Milo made the ultimate football dream of these young football players come true
Six young talented Sri Lankan football players flew to Spain on a fully sponsored trip by Milo to make their ultimate football fantasy come true. Attending a four day coaching camp run by FC Barcelona, a world class Football training was offered by Milo’s ‘Road to Barcelona’, giving the participants a once in a lifetime experience.
Milo’s Road to Barcelona, kicked off with an All-Island Under-12 Football Tournament, where six best performed players were selected after an extensive training for an all-expense paid trip organised by Milo, to a four-day football coaching camp run by one of the leading professional football clubs in the world, FC Barcelona.
Partnering with the Ministry of Education and the Schools’ Football Association, Milo’s ‘Road to Barcelona’, developed local football champions and gave them a wholesome experience of the international football arena.
The six lucky winners who participated were — M.I.M. Said of Hameed Al-Husainia College Colombo, M.A.A. Shan of Trinity College Kandy, K.M. Kalheem of Kinniya Al-Aqsa College, A. Simar of Pulawarmani Sherifudeen School, Dulani Sandeepani of Bendiwewa Maha Vidyalaya Polonnaruwa and WidushaVinodya of Kavisigamuwe Maha Vidyalaya. The children were accompanied by a teacher, President of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association (SLSFA) and an employee of Nestlé Lanka.
They departed the country on September 29 and experienced a three-day tour in Barcelona where they attended a training in Camp Nou, the home stadium of FCB. The coaching camp was held from October 1 to 3, inclusive of the ‘Escola’ football clinic, technical skills development on the pitch, ‘Camp Nou’ classroom sessions, museum visit, city tour, interactions and discussions with FC Barcelona coaches and taking part in many fun filled games while getting along with team members of other participating Milo countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Vietnam, Thailand, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Australia. The kids and their guardians came back to Sri Lanka on October 5.
A special note of thanks goes out to the pillars of strength behind the success story of these kids. Namely, the coaches of Sri Lanka Schools Football Association (SLSFA), Coaches of the winning schools for training the children and the parents of the children for being a constant source of support.
