Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) organized their 30th Champions Tour from 15-25 May 2013 to Barcelona. This being their 10th year.
The camp was open to children between 10-18 years of all abilities. The camp is designed to develop children into better players, understand the diet & healthy habits of professional players, to understand the Spanish culture and to make new friends.
The participants were trained by Catalunya’s UEFA licensed coach Antonio Sánchez, one of the most qualified technical professional from the Spanish Catalunya football youth academy and assisted by coach’s Angel Di Maria and Angel Micah at the reputed Hristo Stoichkov Academy in Barcelona.
The children got a tour of Nou Camp and the museum, all were in awe of the silver ware especially the FIFA Golden Boot 1994 belonging to Barca legend Hristo Stoichkov and Messi’s four FIFA Ballon d'Or.
The following night they watched FC Barcelona beat Real Valladolid 2-1 at Nou Camp. The match was followed by celebrations as FC Barcelona lifted the La Liga trophy for the 22nd time. The club captain Carles Puyol let the team manager Tito Vilanova and team mate Eric Abidal, who have both been battling cancer this season, to lift the trophy, this was followed by fireworks.
This year the children also got to participate in the Pentecostes tournament held in the beach town of Lloret, in two age groups that was the U15 & U17. There were over 125 academy teams from all over Europe most of them being Germans that participated. The players were awarded a medal each.
All campers were awarded a camp certificate and a football. Talented campers have been invited to play for the PIFA teams.
The next PIFA Champions Tour is to Barcelona on 18 June 2013. Call 98209 68365 for details.
