Rabat- Spanish football club FC Barcelona has officially opened its first football school or “FCB Escola” in North Africa in the Moroccan economic capital of Casablanca on Saturday.
Several Moroccan football players, including Raja of Casablanca’s former players Hichame Abou Charouane, Bouchaibe Lembarki and Hassan Tair attended the ceremony, as well as other Moroccan media figures.
The school, which is located in Laysasfa district of Casablanca, will open its doors on Wednesday to a lucky group of pre-selected Moroccan children.
The school will train Moroccan children between the ages of 5 and 15 following the model used in the FCB Escola in Barcelona.
A report on the official website of FC Barcelona said that the new school will give young players the opportunity to learn the game, technically and tactically, in the same way that youngsters have been taught at FCB Escola in Barcelona for years.
The FCB Escola also allocated 21 grants for players from disadvantaged backgrounds that wish to attend the school, as part of the school’s social project.
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