Presentation day at FC Barcelona. Day of emotions, as recognized by the president, Joan Laporta, because the club and the Barça Foundation officially presented Joan Gamper to the team in field 7 of the Ciutat Esportiva Barça Genuine, an initiative of the area of Diversity and Inclusion of the Blaugrana club in collaboration with La Masia, and promoted by the Foundation together with other collaborating entities. A team, made up of 24 athletes, 20 boys and 4 girls, that will participate in LaLiga Genuine Santander this season. The team will debut this weekend in Tarragona in official competition, in a tournament between the six new teams that have joined the competition this year. His debut will be against Ibiza.
The team was accompanied by their ambassadors, Gerard Piqué and Alexia Putellas, together with the also ambassador of the Foundation, Alex Roca. The Barça center-back was “very proud to be an ambassador for the Fundació Barça Genuine. We show again that we are more than a club and we transmit basic values such as equality ”. Pique He wanted to send “all the luck in the world to this team that will give us a lot of happiness” and asked them “to enjoy the experiences a lot. The whole club will be behind to support you in everything you need ”.
Captain Alexia Putellas spoke in the same vein. “I did not hesitate when they asked me to be an ambassador. Thank you for making it possible for everyone to have the opportunity to play for Barça. You reminded me of me when I started ”, he pointed out. “I wish you good luck in the League. Surely you will defend the shield, you will defend the values of sport and you will teach us a lesson ”.
Laporta, excited
The president, for his part, was enthusiastic. He revealed that the proposal came to him through the president of the Nàstic de Tarragona and it was one of his first goals when he returned to the club. “We have a new team made up of people who have had to fight a lot in life. We must all take example. They are an example of overcoming ”. Laporta He insisted that “society does not make things easy. We have an obligation to make everything better. A project like today’s makes society aware that we are all the same. Barça clearly stands in favor of equality and a better society ”, he stressed Laporta.
For Marta Segú, Director of the FC Barcelona Foundation, it was a very special day and highlighted that the creation of this team promotes “equal opportunities for all people. We are not a foundation of speeches, we are an entity of practical and tangible things ”.
Captain Pol Montilla, captain of Barça Genuine, highlighted the “great illusion of being part of this team, which has always been ours”. For its part, Exhibition Marscarell, the team’s coach, admitted “how difficult it is to express gratitude. They come with a strength and a predisposition. It is a team with great values, an example for all ”.
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