ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Croatian international Zvonimir
Boban said on Tuesday he would mark his departure from soccer
with a farewell match between a Croatia side and an
international selection in Zagreb on October 7.
Boban, 34, who led Croatia to third place at the 1998 World
Cup in France, quit international soccer last year after a
17-year career.
The main event of the day will be a match between Croatia's
1998 team, coached by former manager Miroslav Blazevic, and a
selection of current and former world players including
Alessandro Del Pierro, Elber, Oliver Bierhoff, Marco Van Basten
and George Weah.
The Croatian team will include Davor Suker, Robert
Prosinecki, Igor Stimac, Slaven Bilic and Aljosa Asanovic -
most of whom are not longer playing.
Before that, two of Boban's former teams - Dinamo Zagreb,
where he started his career in 1985 and AC Milan, where he
gained international fame - will play each other.
Boban will play one half for each side and the entire game
- shortened to 45 minutes - for the national team.
'I could not say which of the three teams I'll be playing
for is my favourite,' Boban said. 'I've had great moments in all
of them. I only regret that the Dinamo I played for did not win
any championships or cups,' he added.
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