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January 22 – Juventus has change into the primary main membership to hitch Gerard Piqué’s fast-growing Kings League Italy, a 7-a-side event that merges conventional soccer with fashionable leisure.
The Bianconeri will companion with Zebras FC, a staff chaired by Juventus fan Luca Campolunghi, to take part within the upcoming Kings League Italy championship, set to start within the coming weeks.
The partnership may even present Zebras FC ‘members’ with unique perks, reminiscent of tickets to Juventus matches and coaching alternatives on the Allianz Coaching Centre -adding a contact of Serie A status to the enterprise.
The Kings League, launched by Piqué and his Kosmos firm, is starting to make an influence. Its inaugural Kings World Cup of Nations kicked off in January and secured offers with greater than 20 media companions and a number of main sponsors.
Key broadcasters included Sky Sports activities in Italy, DAZN in Japan and Australia, ESPN and Disney+ in Latin America, and CBS Golazo Community in the USA.
The event additionally attracted high-profile sponsors like McDonald’s, Purple Bull, Spotify, Air Asia, Adidas, and Floki.
All of this underscores the rising affect of 7-a-side soccer within the skilled facet of the sport. Juventus, a membership with a watch for innovation, has wasted no time in hopping aboard.
Talking on the competitors’s sponsor announcement earlier this month, Oriol Granell, Kings League chief industrial officer, stated: “As soccer’s most streamed competitors, our occasions supply broadcasters and types monumental potential to attach with younger audiences throughout the globe.
“We’re thrilled to be welcoming a roster of such high-profile broadcasters, platforms, and industrial companions at this thrilling time for the competitors.”
The inaugural Kings World Cup of Nations featured 16 nationwide groups, together with from Brazil, Spain, and Italy, and introduced again legendary gamers reminiscent of Kaká, Andrea Pirlo, Francesco Totti, and Alessandro Del Piero. Fittingly, the ultimate between Brazil and Colombia was held at Juventus’s Allianz Stadium in Turin, with Brazil taking the crown.
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