The Liverpool defender headed to Anfield Sports and Community Centre as Ability Counts teams from the club’s official charity and Everton in the Community went head-to-head in a mini-tournament.
Participants from LFC Foundation’s inclusion project, Respect 4 All, and EITC’s equivalent initiative, Ability Counts, played a ‘home’ fixture under the floodlights at ASCC – with the ‘away’ leg taking place at Archbishop Beck Catholic College on Tuesday evening.
LFC Foundation’s Respect 4 All U13 team also took on local inclusion side Bootle Bucks in a junior game.
Matip was on hand to meet the teams, provide pre-match advice and take part in a Q&A with the youngsters.