The blue-white-sky blues and Gazprombank launch the Grand Festival of Football in Saratov

On 1st June at 12:00 in Theatre Square, Zenit in conjunction with the Zenit Academy and with the support of Gazprombank have started the football fesitival.
The festival is also dedicated to International Children's Day. During the day around 6,000 guests visited the event and 450 children took part in the selection process.

After the selection process, five winners were selected to go on an autumn vacation in Sochi sports complex where they will join the 25 best participants from the other cities taking part in the project. 

Zenit have organised these special training sessions to develop the key skills of football and for those selected their flights, education, accommodation and entertainment will be paid for by Gazprombank. 

The Grand Football Festival
 will continue in Sochi (11 June), Kaliningrad (9 July), St. Petersburg (16-17 July), Omsk ( 6-7 August) and will end on August 20 in Yekaterinburg. More information is available on the website of the Academy.