要幫中國提高足球水平 巴薩在海南開足校

China is set to open its own version of one of the world's celebrated football academies as part of President Xi Jinping's quest for footballing glory.

爲響應習近平主席塑造足球輝煌的號召，中國將建設本國版本的世界著名足球學校。

Xi has championed plans to revolutionise China's notoriously weak national game with efforts afoot to create 50,000 football schools by 2025.

習近平主席倡導改造中國足球軟弱的現狀，提出了至2025年建造5萬所足球學校的計劃。

His ultimate goal is to transform China, whose national side currently ranks a dismal 86th in Fifa's world rankings, below Armenia and Qatar, into a world-beating team capable of lifting the World Cup.

他的最終目標是將中國國家隊變爲一隻世界強隊，進軍世界盃。目前國足在國際足聯的世界排名中位居第86位，排在亞美尼亞和卡塔爾之後。

The latest stage of that campaign will see a youth training centre modelled on La Masia – the legendary FC Barcelona academy responsible for players including Lionel Messi and Francesc Fabregas – open its doors on the tropical island of Hainan in the South China Sea.

這一運動的最新階段將是模仿培養了包括里奧·梅西和弗朗西斯科·法佈雷加斯等球星的傳奇學院--巴薩足球俱樂部拉瑪西亞足球學校，在南海熱帶島嶼海南開設一個青年培訓中心。

The academy will reportedly feature seven pitches and house 1,000 children aged 6 to 18. Among its teaching staff will be Ronaldinho, the former Brazil and Barcelona star.

據報道，該學校將設有7個球場，並容納1000名6至18歲的學員。其中一位教練將是前巴西和巴塞羅那球星羅納爾迪尼奧。

Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, told the Hainan Daily he hoped China's answer to La Masia would boost its campaign to become "a football powerhouse" by spawning a new generation of Chinese superstars.

巴薩足球俱樂部主席喬賽普-瑪利亞-巴託梅烏在接受《海南日報》採訪時表示，他希望中國對拉瑪西亞的迴應，能夠通過產生新一代的中國超級巨星來推動其成爲“足球強國”。

"More and more European players have come to play in the Chinese Super League, but by improving youth training, hopefully we can have more homegrown talent playing in the Super League and even European leagues," Bartomeu said.

“越來越多的歐洲球員來到中國足球超級聯賽，但通過改善青少年訓練，希望我們可以有更多的本土人才出現在超級聯賽，甚至歐洲聯賽，”巴託梅烏說道。

"I'm sure we will see a graduate from our Hainan academy playing for Barcelona in the future."

“我相信我們會看到我們海南學院的畢業生未來爲巴塞羅那效力。”