La Academia teams perform well in two international tournaments in France
Two La Academia teams in the ‘juvenil’ category travelled to France last weekend to take part in two international tournaments, namely the Festival D’armor, in Plougonvelin and the IC Croix Tournament.
In the Festival D’Armor, the ‘Malaguistas’ finished in a very respectable second place, after losing 2-1 in the final against Stade Rennais. The boys defeated Standard de Liège (1-0) in the semi-final, after finishing group leaders. During the first phase of the competition, the boys defeated AA Sporting Sul (3-1), Finistère Nord (2-0) and Stade Rennais (1-0), before losing to Stade Brestois (0-4).
The other ‘Malaguistas’ that took part in the IC Croix competition weren’t as fortunate. After an early victory against Sparta Praha (1-0), they drew 0-0 with Torino, and lost out in the penalty shoot-out, to then go on to lose to FC Porto by 2-0 to finish in 11th place.