He Palm Futsal was born as a humble project in Manacor, the city of Mallorca where the tennis player Rafael Nadal was placed on the world map with its 22 titles grand slamand it was growing at a dizzying rate until this Sunday it became a shocker European champion in his first participation in the highest continental futsal competition.
Nadal, certainly, recorded a video to support the club founded in 1998 under the name of Fisiomedia Manacor before his participation in Final Four: “All the strength in the world, fight to the end and that’s it ‘El somni de tots’ (Everyone’s dream)the message of the award-winning Spanish athlete.
The five Balearic Islands are celebrating the first title in their history after a dramatic penalty shootout, dedicating it to miquel james its founder and first president, who died in 2021, architect of the creation of a club capable of challenging and defeating powerful Portuguese teams Benfica SL and sports club within Velodrome Balearic Islands.
He reached the Final Four without titles in the Spanish competition, or experience on European courts, but with a lot of rookie enthusiasm ready to make history against rivals quintuple his budget. And he made it up against all odds Most prestigious cup on the continent.
Mallorca Palma Futsal makes its debut this year in Europe as runner-up in the League last season and finalist in Copa del Rey in 2016. That is all his luggage from his first competition in national competitions -First National B- with the name Manacor Physiomedia.
It was the first team of any sport in the Manacorese region in the military in a national category, until its professionalization in 2006 and the first promotion to Division of honor in the 2007-2008 season.
The entity, then, is not ready to make such a spectacular leap into the category.The lack of facilities in Manacor and the loss of commitment from the institutions forced them to move to the capital, Palma, where they found the necessary help -from fans, sponsors and public entities- to become one of the best futsal teams in Spain.
Its roots in Mallorca are so great that it has even expanded its sports area, providing shelter to Urbia Volleyball Palma of the Men’s Volleyball Super League.
Palma Futsal by coach Antonio Vadillo has more than 3,000 subscribers, an unprecedented figure for an entity dedicated solely and exclusively to futsal, and without the support of powerful clubs, such as Barça, Benfica, Sporting and AnderlechtBesides others.
“Lifting the Champions League in Palma is a dream,” he declared Jose Tirado, general manager of the Mallorcan five before facing the Final Four. The European dream is now a reality and the club and its fans celebrate it as worthy of these qualities.
Source: La Verdad
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