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11th Annual Match Against Poverty from Bern, Switzerland

Footballing legends will take part in an exhibition encounter in Switzerland on Tuesday to raise funds for the Typhoon Haiyan disaster in the Philippines. Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Paolo Maldini are among the legends who will take part in an all-star footballing exhibition in Switzerland. It will take place on Tuesday, March 4 at the national stadium in Bern, Switzerland, the Stade de Suisse. Other familar faces include: Fernando Hierro, Fabio Cannavaro, Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira, Gennaro Gattuso, Pavel Nedved, Christian Vieri and Giovane Elber. Former Chelsea coach Ruud Gullit, who will be in charge of the all-star side, said: “It is a privilege and a challenge to steer a team with such great world football names.

The confirmed players in the Ronaldo, Zidane & Friends’ team: Ronald de Boer (Netherlands), Steve McManaman and Jamie Carragher (England), Zinedine Zidane, Robert Pires, Christian Kerembeu, Youri Djorkaeff and Patrick Vieira (France), Gaizka Mendieta, Fernando Hierro and Michel Salgado (Spain), Nuno Gomes, Paulo Ferreira, Fernando Couto, Luis Figo and Paulo Sousa (Portugal), Ronaldo, Marta and Giovane Elber (Brazil), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic), Gianluca Zambrotta, Gennaro Gattuso, Christian Vieri, Carlo Cudicini, Paolo Maldini and Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Hakan Sukur (Turkey), Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan), Davor Suker (Croatia), Antonios Nikopolidis (Greece), Santiago Solari (Argentina) and Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden).