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MILAN - Former AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko joins the Integration Heroes mission to help Ukrainian families escaping the war-torn country.
The former football player from Ukraine has joined forces with the Municipality of Milan on an initiative to help integrate Ukrainian child refugees into the Italian school system and support their education.
To this end, Shevchenko has set up the toll-free number 020205, where Ukrainian parents will receive information to orient their children in their new reality.
The Integration Heroes match, organized by African soccer legend Samuel Eto’o with the support of the Serie A, will be played on May 23 at the Meazza San Siro stadium in Milan. It will be a symbolic game against any form of discrimination.
“I immediately felt the closeness of Samuel and this project. We share our intentions for a world free from discrimination and, in a moment like this, I can only make myself available to my Ukraine and lend a hand to those on the run and living in terror. This is why I decided to set up this number and try to give many families a semblance of normality, in such a dramatic and difficult situation,” Shevchenko said.
The initiative will enable the children to start Italian language lessons. There will be also the possibility of creating a virtual channel to organize classes in DAD to resume the education started in Ukraine.
The Integration Heroes match will be transmitted in national and international media, and will feature some of the greatest current and former football champions. Among them Júlio César, Javier Zanetti, Francesco Totti, Paulo Dybala, Andrea Pirlo, Filippo Inzaghi, Wesley Sneijder and Eto’o’s teammate in many triumphs at Barcelona, Lionel Messi.
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ROME – Inter Milan wins the 2022 Coppa Italia by defeating Juventus 4-2 in extra time. It is the eighth time a team from Milan has won the Coppa Italia.
The regular time of the match ended 2-2 with goals from Nicolo Barella, Alex Sandro, Dusan Vlahovic and Hakan Calanhoglu from a penalty kick. During the first half of extra time, Ivan Perisic scored two goals, first in 9th minute from a penalty kick and then in the 12th minute, giving Inter a victory.
"It is enormously pleased to have won the Coppa Italia. We were very keen on it," the Inter’s coach, Simone Inzaghi told a press conference. “I am satisfied for the players, for my club and above all for these wonderful players, fans who accompanied us from the first Coppa Italia match to the end," he added.
The final match was played at Olimpico stadium in Rome on Wednesday.
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ROME – After defeating Leicester City 1-0, AS Roma goes to the final of Conference League in Tirana May 25, organisers said. Josè Mourinho's team will face the Dutch Feyenoord, which eliminated Marseille.
It will be the first time Roma will play in an European final for 31 years.
At the beginning of Thursday’s game the hosts took full initiative and dominated. As a result, AS Roma took the lead already in the 11th minute of the match. The sniper Tammy Abraham, who plays as a striker, used a pass from Lorenzo Pellegrini and headed in a goal.
In the 17th minute Roma had another opportunity to score a goal with Pellegrini, who forced the Foxes goalkeeper to intervene and took a corner kick. Over time, Leicester activated an offensive game, but Roma's defensive skill prevented the English players from scoring. In the next part of the game the pace slowed down and Mourinho’s team focused mostly on solid, effective defense.
The first edition of the Conference League started this season. By winning the game against Leicester Mourinho became the first coach in history to reach the finals of the Champions League, Europa League and the Europa Conference League. Now he has a chance to be the first to win in all three cups.
“There are many levels of expectations and of hope. The history of Roma is a history of suffering, they do not win much and have played few finals,” the coach of AS Roma told a press conference.
Mourinho also thanked players for two good games in the semifinals against a great team and highlighted that “it was a victory of the family who were on the pitch, on the bench and in the stadium.”
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