Episode 2 Street Kid World Cup

This programme contains strong language

-Nine teenage girls are on the trip of a lifetime.

-It's recording.

-Waaaay!

They've come to Brazil to represent their country.

England!

But this is a World Cup with a difference.

Welcome to Street Child World Cup.

The players in this tournament have all grown up on the streets

or away from their parents.

THEY CHANT

And this is Team England...

She's shit, she's shit, she's shit. I'm the best one on the team, yeah.

..a group of football-loving girls from London,

all of them living in care.

I think I definitely felt like I had to grow up too quickly.

There's so much I missed out on.

I wouldn't wish my worst enemy to go through what I did.

They may be united by their tough backgrounds,

but confidence and commitment don't come easy.

Come and shake hands. What is that going to look like to people?

A lot of the young people we're bringing out

have got lots of historical baggage that they're carrying with them

that they haven't resolved yet.

I've always had, like, a low self-esteem cos, for starters,

you're different to other people just for being in care.

How will they cope as the pressure of the tournament intensifies?

We need you in defence! Do you not understand?

You and Liya are our strongest defenders.

What's she going to do in goal? She's not a goalkeeper.

She don't even know how to catch a ball properly.

I didn't come all the way to Brazil to draw. I want to win.

-Move about, dickhead!

-Run around!

-Move about!

Unless you can calm down... That was embarrassing.

-OK, I'm sorry...

-Right, but you need to just calm down. Thank you.

Will learning about the lives of kids from other countries

start to have an impact?

Seeing all of this, I actually would come here and build them houses

and I'll bring a load of friends as well.

We're on a different side of the world

and it's still the same issue.

And can the experience change all of their lives for the better?

You see everyone and you see how hopeful they are for the future,

and if they can be hopeful, why can't I?

Last time, after five months of training,

Team England arrived in Brazil.

We're in the streets of Brazil, gang.

Hell, it's hot.

For some on the team, the culture shock was hard to take.

Oh, my Lord Jesus!

I don't want to do it. I don't want to stay here.

I refuse to stay here.

I'm so shook right now, yeah. I don't like it.

And with players from all over the world,

England struggle to break the ice.

They need to shut their mouths.

Do you think I'm playing with them?

But hardest of all was coping with their first loss of the tournament.

That's 2-0 to Mozambique.

Shut up. We know we're not doing well.

Whenever we lose a game, we always say we're going to learn.

but no-one ever learns. Everyone just plays the same.

The pressure of wanting to win

can sometimes kind of make for chaos, really.

And if they lose again, they're out of the competition.

Pissed off.

The nine teenage girls that make up Team England

are almost halfway through their time in Brazil

and today it's another 6am start.

Layla. Morning.

It's too early for this.

I feel like shit.

This morning they're playing their second match of the tournament,

and there's a place in the quarterfinals at stake.

Nicaragua, they haven't played yet.

This is their first match, so we don't know how they play.

I don't remember them.

They was little ones. Little short fat ones.

The challenges of being so far from home are starting to take their toll

and captain Sam is worried that it could affect the team's chances.

I think there is a lot of tension building up between everybody.

I think it's just because we're so tired,

every day waking up at six, four,

all this, that and the other, not getting to sleep because it's hot

and the same food every day

and everyone's getting pissed off with that,

so I know I am and it's making my stomach hurt.

And mosquito bites.

My ankles itch so much they're bleeding

and they're all scabbed over.

They've got, like, orange shit coming out of it.

If we win this match, we're not going to care about that.

We're going to be like, "Yeah, we're going to win."

It's going to boost our confidence.

We need that right now.

Teams being checked over one final time

before they march out onto the pitch for national anthems,

and then, the moment everybody's been waiting for -

kickoff!

If Team England lose to Nicaragua today,

they could be out of the competition.

Clearly, this is an important game for the girls.

If they can do well enough here,

they'll get through to the next stages

and I think that will lift them again.

Motivate them, yeah, try and keep them going and let's, at the end,

whatever the result is, let's be sportsmen about it, yeah?

I know you can do it. It will be difficult, but go for it.

All right, come on, captain, vice captain.

Let's motivate them. Go for it.

Show them what you can do, yeah? Show them what you can do.

But just minutes before kickoff, there's a problem.

Regular goalkeeper Shannon is injured

and no-one wants to take her place.

Do you want to change tops?

-I'm not being a goalkeeper.

-Do you want to change tops?

We just sorted out the formation, literally.

What we've got to do is what's best for the team.

I'm a shit keeper. If those balls go in, I apologise.

It's not a matter... Listen, you're doing it for the team.

