Italian team Lazio to play at Senayan

Italian team Lazio to play at Senayan

JAKARTA (JP): Italian top division soccer team Lazio will lock
horns with a local all-star team in an exhibition match at
Senayan stadium at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Dali Taher, tournament director, told a press conference
yesterday that Lazio, currently still in China on an Asian tour,
will receive US$180,000 for its one-day appearance here.

Lazio, ranked fourth in the Serie A, is expected to arrive
here on Saturday from Hong Kong.

Lazio will include 1993 and 1994 Serie A top scorer Giuseppe
Signori, Roberto Rambaudi, Paulo Negro, Argentinian Jose Chamot
and Luca Marghegiani, the reserve goalie of the Italian team in
the 1994 World Cup.

But the team will be missing Dutchman Aaron Winter, Croatian
Alen Boksic and Italians Pierluigi Casiraghi, Diego Fuser and
Roberto di Matteo, due to the preparations of their respective
national teams for the upcoming 1996 Euro Cup in England, from
June 8 to July 1.

President of Lazio Dino Zoff, Italy's national goalie in three
World Cup finals in 1978, 1982 and 1986, will be accompanying his
team.

The Indonesian players were picked by post card vote. The
system was used two weeks ago to choose the best players for the
all-star match between the Western and Eastern divisions.

The organizer received 11,455 post cards from soccer fans in
the country's 27 provinces to pick and team up the best players.

Tickets are priced between Rp 50,000 (US$22) and Rp 5,000.

Meanwhile, the All-Indonesia Football Association's secretary
general, Nugraha Besoes, said that another Italian team,
Sampdoria, which is currently still touring Asia and Australia,
will also be playing the national all-star team on June 4 in
Medan, North Sumatra.

"Sampdoria will arrive in Medan from Perth on June 2," Nugraha
said.

The match, which will take place in Teladan Stadium, Medan,
will start at 5 p.m. (yan)