A delegation from the European Club Association (ECA) spend the past two days in the Sporting/Puma Academy, getting to know the home of the Lions in a visit that ended today with a presentation in the Academy Auditorium of the Club's youth training project.

One of Sporting's heads of youth development, Diogo Matos, spoke with the Sporting Official Website after the presentation: "It went really well. The ECA, which is an organisation that we are involved in, is looking into the long term challenges presented by a global football market, namely in the area of youth development."

UCA boss, Oliver Jarosz, also took a moment to give a few words about Sporting's progress in the area: "Sporting is the European leader in youth training and has been for a few years now, which is something you can see when you look at players like Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo. The ECA is visiting a few academies spread around Europe, but I would say that we were pleasantly surprised by what we have seen in Alcochete."

Paul Myllenberg, director of the Swedish club Helsingborgs, was also invited to take part in the session: "I am amazed by the conditions that the players have here and by how organised Sporting is. Our club trains in the Algarve, so I jumped at the chance to get to know the Sporting Academy."

Shalked 04 is also a member of the ECA and was represented by Bodo Menze: "Everything is integrated here, from the training coaches to the director of the Academy. We watched the under-17 lads training in the morning and the presentation in the auditorium expanded on what we saw.

Text: Jorge Vicente
Photos: César Santos

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