All-Star Football Match Held on the Prokurative

Prokurative once again became a sports pitch, as they had in 2021, 2023 and 2024. In what has become a tradition, a team made up of UEFA representatives and sporting stars took on the Youth Sports Games children’s team.

Lining up for the All-Star team were Aleksander Čeferin, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Julien Escudé, Georgios Karagounis, Vladimír Šmicer, Stiliyan Petrov, Claude Makélélé, William Gallas, David James, Marcel Desailly, Aitor Karanka, Pavel Nedvěd, Darijo Srna, Mario Mandžukić, Nemanja Vidić, Vedad Ibišević, Emir Spahić, Mehmed Baždarević, Goran Dragić, Nikola Karabatić, Magnus Brunner, Alastair Campbell and Aljoša Asanović. The Youth Sports Games team was made up of children from the Games’ five participating countries and guest country Ukraine, and the match was refereed by Goran Gabrilo. The All-Star team was coached by Željko Obradović and Predrag Danilović, while the Youth Sports Games team was led by Sean Dyche and Miodrag Gogić, representing the Plazma Youth Sports Games.

The Mediterranean square in the heart of Split was filled with positive energy, great support from the crowd and a wonderful atmosphere. In a goal-packed match, Mario Mandžukić, Darijo Srna, Nikola Karabatić and Zlatan Ibrahimović scored for the All-Star team, while Jehor Ubar, Anka Živanović, Ajdin Buljubašić and Marko Radovanović found the net for the Youth Sports Games team. The match ended in a 4–4 draw, and the stars and children went on to spend more time together on the Prokurative.

The Plazma Youth Sports Games All-Star match, broadcast live across Europe and around the world, was commentated by Slaven Bilić, former head coach of the Croatia national football team, and Adrian Chiles, British journalist and presenter.

The Plazma Youth Sports Games give children the opportunity to make friends, play and compete in 10 sports, and over three decades they have brought together 3,869,000 children and young people.