Tomorrow, December the 22nd, at 20.45 CET Goran Pandev will play in the charity match at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza o San Siro in Milano for the Ambassadors of Peace team and will face Iraq. This will be his first cap for the team of the world.
"For me this is a great honor, but also a big moment because I will represent Macedonia. Its first match like this in my carrier and a great motive for the future." – said Goran Pandev after hearing that he is in the squad for the game.
The team called Ambassadors of Peace is concluded of 32 worlds wide known star-players:
Goalkeepers:
Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri – Getafe (Spain), Argentina
Gianluigi Buffon – Juventus, Italy
Defenders:
Alessandro Nesta – Milan, Italy
Carles Puyol – Barcelona, Spain
Iván Ramiro Córdoba – Inter (Italy), Colombia
Fabio Cannavaro – Real Madrid (Spain), Italy
John Terry – Chelsea, England
Paolo Maldini – Milan, Italy
Marco Materazzi – Inter, italy
Silvinho Mendes Campos Júnior – Barcelona (Spain), Brazil
Patrick Müller – Monaco (France), Switzerland
Midfielders:
Michael Ballack – Chelsea (England), Germany
David Beckham – LA Galaxy (USA), England
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro – Manchester United (England), Portugal
Steven Gerrard – Liverpool, England
Javier Adelmar Zanetti – Inter (Italy), Argentina
Saud Khariri – Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia
Álvaro Rivero Recoba – Torino (Italy), Uruguay
Yuriy Valentinovich Zhirkov – CSKA Moskva, Russia
Attackers:
Alessandro Del Piero – Juventus, Italy
Didier Drogba – Chelsea (England), Ivory Coast
Filippo Inzaghi – Milan, Italy
Kaká Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite – Milan (Italy), Brazil
Lionel Andrés Messi – Barcelona (Spain), Argentina
Goran Pandev – Lazio (Italy), Macedonia
Raúl González Blanco – Real Madrid, Spain
Tommaso Rocchi – Lazio, Italy
Ronaldinho de Assis Moreira – Milan (Italy), Brazil
Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima – Corinthians, Brazil
Samuel Eto’o – Barcelona (Spain), Cameroon
Carlos Alberto Tévez – Manchester United (England), Argentina
Francesco Totti – Roma, Italy
The match is being organized by the two organizations “Un Goal per la Vita Onlus” ant the “World Organization for Peace (OMPP)”. The motto is “Un Goal per la pace” (A Goal for peace).
The following 27 players will play for the Iraqi national team:
Goalkeepers:
Noor Sabri – Al-Talaba
Mohammed Kassid – Al-Zawraa
Ali Muttashar Naser Al-Lami – Al Naft
Defenders:
Haidar Abdul-Amir – Shabab Al-Ordon (Jordan)
Ali Hussein Rehema – Al-Wakra (Qatar)
Jassim Mohammed Ghulam – Al-Buqa’a (Jordan)
Salam Shakir – Al-Khor (Qatar)
Saad Attiya – Al-Merrikh (Sudan)
Khaldoun Ibrahim – Arbil
Bassim Abbas – Al-Talaba
Ous Ibrahim – Al-Zawraa
Midfielders:
Nashat Akram – Al-Gharrafa (Qatar)
Salih Sadir – Al-Ahed (Lebanon)
Mahdi Karim – Al-Khor (Qatar)
Hawar Mulla Mohammed – Anorthosis (Cyprus)
Halgurd Mulla Mohammed – Sulaymaniyah
Samer Saeed – Al Ahly Tripoli (Lybia)
Mohammed Faisal – Al-Amana
Karrar Jassim Mohammed – Al-Wakrah (Qatar)
Haitham Kadhim – Sepahan (Iran)
Ahmed Abd Ali – Arbil
Qusay Munir – Qatar SC (Qatar)
Attackers:
Alaa Abdul-Zahra – Al-Merrikh (Sudan)
Younis Mahmoud – Al-Arabi (Qatar) he got an injury and wont play
Emad Mohammed – Sepahan (Iran)
Ali Salah Hashim – Al-Faisaly (Jordan)
Mohammad Nasser – Esteghlal Ahvaz (Iran)
The shedulle:
17.30 Gates Opening
18:10 – 19:00 Sport Football Associations Parade
19:00 – 19:05 First Half – Match between AC Milan Junior Team and FC Inter Junior Team
19:05 – 19:10 Break
19:10 – 19:15 Second Half – Match between AC Milan Junior Team and FC Inter Junior Team
19:15 – 19:35 First Half – Match between Past International Football Champions and Past Football Champions AC Milan/FC Inter
19:35 – 19:40 Break
19:40 – 20:00 Second Half – Match between Past International Football Champions and Past Football Champions AC Milan/FC Inter
20:00 – 20:10 TV Live Show Starts
20:10 – 20:15 President UGPV and WOFP, together at Middlefield in order to present
20:15 – 20:30 National and International Singer start their exhibition
20:30 – 20:35 Spokesman for Iraqi Government Speech
20:35 – 20:40 National Anthems – for Ambassadors of Peace – "Angels – A Song for Peace"
20:45 Iraqi National Football Team vs Ambassadors of Peace
21:30 – 21:45 Break – Peace Award to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (AC Milan) and Massimo Moratti (FC Inter)