Xiaojia A opened under the heat of the Olympic Games, Peng Weiguo as the initiator of this event is deeply touched, the opening of the Xiaojia A summer camp has been the 8th (five summer camps and three winter camps), can always adhere, and these two years under the influence of the epidemic or insist on holding, it is indeed for Chinese football, Guangdong football youth training bowed to the exhaustion. Hopefully, as Peng Weiguo said, "Su Bingtian proved with his actions at the Tokyo Olympics that Asians can have a place in the forest of the world's strongest players in the 100-meter sprint." We footballers also hope to use our professionalism to prove that Chinese football is not worse than other countries. ”
Xiaojia A initiator Peng Weiguo
Yung Chi-hing announces the opening of his grandson also participated in the event
As a footballer, Peng Weiguo is well aware of the significance of youth training for Chinese football, and also understands that only youth training can truly revitalize Chinese football. However, under the epidemic, the youth training of Chinese football has been fragmented, and only those who truly love Chinese football and sincerely desire to revitalize Chinese football will always insist.
On the morning of August 3, the "Sun God Moves" 2021 Youth Football Summer Camp and "Xiaojia A" Challenge kicked off at the Zhaoqing New District Sports Center. Nearly 500 football players from inside and outside Guangdong Province challenged themselves in the competition in 6 categories and chased their dreams under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
The leading guests attending the opening ceremony of the tournament included Rong Zhixing, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Deng Huanhuan, deputy director of the Guangdong Football Sports Center and vice chairman and secretary general of the Guangdong Football Association, Pan Haohao, general manager of Guangdong Helios Group Co., Ltd., Liang Weiming, vice chairman and secretary general of the Guangzhou Football Association, Xia Yanqing, deputy secretary of the party group of the Zhaoqing Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Wu Qunli, Peng Weiguo, Hu Zhijun, Huang Qineng, Ou Weiting, Chen Yuliang, Chen Yiming, Liang Jianfeng, Yang Haowen, chairman of Zhaoqing Football Association, Cai Jinlong, secretary general of Zhaoqing Football Association, and others.
Initiated by Chinese football star Peng Weiguo, the "Xiaojia A" Football Challenge has held five summer camps and three winter camps, with a total of more than 500 teams and a total of 5,000 participants, which is a high-quality youth football brand event in China and an exchange event for elite youth clubs in South China every summer. This year's competition will continue the tradition of previous editions, adopt the concept of "professional guidance, market development, enterprise support, urban empowerment, and social resonance", and integrate travel, learning, competition and research.
This year's "Xiaojia A" Challenge attracted more than 20 brand youth clubs from Guangdong Province and some provinces outside the province, and was divided into 6 groups of U7-U8, U9, U10, U11, U12, U13-U14, which reflected the overall level of football youth training in the 7-14 age group in Guangdong. During the tournament, in addition to the young football players sweating on the field, the coaches of the clubs under the field will also actively communicate and cheer for the Chinese football youth training.
The event was supported by the title "Helios Moving". In the past 33 years, Guangdong Helios Group has been committed to the development of the national health industry. "Helios Moving" Bio-Health Drink is a new functional drink launched by Helios Company to solve the physical and mental fatigue caused by heavy academic work, help them improve their mental state and improve their learning efficiency. Mr. Pan Haohao, General Manager of Helios Group, said: "Helios Group has made a lot of public welfare investment in the field of sports in the past 33 years. Helios Bio-Health Oral Liquid was also rated as a special sports supplement for Chinese sports delegations in the three consecutive Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996 and the Asian Games in 1990 and 19954. For Fans in Guangdong, the "Sun God" is a symbol of collective memory. At present, the state attaches great importance to the physical health of adolescents, vigorously strengthens the development of sports activities for young people, and has introduced many policies on the integration of sports and education. To this end, Helios Group will also inherit its consistent support in the field of youth health and sports public welfare, continue to support this year's 'Xiaojia A' Challenge, and look forward to igniting the passion of football and helping the physical health of China's youth population." ”
Following the 2019 summer camp and the 2021 winter camp, the "Xiaojia A" Challenge is the third consecutive time it has been held in Zhaoqing City. The main venue of this tournament is located in the Zhaoqing New District Sports Center, which is the main venue of the 15th Provincial Games of Guangdong Province in 2018. Zhaoqing New District Sports Center Football Stadium is the first professional football stadium in Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing New District Sports Center Football Park has a standard 11-a-side natural grassland and artificial grass football field 2 pieces each. The referee law enforcement team of this tournament has high specifications, including active national referees and reserve national referees. The event provided high-quality conditions in terms of logistics, accommodation and reception, safety and security, medical services, etc., especially in strict accordance with the high standards of epidemic prevention and control for life and competition management, and the competition was also equipped with FIFA's AED pacemaker to ensure that nothing was lost.
Peng Weiguo said: "After the development of 6 summer camps and 3 winter camps, the 'Xiaojia A' tournament has become a relatively mature youth football event in China. From this tournament platform, in the past 5 years, more than 50 top players have been transported to the training camps of domestic professional club echelons and youth national teams. Just as Su Bingtian proved with his actions at the Tokyo Olympic Games that Asians can have a place in the world's strongest team in the 100-meter sprint, we hope to continue to exert the professionalism of our domestic football and work together with more grassroots football youth clubs and football coaches to build this event platform into a stage for more young players to realize their dreams. ”
At the opening ceremony, the organizing committee of the event released the image video film "My Ideal" for this year's competition. Chinese football titan Rong Zhixing announced the opening of the tournament. It is worth mentioning that Rong Lao's grandson also participated in this event, and the "Zhixing style" is expected to be in the same vein.
The youth clubs participating in this event gathered many famous players from the past in Southern Guangdong, including Peng Weiguo, Hu Zhijun, Wu Qunli, Huang Qineng, Wen Zhijun, Mai Guangliang, Liang Jianfeng, Tan Weiming, Su Yaojian, Ma Zhuojun and others, who will stage an opening star exhibition match at the Zhaoqing New District Sports Center on August 5.