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Former Barcelona and France defender Eric Abidal take part in a charity match Game4Ukraine in London.
Recall that in February 2023, Abidal visited the Russian Federation, and played at the friendly tournament Legends Cup in Moscow.
In addition to Barcelona, Abidal is known for playing for Monaco, Lille, Lyon, Olympiacos and a number of other clubs. He was also the sporting director of the Blaugranas in the period 2018-20.
The participants of the Game4Ukraine charity match will be well-known football personalities, including Gerard Pique, Clarence Seedorf, Fabio Cannavaro, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Oleg Luzhny, Yevhen Levchenko, Sergei Rebrov, Dario Srna.
Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko will be 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 fight will take place on August 5 in London at the club stadium Chelsea Stamford Bridge. The collected funds will be used to restore the Mykhailo-Kotsiubyn Lyceum in the Chernihiv region, which was destroyed by the occupiers in March 2022.
We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Eric Abidal to Game4Ukraine. 🇺🇦⚽️
Considered one of the best left backs of his time, Eric will take the pitch at Stamford Bridge on August 5th.
For tickets, visit https://t.co/UPaeinPY8K@EAbidalOfficial #game4ukraine pic.twitter.com/hwCQLhvaTH
— game4ukraine (@game_4_ukraine) July 15, 2023
Source: Sportarena
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