No-one's going to blame you.

-Yeah, you probably will.

-No, we won't.

I'll be letting goals in all the time.

With the team in meltdown,

17-year-old Olivia steps in.

-Can I just say...

-OK, I'm in goal.

-No, no, no, no, no, I'm...

-I'm in goal. I'm going in goal.

OK, you'll go in goal, then.

But Olivia's older sister Camille isn't happy with the decision.

No-one else wants to go.

-I said I will go.

-Cam, no, cos we need you in defence.

You and Liya are our strongest defenders.

Why we going to put our strongest defenders in goal?

They need to be able to draw the ball away from the goal.

It's a bit stupid, so I'll go in goal.

It's not that deep, do you know what I mean?

What's she going to do in goal? She's not a goalkeeper.

She don't even know how to fucking catch a ball properly.

It's always me that has to make the sacrifices for the team.

Always me. But I guess it's being a vice captain.

I don't see us winning this game now.

And Ollie's just being difficult.

They're tired, they're stressed.

We need to make sure when they go out there they're together as a team,

cos even teams that are not expected to win

can sometimes win through their endeavour,

through the fact that they knit together,

that they all recognise it's a common cause.

That's what we're hoping will happen, that they'll work hard enough

for each other to get the result they need.

Everything's riding on the result of this match,

but the argument over the line-up

means the girls get off to a shaky start.

-Move about, dickhead!

-Run around!

-Move about!

It doesn't take long for England to concede a foul,

giving Nicaragua a free kick on the edge of the box.

It's the first big test for novice goalkeeper Olivia.

Great save! Great free kick.

Olivia's save gives the team the boost they need,

and England start to find their feet.

Great work. Great work.

Well done.

Great save from Nicaragua.

CHEERING

WHISTLE BLOWS

It's half-time.

Come on, Team England.

The girls keep up the pace in the second half.

Striker Chloe has more chances to score,

but just can't get the ball over the line.

With minutes left, Sam goes in for a tackle

and aggravates the injury that she picked up in the last match.

Sam, she's got....

-She's struggling.

-Yeah, look, she's limping.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Yes! Well done!

A 0-0 draw is enough to see

Team England through to the quarterfinals,

but the girls are upset with their performance.

All this training, we don't even get goals.

-Sometimes it can work like that in games.

-It's shit.

We never win. It's either a draw or a lose.

But you didn't lose, either, though.

And you all said I was shit in the beginning.

Just because I've never been in goal doesn't mean I'm shit.

To make matters worse,

-the medic is worried that Sam's injury might be serious...

-Ah!

..and decides to send her to hospital

to get it properly examined.

Think I've fractured it or something.

Because it's the same feeling when I broke my knee.

It's the same fluid that,

when you touch my skin it feel likes there's, like, water under there.

-It's not like normal swelling when it's hard.

-Yeah.

This is like, literally, water.

I can hear it. It's all squidgy. Uh.

-Player of the match, Chloe...

-CHEERING

Despite getting player of the match,

18-year-old Chloe is taking today's result hardest of all.

Everyone's just happy that we're drawing or losing.

Do you know what I mean? But I want to win.

I didn't come all the way to Brazil to draw.

One person said that that's the best they've seen me play

and other people are saying that man of the match deserves to go to me

and stuff like that, but...

..I didn't score a goal, so I don't see that.

I put everything into it.

How the hell did I not score a goal?

Come on, I've been playing since I was nine.

In London, Chloe's been living with her foster carer Michelle

for the past five years.

I got put into care cos a lot of things weren't really...

I don't know. A lot of sad things was happening at the time.

Do you know what I mean?

Social services removed Chloe from her parents when she was nine.

I was petrified. I was petrified.

All I knew was these two people were taking me somewhere.

I didn't know where.

I couldn't take in what people were telling me.

Maybe I didn't want to, because of the situation.

It was horrible.

I remember, it was very stressing,

but that's when I started getting into football.

Everything that I've gone through has been put into football.

Since she was a child, Chloe's dream has been that, through football,

she could put her fractured family back together.

I thought, at the age of nine, the most happiest thing that

could ever happen is for me to live with my mum again.

So I said, like, I was into football and everything at that time.

And I promised her that by the age of 21 I would have bought a house,

with her in it. Do you know what I mean?

So...that's my ambition.

Chloe is such a talent, but she doesn't want to recognise it.

She really, really finds it difficult to take a pat on the back.

Everybody is informed by things that happened to them in their past.

Unless you can come to terms with it in some way,

then it will hold you back.

If there was a magic wand and you could just wave it,

that would be fantastic, but that's not going to happen.

