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Eight young Vietnamese footballers play in 1st Milo Champions Cup in Spain
Updated: 08:51, 03/08/2019
Eight talented young footballers selected from the 2018-19 School Football Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City are taking part in the first Milo Champions Cup being held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 30 to August 5.
The Vietnamese team comprising two girls and six boys aged 10-11 will take on 12 teams from other countries.
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Eight young talented Vietnamese football players had diligent training before taking part in the first Milo Champions Cup in Spain. |
The eight will also train at the Barca Academy and get a taste of professional football.
This has been possible through a tie-up between Nestlé Milo and FC Barcelona Football Club in 2016 to promote healthy lifestyles and encourage physical training by school children in Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Latin America.
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Vietnamese team and their coach. |
Over three years the programme has sent a total of 18 outstanding young Vietnamese football players to train in Barcelona.
The Toyota Junior Football Programme 2019 for young players aged from 9 to 12 will be held between June 22 and August 11.
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Germany’s VfL Wolfsburg football club inked a cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Hanoi on June 18.
Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been named one of six notable names of Asia that are good enough to play in Europe this summer.
The Vietnamese national men’s football team and its coach will be ambassadors for a campaign to limit single-use plastic products.
The Vietfootball Cup 2019 is scheduled to take place between June 9 and August 11 in Hanoi, with a total of 10 football clubs from across the country set to participate.
Source: VNA
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