21.12.2009 12:01
A dream come true for Kuwaiti kids
Roger Bogunyà (enviat especial)
More than 50 Kuwaiti children had their dreams come true on Monday morning when they met and posed for photos with the Barça players.
The players and children met in the same room that what used for Sunday’s pre-match press
conference with Laporta, Guardiola, Henry and Ibrahimovic. The only players missing were Messi,
Xavi, Iniesta and Alves, who have to be in Zurich on Monday afternoon.
Photos with the kids
The ceremony started at 13.05 and lasted for 15 minutes. The players posed with sick children
and then the winners of a competition for tickets for this afternoon’s friendly between Kazma
v Barça.
FCB Escola in Kuwait
Last to meet the players were 50 representatives of the 350 children enrolled at the
FCB school in Kuwait. As well as the photo-shoots, the players signed all manner of shirts,
footballs and other footballing souvenirs.
"The children have fun"
After the ceremony, Barça TV and www.fcarcelona.cat got the chance to observe the
work of the FCB school at first hand. The school’s technical director, the Catalan Josep
Balada, gave us the details: “We do exactly the same exercises as in Barcelona – always
with the ball. The children have fun”. That’s one of the reasons the school has as many
as 350 children, although Balada admitted that the Barça name was enough to attract many children.
And now they’re officially the best team in the World, even more so.
Seven players from Barça Atlètic
Some seven players from the Barça Atlètic squad were present at the ceremony. In addition to Miño
and Jonathan Dos Santos, who formed part of the group that travelled from Barcelona to the UAE,
five more players have made the trip for tonight’s friendly: Bartra, Fontàs, Oriol Romeu,
Víctor Vázquez and Thiago Alcántara.