The Real Madrid Foundation organizes, between the 3rd and 5th of July, in Vila Real de Santo António, the "Copa Alma", a football tournament that brings together the teams and schools that stand out in the social and sports integration work promoted. by the Madrid emblem.
The Chamber of VRSA explains that, «after Hungary and Spain, the Socio-Sports School of Vila Real de Santo António is hosting the third edition of the initiative that brings together schools that have best fulfilled the objectives defined by the merengue foundation, whose merit is recognized worldwide. ».
The matches are scheduled for the Vila Real de Santo António Sports Complex and will bring together, according to the local authority, «seven of young people – in mixed teams, – aged between 12 and 13, coming from various parts of Europe».
For Conceição Cabrita, vice-president of the VRSA City Council, “this tournament in the municipality highlights the excellent work carried out by the Vila Realense socio-sports school, whose results have already allowed the integration of hundreds of young people at risk , with learning difficulties or inserted in environments where it is not possible to practice sports».
The Real Madrid Foundation's VRSA Social Sport School was founded in 2011 through a protocol established with the Algarve municipality.
This, which was Real Madrid's first school nationwide, welcomes, in the 2015-2016 school year, according to the Chamber of VRSA, “a hundred children aged between 6 and 13 years and encompasses football and Basketball. Over its five years of activity, it has already trained more than half a thousand students».
The municipality adds that "the methodologies used are intended to reward merit and take into account factors such as school grades, behavior, as well as the attendance of students to attend the Foundation's activities" and that "to ensure the good performance of the At school, the technicians responsible for the project regularly develop training activities and monitor the results, which are periodically sent to the Foundation's headquarters».
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