SPAIN: FOOTBALLER RONALDO TRAINS WITH REAL MADRID AFTER WINNING FIFA'S GOLDEN BOOT AWARD AS WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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SPAIN: FOOTBALLER RONALDO TRAINS WITH REAL MADRID AFTER WINNING FIFA'S GOLDEN BOOT AWARD AS WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Title: SPAIN: FOOTBALLER RONALDO TRAINS WITH REAL MADRID AFTER WINNING FIFA'S GOLDEN BOOT AWARD AS WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Date: 18th December 2002
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 18, 2002) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) 1. RONALDO STEPS ONTO PITCH WEARING A WOOLY HAT 2. ZINEDINE ZIDANE RUNNING WITH RAUL AND FIGO BEHIND 3. RONALDO RUNNING ALONG SIDE REAL MADRID PHYSIO 4. RAUL STRETCHING 5. ZIDANE STRETCHING WITH RUBEN (REAL MADRID RESERVE DEFENDER) 6. RONALDO STANDING WITH WITH REAL MADRID MANAGER VINCENTE DEL BOSQUE 7. ZIDANE SHOWING HIS BALL SKILLS 8. RAUL IN TRAINING 10. JAPANESE FANS WATCHING THE TRAINING 11. FIGO DRIBBLING THE BALL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 12. RONALDO DRIBBLING THE BALL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT 13. SOUNDBITE (English) JAPANESE SKY PERFECT TV PRODUCER TAKUJI KOREEDA SAYS "Real Madrid has many famous players and last month Real Madrid visited Japan to fight for the cup (The World Club Championship) so many Japanese know the Real Madrid players" 14. RONALDO CATCHES THE BALL THEN LICKS IT INTO THE GOAL 15. WIDE SHOT OF THE TEAM TRAINING 16. DEL BOSQUE WATCHES THE TEAM TRAINING 17. WIDE SHOT OF THE TEAM TRAINING 18. REAL MADRID FANS WATCHING THE TEAM TRAINING 19. RONALDO BACK HEELS THE BALL 20. FIGO AND ZIDANE PASS THE BALL THEN FIGO SHOOTS 21. RAOUL DOES SOME FANCY FOOTWORK WITH THE BALL 22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) A REAL MADRID FAN SAYS: "I think that Raul and Roberto Carlos deserve to have won ahead of Ronaldo." "Because they had a better season and they deserve it more. Right?" 21. RONALDO FIGHTS FOR POSSESSION OF THE BALL 22. RAUL LEAVES TRAINING FIELD 23. RONALDO SMILES WITH BRAZILIAN INTERNATIONAL FLAVIO CON CEICAO 24. RONALDO LEAVES TRAINING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
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- Story Text: It was business as usual for Ronaldo on Wednesday
(December 18, 2002) as he trained with his team mates for the
upcoming match against a FIFA World selection, after
celebrating winning the Golden Boot award after being named
FIFA's World Player of the Year for a record third time as
well as European player of the year.
Real Madrid will have every reason to feel on top of
the world on Wednesday (December 18, 2002) when they close out
their centenary celebrations with a match against a FIFA World
Selection featuring many of the best players on the planet.
The 75,000 fans expected at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium
will have little concern for the names on the opposition team
sheet, though, as they come to honour a Real side already with
the look of an all-star line-up.
Real will run out with a side that could even claim
comparison with the club's golden age from 1956 to 1960, when
the likes of Alfredo di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Paco Gento and
Raymond Kopa were leading the team to five European Cups.
On Wednesday (December 18, 2002), it will be Luis Figo,
Zinedine Zidane, Raul and Ronaldo bearing the standard for a
team crowned this year as World and European champions.
The biggest omission from the Real Madrid team will be
Roberto Carlos who is believed to be suffering from a groin
strain; he arrived late at the training ground and went
straight for treatment.
The club had originally believed that FIFA would clear the
calendar completely to ensure that the whole of football was
focused on the Bernabeu.
In the end that has proved impossible and the World
Selection will feature no players based in England or France,
for example.
The likes of Rivaldo, Michael Ballack, Alessandro Del
Piero and Paolo Maldini will be present, though, to play for a
side coached by Luiz Felipe Scolari, the man who masterminded
Brazil's World Cup win in South Korea and Japan.
Ronaldo will also miss the opportunity of scoring again
against the German international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who
has dropped out of the World team. Kahn was the goal keeper
for Germany in the 2002 World Cup Final when Ronaldo scored
two goals to crown Brazil as World Champions.
The game is the climax of four days of FIFA meetings in
Madrid and comes the day after Tuesday's annual gala awards
ceremony, where Real received a special trophy to mark the
club's first 100 years.
After the match against the World Selection has been
played, the fireworks have fizzled out and Placido Domingo has
sung the club's new anthem, Real will be able to look back on
a year that has been remarkable even for an institution with
near-mythical status.
Real began the year still celebrating a FIFA award for
Team of the Century, announced at the last annual awards gala.
While the 2001-02 Spanish league title proved beyond them,
Vicente del Bosque's side won the title they really wanted
when they landed the European Cup for the ninth time thanks to
a wonder goal from Zidane in the final in Glasgow.
The team then settled an outstanding score with history by
winning the European Super Cup for the first time, clinching
it in style with a 3-1 win over Feyenoord in Monaco.
Meanwhile, president Florentino Perez was adding to the
club's reputation as the natural home for the world's best
players as he finalised a deal to bring in Ronaldo from Inter
Milan.
Ronaldo made an immediate impact on his Real debut, taking
about a minute to open his scoring account and adding a second
goal a few minutes later, and the Brazilian scored again to
lead Real to a World Club Cup victory over Olimpia back in
Yokahama.
There was one major disappointment over the year, when
Real were beaten 2-1 by Deportivo Coruna in the final of the
King's Cup at the Bernabeu 100 years to the day since the
club's official formation.
There are also nagging doubts about whether the team will
be consistent enough to win the league title back, and whether
a poor start to the second phase of the Champions League will
spell the end for their hopes of a 10th European Cup success.
The FIFA World selection team will be chosen from the
following players:
Goalkeepers: Pablo Cavallero (Celta Vigo, Argentina)
Defenders: Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich, France),
Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan,
Italy), Cristian Chivu (Ajax Amsterdam, Romania), Hatem
Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam, Tunisia), Noureddine Naybet
(Deportivo Coruna, Morocco), Murat Yakin (Basel, Switzerland)
Midfielders: Ruben Baraja (Valencia, Spain), Michael
Ballack (Bayern Munich, Germany), Kaka (Sao Paulo, Brazil),
Hidetoshi Nakata (Parma, Japan), Pablo Aimar (Valencia,
Argentina), Marc Wilmots (Schalke 04, Belgium), Andres
d'Alessandro (River Plate, Argentina), Cha Du-ri (South Korea)
Forwards: Rivaldo (AC Milan, Brazil), Fernando Torres
(Atletico Madrid, Spain), Roy Makaay (Deportivo Coruna,
Netherlands), Joaquin (Real Betis, Spain), Miroslav Klose
(Kaiserslautern, Germany), Predrag Mijatovic (Levante,
Yugoslavia), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Italy), Samuel
Eto'o (Real Mallorca, Cameroon)
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