BARÇA FINISHED 3rd IN 'THE FOOTBALL GAMES'
Barça forces penalties in the Mini Clásico and takes the bronze from Madrid
Published:14/10/2023 - 20:53h
Updated:14/10/2023 - 20:54h
The Barça junior participated in 'The Football Games Cancún' and, by coincidence of fate, had to face Real Madrid in the match for third place, which had a favorable result for the Blaugranas
The FC Barcelona was one of the representatives of LaLiga (Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Athletic of Madrid and Seville) in the tournament 'The Football Games Cancún', in which they participated more than 16 teams in his category Sub-12. The Barça attained to advance of solid way, winning 3-0 to the Real Sociedad and 2-1 to the Borussia Dortmund, but suffered a defeat in front of the Flamengo by 3-2.
In spite of having arrived to the quarter-finals and win to the Guadalajara by 1-0, in the semifinals confronted again to the 'Mengãor' and the result was not favorecedor for the Barcelona, those who suffered a defeat by the road of the maximum penalty (0-0 in the formality of the meeting). This carried them to contest the third place of the tournament against the Real Madrid, the one who could not win in his key against River Plate (3-1).
The Mini Classical defined in penal
Although it expected that the clash went in the final, the viewers of the tournament did not remain without seeing a 'Mini Classical'. Although the context was not the most effusive, both teams went out to look for the victory with determination to sack of the tournament of the best possible way.
The duel began with a goal of Luis Molina that put quickly to the group merengue by in front. The guardameta white, Alvarado, had a stood out performance, repelling the constant attacks of the Barcelona. It did not go until the last compasses of the meeting that the FC Barcelona attained to win his resistance with a shot of Divine Ikenna to the square, what carried the party to define from the penal point. In this instance, the Barça did not forgive and, after the failure of Alberto Ruiz of the Real Madrid and the three annotations of Quim, Darwin and Adrián, sealed the definite marker.