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New Delhi, December 30, 2011: The much awaited FCBarcelona football training camp has started in Delhi. FCBEscola, in association with Conscient Football, began the first of the two camps at The British School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The second camp will take place at The Heritage School Gurgaon. With 180 participants, the camp has been divided in two batches of 90 each. The first phase of the camp will be held from December 30, 2011 to January 04, 2012 with January 01, 2012 being the day off. All participants received an official FCB Camp kit to wear during their 15 hours of FCBEscola training.
Ex Barcelona player and now coach at FCBEscola Josep ‘Pep’ Moratalla is leading the training assisted by 2 Spanish coaches, 6 coaches from Conscient Football and 6 assistants. The participants are in following groups – Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 17.
The camp is open to both boys and girls of all football playing abilities. During the intense sessions, participants will be trained in the same manner the FC Barcelona players undergo.
Anupama Jain, Director – Conscient Football, said, “This has been a great start as we have received phenomenal interest from players in Delhi as well as from other cities around the country. The participants represent over 80 schools and we have a number of girls who have registered for the camp which reflects the growth of football in India.”
