THE Philippine Football Federation (PFF) spruced up the sprawling National Training Center in Cavite as clubs return to training in preparation for a potential resumption of matches.
The 2-hectare facility is located inside the San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park in Carmona and features a Fifa-funded artificial turf and two mini pitches bankrolled by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The lot is leased to the PFF by the Manila Jockey Club Inc.
“We thank Fifa and AFC for providing the PFF the facilities needed to improve the National Training Center,” PFF President Mariano “Nonong” Araneta said. “These developments in the facility are a great help to the clubs and our own national teams in their training sessions.”
The PFF intends to transform the training center into its own version of a “bubble” to limit the movement of players and team staff. The bubble is being adopted by leagues—the most prominent is the National Basketball Association at Disney World in Orlando, Florida—all over the world to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The facility hosted several matches of the Philippine Football League, Women’s League and the PFF Under-15 Boys National Championship. Developments in the area included the perimeter fence and four floodlight towers to provide the adequate lighting for night matches.
The PFF will make impose health protocols for teams at the training center.
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