Middlesbrough will donate part of the proceeds from the FA Cup quarter-final match against Chelsea on Saturday for humanitarian aid in Ukraine, the English club announced on Friday.
On behalf of the people of Middlesbrough and Teesside, #Boro will donate our share of the gate receipts from tomorrow's @EmiratesFACup tie against @ChelseaFC to humanitarian aid in Ukraine ❤️🇺🇦 #UTB https://t.co/rTpmZol6ZE
— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) March 18, 2022
Chelsea operates thanks to a special license that allows it to continue competing despite sanctions imposed by the British government against the owner of the London club, Roman Abramovichfor its proximity to the regime of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
You ‘Blues‘, for example, cannot sell tickets to this game. For this reason and for sporting justice, the club asked to play against Middlesbrough behind closed doors, an idea criticized both by the Championship team and by Chelsea fans themselves, who ended up withdrawing their proposal.
“Chelsea and sports justice don’t go together in the same sentence,” Middlesbrough president Steve Gibson told the newspaper. The Times.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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