Our U13 Athletic squad travelled to Barcelona recently to participate in a European tournament. Manager Daniel said of the trip “We set out for our annual European tour this year and having competed for the last 2 years in Holland, decided to take on the Copa Costa Brava tournament in Barcelona. We cruised though the group games against teams from Germany, Belgium and Switzerland, winning 5 out of 5. As the week progressed it was clear that the team running away with group 2 were FC Frankfurt and we seemed destined to meet them in either the semi or the final. The semi finals consisted of us along with 3 German teams and we found ourselves up against FC Marzahn, who had finished runners up to Frankfurt. After a fairly comfortable 6-0 win we then had to prepare for the final. The Frankfurt side were an academy team and we’re all technically very well drilled. In a close game we had a goal disallowed and a header cleared off the line in the final few seconds which took it to penalties. Inevitably, we all know how games end on penalties against the Germans ‘s and we ended the week as runners up. It was a credit to the team that the organisers and other teams managers made a point of complimenting us for our style of play and attitude throughout the tournament.
Well done to all involved and for representing the club abroad.
