14:56 | Barcelona, Jan. 15 (ANDINA).
Four-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi will arrive in Peru this year to play a charity football match with his friends at Barcelona, with the proceeds going to the Messi Foundation.
According to Spanish daily El Mundo, Messi will play four charity matches in different countries in 2013, and one of them will take place in Lima, Peru.
The other three matches will be played in Medellin, Colombia; Los Angeles and Chicago, in the United States.
These much-anticipated events would be held in June, after Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador.
The details of the event will be announced shortly and among the stars to join Messi in the match are Barcelona teammates Dani Alves, José Manuel Pinto and Alexis Sanchez.
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Published: 1/15/2013