Meet the UEFA Youth League finalists: Olympiacos vs AC Milan
Monday, April 22, 2024
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Olympiacos will play AC Milan on Monday in Nyon for the title.
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Olympiacos will play AC Milan in the UEFA Youth League final in Nyon on Monday.
We introduce the contenders, both aiming to win their nation's first title in this competition.
Finals matches
Final: Monday 22 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos vs AC Milan (18:00 CET)
Semi-finals: Friday 19 April (Colovray Sports Centre, Nyon)
Olympiacos
Domestic champions path first round: W6-2agg vs Lecce (W3-1h, W3-1a)
Domestic champions path second round: W7-0 agg vs Gabala (W3-0a, W4-0h)
Play-offs: D0-0h, W6-5pens vs Inter
Round of 16: D2-2h, W4-2pens vs Lens
Quarter-finals: W3-1a vs Bayern
Semi-finals: D0-0, W3-1pens vs Nantes (Nyon)
Top scorers: Charalampos Kostoulas, Christos Mouzakitis 5
Previous best: Round of 16 (2014/15)
- Were already the first Greek team to reach the quarter-finals before taking a step further to Nyon. Now only the second Greek club to made a UEFA competition final after Panathinaikos in the 1970/71 European Cup.
- Isidoros Koutsidis, an unused senior substitute on Thursday as Olympiacos beat Fenerbahçe on penalties in the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals, flew in from Istanbul to start Friday's semi-final. Last year Wouter Goes of AZ Alkmaar did exactly the same after a senior tie against Anderlecht (also won on spot kicks), helping the Dutch club win both their Geneva semi-final against Sporting CP on penalties and then the decider with Hajduk Split three days later.
AC Milan
Group F winners: W4-0h vs Newcastle United, W2-1a vs Borussia Dortmund, L0-1a vs Paris Saint-Germain, W3-2h vs Paris Saint-Germain, W4-1h vs Borussia Dortmund, L1-3a vs Newcastle United
Round of 16: D2-2h, W4-2pens vs Braga
Quarter-finals: D1-1h, W4-2pens vs Real Madrid
Semi-finals: D2-2, W4-3pens vs Porto (Nyon)
Top scorer: Diego Sia 5
Previous best: Semi-finals (2022/23)
Previous finals matches:
2023: L1-3 vs Hajduk Split (semi-finals, played in Geneva)
- The first Italian side to reach the final.
- Captain Kevin Zeroli scored the winning penalty in each of the shoot-outs against Braga, Madrid and Porto.