13 Feb 2019
Doha, 13 February 2019. Aspire Academy hosted the visiting former President of Paraguay, his excellence Luis Federico Franco Gómez when he and his wife toured the Academy on Wednesday 13th February afternoon. President Gomez was welcomed by Aspire Academy Deputy Director General, Mr. Ali Salem Afifa who went on to lead the tour around the academy.
Speaking after his visit, President Gómez waxed lyrical about Aspire Academy paying compliments to the nation of Qatar for the way it has gone about developing sport in the country. “Aspire is spectacular, and that’s not only the facilities l am talking about but the whole concept and approach to youth sport development from education, care to training. It is evident this has been well-thought-out planned and executed to the highest level, hence results like your recent victory in Asian Cup testify to the amazing work done at Aspire, said President Gomez
He added, that he will be back in Qatar for 2022 World Cup and hopefully watch Qatar play against Paraguay. “Before that however, we will be up against each other this coming June in Brazil during Copa America tournament and l look forward to that match too.”