The jury of the 7th edition of the Diabetes Cup Spain, organizedand June 16 in the Soccer City of Las Rozas de Madrid, official headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Spanish National Team.
To date, 460 children have already participated in CUP Spain diabetes, the only football tournament aimed at boys and girls with type I diabetes mellitus. «But the championship is not only designed for children to enjoy a few days of leisure andSport: During the tournament the coexistence of families and parents are favored to lose the fear that their children practice sports, learning to live in the most natural way possible with this disease, ”concrete the pharmaceutical entity.
Of the 60 finalists who will play the tournament, 20, seven of the Valencian Community, one from Extremadura, two from Galicia, seven from Murcia, three of the Basque Country and two of the Principality of Asturias.All of them will form the 10 teams of eight players who will play a total of 22 games to reach the Grand Final.
"After seven editions, this soccer tournament shows one more year than diabetes should not be an impediment for children to enjoy sports normally," said Corporate Affairs Director of Lilly Spain, Teresa Millán.During the competition, minors will be controlled by medical and specialized nursing health personnel.