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Barcelona’s Under-12s win La Liga Promises youth tournament

Sport360 staff

21:09 03/06/2018

While their senior team might have secured the double – La Liga and Copa del Rey titles – this year, Barcelona‘s youngsters have followed suit.

On Sunday, they won they won the La Liga Promises, Spain’s most prestigious youth tournament for Under-12s.

The youth team defeated Espanyol 1-0 in a close final as Ivan Rodriguez’s only goal of the game helped them record victory.

A late surge by Espanyol couldn’t break Barca’s solid defence and the Blaugrana held on, to become champions.

Earlier, Barca defeated Deportivo La Coruna in the semi-final, that needed penalty shoot-outs to decide who would go through.

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