The Infanta Sofía is the great soccer fan of the royal family. The young woman, who has just turned 16 and practices this sport, accompanies her father this Saturday in the box of the Cartuja stadium in Seville where the final of the Copa del Rey between Real Madrid and Osasuna is taking place.
After staying 24 hours in London to attend the celebrations for the coronation of Carlos III, the King and Queen have left the Spanish embassy in London shortly after 3:30 p.m. (Spain time) to go to Northollt airport from where they have taken off bound for Madrid, from where shortly after, the King, accompanied by the Infanta Sofía, traveled to Seville to attend the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Osasuna.
The Infanta Sofía is a great fan of football, a sport that she has practiced in the children's team at her school in Madrid and has already signed up for the team at Atlantic College, the boarding school in Wales where, starting next September, she will study, during two courses, International Baccalaureate following in the footsteps of his sister, Princess Leonor.
Last year, the two sisters attended the group stage match played by the Spanish women's soccer team against Denmark at the Brentford Community stadium in London, in which the Spanish team's move to the quarterfinals was decided. Eurocup final. It was her first solo trip abroad without her parents, the kings Felipe and Letizia.
The first time that the Princess of Asturias visited a football stadium was on April 27, 2016 at the Vicente Calderón field in Madrid, where she accompanied her father to witness the Champions League semifinal match between the Atlético de Madrid with Bayern Munich. The Infanta Sofía trained after a week when she, again in the company of her father, went to the Santiago Bernabeu to attend the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City, also in the Champions League.
