Del Piero chosen for all stars game in June

April 29, 1999

Injured Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero has been picked as part of a team to play a celebration friendly in Australia in June.

The striker is still trying to recover from knee surgery on damaged ligaments at the end of last year and must be rated as a doubt for the June 12th game between a FIFA all stars side and the Australian national team in the Olympic stadium in Sydney.

World Cup winning coach Aime Jacquet has chosen the 32 players from among the best in the world to celebrate the start of the countdown to the Olympics in Sydney next year.

Andrii Shevchenko and Hidetoshi Nakata are two young stars picked to be in the squad. Former Australian citizen Christian Vieri has been chosen along with Manchester United trio Yorke, Beckham and Giggs. World player of the year Zinedine Zidane is also included.
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