On Saturday, July 3rd, 16 Special Olympics athletes, football legends and celebs, took to the pitch at Cape Town stadium for the Special Olympics Unity Cup Presented by Coca-Cola. Keeping with the theme of “unity” the match fittingly ended in a 2-2 draw. All four goals in the match were scored by Special Olympics athletes.
Manolis Tampakakis of Special Olympics Greece & Maicon Santana of Special Olympics Brazil scored first to tie the match at 1-1. Slovenia athlete Miran Brejc scored to score match up 2-1. At the end of the match, Algeria athlete Yacine Zabi scored to tie the match at 2-2 with an amazing scissor kick.
On Friday, July 2nd Special Olympics athletes, celebrities and legendary footballers participated in the practice session of the Unity Cup taking place on Saturday, July 3rd in Cape Town Stadium.
Here Tim Shriver is with President Jacob J. Zuma, his Excellency, of South Africa, Chinese actress and SO Ambassador Zhang Ziyi and also AC Milan star Clarence Seedorf as well as SO athletes from around the world.
Mary Davis, MD of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia at the practice session with AC Milan Clarence Seedorf, Trevor O'Rourke, Director of the SO Global Football with Lawrie McMenemy, Chairman of SOGB, Hidetoshi Nakata, Chris Kamara, Steve Sumner, Lori Fair, Desiree Ellis and SO athletes from around the world.
