DNC Indonesia team to meet Zidane
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The 2007 Danone Nations Club (DNC) Team, which just came back from Lyon, France, for the 10-12-year-old kid football competition, is scheduled to meet Zinedine Zidane in Sukabumi, on Friday.
Zinedine Zidane, a noted world soccer player, is a world envoy for Danone programs for children, according Brand Director of Danone Aqua Indonesia Didi Nugrahadi.
"His present here will encourage the three elements of `Agua for Indonesian Children Program` aimed at improving the welfare of children," he said.
Prior to the meeting with DNC Team, Zinedine Zidane of France is scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace on Friday, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here on Thursday.
"Tomorrow (July 6), Zidane will meet with the president. He (Zidane) has a lot of fans in Indonesia, and the president is one of them," the presidential spokesman said.
Members of the under-13 years old team of the All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) who had shown good achievements of late would also be invited to the palace event on Friday.
The agenda of the meeting with the president would not be specific or serious as it was "just to have friendly chats and fun," he added.
He added that Zidane would show his expertise in playing the `round leather` on the palace`s premises. "Just for fun he will show how to kick a ball," he said.
Zinedine Zidane is on a visit to Indonesia from July 6 to 8, 2007.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The 2007 Danone Nations Club (DNC) Team, which just came back from Lyon, France, for the 10-12-year-old kid football competition, is scheduled to meet Zinedine Zidane in Sukabumi, on Friday.
Zinedine Zidane, a noted world soccer player, is a world envoy for Danone programs for children, according Brand Director of Danone Aqua Indonesia Didi Nugrahadi.
"His present here will encourage the three elements of `Agua for Indonesian Children Program` aimed at improving the welfare of children," he said.
Prior to the meeting with DNC Team, Zinedine Zidane of France is scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace on Friday, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here on Thursday.
"Tomorrow (July 6), Zidane will meet with the president. He (Zidane) has a lot of fans in Indonesia, and the president is one of them," the presidential spokesman said.
Members of the under-13 years old team of the All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) who had shown good achievements of late would also be invited to the palace event on Friday.
The agenda of the meeting with the president would not be specific or serious as it was "just to have friendly chats and fun," he added.
He added that Zidane would show his expertise in playing the `round leather` on the palace`s premises. "Just for fun he will show how to kick a ball," he said.
Zinedine Zidane is on a visit to Indonesia from July 6 to 8, 2007.