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| Pele |
The football fiesta continues for the football-crazy fans of Kolkata. A few months after watching arguably the world’s best player in Lionel Messi and his Argentineans get the better of Venezuela in an exhibition tie, the Salt Lake Stadium is set to host another ‘Super Football match’ on January 23, 2012 featuring Supers tars XI vs Indian Dream XI. And what makes this venture even more enticing is that the world’s foremost player to ever grace any soccer stage, Pele, will be leading the Superstars on to the field.
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| Cafu |
Pele may have got on in years but the fabulous Brazilian is scheduled to lead the Superstars squad which will include the crème de la crème of former footballers from all parts of the world. Yes, once again a good thirty years, after Kolkattans got to witness Pele in action when he turned out for New York Cosmos in that exhibition encounter against Mohun Bagan, Kolktatans will once again throng the Salt Lake Stadium. No doubt, the highlight will be to see Pele grace a football stadium in his footballing boots yet again, but the line-up of former footballers who are due to play for the Superstars Xi will make many a football aficionado of Kolkata lick his lips in anticipation.
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| Paolo Maldini |
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| Ruud Gullit |
The line up includes the likes of World Cup winners Marcel Desailly of France who was rock in defence for the 1998 France World Cup winning team. Another defensive stalwart to take the field will be Italian Paolo Maldini as will another World Cup winner forward Ronaldo besides of course Pele who featured in two World Cup winning squads and that dazzling dribbler Denilson of Brazil. But wait there’s even more classy footballers including goalkeeper Rene Higuita of Colombia.
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| Marcel Oerlemans |
Other members of the team include Cafu (Brazil), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Netherlands), Ansgar Brinkmann (Germany), Winston Bogarde (Netherlands), Christian Karambeu (France), Roland Kopp (Germany), Ronald de Boer (Netherlands) and Marcel Oerlemans (Netherlands). The Superstars XI will be coached by Dutch legend Ruud Gullit
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| Baichung Bhutia |
The Indian Dream XI would be announced later in the week at a press conference in the city. What is known is that Bhaichung Bhutia would lead the Indian side which will be put together by the Football Players Association of India with Shyam Thapa to be the coach.
Member of the German rockband the Scorpions would also be in town for the event and could play in the Superstar XI and later in the evening they would auction a signed guitar of theirs.
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