An electrifying Iscar Cup roars into the final straight

The Iscar Cup tournament, which, for the first time, takes place as part of the LaLiga Promises programme, now has its finalists. RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona are the two Under-10s teams going head to head for the honour of lifting the trophy, after seeing off Real Madrid and Levante UD, respectively, in the semi-finals. 

The second day of the Iscar Cup tournament took Matchday One's fantastic atmosphere and hotly-contested football and raised the bar through the roof. The young talent taking part will go home feeling buoyed by the unconditional support they enjoyed from their fans at the Estadio San Miguel in Iscar and Estadio San Juan in Pedrajas de San Esteban. The excitement on the field reached fever-pitch at the 11-metre mark, with no less than five of the knock-out matches - four in the Round of 16 and one in the quarter-finals - needing to be decided from the penalty spot. 

.@realmadriden reach the quarter-finals of the @IscarCup after an exciting shoot-out. #LaLigaPromises https://t.co/2u4ct3sLTQ

— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) March 25, 2016

Real Madrid, Real Betis Balompié, RCD Espanyol, Selección Paulista, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Levante UD, Villarreal CF and FC Barcelona were the first eight winners of the day, securing their passes through to the event's quarter-finals, where Real Madrid, Espanyol, Levante and Barcelona managed to keep their title aspirations alive. 

The highlight of the proceedings came in the afternoon, with two semi-finals to delight a full-packed San Miguel stadium. RCD Espanyol sealed a 1-0 win over Real Madrid courtesy of a goal from Eric Alcaide, while FC Barcelona beat Levante 4-0 with goals from Alexis, Pol Montesinos, Jan Encuentra and Jon Pilar. 

.@RCDEspanyol vs @FCBarcelona, the @IscarCup's final 

 This Saturday at 12:00 CET pic.twitter.com/8tKLIYTU56

— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) March 25, 2016

The Iscar Cup final will be played on Saturday 26 April at 12:00 CET, while the battle for third and fourth place will raise the curtain on the last day, from 11:00 CET. Viewers in Spain can follow the concluding stage of the tournament live on LaLiga TV, Teledeporte and BeIN Sports.Five international LaLiga broadcasters will also be showing live coverage, among which are DirecTV (in Latin America), SuperSport (in South Africa), ONE (in Israel), WOWOW (in Japan) and Sportsman (LAOLA.tv in Germany and Austria).