Zidane wants to give Algeria a match

The star of world football French Zinedin Zidan made the initiative to hold a charitable friendly match between the French team of 1998, when the “tricolor” were world champions, and the Marseilles club Olympic, in which Russian Dmitry Sychev acts.

All income received from the game will be sent to the fund for helping the victims of the earthquake in Algeria. The tragedy that occurred on May 21 took away the lives of almost 2,200 people, about 10 thousand were injured, almost 80 thousand were left without shelter.

“Every person’s duty is to help my neighbor. Although I was born in France, my roots in Algeria, there is the birthplace of my parents,” said Zinedine Zidan, who currently defends the colors of the Madrid Real Madrid.

According to the Frenchman, the exact date of the match has not yet been determined. It is planned that the meeting will be held in Marseille in the first half of October, ITAR-TASS reports.