Evergrande Invests RMB 50 Million Each Year to Host Competition in Madrid in Support of Youth Training of Chinese Football
Date:2018.11.20 Publisher:Xinhua
According to news of the Xinhua News Agency on November 19 in Beijing, Evergrande Group sent Evergrande Football School a document The Notice on Holding the "Evergrande Cup" Madrid Football Championship on November 19. According to the document, from 2019, Evergrande will invest RMB 50 million each year to hold the "Evergrande Cup" Madrid Football Championship for U14-U18 in Spain. Top Premier League teams of the same age groups in Madrid would be invited for the competition, including Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Getafe, Rayo Vallecano, Alcón, Leganes, and other teams of La Liga Santander and La Liga 2. In the Spanish branch of Evergrande Football School, students of each age group would have opportunity to participate in high-level, high-intensive competition each week, so as to hone their skills in a short time and emerge as outstanding football players.
On October 8, 2014, the opening ceremony of the Spanish branch of Evergrande Football School was held in China Cultural Center in Madrid.
In August 2018, Team 03 of the Spanish branch of Evergrande Football School competed with team of Italian Football Club Internazionale Milano.
In September 2015, Hui Ka Yan, Board Chairman of Evergrande Group, talks with students of the Spanish branch of Evergrande Football School.