China Sets Sights on Future Glory With World's Biggest Football Academy

QINGYUAN, CHINA - JUNE 14: Young Chinese students wait to kick during training at the Evergrande International Football School on June 14, 2014 near Qingyuan in Guangdong Province, China. The sprawling 167-acre campus is the brainchild of property tycoon Xu Jiayin, whose ambition is to train a generation of young athletes to establish China as a football powerhouse. The school is considered the largest football academy in the world with 2400 students, more than 50 pitches and a squad of Spanish coaches through a partnership with Real Madrid. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)