• UEFA Youthliga 22 Final

    From Binder Dundat@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Mon Apr 25 10:21:19 2022
    What to do on a rainy humid monday on the Iceberg? If you were not so hungover, you might go trout fishing or, even better you might ake chili and watch the youth liga final between Casino Salzburg and Benfica. Casino had just beat Atletico madrid 5-0 in the semi, so things looking good for them. Well, except that Benfica lead 4-0 after about 55 mins and fishing in the rain maybe is not looking like such a bad idea. I hope this U-19s only play 60 minute games.
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  • From Werner Pichler@24:150/2 to rec.sport.soccer on Thu Apr 28 04:26:00 2022
    On Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:21:20 PM UTC+2, Binder Dundat wrote:
    What to do on a rainy humid monday on the Iceberg? If you were not so hungover, you might go trout fishing or, even better you might ake chili and watch the
    youth liga final between Casino Salzburg and Benfica. Casino had just beat Atletico madrid 5-0 in the semi, so things looking good for them. Well, except that
    Benfica lead 4-0 after about 55 mins and fishing in the rain maybe is not looking like such a bad idea. I hope this U-19s only play 60 minute games.
    Quite the impressive way to (kind of - it's not senior football) end the Guttmann curse.

    This was Benfica's first win in their twelfth European final. The full list:
    - 5x European Cup
    1963 1-2 v Milan
    1965 0-1 v Inter
    1968 1-4 v Manchester United
    1988 0-0 5-6 pen v PSV
    1990 0-1 v Milan
    - 3x UEFA Cup / Europa League
    1983 0-1 / 1-1 v Anderlecht
    2013 1-2 v Chelsea
    2014 0-0 2-4 pen v Sevilla
    - 3x UEFA Youth League
    2014 0-3 v Barcelona
    2017 1-2 v Salzburg
    2020 2-3 v Real Madrid
    2022 6-0 v Salzburg
    Let's see who makes it from this year's Benfica team (e.g. the 2017 one had Jo|uo F|-lix). Henrique Ara||jo looks really good.
    As for Salzburg, still a good campaign, with the highlight the 5-0 semifinal win over Atl|-tico. Also, seven Austrians in the starting
    line-up, that's not a given for RB and shows their youth program is more than just finding the next gem in Mali or Zambia.
    I pin my biggest hopes on Dijon Kameri - hope he doesn't declare for Kosovo, like Su-ii-c did for Croatia. And I'm already
    reasonably sure that I won't like Roko +aimi-c, regardless of his undeniable talent. Arrogant prick.
    Ciao,
    Werner
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