As always, the annual football tournament – this time in Barcelona – was a complete blast. The Neuchatel team was as strong as it’s ever been, in my opinion, and played really well. We were in a tough group (yes, the proverbial “group of death”), but managed to qualify for the knock-out stage with 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss.
The weather was scorching… a beautiful early summer’s day. We had a few great games in the knock-out phase, eventually losing (again) in the quarter final on penalties to the UK team (who went on to win the whole tournament). We ended up being 6th out of 28 teams, which was a decent enough result.
The celebration afterwards wasa beach party at the Club Natació Barcelona. We went on from there to find a nightclub that allowed people to enter wearing shorts and flip-flops. I was pretty shattered, after the tournament, but somehow ended up staying out all night. We watched the sun come up from the roof of the hotel before getting to sleep after a…