We can only keep going with her and walk alongside her

and help her along the way and try and get her out the other side of it.

I think she's got a lot of potential. It would be a shame

if she didn't go on and do something with it.

It's early evening on camp,

and team captain Sam is back from the hospital.

I was in a lot of pain.

I'm all right now, cos I'm all drugged up.

SHE LAUGHS

It hurts when I put it on the floor and I walk on it,

but other than that, it's all right.

It's only a bit of tissue damage and inflammation on the bone.

It's not broke, so it's cool.

Sam's desperate to play in the quarterfinals,

but it's not clear if she's going to be able to.

We've just got to watch her now

because she'll want to play on Friday,

and we have to absolutely make sure that she's able to,

because I know Sam, she's so strong-willed

and she wants to play and do the best for the team,

but sometimes you can be more of a liability going out there, really,

and hurting yourself or, you know...

So I think, yeah, sometimes you have to take one for the team

and look after your own health.

So what did they say about

when you'll be able to put any weight on it?

When I have no pain.

Right, OK. Did they give you anything for the pain?

-Yeah, loads, loads, loads, loads.

-OK. How are you feeling in yourself?

Better now you know that it's not anything serious?

-I'm just bare drugged up at the moment.

-OK.

We really do need her,

cos we played, I think, our best game today

and the starting line-up was amazing,

so I think we need her in midfield. She's our midfield.

Next day, there are no matches.

I feel like an invalid. I don't want to be on crutches any more.

I just want to walk and run. I don't want to be on crutches.

I'm not giving up, bruv.

Watch me, innit. I'm going to strap up my whole leg.

I swear to God, if anyone fucking slide tackles you

or does anything to you, I'm going to slide tackle their teeth, bruv.

I will!

Sam's injury isn't the only problem.

After falling out at yesterday's match,

sisters Olivia and Camille are still bickering.

Breakfast doesn't finish till 8.30, so...

-Doesn't finish till 8.

-No, 8.30, they said last night.

They said 8 last night to me.

I'm not talking about what they said.

I'm talking about what the announcement said last night.

A lot of the arguments we are having just shouldn't happen,

and I'm not going to point fingers

because sometimes I'm in the wrong

and sometimes I genuinely do believe that I'm not.

I'm having a good time regardless,

but it's just a shame that it can't be with my sister.

I find that we just are constantly arguing.

# I remember when your head caught flame... #

In London, Camille and Olivia

have been living together in foster care for the past 18 months.

Throughout the difficulties of their childhood,

they've always turned to each other for support.

We have literally been together through everything,

like every horrible situation, every good situation.

All my memories, my sister's there. We've never been separate.

When we came into care, it was just going to be me,

but I was like, "I don't want to leave Ollie."

And Ollie was like, "I don't want to be separated from Cam,"

so that's why we came into care together.

But sharing a bedroom and having no space of their own

has put their relationship under strain.

Don't wear my clothes and I won't wear yours.

You stretch out my clothes and I can fit into yours.

Don't wear mine and I won't wear yours.

But up to three days ago, you was wearing my clothes, so stop talking.

-Yeah, cos I asked, I asked.

-No, you didn't! No, you didn't.

So my grey thing with the leather arms, you asked to wear that?

-You said I could have that!

-No, I didn't.

-Yes, you did, you said the arms fit funny on you.

-No, I didn't.

It is really hard for the both of us

being here and it being so weird for the both of us.

That's why we argue more.

Like, we take some of our frustration out on each other.

-Don't talk to me for the rest of the day.

-Don't talk to ME.

-I don't want to see your face.

-Don't talk to me.

That's fine by me.

I love Ollie to bits, but I just want space.

Like, I'm 18 and I just need some like breathing space.

I don't know. Gets all a little overwhelming sometimes.

Back in Brazil, everyone's been suffering from cabin fever,

so it's a relief to be heading off-site.

Today the event organisers are taking all the teams to a favela

to experience a very different side of life in Brazil.

The favelas are hillside shanty towns

that are home to over a million of Rio's poorest residents.

But when the girls arrive, they're most concerned with finding

somewhere they can smoke and the long climb ahead.

I don't know where people get their energy. I don't understand.

It isn't that bad, you're just very lazy.

Even on the football pitch you don't move, you stand still.

But the deeper they go into the favela,

the more they're affected by their surroundings.

Ruled by violent drug gangs,

shootings are a daily occurrence in most slums.

But this favela is now under police control,

making it safe enough for the girls to visit.

You start seeing the differences between our life and others.

There's a lot of people in London

who don't know what a struggle is.

They don't know what a struggle is.

