Benfica Soccer Schools: the best images from the Easter camps

This weekend, June 3rd and 4th, the Cathedral hosts the 16th National Meeting of Benfica's Football Schools. About 6000 thousand children will have the opportunity to play in these two days between the pitch of Estádio da Luz and the Synthetic Pitch, as well as to see, up close, the trophy allusive to the 38th national titlewon by the first football team. At the start of the event, President Rui Costa praised the work done by the entire structure of the "best academy in the world" and left a message for the young stars. "How wonderful to see so much youth running after a ball. What I ask of you is to make the most of the day and enjoy this experience in our stadium, our main home and where we have just become national champions", he said to BTV.

For three days, between April 14 and 16, Benfica Campus hosted the 1st edition of the Goalkeeper Experience, an initiative that allowed 20 boys and girls, born between 2007 and 2012, to develop and perfect their sporting performance as goalkeepers, according to SL Benfica's training methodology. A success, to be repeated!

Christy Ucheibe, Joana Silva, Francisco Neto and João Veloso, players from Benfica's women's team and B team respectively, put their skills to the test in a skill challenge, in which the good mood and relaxation of the moment prevailed. At Benfica Campus, the challenge consisted of the footballers, in pairs, and in a series of 10 shots/passes by each participant, scoring goals in four mini-goals, worth points depending on the degree of difficulty, i.e. the distance to the target. Here's a video recording of the moment that connected the footballers from the different teams on the pitch...

During school breaks, Benfica has the perfect program for the youngest, and this year was no different! Every week, the Football Summer Camps receive about 120 children, between 6 and 16 years old, who, during their stay, acquire knowledge inherent to the sport, rules, values and, of course, a lot of benfiquism. But, despite being directed to football, the activity plan does not live only on that, also counting on trips to the beach, to Seixal, to the Benfica Museum and movie afternoons. "The best feedback we can get is, week after week, we are always booked out", stressed João Rosmaninho, deputy coordinator of the Camps, to the BTV.