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Placed: 28.03.2018 09:17:17
Football match “Olympiacos” (Greece) – “Chernomorets” (Ukraine) will be held in Odessa
The Mayor of Odessa Gennadiy Trukhanov and the Greek delegation headed by the First Vice-Mayor of Piraeus Mr. Andreas Venturis have discussed festivities for the 25th anniversary of sister city relations. Photo
This year Odessa and Piraeus celebrate the 25th anniversary of sister city relations.
On March 27, 2018, the Mayor of Odessa Gennadiy Trukhanov met with the Greek delegation led by First Vice-Mayor of Piraeus Mr. Andreas Venturis. During the dialogue, the sides have outlined a number of events that are planned to be held in sister cities in the framework of celebration of the jubilee, and discussed the organizational issues.
The football match “Olympiacos” (Greece) – “Chernomorets” (Ukraine) will be one of the central events. Heads of the city Football Federation, the football club "Chernomorets", deputies and representatives of profile structural subdivisions of the Odessa also took part in the meeting on organization of the friendly match.
The sides have discussed the possible date of the match, according to the schedule of the teams' games: a preliminary meeting on the field of the Chernomorets stadium is planned for the end of May. The main team will take part in the friendly match. Football teams “Olympiacos” and “Chernomorets” have already met on the football field in 1992 at the match of European cups.
Participants of the meeting have also adopted a mutual decision: revenues from ticket sales for a football match will be directed to charitable purposes.
In addition, there was discussed the issue of visiting Odessa children's hospitals by Greek football players as well as participation of the Olympiacos team in conducting master classes for Odessa children's and youth football teams.