Real Madrid to host poverty fundraiser despite bomb scare

Real Madrid will still host an all-star "Game against Poverty" on Tuesday despite their Primera Liga match on Sunday being abandoned because of a bomb scare.

Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, two of Real's most famous players who are involved in organising the match, said the game to fund United Nations development projects would kick off at 2130 local time as planned.

"They were moments of tension and uncertainty for everyone but after consideration we can only repeat our invitation for you to participate in the "Game against Poverty," the duo said in a statement on Real's website.

Entry to the game, between "Ronaldo and friends versus Zidane and friends", will be free but organisers are asking spectators to make a donation to charity at the turnstiles.

The two Real players are United Nations goodwill ambassadors and captained a similar game last year in Switzerland with the same aim of funding U.N. projects and promoting the fight against poverty in developing countries.

Charismatic Italian referee Pierluigi Collina will take charge of the game.

Some 70,000 people poured out of Real's stadium in central Madrid on Sunday after Basque newspaper Gara received a warning from a caller claiming to represent separatist guerrillas ETA who said there was a bomb in the ground.

Real and Basque side Real Sociedad, who were drawing 1-1 at the time, agreed on Monday to play the final seven minutes of the match on January 5.