Europe XI

Some of the greatest players to grace the UEFA Champions League will be at Old Trafford on Tuesday, 13 March 2007.

Ronaldinho, Steven Gerrard, Paolo Maldini, Ronaldo and other stars will play for Marcello Lippi’s Europe XI in a mouthwatering match against Sir Alex Ferguson’s current United Side.

The match celebrates 50 years since United entered European competition and half a century since the Treaty of Rome, which paved the way for a united Europe. Proceeds from the game will go to The Manchester United Foundation, which delivers a range of educational opportunities to young people including football coaching, skills training, personal development and life changing experiences.

The full Europe XI squad
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn, Grégory Coupet, Iker Casillas.
Defenders: Paolo Maldini, Jamie Carragher, Eric Abidal, Lilan Thuram, Carles Puyol, Marco Materazzi, Fabio Grosso.
Midfielders: Gianluca Zambrotta, Steven Gerrard, Juninho Pernambucano, Florent Malouda, Luis Miguel, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo.
Strikers: Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Alessandro Mancini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson.

Source: Manutd.com 

Cause of Social Death: Exanguination

Moon blood sucks stinky ass. Kill me now. Didn’t help that the Manure stank up my whole weekend. Everything hurts right now. More my ego than my womanly parts. I wish there was a pill for that.

Gay lovin’ for the Roo

Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears was making his presence known in Britain in other ways. In an interview with tabloid The Sun, he revealed a crush one of England’s football stars:

“I think Wayne Rooney is totally hot — he’s so sexy. I don’t know anything about football. I know who David Beckham is but I think Wayne is really, really cute — totally my cup of tea. Those World Cup ads with the England flag where Wayne’s half-naked I thought, ‘Gosh you’re so hot!’ I’d rather dance with him than his girlfriend anyway.”

Shears’ comments didn’t go unnoticed by the Manchester United team, where Wayne Rooney experienced a bit of hetero locker room ribbing according to reports by the same publication:

Ringleader Rio Ferdinand was dishing out the most stick, singing Scissor’s hit Filthy/Gorgeous when his chum Roo arrived at the team’s Carrington training ground on Saturday morning.

And when Roo walked into the dressing room he found a copy of The Sun open on my Bizarre page with Jake’s confession.

During preparations for yesterday’s big game with Arsenal other players chipped in with limp-wristed hand gestures and camp accents.

A source said: ‘Wayne knew he was in for a torrid time before he came into training. Rio and the boys were cracking up when they read about his new admirer. There was no chance Wayne was going to be let off lightly. They were all singing Scissor Sisters songs in falsetto voices and shouting ‘Chase me, chase me’ on the pitch in camp voices.

Wayne took it in good spirits and said he was ‘flattered’ because his fiancée Coleen McLoughlin loves the band — which made things worse.’

Wayne retaliated after training, shouting: “How many of you have a gay following?” — at which point the players all turned and pointed at Portuguese winker Cristiano Ronaldo.

SOURCE: The Sun