Furia

Three months pass in a blur as Camila and her team prepare for the Sudamericano tournament. Roxana still won’t talk to Camila, but the rest of the team is finding unity as they scrimmage and practice together. Coach Alicia pulls Camila aside after a practice to compliment the way she’s been playing, but also to remind her to play with joy. Coach can sense the heaviness weighing on Camila’s heart because of uncertainty about Diego, her broken relationship with Roxana, and trouble at home. That evening with her family, Camila sees Diego on TV giving an interview before his game. Diego indirectly dedicates his first goal to Camila, and even though they are miles apart, Camila feels fire when he kisses his bracelet after scoring.

Three days before the tournament, Camila hears that Marisa’s 12-year-old sister, Eda, is missing. Marisa is Camila’s former soccer teammate, and all the girls on the team join a march to the police station to demand the police search for Eda. When Camila arrives at the march, Roxana runs to her, crying, and the girls embrace. Eda’s body was found. Camila is broken-hearted, but also angry. Camila raises her voice among the marchers, demanding justice. After the march, Coach Alicia addresses the team, telling them they’ll dedicate their games at the tournament to Eda and Marisa. Even though it’s hard to think of playing soccer in the face of such grief, Coach reminds them they can honor Eda and all the missing girls by daring to play and by pushing for more opportunities for women in Argentina.

When Camila returns home, she’s surprised to find Pablo there. She hasn’t seen him in months, since he announced Marisol was pregnant. She’s excited to find out that Marisol is having a girl, but also worried. With so many young girls in Rosario who met the same fate as Eda, she wonders how they’ll be able to protect Pablo’s little girl. Camila and Pablo’s happy reunion soon turns tense when he shows her a newspaper article announcing her team’s upcoming tournament and mentioning Camila as Pablo’s sister and “Diego Ferrari’s latest love interest” (302). Pablo is angry that she’s playing for the love of the game while he always played with the intention of making money to save the family. Their argument escalates when Pablo suggests that Diego doesn’t truly love Camila, and she slaps him across the face.

At that moment, Camila’s parents enter the room. Her father is angry with Camila for taking part in the protest for Eda; when Camila stands her ground, he grabs her arm and pins her down, then uses his belt to slash her face. When her phone falls out of her pocket, he smashes it against the floor. He knows she’s been playing soccer, and he blames Camila, Pablo, and his wife for all his problems, saying, “If it weren’t for all of you, my life would have been so much better” (307). Before he can do any more damage, the police enter and arrest Camila’s father.