- Title: CHINA: REAL MADRID'S NEW COACH CARLOS QUEIROZ TRAINS DAVID BECKHAM AND HIS TEAM
- Date: 26th July 2003
- Summary: KUNMING CITY, YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA (JULY 26, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. DAVID BECKHAM WARMING UP 2. BECKHAM RUNNING 3. REAL MADRID COACH CARLOS QUEIROZ GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO BECKHAM 4. QUEIROZ KICKS BALL FOR START OF MATCH PRACTICE 5. ZIDANE AND BECKHAM 6. BECKHAM CHASING BALL 7. BECKHAM COMBINES WITH ESTEBAN CAMBIASSO, BECKHAM'S LEFT FOOT SHOT BLOCKED, CAMIBASSO SCORES WITH HEADER 8. CAMBIASSO PASSING 9. LUIS FIGO RUNNING, BLOCKING PASS 10. RONALDO GETS BALL, WRONG FOOTS BECKHAM AND SCORES AS BECKHAM STAYS FLAT OUT ON GROUND 11. BECKHAM CROSSES, BALL HITS THE TOP OF CROSSBAR 12. BECKHAM TRIES TO BLOCK PASS, ZIDANE GETS BALL AND SCORES 13. FIGO AMONG GROUP OF PLAYERS TAKING REFRESHMENTS ON SIDE OF PITCH 14. MALE FAN INVADES THE PITCH AND IS HELD BY REAL MADRID SECURITY STAFF AND POLICEMEN 15. NEWS CONFERENCE 16. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JOSE MARIA GUTIERREZ "GUTI" SAYING: "Apart from being great players they are great players and when it comes to the team, there are no superstars. I think we are a group and if we all give our best and do things right, with all these stars it would be difficult to beat us." 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARLOS QUEIROZ, COACH, TALKING 18. QUEIROZ SEATED AT NEWS CONFERENCE 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARLOS QUEIROZ, COACH, SAYING: "When we have great players, fantastic players and our responsibility it is always about inspiration, excitement, it's all about imagination and try to find with work the right solutions. The problem is, in training, coaching, when you don't have good players -- that is a nightmare." 20. TWO POLICEMEN STANDING OF REAL MADRID TRAINING CAMP 21. MALE FAN WITH BECKHAM SHIRT TAKING 22. WOMAN LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS 23. "GUTi" WALKING BEHIND GATES INSIDE CAMP 24. FANS WAVING FROM OUTSIDE 25. FEMALE FAN WEARING RAUL'S SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM SHIRT NUMBER 7 26. RAUL'S REAL MADRID SHIRT (ALSO NUMBER 7) 27. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE WOMANFAN SAYING: "I am waiting for an autograph from Raul, I don't know how to express my feelings now, but I love everything in him, I love the way he looks, his skills as a soccer player, and his character." 28. BACK OF FAN WEARING RAUL'S SPAIN SHIRT Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: KUNMING CITY, YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
- Country: China
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- Story Text: Real Madrid's new coach Carlos Queiroz, trying to fit
right-sided midfielders David Beckham and Luis Figo into the
same team, says he hopes the team's current tour of Asia will
help solve the puzzle.
David Beckham is slowing getting used to life among the
superstars of Real Madrid as he joined the likes of Zinedine
Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo and Raul
for their second training session on Saturday (July 26) in
Kunming.
Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, who spent a year with
Beckham as assistant coach at Manchester United before
following him to Real, sought to defuse media speculation that
a battle for the right side of midfield could evolve between
Beckham and Figo.
As director of one of the most impressive collections of
individual talent ever assembled, Queiroz faces intense
pressure to get results. His predecessor Vicente del Bosque
was dismissed despite leading Real to their 29th Spanish
league title last season.
The addition of Beckham to a star-studded squad has
spawned speculation about how Real's dream cast will work and
live together. And the Figo-Beckham relationship is one of its
most curious sub-plots.
On the field, they have similar qualities. Off it, they
share a common language to build on. Figo is one of the few
Real players who speaks solid English, while Beckham's Spanish
is currently limited to a few phrases.
One of China's leading sport tabloids, Titan Sports,
explored the subject on Saturday in a cover story entitled,
"Friends and Rivals."
It featured two sharply contrasting photos from Friday:
one of the two gazing seriously at each other during their
first practice session together, and another of them laughing
while strolling side by side out of a dining hall, Figo's arm
wrapped around Beckham's shoulder.
Beckham got much involved in the match practice and helped
Argentinian midfielder Esteban Cambiasso to score one of the
goals for the yellow team.
Figo was playing in the opposite side and Beckham tried to
deliver his trade mark crosses for his team-mates.
He battled hard for the ball and learned a few tricks from
the likes of Zidane and Ronaldo.
The practice was quickly disturbed by a fan who invaded the
pitch before being held by security staff. Real will stay in
the Yunman province in southern China
for a week before a friendly against a Chinese select team on
Saturday (August 2)
in Beijing.
It was unclear what happened to the fan. But reporters
said team personnel advised authorities to let him go and
several policeman on the scene said they did not think charges
would be pressed.
At a news conference, Spanish midfielder Jose Maria
Gutierrez, commonly known as 'Guti', said the team of
'galacticos', as the Spanish media call them, has a great
future ahead.
"Apart from being great players they are great people and
when it comes to the team, there are no superstars. I think we
are a group and if we all give our best and do things right,
with all these stars it would be difficult to beat us."
One answer to the line-up dilemma would be to switch Figo
to the left flank, the position he played when Queiroz coached
the Portuguese youth side and Sporting Lisbon.
The Portuguese international frequently switches wings for
Real and is considered much more versatile than Beckham.
The eloquent English speaker was in characteristically
philosophical form when asked about his mission.
"When we have great players, fantastic people and our
responsibility is always about inspiration, excitement, it's
all about imagination and try to find with work the right
solutions," Queiroz told reporters. "The problem is, in
training, coaching, when you don't have good players -- that
is a nightmare."
Real fever has hit China in the weeks leading up to their
arrival, jumpstarted by Beckham's move from Manchester United
for a fee worth up to 35
million euros ($40.21 million US) but is not only the England
captain who is catching the attention of the Chinese fans.
"I'm waiting for an autograph from Raul, I don't know how
to express my feelings now, but I love everything in him, I
love the way he looks, his skills as a soccer player, and his
character," said a young woman sporting the shirts her
favourite player wears for Real Madrid and the Spanish
national team.
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