I did at one point feel like I was actually just going to pass out.

Because it is so hot and then you've got the smell

and it's a lot to take in all at once.

Sheet-metal houses, boy. They ain't playing.

They don't have furniture in their house. They all sleep on mattresses.

See the families living in such, like,

houses that are like built out of whatever they can find...

It's fucked up.

While in the favela, the team meet local resident Vanessa.

So what happens to the kids that get kicked out and stuff?

SHE SPEAKS PORTUGUESE

Unfortunately the reality in Brazil is very different.

There isn't the government assistance that we have in the UK,

whereas in Brazil there's so many people, so many people,

and not enough facilities, that sadly they have to stay on the streets.

I definitely want to come back cos seeing all this, I actually

would come here and build them houses

and I'll bring a load of friends as well.

Because after seeing all of this, I think that, I mean, even though

I've had a bad life, it's nowhere near as bad as this.

-You know, and I would like to help

-Yeah, very good.

For 15-year-old Sharelle, who lives in a children's home

back in England, it's been an eye-opening day.

I mean, football's the main aim of this whole trip,

but it's this whole experience that got to me, because you come here

to the favelas, it makes our problems sound little.

You know, even though it affects us a lot,

some of the things some of the other people have gone through,

you know, is a lot worse than anything I have. Yeah.

They're saying, "What do you do in England to enjoy yourselves?"

Erm...

Ahhhhhh...

EVERYONE LAUGHS

No! No, no!

Away from the rest of the group,

Camille and Liya have attracted the attention

of some teenagers from the favela.

-We just go out and drink.

-Yeah.

-Party.

MAN TRANSLATES INTO PORTUGUESE

BOYS: Aaah!

What do they do?

THEY ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

Everybody who lives here loves going to the beach.

Beach and football.

The trip is beginning to make both girls

think about their own lives back home.

Everyone just seems happy, like, everyone smiles at you

and I'm miserable in London. I'm a miserable person in London.

I don't smile. I'm miserable, like, 360 days of the year.

-Like, I have like my five good days.

-Five days off.

MUSIC PLAYS ON MOBILE PHONE

In England, you want what you don't have

and when you get it, you want more again,

-so no-one's ever really happy, but here they...

-They seem content.

-Yeah, they're content with what they have.

-They're happy,

and that's not what a lot of people are like in our country,

so...I don't know.

THEY CHANT AND SING

-Thumbs up!

-Thumbs up!

-Thumbs up!

-Thumbs up!

Meeting the locals in the favela

has made a big impression on all the girls, and back at camp

they start to make a real effort with the other teams.

I'm OK, though. I'll be playing on Friday.

-Yeah.

-No! You must be joking.

-No.

-No, you shouldn't play.

-My team need me.

No, but also your body, you also need this leg.

THEY LAUGH

And as the girls spend more time with Team Kenya,

they begin to realise how much they have in common.

What is it like to be in foster care in Kenya?

Do you like it?

In England we have this thing called Social Services.

They're there to protect children, so like if, in England, if your parents

beat you or if they don't look after you properly, Social Services

will get involved and sometimes they take you from your parents.

Like me, when I was 16,

me and my mum, we wasn't getting along,

so I had to move out, so I lived by myself when I was 16

and that's when Social Services looked after me.

They can move you wherever they want.

You know, they can move you far, far away from your parents.

Like, she doesn't live in London. Sharelle doesn't live in London.

She lives an hour, two hours from us and from her family.

She speaks to her family.

And there's nothing she can do, she can't move back.

She has to stay there, two hours from all her family.

They have power over your life.

Benson's very... You're very far away from your mum and dad, aren't you?

How far does it take you to go and visit your parents?

-Two days.

-Two days to get to see his family.

When was the last time you saw your mum? A long time.

Last year!

-Wow.

-And you love your mum lots?

But you can't go home, can you?

-Yeah, course you do.

-He's your dad.

We come from so many different backgrounds,

from sleeping wherever you can,

and us coming from backgrounds of being passed from home to home.

I would never say I'm homeless.

I've never actually felt what homeless is like,

I've never slept on the street.

But I can, in a sense, you can say sort of homeless,

because you know in that if your carer's fed up with you,

they can pass you on to the next person, is upsetting.

Have somebody else control your life and deprive you of a decent

and stable home is upsetting just to know that that can be taken

from you at any moment and you don't know where you're going to go next.

We're on a different side of the world and it's still the same issue.

Love, like, you can't...force it.

Like you can't give someone a social worker

and it's not going to be the same as

the love you receive from your family.

And you can't solve it, you can't...

You just can't solve them issues, so it upset us a lot.

