The Berlin Offside

Berlin, summer 1961. Every afternoon, in a small square in Berlin, eight kids gather to play their completely unofficial, and thus monumentally important, football tournament. Leo and his team are about to face their most important challenge: the final match that will decide who controls the square where all the Berlin boys, both from East and from West, usually play football. But the events of History move forward. The night before the final, someone builds a Wall that divides their square in half, creating an insurmountable barrier between East and West, and separating the two teams forever. The tournament will never be decided, and their friendship is destined to end abruptly. Or maybe not. Because young Leo, who lives in the West, has a daring idea: to sneak under the Wall into the East, in order to reach his teammates and play one last, unforgettable game.

A story by Book on a Tree