UEFA Youth League. Dynamo Kyiv U-19 ended its performance in the tournament, losing to Sporting

07.04.2022 18:03

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In the postponed match of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Youth League, Igor Kostyuk's wards lost to Portuguese Sporting.

In February, Dynamo Kyiv U-19 made it to the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Youth League, having overcome Spanish "Deportivo" in a head-to-head match in a penalty shootout. According to by the draw the next stage, the white and blue had to host the Portuguese "Sporting" on their own field.

The match was to take place on March 2 in Kyiv at the Dynamo Stadium. V. Lobanovsky, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine by UEFA it was postponed to March 9. Subsequently was resolved to hold a meeting on April 7 in Bucharest at the Juleshti Stadium.

Unfortunately, Dynamo did not manage to continue their tournament journey. In the first half, Sporting striker Cabral scored a double. After the break, the Ukrainians played one ball - Brazhko scored a penalty for a foul on Voloshin. However, the White and Blues failed to equalize, so they leave the UEFA Youth League.

Portuguese "Benfica" will be waiting for "Sporting" in the quarterfinals (match date has not been confirmed). Meanwhile, Italy's Juventus, Austria's Salzburg and Spain's Atletico have already become UEFA's semi-finalists.

UEFA Youth League. 1/8 finals

Dynamo (U-19) - Sporting (U-19) - 1: 2 (0: 2)

Goals: Brazhko (49, from the penalty spot) - Cabral (2, 28).

Dynamo (U-19): Nescheret, Malysh, Bol, Dyachuk, Benedyuk, Brazhko, Jacyk, Tsarenko (El Hamlishi, 88), Voloshin (Gorbach, 90), Bliznichenko, Diallo.

It will be recalled that Shakhtar U-19 from Donetsk also took part in the UEFA Youth League. took third place in his Champions League Path group.

UEFA Youth League calendar

1/2 finals: April 22, 2022 (Nyon).

Final: April 25, 2022 (Nyon).