After a first successful and exciting program year, in which the children of Bärenkellerschule were awarded the Fair Play Prize for their particularly fair behavior and their inclusive team line-up at the FtK 2022 final tournament, FtK Augsburg started the new program year full of motivation. The newly appointed FtK program sponsor Noah Sarenren Bazee paid the children a very exciting visit for everyone involved.
“Football inspires and can teach children so much of what they need for life: Team spirit, social skills, commitment and fair play. As a sponsor for “Fußball trifft Kultur”, I want to support the children in their development,” said Noah Sarenren Bazee and listened very carefully to the children’s questions during the class visit. Noah gave exciting insights into his development phases as a professional footballer and taught the children that you should never give up, even in difficult or seemingly hopeless situations.
As most of the FtK kids themselves have a migrant background, they were also interested in whether Noah feels more like a German or a Nigerian. To which Noah replied that he identifies very strongly with both countries, that he leads a happy life here in Germany and hopes to play for the Nigerian national soccer team in the future.
As the Augsburg FtK kids were particularly well prepared for their meeting with Noah, it was not surprising that they confronted Noah with his personal FIFA card from EA SPORTS. He was largely able to confirm that Noah has high scores in the areas of pace and dribbling and rather mediocre scores in the areas of physicality and defense. Noah was very motivated to continue working hard on his potential and supposed weaknesses. This was also the message he wanted to pass on to the children: To be diligent and to give their all to achieve their own goals.
Last but not least, the children gave Noah a copy of the book “Der Himmel über dem Platz”, which was nominated for Lese-Kicker 2022 and which the children were allowed to read themselves as part of FtK. Of course, the children were allowed to have their picture taken with Noah at the end and get an autograph. The children were able to take home their own souvenir of this special day.
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