On Tuesday, 24th of February, SEK U13 Girls’ Football squad had another tournament. This time around the tournament was organised and hosted by the International School of London Qatar (ISLQ). On the group stage, the girls faced the sides from ACS International School Doha (ACS), Park House English School (PHES), Al Khor International School (AKIS). On our first match, we drew 1-1 ACS with a goal from Miriam. On our second match, we secure a win over PHES with a fantastic goal from Salma. On the third match, Victoria and Miriam were responsible for the two goals which, led our win over AKIS. SEK finished first on the group stage with 8 points, followed by ACS in second. PH were third, and in fourth place were AKIS.

On the semi-finals, SEK played against ISLQ who finished second of their group. The match’s result was decided with an unfortunate deflection from SEK’s own defender which, led to a goal for ISLQ.

Later, SEK faced again ACS on the match to decide third and fourth places. With one goal scored by both teams during regular time, the final score had to be resolved by penalties. With 3 goals and 3 defenses from SEK’s goalkeeper, the match was resumed at 4-1.

Matches’ results: SEK 1-1 ACS; SEK 1-0 PHES; SEK 2-0 AKIS; Semi-final: SEK 0-1 ISLQ; 3rd/4th places: SEK 4-1 ACS.

The following day, 25th of February, saw the U13 Boys’ Football squad travelling to Doha British School (DBS) for 2 matches of the QUESS league. SEK had the honour to present its captain, and new addition to the squad, the skilled Grade 4 pupil Daniel García who is only 9 years of age.

The first match, against the side from DBS was competitive and saw lots of goals. SEK was fortunate to win by 6-5, with a third goal scored by striker João Aleixo on the last minute of the 30-minute-match. In order, the SEK goals were scored by: Adrián García; Daniel García; João Aleixo; Alejandro Tebar; João Aleixo; João Aleixo.

SEK played its’ second match against a very strong side from Compass International School (CIS). SEK only managed to score 1 goal by captain Daniel García, who scored with an amazing corner kick. Final score: SEK 1-5 CIS.