Dubai: Nissan’s exciting Goal of the Week competition in partnership with the UEFA Champions League is in full swing in the Middle East and around the world, and it is already netting plenty of fans.
The UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week contest, engineered by Nissan gives football lovers the chance to vote for the most brilliant goals in the elite club tournament of Europe and win a host of prizes.
Polls to pick the most spectacular goals are being held during the competition with official UEFA Champions League merchandise up for grab during the group stages. But the big prizes for Middle Eastern football aficionados are two tickets to watch the UEFA Champions League final in Berlin and two tickets to the 2015-2016 UEFA Super Cup match.
Winners of the grand prizes of the match tickets will be revealed on June 8 next year. Eight prizes of UEFA Champions League merchandise are up for grab each week.
Goal of the Week forms part of Nissan’s four-year partnership with the UEFA Champions League. The competition is available on the UEFA Champions League section of Nissan’s website, nissan-ucl.com.
The Goal of the Week contest selects five of the best goals from each match week, as selected by a UEFA Champions League’s panel of judges. Fans can vote from midnight (CET) every Thursday following those matches. Registered participants enter into weekly draws.
Roel de-Vries, Nissan’s corporate Vice-president and global head of marketing communications and brand Strategy, said recently: “The UEFA Champions League sees the finest football players from around the world compete throughout the season.”
“The Goal of the Week activity will enable football fans to debate and determine the best and most technical UEFA Champions League goals around every match week, offering an exclusive opportunity to bring the excitement from the football pitch directly to fans online.”
Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East, said: “Nissan has a long and proud history supporting sports of all kinds. In football the UEFA Champions League is as special as it gets so it’s a wonderful partnership for Nissan.
“People in the Middle East love their football and follow it closely. Goal of the Week gives them the opportunity for direct participation and there are great prizes on offer. There is already a great deal of interest in the competition and it’s only early days.”
Nissan is the official global automotive sponsor of the UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Champions League. It has also recently signed Andres Iniesta and Thiago Silva as brand ambassadors.
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