Victory for Spain’s under-17s with Kuki in starting-11
La Academia player, Jose Luis Zalazar Martínez ‘Kuki’ took part in the under-17s’ friendly yesterday in Oliva (Valencia) between Spain and Switzerland, resulting in a 3-2 win for the ‘Rojita’ boys.
Kuki played for the first 41 minutes of the match with Spain trailing by 0-2. With a number of changes in the second half, Santi Denia’s boys turned the result around and won 3-2.
The under-17s’ boys, headed up by Santi Denia, are preparing for the elite round of the championships in Benidorm from 20th to 25th March, with Spain facing France, Sweden and Israel hoping to claim one of two places to qualify to the European finals in Bulgaria.