President Infantino visits the San Marino Football Federation • newsrimini.it
A little less than five years after the previous official visit to the San Marino Football Federationthe President of FIFA Gianni Infantino is back in the Republic.
Yesterday evening the meeting with companies, affiliated associations and Giorgio Crescentinihonor member of the FSGCrepresented by the entire Federal Council.
Before sharing a convivial moment in the hospitality room of the San Marino Stadium, President Infantino spoke in front of the participants: “It is an honor and a pleasure to return to San Marino, a place to be able to evoke pleasant memories – even prior to the official visits as FIFA President. I want to congratulate each one of you for the precious and indispensable work – Points out Infantino addressing the audience – he has done, is doing and will do for the development of San Marino football. Of the 211 affiliated Federations, only one is world champion. Nevertheless, everyone – no one excluded – can and must think that guaranteeing access to football for children is their own World Cup ”.
“A great honor to be able to host President Infantino in San Marino – he comments Marco TuraPresident of the FSGC -. His presence here, despite a very busy schedule and less than two months from the start of the World Cup in Qatar, gives us the measure of the excellent relations between the San Marino Football Federation and FIFA, as well as the relationships of esteem and friendship that bind us to the its President “.
Concepts reaffirmed also at the Audience by the Captains Regent SE Oscar Mina and SE Paolo Rondelli, which took place this morning in Palazzo Pubblico. Infantino was introduced to the Supreme Judiciary by the Secretary for Sport Teodoro Lonferniniwho underlined the importance of the presence of the illustrious guest in the area in these hours.
“Sport and football in particular is an incredible vehicle of values: working hard to get results, getting up after a defeat or learning to behave according to precise rules. – remember Infantino in the hall of the Great and General Council – these are just some of the lessons of football, which take root especially in the youngest, contributing to the education of the citizens of tomorrow. The presence of the FIFA President in San Marino means that today the Republic of San Marino is the world capital of football: for me it is always a pleasure to be here and I hope to return very soon “.
In closing, Infantino shares with those present a concept that is anything but trivial: “In the world football system, San Marino and Brazil are on the same level. In fact, they have the dignity and ability to convey the values of union and team play that valuable football to develop itself. In particular, in the light of what we can see in today’s world, these are elements of extraordinary importance ”.
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