French hero on World Cup and Euro Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid Star Kaka led an All-Star side against a team of current and former Benfica players on Monday, with proceeds from the United Nations charity game going to Hope for Haiti program.
The United Nations goodwill ambassador Zinedine Zidane and Kaka were joined by Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Pavel Nedved, Thierry Henry and Edgar Davids in front of a capacity crowd of 65,000 at Benfica's Luz Stadium.
"By coming to the stadium people have done a great thing. I am very happy we can do something to help," said former France playmaker Zidane after the 3-3 draw.
"This is a very good cause, that's why there are so many players here. Football is with the people of Haiti," said Louis van Gaal who was in charge of the All-Star team.
The Jan. 12 quake killed up to 200,000 people and left hundreds of thousands more Haitians injured and homeless.
After a minute's silence for the victims, Portugal great Eusebio took centre stage for a ceremonial kick-off and Italian referee Pierluigi Collina came out of retirement for the occasion.
Kaka put the All-Star team ahead before Nuno Gomes struck twice for the home side. Zinedine Zidane set up the equaliser for Robert Pires only for Eder Luis to restore Benfica's lead in the 60th minute. The last goal of the night was scored by Christophe Dugarry in the 85th minute.
