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04/20 14:02 CDT Real Madrid is a European champion again beating Club Brugge in
UEFA Youth League final
Real Madrid is a European champion again beating Club Brugge in UEFA Youth
League final
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) --- Real Madrid has earned at least one trophy this
season and become a European champion again on Monday.
Madrid won the UEFA Youth League final --- effectively the Champions League for
under-19 teams --- after beating Club Brugge in a penalty shootout after a 1-1
draw on a sun-splashed evening in Switzerland.
Madrid goalkeeper Javier Navarro was key to a 4-2 shootout win, saving from
Brugge's Naim Amengai and Tian Koren.
The Spanish power's second title in the 12-year history of the UEFA youth
competition came five days after elimination in the Champions League
quarterfinals, where Madrid fielded no homegrown academy players in the
starting lineup against Bayern Munich.
Club president Florentino Perez was present on Monday at the stadium of Swiss
club Lausanne-Sport alongside UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin.
Madrid defender Diego Aguado scored the decisive spot kick beyond the dive of
Brugge goalkeeper Argus Vanden Driessche.
The teams went directly to a shootout without playing extra time.
Madrid led in the 23rd minute when center forward Jacobo Ortega scored from a
deft flick with his right heel in the goalmouth. The Brugge defense was in
nervous turmoil and Madrid twice had chances in the next 90 seconds to double
the lead.
Brugge leveled in the 64th when Tian Koren's surging run and low cross across
the goal was met by Tobias Lund Jensen.
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