The best footballer factory  of the world in the eye of the hurricane

La Masia is synonymous with football excellence and also the origin of the sanction imposed by FIFA that aims to protect the rights of minors. Located next to the Stadium of FC Barcelona, ​​La Masia is the birthplace of the Barça academy. This flagship agricultural building built in 1702 is named after a football school that happens to be the best in the world. From 2011 the facilities of La Masia are held in the Oriol Tort formation Center in the Sportive City of FC Barcelona in Sant Joan Despí.

Modern and functional building has a design made to optimize the training of athletes living without their families in order to help their careers in the club. More than thirty of the current soccer stars have been formed in La Masia: Love, Guardiola, Sergi Busquets, De la Peña, Puyol, Xavi, Reina, Víctor Valdés, Gabri and Messi, as well as a number of other players that have made ​​their way into different teams in the Spanish League and other countries.

The list of young talents that live in the new Masia is not limited to players from Catalonia and the rest of Spain, but there are also other countries players. It was in there where the scandal started after the intervention of FIFA, which aimed to protect children from abusive practices. In the BCN Content Factory report, the daily life of the players is revealed, the techniques used by the coaches and teachers of future football talents, etc. The aim is to give a complete picture profusely illustrated in the best football school of the world.

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