Milan, 7 November 2024 - From 7 November, the partnership with A Goal for Research, historical campaign organised by Fondazione AIRC, will be renewed. Footballing champions, teams from the Serie A Enilive and the Azzurri will stand side by side Sith 6,000 researchers as they take to the field for research. This is a true mobilisation of the world of football which has been made possible thanks to the precious support of FIGC, Lega Serie A, Enilive and AIA, along with sporting media channels.

The start of A Goal for Research is scheduled for Thursday 7 November, on the occasion of the early game of Matchday 12, and will continue throughout all of the Serie A Enilive pitches before arriving at the Nations League match between Italy and France on Sunday 17 November. Players, coaches and officials invite fans to join their support their teams in scoring as many goals as possible to render Cancer even more curable, using donations via SMS or telephone calls through the number 45521.

The A Goal for Research team have an even more competitive side this year, lead by Gianluigi Buffon, the first person to wear the new shirt with the colours of the Fondazione AIRC. Gaia Buonaurio and Ernesto Cigliano will be by his side, two people who were cured from brain tumours when they were teenagers, and the researchers Giorgia Foggetti (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele di Milano), who studies genetic factors that can aid a response to curing tumours, and Simone Patergnani (Università degli Studi di Ferrara) working on the molecular mechanisms underlying pleural mesothelioma.

A team that can also count on the important contributions, from people like their ambassadors: Francesco Acerbi, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Valentina Giacinti and Claudio Marches. All of them are ready to don the shirt to renew their commitment by the side of scientists from AIRC and promote awareness of prevention and the value of research through their social media channels.

The only way to win the match against Cancer is to have everyone on the same side and have the objective of scoring goals for research that cures the disease. Anyone can be part of the A Goal for Research team and can wear the shirt which is already available on the AIRC online shop at: https://shop.airc.it/maglietta-gol-per-la-ricerca

Let's take to the pitch for research by AIRC's side, send an SMS to 4 5 5 2 1 or you can donate using a credit card via airc.it

Let's score as many goals as possible to stop cancer forever #GolPerLaRicerca

Fondazione AIRC | Let's beat Cancer. Together. AIRC is the main non-profit organisation for the financing of independent oncological research in Italy, thanks to donations from citizens and agencies that share our mission: a community of people committed to making cancer curable forever. Since 1965 we have invested 2.3 billion euros in this research project which has produced concrete results for the prevention, diagnosis and curing of cancer and we have contributed to the growth of the Italian scientific community and and the training of young talents. AIRC is able to collect funds thanks to 4.5 million supporters, 20,000 volunteers and 17 territorial offices, assigning them in a transparent way to different research projects against cancer, meaning around 6,500 researchers in over 100 institutions working all over the country. We spread the culture of health and prevention in schools, squares, agencies and through means of communications. Data updated as of January 2024. Further information can be found at airc.it.