On Sunday, June 19, we played our first volleyball game of the season against the Russian School.  We finally had a break in the weather, and ended up with a perfect day for playing.  Although we didn't win, we had a lot of fun, proudly wearing our yellow t-shirts and carrying our "flag tree" which contains flags from the various countries which have Portuguese as their official language.

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Our other main sport here is soccer, which we play against other schools on Wednesday afternoons.  We played our first game of the season on July 6 against the Japanese School. 
Final score: Japanese - 3, Portuguese - 9!!
This is the first soccer game the Portuguese School has won in its three-year history, and the second sporting event overall (we won a volleyball game last year against the Chinese School).

Here are some pictures from this historic game:

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Our talented goleiro (goalie)  (on right)

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We had a team full of strong players.


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Ataque


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Defesa


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Our valiant players and coach