A star-studded European XI including Ronaldo, Marco Materazzi and Steven Gerrard will join forces to face Manchester United tomorrow morning to celebrate 50 years since the foundation of the European Union. The match, to be held at Old Trafford stadium, is a sell-out, ensuring a 72,000-strong crowd with all proceeds going to charity.
World Cup winner Ronaldo, along with fellow Brazilian star Ronaldinho of Barcelona, will also be joined by the likes of German goalkeeping great Oliver Kahn and French World Cup winner Lilian Thuram.
However there will be no cosy coming-together for Materazzi and Zinedine Zidane, who famously head-butted the Inter Milan defender in last year's World Cup final in what was the French great's swansong.
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) invited Zidane for the special match but "the answer arrived late and it was negative" said former Italy coach Marcello Lippi, who is managing the European XI. Several other players were approached but declined the invitation for "excellent reasons", Lippi told a press conference.
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** I believe Zidane's answer was something along the lines of biddeesh ashoof wijho lol
March 13, 2007
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