Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko will be team captains in a charity match
Four more participants of the charity match were determined Game4Ukraine in support of Ukraine, which will be held in London at the Chelsea Stamford Bridge club stadium.
The match will be played by an Italian Gianfranco Zola, Ghanaian Michael EssienCameroonian Samuel Eto’o and Portuguese Ricardo Carvalho. It is noteworthy that all four are ex-players of London Chelsea.
During his long career, Eto’o played for Real Madrid, Inter, Sampdoria, Everton and Barcelona, where he scored 108 goals in 145 matches played. Samuel also has 118 matches and 56 goals scored in the shirt of the Cameroon national team, with whom he took part in three world championships – 1998, 2002 and 2014.
Zola played at Stamford Bridge from 1996-2003 and during that time scored 80 goals in 312 matches for the blues, winning six trophies. As a coach, Gianfranco has worked for a number of clubs, including West Ham, Watford, Cagliari and Birmingham.
Ricardo Carvalho played for Porto, Chelsea, Monaco, Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team, in which the back played 89 matches and scored 5 goals. In the summer of 2016, together with the national team, the defender won the European Championship.
Essien played for Bastia, Lyon, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Milan, Panathinaikos and Indonesian Persib Bandung throughout his career. With the national team of Ghana, Michael performed at two World Championships, and also became the vice-champion of CAN-2010.
Ex-Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué, legendary Netherlands and Milan national team player Clarence Seedorf, 2006 Ballon d’Or winner Fabio Cannavaro, ex-France and Arsenal national team player Patrick Vieira, England legends David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand and others will take part in the charity match in London. famous personalities.
Andriy Shevchenko and Alexander Zinchenko will be the team captains in the charity match. The head coach of the Zinchenko team will be the legendary French coach, ex-coach of the London Arsenal Arsene Wenger.
The charity fight is scheduled for August 5 in London. Its goal is to raise funds for the restoration of the Mykhailo-Kotsiubyn Lyceum in the Chernihiv region, which was destroyed by the occupiers in March 2022.
Early on the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched rocket and air strikes on most Ukrainian cities and then launched a full-scale military invasion. The war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been going on for the 485th day.
Source: Sportarena
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