2003 - FC Tokyo v Real Madrid

FC Tokyo v Real Madrid - 2003

Real Madrid comfortably defeated FC Tokyo 3-0 in this friendly match, played on a very wet night in Tokyo in front of 65,000 supporters. David Beckham opened the scoring from a curling 20 yard free kick, and Solari doubled Real's lead before half time finishing from a tight angle after Ronaldo's effort was saved. A nice piece of skill and great finish from Ronaldo rounded off the scoring right at the end of the second half.

The official 76 page programme is shown below. Apart from one introduction in Spanish, the programme is all in Japanese. The programme begins with three pages of introductions from the dignatories. Following is four pages with details of the Real Madrid and FC Tokyo players with small photos of the players. The next 3 pages contain an article on Real Madrid and its history followed by 19 pages with extensive articles on David Beckham, Ronaldo, Raul, Roberto Carlos, Zidane, Figo, Casillas, Makelele and Helguera. The next two pages are an article on Real Madrid manager Carlos Queiroz. The next 3 pages contain an article on FC Tokyo and its history followed by 12 pages with extensive articles on their players including Amaral, Ishikawa and Jean. The next two pages are an article on FC Tokyo manager Hiromi Hara. There is an article on possible formations both teams could use followed by a final page with space to enter team line-ups, scores and scorers etc.

Programme