Earlier in July, FIFA President Gianni Infantino invited the team and their coach to the match, which will take place in Moscow on Sunday.

According to the the UK broadcaster ITV, FIFA said that the 12 boys and their coach "will not be in a position to travel" to the Russian capital for health reasons as FIFA's "priority remains the health of everyone involved in the operation."

The boys and their coach went missing on 23 June. They went inside a seven-kilometer-long cave and got trapped inside after heavy rains caused flooding and cut off their route out. They were found 10 days later by a pair of British divers. The rescue operation lasted three days with the last boy and the coach being freed on Tuesday.

English Premier League club Manchester United also invited the team to their home ground.

"We would love to welcome the team from Wild Boars Football Club and their rescuers to Old Trafford this coming season," the team posted on their official Twitter account.

A slew of footballers and football teams, including World Cup semi-finalists England, have expressed their joy over the successful rescue operation in Thailand.