- Title: TURKEY: DIEGO MARADONA ORGANISES ALL-STAR BENIFIT MATCH FOR BOSNIAN CHILDREN
- Date: 19th September 1995
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (SEPTEMBER 19, 1995) WORLD SELECTION (BLACK) V. TURKISH SELECTION (RED) 1. CHILDREN PARADING ON PITCH 2. TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TANSU CILLER KISSED BY CHILDREN 3. BANNERS AROUND PITCH FIRST HALF 4. HEADER WIDE BY TURKISH SIDE 5. GOAL BY TURKISH SIDE 6. CROWD CELEBRATING 7. MARADONA SURROUNDED BY PRESS AND SECURITY AT HALF TIME 8. WIDE SHOT MARADONA AT SIDE OF PITCH TALKING TO PRESS 9. MARADONA SPEAKING TO REPORTER SECOND HALF: 10.TURKISH SHOT SAVED BY GOALKEEPER WILFRED 11.BALJIC SCORES FROM PENALTY FOR WORLD SELECTION 12.TURKISH SCORE GOAL 13.BOY WAVING TURKISH FLAG 14.MARADONA SHAKING HANDS WITH PLAYERS AFTER MATCH Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
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- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA54K8XKYMSOL3W8DSY0WABKLS7
- Story Text: Diego Maradona criticised fellow soccer celebrities for failing to turn up at an all-stars benefit match in Turkey for Bosnian children.
"I won't forgive them for not appearing at such a helpful event when they said they would," Anatolian news agency quoted Maradona as saying after Tuesday night's game in Istanbul.
"It's a disgrace for the footballing family, I'm ashamed," said Maradona, who did not play in the game between a World X1 and a Turkish X1 because of his continuing suspension for failing a dope test at the 1994 World Cup finals.
Organisers had said they were expecting a host of stars including Brazil's Bebeto, Roberto Baggio and Liberian striker George Weah of AC Milan, Barcelona's Jose Maria Bakero, and Real Madrid's Michael Laudrup.
Maradona made a speech on the pitch and presented medals to the teams. The World side, made up mostly of Spanish league players and foreigners playing in Turkey, lost 4-1.
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