NAPOLI ADOPTS A TEAM OF CHILDREN TO HERAT, COMPLIMENTS OF BENITEZ AT THE BRIGADE GARIBALDI


The military’s Train Advise Assist Command West, the command led multinational Italian-based Brigade sharpshooters “Garibaldi”, led by Brigadier General Maurizio Angelo Scardino, presented the sports equipment donated by the company Calcio Napoli, the children of the “Provincial Football Federation “, an amateur football team in Herat. The donation took place at the Italian base “Camp Arena” in Herat, in the presence of General of the Army Corps Paolo Ruggiero, Chief of Mission of the NATO “Resolute Support” in Afghanistan, which has also given a cup, donated from SSC Napoli, the President of the Federation Mr. Abdul Karim Rahmani. The latter thanked the Chairman of the Naples Football Aurelio De Laurentiis, who has promoted and supported the initiative, expressing gratitude Italians that offer a concrete contribution to growth “healthy” of young Afghans, in a social complex and risky.
President De Laurentiis has donated a plaque to the military of the “Garibaldi”, which reads: “That the football and Napoli can give a bit ‘of joy and confidence to the Italian soldiers in Afghanistan and its people who seek peace “.
The event was broadcast live video from Italy by the coach of Napoli, Rafael Benitez, who has interacted with the participants, giving even the “technical advice” to his Afghan colleague.