Under-14s reclaim Madrid Football Cup 🏆 | OneFootball

Just as it happened exactly a year ago, the U-14 team of FC Porto once again won the Madrid Football Cup, a youth football tournament held over the weekend in the Spanish capital, bringing together some of the main European emblems.

In the group stage, the players led by Luís Esteves triumphed over the Swedes of Hammarby by 4-0 – Dmytro Sapega (two), Vasco Manarte and Afonso Cester -, beat the Spaniards of Colmenar Vieno by 5-0 – Manuel Ruivo (two), João Cardoso, Martim Moreno and Vasco Manarte – and won over the Irish of St. Patrick’s by 1-0, with Vasco Manarte scoring.

In the quarter-finals, after a 1-1 draw in regular time (goal by João Cardoso), the Portistas imposed themselves on Real Madrid in penalties by 3-1: Diogo Sampaio, Ruben Queiroz and Dmytro Sapega scored, while Alex Demianciuc defended a decisive kick.

In the semi-final against Atlético de Madrid, there was another draw at one (Ruben Queiroz) and another victory in penalties, this time by 5-3: Alex Demianciuc defended a penalty and Martim Moreno, Diogo Sampaio, Simão Marques, Ruben Queiroz and Afonso Cester did not miss from the eleven meter mark.

The final took place on Sunday morning at the Luis Aragonés Field, pitting FC Porto against Rayo Vallecano and ended with another blue and white triumph thanks to the solitary goal of Afonso Cester (1-0).

With another edition of the tournament concluded, the organization of the Madrid Football Cup announced the Best Eleven, which included midfielders Martim Moreno and Afonso Brandão.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.