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Arsenal Legends match helps fund pitch for 600 kids

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Getty Images | The legends game between Arsenal and Real Madrid featured the likes of Raul, Makelele, Arbeloa, Morientes, Upson, Rosicky, Gilbert and of course Robert Pires (here pictured alongside Jose Emilio Amavisca.

Money raised at a Legends match between Arsenal and Real Madrid has helped fund a new pitch that will support more than 600 young players. 

Wanting to give back to the community, Robert Pires played the game and then helped open the pitch for the public. 

8 November 2019 - 11:50 AM

By Christian Fomsgaard Jensen

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