Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions Cup cultural exchange and friendship, 7-country and 8-team football youth tour in Pujiang to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Shanghai
As a highly anticipated self created brand event in Shanghai, the final of the Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions Cup will be held on the evening of the 3rd. On September 2nd, the organizing committee of the competition invited 8 participating teams from 7 countries to board the most fashionable "Shencheng Light" cruise ship on the Huangpu River and embark on a journey to the river. Athletes and coaches temporarily take a break from the intense competition and chat about their football dreams in the beautiful scenery of Shanghai, experiencing the charm of Shanghai city.
Using competitions as a medium, athletes from various countries engage in international cultural exchanges
As night fell, accompanied by a symphony of electronic music, 8 teams from 7 countries boarded the ship from Bailianjing Pier. Accompanied by the sound of sirens, the youth football party officially began as a friendly match.
Shanghai Football Association President Liu Haiguang expressed the hope that this gathering on the ship can not only bring the participating players closer, promote friendship between teams, but also stimulate more sparks of cooperation and jointly improve football skills. He said, "I hope everyone has a pleasant time in Shanghai, and I also look forward to the global football youth achieving better results in future matches and stepping onto the professional football stage as soon as possible!"
The sponsor representative, Chevrolet Regional Marketing Vice President Han Bing, presented a car model as a commemorative gift to representatives of various teams, wishing everyone's football skills to advance rapidly and gallop to higher levels of competition.
On the evening of the 3rd, the final showdown of the Tomorrow Star Champions League will also take place, with representatives from both sides giving pre match speeches. The Ulsan Hyundai U16 team from South Korea and the Sakura U16 team from Osaka, Japan are both determined to win the new Tomorrow Star championship trophy and will do their best to strive for the championship trophy.
The organizing committee also held a surprising birthday celebration for 5 players who celebrated their birthdays in Shanghai, making this moment particularly warm.
As the "Shencheng Light" cruise ship slowly departed from the dock, the beautiful scenery of the Huangpu River instantly surrounded the players. The towering buildings in Shanghai center, the classical buildings on the Bund, and the skyscrapers in Lujiazui are on both sides of the Pujiang River. The window of the city of Citibank lights up a huge light show for the stars of tomorrow in Shanghai, and everything is as gorgeous as a picture. Players picked up their phones and recorded unforgettable moments in Shanghai, China.
Under the leadership of Shanghai's famous musician Juliet, foreign young players began to learn the Shanghai dialect "kick a ball", and accompanied by the rhythm of the music, they also engaged in a creative flash mob activity.
The 2023 Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions League is not only a fierce football competition, but also a grand event for cultural exchange. It uses football language to convey the urban charm of Shanghai, which embraces all rivers, and irrigates the football cultural soil of Shanghai's efforts to build a globally renowned sports city. The eight participating teams have different nationalities, languages, and cultures, but the young players use football as a bond, heart to heart, conveying friendship, and experiencing multiculturalism. Football is a bridge connecting the world. The Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions League showcases the host country's sincere enthusiasm, professional competence, and football atmosphere to all participating teams.
Focusing on youth training, participating coaches engage in brainstorming
On the eve of the final match on September 2nd, U16 youth training teams from world-class clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur in England, Osaka Sakura in Japan, Ulsan Hyundai in South Korea, Porto in Portugal, Asbair Academy in Qatar, and PVF Academy in Vietnam, as well as Shanghai football youth trainers, gathered at the coaching roundtable of the Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions League to polish the color of the domestic brand's competition in the ideological confrontation and discuss the development of football youth training together.
The Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions League, as the pearl of independent brand competitions, is not only an outstanding competition, but also a fusion of communication and collision between national borders, as well as a fusion of smart dreams. It also carries the deep love and firm pursuit of football among all participants. On the stage of the Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions Cup, the participating teams not only pursue excellent game results, but also advocate a people-oriented football concept and pay attention to the comprehensive growth of young people.
Luo Wenhua, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Sports Bureau, believes that for Shanghai, through exchanges with top clubs such as the English Premier League, Portuguese Premier League, Japanese J-League, and Korean K-League, we can draw on international advanced experience and inject new vitality and momentum into Chinese football youth training. Shanghai looks forward to sharing successful experiences, addressing challenges and problems, and jointly exploring solutions through competition and exchange activities, in order to cultivate more young football talents and contribute to the rise of Chinese football.
During the exchange and sharing session, senior figures such as Luciano Kanipa, the head of scouting analysis at Qatar's Asbair Academy, Kim Jong jong, the head coach of Osaka Sakura U16 team, and Frederick Melo, the manager of Porto Youth Team, expressed their opinions and jointly explored the wisdom and foresight of football youth training, from the unique perspective of scouts, campus selection, and the dual nourishment of international study abroad, to the cultivation of young football talents. They have a wide range of knowledge and unique perspectives.
During the roundtable meeting, four coaches from English Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur U16 and U13-16 director Ben Roger Chenery, South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai U16 head coach Hyun Young min, Vietnam's PVF Football Academy technical director Eric Abrams Leon, and Shanghai U16 head coach Tao Jin deeply analyzed the current situation and future of Chinese football youth training from different perspectives, explored the characteristics of youth training systems in various countries, and ignited ideological sparks for the roundtable debate.
The coaching roundtable of the Shanghai Tomorrow Star Champions Cup was recorded simultaneously by Five Star Sports and will be presented in a panoramic view on the "Five Star Football" program in the near future. Chevrolet and the coaching roundtable of Tomorrow's Star Champions League provided exclusive seating for this feast.
