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Franco Baresi will teach our kids
Great champion of AC Milan and Azzurri in our city to open a soccer school
By Francesco Riondino
Originally Published: 2006-04-02
The presence of Franco Baresi, champion of champions, here today is the first step of the Champions School, the new academy that will bring great soccer in Toronto." With these words, Frank Ciccolini, MC of the event in honour of Franco Baresi, opened the gala that celebrated the visit to our city of one of the greatest 'sweepers' in the history of soccer.
Baresi arrived in Toronto last Sunday afternoon and was immediately greeted by a crowd at Le Jardin Banquet Hall in Woodbridge. Close to 500 people came to meet this great champion, ask him for an autograph and a photo together.
Franco Baresi was in Toronto to finalize an agreement on the establishment of this soccer school. We immediately asked him whether he was going to direct it.
"Everything is still to be defined; I will be shuttling back and forth with Italy, and there will be other coaches working here. There are many enthusiastic Italians here, and many youth eager to play soccer."
At present, Franco Baresi coaches the youngsters of Milan AC, so his personal involvement seems to imply an interest by the team itself. "Definitely, we are interested," explained Michele Ferrari, product manager of Milan AC's 'Project Youth.' "We have already held a couple of summer initiatives in Toronto, but this time the idea is both broader in scope and longer in duration. What we are studying is the possibility to open two permanent schools in Toronto and Miami by next June, thus establishing 'feelers' in North America."
In the same vein, right before the Milan-Fiorentina game at San Siro Daniele Massaro remarked, "This week I've been in Belgrade, Bratislava and Budapest for the Project Youth. I had just returned from Thessalonica. I notice that Milan AC is among the three European clubs best known in the world. We are busily working to improve further, bringing even more fans in touch with our colours."
The club's commitment would seem certain; what has been going on here in Toronto remains to be seen. Enrico Mazzone and Filippo Bancheri (the men behind the whole project) keep their mouths shut. "There will be no official announcement until everything is written down," they insisted, but their agenda was crammed with meetings.
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