PORTO, Portugal, March 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at
Dragão stadium in Porto, the Young
Ambassadors of Gazprom's International Children's Social programme
"Football for Friendship" presented the main award of the programme
– the Nine Values Cup – to the Brazilian national football team.
This unique trophy symbolizes the Nine Values of the Football for
Friendship – friendship, equality, fairness, health, peace,
devotion, victory, traditions, and honour. The award ceremony took
place on the threshold of a friendly match between Panama and Brazil.
The following Young Ambassadors of the Football for Friendship
have attended the award ceremony: Swan Drame (13 y.o.,
France), Catarina Barata (13 y.o., Portugal), Miguel
Borges (19 y.o., Portugal), Denis Aladev (13 y.o.,
Russia). They told the Secretary
General of the Brazilian national team Mr. Walter Feldman and the Manager of Technical
Development and Social Responsibility of the Team Mr.
Diogo Netto about the history
and the meaning of this special trophy.
Young Players and the Young Journalists from 211 countries and
regions of the world took part in the open vote that has decided
that the Brazilian national football team deserves the Nine Values
Cup. Football for Friendship participants have acknowledged the
Brazilian national team as the most socially responsible from 32
national football teams, which participated in 2018 FIFA World Cup
Russia.
The Brazilian national football team is the fifth winner of the
Nine Values Cup. From 2015, the trophy has been presented to
football teams of Barcelona
(Spain), Bayern Munich
(Germany), Al Wahda (Syria) and Real Madrid (Spain).
This International Children's Social programme Football for
Friendship has been implemented by Gazprom since 2013. The main
values promoted by the programme's participants are friendship,
equality, fairness, health, peace, devotion, victory, traditions,
and honour. Its participants are Young Players (boys and girls
including those with disabilities and special needs) and Young
Journalists covering the events of Football for Friendship within
the International Children's Press Centre. The final events of the
Football for Friendship programme will take place in Madrid from May 28 to
June 2, 2019.
"The Nine Values Cup is a completely new, genuinely unusual
trophy that is presented for the adherence to the values of the
programme, such as fairness, devotion, and traditions. These are
the milestones extremely close to everyone including both children
and adults over the planet. This year, for the first time a team
from Latin America was awarded the
trophy – yet another proof that there are no borders for football
and friendship!" commented Mr. Walter Feldman, General Secretary of the
Brazil National Team.
"I am very happy that the Football for Friendship programme
gave me an opportunity to meet the members of the national team and
even award them the Nine Values Cup in person! I think that one
cannot become a successful person without following the universal
human values. The more people in the world will discuss, and
attract the attention to them, the better our life will become. The
Nine Values Cup is a symbol of friendship, unity, and responsible
attitude towards the society we live in for the children all around
the world," says Catarina
Barata, a Young Journalist of Football for
Friendship.
Official Internet resources of the programme:
Photos and video materials for media:
http://media.footballforfriendship.com
Official Facebook channel:
https://www.facebook.com/FootballForFriendship/
Official YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FOOTBALL4FRIENDSHIP
Official Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_for_Friendship
Official Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/footballforfriendship
Official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/football4f
Official website:
https://www.gazprom-football.com/en/home.htm
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