of being entombed in a Chilean mine for 69 days. If they can’t motivate a soccer team, no one can.

With unmistakable passion and a flair for speech-making, who could fail to be moved by this speech?

Not us. We’re strapping our boots on Right Now.

We believe the speechmaker is Mario Sepulveda, nicknamed “Super Mario” after he became the face of the miners.

Super Mario, back in the day:

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H/T: TheScore.ie