- Title: JAPAN: MANCHESTER UNITED ARRIVE IN JAPAN FOR SERIES OF FRIENDLY MATCHES
- Date: 27th July 2005
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JULY 27, 2005)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CROWDS AT NARITA AIRPORT 0.08 2. CHILD WITH HANDWRITTEN CARTOONS AND SIGN READING 'I LOVE MUTD, MAY I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?' 0.12 3. VARIOUS OF THE MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM ARRIVING (RIO FERDINAND, RUUD VAN NISTELROOY, GARY NEVILLE, PHIL NEVILLE) 0.21 4. TEAM WALKING BY FANS 0.29 5. MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER CRISTIANO RONALDO SIGNING AUTOGRAPH 0.38 6. MORE OF PLAYERS AND FANS 0.47 7. (SOUNDBITE)(Japanese) UNIDENTIFIED FAN SAYING: "(Ryan) Giggs signed it when he saw his name here. His named shirt worked! Thanks. Please trash Kashima tomorrow. United is the best! Thank you" 1.02 8. WIDE OF THE NATIONAL STADIUM 1.06 9. VARIOUS OF MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS (JOHN O'SHEA, GARY NEVILLE, PHIL NEVILLE, RUUD VAN NISTELROOY, RIO FERDINAND, CRISTIANO RONALDO) KICKING THE BALL AROUND WITH JAPANESE CHILDREN (3 SHOTS) 1.52 10. MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER RUUD VAN NISTELROOY SIGNING A JAPANESE CHILD'S UNIFORM 1.59 11. FANS / WIDE OF STADIUM (2 SHOTS) 2.06 12. WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE 2.10 13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER SIR ALEX FERGUSON SAYING: "As far as the game is concerned, we are trying to get hold of some videos of (Kashima) Antlers to get a look at them. But we respect them, we think it's going to be a tough match. We think Japanese football is progressing all the time. So we look forward to that game" 2.27 14. JOURNALISTS 2.30 15. (SOUNDBITE)(English) MANCHESTER UNITED CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID GILL SAYING: "What we do is, when we come in, is we don't just come in and and sort of play the game and move on. We've had various meetings with the Chinese F.A., the clubs in China and we work with the local people to talk about football and development. And I think as part of that we don't just come in and take the money and leave, we tried to work with the authorities to make sure the game develops in the country" 2.53 16. GILL, FERGUSON AND GOALKEEPER EDWIN VAN DER SAR POSING FOR CAMERAS 3.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
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- Story Text: The Manchester United squad arrived in Tokyo on
Wednesday (July 27) for friendly matches against Japanese
sides.
United arrived in Japan from China, where they defeated
Beijing Hyundai 3-0 on Tuesday. They play four-time J.
League champions Kashima Antlers on Thursday and last
year's league runners-up, Urawa, on Saturday.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson told a news
conference that they were not taking the matches lightly.
"As far as the game is concerned, we are trying to get
hold of some videos of (Kashima) Antlers to get a look at
them. But we respect them, we think it's going to be a
tough match. We think Japanese football is progressing all
the time. So we look forward to that game," Ferguson said.
There were fewer fans at Narita airport than when
former United player David Beckham arrived with Real Madrid
on Sunday (July 24).
But Manchester United chief executive David Gill
confronted criticism that the summer round of friendly
games in Asia had become too commercial and was losing its
appeal.
"What we do is, when we come in, is we don't just come
in and and sort of play the game and move on. We've had
various meetings with the Chinese F.A. the clubs in China
and we work with the local people to talk about football
and development. And I think as part of that we don't just
come in and take the money and leave, we tried to work with
the authorities to make sure the game develops in the
country," Gill said.
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