Beijing to host Barca

时间：2007-05-22 02:52:55

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Ronaldinho and Barcelona's other top players will feature when the Catalan club plays Beijing Guo'an in the capital on August 5, organizers said yesterday.

The former World Player of the Year is hugely popular in China and his presence1 will be big draw as the Spanish champion aims to bury the memory of its last trip to China.

Its match against Shanghai International three years ago was played the day after China's Asian Cup final clash2 against Japan and the attendance3 was disappointing. "In 2004, Barcelona visited Shanghai and the club felt it damaged its image," Liu Hongwei said. "So they want to repair it."

The August 5 match, one of three on Barcelona's Asian tour which also stops in Japan and Macau, will be played at Beijing's Fengtai stadium as the refurbishment of the bigger Worker's Stadium will not be completed in time.

Organizers will put in an extra 6,000 seats to take the capacity4 up to 35,000 and said Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi were contracted to come if they were still at the club. The match will form part of celebration of the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, starting on August 8.


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1 presence wQUxt     
n.出席；到场；存在
参考例句：
  • Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
  • His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。
2 clash hOfzg     
vi.冲突，不协调，砰地相撞；n.冲突，不协调
参考例句：
  • There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday.星期四下午两点有两堂课是冲突的。
  • The pot came down on the stone floor with a clash.锅“当”地一声掉到石地上。
3 attendance qvFzZ     
n.出席，出席人数，护理，照料
参考例句：
  • The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
  • The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。
4 capacity ITxy7     
n.能力，力量，接受力；容量，能量，容积
参考例句：
  • She is employed by the president in an advisory capacity.她被总裁聘为顾问。
  • This carriage has a seating capacity of 120 people.这节车厢定员120人。

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