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The 12th annual Match Against Poverty took place on Monday with a Saint-Etienne all-star side hosting the United Nations Development Programme side at the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard in France.

An enthusiastic capacity crowd of nearly 34,000 saw global stars like Clarence Seedorf, Fabien Barthez, Youri Djorkaeff and Edwin van der Sar lose an entertaining encounter 9-7. Brazilian star Ronaldo was one of the stars of the show for the UNDP and the World Cup winner duly scored a hat-trick.

Previous editions of the match have raised over 4 million dollars to aid poverty worldwide. The proceeds from this match with go towards helping the countries that have been hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic.