City Football Group women's teams to face off and provide UAE clinics in Abu Dhabi

Sport360 staff 11:01 10/02/2016
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  • Man City have made frequent visits since Abu Dhabi bought the club.

    As part of both teams’ pre-season preparation, the sister clubs will face each other in the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy Challenge on Wednesday 17 February at New York University Abu Dhabi Campus.

    Both teams have enjoyed recent success with Melbourne City crowned Westfield W-League Premiers and Champions, and Manchester City qualifying for the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the first time in late 2015.

    “In addition to working with Aabar and FMBA in inspiring more girls to play football, this training camp will be ideal preparation for MCWFC ahead of their inaugural season in the UEFA Women’s Champions League,” said Gavin Makel, Head of Women’s Football at Manchester City said.

    “It will also be a fitting end to a memorable season for our newly crowned W-League Champions Melbourne City Women’s FC.”

    As part of the training camp, the UAE’s under-14 women’s team and UAE Women’s Football Committee will participate in a series of technical football clinics delivered by coaches from Manchester City Women.

    During the sessions participants will have the opportunity to train with, and learn from, professional female footballers who play at the highest level of the women’s game.

    Facilitated through the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy, medical and sports science practitioners from the UAE will shadow experts from Manchester City Women to further study techniques and skills that can be incorporated into their working practice.

    “As our main focus we look to ensure that sport is an element of daily life for women in the UAE, and so we are extremely pleased that the UAE women’s football community will have the chance to partner with and learn from two elite women’s teams that play at the highest international level,” said Raysa Al Ketbi, Operations Manager, Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy.

    “We hope that their visit culminating in the FBMA Challenge will encourage even more girls and women to participate in football which has already become an emblematic sport in our nation.”

    The fixture will be broadcast live at 18:00 on both clubs’ online channels, as well as Abu Dhabi Sports 1.

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