Marcos Sennaformer Villarreal player who was European champion in 2008 with the Spanish team, will participate with AWEX Education in Madrid next Saturday, November 21 in the scouting process and signing of young people (boys and girls between 12 and 18 years old) to obtain a scholarship that allows them to study in the United States through the practice of soccer.
The Spanish-Brazilian repeats after last year’s edition, in which his good eye allowed him to incorporate young talents such as Oliver Rodrígueza 13-year-old boy from Móstoles (Madrid) whose jump to the other side of the Atlantic has allowed him to lead the three-time state championship of his school, the Rabun Gap School, champion of everything in Georgia.
“These experiences with the kids are beautiful,” Marcos Senna begins to explain. “I spend time with the kids, with their families… In them you can see the excitement, the hope for what they are going to do. It’s always like that. So I really want to be with them again. To see them. I talk to each one of them. Also with the parents. About sports and non-sports. About academics. We talk about everything. I I had the opportunity to play in the US, for the New York Cosmos. But not to study. I have not had the fortune that they are going to have. Playing. Getting to know the culture… it is a fantastic experience. Those who are going to have this opportunity are going to have a great time,” Senna begins to predict.
The Brazilian Hispanic is a fixture at this event American Dream which will start on Thursday the 19th and will conclude on Sunday, October 22. Those interested in signing up to meet Marcos Senna and share Saturday afternoon with him can do so on the AWEX Education website.
Bellingham y Zidane
In the run-up to his trip to Madrid, Senna also had time to analyze sports newsFor example, the sensation in the capital. The start of the season Jude Bellingham with Real Madrid (10 goals in 10 games, the same as Cristiano Ronaldo) has caused many to compare the young English talent with Zidane.
Marcos Senna, former Villarreal player and ambassador of AWEX Education. | BRT United
Both wear the ‘5’ and play in similar positions, but Senna sees it as an exaggeration to launch the bell so soon. “Comparisons are hateful. Bellingham is just a kid and has just started the championship. It is true that he debuted with some great numbers. I don’t think anyone expected it. Not even him. He is a talent that will mark an era, but compare now It’s early. Zidane is who he is. A legend with a great legacy. We have to wait three seasons at Real Madrid to know if Bellingham can be something similar“, asks a Senna who knows what he is talking about. At Villarreal and the national team he coincided with Zidane’s retirement. In fact, Zidane’s last game at the Bernabéu was against the Villarreal team in which Senna played. Weeks later, France, with him at the helm, eliminated Senna’s Spain in the 2006 World Cup.
“The path that Benzema took is a good example of the patience that must be had with guys like Bellingham. He had a slow path. Good performance mixed with suffering and criticism at the beginning… and he ended up consecrated. O Luka Modric, who also needed time to adapt, but he ended up being an idol. Bellingham has many years left on his contract, but he has already shown early on that he is good. But we have to maintain consistency at Real Madrid. We have to wait. Let’s see if it consolidates or is it a summer rain,” he analyzed.
“Ancelotti will have no problems in Brazil”
Senna says that at the start of the Bellingham season the hand of Carlo Ancelotti, whose future, apparently, awaits him in Brazil as the new Canarinha coach. Senna was born there. Villarreal’s director of institutional relations sees the Italian capable of making the five-time world champion shine. “He has charisma and wins over the players. A coach at that level has to convince the players of what they want. Carlo is one of those coaches capable of doing it with the best players. If his signing for the Brazilian team is confirmed, he will not I think he will have adaptation problems. He will do it quickly. That is important. The key is to win,” he insisted.
If his departure to Brazil is confirmed, Ancelotti could be in the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, Canada and the USA. And will Messi arrive? “Being Messi everything is possible. Hopefully. I hope I reach the 2026 World Cup. I hope I never leave football. I hope we see him at the 2026 World Cup to enjoy it,” said Senna, who is clear about the Argentine’s impact on Major League Soccer. “Messi, wherever he goes, awakens passion. He is the best in the world. I’m happy for Messi too. For having chosen a country that has been wanting to grow for years. The name Messi has been an injection,” he says, knowing what he is talking about after his time at the Cosmos.
“The 2026 World Cup will go very well”
From that journey he has friends left in the US who pass on the soccermania unleashed by the proximity of the World Cupsomething that translates precisely to events like this American Dream from AWEX Education, which will be attended by more than 20 top-level US educational centers to distribute nearly two million in scholarships. In the last two years, AWEX Education has already facilitated the awarding of scholarships worth more than 4.5 million.
“I have friends in the US. They are taking giant steps in football. When the US wants to do something, they do it very well. This interest in football is growing. Now it will not be different. There is great expectation,” he insists. Senna.
Mark Senna and William Touchard, CEO of Awex Education. | BRT United
In his own way, he feels somewhat attracted to what kids who manage to study in the US can experience. “If I hadn’t managed to play my professional career, of course I would be jealous. But I’m happy for them. It’s an opportunity that many people can’t enjoy. But these guys can. But in my case I can’t be selfish. Can I? Envy? No… I’m proud to be an ambassador for these scholarships,” he repeated.
Who knows if maybe some of the boys he form Senna be a hidden talent that ends up playing in the 2030 World Cup which Spain will co-organize with Portugal, Morocco, as well as Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay. “This World Cup is going to be quite different. I don’t know how it will work,” Senna expresses his doubts. “But it’s going to have to work no matter what. We are used to a World Cup format of one or two countries. Now everything is changing. Now on several continents. But it is a World Cup… I’m sure it will be nice. We will have to adapt to this new format. We have no other choice,” concludes the former center midfielder of the Spanish National Team.
2023-10-16 17:00:43
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