Sevilla has fallen this Sunday in the final of LaLiga Promises, the promotional youth academy tournament, under 12, sponsored by the club association. Fran Rubio’s team fell in the second half of the final against a superior Barcelona that opened the scoring with two goals from set pieces by their captain, Edu Exposito, and closed it with a great goal by Ebrima Tunkara.
The Sevilla players barely made it to the rival area, although in the first half they came out briskly and even claimed a possible penalty. But Barcelona took control of the game with the ball.
The azulgrana kids accentuated their dominance and opened the scoring from a corner four minutes into the second half. Edu Exposito released a very hard shot near an angle that goalkeeper Aitor Garcia repelled with a save. At the corner, a great strike by Isma at the far post was finished off with a header by Edu Exposito himself, who managed to get away from his marker (1-0, 24′).
Two minutes later, the Barça captain scored a header again, this time in a lateral foul in which he won the back of the defense and headed the ball impossible for Aitor Garcia.
Already in the 37th minute, and with Sevilla trying to close the gap, Ebrime Tunkara scored a great goal by progressing inside and releasing a jump shot with his left foot that was impossible for the Sevilla goalkeeper.
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Sevilla they repeated the final that they played in 2019 and that they won in the 2015 and 2006 editions. On this occasion, Fran Rubio’s team got into the final by eliminating Celta on Sunday morning (3-2) with goals from Hugo and Adrian. Celta tied the game with goals from Bryan and Pablito and Kike scored the final goal that put the red and whites in the final.
Sevilla had qualified for the semifinals on Saturday afternoon by beating Real Madrid in an exciting penalty shootout, one of the favorites always for this tournament adapted to 7-a-side football in the youth category.
Goals from Sevilla players Mario, Adrian and Hugo and a save by goalkeeper David Benitez were decisive. Fran Rubio’s team was deserving of the pass after being superior in many phases of regulation time and enjoying more scoring chances.
Sevilla got into the quarterfinals on Saturday morning by beating Villarreal in the round of 16 (1-0) thanks to a goal from Adrian.
On Friday, Sevilla qualified second in their group, after beating Elche (1-0), Espanyol (3-2) and Levante (2-0) and losing to Valladolid (1-2).
