Promosport Étoiles du Mandé, champions of MIC Football U18
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Promosport Étoiles du Mandé, a team supported by Promoesport, is proclaimed champion of the U18 category in the MIC Football and echoes its excellent sportsmanship.
The team from Mali beat Real Betis in the semi-finals and in the final against Badalona, where they won the title in a penalty shoot-out. It was in the latter match that the act of fair-play by the African players took place, and which has generated so much impact on social media.
In the final against Badalona, the Malian players were 1-2 on the scoreboard. In a game where the champions had to play with an extra player, due to the injury of a Badalona player, they scored the 1-3 to increase the advantage. The Catalan players complained, but the African players do not speak Spanish and did not understand. Until their Spanish coach Joan Mármol realised and they scored in their own goal to make it 2-3 by fair-play. In the end, the Badalona players made it 3-3 and, after a long-suffering penalty shoot-out, the Mali team won the trophy.
The team from Mali beat Real Betis in the semi-finals and in the final against Badalona, where they won the title in a penalty shoot-out. It was in the latter match that the act of fair-play by the African players took place, and which has generated so much impact on social media.
In the final against Badalona, the Malian players were 1-2 on the scoreboard. In a game where the champions had to play with an extra player, due to the injury of a Badalona player, they scored the 1-3 to increase the advantage. The Catalan players complained, but the African players do not speak Spanish and did not understand. Until their Spanish coach Joan Mármol realised and they scored in their own goal to make it 2-3 by fair-play. In the end, the Badalona players made it 3-3 and, after a long-suffering penalty shoot-out, the Mali team won the trophy.
