The Army Men greeted Special Olympics Russia rising stars to start the new season of One Team, EuroLeague clubs social project.
Girls and boys with intellectual disabilities who study in one of special schools in Moscow visited the Red-Blues twice. First, they came to sold-out CSKA – Barcelona game, went to the floor in halftime and made some shots with active help from Andrey Vorontsevich and Pavel Korobkov.
On the next day another group of children visited USH CSKA. The guests were welcomed by One Team Ambassadors Victor Khryapa and Sergey Tarakanov as well as the project’s coach Yakov Tarasov. This time there were no need to hurry: there were no third quarter ahead and the team had a day off. So the captain and Olympic champion hosted funny and playful practice with the drills that require communication, team work and mutual support.
As the teachers confessed, the kids were sceptical, the were coming here with doubts. But they had fire in their eyes on the way back. “Invite us again!” “CSKA is the best!” could be heard during the farewells with the Army Men stars.
