The majority of players of the football match dedicated to the 60th anniversary of legend of Armenian football and "Ararat” club, footballer of USSR team Khoren Hovhannisyan are already known.
Organizer of the match Artur Soghomonyan told Mediamax Sport correspondent that the players of the USSR team are completely known.
The USSR team will include Rinat Dasayev, Leonid Buryak, Igor Belanov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Anatoliy Demyanenko, Georgi Yartsev, Oleg Romantsev, Valeri Shmarov, Valery Gazzaev, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, Alexander Tarkhanov, Valery Kechinov, Dmitri Khlestov, Aleksandre Chivadze, Otar Gabelia, Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Armenak Sargsyan and Zhora Hovhannisyan.
Gennaro Gattuso, Roberto Carlos, Angelo Di Livio, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Aldair, Iván Zamorano, Hristo Stoichkov, Tijani Babangida, Patrik Berger, Jari Litmanen and Harald Schumacher have confirmed their participation in the World team. And the main hero of the day – Khoren Hovhannisyan – will play for both teams.
This is not the final list of the World team. New players might join it.
According to Soghomonyan, the majority of the guests, especially Carlos, Gattuso and Zamorano, are interested in Armenia. That is why the organizers have worked out quite a saturated program for them. The guests will certainly pay a visit to Tsitsernakaberd and pay tribute to the innocent victims of the Armenians Genocide. They will also visit Ejmiatsin.
The match to take place at the Republican Stadium named after Vazgen Sargsyan on March 28 will be preceded by a concert.
The match was initially decided to last 80 minutes, however, since a number of footballers will be involved in the teams, we decided that each half will last 45 minutes for all footballers to play.
The tickets come at AMD 500-1000. The entire sum raised from the ticket sales will be donated to “Grant Life” Charity Foundation supporting children with blood cancer and other serious diseases.
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