Rapid Vienna beats Basel and moves into the knockout field of the UEFA Youth League!

Rapid Vienna beats Basel and moves into the knockout field of the UEFA Youth League!

A great success for Austria's football: The U19 of the SK Rapid Vienna qualified with an impressive 3-0 win against FC Basel for the knockout phase of the UEFA Youth League. After the first leg, which Rapid had already won 2-1, the overall result is now 5: 1. Yasin Mankan brought the Hütteldorfer to the winning road early on, and an own goal of the opponent in the 86th minute finally sealed the climb. In added time, Fabian Silber went one more thing with his goal to 3-0, such as laola1.at reported.

UEFA Youth League and their meaning

The UEFA Youth League, which has been organized by UEFA every year since 2013, offers the best under-19 teams in Europe a platform to show their skills. In this prestigious league, the U19 teams of the clubs, which play in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, compete together with the youth champions of the best national leagues. The tournament quickly developed into an important youth event in which talents can be encouraged and discovered. According to wikipedia , the highest goal is the achievement of Lennart Johansson cup, named after a former UEFA president, and last year's winner Olympiacos have impressively demonstrated this provided by winning the final against Milan 3-0.

With the promotion to the knockout phase, Rapid Vienna is now part of Sturm Graz and Red Bull Salzburg, who have also successfully contested their respective duels. This underlines the strength of Austrian youth football at the European level and ensures that the talents continue to be in the international spotlight.