Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila, has always been a land of football. With Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid deeply rooted in its people (6,377 inhabitants counted by the INE in 2019). On the one hand, that farm in Valdeolivas, belonging to the Gil family and the Arenas Valdeolivas rock, founded in 2016 and with luxury sponsors such as Adelardo, Gabi, Tiago, Caminero, Fresnedoso and Abel throughout its history. On the other, the Real Madrid supporters club founded in 1988, based in the El Chiquito bar. And, in between, that surname, Díaz-Infantes, which leads to the rojiblanco, for the work at the rojiblanco club for more than a decade of Iván, today a physical trainer for Al Ittihad, in Jeda, Saudi Arabia, for so many years learning the method next to Profe Ortega. From this summer it will be for something else: it will be the headquarters of the I International Football Tournament 11 Sub-13-Children that will bring together the best academies in Europe.
Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid, Betis, Villarreal, Porto, Espanyol and Real Sociedad have already confirmed their presence. Seven out of eight in this “different, wide-ranging” tournament. So with these words he was presented at the Provincial Council by the mayor of the town, Juan Carlos Sánchez Meson; César Moreno, Councilor for Sports, Pedro Muñoz and Juanjo Rodríguez, representatives of iTorneos. It will have the support of the Diputación itself and the City Council of Arenas, in addition to the Castilla y León Football Federation and Iván Díaz-Infantes himself. “We still have an eighth participant to confirm, but it will be top,” they promised.
Disputed in the first two weekends of June, the first (June 4 and 5), with 32 teams from the Benjamín and Alevín categories and, the second (10, 11 and 12), 16 Infantile teams will take the ball, seven of those already mentioned, the eighth that remains discover and the remaining eight, representatives of the region (Deportivo Arenas, Talavera…). “The goal was also for these boys to have the opportunity to compete with quarries of this level,” they added. With an impact not only sports. “The repercussion will also be touristic, social and economic. About 4,000 people in the region for two weekends“. Arenas de San Pedro, epicenter of academy football this summer. Another milestone of football to root deeply in their lands.