Young Kazakh footballers attend free master classes of FC Barcelona coaches
ASTANA. July 10. KAZINFORM Makhmud Kassymbekov, acting Director of the Nazarbayev Center, met with young athletes attending the summer football school Astana-Barcelona at Astana Arena Stadium in the Kazakh capital yesterday, says the center's press service.
"In Kazakhstan great attention is paid to the development of sport. This summer football camp opens wonderful opportunities and we pin high hopes upon all of you. We hope you will take football to a new level," Mr. Kassymbekov addressed young footballers at the football pitch.
Children were presented with soccer balls signed by Makhmud Kassymbekov, Vice President of the Kazakhstan Football Federation S. Baishakov, and coaches Karles Martorell Bakes and Ivan Polanco Santiago.
A friendly match between the teams of the Nazarbayev Center, coaches of the summer football school and reps of Sports Technologies of Kazakhstan Ltd. was held after the meeting.
80 children aged 9-11 from across Kazakhstan got a chance to attend master classes of Executive Director of training camps for FCB in Spain Karles Martorell Bakes and other European coaches from 30 June 2013.
It was the Nazarbayev Center that organized the free master classes and a training camp for the most talented young athletes of the country.