Zidane, Giggs, Beckham, Batistuta, named in FIFA squad

April 29, 1999
Calciomercarto

FIFA World squad to play Australia in a football match to officially open the Olympic stadium on June 12 was announced Thursday.

Goalkeepers - Andreas Kopke (Nurnberg, Ger), Bernard Lama (Paris St.Germain, Fra), Carlos Roa (Real Mallorca, Arg).

Defenders - Laurent Blanc (Olympique de Marseille, Fra), Julio Cesar (Panathinaikos FC, Bra), Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan, Ita) Marcel Desailly (Chelsea, Fra), Hadji El Moustafa (Deportivo La Coruna, Mar), Carlos Gamarra (Corinthians, Par), Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid, Spa) Rigobert Song (Liverpool, Cam), Frank Verlaat (Vfb Stuttgart, Ned), Taribo West (Inter Milan, Nig), Aron Winter (Inter Milan, Ned).

Midfielders/forwards - Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina, Arg), David Beckham (Manchester United, Eng), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Ita), Youri Djorkaeff (Inter Milan, Fra), Luis Figo (Barcelona, Por), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United, Wal), Jurgen Klinsmann (Ger), Leonardo (AC Milan, Bra), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia, Jpn), Raul (Real Madrid, Spa) Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid, Arg), Ciriaco Sforza (Kaiserslautern, Swi), Andrii Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukr), Juan Veron (Parma, Arg), Christian Vieri (Lazio, Ita), George Weah (AC Milan, Lib), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United, Tri), Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, Fra). 
 
Coaches - Aime Jacquet (Fra), Van Sam (Tah).
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