Juve fields its heart

Juve fields its heart

Two matches for charity will see Juventus participating through some of its most important champions both of the past as well as the present. The two initiatives, which were launched in the past days are just round the corner.

The first will be played on Saturday 16th May at 18:00hrs at the Stadio Cenisia in via Revelo 1 in Turin and will see a selection of All Star Juventus players against the national designers’ team. The money collected will be in aid of the Fondazione “Crescere Insieme al Sant’Anna” Onlus. In the Juventus formation with Michelangelo Rampulla as capital there will also be champions of the calibre of Stefano Tacconi, Massimo Carrera, Pietro Vierchowod and Fabrizio Ravanelli, assisted by other important names in sports and entertainment such as Claudio Chiappucci, Andrea Cassarà and Max Pisu. The designers’ team captained by Lapo Elkann will include Renzo Rosso (Diesel), Lavinia Biagiotti (Laura Biagiotti), Andrea Tomat (Lotto Sport Italia), Carlo Capasa (Costume National), Ippolito Etro (Etro S.p.A) and Riccardo Stilli (RCS).

On the 18th of May at the Turin Olimpico the 18th edition of the “Partita del Cuore” (www.partitadelcuore.it) will take place. The match which includes the Italian Singers national team has become a traditional charity appointment. This year playing against Paolo Belli, Eros Ramazzotti and friends there will be no less then Alessandro Del Piero. The Juventus captain will be leading the “Ale 10+” team which will be made up of champions from the past and the preset including Fabio Cannavaro, Paolo Maldini, Gianluca Vialli, Massimo Mauro Lapo Elkann e Max Pisu other famous personalities of the calibre of di Lapo Elkann e Max Pisu (both will be playing also on Saturday) , Ezio Greggio and Paolo Bonolis. The match has generated great interest from the people of Turin: the tickets were sold out within a few days. The match will be aired live on Rai Uno at 20:00hrs. The funds collected will go towards the Adisco Piemonte and the Parco della Mistica foundation.

This afternoon, Franco Miniero (Vice President Sale & Marketing Iveco) presented Del Piero with the jersey sponsored by Iveco with which the captain and his team "Alex 10+" will play on Monday night.

*juventus.com