Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is among the 100 world-class footballers set to arrive in Ghana for the country’s biggest sporting event this year.
Michael Essien, the Ghana superstar who plays for Real Madrid, has invited some of the world’s best players to play in Accra between World IX and Africa IX in June to raise fund to promote peace in Africa.
Some of the world’s best players from Spain, England, Italy, France and Germany have been invited to play in the friendly game dubbed ‘A Game Of Hope And Inspiration’.
A three-day mammoth event has been planned with a music concert with some of the world’s and Africa’s best musicians in attendance.
Players like Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue, Asamoah Gyan, Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, Adam Kwarasey, Kwadwo Asamoah have been invited for the match.
Top Spain-based players like Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Sergio Ramos, Luca Modric, Xabi Alonso, Kaka and Xabi Alonso have all been invited for the game.
Alex Song of Barcelona, Jon Mikel Obi, Peter Cech, Emmanuel Frimpong, John Mensah, Malouda and Victor Moses are among the top stars expected to come for the event.
French star Jibril Cisse, Freddie Ljungberg, Paulo Ferreira, Florent Malouda, Ricardo Carvalho and Claude Makalele have confirmed their attendance.
Some top ex-players like George Weah, Marcel Desailly and Freddy Ljunberg are all expected to also play in the game to raise money for charity in Ghana.
Reigning African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure and his brother Kolo Toure as well as Nigerian superstars Nwankwo Kano and Daniel Amokachi have confirmed their participation.
Michael Essien, Daniel Pappoe, Emmanuel Frimpong, Stephen Appiah, Tony Yeboah, Samuel Osei Kuffour, George Weah, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Yakubu Ayegbeni, Augustine Arhinful, Emmanuel Adebayor, Richard Kingson and Kalusha Bwalya have also confirmed they are attending the event.
The event is expected to be the biggest sporting event in Ghana in 2013 similar to the charity match which Essien hosted in 2011 that drew thousands of fans as well as many world class players from the world.
On the 25th of May 2011, Michael Essien, as part of his commitment, hosted World Football Stars in a football match between a select African 11 side led by himself and a world 11 side led by Ashley Cole at the National Sports Stadium in Accra, Ghana to promote and rally support for PEACE in AFRICA.
It was rated as the best event organised in the country that year and the best sporting event in Ghana in many many years because of the huge patronage and entertainment during the game.
Essien is a Peace Ambassador appointed by the African Union in 2010 to use his status as an African and international footballer to promote peace in Africa.
The latest Essien initiative is expected to create huge awareness of the need for Africans themselves to make an effort to inspire the youth towards peace, hope and inspiration.
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