“On the field you make so many decisions. In football, you don’t have much time to think (…) and if you make a mistake you’ve got to just come back from that mistake asap. You can’t put you head down and walk away. And that’s something I’ve applied to my life.”
One of the lessons Assmaah Helal from Football United, has learned from the game. Read her story here:
“Football takes me to another world.”
Though Assmaah Helal grew up in a family of football enthusiasts, she almost hung up her football boots. Twice. But with her father cheering her on, she realised that if she really wanted to play, nothing and no one could stand in her way. Today, the 31-year-old uses her love of the sport to affect….
