Valencia footballers show solidarity towards Nepal quake victims

Nicolas Otamendi celebrates after scoring with Dani Parejo

Valencia, May 18 (IANS)

Spanish first division football club Valencia extended solidarity towards the Nepal earthquake victims by wearing jerseys with the names of the players written in Nepali in a La Liga match.

The club launched a joint initiative with Red Cross on Sunday when the players wore the jerseys with their names written in Nepali in a match against Celta Vigo. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

The jerseys would be auctioned to help raise funds and help support the victims in Nepal who were devastated after a series of earthquakes over the past month.

The club announced the same on their official Twitter account.

VCF are wearing shirts with their names in Nepalese in honour of the victims of #NepalEarthquake pic.twitter.com/medqsFJxqr

— Valencia CF English (@valenciacf_en) May 17, 2015