Du LaLiga HPC and City FC win Academy League titles

dubai — In a night filled with anticipation at the Under16 and U14 finals of the UAE FA Academy League, du LaLiga HPC met their counterparts from City FC in both categories in the decisive battle to be crowned the strongest youth team.

In the U16 category, du LaLiga HPC outplayed City FC from the opening whistle. Du LaLiga HPC were awarded a penalty early on, but were denied by an alert City FC keeper as both teams ended a goalless first half.

The battle for the gold continued into the second half wtih du LaLiga HPC’s finding the target through Hasan Ali.

Determined to play their best and take the gold the du LaLiga HPC boys played from strength to strength setting up superb play and finding the back of the net another four times with goals scored by Lotfi Machou, Mohammed Shabrawy and Adham Khalid to take the win 5-0 and be crowned as League Champions with a five point lead at the top of the table.

The U14 match kicked off with high tensions, and City FC’s Aston Foster wasted no time finding the back of the net with a powerful shot in the opening minute. However, du LaLiga HPC restored parity through Akram Kabbani to take the match to 1-1 at half time. With City FC needing a tie to take the gold, they pulled back to play a defensive second half second half, blocking every attempt on goal to the final whistle.