Modena, Italy – E be like Bologna FC don craze get sense! Dem don sign new partnership with Plastic Free Onlus wey go change di game for di environment and football. Dis partnership no be small matter o; e go dey kick off from November 4, 2025. Dem go gather young footballers for Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli, and dem go learn how to dey play ball while cleaning di environment. Na wetin dem call two-in-one wahala!

According to Lorenzo Zitignani, di big man for Plastic Free Onlus, e talk say, “Di combination of sport and sustainability na wetin dey work well. We dey start di first strategic partnership with a Serie A club, and e go create real impact for di youth and our planet.” (Chai! Dis guy sabi market o!)

As part of di initiative, volunteers from Plastic Free go dey present for Dall’Ara Stadium for di match between Bologna and Napoli on November 9. You fit imagine di fans shouting and cleaning at di same time! Na serious combo wey dey show say football fit bring people together for better course.

Dem also get big clean-up project wey go hold for March, right when national teams dey on break. And no forget, come May, players and fans go gather again to show dem commitment to dis environmental matter. Na for this kind partnership we go see as football dey build community and make sense for di earth.

Di fight against plastic no be small thing. E don clear say more than 12 million tons of plastic dey enter ocean every year. (E fit make fish wey dey swim dey wear plastic shoes o!) Di impact don touch humans too; scientists don dey find microplastics for blood, lungs, and even brains! Na wetin we fit call di new normal for 21st century, abi?

Christoph Winterling, di Chief Revenues Officer for Bologna FC, don talk say, “We dey proud to kick off dis partnership with Plastic Free. We wan be more than just a football club; we wan dey role model for social responsibility and environmental action.” E no dey lie; dem dey push di ball for di right direction, and no be only for di field.

With dis partnership, Bologna FC and Plastic Free Onlus dey show dem adventure no go stop for di pitch alone; e fit go as far as how we dey treat di world around us. Na new chapter for environmental responsibility wey don enter di Italian football.