Nole, ‘Montevideo’ and ‘Red Star’ Battle for Babies

A charity football match between the cast of blockbuster ‘Montevideo, Taste of A Dream’ and the women’s team of FC Red Star was played on Tuesday, September 27th under the auspices of ‘Battle For Babies’ campaign, an effort to raise funds for the purchase of incubators for preterm babies.

Team Red Star was reinforced by the ATP number one ranked tennis player in the world Novak Djokovic, Red Star president Vladan Lukic, as well as the reds’ legend and current head coach Robert Prosinecki; it was his first match on the Marakana pitch after almost twenty years. The young stars of ‘Montevideo’ were helped by former football players and national team members Perica Ognjenovic and Dejan Ilic.

Before the game, Predrag Vasic who was cast in the film as ‘Little Stanoje’ presented popular Nole with a 1930′s jersey with the name ‘Novak’ on its back, whilst Viktor Savic extended the same courtesy to Dejan ‘Rambo’ Petkovic who made a guest appearance and helped the actors.

The match, which was kicked-off by two-month old Aleksa Novakovic a preterm baby who needed an incubator to survive, sold a total of 5.212 tickets. The total proceeds raised suffice for the purchase of one incubator while the Novak Djokovic foundation pledged to donate enough for ten more.