KUWAIT: Eleven world soccer legends confirmed their presence at the opening of Jaber stadium Dec 18, as Italian defender Alessandro Netsa, Ukrania’s attacker Andre Shevchenko and Portugal’s Deco joined the group. Nesta, Shevchenko and Deco joined eight others who confirmed their participation earlier, they are Carles Puyol, Michel Salgado from Spain, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluca Zambrotta from Italy, Ronaldinlo de Assis Moreira from Brazil, Luis Figo from Portugal, Paul Scholes from England and Robert Pires from France.
The list of 16 players will be completed today by announcing the five remaining names, besides Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti. Voting on choosing Kuwaiti stars will conclude tomorrow (Monday), which started with 39 players. Fans will chose two goalkeepers, four defenders, four midfielders and two strikers, besides a number of reserves. Owner and President of Nottingham Forest team asked sports fans to attend the opening activity of Jaber Stadium on Dec 18, on his twitter account.