FC Barcelona’s preseason is starting to take shape. Over the next few days, the club will be revealing which teams it will be meeting in the build-up to the 2014-15 season.
And the first to be announced is HJK Helsinki, who Barça will play on Saturday 9th August in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital, which has the capacity for 40,000 spectators.
HJK Helsinki is well known for its commitments to charitable causes and corporate social responsibility, a philosophy that it shares with FC Barcelona. One example of this is how the potential proceeds from this match will be used to build a new indoor pavilion where young people in Helsinki will be able to play football in winter, a time when all the outdoor pitches in the city are covered in snow.
Like Barça, HJK are also admirably committed to youth football, with over 2,500 children currently benefitting from its academy. So, this match fits perfectly with FC Barcelona’s traditional quest to combine friendly matches with social causes and the promotion of sport among young people.
For several members of the Barça squad, this will not be their first visit to the Olympic Stadium. Indeed, it was in this same stadium that Spain played Finland in a 2014 World Cup qualifier last September 6th.
Tickets for this game are now on sale. Tickets will go on offer to general public via the following channel: www.lippupalvelu.fi.
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