UEFA.com picks out a team of young players who have broken through in the UEFA Europa League this calendar year.In order to narrow the field, we set the following criteria: i) aged 24 or under; ii) UEFA Europa 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 Champions League breakthrough XI?Goalkeeper: Dominik Livaković, 23 (Dinamo Zagreb)Made his league debut aged 17 and is now the bedrock of a Dinamo Zagreb side that have lost just once all season. Kept three clean sheets in the
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Champions League breakthrough team of 2018
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,... UEFA.com - News
Who makes our Europa League Team of the Week?
Sevilla are the only club with more than one representative in this season's first UEFA Europa League Team of the Week. Note: While the FedEx Performance Zone is a form tracker taking into account domestic and European games, the Team of the Week is based purely on form shown in the UEFA Europa League matchday in question.Goalkeeper: Denis Scherbitski (BATE) – 122nd (FedEx Performance Zone ranking)Defender: Joakim Mæhle (Genk) – 36thDefender: Enzo Roco (Beşiktaş) – 26thDefender: Aleksandr Martynovich (Krasnodar) – 8thDefenderUEFA.com - News
Under-19 EURO team of the tournament
Team selected by the UEFA technical observers: Jarmo Matikainen (Finland), László Szalai (Hungary) Rúben Vinagre, Fiorentino Luís, João Filipe and Quina were also named in the Team of the Tournament when Portugal won the 2016 Under-17 EURO Portugal win title in Finland Starting XI (4-5-1):GoalkeeperAlessandro Plizzari (Italy & AC Milan)DefendersRaoul Bellanova (Italy & AC Milan)Romain Correia (Portugal & Vitória SC)Davide Bettella (Italy & Atalanta)Rúben Vinagre (Portugal &... UEFA.com - News
How big a deal is new Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker?
Alisson Becker's move from Roma to Liverpool has been confirmed; what is there to say about the Brazilian goalkeeper?What they say "Alisson is a surprise only for those who haven't seen him before. What really strikes me is how he deals with dangerous situations so efficiently. That gives his team a lot of confidence."Gianluigi Buffon, Paris goalkeeper
Champions League breakthrough team of 2017
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 2017 or only limited prior experience and made a major leap this year. This is what we came up with: Goalkeeper: Ederson (Benfica/Manchester City), 24Almost single-handedly won Benfica the first leg of their round of 16 tie against Dortmund earlier in the year and has gone from strength to strength at City. His comfort on the ball sets the tone
Champions League coaches when they were players
Goalkeeper: Şenol Güneş (Beşiktaş)Kept goal in the Trabzonspor side that won the Turkish league title six times – and the Turkish Cup three times – during his 15-year spell from 1972-87. Also won 31 caps for Turkey, captaining the team on five occasions.Right wing back: Sérgio Conceição (Porto)A right winger, Sérgio Conceição racked up two league titles with Porto before moving to Lazio, where he won a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, a UEFA Super Cup, a Coppa Italia and a Serie A title. Scored 12 goals in 56 Portugal games, including a hat-trick against Germany at UEFA EURO 2000. Ce... UEFA.com -