(KZN.RU, 1
September, Zilya Gayfi). Activists of the volunteer center of the Championship
FIFA-2018 in Russia conducted a football lesson for students of the gymnasium
№75, and the lesson guests were the players of the football club “Rubin” Sergei
Ryzhikov, who is the ambassador of the Championship, and Oleg Kuzmin. Ilsur
Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan and president of FC “Rubin”, visited the lesson,
dedicated to the Confederations Cup 2017 and the World Cup 2018. Similar lessons
in the framework of the federal project started today in schools of all 11
Russian host cities of the Confederations Cup 2017 and World Cup 2018.
Ilsur
Metshin greeted the students and said that they will have the opportunity to
witness the great event and see its preparation from the inside. “We host the
World Cup - a grand event, and we are lucky to become contemporaries of it.
Kazan spoiled by major international sporting event: the Universiade, the
Championship FINA, but the World Cup is the biggest event in sport. You will
have a unique chance to be not just spectators, but volunteers”, said the
Mayor. “Kazan is known for its sports clubs: “Rubin”, “Ak Bars”, “Unix”, and
“Zenith”. In addition, the multipurpose sports grounds opened in the yards and
schools in the city. So you have to grow up athletic, lead a healthy
lifestyle”, added the Mayor and wished students sporting success.
During the
lesson the volunteers told the students of 9th class about the history of the
Confederations Cup 2017 and the World Cup 2018, in which cities of Russia they
will pass, what the football championship emblem and mascots of various
countries mean. The children also learned how to become a volunteer at the
games. Students took an active part in the debate and demonstrated their
knowledge.
The
students of the first classes met with the players of FC “Rubin” on this day.
Ilsur Metshin noted that it is the students of the gymnasium №75, who are lucky
to get autographs of the goalkeeper Sergei Ryzhikov and the team captain and
defender Oleg Kuzmin first. First-graders were presented “Rubin diary”: they
can learn more about the history of the Kazan football club, its players and
achievements from its pages.
Gymnasium
№75, capitally renovated last year, meets Day of Knowledge with a new
playground for mini-football. 736 children are enrolled in 29 classes of the
school, and among them are many who would like to connect his professional life
to the sport. Ilsur Metshin, Sergei Ryzhikov and Oleg Kuzmin attended the
lesson with a coach, and became one of the first to play on the new field. In
conclusion, the guests took pictures with students for the memory.
Damir
Fattakhov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, Ilsur Hadiullin,
the head of the Education Department, Sergei Mironov, the head of the Kirovskiy
and Moskovskiy districts administration, and others attended the event.