‘Checo’ Pérez will play again in the football match against Sports Stars

Next Tuesday, May 24, the traditional football match between Formula 1 drivers and Sports Stars will be held, of the charity event “Star Team for the children”. Mexico’s Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez will be in the drivers’ team as will his teammate, Max Verstappen. After 2 years without holding this event due to the coronavirus pandemic, the match will be played again at the Stade Louis II, home of AS Monaco. Oscar Damiani, former player of AC Milan, Juventus and Napoli among others, will be the coach who is in charge of the team of the pilots. In addition to ‘Checo’ Pérez and Verstappen, some of the drivers who stand out in the team are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz of Ferrari, Red Bull’s main competitor so far. Also included were former drivers such as Kimi Raikkonen or Stoffel Vandoorne, who are now in F3.  So will be the teams in the game of the Star for the Children event. Photo: Twitter F1 Alert On the other hand, it highlights that Lewis Hamilton will not participate while his teammate George Russell will. The Briton will “debut” in the match like Mick Schumacher, as neither of them had participated before as they were one of the youngest drivers in Formula 1. While in the team of the Stars, which will be directed by Claudio Ranieri and Didier Deschamps, highlights the former captain of Roma, Francesco Totti. Russian driver Daniil Kvyat and former driver Nico Rosberg will team up with the Italian, as well as tennis player Stéfanos Tsitsipás and Jérémy Ménez, a former player for the Águilas del América in Liga MX. We recommend you read The last time the match was held in 2019, when Prince Albert II was captain of the All-Star team, while Fernando Alonso wore the badge with the drivers. As for ‘Checo’ Pérez, before the 2019 edition he also participated in the 2011 and 2013 editions, in which he scored a goal. 



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