Yahoo Sports Young Bulls enter second half of league phase
Away at Feyenoord's youngsters
The first half of our league phase campaign in the UEFA Youth League is over and our Young Bulls can be very content with their position around the top of the table after a perfect start with three wins out of three! Our boys have one foot in the knockout stage, and further points this Wednesday 6 November (14:00 CET) in Rotterdam could see Daniel Beichler's boys confirm their spot in the knockout stages! There is no coincidence in the results so far, which have been the deserved consequence of some extremely dominant performances, that make us look forward to our upcoming fixtures.
There was one disappointment resulting from our home win against Dinamo Zagreb - Zeteny Jano, who led out Young Bulls onto the pitch as captain, is suspended against Feyenoord after picking up a red card in the final stages. Our coach can otherwise take a free pick from a full squad against Pascal Bosschaart's young Feyenoord side!
Our upcoming opponents have not enjoyed as good a start to the Youth League as we have. After a 1-2 defeat at home to Leverkusen, Feyenoord suffered two 0-2 away defeats against Girona and Benfica. The Dutch youngsters have shown a different face in their domestic under-21 league though, in which most of the Youth League players are active. The Rotterdam side are at the top of the pack in that despite having two games in hand.
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We are expecting to face very good opponents. They don't have any points yet, but if you look at their individual matches, you can see they were a match for all their opponents - and all three games could have gone differently. The fact of the matter is all of Feyenoord's opponents so far have seven points - so are strong teams. We know from experience that you don't get any points for free in this competition - you always have to perform to a really good level. That is our aim - to put in a really good performance and win the game with our own strengths. We will need a performance that is just as good as in the first three games.
UEFA Youth League live stream
You can watch our Young Bulls' efforts to hold onto their 100% record in Rotterdam on Wednesday with our free RBS TV live stream on our homepage and app.
Class of 2025 | Behind the scenes of the Youth League opener
We accompanied our successful start to the UEFA Youth League with a camera crew. Want to take a look behind the first of hopefully many successes in the competition? You can see episode one of our Class of 2025 Youth League series here!
Overview of Youth League fixtures
1st matchday | AC Sparta Prague 2-3 FC Salzburg
Wednesday 18.09.2024 at 13:00, FK Loko Praha-Stadion2nd matchday | FC Salzburg 5-1 Stade Brest
Tuesday 01.10.2024 at 14:00, Akademie Salzburg3rd matchday | FC Salzburg 3-2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Wednesday 23.10.2024 at 15:30, Akademie Salzburg4th matchday | Feyenoord vs. FC Salzburg
Wednesday 06.11.2024 at 14:00, Sportcomplex Varkenoord5th matchday | Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. FC Salzburg
Tuesday 26.11.2024 at 14:00, Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion6th matchday | FC Salzburg vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Tuesday 10.12.2024 at 15:30, Akademie Salzburg
Further UEFA Youth League 2024/25 dates
Last 32: 11/12 February 2025 (draw on 20 December 2024)
Draw for the rest of the tournament: 14 February 2025
Last 16: 4/5 March 2025
Quarter-finals: 1/2 April 2025
Semi-finals (neutral location): 25 April 2025
Final (neutral location): 28 April 2025
