A charity match of football stars in support of Ukraine took place at a crowded Stamford Bridge in London (PHOTO, VIDEO)

Last Saturday, 5 August, a Game4Ukraine charity football match in support of Ukraine was held at Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, in London.

The aim of the match was to raise funds for the restoration of the Mykhailo-Kotsyubinsk Lyceum in Chernihiv region, which was destroyed in early March last year by Russian occupation troops.

In the match met conditional teams of Andriy Shevchenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko, in the line-ups of which on the field went out stars of world football of different generations, including current players.

In the 24th minute of the match the game was suspended in order to applaud the applause of the crowded stands to honour the memory of the fallen defenders of Ukraine and pay tribute to those who now continue to fight against the Russian aggressor.

The match itself, attended by 30,000 fans, ended with a score of 2-2.

Game4Ukraine charity match

Team Shevchenko - Team Zinchenko - 2:2 (1:1)
Goals: Zeedorf (42), Gallas (78) - Noble (38), Srna (53)

Shevchenko's team: Emma Hayes, Roberto di Matteo, Dida, Petr Cech, Julio Cesar, Carly Telford, Carlo Cudicini, Fabio Cannavaro, Gerard Pique, Cristian Panucci, Massimo Oddo, William Gallas, Clarence Zedorf, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele, Mikhail Mudryk, Serginho, Claire Rafferty, Joe Cole, Andriy Shevchenko, Sergei Rebrov, Samuel Eto`o, Gianfranco Dzola, Jermain Defoe, Shota Arveladze, Luca Toni, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Zinchenko's team: Arsene Wenger, Jens Lehmann, David James, Bakary Sanja, Oleg Luzhny, Antonio Valencia, Darijo Srna, Per Mertesacker, Mikael Silvestre, Wes Morgan, Joleon Lescott, Martin Skrtel, Jon-Arne Riise, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Robert Pires, Jack Wilshere, Charlie Adam, Mark Noble, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Katie Chapman, Jessica Hurtado, Rachel Jenky, Yevhen Levchenko, Junior Moraes, Yakubu Aegbeni.

Other celebrities taking part in the match included Russell Howard, Tohib Jimoh, Phil Dunster, Giro Fines-Tiffin, Archie Renaud, Ralph Little, James Arthur, Tov Walker, Chelsea Grimes, Tom Grennani, Pitt Doherty, Roman Kempf.