by Giuseppe Totaro
Positive debut for the newly “Nazionale per l’Ambiente”, the official football club formed by the representatives of ecology and environmental sustainability throughout Italy, under the sponsorship of CONAI, Italian National Packaging Consortium.
The occasion was the triangle "In campo per l’Ambiente", held at the Michele Coppino in Alba, Italy, last Friday as part of the "Festa dell’Ambiente", which saw the "green team" opposed to the National Team of Italian Mayors and a selection of Albese Calcio.
For the occasion, the national "green", led by coach Giancarlo Longhi's, wore a unique shirt, made of fabric, ideal for sports, made from recycled PET flakes from the collection of plastic bottles. Coming to the field, the first challenge for the Nazionale per l’Ambiente was against the National Team of Italian Mayors and saw this one prevail with the score of 5-2. It was Luigi Bosio who got the satisfaction of the first goal in the history of the "green team”, scoring on a a penalty kick at 21 minute.The second goal came thanks to the great technical act of Michele Rizzello, author of a beautiful stuffed with ball into the top corner in the last minute of the match. In the second challenge, the '"Green Team" had to surrender to Albese Calcio, victorious with the score of 5-0. In the third and decisive encounter Albese got the better of measure, 3-2, on the Italian National Mayors.
Afterward, there was held the awards ceremony with prizes for the best fans and for the three teams, who received trophies that were strictly "zero waste".
«The positive values of sport -says Walter Facciotto, General Director of CONAI- blend well with the environmental values of recycling. We wanted to support such an initiative to alert the public of the importance in our society that the collection and recycling for environmental protection have».
A positive opinion also for Roberto Cavallo, President of Erica and captain of the "Green Team": «In this moment when environmental issues are increasingly taking a central role in economic and political agendas, it is essential to increase the channels of communication and awareness citizens.In Italy the idea of combining a popular sport like soccer to raise awareness of environmental issues seems to us winning».
The next match of the Nazionale per l’Ambiente, pictures and any news will be available on site www.nazionaleperlambiente.it or on Facebook page of the team.
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