International Matches - Under 18

XLII Atlantic Cup invitation tournament

Gran Canaria. Spain�s under 18 side only came second to France in this year�s Atlantic tournament, a competition which they have won eight times in the last nine years. Luis de la Fuente�s side beat USA in their first match, Dani Olmo the scorer late on in the first half, and then won 3-1 against hosts the Canary Isles, Jony Montiel opening the scoring with a well struck free kick and then adding a second before Rub�n wrapped things up aftert the break. However they could only draw 0-0 in their last match against France (who had Lucas Zidane, son of Zinedine, keeping goal), and they had to settle for the runners up spot on goal difference. (05.02.16)


Squad:

Keepers: Alejandro Santom� (Atl�tico Madrid), �lvaro Fern�ndez (Osasuna);
Defenders: Jon Sillero (Athletic Bilbao), Marc Cucurella (Barcelona), Miguel Monta�o (�cija), Aitor Bu�uel (Osasuna), Jos� Mar�a Amo (Sevilla), Pepe Casta�o (Villarreal);
Midfielders: Rub�n Fern�ndez (Atl�tico Madrid), Pepelu Garc�a (Levante), Antonio Otegui (Osasuna), Javier G�mez (Racing Santander), Genaro Rodr�guez (Sevilla), Pedro D�az (Sporting Gij�n), Francisco Jos� Villalba (Valencia);
Forwards: Rafa M�jica (Barcelona), Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb), Jonathan Montiel (Rayo Vallecano), Fran Navarro (Valencia), Daniel Villanueva (Villarreal).

PS. Javier Puado (Espanyol) replaces Rafa M�jica in the squad.