In London, 18-year-old Liya has been living in hostels

since she was moved from her family home two years ago.

I moved out because, like,

mine and my mum's relationship broke down for whatever reasons.

It just wasn't healthy for us to be in the house always arguing.

Liya's currently at college studying for her A levels,

but in the past year, she's been struggling to motivate herself.

I can come home and sit here and do fuck... Oh, sorry!

..do nothing for like four, five days. No-one's checking for me,

making sure I'm getting up and going college.

My mum won't know if I don't go to college for two months.

It's hard because it's not someone nagging, nagging, nagging,

and when you've had that your whole life, you're used to it.

16 is young to just move out of home.

And if I could live with my mum still,

I wouldn't want to be living by myself this young.

I wish I could have stayed with my family and what not,

but you know, sometimes life just don't work out how it's meant to.

With exams just around the corner and months of work to catch up on,

Liya's starting to panic.

For me to mess up now, I'm not going to get to do what I want

and then I'm just going to feel like my life's shit forever, basically.

I'm a bit dramatic, but basically that.

Liya's social worker, Janet,

has been trying to get her back on track.

-So how was school?

-All right.

-What's the matter?

-My first exam's in exactly two months, Janet.

It's all right. We'll get you there. OK?

Come. Come, baby.

We can't put Liya's disengagement in any area of her life

down to laziness. It is down to her background.

Take care, baby, you'll be all right, yeah?

-Yeah.

-I know you will.

See, you just slapped me on camera.

I hope they put that on TV and you get arrested!

JANET LAUGHS

Most young people have got a parent that will get them up

and make sure they're eating something in the morning,

making sure that they're, you know, of sound mind to go to school,

and that is what Liya doesn't have at the moment,

and that's what I'm trying to provide, the best I can, to be fair.

In Brazil, fresh surroundings are helping Liya turn over a new leaf.

When I've been here, I wake up at six, I go to breakfast

and I do, like, 2.5 hours revising.

There's just less distraction and it's more peaceful.

And we wake up earlier here

and we don't mind to wake up earlier,

because obviously it's, like, sunny and it's pretty outside.

I just think cos here you like getting up.

You're going to wake up and you know it's going to be a nice day.

It's going to be nice and warm.

You have to put nice clothes on. You're going to have fun,

whereas in England you're going to wake up, go outside,

it's going to rain, your hair's going to get ruined, it's going to be a shitty day.

You're going to chat shit. It's just shit.

Yeah, it's just different.

Over in the stands, the upbeat mood

is spreading to the rest of the girls.

And their friendship with Team Kenya is having a positive influence.

WHISTLE BLOWS

Kenya! Kenya! Kenya!

They're really close as a team

so I think that's brought our team together more.

I think Benson is a good role model,

so I just want to be a good role model.

With Team Kenya, they're like a family.

They don't leave anyone out, which is amazing.

It's literally so incredible.

I kind of look up to them in a way as well.

Just from the way they treat each other, literally,

I think they see each other as brothers.

Yeah, I definitely think we have a lot to learn from them.

That evening, the draw's been made for the quarterfinals.

And the girls are facing the Philippines.

When the teams met in a friendly five days ago,

England were thrashed 4-0.

With the defeat still fresh in their minds,

the team have organised a last-minute training session.

And captain Sam has put her crutches to one side to take charge.

Listen, England, we're going to run round.

When I say, "One," left hand on the floor.

When I say, "Two," right hand on the floor.

When I say, "Three," jump.

"Four," change direction.

You know the deal we've done it before, all right?

Keep it very light.

I'll tell you what, do you want to do a small match?

WHISTLE BLOWS

They've even drafted in their new

friends on Team Kenya to help out.

SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Sharelle has her confidence!

I'm so happy. I'm proud of myself.

I'm happy. I'm absolutely happy.

These English girls, I think they are very strong.

They are very strong.

They can do it.

I think tonight was really good, especially the fact that

Team Kenya helped us out definitely made us feel confident.

If we win tomorrow...

..it'll just make me so proud of my team. It would, literally.

I'm proud of them now as it is

but I think I would just burst with pride, I really would.

Little David kept...

The team have found their confidence on the pitch.

But one player is still struggling.

-See you passing the ball to each other.

-Yeah, that's set up.

That's the shittest I've been.

Chloe puts a lot of pressure on herself saying that she's

a striker, she has the ability to put the goals in.

If she doesn't do so,

she feels bad because she feels it's her fault that we didn't win.

I can't be kicked out of this competition, man.

I do have to win for my mum and everyone else, you know what I mean?

It's not...

