Football stars to play charity match in London to raise money for Ukraine

Yevhen Kizilov — Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 21:56

Andrii Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko are to play in Game4Ukraine, a charity match in London in support of Ukraine that will bring together famous players of today and football legends on the field.

Source: a press release from the charity platform UNITED24 provided to Ukrainska Pravda

Details: The event was announced during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The game will reportedly take place on 5 August at Chelsea's home stadium of Stamford Bridge.

The two stars of Ukrainian football will wear the captains' armbands.

The aim of the match is to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Lyceum in Chernihiv Oblast, destroyed by Russian troops in March 2022.

Details regarding the match and tickets can be found here.

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