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In a new class, 'Field of Dreams' holds a selection process in Vila Aliança

More than one hundred boys and girls participated in the selection process in a community in the West Zone

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Photo: Gilvan de Souza / CRF

This Wednesday (8) a new group of the project 'We Will Play Together - Field of Dreams' began, which visited Vila Aliança to carry out a selection with boys and girls aged five to 15 with talent for football who live in the community of the West Zone of Rio. It is always good to emphasize that the initiative, organized by the Social Responsibility and Youth Football departments of Flamengo, is the result of a partnership between the club and the Subprefectures of RJ.

Andrade, a Flamengo idol and ambassador for the project, attended the event, which was supported by the Craques da Vida organization. The social project aims to promote the dignified inclusion of children and adolescents in society through soccer.

"Having Flamengo in our community with the 'Field of Dreams – We Will Play Together' project was very rewarding because of the club's entire history, which has its origins in the favela. For those who don't know, the CRF's headquarters were formerly in Morro do Pinto, and the people who lived there were moved to Vila Aliança. So Flamengo has everything to do with the favela. We had a party in the favela today," said Franklin Ferreira, president of the NGO Craques da Vida.