After those of Cagliari and Alghero, Cagliari Calcio has inaugurated a new training center. It did so in Jerzu , where from this season the under 14 team plays the national championship of the category with a team made up of athletes from different areas of the island.
The work of the Cagliari Football Academy continues, the new project was presented in a conference hosted by the Ogliastra center. Mayor Carlo Lai emphasized that "the presence of Cagliari Calcio in Ogliastra is of crucial importance for the social and sporting development of the territory" .
"It is an honor - he underlined - to be the headquarters of this new and ambitious project, which brings with it multiple meanings. A complex adventure begins but we hope, and we are convinced, that it can lead many athletes to cultivate their dream, and in general local realities to improve thanks to the support of the structure of a professional club".
A "non-random" choice that of Jerzu, said the sports and organizational director of the youth sector of Cagliari Calcio, Pierluigi Carta : "A choice that matured after a process of several months, in which we assessed that there were the conditions to open a new strategic training center for the work that we want to continue to do throughout Sardinia. We intend to be very concrete, and we are demonstrating with facts, for example in Alghero but in general throughout the territory, that through a synergic work between Academy and scouting rossoblù we can monitor and cultivate the many talents that we have. Ogliastra is no exception, Jerzu will be the base of the Training Center but all centers in Ogliastra must be and feel involved , going beyond parochial logic and working together to grow collectively, giving the most deserving the opportunity to get to play in Cagliari and as high as possible in their sporting career".
The head of the Cagliari Football Academy and the Cagliari Calcio Basic Activity Mattia Belfiori illustrated the concepts, objectives and dictates of the project. «The Academy has a , because working seriously in a territory, improving together with local companies – whether or not they are affiliated with the Academy – means bringing something positive and lasting to the entire community».
