Fútbol sin Fronteras plays in the city final!

Since July, a group of the grandes from Fútbol sin Fronteras has been playing in a Granada women's soccer league. The playoffs lasted all of October and culminated in the final this past Sunday at multi-estadio. Fútbol sin Fronteras squared off against Las Gran Sultanas (the great sultan's). Prior to the final we had lost to them in penalty kicks at the peace day tournament, but beat them during regular season play.

Both teams and the refs walking onto the field to sing the national anthem.

The game started off pretty slowly, the first half being a series of break aways and offsides calls more than anything. Samari, from FSF, was able to capitalize on one of the fast breaks and score the first goal of the game. Going into half time, we were up 1-0.

The action, intensity and quality improved a lot in the second half. In a span of three minutes Las Gran Sultanas scored to tie the game, FSF responded to re-take the lead and Las Gran Sultanas scored again to tie the game but again. Halfway through the second half Las Gran Sultanas scored another goal to take their first lead of the game at 3-2. We had some good opportunities at the end of the half, but couldn't finish any of them and ended up losing 2-3.



This season was the fourth season in a row that Fútbol sin Fronteras had gotten to the league final and lost! I think we're cursed. After the game, there was an awards ceremony for both teams. Our girls were comforted by the fact that the second place trophy was prettier than the first place one. Afterwards we headed back to the office for a pizza party to celebrate the season and the second place finish.