Far from the limelight and media scoops, world elite athletes have also mobilized in various campaigns of solidarity with the victims of the coronavirus. The reaction of these athletes did not, moreover, surprise anyone since sport is above all ethical and fair play before it is a physical competitive practice.
Sports celebrities cannot therefore miss such an event to participate with donations and other contributions to deal with the destructive virus of Covid-19. It is about the health, even the life of entire populations, and the athlete is very sensitive to this subject.
Thus, the famous Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola was the first to react to the coronavirus hecatomb, by donating one million euros to equip the Barcelona hospital with medical equipment and other means of prevention for the nursing staff of this health facility.
At the same time, the big stars of world football Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did the same to support this fight against the ugly virus. Barcelona star Messi has donated one million euros to two hospitals, one in Barcelona and the other in his native Argentina, according to the Mundo Deportivo website. Ditto for Ronaldo who disbursed the same amount of money for the benefit of three intensive care structures under the hospitals of Lisbon and Porto.
Bavarian goleador and Poland national team star Robert Lewandowski was not left behind. He, too, has put his hand in his pocket to donate one million euros to support Germany’s war efforts against Covid-19.
It must be said here that, beyond the human losses caused by this virus, footballers reacted in this way because they experienced very badly the consequences of this pandemic, with the cancellation of some sports competitions and especially the ban on supporters to access the stadiums to see their favorite stars play.
The participation of all these monsters of world football in the fight against this health tragedy generated, moreover, an immense outpouring of solidarity, since there were hundreds of other athletes to join the various solidarity campaigns to help. to people affected by the pandemic, in the hope of getting rid of it completely and thus return, as soon as possible, to normal life.
