Lost Derby to good purpose

Slavia lost 2-6 on aggregate to Sparta in virtual Derby. Almost 1,3 million Czech crowns were raised by fans of both teams for nurses in Czech hospitals.

Virtual charity Derby consisted of 8 games in FIFA 20. Two current players of both teams competed with each other as well as two former players, two famous fans and two professional esports players. The games took part in Czech FA headquarters in Prague and were broadcasted live by Czech TV.

Slavia line-up for virtual Derby

Lukáš Provod, first-team midfielder
Petar Musa, first-team forward
Alex Král, midfielder, Czech champion 2019 with Slavia
Tomáš Jablonský, defender, Czech champion 2008 and 2009 with Slavia
Vojtěch Kotek, actor, director and musician
Ben Cristovao, musician and songwriter
KobbyCZ, SuperSlavia Esports team
Riijk94, Entropiq Esports team

Slavia lost 2-6 on aggregate after 8 games, Tomáš Jablonský and Alex Král secured both points for the red and whites. Fans of both clubs bought 6,301 tickets and raised 1,291,808 Czech crowns (about 47,000 eur). All proceeds will go to nurses in Czech hospitals who have been fighting against Covid-19 recently.

Big thanks to everybody who decided to help!

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