Spain’s under 17 side made it through comfortable to the Elite round after winning all three of their qualifying group games. Santi Denia’s team came back from a goal down to beat Lithuania in their first match, Málaga’s Zalazar and Barcelona’s Aleña the scorers. Two days later they won 3-0 against Luxembourg, Zalazar scoring twice and Levante’s Pepelu getting one in between. And in the third game they beat hosts Slovakia 3-1 thanks to an own goal and strikes from Villarreal’s Villanueva and Real Madrid’s Arnaíz after the locals had taken an early lead. (29.10.14)