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Shedra Futsal begins!

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  As is tradition, many of us RYI students are again participating in the Shedra Futsal championship. This time we have a league format, with 6 teams, and 6 players per team, thus allowing for substitutions during the game. Last Friday was our first round of games, the level is high, and all teams are designed to be equally balanced.... My team lost by just 2 goals and the other games were also very close!      Before any official competition began, just three years ago, a few of us would get together to play in free open spaces of low quality, and sometimes local kids would join our informal games. Then one friend found out about a good Futsal pitch nearby, and the Student Society organized a short championship, including a prize for the winner: a bookstore voucher for each of the players of the winning team. Since then, a championship has taken place at least once a year, and more and more students have joined. Two new Futsal pitches are also available, and they are ve