The 6th Gazprom Football for Friendship International Championship participated by the Ittipolchana Kaewsawad from Thailand was held at the Sapsan Arena Stadium in Moscow. Ittipolchana Kaewsawad, in his role as a defender played in the team ‘African Elephant’ alongside players from Nepal, Swaziland, SaoTome E Principe, Andorra and Puerto Rico. Even though he played extremely well, his team fell short in the qualifying match.
Speaking about his participation in the International Championship Ittipolchana Kaewsawad said, “I am happy to have been given the opportunity to participate in the Football for Friendship programme in Moscow. The programme has helped me to make a lot of friends from different countries and play football with them. The 3 day training programme before the championship has helped me to improve and learn new football skills which I will use in my future matches. The Championship was very exciting and I am happy to have performed well for my team. This has been an amazing experience and I look forward to participate in more tournaments in the future”
In the training camps, called International Friendship Camp, the young ambassadors were sorted into teams of different cultures and interacted with kids from 211 countries and regions. They also got an opportunity to take part in master classes and lectures conducted by renowned dignatories.
The Friendship Camp also saw the activation of The International Children’s press center, participated by the young journalists who reported on the activities of the day. The journalist were also a part of master classes conducted by leading media channels, which taught the young journalists how to report.
The training days also focussed on the ecological initiatives, supported by F4F. These initiatives which were explained through special lectures were aimed to make the young ambassadors aware and alert about the problems of the environment.
