But players and organizers described it as a first small step toward a normal life for those who escaped war and were left stranded on their journey to Europe. The game helps us make a little bit (of) fun with our friends," Sherran Abdiy, a refugee from Aleppo, Syria and goalkeeper for Nea Kavala team. Instead he spends his days in a camp hastily set up by the Greek army and where authorities struggle to provide basic facilities. Most of the stranded have seen little of their host country, since camps are generally located outside towns. Giorgos Perperidis, the government coordinator at the refugee camps of Hersos and Nea Kavala, organized the game.

Source: Fox News October 15, 2016 11:26 UTC