Aj Boy Victoriano and Matteo De Venecia, 12-year-olds selected as football ambassadors from the Philippines, will fly to Russia on June 8 to participate in the sixth Gazprom Football for Friendship International, where they will be joined by kids from over 210 countries around the world.
Victoriano will play midfielder and will be part of 32 International Teams of Friendship that play against each other in the Gazprom Football for Friendship International Championship.
Victoriano will be part of the Komodo Dragon team and will undergo a three-day training camp in Moscow. Victoriano, who hails from Parañaque, started playing football at the age of 8.
De Venecia is a sports enthusiast who hails from Metro Manila. He picked up the game when he was 4 years old.