Du Laliga HPC teams register wins at Spain tour
MARBELLA: The du Laliga HPC U-14 and U-16 teams have had a winning week in Spain, beating two major Laliga Youth Club Teams.
The du Laliga HPC U-14 team, who have embarked on their first scouting camp in Spain this year, delivered a stellar performance in their match against Cadiz, snatching a well-deserved victory with a fierce defense in a highly competitive match played on the Spanish club’s home ground.
UAE Champions du Laliga HPC U-16 squad, still on a high from winning the UAE FAAL and TTD Super Cup in Dubai, crushed Granada in a superb match, breaking through Granada CF’S defense in the second half to finish the match with a 4-0 at the final whistle under the watchful eye of Laliga scouts on the lookout for exceptional talent.
The U-14 team kicked off their first match against Cadiz with confidence, playing a strategic game of great pace and quick, controlled passing holding off the home side to a 0 – 0 half-time score. They came back onto the pitch hungry for a win to set the tone of the trip and played a high-energy second half. A tackle on Yiannis Petras landed them a free-kick 20 minutes into the second half, which Yiannis wasted no time to hook into the badk of the netovera four-man Cadiz wall. The boys held on to the lead to the closing whistle to take their win 1-0.
In Granada, the du Laliga HPC U-16 squad faced tough opponents and first half saw them blocked by the home team, Granada CF, unable to find a break, ending the first half at 0-0. Fifteen minutes into the second half Mohammad Shabrawy capitalized on an error from the Granada CF defender and found their first window to plant a solid ball over the keeper and into the back of the net. Within 3 minutes the boys were awarded a free kick taken by Elliot Clark who found Fabio Rollano at the edge of the box whose powerful left foot volley found the top corner. Moments later Barbod Mazloumian’s assist to Shabrawy led to goal number 3 and a final attack on goal moments before the final whistle was taken by Mazloumian taking the match to a 4-0 win.