The celebrations held for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday on 18 July 2008 are the kick-off for a worldwide initiative that has a greater goal: to make the dream of Nelson Mandela a reality – to defeat child poverty in Africa.
Goal4Africa will be held July 12, 2008. There is no coverage of the game in North/South America, it seems. The formations [according to a source at sandronesta.com] are as follows:
Team 1:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (ITA/Juventus) Defenders: Alessandro Nesta (ITA/AC Milan), Sergio Ramos (ESP/Real Madrid), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) [It's like defender heaven...for Sergio.] Midfielders: Gennaro Gattuso (ITA/AC Milan), Kaka (BRA/AC Milan), Andrea Pirlo (ITA/AC Milan), Steven Gerrard (ENG/Liverpool) [The Stevie G ambush.] Forwards: Robin van Persie (NED/Arsenal), Andrei Shevchenko (UKR/Chelsea), Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED/Real Madrid), Baichung Bhutia (IND/Mohun Began)
Coach: Fabio Cannavaro (ITA/Real Mad... Read more »
Milan vice president Adriano Galliani has revealed that Chelsea were about make a €94m offer for Kaka before he stepped in to tell the Blues they had no chance of landing the player.
Reports in both England and Italy claimed that Chelsea were interested in making a mega swoop for the Brazilian star.
The Blues were believed to have offered a sum close to €100m and Galliani did state that the West London club had made a bid.
Sky Sports News claimed that Chelsea never offered Milan anything for Kaka and Galliani has now cleared up the confusion.
“I can confirm that we did receive an interest from Chelsea for Kaka,” Galliani told Sky Sport Italia.
“I told them no straightaway just as they were about to make an offer.
“I am not sure if they would have offered us €94m. ... Read more »
Sky Sports News claims that Chelsea have not submitted any bid for AC Milan star Kaká...
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani claimed that the London club had weighed in with a "massive" offer for the Brazilian superstar in an attempt to rejuvenate their midfield.
However Sky Sports News now claims that the word from Chelsea is a resounding negative on this score, and that Kaká has not been the subject of any bid, let alone a mammoth one.
Apparently the Blues have little interest at all in signing the attacking midfielder despite the fact that he was a mainstay of the Brazilian squad under current Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Scolari, meanwhile, is relishing his new role at the Bridge. Speaking to the club's official website he said, "It is fantastic to finally be here. The... Read more »
Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has revealed that Chelsea have made a huge offer for Kaka, while he also says that there have been requests for Andrea Pirlo.
European and World Footballer of the Year Kaka has consistently been the subject of multi-million pound bids from Chelsea and Real Madrid over the past few years, however Milan have repeatedly stated that the Brazilian is not for sale.
Galliani has revealed that the Rossoneri have received yet another huge offer for their star player.
"For Kaka, a really big offer has arrived from Chelsea," said Galliani to La Stampa, before also revealing that their had been a number of offers for midfield creator Andrea Pirlo.
"For Pirlo, there have been many requests. As for him, neither Pirlo nor his agent have come in to my ... Read more »
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Milan Vice President Adriano Galliani has revealed that Chelsea have made a huge offer for Kaka, while he also says that there have been requests for Andrea Pirlo.
