Last July 7, 2017, 12 years old boys and girls from 64 countries came to St. Petersburg, Russia to take part in the 5th edition of the Football for Friendship program organized by Gazprom.

Those youngsters believe, if you want to change the world for the better just kick the ball. Pakistan and India, Egypt and Iran, Syria and Turkey: united in the International teams of Friendship these kids show that different cultures, languages and traditions are not an obstacle to fair play. And every single player came to Russia with a big dream. Defender from Mohammad Yusuf from Pakistan playing with his yellow exclaims: “I’ll make a team of Pakistan and I will surely be famous like Christiano Ronaldo”.

This time the trophy has gone to the Orange team, but every single F4F participant got the main prize – tickets to the FIFA Confederations Cup final. They also had a chance to meet some famous players. The F4F ball passed by the best highlights of the Northern Russian capital, young players visited the city and learned the culture of their host country which until a couple of days ago, had seemed like another planet to some of them. May be these kids will one day become football stars, but for sure, the light of this experience will show them the way into a better world.

Source: africanews.com