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Real Madrid Is a European Champion Again Beating Club Brugge in UEFA Youth League Final
Javier Navarro saved two penalties as Madrid claimed its second title in the 12-year competition after a 1-1 draw.
- On Monday, Real Madrid won the UEFA Youth League final in Lausanne, Switzerland, defeating Club Brugge 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.
- This second title for The Spaniards comes five days after Champions League quarterfinal elimination by Bayern Munich, where Madrid fielded no homegrown academy players.
- Goalkeeper Javier Navarro secured the victory by saving two spot-kicks, building on his performance in Friday's semifinal win over Paris Saint-Germain that also went to penalties.
- Center forward Jacobo Ortega opened scoring in the 23rd minute with a deft flick, but Brugge leveled in the 64th when Tobias Lund Jensen converted a low cross at the back post.
- The victory brings Madrid level with Chelsea's two UEFA Youth League titles, though they trail Clásico rivals Barcelona, who remain the competition's most successful team with three wins.
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The goal Javi Navarro was the hero in Switzerland of the white club, who took this European title for the second time.
A spectacular final in Switzerland for the most important European club competition for under-19s. Real Madrid are the deserved champions of their second UEFA Youth League title, celebrated in front of Ceferin and Florentino Pérez at the Stade de la Tuilière in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more
Paris Saint-Germain fell in the previous lap, Real Madrid pushed Club Bruges back to the shots in the final and raised the second Youth League in its history. Madrilènes succeeded FC Barcelona.
The goal was again erected hero stopping two penalties in the batch that make Real Madrid champion of the Youth League six years later
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Real Madrid is a European champion again beating Club Brugge in UEFA Youth League final
Real Madrid has at least one earned trophy this season and become a European champion again. Madrid won the UEFA Youth League final after beating Club Brugge in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw on a sun-splashed evening in Switzerland.
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