FtK program sponsor and RWE fan favourite Felix Herzenbruch answered questions from the FtK kids from the north of Essen at a children’s press conference last week. He passed the barrage of questions from the remarkably well-prepared children with flying colors.
Naturally, the children’s press conference took place in the real Rot-Weiss Essen press conference room and the necessary equipment such as microphones and notepads were also provided. The curious pupils from the fifth and sixth grades of Gesamtschule Essen Nord were full of questions such as “Are Schalke and RWE players actually enemies?”, “How long have you been at Rot-Weiss Essen?” or “Which dream club have you always wanted to play for?” When Felix Herzenbruch told them that Arjen Robben was the strongest opponent of his career to date, the children could only marvel. Of course, the obligatory autographs and a few selfies were not to be missed at the end.
Our cooperation partner Tani Capitain, CSR Manager of Rot-Weiss Essen, as well as our teacher for skills lessons, Büsra Sahin, and soccer coach Masataka Fukuoka, who works as a junior coach at Essen’s youth performance center, were also present.
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The children’s press conference made it particularly clear why the involvement of soccer clubs in “Fußball trifft Kultur” is an important part of promoting education. The professional soccer environment manages to motivate children to participate in the program, especially because many children have a connection to their home club. Tani Capitain was all the more pleased with the successful event: “It’s great that the kids have now been informed so extensively by Felix Herzenbruch at their own children’s conference. The preparation for the questions and the engagement with Rot-Weiss Essen is a successful project work.”
And the next extracurricular highlight will soon follow when the children are allowed to run in with the professionals in front of thousands of spectators in the stadium on Hafenstrasse.