The São Paulo team eliminated giants such as Atlético Mineiro, Internacional and Palmeiras, and faces São Paulo in the semi-final, this Thursday (22), at 9:30 pm
O Ibrachina It’s a great feeling São Paulo Junior Football Cup. Founded in 2020 and based in the Mooca neighborhood, in São Paulo, it eliminated giants such as Atlético Mineiro, Internacional and Palmeiras. In the semifinals, they will face São Paulo, this Thursday (22), at 9:30 pm.
O club was featured in the Spanish newspaper “as”who classified the team as: “one of the most pleasant surprises” and said that it is “a formative club that haunts Brazil”.
Part of the Brazil-China Sociocultural Institute, dedicated to promoting integration between the cultures of Brazil and China, founded in 2018. Ibrachina began its activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020, founded by brothers Thomas and Henrique Law. During this period, the institute maintained the “Coronavirus Observatory”, where it published news related to the pandemic using official sources.
It was at this time that he carried out screenings while most teams were stopped and formed his first categories. Despite not having a professional team, it is present in the youth, under-15, under-17 and under-20 categories.
The Ibrachina Arena complex, measuring 12 thousand square meters, is certified by FIFA, and the team received the training club seal from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
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Last year, Ibrachina was runner-up in São Paulo under-17, and was considered the sixth best under-20 youth category in São Paulo, behind the big four and Novorizontino, according to the São Paulo Football Federation.
Not everything is flowers
The president of Ibrachina is the businessman Henrique Lawson of Law Kin Chong and Miriam Law, investigated in the Piracy CPI, by the São Paulo City Council. The objective was to investigate the sale of counterfeit products and the marketing of products without paying taxes.
Law Kin Chong was arrested for active corruption, trying to bribe federal deputy Luiz Antônio de Medeiros, who was one of the presidents of the CPI. He was imprisoned between 2004 and 2007. The president of the CPI, Camilo Cristófaro, stated that the . The commission was closed in 2023.
The final report does not make a judicial conviction, it only records the facts and evidence, and recommends public policies and legal directions.
