Thu, 5th Jul 2007
Chelsea Football Club will be staging a star-studded match next month featuring former greats Gianfranco Zola 蘇拿 and Dennis Wise 前隊長韋斯.
The match being organised by another former great, Marcel Desailly 迪西里, takes place on Tuesday 7 August, kick-off 7.30pm.
It will be between Marcel's World XI and a Chelsea Select Team from his playing days at the club (1998 - 2004).
Not only will Zola and Wise return to Stamford Bridge, but they will take on stars in the World XI like Paul Gascoigne 加斯居尼, Laurent Blanc白朗<港錯譯白蘭斯>and Roberto Baggio 巴治奧.
The game is being staged to raise funds for the charity Marcel personally supports, the Laureus Foundation, and for Chelsea FC's two charity partners. These are CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading children's cancer charity, and Right To Play, a global charity who fight disease, poverty and conflict through sport around the world, including Marcel's original home country of Ghana.
Current Chelsea assistant coach Steve Clarke is pencilled in to manage the home team, while Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger has agreed to manage the Marcel team.
Tickets will be priced at £25 for adults and £12 for concessions. Season ticket holders can purchase their seat from Friday 13 July, members from Tuesday 17 July and they will be on general sale from 20 July. For full tickets details, go to Ticket News.
The game will be shown exclusively live on Chelsea TV, part of a "Magnificent 7" packages of games on the channel this summer.
Other ex Chelsea players who have pledged to play are Kevin Hitchcock 希治閣<守門員>,Albert Ferrer 費拿, Mario Stanic史坦力, Bernard Lambourde 林保迪, Graeme Le Saux里蘇<港錯譯拿索斯>, Gustavo Poyet 保耶, Roberto Di Matteo 迪馬提奧, Mark Hughes 曉士, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 哈素賓, Frank Leboeuf 拿保夫, Didier Deschamps 迪甘斯 and Brian Laudrup 勞特立.
While the World XI will feature Bernard Lama 林馬, Bixente Lizarazu李沙拉素, Alessandro Costacurta哥斯達古達, Mauro Tassotti泰索迪, Angelo Carbone卡邦尼, Leonardo李安納度, Laurent Blanc白朗, Demetrio Albertini亞伯天尼, Paul Gascoigne加斯居尼, David Ginola真路拿, Christian Karembeu卡林保, Zvonimir Boban波班!!!, Roberto Baggio巴治奧, Youri Djorkaeff佐卡夫, Christophe Dugarry杜加里, Ian Wright胡禮!!!, Dennis Bergkamp伯金, Franco Baresi巴里斯, Stefano Eranio伊蘭尼奧 and Stefano Nava拿華.
Chelsea TV will be part of the Blues pre-season team, bringing you all the live coverage from the six friendly games and behind-the-scenes shots from the LA training camp.
The campaign kicks-off on 14 July in the US, when the Blues play Club America in the Disney Friendship Cup. Then the team participate in the World Series of Football Tournament, which includes clashes against Samsung Bluewings and LA Galaxy, with a certain David Beckham expected to make his debut.
Then after returning home, Chelsea will take part in friendlies away to Feyenoord, Glasgow Rangers and Brondby before the Desailly game.
Chelsea TV will be the only channel to bring you live coverage of all the pre-season games. The channel is available on Sky Digital (channel 421).
To subscribe to Chelsea TV on Sky Digital call 08700 240 490.
By subscribing to the channel before 5 July 2007, you will be automatically entered into a draw for the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to watch Chelsea play in the World Series of Football Tournament.
The prize includes return air tickets courtesy of Thomas Cook Sport, plus accommodation, tickets to the Chelsea games and spending money.
The games will also be live on Chelsea TV Online so Blues fans around the world can follow the action.
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