During this Christmas period, precisely between 27 and 30 December 2006, Italian Serie A team, Atalanta B.C. in collaboration with Birkirkara F.C. Youth Nursery will be organising for the second time in Malta, a four day Football Stage at the Infetti artificial pitches in Bontadini Street, Birkirkara.

This event will consist mainly of six training sessions of an hour and a half , delivered by professional Italian youth coaches working at Atalanta B.C.

These coaches are amongst those who educated, prepared and launched players in Serie A namely Under-21 internationals Pazzini, Montolivo and Defendi and also guided and trained others who made history in football like Donadoni, Cabrini, Scirea, Inzaghi, Vieri and lots more.

All participating players will receive a full training kit, technical report and various Atalanta BC merchandise.

Massimo Biffi, Marco Paredi and Andrea Pandolfi, three professional coaches who work with youth teams at Atalanta in Zigonia, will be amongst the coaches present during this stage. 51 children will be participating is this year’s stage. It is surely the ideal gift for this Christmas and a memorable experience for all football lovers!

Birkirkara FC Youth Nursery and Atalanta BC Settore Giovanile have thanked Eurosport, Vodafone Malta, Paul Target, Calleja Second Step Stationery and AllSports International who have made it possible for these children to enjoy this memorable four-day training stage.