'Legends' game featuring Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Totti canceled
![From left: Francesco Totti, Paolo Maldini, Ahn Jung-hwan and Choi Jin-cheul pose with legend all-star match jerseys during a press conference held at Fairmont Ambassador Seoul in western Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/10/12/6fc1257f-565d-4ef4-94ee-455bcad7d404.jpg)
From left: Francesco Totti, Paolo Maldini, Ahn Jung-hwan and Choi Jin-cheul pose with legend all-star match jerseys during a press conference held at Fairmont Ambassador Seoul in western Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]
An all-star game featuring legendary footballers from Brazil, Italy and Korea scheduled to take place in Goyang, Gyeonggi next week has been canceled, local promoters announced Thursday.
The “Legends All-Star” game — which was set to feature some of the biggest names in football from the 1990s and 2000s, including Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Gilberto Silva, Gianluca Zambrotta, Francesco Totti and Korea’s own Ahn Jung-hwan will take part in the game — was canceled Thursday according to a notice on ticket-seller Interpark’s website.
“We would like to inform you that the Legends All-Star game has been canceled due to circumstances involving the event’s organizers,” Interpark said in a statement uploaded on the company’s website. “We are planning to refund all ticket purchases. We apologize to all the fans who were looking forward to this event.”
The Legends game was organized by Emirati football management firm Racing City Group, with many of the participating players also managed under the company’s Legends program.
According to local reports, the event was canceled by local promoters after Racing City Group failed to meet an agreed payment schedule.
Racing City Group could not be reached for comment as of press time Thursday.
BY JIM BULLEY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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