Fernando Alonso and Novak Djokovic star in charity football match in Monaco ahead of Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso captained an F1 team against a 'Star XI' in a charity football match in Monaco on Tuesday night.
The star-studded teams were playing in the Star Team for Children annual game, set up by Prince Albert II 20 years ago.
The reigning Monaco monarch was one of the names in action for the opposing team to the drivers, which also starred Novak Djokovic, Freddie Ljungberg and David Ginola.

Goal getter: Tennis player Novak Djokovic opens the scoring for the Star XI against the F1 drivers

Dogged: Fernando Alonso in action for the F1 team in Monaco at the Stade Louis Stadium

Top names: David Ginola (above) and Freddi Ljungberg (below) were also in action in the charity match

Top names: David Ginola (above) and Freddie Ljungberg (below) were also in action in the charity match

Controversial: Claudio Ranieri was sacked by Monaco on Tuesday... but still turned up to manage a team

Tennis player Djokovic scored the first goal for his team, who went on to win the game 3-2.
Meanwhile, Claudio Ranieri turned up to coach the players on the same day he was sacked as manager by stadium owners Monaco.
Leonardo Jardim is the favourite to succeed the Italian, who was gracious in his appearance at the Stade Louis II ground.
Felipe Massa posted pictures on his Instagram account at the event, while Toro Rosso man Daniel Kvyat scored ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.
The match is played every year in May, find out more by visiting www.starteamforthechildren.org.

Stuck in: Alonso challenges an opposing player as the Formula One players got ready for the Grand Prix

Royalty: Prince Albert II waves to fans at the event which he set up 21 years ago

Star names: Freddie Ljungberg poses with Novak Djokovic backstage at the event

Not holding back: Djokovic, who has the French Open to deal with next week, gets stuck in

Chilling out: Williams driver Felipe Massa chills out with his son in a Juventus shirt ahead of the game