I don't see my progress just for me,

I see it for the people in my surroundings.

We have to win whether we like it or not.

Otherwise we are out of the game, innit?

The day of the quarterfinals has arrived.

Let's just get focused back to where we are. We've got an hour...

But with less than an hour to the match,

yesterday's confidence is beginning to fade.

-Tried to make me look like a dickhead...

-You look nervous.

I'm team captain, though.

-It's come to the point where if we lose this we are out.

-Nervous, man.

Although she's not fully recovered, Sam is determined to play.

I'm going to have to strap up my leg about three million times,

put about five shin pads on.

Sam, if you do start to hurt just go off don't just stay on

and hobble around.

Because if we do get through, we are going to need you for semis.

I don't like the fuss that everyone's talking about my knee.

Just leave my knee alone, if I said it's fine, it's fine.

And that's what they're doing with the other people,

they're telling everyone that I have to be subbed that I'm injured.

No, you're not telling me I'm going to be a sub - I'm not going to be a sub.

I don't think of it as me being tough, it's just the way I am.

This means much more to them now.

I don't think it was that important before.

Now they are seeing that they are getting somewhere,

they want to stay there and keep going.

It's going to be an emotional day whatever happens, I think.

Looking at this board, if they gave me a choice

to be on any team on this board,

I would not switch my team for the world -

and we've got the world on this board.

I am so proud of my team.

Just tick off everyone today.

-Chloe?

-Yep.

-Samantha.

-Yep.

-Captain's Samantha.

-Yep.

-Goalkeeper - Olivia.

-Yep.

-Leyla - sub.

-Yep.

-Camille?

-Yep. Liya, yeah.

I want them to be ready in ten minutes.

Yep, that's fine.

-Good luck with the game, guys.

-Thanks a lot.

Les has agreed Sam can play,

but is concerned the team don't want to make any substitutions.

From a management point of view,

my responsibility is to make sure we brought out nine girls

and that all nine girls get a game, regardless of the result.

So we are going to need to have that conversation - not ideal.

Desperate to win,

the girls only want the strongest players on the pitch.

But listen, I don't want to have to make a scene out of this,

everybody's going to play today, yeah? I don't want a scene about it,

I'm not going to have a discussion about it -

everybody came out on this trip to play football,

and everybody's going to get a game.

I do not want to have to come on the pitch and stop the game.

-We said we'd worked it all out.

-It would be a huge embarrassment.

From the side, I want to know that when I call an instruction,

if I call you over I need because I need to make a sub,

-I need to hear that, yeah?

-We are not changing, that's what we...

No! What we need to change will change,

there is no discussion on it, OK?

-We've already decided...

-No, no, no, no! Everybody...

Yes, it will, because if I have to stop the game, it will happen.

-But this is our last game.

-I realise that but people have travelled a long way.

THEY ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

Excuse me! If we don't need to change it...

-But we need to work as a team!

-No, excuse me!

If we need to change it, it will change.

If it doesn't need to change, it won't change.

-MAN: Guys, come over.

-We understand what you're saying.

-Let's stop being negative.

-Let's get on with it. Let's go.

They're really nervous. Obviously when the nerves kick in,

they're reverting back to their normal behaviour.

And their normal behaviour is that you get loud

and you get all aggressive and, you know.

And that's what I can see happening, basically, that they're just scared.

MUSIC: "God Save The Queen"

CHEERING DROWNS TANNOY

After her strong performance in the last match,

the team have decided to keep Olivia in goal.

WHISTLE BLOWS

But just moments into the game,

her inexperience as a keeper leads to a critical mistake.

While the rest of the team vent their frustration,

Camille rushes to comfort her sister.

As the game continues, Team England just can't keep up with

the speed and skill of the Filipinos.

Come on, guys. Heads up. Heads up.

WHISTLE BLOWS

By half-time, England are trailing 4-0.

Concerned that Sam is causing more damage to her leg,

Les decides to substitute her.

-Sam, do you want to take five minutes out, yeah?

-Why?

Well, I think you're struggling out there, really. I think you are.

-I'm not. I'm disheartened.

-Yeah, but it's not good for us.

That's what I said to you as a captain, that's what you can be...

-Not fucking coming off, for fuck's sake, man.

-Listen...

No. If we need to, otherwise we will have to stop the game.

-Otherwise we will have to stop the game.

-Well, we're losing anyway.

Sam, otherwise we will have to stop the game.

-We're losing anyway, so I don't care.

-It doesn't matter, Sam.

Les, just get out of my fucking face.

Then you need to stop then. You need to stop.

Take me off for the whole fucking game then!

