The youth team of the Tekstilshchik football club held a friendly match with convicts from IK-5 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Ivanovo Region

On the football field of correctional colony No. 5, a friendly match was held between the teams of the Tekstilshchik-M football club and the convicts of the colony.

The game consisted of two halves of 20 minutes. The atmosphere of a real football match was created by fans from among the convicts. The duel turned out to be spectacular and exciting.

The score of the game was 3:2, with a margin of one goal, the team of convicts won.

The duel turned out to be interesting and stubborn, both the players and the fans got a positive charge of emotions and pleasure. At the end of the match, the teams exchanged souvenirs. Both sides expressed their wish to continue organizing such sporting events.

Head coach of the youth team Aleksey Nagnalov noted that no matter how the game ended, our main task is to draw attention to sports and a healthy lifestyle. The main thing is the atmosphere. Here she was in fact, football.

– Such events are important from the point of view of the socialization of people who are in places of deprivation of liberty. This year, together with the Tekstilshchik football club, we have already played the second match, we plan to hold such games on a regular basis in other correctional colonies, – said Denis Petrov, senior inspector of the department for educational work with convicts.

Press Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Ivanovo Region