Real Madrid and Spartak Moscow earned some consolation following their quarter-final exits at the under-17 Al Kass International Cup by recording victories in the 5th-8th place play-offs. 
Real were convincing 3-0 winners over Etoile Sportive du Sahel while Spartak edged out 10-man Altinordu 2-1 at the Aspire Academy. Real, looking to make up for their defeat by Kashiwa Reysol less than 24 hours earlier, went close on 15 minutes when Andri Gudjohnsen fired narrowly over but they went ahead three minutes later through Raul Dacosta Cerqueda. Real doubled their advantage just before half-time when Fernando Rodriguez Rufo fired home and Gudjohnsen, one of Real’s best performers in the tournament, sealed a 3-0 win during the second half.
Real Madrid’s Peter Gonzalez Carmona was named player of the match. “I think we played really well. In the beginning we had a bit of luck to score, but then overall it was a very well deserved victory. The tournament is spectacular, the facilities, everything. I think Roma is a really good team and may win in the end,” Carmona said.
Altinordu took the lead through leading scorer Enis Destan but later saw Eren Akguney sent off and the Russians were able to stage a second half comeback. Aslan Mutaliev, arguably the most creative midfielder at the tournament, got two more assists but more importantly Ilya Golyatev scored both of the Spartak goals. The place-offs may offer relatively little to play for as far as most of the teams are concerned, but for Golyatov the honour of being the tournament’s top-scorer is a major motivation. He has five goals, two more than any other player, and will be hoping to add to his tally when Spartak take on Real in the match to decide fifth place. He scored twice against Real in the group stages when the Spaniards won 3-2. Etoile Sportive Du Sahel will take on Altinordu for seventh position. Altinordu beat the Tunisians 1-0 during the group stages.
Spartak Moscow head coach Vashkevich Viacheslav said: “The match was really poor. We would like to play great football and not make efforts like this today. It was more suffering. In comparison to yesterday’s match, we made a lot of changes and gave a chance to those who haven’t been playing yet, to demonstrate what they can do. But the quality was really low. We expected something better. For us it is very important not to look at the result only, but also to see them play well. That’s why I am very disappointed. Not every victory brings satisfaction.”