International Matches - Under 19

Development Tournament

Spain’s under 19 side have been given a bye through to the Elite round stage of the latest edition of the European Championships, but they took part in a 4-way friendly competition in Georgia, the hosts of the finals next summer. Luis de la Fuente’s team won all three games, the last against defending champions France, and Barcelona’s Carles Aleñá was named the player of the tournament. (14.11.16)


Spain 2 – France 0

Spain: Álvaro, Cucurela, Zalaya, Álex Martín, Carles Aleñá (Fran Beltrán 70'), Gonzalo Ávila (Mboula 46'), Jordán (Aitor 46'), Pepelu (Óscar 56'), Pozo, Genaro, Fran Navarro (Manu García 77’).
France: Luca Zidane; Danger, Maouassa, Callegari (Sissako 83'), Souici, Janvier, Boutobba, Ruiz, Karamoh (Edouard 77'), Mbappé (Osei 77'), Reine Adélaide (Ikone 63').

Goals: 1-0. 10. Fran Navarro; 2-0. 90. Manu García.

Spain won the tournament after beating France in their last game.


Spain 2 – Netherlands 1

Spain: Daniel Martin; Buñuel, Cucurela, Alex Martín, Pepe Castaño; Aleñá (Manu García 64'), Óscar (Fran Beltrán 45'), Pepelu (Genaro 64'), Brahim Díaz (Zalaya 82'), Mboula (Pozo 70'), Fran Navarro (Jordan 45').
Netherlands: Nijhuis, Zeefuik (Floranus 45'), De Light, Koopmeiners (De Wit 60'), Kluivert, Hoogma, Wijndal, Van Rooijen, Veerman (Teun 60'), Duin (Chong 79'), Velanas.

Goals: 0-1. 43. Van Rooijen; 1-1. 77. Genaro; 2-1. 93. Alex Martín.

Spain came from behind to beat Holland with late goals from Genaro and Alex Martín.


Georgia 0 – Spain 3

Georgia: Luka, Mali, Kutsia, Kobouri, Pochkhua (Qochorashvili 59'), Arabidze (Arveladze 77’), Khubashvili, Kvantaliani (Chogadze 46’), Kharabadze (Bulukhadze 81’) Chakvetadze (Samurkasovi 77’), Kavtaradze (Sagrishvili 59’).
Spain: Álvaro; Buñuel (Cucurella 80'), Zalaya, Alex Martín, Gonzalo Avila; Aleñá (Fran Beltrán 69'), Óscar (Manuel García 56'), Alejandro Pozo (Brahim Díaz 56'), Genaro (Pepelu 75'); Mboula (Jordan 56'), Fran Navarro (Dani Gómez 69').

Goals: 0-1. 01. Aleñá; 0-2. 29. Mboula; 0-3. 54. Mboula.

Spain opened the friendly tournament with a 0-3 win against hosts Georgia.


Squad:

Keepers: Álvaro Fernández (Osasuna), Daniel Martin (Sporting Gijón);
Defenders: Marc Cucurela (Barcelona), Aitor Buñuel (Osasuna), Alex Martín (Real Madrid), Pepe Castaño (Villarreal), Alejandro Zalaya (Zaragoza);
Midfielders: Manuel García (Alavés), Carles Aleñá (Barcelona), Gonzalo Avila, Jordan Gutiérrez Nsang (Espanyol), Pepelu García (Levante), Brahim Díaz (Manchester City), Fran Beltrán (Rayo), Óscar Rodríguez (Real Madrid), Alejandro Pozo, Genaro Rodríguez (Sevilla),
Forwards: Jordi Mboula (Barcelona), Dani Gómez (Real Madrid), Fran Navarro (Valencia).