A first experience that has gone wonderfully. This is how CD Arenal describes the first edition of the Gijón Cup, the week-old competition that this sports entity has promoted on the El Tragamón soccer field. A tournament that came to an end on Saturday morning with a lively awards ceremony in the five categories that were in contention. Namely, the prebenjamines tournaments, the 8-a-side soccer benjamines, the sala benjamines, the debutantes and 8-a-side soccer juniors. The top four finishers in each category, which brought together teams with children between the ages of five and eleven years, they took their corresponding trophy and each one of them a soccer ball. “It has been a success with the public and behavior on the part of all the players, parents and fans. We are convinced that this competition must be established every year and we want to grow and add more teams,” said Víctor Holguera, the coordinator from CD Arenal after the awards ceremony.
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The classifications were as follows. In the “futsal rookie tournament” Gijón Industrial “A” won. CD Arena, Gijón Industrial “B” and Covadonga were second, third and fourth respectively. In the “benjamín sala” tournament, the winner was, once again, the Santa Cruz team, that is, Gijón Industrial. The next classified were Los Campos, Real Avilés and Arenal. Meanwhile, in the “benjamín soccer tournament 8”. In the “prebenjamín” tournament the winner was Sporting. The second, third and fourth places were Gijón Industrial, Real Avilés and the Mareo Football School. Meanwhile, the “juvenile soccer 8” tournament was won by Atlético Perines. The order of the classification was then for Alcava, Marina Sport and La Braña. Lastly, the “Benjamín Fútbol 8” tournament was won, once again, by Gijón Industrial. Arenal, San Andrés and Fabril were second, third and fourth.
“The sensations we have had are unbeatable. There are other tournaments at this time and this has been a success of participation. We want to focus on this age group of between five and 11 years for the future”, concluded, for his part, Víctor Martínez , the president of CD Arenal after the end of a Gijón Cup that has left a great taste in the mouth at El Tragamón.