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2016 Ghana Soccer Festival kicks off in Italy

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News 2016 Ghana Soccer Festival kicks off in Italy
JUN 30, 2016 LISTEN

The second edition of the Ghana Soccer Festival, organized by Ghana Sports Association has kicked off in Italy in a bid to unearth talented African footballers based in Europe.

The youth tournament which is being hosted in Modena has players from Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Congo, Ivory Coast and Cameroon.

Italy is the only European country that expressed interest in taking part in the tournament.

Speaking to GHANAsoccernet.com on the objectives of the tournament, the Sports Director of Ghana Sports Association, organizers of the event, Augustus Brobbey Mensah said they aim at helping Africans discover their talent as well as establishing a strong bond between the Ghana Football Association and the Italian Football Federation.

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'This is the second edition of the event and we hope to build on and organize subsequent ones,' he said.

'We aim to develop young footballers and make them big stars in the near future.

'We see it a s a responsibility to develop young talents for our youth team, Ghana Stars FC to be useful materials for our national youth teams,' he added.

'We also want to use this opportunity to establish a strong link between the Ghana FA and the Italian FA.'

Ghana Sports Association was founded and started operation in 2013 in Italy and has since spearheaded the upbringing of many young Ghanaian footballers.

By: Sheikh Tophic Sienu @desheikh1 on twitter

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