UEFA Youth League: Dynamo to face Juventus on February 20

19.02.2019 21:05

On Wednesday, February 20, Dynamo Kyiv U-19 in the UEFA Youth League head-to-head match in Kyiv at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky will meet Turin's Juventus U-19.

Ukrainian clubs are taking part in this tournament for the sixth time. In the 2018/2019 season, our country was represented by two teams - Shakhtar and Dynamo Kyiv. 

Donetsk, who reached the final of the UEFA Youth League in 2015, where they lost to Chelsea (2: 3), this season moved along the path of the Champions League. Andres Carrasco's charges got into the F quartet in the group round together with Hoffenheim, Lyon and Manchester City. Following the results of matches in the youth group the Miners took last place and dropped out of the further fight for the trophy. 

Instead, Dynamo Kyiv managed to make their way to the clashes with the other teams of the Champions League groups on the way to the national champions. In the first round, Igor Kostyuk's wards defeated the Bulgarian "September" (1: 0, 5: 1), and in the second - the Belgian "Anderlecht" (1: 1, 2: 1).

In general, the results of the performances of Ukrainian teams in the UEFA Youth League in previous seasons are as follows:

It will be recalled that the head-to-head match of the UEFA Youth League between Dynamo Kyiv and Juventus Turin at the Dynamo Stadium in Minsk. Valery Lobanovsky will begin at 14.00 p.m.