UEFA.com picks out a team of young players who have broken through in the UEFA Champions League this calendar year.
In order to narrow the field, we set the following criteria: i) aged 24 or under; ii) UEFA Champions League debut in 2018 or only limited prior experience and made a major leap this year.
The question is: How would this team far against the UEFA Europa League breakthrough XI?
Goalkeeper: Odisseas Vlachodimos, 24 (Benfica)
Has made a string of impressive saves and been one of Benfica’s brightest sparks in a testing group stage campaign.
Defender: Milan Škriniar,…