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For tsumani relief (from Fox Sports Channel) - most likely will be broadcasted here...I DAMN HOPE SO!!! :whip:
| quote: | Forty players confirmed for soccer match
Associated Press
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Forty European-based soccer players, including Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Paolo Maldini and Patrick Vieira, were confirmed Friday to play in a charity soccer match to raise money for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
All proceeds from the Feb. 15 "Football for Hope" match at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium will go to the Tsunami Solidarity Fund set up by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation.
This time around, England's David Beckham and France's Thierry Henry will be playing the match for the same cause. (Shaun Botterill / GettyImages)
FIFA's player of the year, Ronaldinho, and Europe's player of the year, Andriy Shevchenko, will captain the two sides.
Of the 52 players invited, Brazilian stars Ronaldo and Adriano, Italians Roberto Baggio and Francesco Totti and Czech star Pavel Nedved have withdrawn.
Ronaldinho's team will be coached by Carlos Alberto Parreira and Frank Rijkaard; Marcello Lippi and Arsene Wenger will coach Shevchenko's team. Shevchenko XI (national teams, clubs in parentheses)
Coaches: Marcello Lippi (Italian national team), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus), Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid).
Defenders: Kakhaber Kaladze (Georgia, AC Milan), Christian Karembeu (France, Bastia), Vincent Kompany (Belgium, Anderlecht), Paolo Maldini (Italy, AC Milan), Carles Puyol (Spain, Barcelona).
Midfielders-Attackers: Michael Ballack (Germany, Bayern Munich), David Beckham (England, Real Madrid), Deco (Portugal, Barcelona), Alessandro Del Piero (Italy, Juventus), Steven Gerrard (England, Liverpool), Thierry Henry (France, Arsenal), Raul Gonzalez (Spain, Real Madrid), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine, AC Milan), Patrick Vieira (France, Arsenal), Johann Vogel (Switzerland, PSV Eindhoven), Zinedine Zidane (France, Real Madrid). Ronaldinho XI
Coaches: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazilian national team), Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona).
Goalkeepers: Dida (Brazil, AC Milan), Idriss Kameni (Cameroon, Espanyol).
Defenders: Cafu (Brazil, AC Milan), Cordoba Ivan (Colombia, Inter Milan), Gabriel Heinze (Argentina, Manchester United), Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia, Bolton), Samuel Kuffour (Ghana, Bayern Munich), Rafael Marquez Alvarez (Mexico, Barcelona), Lucas Radebe (South Africa, Leeds), Javier Zanetti (Argentina, Inter Milan).
Midfielders-Attackers: Cha Doo-ri (South Korea, Eintracht Frankfurt), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Barcelona), Kaka (Brazil, AC Milan), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Iran, Hamburg), Ronaldinho (Brazil, Barcelona), Sebastian Deisler (Germany, Bayern Munich), Ji-sung Park (South Korea, PSV Eindhoven), Ludovic Giuly (France, Barcelona), Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea). |
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