90 Minutes for Mandela was a charity football match held on 18 July 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa to mark the 89th birthday of Nelson Mandela. Football stars past and present, such as Samuel Eto'o and Pelé, took part in the game. The match ended in a 3-3 draw between an African XI and a Rest of the World XI. Africa played in an all-white strip, while the Rest of the World team played in an all-black strip. A few hours before the game, Sepp Blatter granted honorary membership of FIFA to the Makana Football Association, a football league set up by prisoners on Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned.
Mandela did not attend the match, he did though send a message via video. Proceeds of the match will go to programmes supported by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Before the game an official match shirt was presented to Mandela with the number 89 on the reverse.
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