I will do then. If that's the way it needs to be,

then that's the way it needs to be.

Today isn't the first time Sam's reacted like this under pressure,

especially when things haven't gone her way.

Guys, you're doing really well out there, you're working really hard.

Shut up. You know we're not doing well.

In the past she's refused to back down.

There's no I in team, Sam.

Did I say there was I in team? Did I say there was I in team?

But this time she reflects on her behaviour and goes back over to Les.

Unless you can calm down... That was really embarrassing.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

But you need to just calm down. Thank you, and I accept your apology.

I accept it, but I'm trying to do the best for the whole team.

I'm not doing it personally, it's not a personal persecution,

and you need to understand everyone has to go on.

I've been saying it throughout the whole of the game

and the whole of the time we've been here, yeah?

So you just need to calm down.

I got really angry because I just wanted to get

far in the competition and make everyone proud.

I felt that I've let everyone down,

so I think that's why I got really angry.

I was angry with myself as well as Les.

-ANNOUNCER:

-Does anyone in the stadium

think that England can pull this back?

Despite being so far behind, the girls keep battling.

In the closing minutes, Sam's allowed back on the pitch,

so she can end the game with her team-mates

LES: Well done. Well played, Sam.

Unlucky!

WHISTLE BLOWS

-ANNOUNCER:

-The final whistle!

It ends here 6-0 to the Philippines.

The tournament is over for Team England.

I understand that frustrations can get the better of young people.

Sometimes we do things when we want to win so badly,

and maybe we've got feelings of maybe

letting people down or ourselves down.

Everyone saying go out there and do us proud, and you take that on.

You know, you take that on and you feel responsible for it.

Ollie's pretty heartbroken because she was in goal

and she wasn't comfortable there.

And then, they did score a few goals against her,

but like I said to her that's not her fault, like,

as defenders, we should have been there so that they couldn't get

close enough to the goal to even shoot.

It is hard to see my sister down, and especially when I know she

was trying, like, she was really going for it and she really did try.

And I don't want her to feel upset or like she's let herself down

or anyone else down, because she played a cracker,

and I know I'm a proud big sister at the moment.

We've always been saying, look, it's fun.

Yes, it would be great to win, but we didn't get together a group

of young people to win this thing, we got a group together that we

thought would benefit from the experience.

If you were coming out to really win a tournament you would say,

no smokers, maybe we might have looked at young people who

weren't so challenging so that we wouldn't have these constant battles,

but then it would probably defeat the object.

The next day, the pressure is off.

Maybe it rained. I don't know...

Do you think I fucking live out here!?

You know her? When she first comes towards you,

she looks a bit scary - let me show you the way I met her!

I'm only aggressive towards you, you need to learn that.

The girls are making the most of

their remaining time together as a team.

You know them animals that are on the beach,

but they can't swim so they flop about, what are they called?

-Whales?

-Seals?

Despite the defeat, Chloe's skills in yesterday's match have caught the

attention of former pro footballer and Team Brazil coach Rocky.

I've seen Chloe play several times.

I think she's a very strong player.

I think she's the best player in the team

and I'm really looking forward to talking to her.

Let me first see what you got.

OK. Let's do that again.

Being in care, I've always had like a low self-esteem,

because for starters, you're different to other people

just for being in care

-Boom, nice

-I get a lot of good out of football.

It's not just comfort, it's more of a therapy

YES! That's good. All right. Cool. Awesome.

The thing is, is that you don't have to be disappointed

if something's not working.

So just with a trick it works, and then the next one doesn't work.

You know how it is.

You've just got to believe in yourself.

Really, cos it's so important that you're really cool and I know

when you're back in England sometimes people say,

"You can't do this, or you can't do that or that's shit..."

You know, I can't say that word, but fuck 'em!

You've just got to be confident about yourself, OK?

-OK. Thank you.

-Very important.

-You've given me confidence.

-Yeah, but that's important, man.

-I'll be using it.

-Good. So when you play for Arsenal

-you get me some tickets.

-I'll be like "Rocky..."

It was fucking wicked!

From the time I heard that I could be coming Brazil,

it's kind of like a dream.

Don't really get time to have a one-on-one with a pro.

It gives me that confidence, do you know what I mean?

I've never really had confidence but it's nice to hear.

'It just makes Brazil that much better.'

It's the last day of the tournament

and all the teams have travelled to Fluminense's stadium for the final.

It's Brazil versus Philippines in the championship match.

With a 1-0 victory,

Brazil are crowned winners of the Street Child World Cup.

As the medals are handed out,

the girls from England pick up a special honour.

ANNOUNCER: The next award is for friendliest team

and it goes to Team England.

