The FC Barcelona delivers happiness in the hospitals of the city

As it already is tradition from does years, the FC Barcelona made this Friday 4 January, in the afternoon, the usual visit to the distinct hospitals of the City Condal to deliver instants of happiness and joy between the ill boys, carrying besides stock exchanges with gifts of the club and visiting also hospitable centres situated in Badalona and Sabadell.

The players and players of the first teams of the Barça masculine and feminino, technicians and directors delivered in several groups to visit all the hospitals and give illusion to the smallest, that could enjoy during some hours of the visit of his idols. The visits gave after the session of training of open doors, celebrated from the 11 hours (local hour) in the Mini-Estadi.

The FC Barcelona, a year more, surprised to the boys ingresados when delivering gifts and converse long and tended with them, doing photographies for the memory and signing autographic. One of the leading boys was Álvaro, that to his 16 years remains ingresado in the unit oncológica of the Hospital Sant Joan of Déu, and received the visit of Samuel Umtiti.

Before it arrived the French defender, could follow of virtual form the train of open doors through the robot Pol, a device that allows to boys of diverse hospitable centres be near of his idols in spite of not being able to assist physically.

The promoter of the initiative, Éric Abidal, accompanied at all times to the robot teledirigido, that daily is used by boys and girls of the main hospitals pediátricos to benefit of the project visiting the Camp Nou and the Museum of the Barça, all this thanks to this robot.

"The robot Paul commissions to approach the training to the boys that are ingresados", explained Abidal in statements conceded to 'Barça TV'. On the training of open doors of the first team, Abidal signalled that "it is a moment beautiful to share with the fans, the boys and the parents. The players train seriously, but is something that lives very well".

The FC Barcelona, in definite, delivered illusion and happiness a year more to the boys that more need it, and all his 'cracks' could be presents to exception of Sergio Busquets, the one who could not train in the Mini-Estadi and is doubt for the party against the Getafe of the day of Kings.

Like this it divided the Barça to visit the hospitals:

Hospital Sant Joan of Déu

Group 1

• Players and technicians: Coutinho, Denis Suárez, Iñaki Crag, Lieke Martens and Stefanie Go Der Gragt.
• Directors: Jordi Cardoner
• With assistance also of: Maria Vallès, General Director Fundació Barça; Anna Sagués, Director of Relacions Institucionals i RRPP

Group 2

• Players and technicians: Dembélé, Umtiti, Arthur, Aspiazu, Kheira Hamraqui and Toni Duggan
• Directors: Silvio Elías
• Patterns of the Fundació FC Barcelona: Josep Maldonado
• With assistance also of: Eric Abidal, Sportive Director.

Hospital Vall d'Hebron

Group 1

• Players and technicians: Fran Sánchez, Rakitic, Munir, Murillo, Patricia Pebble and Aitana Bonmatí
• Directors: Xavier Vilajoana

Group 2

• Players and technicians: Sergi Roberto, Vidal, Ernesto Valverde, Bárbara Latorre and Candela Andujar
• Patterns Fundació FC Barcelona: Felip Boixareu

Hospital of Sant Pau

• Players and technicians: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Edu Pons, Andrea Pereira and María Pilar León
• Directors: Enrique Tombas
• With assistance also of: David Bellver, Relations with the UEFA

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

• Players and technicians: Lenglet, Vermaelen, Antonio Gómez, Alexia Putellas and Sandra Cloths
• Directors: Jordi Argemí
• Patterns Fundació FC Barcelona: Mohammed Chaib
• With assistance also of: Josep Maria Barnils, Managerial Boss of the Social Commission

Hospital of Barcelona

• Players and technicians: Messi, Suárez, De la Fuente, Vicky Losada and Marta Torrejon (captains)
• Directors: Jordi Mestre, Maria Teixidor and Javier Embroider

Hospital of Nens of Barcelona

• Players and technicians: I Hammered, Jordi Alba, Pozanco, Leila Ouahabi and Maria Francesca Caldentey
• Directors: Josep Pont
• Patterns Fundació FC Barcelona: Enric Rock

Hospital Parc Taulí

• Players and technicians: Riqui Puig, Miranda, Pamela Tajonar and Gemma Font
• Directors: Jordi Moix
• Patterns Fundació FC Barcelona: Ramon Garriga

Cottolengo Cheerful father

• Players and technicians: Malcom, Aleñá, Joan Barbarà, Melanie Of Pilar Serrano and Gemma Gili
• Directors: Emili Rousaud
• With the assistance also of: Elvira Pou, member of the Social Commission

House Ronald McDonald

• Players and technicians: Cillessen, Samper Natasha Andonova and Andressa Alves Gives Silva
• Directors: Oriol Tomás
• With assistance also of: Susana Puell, member of the Sportive Commission.