The Gran Canaria national team won the 1st Regional Children’s Soccer Tournament in Santiago del Teide after beating Tenerife 1-0 in the grand final.
The final of this tournament measured the 2 best teams that finished in first place in their respective groups. On the one hand, the western province that was made up of the teams from Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro and, on the other hand, the eastern province made up of the teams from Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuertentura.
In the end, after a solitary goal in the first half, the team from Gran Canaria, coached by former international player Guayre Bentacor, prevailed in a disputed match in which Tenerife deserved something more after wasting countless scoring chances.
Regardless of the result, good football and a good atmosphere reigned throughout the weekend at the Puerto de Santiago football field where all the teams showed fair play and fair play both on and off the pitch.
This victory will allow the team from Gran Canaria to represent the Canary Islands in the national championship of the category.
In the rest of the grand final, the organization of the tournament was kind enough to give all the participating teams a detail as well as the entire refereeing establishment. After the dispute of the final trophies were delivered to the following protagonists.
Goalkeeper least scored: Juan Sastre of Gran Canaria
Top scorer: Carlos Alba of Tenerife.
Best player of the tournament: José Yanes from Tenerife.
Tournament runner-up: Tenerife
Tournament champion: Gran Canaria.
The Councilor for Sports of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Concepción Rivero, the Councilor for Sports of Santiago del Teide, Juan Carlos González, the Councilor for Social Services, Tania Cuadrado and the delegate of the Tenerife Football Federation of the South zone, Lucas González.
