Nani and Patrice Evra tell their former Manchester United teammates Paul Scholes and Gary Neville to lay off the beers and ‘be careful with the tackles’ at Soccer Aid
- Nani and Patrice Evra will line up for the World XI at Soccer Aid on Sunday
- They will be up against former teammates Paul Scholes and Gary Neville
- Nani jokingly asked the pair to ‘be careful with the tackles’ during the game
Former Manchester United stars Nani and Patrice Evra have jokingly urged Gary Neville and Paul Scholes to ‘be careful with the tackles’ when they face each other at Soccer Aid on Sunday.
The pair will play in a star-studded World XI side at Old Trafford, with Usain Bolt captaining a side that features the likes of Hernan Crespo, Roberto Carlos and UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards.
They will be managed by incoming Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino, while their opponents England can select from Euros winner Jill Scott and four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah.
It was their former United teammates on Evra and Nani’s minds, though, as the French fullback said on Instagram: ‘Hi guys, Gary neville, Scholesy can’t wait to see you tomorrow at Old Trafford, home sweet home.’
He added they should have ‘no beer or fish and chips’ ahead of the game, while Nani asked them to ‘be careful with the tackles.’
Patrice Evra (pictured) and Nani joked that Paul Scholes and Gary Neville should be ‘careful with the tackles’ when they face the pair at Soccer Aid
The former United pairing warned their opponents to stay away from ‘beer and fish and chips before the game’
Scholes and Neville played a combined 1,320 games for the Red Devils
Soccer Aid’s celebrity stars trained ahead of Sunday’s event at Champneys Tring on Thursday
Nani and Evra both won three Premier Leagues and a Champions Leagues with United, and played with the English pair for the majority of their time there.
The left back retired from football in 2019 after following a brief spell with West Ham with a year as a free agent, while Nani most recently played for Melbourne Victory in the A-League but left the club at the end of May.
Soccer Aid, which raises money for UNICEF, will have an all-female refereeing team for the first time with top-flight official Abigail Byrne set to take charge.
Georgia Ball and Nicoleta Bria will be Byrne’s assistants while Jane Sims will be on fourth official duty.
There will be no VAR and the game will go straight to penalties if the result is a draw at full-time.
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