Memorial Assane Niang: Football Tournament for Pulcini and First Kicks in Ponte a Elsa

Last November, at just 22 years old, after an evening spent with friends Asane Niang he passed away due to illness. A little more than four months after that terrible day, the company Us Ponte a Elsa 2005, where Assana had played and was coaching, organized the first Memorial Assane Niang, football tournament reserved for categories Chicks and First Kicks. The event will start at 10 am today at the Baldinotti sports field in via Livornese, where for the local club the children who trained Assane will take to the field. Other participating clubs will include Lastrigiana, Monteserra, Tobbiana, Cerbaia and Rinascita Doccia. "A demonstration in memory of our brother Assane who left us too early - the red and white club posted on its social media page, introducing the tournament -. And it will be the children who our Assane trained with so much commitment and love who will remember this great boy who gave his all every time he took to the field, both as an instructor and as a footballer. You live in our hearts, brother, always".