Luciano Spalletti receives the Let’s Build Kindness in Sport Award

An award for Spalletti

"Thank you technical commissioner Spalletti for the emotions the Azzurra jersey gives us and for the commitment and values it conveys to young people". More than 500 requests have come in from girls and boys from schools and soccer schools, who have written to the Cor et Amor Association, which carries out the national project Costruiamo Gentilezza, asking to present the coach of the national soccer team, Luciano Spalletti, with the Costruiamo Gentilezza in Sport Award, conceived by Florentine journalist and Ussi Toscana secretary, Gaia Simonetti, with the support of Ussi Toscana and Costruiamo Gentilezza.

The recognition, which stems from the heartfelt gesture of goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who was among the first to take in a family that fled the atrocities of war, includes the awarding of the jersey (designed and colored by the children) of Ambassador of Kindness. On the back of the jersey, è is Mandela’s quote: "Sport has the power to change the world".

In addition to the jersey, the Ambassador to Kindness certificate, curated by Chiara Castellani, Vice President of the National Building Kindness Project, is presented. Receiving the Building Kindness in Sport Award were, among others, Guglielmo Vicario, Anna Astori, Davide’s mother, Tennis Club Giotto for the installation of red benches in front of the playing fields, Javier Zanetti, Claudio Ranieri and little Nina, who organized a collection to buy balls that had been stolen from the gym she attends.

The request from the children for the delivery of the jersey of ambassador to kindness to Luciano Spalletti è was sent to the press office of the Azzurri.