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Mongolian children to be trained at Borussia Dortmund club
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Delegates of the Borussia Dortmund, one of the top football clubs of the German Bundesliga, are visiting Mongolia these days at the invitation of the Mongolian Airlines company (MIAT) on occasion of the company’s 60th anniversary.
While staying in Mongolia, the German team held a friendly match with Mongolian athletes on a pitch of the Mongolian Football Association (MFA). In the German team is Lars Ricken, a former midfielder of the German national team and the Borussia Dortmund, who scored the golden goal against the Juventus at the finals of 1996/97 Champions League.
The MIAT, Borussia Dortmund club and the MFA pursue with their cooperation an ambitious goal to bring Mongolian football sport to the global level and to train world competitive footballers in Mongolia. In this regard, coaches from the Borussia Dortmund will hold training for 60 children, distinguished ones will have continue their training in Germany.
Pursuant to a contract the parties have concluded, the MIAT has decorated its Boeing 737 800 airplane with the Borussia Dortmund logo. The MIAT’s logo will be placed on the Signal Iduna Park, home stadium of the Borussia Dortmund as well.
