UZBEKISTAN HAS CREATED AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF TRAINING OF PLAYERS FROM AN EARLY AGE - ASAHI SHIMBUN
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Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun published an article devoted to the development of football in our country.
Its author - well-known sports journalist Hitoki Nakagawa, who notes that Uzbekistan pays great attention to the development and promotion of sports. It is reported that as early as 1994 - just three years after independence - the national football team of Uzbekistan won the Asian Games in Hiroshima.
"The country has created an effective system of training of players from an early age, - the journalist writes. - Activities of children and youth school under soccer club "Bunyodkor", which was founded in 2007, deserve special attention. This institution acts on the territory of the same name from the stadium area of 56 hectares, which is comparable in size to the Tokyo Dome stadium in the capital of Japan.
Here, there are 7 football fields, as well as facilities for training, equipped with the latest technology, pool, health center.
The school is currently involves 773 young athletes. They not only receive skills in football, but also to learn foreign languages, ethics, history of the world and Uzbekistan.
In the future, these young talents to form the basis of the national team".
Next article provides information about the activities of the football club "Pakhtakor", which is eleven times champion of Uzbekistan. Readers will learn about the fact that the team was founded in 1965. During the years of independence, it has twice stood among the best four teams of the Asian Champions League (ACL).
H.Nakagava reports that the home arena of "Pakhtakor" is the eponymous stadium, which seats more than 35,000 people. In 2007-2009, it was reconstructed, after which the image of the sports complex has changed significantly, additional tennis courts, two-story building renewed youth football school.
Recall, the newspaper Asahi Shimbun published since 1879. Circulation exceeds 8 million. The publication is one of three major newspapers in Japan.
Jahon Information Agency, Tokyo