The Italian Serie A side AS Roma, expressed solidarity and also urged their fans to donate for the Kerala flood victims
Indian Army conducting rescue operations in Kerala
In a novel gesture, Italian football giant AS Roma announced that it will auction five match-worn shirts from the first team players to help raise funds for flood-ravaged Indian state, Kerala. "After #ASRoma's first home match of the Serie A season, the club will auction off five match-worn shirts from our first team players to help raise money to donate to the disaster fund to #RebuildKerala," AS Roma's official English twitter handle said alongside this picture (left).
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Roma will play its first home match against Atalanta BC on August 28 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The Serie A side expressed solidarity and also urged their fans to donate for the cause.
AS Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence except for 1951–52.
Roma have won Serie A three times, in 1941–42, 1982–83 and 2000–01, as well as winning nine Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. In European competitions, Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960–61 and were runners-up in the 1983–84 European Cup and the 1990–91 UEFA Cup.
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