{"id":141,"date":"2013-01-23T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T10:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/?p=141"},"modified":"2013-01-23T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T12:32:13","slug":"fc-barcelona-and-spirit-of-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/2013\/01\/23\/fc-barcelona-and-spirit-of-football\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona and Spirit of Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>FC Barcelona and Spirit of Football announced a joint initiative today. To kick it off, all the first-team players signed a ball called \u201cThe Bar\u00e7a <em>Spirit Ball<\/em>\u201d &#8212; a replica of The Ball 2014 &#8212; which is on its way to Brazil, where the next FIFA World Cup will take place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This special ball will visit more than 100 schools across Brazil, including schools in a number of favelas. An estimated 50,000 people, mostly children, will encounter it as they participate in workshops run by Spirit of Football.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"http:\/\/foundation.fcbarcelona.com\/detail\/article\/a-ball-signed-by-the-fc-barcelona-players-will-go-to-more-than-100-poor-schools-and-communities-in-brazil-in-order-to-foster-the-values-derived-from-football\" title=\"FC Barcelona announcement\">FC Barcelona announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_embed alignnone\"><div class=\"sofvm_video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FC Barcelona e Spirit of Football\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fAIpLmF10pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Dani Alves: &#8220;It is our desire that this solidarity ball travels to schools and favelas of Brazil.&#8221;<br \/>\nGerard Piqu\u00e9: &#8220;Football is a great way to unite people and share our values&#8221;<br \/>\nCesc F\u00e0bregas: &#8220;For a better world. One Ball, One World.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_video_post_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/videos\/fc-barcelona-and-spirit-of-football\/#respond\">Comment on this video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>The following links will help you find out more about \u201cThe Bar\u00e7a Spirit Ball\u201d and Spirit of Football&#8217;s activities in Brazil:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Spirit of Football Brazil\" href=\"http:\/\/sof2014.com.br\/\">Spirit of Football Brazil website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SOF Brazil on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SOF2014\">Spirit of Football Brazil Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SOF Brazil on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sof2014\">Spirit of Football Brazil on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona and Spirit of Football announced a joint initiative today. To kick it off, all the first-team players signed a ball called \u201cThe Bar\u00e7a Spirit Ball\u201d &#8212; a replica of The Ball 2014 &#8212; which is on its way to Brazil, where the next FIFA World Cup will take place. This special ball will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"geo":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}