{"id":381888,"date":"2011-04-15T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/15\/chelseas-michael-essien-organises-peace-match-between-africa-xi-and-world-xi\/"},"modified":"2011-04-15T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T16:15:00","slug":"chelseas-michael-essien-organises-peace-match-between-africa-xi-and-world-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/15\/chelseas-michael-essien-organises-peace-match-between-africa-xi-and-world-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s Michael Essien organises peace match between Africa XI and World XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kent Mensah<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Apr 2011 17:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.3558467742\">\n<div readability=\"12.8723404255\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL - West Ham United vs Chelsea, Michael Essien(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/49b53875108932_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL &#8211; West Ham United vs Chelsea, Michael Essien(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"27.4530232558\">Ghana and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ghana\/782\/michael-essien\">Michael Essien<\/a> is parading some of football&#8217;s living legends and active stars to participate in a charity match to raise funds for peace initiatives across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>As an Africa Union Peace Ambassador, the midfield prodigy has scheduled the game dubbed Africa XI against World XI to take place on May 25 \u2013 Africa Union Day.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>BBC<\/em>, the match to be played in the Ghanaian capital Accra will see the likes of Liberia\u2019s George Weah, Abedi Pele of Ghana and Cameroon\u2019s Roger Milla on the African side to be captained by Essien.<\/p>\n<p>Other players for the African XI include former Ghana internationals Tony Baffoe, Tony Yeboah and Sammy Kuffuor, as well as Morocco&#8217;s Raber Madjer.<\/p>\n<p>Current players expected to liven up the day are Inter\u2019s Samuel Eto&#8217;o, Didier Drogba, Nwankwo Kanu, Kolo and Yaya Toure, Salomon Kalou and Stephen Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s Ashley Cole will captain the World XI, which includes England stars Shaun Wright-Phillips and John Terry.<\/p>\n<p>Essien himself has a charity foundation that helps the under privileged in his Ewutu home town.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/49b53875108932_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2931\/go-global\/2011\/04\/15\/2442897\/chelseas-michael-essien-organises-peace-match-between-africa\" title=\"Chelsea's Michael Essien organises peace match between Africa XI and World XI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea&#8217;s Michael Essien organises peace match between Africa XI and World XI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kent Mensah 15 Apr 2011 17:15:00 EPL &#8211; West Ham United vs Chelsea, Michael Essien(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Ghana and Chelsea &#8216;s Michael Essien is parading some of football&#8217;s living legends and active stars to participate in a charity match to raise funds for peace initiatives across Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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