Day 3—Alexandria Meets Alessandria! (Aug. 14)
The day began with an early wake up call for a bus ride to the city of Asti! Team ASA had a chance to meet with city’s newly elected Minister of Sport, Mario Bovino and local historian, Giuseppe to learn more about the city, which was founded in the 1st century as part of the […]
Day 4—Lifting the Cup! (Aug. 15)
Our day started at the amazing indoor Futsal facility, home of Orange Futsal and the Italian National Futsal team. Orange Futsal hosted a clinic specifically for our players. The session was fast paced and full of learning opportunities. The facility was equally as impressive, a full size Futsal court, built in bleachers high above the […]
Day 5—Travel Day! (Aug. 16)
We headed to Milan from Alessandria to tour downtown before catching our flight to Barcelona. Milan was beautiful! We visited the Castello, a fort built in the 15th century, then headed into the main square where Duomo di Milano outshines everything else. Alexandria players in front of the Duomo di Milano. Duomo di Milano is the […]
Day 6—FC Barcelona Escola Soccer Clinic at Mini Estadi (Aug. 17)
We woke up to a beautiful day in Barcelona and headed to the top of the city, Mount Tibidabo! We looked down over the entire city and enjoyed the amazing views. At the top of the hill sits the beautiful Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor or Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Tibidabo. ASA […]
Day 7—Futbol Sala at La Masia & a match vs. CF Palleja (Aug. 18)
We started the day walking down the street to La Masia, the new FC Barcelona Futsal training facility. We arrived for our futsal clinic right as the first team was ending their session. Unfortunately we did not catch sight of Messi or Suarez, but we did have an unbelievable experience inside their new futsal facility. […]
Day 8—Beach day & Camp Nou Tour (Aug. 19)
We set out for the beach in the morning! We chose a beautiful beach called El Prat located just south of downtown Barcelona. It was a bit overcast, perfect beach weather to enjoy for a few hours! Team ASA enjoyed time in the water and time on land playing beach futbol! We enjoyed lunch at […]
Day 9—Final Match and FC Barca Home Opener! (Aug. 20)
We arrived at La Barruana for our final match of the tour. There was only one team available for a game so we combined our own teams of boys and girls into one coed team to play the match. It was a great experience and the other team was very skilled and disciplined. ASA playing […]