SOCCER - YOUTH FOOTBALL
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
2012
Al Kass U17 Cup Group B - Paris St.Germain (2) v (2) Barcelona - PSG sensationally knocked out Barcelona with a strong display in Doha. PSG opened the scoring in the 6th minute through Kingsley Coman but Barcelona fought back with 2 goals from Sandro Ramirez and Simon Colina Dominguez to lead at the half. Barcelona knew they needed a win to progress but Mousa Demebele equalised in the 63rd minute and PSG held on to knock Barcelona out of the Semi-Final on goal difference. PSG also featured Mickael Latour and Hervin Ongenda. Barcelona also featured Xavier Guasch, Joel Huertas Cornudella and Pau Casas (10, 1 Disc, Eurosport - Caple/Jackson, PAL)
2013
Al Kass U17 Cup, Group A - Real Madrid (3) v (2) Aspire International - In a fiesty match in Doha, Real Madrid overturned a 1-0 deficit at the half to qualify for the next round of the competition. Aspire dominated the 1st half and led 1-0 at the break with a goal from Abdoulaye Sanogo. The outlook looked bleak for Real when Aspire increased their lead with great overhead bicycle kick goal from Henry Onyenkuru but Real immediately pulled a goal back only to suffer another setback when midfielder Enzo Zidane Fernandez was harshly sent off. But the misfortune galvanised Real Madrid and they rallied behind scintillating counter-attacking football, scoring 2 unanswered goals to take the win. The Real goals came from Javier Munoz Jimenez and Agoney Gonzalez Perez (2) with the winner coming 6 minutes from the end of the game (10, 2nd half only - Aspire lead 1-0, 1 Disc, Eurosport - Boyce/Robson, PAL)
Al Kass U17 Cup, 3rd Place Playoff - Inter Milan (2) v (2) Boca Juniors - Argentinian side Boca Juniors claimed 3rd place in the competition with a penalty shootout win over Inter Milan. Both teams were evenly matched but Inter needed a goal with 2 minutes remaining to force penalties. Boca keeper Matias Budiño proved the hero by saving 2 of the Inter penalties to seal the win. The Boca goals came from Cristaldo Sebastian and Francisco Di Franco. The Inter goals came from Davide Moreo (penalty) and Francesco Bigotto (10, 1 Disc, Eurosport - Tompkins/Robson, PAL)
CEE Under 19 Cup, Final - Gyori ETO FC (2) V (1) SK Slavia Prague - In a dramatic finish in Prague, Hungarian side Gyori claimed their 1st CEE cup with 2 goals in the final 4 minutes. Slavia Prague led 1-0 at the half with a well taken goal from Lukas Marsalek but Gyori levelled the scores in the 87th minute with a penalty from Bence Szabo. With the game seemingly destined for extra-time, Gyori dramatically won the game with a great goal in the 4th minute of injury time from Zsolt Kalmar (10, 1 Disc, Eurosport - Boyce/Jackson, PAL)