Coahuila y Baja California Norte were crowned champions of The Bimbo Soccer Tournament
Today, after three months of competition, the Great National Final Match of the 2016 Futbolito Bimbo soccer tournament took place at the Plaza de los M谩rtires in the Historic Center of Toluca, State of Mexico, where the National Champions of both branches became known. The event had the presence of Laura Gonz谩lez Hern谩ndez, Undersecretary of Industrial Development of the State of Mexico.
The women鈥檚 final was between Rub茅n Dar铆o elementary school from Culiac谩n, Sinaloa and the Instituto Brit谩nico from Torre贸n, Coahuila with a final score of 6-0 giving the victory to the Instituto Brit谩nico from Torre贸n. In the men鈥檚 branch the Colegio Arca de Tijuana, Baja California Norte and the Colegio Euroamericano from Monterrey, Nuevo Le贸n with a 0-0 score at the end of the second half and a match final score of 3-2 in penalties with which the Colegio Arca from Tijuana won the crown. The children from the four teams demonstrated their talent and excellent teamwork which confirms their deserved place in the final.
The awarding ceremony was lead by Ju谩n Nosti, Bimbo Marketing VP, Jes煤s Espinosa, Bimbo Commercial VP, Francisco Reza, from the Bimbo Marketing Department and Paula Sandoval, Cantera Project who handed out the trophies and medals to the winning teams.
Players with an outstanding performance during the tournament were also acknowledged during the awards ceremony:
- Best Scorers: Samara Madrigal from Coahuila and Daniel Hidalgo from Baja California.
- Best Goalkeepers: Sof铆a Cortines from Coahuila and Marcos Naranjo from Baja California.
- Highest number of Positive Reinforcement Green Cards: Adri谩n Caba帽as, Technical Director from Sinaloa and Marcos Naranjo from Baja California.
Juan Nosti, from Bimbo stated:听鈥淲e are very pleased to celebrate one more final match of the Futbolito Bimbo soccer tournament that has become the most awaited event of its kind among children. Those who participated in Futbolito Bimbo take with them a great sports experience where besides being physically active, also found in this tournament friendly relations with other children, fun family life, and having lived the values such as teamwork and perseverance.鈥
鈥淭his match was a fight between the different teams, but at the end, all are winners.鈥听Likewise, he invited children to continue exercising and having fun while doing it.
The Futbolito Bimbo soccer tournament champions will now prepare their bags to travel to Philadelphia to play in a friendly match with the champions of the USA B-Active tournament and after, they will enjoy Orlando, Florida with all expenses paid.
Futbolito Bimbo is a 50-year old initiative which is part of a set of activities that 黑料海角91入口 carries out to promote in society, physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. The 2016 edition started last April 9 and had the participation of over 57 thousand children from 45 cities in Mexico.
This tournament is the only one in its category that has a听鈥淭arjet贸n Verde reforzamiento positivo庐鈥听(Positive Reinforcement Green Card) from Proyecto Cantera (Cantera Project). This is an instrument to be used by tournament referees, who besides sanctioning players with the traditional yellow or red card, have the possibility of acknowledging good behaviors in and outside the field. The card promotes the recognition of those actions that deserve to be highlighted among players, coaches and family members.
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