CHEERING

Look how big it is. If I was to hit you in the head with that,

you would be out cold.

This whole tournament was not about the football.

The football's like the extra-curricular.

And this is the academic stuff.

CHEERING

The friendliest team award isn't all they'll be

taking away from the competition.

I'm happy that we are still like staying together as a team

kind of thing, even though we did lose and we're out...

It wasn't about the winning, it was about how we got to the match

and how we've grown as people.

It's definitely changed me because I'm so to being like,

we're not going to lose all this and that,

but it's like it doesn't really matter any more to me.

Like it doesn't, because we played together and it was amazing.

What this place has enabled them to do is see past having to put

the front on because it's not warranted here.

And they're seeing that, you know, life isn't

just about London and the pressures and challenges that that can bring.

My main thing is that they've got in touch with happiness and they're

smiling and their smiles aren't false -

they're real and they're big.

You know, they just look like children playing.

I just love it. I love it. I absolutely love it.

Ah, you broke my leg, you wankers!

The girls have got so much from their time in Brazil,

they decide they want to give something back.

Tonight, we've decided that we are going to go up there

and just do a skank.

As a kid, that's what you grow up doing,

that's what you grow up dancing to, so...

But we thought we might bring London to Brazil.

I'm so excited! I'm so pumped. Bring London to Brazil. Oi!

-PA:

-They call themselves "The Wicked Girls!"

It's Team England!

CHEERING

INDISTINCT

MUSIC: "Head, Shoulders, Kneez & Toez" by KIG

It's just nice to know that people appreciate us being here,

because when we first came we were pretty anti-social

and I think that's changed a lot.

As a team, we've become a lot stronger.

Although we haven't won a lot of matches, we have become a lot

stronger as a team.

You know, we see each other as sisters.

CHEERING

We brought the party.

Yeah. At first I thought...

Party don't start till we walk in.

Yeah. Until she walks in cos she's the...

-Yeah!

-Yeah, Team England!

After their triumphant performance, it's time for the girls to

say their goodbyes.

Something Sharelle has had to do many times in the past.

Well, being in care you can be moved out of your home at any time.

I'm used to leaving places, even the nicest places.

And you know, you just take it in and remember what you had.

You have to get used to the feeling

otherwise you'll be a wreck every time

It's a secret

It's nice to know that everybody appreciates you on camp.

Has to be the best experience of my life, you know.

Sharelle isn't the only one who

feels that coming to Brazil has changed her.

I used to be, like, rude and I used to give, like, dirty looks

and all that type of thing, do you know what I mean?

Because I was so used to bad vibes

and all that type of stuff,

but being here is like an eye-opener.

You start to, like, see people so happy

and some people have the worst of the worst situations

and they're still smiling.

And just seeing that, it does change your attitude a lot.

This is something that I really won't forget

I'm feeling really emotional.

like, I don't know - I don't want to leave.

I really don't.

Being here has made me hopeful.

Like, you see everyone and you see how hopeful they are for the future

and, I mean, a lot of their positions

are worse off than what mine is,

so if they can be hopeful, why can't I?

I think for England, and a lot of the other teams as well,

we were all forced to grow up.

One of the most great things for me like just being able to be

a child and essentially that is what I am - 18 but I am still a child,

and that gets forgotten a lot in England. So...

I think like that's one of my favourite things about Brazil -

we just all got to be children together.

Sorry.

MAN: You know what you roughly will say to answer those questions.

There is no right or wrong answer...

See you later!

I feel like a thousand percent lucky. Definitely.

Like, who gets to go to Brazil and experience what we experienced?

Not many people.

I think it's just made me learn to appreciate the stuff I do have more

and appreciate the fact that I live in a house with someone who loves me.

To be independent, that's what I've learned.

Forget about what other people think and just do what you want to do.

Try achieve what you want to achieve.

I just learnt to value a lot of what we have.

Even though I've had things that probably should have

made me break down and just kind of go off the rails, I'm not going

to and I am stronger, and I am going to make something of myself.

Before I went to Brazil, I felt like I was just in a hole,

like stuck in a hole and I couldn't move,

and now I feel, like, so excited.

Like, even for exams I'm just like so excited to move on forward

and just...

Like, I'm excited for life.

By the time you get out to Kenya you could help with the girls'

programme again, education, cooking, just sitting and being their mates.

Everything seems a little brighter now.

Brazil didn't change what happened in the past, it just...

gave me the equipment I needed to flip it on its head

and make it the reason I do better in the future.

We can't wait to come out to Kenya and see you guys.

Bye!

ALL: England!