The Raise the Planes fight this afternoon (6:30 p.m.) for promotion to the First Iberdrola in a life or death match against Spanish Female. The Catalans are leaders and are one point ahead of the parakeet team, which also aspires to return to the elite.
The team he leads Ferran Cabello It has the advantage that it plays at home with the support of its fans and also has well-known players in Catalan women’s football in its ranks. Among them are the twin sisters Nuria and Pilar Garrote, two banners of the Sant Joan Despí complex precisely with a parakeet past and whose lives have always gone in parallel.
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The twins can boast of an enviable background: they were proclaimed runners-up in the U17 world in 2014 and, after passing through the Sant Gabriel youth academy, they joined Barça when they were just 12 years old to make their debut in the First Division with the first team. From there they went to Espanyol and Seagull de Badalona until joining Levante Las Planas, in 2021, where they have made the team dream of promotion to the highest category.
The Garrote sisters, during their time in the Spanish U17 team
They are two outstanding pieces in Ferran Cabello’s team, which is walking with a firm step towards promotion. It should be noted that Levante Las Planas already played in the First Division between 2012 and 2014.
Daughters of a soccer player and sisters of a goalkeeper and referee, their passion for soccer came from their cradle and in some interviews they have remembered that when they were two years old they already hit the ball. Like girls their age, they started playing with boys in men’s teams and have been able to experience the evolution of women’s football in full swing.