The green card will appear in the match between Chile and Chile.Peru competes in World Cup qualifiers

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Fútbol Más Foundation and Green Card They will once again play in the next World Cup qualifier, this time against Chile. Peru. It is expected that in next Thursday’s game (October 12), the Monument Stadium will be dyed green during the Peruvian national anthem to show respect for the opponent.

In the motto “I want to see your respect again”, NGOs and Chilean Football Federation They invite attendees to raise their green cards before the game begins. The aim is to highlight the importance of good behavior from fans before, during and after games.

“We are delighted because the response from the public during the game against Colombia was overwhelming and we saw over 20,000 green cards raised at the Monument Stadium. The public showed that you can party with passion but also with respect others, and not to the detriment of others,” said Daniela Noreña, Executive Director of Fundación Fútbol Más.

On September 12, Chile drew a goalless draw with Colombia. The green card team returned to the red team competition after participating in the 2015 Copa America and participating in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Unlike Chile’s first game against the Coffee Planters, the capacity of the Monumental Stadium will be larger this time. The Colocolino venue is expected to seat more than 35,000 people.

“We know that the challenge is bigger this time. Not only because historically the football rivalry with Peru could be bigger, but now we will have full capabilities, which makes the challenge twice as high. Not just to motivate people, but also for our team, They started installing the green cards at 10 a.m.,” added Daniela Noreña.

Respect is at the heart of the new Fútbol Más campaign, with a particular desire not to use racist insults against the team and “rival” fans, as the Chilean team has been punished recently.

More football: 16 years of impacting children and eradicating violence

Fútbol Más is an international non-profit organization that just celebrated its 16th anniversary and is one of the region’s pioneers in using sport for development. The company operates in more than 12 countries and has brought football to Lima and the provinces of Libertad, Lambayeque, Junin, Cusco, Piura, Ica and Arequipa since 2015 between 20 communities.

More than 9,000 Peruvian children and adolescents have already benefited from these actions through community-based programs, and since 2022, in partnership with the Ministry of the Interior (Minister), they have been implementing the Safe Play project, which aims to create opportunities for children through sport Protected spaces to prevent crime.

“Football is a very big attraction. We take the ball to any nearby field and soon the children want to play. At Fútbol Más we use this as a social intervention strategy in the construction of child-protected spaces Make a contribution,” said Daniel Orrego, Executive Director of Fútbol Más Perú.

Currently, Fútbol Más’s ambassadors are college player and women’s league champion Nahomi Martínez and sports journalist Daniella Fernández.